# 1955–56 Serie A

The 1955–56 Serie A season was won by Fiorentina.

## Teams

Vicenza and Padova had been promoted from Serie B.

## Final classification

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Fiorentina (C) | 34 | 20 | 13 | 1 | 59 | 20 | +39 | 53 | Qualification for the European Cup preliminary round |
| 2 | Milan | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 70 | 48 | +22 | 41 | Qualified for the 1956 Latin Cup |
| 3 | Internazionale | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 57 | 36 | +21 | 39 | |
| 3 | Lazio | 34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 54 | 46 | +8 | 39 | |
| 5 | Bologna | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 68 | 52 | +16 | 37 | |
| 6 | Roma | 34 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 43 | 40 | +3 | 35 | |
| 6 | Sampdoria | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 51 | 54 | −3 | 35 | |
| 8 | Padova | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 41 | 43 | −2 | 34 | |
| 9 | SPAL | 34 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 40 | 39 | +1 | 33 | |
| 9 | Genoa | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 50 | 52 | −2 | 33 | |
| 9 | Torino | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 43 | 45 | −2 | 33 | |
| 9 | Juventus | 34 | 8 | 17 | 9 | 32 | 37 | −5 | 33 | |
| 9 | Vicenza | 34 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 31 | 40 | −9 | 33 | |
| 14 | Napoli | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 46 | 49 | −3 | 32 | |
| 15 | Atalanta | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 50 | 55 | −5 | 31 | |
| 16 | Triestina | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 27 | 44 | −17 | 30 | |
| 17 | Novara (R) | 34 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 45 | 51 | −6 | 26 | Relegation to Serie B |
| 18 | Pro Patria (R) | 34 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 31 | 87 | −56 | 15 | Relegation to Serie B |

## Results

| Home \ Away | ATA | BOL | FIO | GEN | INT | JUV | LRV | LAZ | MIL | NAP | NOV | PAD | PPA | ROM | SAM | SPA | TOR | TRI |
| Atalanta | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 4–3 | 1–2 | 2–0 |
| Bologna | 1–0 | | 0–2 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 6–1 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 2–2 | 6–1 | 3–1 |
| Fiorentina | 4–1 | 0–0 | | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Genoa | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | | 4–3 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 |
| Internazionale | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 3–0 | | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 7–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Juventus | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 |
| Vicenza | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 3–2 | | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Lazio | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–3 | | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Milan | 4–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | | 0–0 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 3–3 | 4–1 | 6–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 |
| Napoli | 0–3 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | | 0–2 | 1–0 | 8–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–2 |
| Novara | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 6–2 | 3–4 | 1–0 | | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 |
| Padova | 5–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 2–1 | | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 |
| Pro Patria | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | | 3–5 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–4 |
| Roma | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 |
| Sampdoria | 4–0 | 2–5 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 7–0 | 1–0 | | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| SPAL | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 1–2 | 4–0 |
| Torino | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 6–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | | 5–0 |
| Triestina | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Gino Pivatelli | Bologna | 29 |
| 2 | Gunnar Nordahl | Milan | 23 |
| 3 | Giuseppe Virgili | Fiorentina | 20 |
| 4 | Adriano Bassetto | Atalanta | 18 |
| 5 | Eddie Firmani | Sampdoria | 17 |
| 6 | Luís Vinício | Napoli | 16 |
| 6 | Juan Alberto Schiaffino | Milan | 16 |
| 8 | Attilio Frizzi | Genoa | 14 |
| 9 | Miguel Montuori | Fiorentina | 13 |
| 9 | Mario Tortul | Sampdoria | 13 |
| 11 | Dino da Costa | Roma | 12 |
| 11 | Lorenzo Bettini | Lazio | 12 |
| 11 | Amedeo Bonistalli | Padova | 12 |
| 14 | Lennart Skoglund | Internazionale | 11 |
| 14 | Riccardo Carapellese | Genoa | 11 |
| 14 | Giorgio Dal Monte | Milan | 11 |
| 14 | Ezio Pascutti | Bologna | 11 |

## References and sources

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