title: 1971–72 Serie A
text: # 1971–72 Serie A
  
  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 | Qualification to UEFA Cup |
  | 5 | Internazionale | 30 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 49 | 28 | +21 | 36 | Qualification to UEFA Cup |
  | 6 | Fiorentina | 30 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 28 | 20 | +8 | 36 | Qualification to UEFA Cup |
  | 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 | Relegation to Serie B |
  | 16 | Varese (R) | 30 | 1 | 11 | 18 | 17 | 42 | −25 | 13 | Relegation to Serie B |
  
  ## Results
  
  | Home \ Away | ATA | BOL | CAG | CTZ | FIO | INT | JUV | LRV | MAN | MIL | NAP | ROM | SAM | TOR | VAR | HEL |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 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 | |
  
  ## Top goalscorers
  
  | Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Roberto Boninsegna | Internazionale | 22 |
  | 2 | Luigi Riva | Cagliari | 20 |
  | 3 | Alberto Bigon | Milan | 14 |
  | 4 | Pietro Anastasi | Juventus | 11 |
  | 4 | Mario Maraschi | Vicenza | 11 |
  | 4 | Giuseppe Savoldi | Bologna | 11 |
  | 7 | Sergio Clerici | Fiorentina | 10 |
  | 7 | Roberto Bettega | Juventus | 10 |
  | 9 | Gianni Bui | Torino | 9 |
  | 9 | Fabio Capello | Juventus | 9 |
  
  ## References and sources
  
  * Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005
  