The club as incumbent Champion started the season winning 4 consecutive matches, however, it was Cagliari from Luigi Riva, that clinched the Serie A.

Head coach Bruno Pesaola[1] and the squad reached a decent 5th place, and qualified to the 1970-71 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup.

[2] Meanwhile, in European Cup the squad defeated the Swedish club Öster IF in first round, and Dynamo Kyiv in eightfinals, only to be eliminated in quarterfinals by Scottish Celtic Glasgow; in Coppa Italia the squad was eliminated by Varese also in quarterfinals stage in the last season for Amarildo playing with the club.

[3] Forward Luciano Chiarugi scored 19 goals being the season club top scorer.

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