1965–66 Serie A

Serie A
Season	1965–66
Champions	Internazionale; 8th Serie A title; 10th Italian title
Relegated	Sampdoria; Catania; Varese
European Cup	Internazionale
Cup Winners' Cup	Fiorentina
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	Bologna; Napoli; Juventus
Matches played	306
Goals scored	668 (2.18 per match)
Top goalscorer	Luís Vinício; (25 goals)
	← 1964–65 1966–67 →

The 1965–66 Serie A season was won by Internazionale.

Atalanta

Bologna

Brescia

Cagliari

Catania

Fiorentina

Foggia

Internazionale
Milan

Juventus
Torino

Vicenza

Lazio
Roma

Napoli

Sampdoria

SPAL

Varese

Serie A 1965-66 team distribution

Teams[]

Brescia, Napoli and SPAL had been promoted from Serie B.

Final classification[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Internazionale (C)	34	20	10	4	70	28	+42	50	Qualification to European Cup
2	Bologna	34	19	8	7	60	37	+23	46	Chosen for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
3	Napoli	34	17	11	6	44	27	+17	45	Chosen for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
4	Fiorentina	34	16	11	7	45	22	+23	43	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup
5	Juventus	34	13	16	5	38	23	+15	42	Chosen for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
6	Vicenza	34	13	14	7	44	34	+10	40
7	Milan	34	13	12	9	43	33	+10	38
8	Roma	34	13	10	11	28	31	−3	36
9	Brescia	34	12	8	14	43	44	−1	32
10	Torino	34	9	13	12	31	34	−3	31
11	Cagliari	34	10	10	14	36	37	−1	30
12	Foggia	34	8	13	13	22	30	−8	29
12	Lazio	34	8	13	13	28	41	−13	29
12	Atalanta	34	9	11	14	24	37	−13	29
15	SPAL	34	9	10	15	38	45	−7	28
16	Sampdoria (R)	34	9	9	16	27	47	−20	27	Relegation to Serie B
17	Catania (R)	34	5	12	17	24	56	−32	22
18	Varese (R)	34	2	11	21	23	62	−39	15

Source: Panini
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated

Results[]

Home \ Away	ATA	BOL	BRE	CAG	CTN	FIO	FOG	INT	JUV	LRV	LAZ	MIL	NAP	ROM	SAM	SPA	TOR	VAR
Atalanta		4–1	0–0	1–0	3–2	1–1	1–3	0–2	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–2	1–0	2–0	0–0	1–0
Bologna	3–0		2–1	1–0	2–0	3–2	1–0	2–1	0–1	1–3	3–1	4–1	0–1	3–1	2–1	1–3	2–0	3–1
Brescia	2–0	0–1		0–0	4–1	1–2	4–0	2–2	4–0	1–0	2–1	0–3	0–0	3–0	1–0	2–2	2–1	2–2
Cagliari	0–0	1–3	1–0		3–1	0–1	1–0	0–1	2–1	3–0	3–0	1–2	0–2	4–0	1–1	3–0	3–2	1–1
Catania	0–0	1–1	1–1	2–1		0–3	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–3	0–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	2–3	0–0	0–2	3–0
Fiorentina	1–0	1–3	2–0	2–0	0–0		1–1	0–0	0–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	0–0	0–1	5–0	1–0	1–1	4–0
Foggia	2–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	3–0	0–0		1–3	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–1	1–0	3–0	1–0	0–0	0–0
Internazionale	1–0	0–0	7–0	2–0	3–1	0–0	5–0		3–1	3–2	4–1	1–1	0–0	2–2	2–1	1–1	4–0	5–2
Juventus	1–1	0–0	3–1	0–0	1–0	3–0	1–0	0–0		4–1	0–0	3–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	3–0	2–0	3–1
Vicenza	1–1	1–1	4–1	1–1	1–0	2–0	0–0	1–1	2–2		1–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	3–1	0–0	1–0
Lazio	0–1	1–1	0–3	3–1	1–1	0–0	2–0	1–3	0–1	2–1		0–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	2–2	1–0	2–1
Milan	1–0	1–1	2–1	2–2	6–1	1–2	1–0	1–2	2–1	1–1	0–2		4–1	3–1	2–0	1–1	0–0	3–1
Napoli	5–1	1–1	1–0	2–0	3–0	0–4	1–0	3–1	1–0	4–2	2–0	1–0		1–0	2–2	4–2	0–0	2–2
Roma	1–0	3–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–2	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	0–0		1–0	0–2	1–0	2–0
Sampdoria	2–0	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–0	0–3	2–1	0–5	0–0	0–0	2–1	1–2	1–0	0–1		1–0	1–1	2–0
SPAL	3–1	0–3	0–2	3–0	3–0	1–2	2–1	0–1	2–2	0–0	2–0	1–1	1–2	2–1	1–1		0–0	2–0
Torino	2–1	2–4	2–0	0–0	4–0	1–0	2–0	1–2	0–0	1–3	2–2	0–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–0		2–0
Varese	0–2	1–4	2–0	1–3	1–2	1–1	0–0	1–3	0–3	2–5	1–1	0–0	0–2	0–0	1–2	1–1	2–1

Source: Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 (in Italian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers[]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Luís Vinício	Vicenza	25
2	Angelo Sormani	Milan	21
3	Sandro Mazzola	Internazionale	19
4	José Altafini	Napoli	13
	Virginio De Paoli	Brescia
	Cané	Napoli
7	Helmut Haller	Bologna	12
	Harald Nielsen	Bologna
	Angelo Domenghini	Internazionale
		Sampdoria
11	Luigi Riva	Cagliari	11
		SPAL
	Kurt Hamrin	Fiorentina

References[]

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

External links[]

[1] - All results on RSSSF Website.

v t Serie A seasons
Prima Categoria	1897–98 1898–99 1899-1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 FIGC
Prima Divisione	1921–22 CCI 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26
Divisione Nazionale	1926–27 1927–28 1928–29
Serie A	1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43
Divisione Nazionale	1943–44 1944–45 1945–46
Serie A	1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22
Wartime tournaments: 1916 Coppa Federale 1944 Alta Italia

v t 1965–66 in European football (UEFA)
« 1964–65 1966–67 »
Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '65 '66 England Faroe Islands '65 '66 Finland '65 '66 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary '65 '66 Iceland '65 '66 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '65 '66 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '65 '66 Spain Sweden '65 '66 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Cyprus England Faroe Islands Finland France West Germany Greece Hungary '65 '66 Iceland '65 '66 Israel Italy Norway '65 '66 Portugal Romania Scotland Soviet Union Spain Turkey Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	England Scotland
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final)
Non-UEFA competitions	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup