1939–40 Serie A

39th season of top-tier Italian football May 2025 Serie A 1939–40 Ambrosiana-Inter5th title LiguriaModena Aldo Boffi(24 goals) 240 625 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. thumb|325px|right|Serie A 1939-40 teams distribution Teams Fiorentina and Venezia had been promoted from Serie B. Final classification main WDL QR y 2 5 AMB Ambrosiana-Inter BOL Bologna JUV Juventus LAZ Lazio GEN Genova 1893 TOR Torino ROM Roma MIL Milano NOV Novara VEN Venezia BAR Bari TRI Triestina FIO Fiorentina NAP Napoli LIG Liguria MOD Modena 20 4 6 56 23 C 16 9 5 44 23 15 6 9 45 40 12 11 7 44 36 14 5 11 56 47 13 7 10 47 41 11 7 12 28 31 10 8 12 46 38 12 3 15 27 35 10 7 13 34 46 9 9 12 33 46 10 6 14 38 43 9 6 15 37 48 9 6 15 26 41 7 10 13 25 44 R 7 8 15 39 43 R green2 C Pink Relegation to Serie B R R complete goal average officially used in event of equal points. Results main FBR grey 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 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 0–4 2–0 3–1 2–2 2–1 3–1 Decided by the FIGC. MIL_BOL complete Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 it Top goalscorers Rank Player Club Goals 1ITA 1861 Aldo BoffiMilano 242ITA 1861 Umberto GuarnieriAmbrosiana-Inter153URU ITA 1861 Ettore PuricelliBologna14ITA 1861 Carlo ReguzzoniBologna5ITA 1861 Ugo Conti Genova 189313ITA 1861 Guglielmo GabettoJuventus7ITA 1861 Attilio DemaríaAmbrosiana-Inter128ITA 1861 Bruno ArcariGenova 1893119ITA 1861 Vittorio SentimentiModena10URU Giovanni AlbertiVeneziaARG Michelangelo PantòRomaITA 1861 Danilo MicheliniTorino References and sources Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 External links - All results on RSSSF Website. Association football Italy Category:Serie A seasons Italy Category:1939–40 in Italian football leagues