1961–62 Serie A

Serie A
	1961–62 A.C. Milan team
Season	1961–62
Champions	Milan; 8th title
Relegated	Padova; Lecco; Udinese
European Cup	Milan
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	Roma; Sampdoria
Matches played	306
Goals scored	770 (2.52 per match)
Top goalscorer	José Altafini; Aurelio Milani; (22 goals each)
	← 1960–61 1962–63 →

The 1961–62 Serie A season was the 60th season of top division football in Italy, and the 30th season of Serie A. The season began on 27 August 1961, and ended on 15 April 1962. AC Milan won their eighth league title.

Team locations

Serie A 1961-62 team distribution

Team	Home city	Stadium
Atalanta	Bergamo	Stadio Comunale
Bologna	Bologna	Stadio Comunale
Catania	Catania	Stadio Cibali
Fiorentina	Florence	Stadio Comunale
Internazionale	Milan	Stadio San Siro
Juventus	Turin	Stadio Comunale di Torino
Lecco	Lecco	Stadio Mario Rigamonti
Mantova	Mantua	Stadio Danilo Martelli
Milan	Milan	Stadio San Siro
Padova	Padua	Stadio Silvio Appiani
Palermo	Palermo	Stadio La Favorita
Roma	Rome	Stadio Olimpico
Sampdoria	Genoa	Stadio Luigi Ferraris
SPAL	Ferrara	Stadio Comunale
Torino	Turin	Stadio Filadelfia
Udinese	Udine	Stadio Moretti
Venezia	Venice	Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo
Vicenza	Vicenza	Stadio Romeo Menti

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Milan (C)	34	24	5	5	83	36	+47	53	Qualified for the European Cup
2	Internazionale	34	19	10	5	59	31	+28	48
3	Fiorentina	34	19	8	7	57	32	+25	46
4	Bologna	34	19	7	8	57	41	+16	45
5	Roma	34	18	8	8	61	35	+26	44	Invited for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
6	Atalanta	34	13	12	9	39	38	+1	38
7	Torino	34	12	12	10	42	40	+2	36
8	Palermo	34	13	9	12	30	35	−5	35
9	Mantova	34	12	8	14	42	42	0	32
10	Sampdoria	34	9	12	13	32	40	−8	30	Invited for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
10	Catania	34	9	12	13	30	45	−15	30
12	Venezia	34	8	13	13	35	41	−6	29
12	Juventus	34	10	9	15	48	56	−8	29
14	Vicenza	34	8	11	15	29	43	−14	27
14	SPAL	34	9	9	16	30	50	−20	27
16	Padova (R)	34	7	9	18	29	49	−20	23	Relegated to Serie B
16	Lecco (R)	34	6	11	17	30	53	−23	23
18	Udinese (R)	34	6	5	23	37	63	−26	17

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

Results

Home \ Away	ATA	BOL	CTN	FIO	INT	JUV	LRV	LCO	MAN	MIL	PAD	PAL	ROM	SAM	SPA	TOR	UDI	VEN
Atalanta		2–1	3–0	0–0	2–3	3–1	0–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–0	2–2	0–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–1	3–1
Bologna	0–0		3–1	0–3	0–2	2–2	2–0	1–0	3–0	1–0	4–1	1–0	3–1	2–1	2–0	2–1	2–1	1–1
Catania	2–1	1–1		3–1	0–2	2–0	2–0	1–0	2–1	1–3	0–0	0–0	1–1	2–0	0–0	0–1	2–0	1–1
Fiorentina	0–1	1–0	0–0		4–1	1–0	0–1	2–0	1–0	5–2	3–1	2–0	1–1	0–0	5–1	2–0	5–2	2–0
Internazionale	6–0	6–4	1–1	4–1		2–2	2–1	3–0	2–0	1–3	2–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	2–1	0–0	2–0	0–0
Juventus	1–1	2–3	1–0	0–0	2–4		2–0	2–2	1–1	2–4	4–0	2–4	1–0	0–1	2–1	0–1	2–3	1–0
Vicenza	0–1	0–1	3–0	1–1	1–1	1–0		0–0	1–2	0–3	1–0	2–2	0–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–2	1–1
Lecco	0–1	2–2	3–1	3–2	0–1	2–2	0–3		1–0	2–2	0–0	2–1	0–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	2–1	4–1
Mantova	3–1	2–5	1–1	0–0	1–1	0–1	1–1	3–0		1–2	1–0	2–0	2–1	2–0	2–0	2–2	2–0	1–0
Milan	2–2	3–0	3–0	5–2	0–2	5–1	4–1	3–0	1–0		4–0	3–0	3–1	2–3	4–1	4–2	4–3	1–0
Padova	1–1	1–2	3–1	1–2	0–2	2–1	2–0	3–1	1–1	1–1		0–0	0–3	1–0	3–2	0–3	4–0	1–1
Palermo	1–0	1–0	0–0	0–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–0		0–0	3–1	1–3	1–0	1–3	1–0
Roma	3–1	1–2	4–0	1–0	2–3	3–3	1–1	2–0	4–2	0–1	3–1	5–2		1–0	4–1	2–2	4–0	1–0
Sampdoria	1–1	0–2	4–1	1–3	0–0	2–3	3–0	2–1	1–0	1–3	1–0	0–2	1–0		0–0	2–0	2–2	0–2
SPAL	0–1	1–2	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–3	1–0	0–0	2–1	0–3	2–1	0–2	1–2	1–1		1–0	2–1	1–1
Torino	1–1	2–1	1–1	0–2	0–0	1–3	3–3	2–1	2–1	1–1	1–0	3–0	1–1	0–0	1–0		1–2	4–2
Udinese	1–2	1–1	0–1	2–3	0–1	2–1	0–1	5–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	0–1	1–3	0–0	1–2	1–3		0–0
Venezia	0–1	1–1	2–2	0–1	1–1	3–0	2–0	2–0	4–3	2–1	0–0	1–0	1–3	1–1	2–2	0–1	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	José Altafini	Milan	22
1	Aurelio Milani	Fiorentina	22
3	Gerry Hitchens	Internazionale	16
3	Angelo Sormani	Mantova	16
5	Kurt Hamrin	Fiorentina	15
6	Beniamino Di Giacomo	Lecco	14
6	Pedro Manfredini	Roma	14
8	Omar Sívori	Juventus	13
9	Gino Raffin	Venezia	12
10	Ezio Pascutti	Bologna	11
	Marino Perani	Bologna
	Luis Suárez	Internazionale
	Humberto Maschio	Atalanta
14	Silvano Mencacci	SPAL	10
	Denis Law	Torino
	Gianni Rivera	Milan
	Francesco Canella	Udinese
	Torbjörn Jonsson	Fiorentina, Roma
	Antonio Valentín Angelillo	Roma

References and sources

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

Other websites

- All results on RSSSF Website.

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 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26
Wartime tournaments: 1916 Coppa Federale 1944 Alta Italia