# 1948–49 Serie A

Torino were declared 1948–49 Serie A champions on 6 May 1949, after the Superga tragedy, an air disaster that killed the entire Torino squad. At the time of the declaration, Torino led the runner-up Internazionale by four points with four matches remaining. Their remaining four matches were played by their reserve team, and they finished the league five points ahead of the runner up.

## Teams

Novara for Northern Italy, Padova for Central Italy and Palermo for Southern Italy had been promoted from Serie B.

## Events

Following the restoration of ordinary Serie B championship, the FIGC decided to come back to two relegations only from Serie A.

## Final classification

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Torino (C) | 38 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 78 | 34 | +44 | 60 | 1949 Latin Cup |
| 2 | Internazionale | 38 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 85 | 39 | +46 | 55 | |
| 3 | Milan | 38 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 83 | 52 | +31 | 50 | |
| 4 | Juventus | 38 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 64 | 47 | +17 | 44 | |
| 5 | Sampdoria | 38 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 74 | 63 | +11 | 41 | |
| 5 | Bologna | 38 | 11 | 18 | 9 | 53 | 46 | +7 | 40 | |
| 7 | Genoa | 38 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 51 | 51 | 0 | 40 | |
| 8 | Lucchese | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 55 | 55 | 0 | 38 | |
| 8 | Triestina | 38 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 59 | 59 | 0 | 38 | |
| 8 | Fiorentina | 38 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 51 | 60 | −9 | 38 | |
| 11 | Palermo | 38 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 57 | 58 | −1 | 36 | |
| 11 | Padova | 38 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 45 | 64 | −19 | 36 | |
| 13 | Lazio | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 60 | 62 | −2 | 34 | |
| 14 | Roma | 38 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 47 | 57 | −10 | 32 | |
| 15 | Novara | 38 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 52 | 74 | −22 | 31 | |
| 15 | Atalanta | 38 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 40 | 58 | −18 | 31 | |
| 17 | Pro Patria | 38 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 51 | 61 | −10 | 30 | |
| 17 | Bari | 38 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 30 | 50 | −20 | 30 | |
| 19 | Modena (R) | 38 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 36 | 49 | −13 | 29 | Relegation to Serie B |
| 20 | Livorno (R) | 38 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 39 | 71 | −32 | 26 | Relegation to Serie B |
Note: Goal Difference did not come into effect until the 1960s.

## Results

| Home \ Away | ATA | BAR | BOL | FIO | GEN | INT | JUV | LAZ | LIV | LUC | MIL | MOD | NOV | PAD | PAL | PPA | ROM | SAM | TOR | TRI |
| Atalanta | | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–5 | 3–2 | 0–1 |
| Bari | 0–2 | | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Bologna | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 6–2 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 |
| Fiorentina | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 5–3 |
| Genoa | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–2 | | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 7–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 5–1 |
| Internazionale | 4–0 | 9–1 | 2–2 | 7–1 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 4–4 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Juventus | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | | 4–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 6–1 | 3–2 | 4–3 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 |
| Lazio | 1–1 | 1–1 | 8–2 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 0–4 | | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 2–5 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 4–0 |
| Livorno | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 |
| Lucchese | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | | 2–2 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 4–0 | 6–2 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 |
| Milan | 3–0 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | | 5–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 |
| Modena | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 |
| Novara | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 5–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 3–0 |
| Padova | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 3–2 | | 3–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 4–4 | 0–0 |
| Palermo | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 |
| Pro Patria | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 3–1 |
| Roma | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 3–1 | | 2–4 | 1–2 | 4–2 |
| Sampdoria | 4–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 4–4 | 2–0 | | 2–3 | 1–1 |
| Torino | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | | 1–1 |
| Triestina | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 5–4 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 9–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | István Nyers | Internazionale | 26 |
| 2 | Amedeo Amadei | Internazionale | 22 |
| 3 | István Mike Mayer | Bologna | 20 |
| 4 | Carlo Stradella | Livorno | 19 |
| 5 | Riccardo Carapellese | Milan | 17 |
| 6 | Valentino Mazzola | Torino | 16 |
| 6 | Gunnar Nordahl | Milan | 16 |
| 8 | Giuseppe Baldini | Sampdoria | 15 |
| 8 | Renato Gei | Sampdoria | 15 |
| 8 | Giampiero Boniperti | Juventus | 15 |
| 8 | John Hansen | Juventus | 15 |
| 8 | Bruno Ispiro | Triestina | 15 |
| 8 | Ugo Conti | Lucchese | 15 |
| 14 | Silvio Piola | Novara | 14 |
| 14 | Adriano Bassetto | Sampdoria | 14 |

## References and sources

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

## Footnotes

* ↑ - All results on RSSSF Website.>