The 1953-54 Serie A was the fifty-second edition of the
Italian Football Championship
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. It was the twenty-first Italian Football Championship
brand
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ed
Serie A
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, since Serie A was launched in
1929
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. This was the twenty-eighth season from which the Italian Football Champions adorned their team jerseys in the subsequent season with a
Scudetto
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.
Internazionale
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were champions for the second of two consecutive wins, and for the seventh time in their
history
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. This was their fifth scudetto since the scudetto started being awarded in
1924
Events
January
* January 12 – Gopinath Saha shoots Ernest Day, whom he has mistaken for Sir Charles Tegart, the police commissioner of Calcutta, and is arrested soon after.
* January 20–January 30, 30 – Kuomintang in Ch ...
, and their fifth win contested as Serie A.
Teams
Genoa
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and
Legnano
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had been promoted from
Serie B
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.
Final classification
Results
Relegation tie-breaker
''Played in Milan, Florence and Rome''
Palermo
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relegated to
Serie B
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.
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.
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Serie A seasons
Italy
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1953–54 in Italian football leagues