The 1953–54 Serie A season was won by Internazionale.

Serie A
Football Club Internazionale
Season1953–54
ChampionsInternazionale
7th title
RelegatedPalermo
Legnano
Matches played306
Goals scored825 (2.7 per match)
Top goalscorerGunnar Nordahl
(23 goals)

Teams

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Genoa and Legnano had been promoted from Serie B.

Final classification

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Internazionale (C) 34 20 11 3 67 32 +35 51 [1]
2 Juventus 34 20 10 4 58 34 +24 50
3 Milan 34 17 10 7 66 39 +27 44
3 Fiorentina 34 15 14 5 45 27 +18 44
5 Napoli 34 13 12 9 52 38 +14 38
6 Roma 34 12 12 10 53 42 +11 36
6 Bologna 34 14 8 12 50 41 +9 36
8 Sampdoria 34 11 12 11 38 40 −2 34
9 Torino 34 9 15 10 37 46 −9 33
10 Atalanta 34 10 11 13 54 53 +1 31
11 Lazio 34 10 9 15 40 42 −2 29
12 Genoa 34 10 8 16 36 50 −14 28
12 Triestina 34 9 10 15 42 64 −22 28
14 Novara 34 8 11 15 34 50 −16 27
15 Udinese 34 8 10 16 39 57 −18 26 Relegation tie-breaker
16 SPAL 34 8 10 16 33 53 −20 26
17 Palermo (R) 34 9 8 17 37 59 −22 26 Serie B after tie-breaker
18 Legnano (R) 34 6 13 15 44 58 −14 25 Relegation to Serie B
Source: Panini
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

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Home \ Away ATA BOL FIO GEN INT JUV LAZ LEG MIL NAP NOV PAL ROM SAM SPA TOR TRI UDI
Atalanta 1–3 1–1 1–0 0–2 3–2 1–0 4–1 3–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 4–2 6–0
Bologna 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 0–0 2–0 0–1 1–2 0–2 2–1 2–0 4–0 3–1
Fiorentina 3–0 1–3 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 4–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 3–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–2 1–0 0–0
Genoa 1–0 3–3 1–3 1–3 1–3 3–1 2–1 2–2 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 4–1
Internazionale 3–1 3–2 2–1 1–0 6–0 2–0 2–2 3–0 2–0 3–1 4–0 1–1 2–1 4–2 2–0 4–2 0–2
Juventus 2–0 2–2 0–0 3–1 2–2 0–0 2–1 1–0 3–2 0–0 4–1 3–0 1–0 3–1 0–0 3–1 1–0
Lazio 2–2 1–1 2–3 3–0 0–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–4 2–1 3–0 1–2 3–0 2–1 0–1 5–1 0–1
Legnano 1–2 0–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–2 1–0 5–1 3–0 2–2 2–2 1–3 0–0 2–1 0–0
Milan 3–3 2–1 2–1 3–0 2–0 1–0 3–2 3–1 3–2 0–0 2–1 1–2 1–1 6–1 0–1 4–0 2–1
Napoli 6–3 2–1 0–0 0–2 2–1 1–2 2–1 1–0 0–1 5–1 3–0 1–0 1–1 3–1 2–2 1–0 2–1
Novara 0–4 1–0 0–0 2–0 2–3 0–1 2–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 3–0 2–0 3–0 4–2 1–1 2–0 0–0
Palermo 0–0 3–1 0–1 2–1 2–2 1–3 2–0 3–3 1–4 2–2 1–1 1–3 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 4–0
Roma 0–0 1–3 1–2 4–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 5–3 1–2 0–0 3–0 3–1 3–1 3–0 2–2 3–1 3–0
Sampdoria 2–0 2–2 2–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 3–1 2–1 1–0 3–1 2–2 2–1 0–0 1–1 2–1 1–1
SPAL 3–2 0–0 1–1 1–0 2–2 1–3 0–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 0–1 0–0 2–1 2–3 0–0 2–1
Torino 1–3 0–1 1–1 3–2 1–1 2–4 0–1 2–2 1–4 0–2 1–0 2–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–0
Triestina 3–2 3–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–2 1–1 2–1 0–6 1–1 3–1 1–0 2–2 2–1 3–0 2–1 2–1
Udinese 2–2 3–2 1–2 3–1 0–2 0–2 1–1 1–2 2–2 3–3 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–2 1–1 3–0 4–2
Source: Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 (in Italian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation tie-breaker

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Played in Milan, Florence and Rome

Team 1  Score  Team 2
SPAL   0-2   Udinese
Palermo   1-1   Udinese
Palermo   1-2   SPAL

Palermo relegated to Serie B.

Top goalscorers

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Rank Player Club Goals
1   Gunnar Nordahl Milan 23
2   Hasse Jeppson Napoli 19
3     Eduardo Ricagni Juventus 17
4   Adriano Bassett Atalanta 16
5   Poul Aage Rasmussen Atalanta 15
  Jørgen Leschly Sørensen Milan
7   Giampiero Boniperti Juventus 14
8   Gino Armano Internazionale 13
  Egisto Pandolfini Roma
  Giancarlo Bacci Fiorentina
11   Benito Lorenzi Internazionale 12
12   Gino Cappello Bologna 11
  Gino Pivatelli Bologna
14   Amedeo Amadei Napoli 10
  Nerio Manzardo Legnano
  Nils Liedholm Milan
  Guido Gratton Fiorentina
  Horst Buhtz Torino
  Lennart Skoglund Internazionale

References and sources

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  • Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005
  1. ^ Latin Cup finally suspended for coincidence with the 1954 FIFA World Cup.
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