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1966–67 Serie A

64th season of top-tier Italian football

Field	Value
competition	Serie A
dates	18 September 1966 – 1 June 1967
image	Juventus FC 1966-67.jpg
caption	1966–67 Juventus team
winners	Juventus
13th title
season	1966–67
relegated	Lazio
Foggia
Venezia
Lecco
continentalcup1	[European Cup](1967-68-european-cup)
continentalcup1 qualifiers	Juventus
continentalcup3	[Inter-Cities Fairs Cup](1967-68-inter-cities-fairs-cup)
continentalcup3 qualifiers	Bologna
Napoli
Fiorentina
continentalcup2	[Cup Winners' Cup](1967-68-european-cup-winners-cup)
continentalcup2 qualifiers	Milan
league topscorer	Gigi Riva
(18 goals)
matches	306
total goals	613
prevseason	[1965–66](1965-66-serie-a)
nextseason	[1967–68](1967-68-serie-a)

13th title Foggia Venezia Lecco Napoli Fiorentina (18 goals) The 1966–67 Serie A season was won by Juventus, it was their second scudetto of the 1960s. The season was closely contested and went down to the final day of the season; Internazionale were left needing just a draw or having Juventus not beat Lazio to win the title. However, Inter lost 1–0 on the final day to Mantova thanks to a goal from one of their former players, Beniamino Di Giacomo. Juventus on the other hand beat Lazio 2–1 to take their 13th title.

Teams

Venezia, Lecco and Mantova had been promoted from Serie B.

Events

A transitional relegation place was added to reduce the league to 16 clubs.

Six out of the eighteen clubs came from Lombardy, a record for a single region of Italy.

Final classification

Results

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Italy Gigi Riva	Cagliari	18
2	Italy Sandro Mazzola	Internazionale	17
3	SWE Kurt Hamrin	Fiorentina	15
BRA Italy José Altafini	Napoli
5	Italy Mario Brugnera	Fiorentina	13
6	Italy Gianni Rivera	Milan	12
7	Italy Giampaolo Menichelli	Juventus	11
8	SPA Joaquín Peiró	Roma	10
Italy Ezio Pascutti	Bologna
10	Italy Roberto Boninsegna	Cagliari	9
ITA Gigi Meroni	Torino
ITA Angelo Domenghini	Internazionale
ITA Renato Cappellini	Internazionale
GER Helmut Haller	Bologna

Attendances

#	Club	Average
1	Napoli	75,797
2	Internazionale	45,482
3	Roma	35,375
4	Milan	33,382
5	Fiorentina	26,858
6	Juventus	25,551
7	Bologna	24,608
8	Brescia	22,997
9	Lazio	21,680
10	Cagliari	18,334
11	Torino	17,147
12	Foggia	13,275
13	Mantova	12,896
14	Atalanta	12,333
15	Venezia	11,929
16	SPAL	11,793
17	Vicenza	10,692
18	Lecco	8,593

Source:

References and sources

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

References

https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/ita/aveita67.htm

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