1962–63 Serie A

Serie A
Season	1962–63
Dates	16 September 1962 – 26 May 1963
Champions	Internazionale; 8th title
Relegated	Napoli; Venezia; Palermo
European Cup	Internazionale; Milan
Cup Winners' Cup	Atalanta
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	Juventus; Roma
Matches	306
Goals	741 (2.42 per match)
Top goalscorer	Harald Nielsen; Pedro Manfredini; (19 goals each)
	← 1961–62 1963–64 →

The 1962–63 Serie A season was won by Internazionale.

Atalanta

Bologna

Serie A 1962-63 team distribution

Teams

Genoa, Napoli and Modena had been promoted from Serie B.

Final classification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Internazionale (C)	34	19	11	4	56	20	+36	49	Qualification to European Cup
2	Juventus	34	18	9	7	50	25	+25	45	Chosen for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
3	Milan	34	15	13	6	53	27	+26	43	Qualification to European Cup^[a]
4	Bologna	34	17	8	9	58	39	+19	42
5	Roma	34	13	14	7	57	32	+25	40	Chosen for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
6	Fiorentina	34	15	8	11	52	32	+20	38
7	Vicenza	34	13	10	11	35	35	0	36
8	Atalanta	34	12	10	12	43	44	−1	34	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup
8	SPAL	34	12	10	12	36	38	−2	34
8	Torino	34	12	10	12	34	38	−4	34
11	Sampdoria	34	11	8	15	41	50	−9	30
11	Modena	34	10	10	14	36	47	−11	30
11	Mantova	34	8	14	12	34	46	−12	30
11	Catania	34	10	10	14	35	56	−21	30
15	Genoa	34	9	10	15	32	48	−16	28
16	Napoli (R)	34	9	9	16	35	59	−24	27	Relegation to Serie B
17	Venezia (R)	34	6	10	18	36	51	−15	22
18	Palermo (R)	34	5	10	19	18	54	−36	20

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

^ Qualified as defending champions

Results

Home \ Away	ATA	BOL	CTN	FIO	GEN	INT	JUV	LRV	MAN	MIL	MOD	NAP	PAL	ROM	SAM	SPA	TOR	VEN
Atalanta		1–3	0–0	0–1	1–1	1–0	3–6	3–1	2–2	2–2	2–1	2–1	1–0	3–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	2–2
Bologna	1–0		5–0	2–1	1–1	0–4	1–2	2–1	2–2	1–2	7–1	4–2	4–0	0–0	4–1	4–1	1–0	0–0
Catania	2–0	1–1		0–1	3–1	1–0	1–5	1–0	1–1	1–0	3–2	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	3–0	3–2
Fiorentina	2–0	3–1	3–0		5–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	5–0	0–1	1–2	5–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–4
Genoa	2–1	1–0	4–1	1–2		1–3	0–0	2–0	0–0	0–1	1–1	3–2	5–0	2–2	2–1	0–0	1–0	2–0
Internazionale	1–2	4–1	2–1	1–0	6–0		1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	4–0	2–0	4–0	3–2	1–1	2–0
Juventus	2–3	3–1	0–1	0–0	2–0	0–1		2–0	2–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	2–1	2–0	3–0	2–2	0–1	2–1
Vicenza	2–2	0–0	3–1	1–0	1–0	1–2	1–3		4–2	2–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	3–0	1–0	0–1	0–0
Mantova	0–1	0–1	3–1	1–1	2–0	0–0	0–0	0–0		1–3	3–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	3–1	0–1	1–1	2–0
Milan	0–0	3–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	6–1	2–2		4–0	0–1	2–0	0–1	1–1	4–0	2–1	3–3
Modena	0–2	0–1	4–1	3–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–2		4–0	2–0	1–3	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–1
Napoli	2–1	0–0	3–2	2–0	1–0	1–5	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–5	0–2		3–1	3–3	0–2	2–0	2–2	1–0
Palermo	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–3	2–2	1–1		0–4	1–1	0–1	0–1	2–1
Roma	1–1	3–1	5–1	2–2	1–0	3–0	1–1	0–1	7–1	0–1	2–0	3–0	2–0		2–0	0–0	5–0	2–2
Sampdoria	2–0	2–3	4–0	1–0	3–1	0–0	2–1	1–3	2–2	2–1	1–1	3–0	2–0	0–0		0–1	1–3	3–1
SPAL	2–5	0–1	2–2	3–1	4–0	0–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	4–2	1–0	3–0	1–0		2–0	1–1
Torino	1–0	0–1	1–1	0–4	2–0	1–1	0–1	1–2	1–0	0–0	2–0	1–1	3–0	2–2	4–2	2–1		1–0
Venezia	1–0	0–3	2–1	0–3	0–0	0–2	1–2	1–2	4–1	0–2	4–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	2–0	0–1	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	Harald Nielsen	Bologna	19
1	Pedro Manfredini	Roma	19
3	Omar Sívori	Juventus	16
4	Kurt Hamrin	Fiorentina	15
5	Ezio Pascutti	Bologna	13
	Angelo Sormani	Mantova
	China	Sampdoria
	Beniamino Di Giacomo	Torino, Internazionale
9	Dino da Costa	Atalanta	12
9	Armando Miranda	Juventus	12
11	José Altafini	Milan	11
	Gino Raffin	Venezia
	Gerry Hitchens	Internazionale, Torino
	Bruno Petroni	Catania
15	Jair da Costa	Internazionale	10
	Sandro Mazzola	Internazionale
	Giorgio Puia	Vicenza
	Juan Seminario	Fiorentina

Attendances

#	Club	Average
1	Internazionale	46,637
2	Milan	43,614
3	Napoli	38,039
4	Roma	37,248
5	Juventus	31,002
6	Torino	23,877
7	Bologna	22,865
8	Fiorentina	20,645
9	Genoa	19,049
10	Sampdoria	16,630
11	Modena	16,271
12	Atalanta	15,168
13	Mantova	15,123
14	Catania	12,882
15	Venezia	11,837
16	SPAL	11,286
17	Palermo	10,908
18	Vicenza	9,452

Source:^[1]

References and sources

^ https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/ita/aveita63.htm

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

External links

[1] - All results on RSSSF Website.

[table_note_res_EC10.12024356244143-1] Qualified as defending champions

[2] ttps://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/ita/aveita63.htm

[a]

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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

1962–63 in European football (UEFA)
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Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '62 '63 England Faroe Islands '62 '63 Finland '62 '63 France East Germany West Germany (Finals) Greece Hungary Iceland '62 '63 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '62 '63 Spain Sweden '62 '63 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Austria Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '62 '63 Finland '62 '63 France East Germany West Germany Greece Iceland '62 '63 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '62 '63 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '62 '63 Spain Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	England Scotland
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final)
Non-UEFA competitions	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup