1971–72 Serie A

Serie A
Season	1971–72
Dates	3 October 1971 – 28 May 1972
Champions	Juventus; 14th title
Relegated	Mantova; Catanzaro; Varese
European Cup	Juventus
Cup Winners' Cup	Milan
UEFA Cup	Torino; Cagliari; Internazionale; Fiorentina
Matches played	240
Goals scored	483 (2.01 per match)
Top goalscorer	Roberto Boninsegna; (22 goals)
	← 1970–71 1972–73 →

The 1971–72 Serie A season was the 70th season of top division football in Italy, and the 40th season of Serie A. The season began on 3 October 1971, and ended on 28 May 1972. Juventus won their 14th league title.

Team locations

Serie A 1971-72 team distribution

Team	Home city	Stadium
Atalanta	Bergamo	Stadio Comunale
Bologna	Bologna	Stadio Comunale
Cagliari	Cagliari	Stadio Sant'Elia
Catanzaro	Catanzaro	Stadio Comunale
Fiorentina	Florence	Stadio Comunale
Hellas Verona	Verona	Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi
Internazionale	Milan	Stadio San Siro
Juventus	Turin	Stadio Comunale di Torino
Mantova	Mantova	Stadio Danilo Martelli
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	Juventus (C)	30	17	9	4	48	24	+24	43	Qualification to European Cup
2	Milan	30	16	10	4	36	17	+19	42	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup
3	Torino	30	17	8	5	39	25	+14	42	Qualification to UEFA Cup
4	Cagliari	30	15	9	6	39	23	+16	39
5	Internazionale	30	13	10	7	49	28	+21	36
6	Fiorentina	30	12	12	6	28	20	+8	36
7	Roma	30	13	9	8	37	31	+6	35
8	Napoli	30	6	16	8	27	31	−4	28
9	Sampdoria	30	8	12	10	23	28	−5	28
10	Atalanta	30	9	8	13	21	26	−5	26
11	Bologna	30	7	11	12	28	36	−8	25
12	Vicenza	30	8	7	15	30	43	−13	23
13	Hellas Verona	30	4	14	12	21	36	−15	22
14	Mantova (R)	30	6	9	15	23	39	−16	21	Relegation to Serie B
15	Catanzaro (R)	30	3	15	12	17	34	−17	21
16	Varese (R)	30	1	11	18	17	42	−25	13

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

Results

Home \ Away	ATA	BOL	CAG	CTZ	FIO	INT	JUV	LRV	MAN	MIL	NAP	ROM	SAM	TOR	VAR	HEL
Atalanta		0–0	2–1	1–0	3–1	1–0	0–0	1–3	2–0	0–1	3–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–0
Bologna	1–1		2–1	2–1	1–1	0–3	1–2	2–1	1–1	0–2	2–2	2–2	1–0	2–3	1–0	1–0
Cagliari	2–0	2–1		0–0	0–0	2–1	2–1	3–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	1–0	3–1	1–2	1–1	3–1
Catanzaro	1–1	1–0	2–2		0–2	0–2	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–3	1–1	0–0
Fiorentina	2–0	2–1	0–1	1–0		0–0	1–1	2–1	0–1	2–0	2–1	2–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	2–1
Internazionale	2–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–1		0–0	2–1	2–0	2–3	2–0	2–2	4–4	2–0	2–0	4–1
Juventus	1–0	2–1	2–1	4–2	1–0	3–0		2–0	2–1	1–1	2–2	2–1	3–1	2–1	1–0	4–0
Vicenza	1–0	2–3	0–1	2–0	0–1	0–4	1–3		1–0	0–2	6–2	0–1	1–0	0–0	0–4	2–1
Mantova	1–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–2	1–6	1–1	0–1		0–0	0–0	0–2	1–2	1–2	2–2	1–0
Milan	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–4	1–1	0–1		3–0	3–0	0–0	1–0	3–1	2–0
Napoli	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–0		4–0	0–0	1–1	3–0	1–1
Roma	1–0	1–0	2–2	4–0	0–0	3–1	1–1	1–0	3–1	1–2	1–0		1–0	3–1	0–0	1–0
Sampdoria	1–0	2–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–2	1–2	1–0		2–1	2–0	1–0
Torino	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	2–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	2–0	2–0		2–0	2–2
Varese	0–1	0–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–3	0–1	0–0	2–4	0–1	0–1	1–3	0–1	2–2		0–0
Hellas Verona	1–2	0–0	0–2	0–0	0–0	2–0	1–0	2–2	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–2	0–0	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	22
2	Luigi Riva	Cagliari	20
3	Alberto Bigon	Milan	14
4	Pietro Anastasi	Juventus	11
	Mario Maraschi	Vicenza
	Giuseppe Savoldi	Bologna
7	Sergio Clerici	Fiorentina	10
7	Roberto Bettega	Juventus	10
9	Gianni Bui	Torino	9
9	Fabio Capello	Juventus	9

References and sources

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

Other websites

All results on RSSSF Website.

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