1971–72 Serie A

Serie A
1971–72 Juventus team
Season1971 (1971)–72
Dates3 October 1971 – 28 May 1972
ChampionsJuventus
14th title
RelegatedMantova
Catanzaro
Varese
European CupJuventus
Cup Winners' CupMilan
UEFA CupTorino
Cagliari
Internazionale
Fiorentina
Matches played240
Goals scored483 (2.01 per match)
Top goalscorerRoberto Boninsegna
(22 goals)
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Serie A 1971-72 team distribution

The 1971–72 Serie A season was won by Juventus.

Teams

Mantova, Atalanta and Catanzaro had been promoted from Serie B.

Final classification

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) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

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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 Italy Roberto Boninsegna Internazionale 22
2 Italy Luigi Riva Cagliari 20
3 Italy Alberto Bigon Milan 14
4 Italy Pietro Anastasi Juventus 11
Italy Mario Maraschi Vicenza
Italy Giuseppe Savoldi Bologna
7 Brazil Sergio Clerici Fiorentina 10
Italy Roberto Bettega Juventus
9 Italy Gianni Bui Torino 9
Italy Fabio Capello Juventus

References and sources

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