Lazio 1939-40

An excellent season with a very good fourth place. Eight days after the end of Serie A, Italy joined World War II.

Source Lazio Wiki

What happened in Serie A

Complete player statistics

Squad

Goalkeepers: Giacomo Blason, Corrado Giovannini, Corrado Giubilo, Vincenzo Provera

Defenders: Maximiliano Faotto, Renato Ferrarese, Alessandro Ferri, Alfredo Monza

Midfielders: Giuseppe Baldo, Bruno Camolese, Vittorio Dagianti, Enrique Flamini, Luigi Milano, Luciano Ramella

Forwards: Evaristo Barrera, Umberto Busani, Giovanni Costa, Elvezio D'Orazi, Silvio Piola, Silvestro Pisa, Luigi Vettraino

Manager: Geza Kertesz

Presidents: Remo Zenobi 

Jersey

Source SS Lazio Museum

Lazio 1939-40

Serie A: Lazio came fourth. The scudetto was won by Ambrosiana Inter.

Coppa Italia: The Biancocelesti reached the quarte finals. The cup was won by Fiorentina

Competition	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals Scored
Serie A	30	12	11	7	44
Coppa Italia	3	2	-	1	5
Total	33	14	11	8	49

Top five appearances

Player	Total	Serie A	Coppa Italia
Alfredo Monza	33	30	3
Luciano Ramella	33	30	3
Giuseppe Baldo	31	28	3
Luigi Milano	30	28	2
Luigi Vettraino	30	27	3

Top five goal scorers

Player	Total	Serie A	Coppa Italia
Silvio Piola	10	9	1
Silvestro Pisa	9	9	-
Luigi Vettraino	8	7	1
Evaristo Barrera	7	6	1
Enrique Flamini	5	5	-
Umberto Busani	5	5	-

Serie A

Game	Date & Venue	Fixture	Goals
1	Sunday, September 17, 1939, Stadio Cesare Marzari, Modena	Modena Lazio 1-1	2' Uneddu, 20' Pisa
2	Sunday, September 24, 1939, Stadio PNF, Rome	Lazio Torino 1-1	20' Vettraino, 65' Petron
3	Sunday, October 1 1939, Stadio Giovanni Berta, Florence	Fiorentina Lazio 2-3	16' Vettraino, 42' Busani, 44' Menti II, 45' Piola, 52' Poggi II
4	Sunday, October 8, 1939, Stadio PNF, Rome	Lazio Genova 1893 4-1	5' Pisa, 52' Pisa, 73' Flamini, 79' Piola, 89' Faotto (og)
5	Sunday, October 15, 1939, Stadio San Siro, Milan	Milano Lazio 0-2	50' Pisa, 55' Piola
6	Sunday, October 22, 1939, Stadio PNF, Rome	Lazio Bari 0-1	1' Fabbri II
7	Sunday, October 29 1939, Stadio PNF, Rome	Lazio Novara 1-0	53' Busani
8	Sunday, November 5, 1939, Stadio Littoriale, Bologna	Bologna Lazio 3-1	24' Monza, 34' Andreolo (pen), 78' Puricelli, 87' Puricelli
9	Sunday, November 19, 1939, Stadio PNF, Rome	Lazio Juventus 4-0	21' Pisa, 60' Busani, 74' Pisa (pen), 90' Baldo
10	Sunday, December 3, 1939, Stadio Pierluigi Penzo, Venice	Venezia Lazio 2-1	27' Flamini, 60' Corbelli, 70' Alberti
11	Sunday, December 10, 1939, Stadio PNF, Rome	Lazio Napoli 2-0	12' Piola, 88' Piola
12	Sunday, December 17, 1939, Stadio del Littorio	Liguria Lazio 0-0
13	Sunday, December 31, 1939, Stadio PNF, Rome	Lazio Ambrosiana Inter 1-1	44' De Maria, 55' Piola
14	Sunday, January 7, 1940, Stadio PNF, Rome	Roma Lazio 1-0	5' Campilongo
15	Sunday, January 14, 1940, Stadio PNF, Rome	Lazio Triestina 2-0	43' Vettraino, 44' Pisa

16	Sunday, January 21, 1940, Stadio PNF, Rome	Lazio Modena 1-1	4' Pisa, 18' Braga
17	Sunday, January 28, 1940, Stadio Filadelfia, Turin	Torino Lazio 0-1	34' Pisa
18	Sunday, February 4, 1940, Stadio PNF, Rome	Lazio Fiorentina 1-1	74' Vettraino, 80' Tagliasacchi
19	Sunday, February 11, 1940, Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa	Genova 1893 Lazio 4-0	28' Arcari IV (pen), 30' Bertoni I, 64' Arcari IV (pen), 87' Scarabello
20	Sunday, February 18, 1940, Stadio PNF, Rome	Lazio Milano 2-2	31' Menti I, 43' Barrera, 66' Boffi, 81' Piola
21	Sunday, February 25, 1940, Stadio della Vittoria, Bari	Bari Lazio 1-5	11' Busani, 30' Dugini, 43' Vettraino, 55' Barrera, 69' Busani, 81' Piola
22	Sunday, March 10, 1940, Stadio Comunale, Novara	Novara Lazio 0-0
23	Sunday, March 17, 1940, Stadio PNF, Rome	Lazio Bologna 2-2	20' Puricelli, 23' Flamini, 77' Barrera, 85' Montesanto
24	Sunday, March 24, 1940, Stadio Benito Mussolini, Turin	Juventus Lazio 3-1	24' Tomasi, 35' Gabetto, 54' Barrera, 62' Borel II
25	Sunday, March 31, 1940, Stadio PNF, Rome	Lazio Venezia 1-0	55' Flamini
26	Sunday, April 21, 1940, Stadio Partenopeo, Napoli	Napoli Lazio 1-1	61' Quario, 88' Barrera
27	Sunday, May 12, 1940, Stadio PNF, Rome	Lazio Liguria 2-2	18' Bollano, 49' Riccardi, 71' Piola, 85' Barrera (pen)
28	Sunday, May 19, 1940, Arena Civica, Milan	Ambrosiana Inter Lazio 4-0	32' Barsanti, 36' Demaria I, 37' Frossi, 67' Barsanti.
29	Sunday, May 26, 1940, Stadio PNF, Rome	Lazio Roma 1-0	12' Flamini
30	Sunday, June 2, 1940, Stadio Littorio, Trieste	Triestina Lazio 2-3	18' Vettraino, 42' Trevisan, 48' Grezar, 52' Dagianti, 54' Vettraino

Coppa Italia

Game	Date & Venue	Fixture	Goals
Round of 32	Sunday, December 24, 1939, Stadio Littorio, Trieste	Triestina Lazio 1-2 (aet)	47' Tosolini, 87' Baldo, 110' Piola
Round of 16	Sunday, April 7, 1940, Stadio PNF, Rome	Lazio Macerata 2-0	23’ Barrera, 66' Camolese
Quarter Final	Sunday, April 28, 1940, Stadio Giovanni Berta, Florence	Fiorentina Lazio 4-1	12’ Celoria, 31' Vettraino, 35' Baldini, 50' Morisco, 78' Baldini