1970–71 Serie A

Serie A
	1970–71 Internazionale team
Season	1970–71
Dates	27 September 1970 – 23 May 1971
Champions	Internazionale; 11th title
Relegated	Foggia; Lazio; Catania
European Cup	Internazionale
Cup Winners' Cup	Torino FC
UEFA Cup	Milan; Napoli; Juventus; Bologna
Matches played	240
Goals scored	505 (2.1 per match)
Top goalscorer	Roberto Boninsegna; (24 goals)
	← 1969–70 1971–72 →

The 1970–71 Serie A season was the 69th season of top division football in Italy, and the 39th season of Serie A. The season began on 27 September 1970, and ended on 23 May 1971. Internazionale won their 11th league title.

Team locations

Serie A 1970-71 team distribution

Team	Home city	Stadium
Bologna	Bologna	Stadio Comunale
Cagliari	Cagliari	Stadio Sant'Elia
Catania	Catania	Stadio Cibali
Fiorentina	Florence	Stadio Comunale
Foggia	Foggia	Stadio Pino Zaccheria
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
Roma	Rome	Stadio Olimpico
Sampdoria	Genoa	Stadio Luigi Ferraris
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)	30	19	8	3	50	26	+24	46	Qualification to European Cup
2	Milan	30	15	12	3	54	26	+28	42	Qualification to UEFA Cup
3	Napoli	30	15	9	6	33	19	+14	39
4	Juventus	30	11	13	6	41	30	+11	35
5	Bologna	30	10	14	6	30	24	+6	34
6	Roma	30	7	18	5	32	25	+7	32
7	Cagliari	30	8	14	8	33	35	−2	30
8	Torino	30	6	14	10	27	30	−3	26	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup
9	Varese	30	5	16	9	29	33	−4	26
10	Vicenza	30	6	14	10	23	31	−8	26
11	Hellas Verona	30	7	12	11	23	35	−12	26
12	Sampdoria	30	6	13	11	30	34	−4	25
13	Fiorentina	30	3	19	8	26	32	−6	25
14	Foggia (R)	30	6	13	11	28	43	−15	25	Relegation to Serie B
15	Lazio (R)	30	5	12	13	28	43	−15	22
16	Catania (R)	30	5	11	14	18	39	−21	21

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

Results

Home \ Away	BOL	CAG	CTN	FIO	FOG	INT	JUV	LRV	LAZ	MIL	NAP	ROM	SAM	TOR	VAR	HEL
Bologna		0–0	2–0	0–0	1–2	2–2	1–0	3–0	2–0	3–2	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–2
Cagliari	2–1		1–1	2–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	0–4	1–1	0–1	2–1	0–0	1–1	4–1
Catania	0–0	1–1		0–0	2–0	0–1	0–1	1–1	3–1	0–0	1–0	1–2	1–3	1–0	0–0	0–1
Fiorentina	1–2	1–2	1–1		3–0	2–2	1–2	0–0	1–1	2–5	0–1	2–2	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–1
Foggia	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–1		1–1	0–0	1–1	5–2	1–1	0–3	1–0	2–2	1–0	2–2	3–0
Internazionale	1–0	1–3	3–2	2–1	5–0		2–0	2–1	1–1	2–0	2–1	0–0	3–1	2–0	3–2	1–0
Juventus	0–0	2–1	5–0	1–1	2–1	1–1		2–1	3–1	0–2	4–1	2–0	3–1	3–3	2–2	2–1
Vicenza	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–1	1–0	1–2	1–1		1–0	1–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	3–1	0–0
Lazio	2–2	2–4	1–0	0–0	2–1	0–1	2–2	0–1		0–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–1
Milan	2–1	3–1	4–0	1–0	2–0	3–0	1–1	3–1	1–1		1–1	2–2	3–1	1–0	1–2	1–1
Napoli	3–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	0–2		1–2	0–0	2–0	1–0	2–0
Roma	1–1	0–0	5–0	0–1	3–1	0–0	0–0	4–1	2–2	1–1	2–2		0–0	1–1	3–0	0–0
Sampdoria	1–2	0–0	2–0	2–2	2–0	0–2	2–0	1–2	2–3	1–1	0–1	0–0		0–0	2–1	3–0
Torino	1–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–1	2–3	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–0	0–0		3–1	1–0
Varese	0–0	4–1	0–1	0–0	3–0	1–3	0–0	0–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	0–0		2–0
Hellas Verona	0–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–3	0–2	1–0	3–1	1–0	1–1

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	Roberto Boninsegna	Internazionale	24
2	Pierino Prati	Milan	19
3	Giuseppe Savoldi	Bologna	15
4	Roberto Bettega	Juventus	13
5	Sergio Clerici	Hellas Verona	10
6	Giorgio Chinaglia	Lazio	9
6	Ermanno Cristin	Sampdoria	9

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