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1959–60 Serie A

57th season of top-tier Italian football

Field	Value
competition	Serie A
image	Juventus FC 1959-60.jpg
winners	Juventus
11th title
caption	1959–60 Juventus' line-up
season	1959–60
relegated	Palermo
Alessandria
Genoa
continentalcup1	[European Cup](1960-61-european-cup)
continentalcup1 qualifiers	Juventus
continentalcup3	[Inter-Cities Fairs Cup](1960-61-inter-cities-fairs-cup)
continentalcup3 qualifiers	Internazionale
Roma
continentalcup2	[Cup Winners' Cup](1960-61-european-cup-winners-cup)
continentalcup2 qualifiers	Fiorentina
league topscorer	Omar Sivori
(28 goals)
matches	306
total goals	792
prevseason	[1958–59](1958-59-serie-a)
nextseason	[1960–61](1960-61-serie-a)

11th title Alessandria Genoa Roma (28 goals) The 1959–60 Serie A season was won by Juventus.

Teams

Atalanta and Palermo had been promoted from Serie B.

Events

A modern professional structure was introduced, together with a third relegation.

Final classification

Inter and Roma were invited to the 1960–61 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup.

Results

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	ARG Italy Omar Sívori	Juventus	28
2	SWE Kurt Hamrin	Fiorentina	26
3	Wales John Charles	Juventus	23
4	Italy Sergio Brighenti	Padova	21
5	Brazil Italy José Altafini	Milan	20
6	ARG Pedro Manfredini	Roma	16
7	Italy Lorenzo Bettini	Udinese	14
Italy Gino Pivatelli	Bologna
ITA Paolo Erba	Bari
10	SWE Arne Selmosson	Roma	13
ITA Orlando Rozzoni	Lazio
12	ITA Mario Tortul	Padova	12
ITA Eddie Firmani	Internazionale
14	ARG ITA Antonio Valentín Angelillo	Internazionale	11
SWE Bengt Lindskog	Internazionale
ITA Egidio Morbello	SPAL
ITA Oliviero Conti	Vicenza

References and sources

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

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