# 1938–39 Serie A

The 1938–39 Serie A season was won by Bologna.

## Teams

Novara and Modena had been promoted from Serie B.

## Events

The goal average substituted the tie-breaker in event of equal points, to save time considering the risk of war. This change greatly helped Triestina.

## Final classification

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Bologna (C) | 30 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 53 | 31 | 1.710 | 42 | 1939 Mitropa Cup |
| 2 | Torino | 30 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 45 | 34 | 1.324 | 38 | |
| 3 | Ambrosiana-Inter | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 55 | 37 | 1.486 | 37 | 1939 Mitropa Cup |
| 4 | Genova 1893 | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 53 | 30 | 1.767 | 35 | |
| 5 | Roma | 30 | 14 | 3 | 13 | 39 | 35 | 1.114 | 31 | |
| 6 | Liguria | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 35 | 34 | 1.029 | 31 | |
| 7 | Napoli | 30 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 30 | 35 | 0.857 | 31 | |
| 8 | Juventus | 30 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 28 | 34 | 0.824 | 29 | |
| 9 | Milano | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 36 | 34 | 1.059 | 28 | |
| 10 | Lazio | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 33 | 40 | 0.825 | 28 | |
| 11 | Bari | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 33 | 46 | 0.717 | 27 | |
| 12 | Novara | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 27 | 32 | 0.844 | 26 | |
| 13 | Modena | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 32 | 40 | 0.800 | 25 | |
| 14 | Triestina | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 28 | 0.821 | 24 | |
| 15 | Livorno (R) | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 40 | 49 | 0.816 | 24 | Relegation to Serie B |
| 16 | Lucchese (R) | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 31 | 54 | 0.574 | 24 | Relegation to Serie B |
Note: Ambrosiana-Inter qualified as Coppa Italia winners.

## Results

| Home \ Away | AMB | BAR | BOL | GEN | JUV | LAZ | LIG | LIV | LUC | MIL | MOD | NAP | NOV | ROM | TOR | TRI |
| Ambrosiana-Inter | | 5–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 3–1 | 7–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Bari | 4–1 | | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Bologna | 1–1 | 4–3 | | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–0 |
| Genova 1893 | 3–0 | 8–0 | 2–3 | | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 6–1 | 0–0 |
| Juventus | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Lazio | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Liguria | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 3–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 |
| Livorno | 2–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Lucchese | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Milano | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–4 |
| Modena | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Napoli | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–6 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| Novara | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 5–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Roma | 2–3 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | | 2–0 | 1–2 |
| Torino | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 5–1 | 3–2 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 1–0 |
| Triestina | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Aldo Boffi | Milano | 19 |
| 1 | Ettore Puricelli | Bologna | 19 |
| 3 | Alfredo Lazzaretti | Genova 1893 | 14 |
| 4 | Danilo Michelini | Roma | 13 |
| 5 | Giovanni Gaddoni | Torino | 11 |
| 5 | Luigi Scarabello | Genova 1893 | 11 |
| 5 | Vinicio Viani | Livorno | 11 |
| 8 | Pietro Ferraris | Ambrosiana-Inter | 10 |
| 8 | Annibale Frossi | Ambrosiana-Inter | 10 |
| 8 | Guglielmo Gabetto | Juventus | 10 |
| 8 | Ottorino Dugini | Bari | 10 |
| 8 | Arrigo Morselli | Genova 1893 | 10 |
| 8 | Guglielmo Trevisan | Triestina | 10 |
| 14 | Aldo Campatelli | Ambrosiana-Inter | 9 |

## References and sources

* Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005