# 1952–53 Serie B

The Serie B 1952–53 was the twenty-first tournament of this competition played in Italy since its creation.

## Teams

Cagliari had been promoted from Serie C, while Lucchese, Padova and Legnano had been relegated from Serie A.

## Events

Relegations were reduced to two teams.

## Final classification

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Genoa (P, C) | 34 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 38 | 23 | 1.652 | 44 | Promotion to Serie A |
| 2 | Legnano (P) | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 52 | 32 | 1.625 | 41 | Serie A after tie-breaker |
| 3 | Catania | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 39 | 28 | 1.393 | 41 | Promotion tie-breaker |
| 4 | Messina | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 42 | 34 | 1.235 | 38 | |
| 4 | Brescia | 34 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 33 | 28 | 1.179 | 38 | |
| 4 | Cagliari | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 51 | 44 | 1.159 | 38 | |
| 4 | Monza | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 44 | 38 | 1.158 | 38 | |
| 8 | Marzotto | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 33 | 31 | 1.065 | 36 | |
| 9 | Treviso | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 33 | 34 | 0.971 | 35 | |
| 10 | Modena | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 34 | 33 | 1.030 | 34 | |
| 11 | Salernitana | 34 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 31 | 41 | 0.756 | 33 | |
| 12 | Vicenza | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 38 | 43 | 0.884 | 32 | |
| 13 | Verona | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 41 | 47 | 0.872 | 31 | |
| 14 | Fanfulla | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 47 | 46 | 1.022 | 30 | |
| 15 | Piombino | 34 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 33 | 40 | 0.825 | 28 | |
| 15 | Padova | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 36 | 45 | 0.800 | 28 | |
| 17 | Siracusa (R) | 34 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 30 | 42 | 0.714 | 27 | Relegation to Serie C |
| 18 | Lucchese (R) | 34 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 27 | 53 | 0.509 | 2 | Relegation to Serie C |
* ↑ A.C. Vicenza changed its name to Lanerossi Vicenza A.C. at the end of the season.
* ↑ 18 points deducted for a corruption case.

## Results

| Home \ Away | BRE | CAG | CTN | FAN | GEN | LEG | LUC | MAR | MES | MOD | MON | PAD | PIO | SAL | SIR | TRV | HEL | VIC |
| Brescia | | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Cagliari | 2–1 | | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 6–0 | 1–0 |
| Catania | 2–0 | 2–0 | | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Fanfulla | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 6–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 |
| Genoa | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| Legnano | 1–0 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Lucchese | 0–0 | 3–4 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| Marzotto | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Messina | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Modena | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| Monza | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Padova | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 3–3 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 0–1 |
| Piombino | 3–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 5–1 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 |
| Salernitana | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| Siracusa | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Treviso | 2–2 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | | 0–1 | 1–2 |
| Hellas Verona | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–2 | | 0–1 |
| Vicenza | 0–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | |

## Promotion tie-breaker

Played in Florence on July 28
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Catania | 1-4 | Legnano |
Legnano promoted to Serie A.