# 1966–67 Serie A

The 1966–67 Serie A season was won by Juventus, it was their second scudetto of the 1960s. The season was closely contested and went down to the final day of the season; Internazionale were left needing just a draw or having Juventus not beat Lazio to win the title. However, Inter lost 1–0 on the final day to Mantova thanks to a goal from one of their former players, Beniamino Di Giacomo. Juventus on the other hand beat Lazio 2–1 to take their 13th title.

## Teams

Venezia, Lecco and Mantova had been promoted from Serie B.

## Events

A transitional relegation place was added to reduce the league to 16 clubs.
Six out of the eighteen clubs came from Lombardy, a record for a single region of Italy.

## Final classification

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Juventus (C) | 34 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 44 | 19 | +25 | 49 | Qualification to European Cup |
| 2 | Internazionale | 34 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 59 | 22 | +37 | 48 | |
| 3 | Bologna | 34 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 48 | 27 | +21 | 45 | Chosen for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup |
| 4 | Napoli | 34 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 46 | 23 | +23 | 44 | Chosen for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup |
| 5 | Fiorentina | 34 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 53 | 29 | +24 | 43 | Chosen for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup |
| 6 | Cagliari | 34 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 35 | 17 | +18 | 40 | |
| 7 | Torino | 34 | 10 | 18 | 6 | 33 | 26 | +7 | 38 | |
| 8 | Milan | 34 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 36 | 32 | +4 | 37 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup |
| 9 | Mantova | 34 | 6 | 22 | 6 | 22 | 23 | −1 | 34 | |
| 10 | Roma | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 35 | 39 | −4 | 33 | |
| 11 | Atalanta | 34 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 28 | 43 | −15 | 31 | |
| 12 | SPAL | 34 | 8 | 13 | 13 | 28 | 36 | −8 | 29 | |
| 13 | Vicenza | 34 | 7 | 14 | 13 | 26 | 39 | −13 | 28 | |
| 13 | Brescia | 34 | 7 | 14 | 13 | 22 | 40 | −18 | 28 | |
| 15 | Lazio (R) | 34 | 6 | 15 | 13 | 20 | 35 | −15 | 27 | Relegation to Serie B |
| 16 | Foggia (R) | 34 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 28 | 49 | −21 | 24 | Relegation to Serie B |
| 17 | Venezia (R) | 34 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 29 | 57 | −28 | 17 | Relegation to Serie B |
| 17 | Lecco (R) | 34 | 3 | 11 | 20 | 21 | 57 | −36 | 17 | Relegation to Serie B |

## Results

| Home \ Away | ATA | BOL | BRE | CAG | FIO | FOG | INT | JUV | LRV | LAZ | LCO | MAN | MIL | NAP | ROM | SPA | TOR | VEN |
| Atalanta | | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–5 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Bologna | 2–1 | | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Brescia | 0–0 | 0–2 | | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 |
| Cagliari | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 |
| Fiorentina | 1–1 | 1–1 | 7–1 | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Foggia | 4–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | | 0–4 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 |
| Internazionale | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 |
| Juventus | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Vicenza | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–5 | 0–1 | | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 |
| Lazio | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Lecco | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Mantova | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Milan | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Napoli | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 |
| Roma | 3–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 |
| SPAL | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 3–2 |
| Torino | 6–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | | 0–0 |
| Venezia | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–6 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Gigi Riva | Cagliari | 18 |
| 2 | Sandro Mazzola | Internazionale | 17 |
| 3 | Kurt Hamrin | Fiorentina | 15 |
| 3 | José Altafini | Napoli | 15 |
| 5 | Mario Brugnera | Fiorentina | 13 |
| 6 | Gianni Rivera | Milan | 12 |
| 7 | Giampaolo Menichelli | Juventus | 11 |
| 8 | Joaquín Peiró | Roma | 10 |
| 8 | Ezio Pascutti | Bologna | 10 |
| 10 | Roberto Boninsegna | Cagliari | 9 |
| 10 | Gigi Meroni | Torino | 9 |
| 10 | Angelo Domenghini | Internazionale | 9 |
| 10 | Renato Cappellini | Internazionale | 9 |
| 10 | Helmut Haller | Bologna | 9 |

## References and sources

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