# 1963–64 Serie A

The 1963–64 Serie A season was won by Bologna.

## Teams

Messina, Bari and Lazio had been promoted from Serie B.

## Final classification

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Bologna (C) | 34 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 54 | 18 | +36 | 54 | Qualification to European Cup |
| 2 | Internazionale | 34 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 54 | 21 | +33 | 54 | Qualification to European Cup |
| 3 | Milan | 34 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 58 | 28 | +30 | 51 | Chosen for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup |
| 4 | Fiorentina | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 43 | 27 | +16 | 38 | Chosen for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup |
| 4 | Juventus | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 49 | 37 | +12 | 38 | Chosen for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup |
| 6 | Vicenza | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 34 | 36 | −2 | 36 | |
| 7 | Torino | 34 | 9 | 17 | 8 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 35 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup |
| 8 | Genoa | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 33 | 34 | −1 | 30 | |
| 8 | Lazio | 34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 21 | 24 | −3 | 30 | |
| 8 | Catania | 34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 32 | 44 | −12 | 30 | |
| 8 | Atalanta | 34 | 7 | 16 | 11 | 26 | 43 | −17 | 30 | |
| 12 | Roma | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 43 | 44 | −1 | 29 | Chosen for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup |
| 12 | Mantova | 34 | 6 | 17 | 11 | 28 | 39 | −11 | 29 | |
| 14 | Messina | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 46 | −21 | 28 | |
| 15 | Sampdoria | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 38 | 50 | −12 | 27 | Relegation tie-breaker |
| 16 | Modena (R) | 34 | 6 | 15 | 13 | 29 | 42 | −13 | 27 | Serie B after tie-breaker |
| 17 | SPAL (R) | 34 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 28 | 39 | −11 | 24 | Relegation to Serie B |
| 18 | Bari (R) | 34 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 20 | 43 | −23 | 22 | Relegation to Serie B |
* ↑ Inter qualified as defending champions.
* ↑ After the title tie-breaker with Bologna (2–0).
* ↑ Qualified to the CWC for an erroneous bet over the late Coppa Italia final against AS Roma.
* ↑ Invited to the Fairs Cup as compensation for the exclusion from the CWC.

## Results

| Home \ Away | ATA | BAR | BOL | CTN | FIO | GEN | INT | JUV | LRV | LAZ | MAN | MES | MIL | MOD | ROM | SAM | SPA | TOR |
| Atalanta | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–7 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Bari | 4–0 | | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 |
| Bologna | 2–0 | 3–1 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 |
| Catania | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | | 2–0 | 5–3 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–5 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Fiorentina | 4–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Genoa | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Internazionale | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 |
| Juventus | 0–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | | 4–1 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 |
| Vicenza | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Lazio | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Mantova | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 2–2 | 1–4 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Messina | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Milan | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Modena | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | | 3–3 | 3–0 | 4–3 | 0–0 |
| Roma | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 4–4 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | | 6–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 |
| Sampdoria | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–5 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | | 3–1 | 0–0 |
| SPAL | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | | 0–1 |
| Torino | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | |

## Championship tie-breaker

With both Inter and Bologna level on 54 points, a play-off match was conducted to decide the champion for the first and only time in Serie A history.

## Relegation tie-breaker

Modena relegated to Serie B.

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Harald Nielsen | Bologna | 21 |
| 2 | Kurt Hamrin | Fiorentina | 19 |
| 3 | Luís Vinício | Vicenza | 18 |
| 4 | Amarildo | Milan | 14 |
| 5 | José Altafini | Milan | 13 |
| 5 | Omar Sívori | Juventus | 13 |
| 5 | Paolo Barison | Sampdoria | 13 |
| 8 | Jair da Costa | Internazionale | 12 |
| 9 | Nené | Juventus | 11 |
| 10 | Sergio Brighenti | Modena | 10 |

## Footnotes

* ↑ "Il Bologna di Bernardini e lo storico spareggio" (in Italian). gazzetta.it.

## References and sources

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