1939–40 Serie A

Serie A
Season	1939–40
Champions	Ambrosiana-Inter; 5th title
Relegated	Liguria; Modena
Matches played	240
Goals scored	625 (2.6 per match)
Top goalscorer	Aldo Boffi; (24 goals)
	← 1938–39 1940–41 →

The 1939-40 Serie A was the fortieth edition of the Italian Football Championship and the eleventh since 1929 re-branding to create Serie A. It was the seventeenth season from which the Italian Football Champions adorned their team jerseys in the subsequent season with a Scudetto. Ambrosiana-Inter were champions for the fifth time in their history. This was their third scudetto since the scudetto started being awarded in 1924 and their third win contested as Serie A. This was a second punctuation by Inter in the run of four Bologna wins from six consecutive Serie A competitions until 1941.

Teams

Fiorentina and Venezia had been promoted from Serie B.

Final classification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Ambrosiana-Inter (C)	30	20	4	6	56	23	2.435	44
2	Bologna	30	16	9	5	44	23	1.913	41
3	Juventus	30	15	6	9	45	40	1.125	36
4	Lazio	30	12	11	7	44	36	1.222	35
5	Genova 1893	30	14	5	11	56	47	1.191	33
6	Torino	30	13	7	10	47	41	1.146	33
7	Roma	30	11	7	12	28	31	0.903	29
8	Milano	30	10	8	12	46	38	1.211	28
9	Novara	30	12	3	15	27	35	0.771	27
10	Venezia	30	10	7	13	34	46	0.739	27
11	Bari	30	9	9	12	33	46	0.717	27
12	Triestina	30	10	6	14	38	43	0.884	26
13	Fiorentina	30	9	6	15	37	48	0.771	24
14	Napoli	30	9	6	15	26	41	0.634	24
15	Liguria (R)	30	7	10	13	25	44	0.568	24	Relegation to Serie B
16	Modena (R)	30	7	8	15	39	43	0.907	22	Relegation to Serie B

Source: goal average officially used in event of equal points.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	AMB	BAR	BOL	FIO	GEN	JUV	LAZ	LIG	MIL	MOD	NAP	NOV	ROM	TOR	TRI	VEN
Ambrosiana-Inter		0–0	1–0	3–0	2–1	4–0	4–0	1–0	0–3	2–1	4–0	1–0	3–0	5–1	5–1	2–1
Bari	3–0		1–1	2–1	0–1	2–1	1–5	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	2–2	2–2	3–0
Bologna	0–0	3–1		3–2	5–3	1–0	3–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	3–0	1–0	3–1	2–0	2–0
Fiorentina	0–3	1–1	1–0		1–1	0–0	2–3	4–0	1–0	3–2	2–0	2–2	1–0	3–2	1–0	3–1
Genova 1893	2–2	3–0	1–2	3–0		3–2	4–0	2–0	1–1	0–3	2–0	5–3	0–0	1–0	1–0	3–1
Juventus	1–0	6–2	1–0	3–2	3–1		3–1	4–0	2–2	1–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	2–6	1–0
Lazio	1–1	0–1	2–2	1–1	4–1	4–0		2–2	2–2	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	1–0
Liguria	0–2	1–0	1–1	2–1	2–1	0–2	0–0		0–2	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	0–0
Milano	1–3	4–0	0–2^[a]	3–1	2–2	1–2	0–2	1–1		4–0	3–0	0–2	3–0	1–3	0–0	2–1
Modena	1–2	3–0	0–0	3–0	1–4	1–2	1–1	1–1	2–2		0–0	4–1	1–0	1–2	2–1	2–2
Napoli	0–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	3–1	0–0	1–1	3–2	1–4	1–0		2–1	0–1	3–1	3–1	2–0
Novara	1–0	1–0	0–0	2–1	3–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–1		1–0	0–1	2–1	2–0
Roma	1–2	4–2	2–0	0–0	2–0	3–1	1–0	2–2	3–1	1–0	1–0	3–1		0–0	1–0	0–2
Torino	0–1	2–2	2–1	2–1	3–1	1–2	0–1	3–0	2–1	4–3	1–0	1–0	4–0		3–1	0–0
Triestina	2–1	1–0	0–2	2–1	0–1	1–0	2–3	3–1	1–1	4–1	2–0	2–0	1–0	2–2		0–0
Venezia	2–1	2–1	1–1	2–0	2–6	1–1	2–1	2–1	0–2^[a]	0–4	2–0	3–1	2–2	2–1	3–1

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.
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Decided by the FIGC.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Aldo Boffi	Milano	24
2	Umberto Guarnieri	Ambrosiana-Inter	15
3	Ettore Puricelli	Bologna	14
3	Carlo Reguzzoni	Bologna	14
5	Ugo Conti	Genova 1893	13
5	Guglielmo Gabetto	Juventus	13
7	Attilio Demaría	Ambrosiana-Inter	12
8	Bruno Arcari	Genova 1893	11
9	Vittorio Sentimenti	Modena	10
	Giovanni Alberti	Venezia
	Michelangelo Pantò	Roma
	Danilo Michelini	Torino

References and sources

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

External links

[1] - All results on RSSSF Website.

[table_note_1_MIL_BOL0.19746479773776-1] Decided by the FIGC.

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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 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

1939–40 in European football
« 1938–39 1940–41 »
Domestic leagues	Austria Bohemia and Moravia Bulgaria Cyprus Denmark England Estonia Finland '39 '40 Germany (Finals) Greece Hungary Iceland '39 '40 Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Palestine Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Slovakia Soviet Union '39 '40 Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey (National Division '39 '40, Football Championship '40) Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Bulgaria '39 '40 Cyprus Estonia France Germany '39 '40 Greece Hungary Italy Latvia '39 Luxembourg Malta Northern Ireland Norway '39 '40 Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Spain '39 '40 Switzerland
International competitions	Mitropa Cup '39 '40