1965–66 Serie A

Serie A
Season	1965–66
Dates	5 September 1965 – 22 May 1966
Champions	Internazionale; 10th 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 the 64th season of top division football in Italy, and the 34th season of Serie A. The season began on 5 September 1965, and ended on 22 May 1966. Internazionale won their 10th league title.

Team locations

Serie A 1965-66 team distribution

Team	Home city	Stadium
Atalanta	Bergamo	Stadio Comunale
Bologna	Bologna	Stadio Comunale
Brescia	Brescia	Stadio Mario Rigamonti
Cagliari	Cagliari	Stadio Amsicora
Catania	Catania	Stadio Cibali
Fiorentina	Florence	Stadio Comunale
Foggia	Foggia	Stadio Pino Zaccheria
Internazionale	Milan	Stadio San Siro
Juventus	Turin	Stadio Comunale di Torino
Lazio	Rome	Stadio Olimpico
Milan	Milan	Stadio San Siro
Napoli	Naples	Stadio San Paolo
Roma	Rome	Stadio Olimpico
Sampdoria	Genoa	Stadio Luigi Ferraris
SPAL	Ferrara	Stadio Comunale
Torino	Turin	Stadio Comunale di Torino
Varese	Varese	Stadio Franco Ossola
Vicenza	Vicenza	Stadio Romeo Menti

League table

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
	Giancarlo Salvi	Sampdoria
11	Luigi Riva	Cagliari	11
	Enrico Muzzio	SPAL
	Kurt Hamrin	Fiorentina

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
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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