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1959–60 Serie A
The 1959–60 Serie A season was won by Juventus FC, Juventus. Teams Atalanta BC, Atalanta and US Palermo, 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 References and sources *''Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004'', Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 External links - All results on Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation, RSSSF Website. {{DEFAULTSORT:1959-60 Serie A Serie A seasons 1959–60 in European association football leagues, Italy 1959–60 in Italian football leagues ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serie A
The Serie A (), officially known as Serie A Enilive in Italy and Serie A Made in Italy abroad for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Italy and the highest tier of the Italian football league system. Established in the 1929–30 Serie A, 1929–30 season, it restructured the existing Italian Football Championship, which had been played since 1898 Italian Football Championship, 1898, into a national round-robin format alongside Serie B. It functions under a promotion and relegation system with Serie B and has historically served as the pinnacle of professional football in Italy. The league was organised by the Direttorio Divisioni Superiori until 1943, the Lega Nazionale Professionisti, Lega Calcio from 1946 to 2010, and the Lega Serie A ever since. The 29 championships played from 1898 to the formation of the Serie A in 1929 are officially recognised by the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) as equal to later Serie A titles. Similarly the 1945â ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atalanta BC
Atalanta Bergamasca Calcio (), commonly referred to as Atalanta, is a professional football club based in Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy, who compete in Serie A, the top tier of the Italian league system. Founded in 1907, Atalanta holds the record for having played the most Serie A seasons (64) without being based in a regional capital and without having won the league title. Furthermore, the club also holds the record for most promotions to the Serie A and the joint-most Serie B titles, alongside Genoa. Atalanta won the Coppa Italia in 1963 and the UEFA Europa League in 2024. The club qualified for the UEFA Champions League four times, reaching the quarter-finals in 2020, and participated in six seasons of the UEFA Europa League (previously known as the UEFA Cup). Atalanta also reached the semi-finals of the Cup Winners' Cup in 1988, when it was competing in Serie B. This is still the joint-best performance ever by a non-first division club in a major UEFA competition. The cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Altafini
José João Altafini (; born 24 July 1938), also known as "Mazzola" in Brazil, is an Italian-Brazilian former association football, footballer, who played as a Forward (association football), forward. Although, he began his career with Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras, Palmeiras in Brazil, he soon moved to play football in Italy, and is mostly remembered for his highly successful stint with Italian club A.C. Milan, AC Milan, with which he achieved a great domestic and international success; he later played for S.S.C. Napoli, Napoli and Juventus FC, Juventus, before ending his career in Switzerland with spells at FC Chiasso, Chiasso and FC Mendrisio-Stabio, Mendrisiostar. A highly prolific goalscorer, Altafini also held the record for the most goals scored in a single European Cup and UEFA Champions League records and statistics, European Cup campaign for over 50 years; he is also one of only eight players to have scored five goals in a single UEFA Champions League records and statist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergio Brighenti
Sergio Brighenti (; 23 September 1932 – 10 October 2022) was an Italian football player and coach. As a professional player, Brighenti played as a forward at both club and international levels before beginning his coaching career. Playing career Brighenti made his professional debut in 1949 and played for Modena, Internazionale, Triestina, Padova, Sampdoria and Torino, winning two consecutive Serie A titles with Inter in 1953 and 1954. Brighenti scored a total of 155 goals in 363 career league games. He was also top-scorer in Serie A once throughout his career, during the 1960–61 season, scoring 27 goals. Brighenti also earned nine caps for Italy between 1959 and 1961, scoring two goals. Style of play Brighenti was a quick, hardworking, and dynamic centre-forward with good technical ability and a powerful, accurate shot, who was known for his team–play as well as his eye for goal; as such, his role was more akin to that of a "centravanti di manovra," in Italian foo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Charles
William John Charles (27 December 1931 – 21 February 2004) was a Welsh association football, footballer who played as a centre-forward or as a centre-back. Best known for his first stint at Leeds United F.C., Leeds United and Juventus FC, Juventus, he was rated by many as the greatest all-round footballer ever to come from Wales. Charles is sometimes considered to be one of the greatest footballers in history. John Charles began his career at Leeds United, having moved there in 1949 from his hometown club, Swansea City A.F.C., Swansea Town. He was equally adept as a defender or a forward, due to his strength, pace, technique, vision, ability in the air and eye for goal. After returning from his National Service in 1952, Charles began to be used more often as a forward, and he was the Football League Second Division, Second Division's top scorer in 1954. The following year, he was named club captain; in his first season as captain, he led the club to second place and promotion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kurt Hamrin
Kurt Roland "Kurre" Hamrin (; 19 November 1934 – 4 February 2024) was a Swedish professional footballer who played as a winger. He began his career in his home country with AIK, but later played for several Italian clubs, most notably Fiorentina, with whom he won two Coppa Italia titles, a Cup Winners' Cup, and a Mitropa Cup over nine years, making over 350 appearances for the club and scoring over 200 goals in all competitions. He also represented AC Milan, with whom he won a Serie A title and the European Cup. A prolific goalscorer, he is currently the eighth highest goalscorer of all time in Italy's Serie A, with 190 goals. In addition to his success at club level, Hamrin also had a successful international career, and was a member of the Sweden team that reached the 1958 FIFA World Cup final on home soil; he is commonly regarded as one of the greatest Swedish footballers of all time as well as one of Fiorentina's greatest players ever. Club career Hamrin first played ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Omar SÃvori
Enrique Omar SÃvori (, ; 2 October 1935 – 17 February 2005) was an Argentine-Italian Association football, football player and manager who played as a Forward (association football), forward. At club level, he is known for his successful time with Italian side Juventus FC, Juventus during the late 1950s and early 1960s, where he won three Serie A titles among other trophies; he also played for Club Atlético River Plate, River Plate in Argentina and SSC Napoli, Napoli in Italy. He made his international debut for Argentina national football team, Argentina, winning the Copa América, South American Championship in 1957 South American Championship, 1957. Later in his career, he represented Italy national football team, Italy and took part in the 1962 FIFA World Cup, 1962 World Cup. After his retirement as player, he coached several teams in Argentina. Regarded as one of the greatest players of his generation and as one of the greatest football players of all time, SÃvori was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derby Del Sole
The Derby del Sole (or the Derby of the Sun in English), also known as Derby del Sud, is an Italian football derby between Napoli and Roma. The two clubs are considered the most popular outside of Northern Italy; Roma being from Central Italy and Napoli from Southern Italy. Statistics Results * SF = Semi-finals * QF = Quarter-finals * R16 = Round of 16 * R32 = Round of 32 * GS = Group stage * R1 = Round 1 * R2 = Round 2 Head-to-head ranking in Serie A (1930–2025) • Total: Napoli with 41 higher finishes, Roma with 38 higher finishes (as of the end of the 2024–25 season). Trophies Note: Roma won the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup The Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, most commonly referred to as the Fairs Cup and sometimes as the European Fairs Cup or Fairs Cities' Cup, was a European football competition played between 1955 and 1971. The Fairs Cup was the idea of FIFA vice-presid ... once, but it does not count towards their official European record. References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derby Della Capitale
The Derby della Capitale (), also known as Derby Capitolino and Derby del Cupolone, as well as The Rome Derby in English and Derby di Roma in Italian, is the Association football, football local derby in Rome, Italy, between SS Lazio, Lazio and AS Roma, Roma. It is considered to be one of the fiercest intra-city derbies in the country, along with the other major local derbies, Derby della Madonnina (Milan derby) and Derby della Mole (Turin derby), and one of the greatest and most hotly contested derbies in Europe. History Football rivalry Lazio was founded in 1900 in Piazza della Libertà , Borough of Prati and initially played at the Rondinella field in the upper-class quartiere of Parioli. Roma began playing at the Motovelodromo Appio and subsequently, when the new stadium was built after only two years, moved to the working-class rione of Testaccio. Thus, the S.S. Lazio fans, Lazio ultras traditionally occupy the northern end (''Curva (stadia), Curva Nord'') and Roma's the so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derby Della Madonnina
The Derby della Madonnina (; named after the ''Madonnina'' statue on top of the Milan Cathedral), also known as the Derby di Milano (), is a derby football match between the two prominent Milanese clubs, Inter Milan and AC Milan. In the past, Inter Milan (commonly abbreviated to Inter) was seen as the club of the Milan bourgeoisie (nicknamed , a Milanese term meaning "braggart"), whereas Milan was supported mainly by the working class (nicknamed , meaning "screwdriver", with reference to the blue-collar worker). Because of their more prosperous ancestry, Inter fans had the "luxury" to go to the San Siro stadium by motorcycle (, another nickname given to the ). On the other hand, the were also known as or (i.e. able to be transferred to the stadium only by "tram", or public transport). Today, this socioeconomic divide has largely been mitigated and preference for either club is personal or familial. Taking place at least twice during the year via the league fixtures, this ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derby D'Italia
The Derby d'Italia () is the name of the football derby between Internazionale of Milan and Juventus of Turin. The term was coined in 1967 by Italian sports journalist Gianni Brera. The teams are from the two biggest cities in Northern Italy. Both teams have fans across Italy, and there are numerous fan clubs of Juventus in Piedmont and Inter in Lombardy (including in the two cities). Both clubs are among the most successful football clubs in the world. History The matchup between Juventus and Inter is perhaps the most intense match in Italy between two teams from different cities, historically since the 1950s and 60s, and especially after the '' Calciopoli'' which saw Juventus stripped of their league title from 2005–06 and given to Inter. After a field invasion due to the overflowing stands during a derby fixture in the 1960–61 season, Lega Calcio awarded the match to Inter but later FIGC overturned the decision and ordered a replay, much to the fury of Inter pre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derby Della Lanterna
The , Italian for the "Derby of the Lighthouse", is Genoa's local derby, played by Genoa and Sampdoria. It takes place at the Stadio Luigi Ferraris, which both clubs share. Background The derby's name is derived from the Torre della Lanterna, the ancient landmark and the main lighthouse for the city's port. The rivalry is fueled by the fact that Genoa has a long history, being Italy's oldest football club, while Sampdoria is one of the country's newer continuously operating club. It is the oldest derby in Italian football with the first match being played in 1902, when Sampdoria were known as Andrea Doria. 49 matches were played in total between Genoa and this incarnation of Sampdoria, with the former emerging with 30 victories in all competitions, with only eight wins for Andrea Doria. In 1946, a merger occurred between Sampierdarenese and Andrea Doria to form Sampdoria and the current incarnation of the rivalry began. The first match between Sampdoria and Genoa was held ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
