1953–54 Serie A

Serie A
	Football Club Internazionale
Season	1953–54
Champions	Internazionale; 7th title
Relegated	Palermo; Legnano
Matches played	306
Goals scored	825 (2.7 per match)
Top goalscorer	Gunnar Nordahl; (23 goals)
	← 1952–53 1954–55 →

The 1953–54 Serie A season was won by Internazionale.

Teams[]

Genoa and Legnano had been promoted from Serie B.

Atalanta

Bologna

Fiorentina

Internazionale
Milan

Juventus
Torino

Lazio
Roma

Legnano

Napoli

Novara

Palermo

Genoa
Sampdoria

SPAL

Triestina

Udinese

Serie A 1953-54 team distribution

Final classification[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Internazionale (C)	34	20	11	3	67	32	+35	51
2	Juventus	34	20	10	4	58	34	+24	50
3	Milan	34	17	10	7	66	39	+27	44
3	Fiorentina	34	15	14	5	45	27	+18	44
5	Napoli	34	13	12	9	52	38	+14	38
6	Roma	34	12	12	10	53	42	+11	36
6	Bologna	34	14	8	12	50	41	+9	36
8	Sampdoria	34	11	12	11	38	40	−2	34
9	Torino	34	9	15	10	37	46	−9	33
10	Atalanta	34	10	11	13	54	53	+1	31
11	Lazio	34	10	9	15	40	42	−2	29
12	Genoa	34	10	8	16	36	50	−14	28
12	Triestina	34	9	10	15	42	64	−22	28
14	Novara	34	8	11	15	34	50	−16	27
15	Udinese	34	8	10	16	39	57	−18	26	Relegation tie-breaker
16	SPAL	34	8	10	16	33	53	−20	26	Relegation tie-breaker
17	Palermo (R)	34	9	8	17	37	59	−22	26	Serie B after tie-breaker
18	Legnano (R)	34	6	13	15	44	58	−14	25	Relegation to Serie B

Source: Panini
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated

Results[]

Home \ Away	ATA	BOL	FIO	GEN	INT	JUV	LAZ	LEG	MIL	NAP	NOV	PAL	ROM	SAM	SPA	TOR	TRI	UDI
Atalanta		1–3	1–1	1–0	0–2	3–2	1–0	4–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	4–2	6–0
Bologna	2–1		1–1	1–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	2–0	2–1	0–0	2–0	0–1	1–2	0–2	2–1	2–0	4–0	3–1
Fiorentina	3–0	1–3		1–0	1–1	1–1	0–1	4–0	0–0	1–0	2–0	3–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–2	1–0	0–0
Genoa	1–0	3–3	1–3		1–3	1–3	3–1	2–1	2–2	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	4–1
Internazionale	3–1	3–2	2–1	1–0		6–0	2–0	2–2	3–0	2–0	3–1	4–0	1–1	2–1	4–2	2–0	4–2	0–2
Juventus	2–0	2–2	0–0	3–1	2–2		0–0	2–1	1–0	3–2	0–0	4–1	3–0	1–0	3–1	0–0	3–1	1–0
Lazio	2–2	1–1	2–3	3–0	0–1	2–1		1–1	1–1	0–4	2–1	3–0	1–2	3–0	2–1	0–1	5–1	0–1
Legnano	1–2	0–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–1		2–2	1–0	5–1	3–0	2–2	2–2	1–3	0–0	2–1	0–0
Milan	3–3	2–1	2–1	3–0	2–0	1–0	3–2	3–1		3–2	0–0	2–1	1–2	1–1	6–1	0–1	4–0	2–1
Napoli	6–3	2–1	0–0	0–2	2–1	1–2	2–1	1–0	0–1		5–1	3–0	1–0	1–1	3–1	2–2	1–0	2–1
Novara	0–4	1–0	0–0	2–0	2–3	0–1	2–1	0–0	1–1	1–1		3–0	2–0	3–0	4–2	1–1	2–0	0–0
Palermo	0–0	3–1	0–1	2–1	2–2	1–3	2–0	3–3	1–4	2–2	1–1		1–3	2–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	4–0
Roma	0–0	1–3	1–2	4–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	5–3	1–2	0–0	3–0	3–1		3–1	3–0	2–2	3–1	3–0
Sampdoria	2–0	2–2	2–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	3–1	2–1	1–0	3–1	2–2	2–1		0–0	1–1	2–1	1–1
SPAL	3–2	0–0	1–1	1–0	2–2	1–3	0–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	2–1	0–1	0–0	2–1		2–3	0–0	2–1
Torino	1–3	0–1	1–1	3–2	1–1	2–4	0–1	2–2	1–4	0–2	1–0	2–1	1–1	2–0	1–0		1–1	1–0
Triestina	3–2	3–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	2–2	1–1	2–1	0–6	1–1	3–1	1–0	2–2	2–1	3–0	2–1		2–1
Udinese	2–2	3–2	1–2	3–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–2	2–2	3–3	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–2	1–1	3–0	4–2

Source: Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 (in Italian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation tie-breaker[]

Played in Milan, Florence and Rome

Team 1	Score	Team 2
SPAL	0-2	Udinese
Palermo	1-1	Udinese
Palermo	1-2	SPAL

Palermo relegated to Serie B.

Top goalscorers[]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Gunnar Nordahl	Milan	23
2	Hasse Jeppson	Napoli	19
3	Eduardo Ricagni	Juventus	17
4	Adriano Bassett	Atalanta	16
5		Atalanta	15
5	Jørgen Leschly Sørensen	Milan	15
7	Giampiero Boniperti	Juventus	14
8	Gino Armano	Internazionale	13
	Egisto Pandolfini	Roma
	Giancarlo Bacci	Fiorentina
11	Benito Lorenzi	Internazionale	12
12	Gino Cappello	Bologna	11
12	Gino Pivatelli	Bologna	11
14	Amedeo Amadei	Napoli	10
		Legnano
	Nils Liedholm	Milan
	Guido Gratton	Fiorentina
	Horst Buhtz	Torino
	Lennart Skoglund	Internazionale

References and sources[]

Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005

External links[]

[1] - All results on RSSSF Website.

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