1951–52 Serie A
# 1951–52 Serie A

The 1951–52 Serie A season was won by Juventus.

## Teams

SPAL and Legnano had been promoted from Serie B.

Six out of the twenty clubs came from Lombardy, a record for a single region of Italy.

## Events

FIGC decided to restore the original 18-clubs format, so a special relegation would have been necessary.

## Final classification

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Juventus (C) | 38 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 98 | 34 | +64 | 60 | 1952 Latin Cup |
| 2 | Milan | 38 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 87 | 41 | +46 | 53 | |
| 3 | Internazionale | 38 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 86 | 49 | +37 | 49 | |
| 4 | Fiorentina | 38 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 52 | 38 | +14 | 43 | |
| 4 | Lazio | 38 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 60 | 49 | +11 | 43 | |
| 6 | Napoli | 38 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 64 | 44 | +20 | 42 | |
| 7 | Sampdoria | 38 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 48 | 40 | +8 | 41 | |
| 8 | Novara | 38 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 62 | 62 | 0 | 40 | |
| 9 | SPAL | 38 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 52 | 50 | +2 | 37 | |
| 9 | Pro Patria | 38 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 47 | 62 | −15 | 37 | |
| 11 | Palermo | 38 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 43 | 51 | −8 | 36 | |
| 12 | Atalanta | 38 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 54 | 61 | −7 | 34 | |
| 12 | Como | 38 | 15 | 4 | 19 | 53 | 70 | −17 | 34 | |
| 12 | Udinese | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 43 | 62 | −19 | 34 | |
| 12 | Torino | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 39 | 58 | −19 | 34 | |
| 16 | Bologna | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 45 | 55 | −10 | 33 | |
| 17 | Triestina | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 47 | 68 | −21 | 32 | Qualification play-offs |
| 18 | Lucchese (R) | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 39 | 49 | −10 | 32 | Serie B after tie-breaker |
| 19 | Padova (R) | 38 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 45 | 73 | −28 | 29 | Relegation to Serie B |
| 20 | Legnano (R) | 38 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 37 | 85 | −48 | 17 | Relegation to Serie B |

## Results

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

## Relegation tie-breaker

The 3 last-placed teams in Serie A were guaranteed relegation. However, due to a tie for 17th place between Lucchese and Triestina, the teams had to play a tie-breaker to determine which team would be relegated and which team qualified for the playoff.

    Game played in Bergamo

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| - | - | - |
| Triestina | 3-3 | Lucchese |

The match was null.

    Game played in Milan

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| - | - | - |
| Triestina | 1-0 | Lucchese |

Lucchese was relegated and Triestina qualified for the playoff game against Brescia, Serie B's 2nd-placed team.

## Serie A qualification play-off

Since it was decided to reduce the number of Serie A teams from 20 to 18 for the 1952-1953 season, only the top 16 teams in Serie A were guaranteed to remain there the following season, and only the first-placed team in Serie B was guaranteed a direct promotion to Serie A. The 18th team would be decided in a one-game playoff between the 17th-placed team in Serie A and the 2nd-placed team in Serie B.

    Game played in Valdagno

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| - | - | - |
| Brescia | 0-1 | Triestina |

Triestina maintained its place in Serie A. Lucchese, Padova and Legnano were relegated while only Roma, the Serie B champion, was promoted.

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | John Hansen | Juventus | 30 |
| 2 | Gunnar Nordahl | Milan | 27 |
| 3 | István Nyers | Internazionale | 23 |
| 4 | Renzo Burini | Milan | 22 |
| 4 | Hasse Jeppson | Atalanta | 22 |
| 6 | Giampiero Boniperti | Juventus | 19 |
| 7 | Silvio Piola | Novara | 18 |
| 8 | Ermes Muccinelli | Juventus | 17 |
| 9 | Şükrü Gülesin | Lazio | 16 |
| 10 | Benito Lorenzi | Internazionale | 15 |
| 11 | Cesarino Cervellati | Bologna | 14 |
| 12 | Aziz Esel Bulent | SPAL | 13 |
| 12 | Mario Astorri | Napoli | 13 |
| 12 | Giuseppe Baldini | Como | 13 |
| 12 | Giuseppe Rinaldi | Udinese | 13 |
| 16 | Karl Aage Hansen | Juventus | 12 |
| 16 | Pasquale Vivolo | Juventus | 12 |
| 16 | Gino Armano | Internazionale | 12 |
| 16 | Pietro Broccini | Internazionale | 12 |
| 16 | Amedeo Amadei | Napoli | 12 |
| 16 | Enrique Andres Martegani | Padova | 12 |
| 16 | Adriano Bassetto | Sampdoria | 12 |

## References and sources

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