1952–53 Serie A

Serie A
	Football Club Internazionale 1952-53
Season	1952–53
Champions	Internazionale; 6th title
Relegated	Como; Pro Patria
Matches played	306
Goals scored	830 (2.71 per match)
Top goalscorer	Gunnar Nordahl; (26 goals)
	← 1951–52 1953–54 →

The 1952-53 Serie A was the fifty-first edition of the Italian Football Championship. It was the twentieth Italian Football Championship branded Serie A, since Serie A was launched in 1929. This was the twenty-seventh season from which the Italian Football Champions adorned their team jerseys in the subsequent season with a Scudetto. Internazionale were champions for the first of two consecutive wins, and for the sixth time in their history. This was their fourth scudetto since the scudetto started being awarded in 1924, and their fourth win contested as Serie A.

Teams

Roma had been promoted from Serie B.

Serie A 1952-53 team distribution

Final classification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Internazionale (C)	34	19	9	6	46	24	+22	47
2	Juventus	34	18	9	7	73	40	+33	45
3	Milan	34	17	9	8	64	34	+30	43	Qualified for the 1953 Latin Cup
4	Napoli	34	15	11	8	53	43	+10	41
5	Bologna	34	16	7	11	52	43	+9	39
6	Roma	34	13	10	11	50	44	+6	36
7	Fiorentina	34	11	11	12	31	47	−16	33
8	SPAL	34	8	16	10	40	37	+3	32
8	Atalanta	34	10	12	12	52	53	−1	32
10	Torino	34	11	9	14	47	50	−3	31
10	Lazio	34	12	7	15	38	44	−6	31
10	Sampdoria	34	9	13	12	37	43	−6	31
10	Novara	34	11	9	14	43	52	−9	31
10	Udinese	34	10	11	13	42	55	−13	31
15	Triestina	34	10	10	14	47	54	−7	30
15	Palermo	34	10	10	14	43	56	−13	30
17	Como (R)	34	11	5	18	32	44	−12	27	Relegation to Serie B
18	Pro Patria (R)	34	7	8	19	40	67	−27	22	Relegation to Serie B

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

Results

Home \ Away	ATA	BOL	COM	FIO	INT	JUV	LAZ	MIL	NAP	NOV	PAL	PPA	ROM	SAM	SPA	TOR	TRI	UDI
Atalanta		2–0	1–1	1–2	0–1	1–5	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	3–2	1–5	4–0	0–1	1–3	5–2	5–0
Bologna	3–1		1–0	2–1	2–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	1–3	1–0	5–2	4–1	0–1	2–0	2–1	2–2	0–1	3–1
Como	2–1	1–0		2–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	3–1	2–1	0–0	3–1	4–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	2–0	0–0
Fiorentina	1–1	1–1	2–0		1–0	1–2	0–0	0–3	2–1	1–0	0–2	2–2	2–0	2–2	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–0
Internazionale	1–0	2–1	3–1	3–0		2–0	1–1	0–0	5–1	0–1	3–0	2–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	1–3	1–0	0–0
Juventus	1–1	1–2	2–1	8–0	2–1		5–0	0–3	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–0	3–2	3–0	2–2	4–1	3–2	4–0
Lazio	0–2	1–2	2–0	0–1	1–1	0–1		0–0	2–1	1–3	2–0	3–1	1–0	0–1	3–1	2–1	4–1	1–2
Milan	5–1	1–1	4–2	2–1	0–1	1–2	3–1		2–2	2–0	5–0	4–0	4–1	2–1	1–0	5–1	4–1	0–0
Napoli	2–0	4–1	1–0	0–0	0–1	3–2	3–0	4–2		2–3	0–0	1–0	0–0	2–1	1–0	3–0	1–1	4–2
Novara	1–1	2–2	2–1	1–2	1–2	0–6	2–2	2–1	0–1		3–4	2–2	3–1	2–0	0–0	2–0	1–0	3–1
Palermo	4–2	4–1	2–0	0–0	0–3	1–1	3–1	0–1	0–0	2–1		2–0	1–1	3–0	2–2	1–1	0–0	3–2
Pro Patria	0–3	3–0	2–0	0–0	2–2	3–3	1–0	0–1	1–1	2–3	2–1		0–1	0–1	2–0	3–0	3–2	2–3
Roma	2–2	2–1	3–0	1–0	1–3	3–0	0–2	2–1	5–2	4–1	1–0	0–0		0–0	0–0	2–1	2–2	2–2
Sampdoria	0–0	1–1	1–1	4–0	2–0	1–1	1–2	2–1	0–0	1–1	4–1	1–0	2–2		2–2	1–0	3–1	1–1
SPAL	2–2	1–4	0–0	1–1	0–1	2–2	1–0	1–1	4–1	0–0	4–0	4–0	2–1	0–0		1–1	2–0	3–0
Torino	2–3	1–1	2–1	4–1	1–1	0–1	2–0	1–1	1–2	4–1	3–1	1–1	0–0	2–0	1–1		5–0	0–3
Triestina	2–2	1–0	4–1	1–1	0–0	2–1	3–0	1–1	2–3	2–0	2–1	4–0	2–3	1–1	2–0	3–0		1–1
Udinese	1–3	0–2	1–0	0–1	0–0	1–1	0–4	0–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	7–3	3–1	3–2	2–0	1–0	1–1

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.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Gunnar Nordahl	Milan	26
2	John Hansen	Juventus	22
3	Poul Aage Rasmussen	Atalanta	19
4	Giancarlo Bacci	Bologna	18
5	Pasquale Vivolo	Juventus	16
6	István Nyers	Internazionale	15
7	Giancarlo Vitali	Napoli	14
	Hasse Jeppson	Napoli
	Carlo Galli	Roma
10	Quinto Bertoloni	Pro Patria	13
	Renzo Burini	Milan
	Marco Savioni	Novara
13	Benito Lorenzi	Internazionale	12
14	Karl Aage Præst	Juventus	10
	István Mike Mayer	Bologna
	Sergio Sega	SPAL

References and sources

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

External links

[1] - All results on RSSSF Website.

Serie A seasons
Prima Categoria	1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 FIGC
Prima Divisione	1921–22 CCI 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26
Divisione Nazionale	1926–27 1927–28 1928–29
Serie A	1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43
Divisione Nazionale	1943–44 1944–45 1945–46
Serie A	1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26
Wartime tournaments: 1916 Coppa Federale 1944 Alta Italia

1952–53 in European football
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Domestic leagues	Albania '52 '53 Austria Belgium Bulgaria '52 '53 Cyprus Czechoslovakia '52 '53 Denmark England Faroe Islands '52 '53 Finland '52 '53 France East Germany West Germany (Finals) Greece Hungary '52 '53 Iceland '52 '53 Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Poland '52 '53 Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania '52 '53 Scotland Soviet Union '52 '53 Spain Sweden Switzerland Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania '52 '53 Bulgaria Cyprus England France East Germany West Germany Greece Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Northern Ireland Norway '52 '53 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania '52 '53 Scotland Soviet Union '52 '53 Spain Sweden '53 Switzerland Wales Yugoslavia '52 '53
League cups	Scotland