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

Serie B
Season1952–53
ChampionsGenoa
2nd title

Teams

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

Events

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Relegations were reduced to two teams.

Final classification

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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[a] 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[b] (R) 34 5 10 19 27 53 0.509 2
Source: Panini
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ A.C. Vicenza changed its name to Lanerossi Vicenza A.C. at the end of the season.
  2. ^ 18 points deducted for a corruption case.

Results

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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
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.

Promotion tie-breaker

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Played in Florence on July 28

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Catania   1-4   Legnano

Legnano promoted to Serie A.

See also

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References and sources

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