1938–39 Serie A

Serie A
	1938–39 Bologna's squad
Season	1938–39
Champions	Bologna; 5th title
Relegated	Livorno; Lucchese
Matches played	240
Goals scored	593 (2.47 per match)
Top goalscorer	Aldo Boffi; Ettore Puricelli; (19 goals each)
	← 1937–38 1939–40 →

The 1938–39 Serie A season was won by Bologna.

Teams

Novara and Modena had been promoted from Serie B.

Events

The goal average substituted the tie-breaker in event of equal points, to save time considering the risk of war. This change greatly helped Triestina.

Final classification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bologna (C)	30	16	10	4	53	31	1.710	42	1939 Mitropa Cup
2	Torino	30	14	10	6	45	34	1.324	38
3	Ambrosiana-Inter	30	14	9	7	55	37	1.486	37	1939 Mitropa Cup
4	Genova 1893	30	14	7	9	53	30	1.767	35
5	Roma	30	14	3	13	39	35	1.114	31
6	Liguria	30	12	7	11	35	34	1.029	31
7	Napoli	30	10	11	9	30	35	0.857	31
8	Juventus	30	8	13	9	28	34	0.824	29
9	Milano	30	10	8	12	36	34	1.059	28
10	Lazio	30	11	6	13	33	40	0.825	28
11	Bari	30	9	9	12	33	46	0.717	27
12	Novara	30	9	8	13	27	32	0.844	26
13	Modena	30	8	9	13	32	40	0.800	25
14	Triestina	30	7	10	13	23	28	0.821	24
15	Livorno (R)	30	9	6	15	40	49	0.816	24	Relegation to Serie B
16	Lucchese (R)	30	7	10	13	31	54	0.574	24	Relegation to Serie B

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

Note: Ambrosiana-Inter qualified as Coppa Italia winners.

Results

Home \ Away	AMB	BAR	BOL	GEN	JUV	LAZ	LIG	LIV	LUC	MIL	MOD	NAP	NOV	ROM	TOR	TRI
Ambrosiana-Inter		5–3	2–0	1–0	5–0	1–1	5–2	3–1	7–1	1–0	4–2	1–2	3–1	0–0	1–1	0–0
Bari	4–1		2–2	0–0	1–1	2–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	3–1	0–0	0–0
Bologna	1–1	4–3		3–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–1	1–1	4–0	3–0	1–0	0–3	2–0
Genova 1893	3–0	8–0	2–3		3–2	2–1	0–1	0–1	4–1	2–0	5–1	3–1	3–1	2–0	6–1	0–0
Juventus	0–0	3–0	1–0	1–1		1–0	2–1	2–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	2–1
Lazio	1–2	1–0	1–2	2–1	1–1		1–0	2–1	5–0	2–2	2–1	0–0	1–0	1–3	1–1	1–0
Liguria	1–0	1–0	1–2	1–0	1–1	0–1		3–3	1–1	0–1	1–0	2–0	3–1	3–2	2–1	2–2
Livorno	2–2	3–0	3–1	2–2	1–0	2–3	0–1		1–0	0–2	1–0	2–0	0–2	3–1	1–1	1–0
Lucchese	1–1	0–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	2–1	3–1	2–1		1–2	3–1	2–2	0–1	1–4	1–1	1–0
Milano	3–1	3–1	0–1	1–2	0–0	3–0	0–0	2–2	1–0		2–0	0–0	2–1	0–1	0–0	2–4
Modena	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–0	2–0	4–0	2–3	3–2	0–1	2–2		2–1	1–1	2–0	0–1	1–0
Napoli	1–0	1–1	1–6	2–0	4–1	0–0	0–0	3–1	3–1	1–0	0–1		2–1	1–0	0–0	2–0
Novara	0–1	2–0	1–3	0–0	0–0	2–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	2–1	0–0	0–0		5–0	0–1	1–0
Roma	2–3	2–0	0–1	3–1	1–0	0–2	1–0	4–1	3–0	1–0	0–1	2–2	3–0		2–0	1–2
Torino	2–1	2–1	1–1	0–1	3–2	3–1	1–0	3–2	5–1	3–2	4–2	3–0	1–1	0–1		1–0
Triestina	1–2	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	2–0	2–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	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.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Aldo Boffi	Milano	19
1	Ettore Puricelli	Bologna	19
3	Alfredo Lazzaretti	Genova 1893	14
4	Danilo Michelini	Roma	13
5	Giovanni Gaddoni	Torino	11
	Luigi Scarabello	Genova 1893
	Vinicio Viani	Livorno
8	Pietro Ferraris	Ambrosiana-Inter	10
	Annibale Frossi	Ambrosiana-Inter
	Guglielmo Gabetto	Juventus
	Ottorino Dugini	Bari
	Arrigo Morselli	Genova 1893
	Guglielmo Trevisan	Triestina
14	Aldo Campatelli	Ambrosiana-Inter	9

References and sources

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

External links

[1] - All results on RSSSF Website.

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
Wartime tournaments: 1916 Coppa Federale 1944 Alta Italia

1938–39 in European football
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Domestic leagues	Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Estonia Finland '38 '39 France Germany (Finals) Greece Hungary Iceland '38 '39 Italy Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Palestine '38–'39 39 Poland '38 '39 Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '38 '39 Sweden Switzerland Turkey (National Division '38 '39) Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Bulgaria '38 '39 Cyprus England Estonia '38 '39 France Germany '38 '39 Greece Italy Latvia '38 '39 Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '38 '39 Palestine Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union '38 '39 Spain '39 Switzerland Wales
International competitions	Mitropa Cup '38 '39

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