1955–56 Serie A

Serie A
1955–56 Fiorentina team
Season1955–56
ChampionsFiorentina
1st title
RelegatedNovara
Pro Patria
European CupFiorentina
Matches played306
Goals scored838 (2.74 per match)
Top goalscorerGino Pivatelli
(29 goals)

The 1955–56 Serie A season was won by Fiorentina.

Teams

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Vicenza and Padova had been promoted from Serie B.

Final classification

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Fiorentina (C) 34 20 13 1 59 20 +39 53 Qualification for the European Cup preliminary round
2 Milan 34 16 9 9 70 48 +22 41 Qualified for the 1956 Latin Cup
3 Internazionale 34 16 7 11 57 36 +21 39
3 Lazio 34 14 11 9 54 46 +8 39
5 Bologna 34 15 7 12 68 52 +16 37
6 Roma 34 11 13 10 43 40 +3 35
6 Sampdoria 34 12 11 11 51 54 −3 35
8 Padova 34 14 6 14 41 43 −2 34
9 SPAL 34 10 13 11 40 39 +1 33
9 Genoa 34 12 9 13 50 52 −2 33
9 Torino 34 12 9 13 43 45 −2 33
9 Juventus 34 8 17 9 32 37 −5 33
9 Vicenza 34 10 13 11 31 40 −9 33
14 Napoli 34 10 12 12 46 49 −3 32
15 Atalanta 34 11 9 14 50 55 −5 31
16 Triestina 34 10 10 14 27 44 −17 30
17 Novara (R) 34 8 10 16 45 51 −6 26 Relegation to Serie B
18 Pro Patria (R) 34 3 9 22 31 87 −56 15
Source: Panini
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

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Home \ Away ATA BOL FIO GEN INT JUV LRV LAZ MIL NAP NOV PAD PPA ROM SAM SPA TOR TRI
Atalanta 1–0 0–0 2–2 1–1 1–1 3–0 1–1 4–3 1–2 2–1 0–2 4–1 1–1 4–1 4–3 1–2 2–0
Bologna 1–0 0–2 4–1 2–3 0–1 1–1 0–2 2–1 3–1 3–2 3–1 6–1 1–0 5–2 2–2 6–1 3–1
Fiorentina 4–1 0–0 3–1 0–0 2–0 2–0 4–1 3–0 0–0 4–2 1–0 4–1 2–0 0–0 0–0 2–0 1–0
Genoa 2–1 2–1 3–1 4–3 0–0 2–2 3–3 3–1 3–1 2–0 0–0 3–0 3–3 2–1 1–1 3–1 1–0
Internazionale 1–2 0–3 1–3 3–0 0–2 1–0 2–3 2–1 3–0 2–0 0–1 4–0 1–1 7–1 3–1 1–0 0–0
Juventus 2–1 2–2 0–4 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–1 2–2 3–0 3–1 0–0 2–2 2–2 0–2 0–1
Vicenza 1–0 2–3 1–1 2–1 0–2 3–2 0–1 1–3 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–1
Lazio 2–2 2–2 2–2 2–0 2–2 2–0 1–3 2–3 1–1 2–0 3–1 2–0 1–0 1–2 3–0 0–1 1–1
Milan 4–1 3–0 0–2 3–2 1–2 3–1 0–0 1–3 0–0 4–2 4–1 3–3 4–1 6–1 2–0 3–1 1–0
Napoli 0–3 3–3 2–4 2–1 0–2 1–1 0–0 1–2 2–0 0–2 1–0 8–1 1–1 3–1 2–2 2–2 3–2
Novara 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–2 2–2 0–0 2–0 6–2 3–4 1–0 3–0 2–1 2–2 1–2 1–1 1–2 0–1
Padova 5–1 3–1 0–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 3–1 1–2 1–5 1–1 2–1 2–1 2–0 1–3 0–0 2–0 4–0
Pro Patria 2–0 2–2 2–2 1–0 0–4 2–2 0–1 1–2 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–2 3–5 2–0 1–2 1–1 1–4
Roma 3–2 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 4–1 0–0 0–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–1 2–1 4–1
Sampdoria 4–0 2–5 0–0 0–0 3–2 2–0 1–3 1–1 2–2 3–0 1–1 0–1 7–0 1–0 3–1 0–0 1–0
SPAL 0–0 2–1 0–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 5–0 1–0 0–0 1–2 2–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–2 4–0
Torino 1–3 1–0 0–1 2–2 0–2 0–0 0–0 2–2 1–1 1–4 2–1 2–0 6–0 2–1 2–1 0–0 5–0
Triestina 0–0 1–3 1–1 2–0 0–0 1–1 0–2 1–0 1–3 2–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 3–1 1–0
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

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Rank Player Club Goals
1 Italy Gino Pivatelli Bologna 29
2 Sweden Gunnar Nordahl Milan 23
3 Italy Giuseppe Virgili Fiorentina 20
4 Italy Adriano Bassetto Atalanta 18
5 Italy Eddie Firmani Sampdoria 17
6 Brazil Luís Vinício Napoli 16
Uruguay Italy Juan Alberto Schiaffino Milan
8 Italy Attilio Frizzi Genoa 14
9 Argentina Italy Miguel Montuori Fiorentina 13
Italy Mario Tortul Sampdoria
11 Brazil Italy Dino da Costa Roma 12
Italy Lorenzo Bettini Lazio
Italy Amedeo Bonistalli Padova
14 Sweden Lennart Skoglund Internazionale 11
Italy Riccardo Carapellese Genoa
Italy Giorgio Dal Monte Milan
Italy Ezio Pascutti Bologna

References and sources

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