# 1957–58 Serie A

The 1957–58 Serie A season was won by Juventus.

## Teams

Hellas Verona and Alessandria had been promoted from Serie B.

## Final classification

This season was influenced by the Belfast disaster. Following the defeat of the Italy national football team by Northern Ireland, the sole elimination of Italy from the FIFA World Cup before 2018, the Italian government appointed a commissioner to the FIGC. A reduction of the Serie A to 16 clubs was imposed, with a single promotion from the Serie B and three relegations, but the Football League disagreed. The League won the dispute, and the reduction was annulled establishing a playoff between the 17th in Serie A and the 2nd in Serie B. In the meantime, Atalanta was ranked last for a corruption case: the Bergamo club was later accomplished by a judge, but for equity the ordinary, original regulation with two relegations was restored.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Juventus (C) | 34 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 77 | 44 | +33 | 51 | Qualification to European Cup |
| 2 | Fiorentina | 34 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 56 | 36 | +20 | 43 | |
| 3 | Padova | 34 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 55 | 42 | +13 | 42 | |
| 4 | Napoli | 34 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 65 | 55 | +10 | 40 | |
| 5 | Roma | 34 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 46 | 42 | +4 | 36 | |
| 6 | Bologna | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 47 | 43 | +4 | 34 | |
| 7 | Vicenza | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 51 | 48 | +3 | 33 | |
| 7 | Torino | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 42 | 49 | −7 | 33 | |
| 9 | Milan | 34 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 61 | 47 | +14 | 32 | |
| 9 | Udinese | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 51 | 46 | +5 | 32 | |
| 9 | Internazionale | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 36 | 36 | 0 | 32 | |
| 12 | Genoa | 34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 53 | 60 | −7 | 30 | |
| 12 | Sampdoria | 34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 54 | 62 | −8 | 30 | |
| 12 | Alessandria | 34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 36 | 42 | −6 | 30 | |
| 12 | Lazio | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 45 | 65 | −20 | 30 | |
| 12 | SPAL | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 32 | 52 | −20 | 30 | |
| 17 | Atalanta (R) | 34 | 6 | 16 | 12 | 29 | 49 | −20 | 28 | Relegation to Serie B |
| 18 | Hellas Verona (R) | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 44 | 62 | −18 | 26 | Qualification play-offs |
* ↑ Atalanta was ranked last by the Federation due to a match fixing scandal, but later got acquitted.
Inter and Roma were invited to the 1958–60 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. SS Lazio was the cupwinner.

## Results

| Home \ Away | ALE | ATA | BOL | FIO | GEN | INT | JUV | LRV | LAZ | MIL | NAP | PAD | ROM | SAM | SPA | TOR | UDI | HEL |
| Alessandria | | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 |
| Atalanta | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Bologna | 3–1 | 3–1 | | 0–3 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 3–4 | 4–0 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| Fiorentina | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 4–1 | 6–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Genoa | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–3 | | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 |
| Internazionale | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 2–2 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Juventus | 2–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | | 5–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 |
| Vicenza | 4–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Lazio | 2–1 | 3–1 | 4–3 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–4 | 2–0 | | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 |
| Milan | 1–1 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–5 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 6–1 | | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Napoli | 4–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 4–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 4–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 6–0 |
| Padova | 2–1 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 6–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| Roma | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 0–2 | 3–1 | | 5–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 2–1 |
| Sampdoria | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–5 | 1–1 |
| SPAL | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 1–5 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Torino | 0–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 4–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 4–3 | 0–1 | | 6–2 | 0–0 |
| Udinese | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 7–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 5–0 | 1–1 | | 2–0 |
| Hellas Verona | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–4 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–3 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 5–3 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–2 | |

## Serie A qualification

Hellas Verona had to play two qualification matches against the team that ranked second in Serie B.
Hellas Verona relegated to Serie B.

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | John Charles | Juventus | 28 |
| 2 | Eddie Firmani | Sampdoria | 23 |
| 3 | Omar Sívori | Juventus | 22 |
| 4 | Luís Vinício | Napoli | 21 |
| 5 | Kurt Hamrin | Padova | 20 |
| 6 | Dino da Costa | Roma | 18 |
| 7 | Antonio Valentín Angelillo | Internazionale | 16 |
| 8 | Bengt Lindskog | Udinese | 14 |
| 9 | Emanuele Del Vecchio | Hellas Verona | 13 |
| 9 | Sergio Campana | Vicenza | 13 |
| 9 | Paolo Barison | Genoa | 13 |
| 12 | Julio Abbadie | Genoa | 12 |
| 12 | Ezio Pascutti | Bologna | 12 |
| 12 | Gino Pivatelli | Bologna | 12 |
| 12 | Carlo Galli | Milan | 12 |
| 12 | Lorenzo Bettini | Udinese | 12 |
| 12 | Miguel Montuori | Fiorentina | 12 |
| 18 | Sergio Brighenti | Padova | 11 |

## References and sources

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