# 1953–54 Serie B

The Serie B 1953–54 was the twenty-second tournament of this competition played in Italy since its creation.

## Teams

Pavia and Alessandria had been promoted from Serie C, while Como and Pro Patria had been relegated from Serie A.

## Final classification

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Catania (P, C) | 34 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 54 | 31 | 1.742 | 43 | Promotion to Serie A |
| 2 | Pro Patria (P) | 34 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 49 | 36 | 1.361 | 41 | Serie A after tie-breaker |
| 3 | Cagliari | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 42 | 30 | 1.400 | 41 | Promotion tie-breaker |
| 4 | Como | 34 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 37 | 22 | 1.682 | 40 | |
| 5 | Marzotto | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 39 | 30 | 1.300 | 39 | |
| 6 | Lanerossi Vicenza | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 41 | 34 | 1.206 | 37 | |
| 7 | Verona | 34 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 44 | 37 | 1.189 | 36 | |
| 7 | Monza | 34 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 30 | 29 | 1.034 | 36 | |
| 9 | Brescia | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 33 | 38 | 0.868 | 33 | |
| 10 | Modena | 34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 35 | 37 | 0.946 | 30 | |
| 10 | Messina | 34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 23 | 27 | 0.852 | 30 | |
| 10 | Salernitana | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 31 | 46 | 0.674 | 30 | |
| 13 | Padova | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 33 | 40 | 0.825 | 29 | |
| 13 | Alessandria | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 39 | 50 | 0.780 | 29 | |
| 13 | Pavia | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 39 | 51 | 0.765 | 29 | |
| 13 | Treviso | 34 | 7 | 15 | 12 | 24 | 41 | 0.585 | 29 | |
| 17 | Fanfulla (D, R) | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 37 | 34 | 1.088 | 28 | Relegation to Serie C |
| 18 | Piombino (R) | 34 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 24 | 41 | 0.585 | 27 | Relegation to Serie C |
* ↑ 5 points deducted for an attempted corruption.

## Results

| Home \ Away | ALE | BRE | CAG | CTN | COM | FAN | LRV | MAR | MES | MOD | MON | PAD | PAV | PIO | PPA | SAL | TRV | HEL |
| Alessandria | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–3 |
| Brescia | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 |
| Cagliari | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 3–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Catania | 4–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 |
| Como | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Fanfulla | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–2 | | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| L.R. Vicenza | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Marzotto | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 |
| Messina | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Modena | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 |
| Monza | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Padova | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | | 5–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 |
| Pavia | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 1–1 |
| Piombino | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | | 0–1 | 5–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Pro Patria | 3–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 | | 3–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Salernitana | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Treviso | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–5 | 1–0 | | 0–0 |
| Hellas Verona | 4–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 1–2 | |

## Promotion tie-breaker

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Cagliari | 0-2 | Pro Patria |
Pro Patria promoted to Serie A.

## References and sources

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