The 1947-48 Serie A was the forty-sixth edition of the

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. It was the fifteenth Italian Football Championship

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, since Serie A was launched in

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. This was the twenty-second season from which the Italian Football Champions adorned their team jerseys in the subsequent season with a

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were champions for the fifth time in their

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. This was their fifth scudetto since the scudetto started being awarded in

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and their third win contested as Serie A. This was their fourth of five consecutive Italian Football Championship wins, punctuated by a two-year break due to

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Teams

Pro Patria for Northern Italy, Lucchese for Central Italy and

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for Southern Italy had been promoted from

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Events

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participated as guest, but the final table excluded

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instead, which was disqualified for bribery.

Final classification

Results

Top goalscorers

References and sources

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

External links

- All results on Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation, RSSSF Website. {{DEFAULTSORT:1947-48 Serie A Serie A seasons

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1947–48 in Italian football leagues