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

Serie B
Season1953–54
ChampionsCatania
1st title

Teams

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

Final classification

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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[a] (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
Source: Panini
(C) Champions; (D) Disqualified; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ 5 points deducted for an attempted corruption.

Results

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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
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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Team 1  Score  Team 2
Cagliari   0-2   Pro Patria

Pro Patria promoted to Serie A.

References and sources

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