# 1952–53 Serie A

The 1952–53 Serie A season was won by Internazionale.

## Teams

Roma 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 | 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 |

## 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 | |

## 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 |
| 7 | Hasse Jeppson | Napoli | 14 |
| 7 | Carlo Galli | Roma | 14 |
| 10 | Quinto Bertoloni | Pro Patria | 13 |
| 10 | Renzo Burini | Milan | 13 |
| 10 | Marco Savioni | Novara | 13 |
| 13 | Benito Lorenzi | Internazionale | 12 |
| 14 | Karl Aage Præst | Juventus | 10 |
| 14 | István Mike Mayer | Bologna | 10 |
| 14 | Sergio Sega | SPAL | 10 |

## References and sources

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