1938–39 Serie A

38th season of top-tier Italian football May 2025 Serie A 1938–39 1938–39 Bologna Associazione Giuoco del Calcio.jpg 1938–39 Bologna's squad Bologna5th title LivornoLucchese Aldo BoffiEttore Puricelli(19 goals each) 240 593 1937–38 1939–40 The 1938-39 Serie A was the thirty-ninth edition of the Italian Football Championship and its tenth since 1929 re-branding to create Serie A. It was the sixteenth season from which the Italian Football Champions adorned their team jerseys in the subsequent season with a Scudetto. Bologna were champions for the fifth time in their history. This was their fifth scudetto since the scudetto started being awarded in 1924 and their third win contested as Serie A. This re-ignited the Ambrosiana-Inter punctuated run of four Bologna wins from six consecutive Serie A competitions until 1941. thumb|325px|right|Serie A 1938-39 teams distribution 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 main WDL QR y 2 5 BOL Bologna TOR Torino AMB Ambrosiana-Inter GEN Genova 1893 ROM Roma LIG Liguria NAP Napoli JUV Juventus MIL Milano LAZ Lazio BAR Bari NOV Novara MOD Modena TRI Triestina LIV Livorno LUC Lucchese 16 10 4 53 31 C 14 10 6 45 34 14 9 7 55 37 14 7 9 53 30 14 3 13 39 35 12 7 11 35 34 10 11 9 30 35 8 13 9 28 34 10 8 12 36 34 11 6 13 33 40 9 9 12 33 46 9 8 13 27 32 8 9 13 32 40 7 10 13 23 28 9 6 15 40 49 R 7 10 13 31 54 R green1 1939 Mitropa Cup C blue1 1939 Mitropa Cup MC Pink Relegation to Serie B R R complete goal average officially used in event of equal points. Note: Ambrosiana-Inter qualified as Coppa Italia winners. Results main FBR grey 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 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 19URU ITA 1861 Ettore PuricelliBologna3ITA 1861 Alfredo LazzarettiGenova 1893144ITA 1861 Danilo MicheliniRoma135ITA 1861 Giovanni Gaddoni Torino11ITA 1861 Luigi Scarabello Genova 1893ITA 1861 Vinicio VianiLivorno8ITA 1861 Pietro FerrarisAmbrosiana-Inter10ITA 1861 Annibale Frossi Ambrosiana-InterITA 1861 Guglielmo GabettoJuventusITA 1861 Ottorino DuginiBariITA 1861 Arrigo Morselli Genova 1893ITA 1861 Guglielmo TrevisanTriestina14ITA 1861 Aldo CampatelliAmbrosiana-Inter9 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:1938–39 in Italian football leagues