1953–54 Serie A
# 1953–54 Serie A

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

## Teams

Genoa and Legnano had been promoted from Serie B.

## 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 |

## 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 | |

## 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 | Poul Aage Rasmussen | Atalanta | 15 |
| 5 | Jørgen Leschly Sørensen | Milan | 15 |
| 7 | Giampiero Boniperti | Juventus | 14 |
| 8 | Gino Armano | Internazionale | 13 |
| 8 | Egisto Pandolfini | Roma | 13 |
| 8 | Giancarlo Bacci | Fiorentina | 13 |
| 11 | Benito Lorenzi | Internazionale | 12 |
| 12 | Gino Cappello | Bologna | 11 |
| 12 | Gino Pivatelli | Bologna | 11 |
| 14 | Amedeo Amadei | Napoli | 10 |
| 14 | Nerio Manzardo | Legnano | 10 |
| 14 | Nils Liedholm | Milan | 10 |
| 14 | Guido Gratton | Fiorentina | 10 |
| 14 | Horst Buhtz | Torino | 10 |
| 14 | Lennart Skoglund | Internazionale | 10 |

## References and sources

* Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005
* ↑ Latin Cup finally suspended for coincidence with the 1954 FIFA World Cup.
