1969–70 Serie A

Serie A
	1969–70 Cagliari team
Season	1969–70
Dates	14 September 1969 – 26 April 1970
Champions	Cagliari; 1st title
Relegated	Brescia; Palermo; Bari
European Cup	Cagliari
Cup Winners' Cup	Bologna
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	Internazionale; Juventus; Fiorentina; Lazio
Matches played	240
Goals scored	464 (1.93 per match)
Top goalscorer	Gigi Riva; (21 goals)
	← 1968–69 1970–71 →

The 1969–70 Serie A season was the 68th season of top division football in Italy, and the 38th season of Serie A. The season began on 14 September 1969, and ended on 26 April 1970. Cagliari won their first league title.

Team locations

Serie A 1969-70 team distribution

Team	Home city	Stadium
Bari	Bari	Stadio della Vittoria
Bologna	Bologna	Stadio Comunale
Brescia	Brescia	Stadio Mario Rigamonti
Cagliari	Cagliari	Stadio Amsicora
Fiorentina	Florence	Stadio Comunale
Hellas Verona	Verona	Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi
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
Palermo	Palermo	Stadio La Favorita
Roma	Rome	Stadio Olimpico
Sampdoria	Genoa	Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Torino	Turin	Stadio Comunale di Torino
Vicenza	Vicenza	Stadio Romeo Menti

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Cagliari (C)	30	17	11	2	42	11	+31	45	Qualification to European Cup
2	Internazionale	30	16	9	5	41	19	+22	41	Qualified to Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
3	Juventus	30	15	8	7	43	20	+23	38	Qualified to Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
4	Milan	30	13	10	7	38	24	+14	36	^[a]
4	Fiorentina	30	15	6	9	40	33	+7	36	Qualified to Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
6	Napoli	30	10	11	9	24	21	+3	31
7	Torino	30	11	8	11	20	31	−11	30
8	Lazio	30	11	7	12	33	32	+1	29	Qualified to Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
8	Vicenza	30	11	7	12	32	31	+1	29
10	Bologna	30	6	16	8	22	24	−2	28	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup
11	Roma	30	8	12	10	27	36	−9	28
12	Hellas Verona	30	8	10	12	26	30	−4	26
13	Sampdoria	30	6	12	12	22	37	−15	24
14	Brescia (R)	30	5	10	15	20	35	−15	20	Relegation to Serie B
15	Palermo (R)	30	5	10	15	23	45	−22	20
16	Bari (R)	30	5	9	16	11	35	−24	19

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

↑ Milan did not qualify for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup because of Internazionale's qualification.

Results

Home \ Away	BAR	BOL	BRE	CAG	FIO	INT	JUV	LRV	LAZ	MIL	NAP	PAL	ROM	SAM	TOR	HEL
Bari		0–2	2–0	0–0	1–1	0–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–5	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	0–1	0–2
Bologna	1–1		0–3	0–0	2–2	2–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–2	3–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	0–0
Brescia	0–0	1–1		0–2	1–2	1–1	0–1	1–1	0–0	1–4	1–2	4–2	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–0
Cagliari	2–0	1–0	4–0		0–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–0	4–0	2–0	1–0
Fiorentina	3–0	0–1	0–1	0–1		2–0	2–0	2–1	2–0	4–2	1–2	3–1	2–2	1–0	0–0	1–0
Internazionale	1–0	1–0	3–1	1–0	3–0		0–0	0–0	3–0	0–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	3–2	2–0	0–0
Juventus	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–2	2–0	2–1		4–0	2–1	3–0	0–0	4–1	1–1	2–0	1–2	3–0
Vicenza	2–0	1–1	0–1	1–2	1–2	1–1	1–0		2–1	1–0	3–2	1–1	3–0	2–1	1–0	3–0
Lazio	4–1	1–0	1–0	0–2	5–1	3–1	2–0	1–0		1–0	0–2	4–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–1
Milan	1–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	4–2	0–1	0–2	1–0	3–0		1–0	1–0	2–3	0–0	3–0	2–0
Napoli	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–2	0–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–1		0–0	0–0	0–2	4–0	2–1
Palermo	0–0	1–0	1–3	1–0	1–1	1–2	1–3	1–3	1–1	0–0	0–0		2–2	3–0	1–0	1–0
Roma	1–0	1–2	1–0	1–1	0–1	2–1	0–3	1–0	2–1	0–1	2–1	1–1		3–3	0–0	1–1
Sampdoria	1–0	0–0	2–0	0–0	1–3	0–5	0–0	0–1	0–2	1–1	0–0	1–0	2–0		1–1	2–1
Torino	0–1	1–1	1–0	0–4	1–0	0–0	0–3	1–0	3–0	0–1	0–2	1–1	0–0	2–1		2–1
Hellas Verona	4–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–1	1–3	1–0	3–1	1–1	2–2	1–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	0–1

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	Gigi Riva	Cagliari	21
2	Alessandro Vitali	Vicenza	17
3	Pietro Anastasi	Juventus	15
4	Roberto Boninsegna	Internazionale	13
5	Giorgio Chinaglia	Lazio	12
	Luciano Chiarugi	Fiorentina
	Pierino Prati	Milan
8	Mario Bertini	Internazionale	9
9	Angelo Domenghini	Cagliari	8
	Gianni Rivera	Milan
	José Altafini	Napoli

References and sources

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

Other websites

All results on RSSSF Website.

[table_note_res_INTMIL0.089743363247134-1] Milan did not qualify for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup because of Internazionale's qualification.

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Wartime tournaments: 1916 Coppa Federale 1944 Alta Italia