Series A 1951/52

	Series A 1951/52
master	Juventus Turin
Relegation ↓	FC Lucca ; US Triestina
Relegated	FC Lucca ; Calcio Padova ; AC Legnano
Teams	20th
Games	380 + 3 relegation games ;
Gates	1,101 (ø 2.9 per game)
Top scorer	John Hansen ( Juventus Turin )
	← Series A 1950/51 Series A 1952/53 →
	Series B 1951/52 ↓

The Serie A 1951-52 was the 20th season in the top Italian football -Spielklasse of Lords. The season began on September 9, 1951. The last matchday was on June 22, 1952. Juventus Turin ended the season as champions and thus became the successor to AC Milan . As a climber came SPAL Ferrara and the AC Legnano from the second division to do so. FC Lucca , Calcio Padova and Legnano had to relegate to Serie B.

Attendees

society	city	Stadion	Trainer
Atalanta Bergamo	Bergamo	Stadio Comunale	England Denis Neville (from 1st to 6th matchday) Carlo Ceresoli (from 7th matchday) Italy
Bologna FC	Bologna	Stadio Comunale	England Edmund Crawford (from 1st to 5th matchday) Raffaele Sansone (from 6th to 9th matchday) Giuseppe Galluzzi (from 10th to 35th matchday) Gyula Lelovics (from 36th matchday) Italy Italy Hungary 1949
FC Como	Como	Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia	Italy Alfredo Mazzoni (from 1st to 28th matchday) Róbert Winkler (on 19th matchday) Alfredo Mazzoni (from 20th to 24th matchday) Róbert Winkler (from 25th matchday) Hungary 1949 Italy Hungary 1949
AC Florence	Florence	Stadio Comunale	Italy Luigi Ferrero (from 1st to 9th matchday) Renzo Magli (from 10th matchday) Italy
Inter Milan	Milan	Stadio San Siro Arena Civica (on matchday 14)	Italy Aldo Olivieri and Carlo Davies (Technical Director) Italy
Juventus Turin	Turin	Stadio Comunale	Italy Luigi Bertolini and Virginio Rosetta (Technical Director) (from 1st to 10th matchday) György Sárosi (from 11th matchday)Italy Hungary 1949
Lazio Rome	Rome	National Stadium	Italy Giuseppe Bigogno
AC Legnano	Legnano	Carlo Pisacane Stadium	Italy Ugo Innocenti and Ettore Puricelli (Technical Director) Argentina Italy
FC Lucca	Lucca	Porta Elisa Stadium	Italy Piero Andreoli (from 1st to 10th matchday) Mario Malatesta (on 11th matchday) Luigi Ferrero (from 12th matchday) Italy Italy
AC Milan	Milan	San Siro Stadium	Hungary 1946 Lajos Czeizler and Antonio Busini (Technical Director) Italy
AC Napoli	Naples	Stadio della Liberazione	Italy Eraldo Monzeglio
Novara Calcio	Novara	Stadio Comunale	Italy Giovanni Varglien
AC Padua	Padua	Stadio Silvio Appiani	England Frank Soo (from 1st to 22nd matchday) Gastone Prendato (from 23rd to 24th matchday) Piero Pasinati (from 25th matchday) Italy Italy
US Palermo	Palermo	La Favorita stadium	Italy Remo Galli (from 1st to 31st match day) Guido Masetti (from 32nd matchday) Italy
Pro Patria Calcio	Busto Arsizio	Stadio Comunale	Italy Mario Varglien
Sampdoria Genoa	Genoa	Stadio Luigi Ferraris	Italy Gipo Poggi and Alfredo Foni (Technical Director) Italy
SPAL Ferrara	Ferrara	Stadio Comunale	Italy Antonio Janni
AC Turin	Turin	Stadio Filadelfia Stadio Comunale (on matchday 6)	Italy Mario Sperone (from 1st to 27th matchday) Oberdan Ussello and Roberto Copernico (Technical Director) (from 28th matchday) Italy Italy
US Triestina	Trieste	Stadio Comunale	Hungary 1949 Béla Guttmann (from 1st to 10th matchday) Mario Perazzolo (from 11th matchday) Italy
Udinese Calcio	Udine	Moretti Stadium	Italy Guido Testolina (from 1st to 31st matchday) Marcello Vecchiet (from 32nd matchday) Italy

Closing table

Pro Patria

Series A venues 1951/52

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Juventus Turin	38	26th	8th	4th	098:340	+64	60:16
2.	AC Milan (M)	38	20th	13	5	087:410	+46	53:23
3.	Inter Milan	38	21st	7th	10	086:490	+37	49:27
4th	ACF Fiorentina	38	17th	9	12	052:380	+14	43:33
5.	Lazio Rome	38	15th	13	10	060:490	+11	43:33
6th	AC Napoli	38	17th	8th	13	064:440	+20	42:34
7th	Sampdoria Genoa	38	16	9	13	048:400	+8	41:35
8th.	Novara Calcio	38	16	8th	14th	062:620	± 0	40:36
9.	SPAL Ferrara (N)	38	12	13	13	052:500	+2	37:39
10.	Pro Patria Calcio	38	12	13	13	047:620	−15	37:39
11.	US Palermo	38	11	14th	13	043:510	−8	36:40
12.	Atalanta Bergamo	38	13	8th	17th	054:610	−7	34:42
13.	FC Como	38	15th	4th	19th	053:700	−17	34:42
14th	Udinese Calcio	38	11	12	15th	043:620	−19	34:42
15th	AC Turin	38	12	10	16	039:580	−19	34:42
16.	Bologna FC	38	11	11	16	045:550	−10	33:43
17th	FC Lucca	38	11	10	17th	039:490	−10	32:44
18th	US Triestina	38	11	10	17th	047:680	−21	32:44
19th	Calcio Padova	38	10	9	19th	045:730	−28	29:47
20th	AC Legnano (N)	38	4th	9	25th	037:850	−48	17:59

Italian champion 1951/52

Participation in the relegation relegation

Relegation to the B series in 1952/53

(M)	Italian champion 1950/51
(N)	Newcomers from the B series 1950/51

Relegation relegation

First, the teams in 17th and 18th place with equal points played against each other. The losing team was relegated to Serie B. The winner then played against the runner-up in Serie B for a starting place in Serie A the following season.

1 round

date	18. Series A	Result	17. Series A	Venue
06/29/1952	US Triestina	3: 3 a.d.	FC Lucca	Milan
07/06/1952	US Triestina	1-0	FC Lucca	Bergamo

2nd round

date	17. Series A	Result	2. Series B	Venue
07/13/1952	US Triestina	1-0	AC Brescia	Valdagno

Both clubs stayed in their respective leagues.

Crosstab

The crosstab shows the results of all games this season. The home team is listed in the left column, the visiting team in the top row.

1951/52
AC Milan		2: 1	1: 1	1: 1	3: 1	3: 2	4-0	2-0	0-0	4-0	5: 1	6: 2	2: 1	4: 4	4-0	2-0	4: 1	3-0	1: 1	4: 1
Inter Milan	2: 2		3: 2	1: 1	0-0	3-0	2: 2	5: 1	1: 1	5-0	3-0	3: 1	0: 1	4-0	4: 3	5: 1	2-0	4-0	1-0	3: 1
Juventus Turin	3: 1	3: 2		5: 3	4-0	1: 1	1: 1	0-0	5: 1	4-0	5: 1	3: 1	2: 1	7: 1	2-0	2: 1	6-0	3-0	1: 1	6: 1
Lazio Rome	1: 1	1: 2	2-0		1-0	1-0	1-0	1: 2	3: 1	1: 1	2: 1	1-0	0-0	1: 2	3-0	4: 1	3-0	5-0	4: 1	2-0
ACF Fiorentina	1-0	5-0	0: 2	0-0		2: 1	1-0	5-0	3: 3	2: 1	3-0	1: 1	0: 1	0: 1	1-0	2: 1	1-0	3: 1	0-0	1-0
AC Napoli	0: 2	1-0	1: 2	2: 1	2: 1		1: 1	7: 1	1: 2	1: 2	4: 1	0: 1	1-0	3: 1	2-0	0-0	4-0	2-0	2: 1	2: 3
Bologna FC	0-0	3: 4	2: 3	2: 4	0: 3	1: 4		4: 2	2-0	0-0	1: 1	4: 1	0-0	1-0	2: 1	2: 1	0-0	2: 1	1: 1	1-0
FC Como	1: 2	2: 1	2-0	2: 2	0: 2	2: 4	1-0		5-0	4-0	0: 1	2: 2	2: 1	2: 1	1: 1	2-0	1-0	3: 2	1: 3	3-0
Udinese Calcio	1: 1	2: 1	2: 7	1: 1	0: 3	1: 1	0: 2	3: 1		0: 3	0: 1	1-0	2-0	3: 1	2-0	3-0	1: 1	3: 1	1: 1	2: 1
US Palermo	1: 1	1: 1	0-0	0-0	2-0	1: 1	1: 1	4: 1	2: 1		1: 2	3: 1	0-0	0: 1	3: 1	1-0	0: 2	4: 1	3-0	2-0
Pro Patria Calcio	2: 2	5: 1	1: 3	4: 2	1: 1	1: 1	2-0	1-0	1-0	0-0		1-0	3: 2	1: 1	2: 1	2: 2	1: 1	2: 2	2: 2	1: 1
Novara Calcio	1: 2	2: 4	1: 4	2: 2	4: 3	1-0	1-0	3: 2	4: 1	1: 1	3-0		2: 1	2-0	1-0	5-0	2: 1	2: 1	2: 2	4: 1
Sampdoria Genoa	1: 1	1: 3	2: 1	4-0	1: 1	2: 1	2: 1	3: 1	1-0	1: 1	1-0	3: 1		3: 2	1: 1	3: 1	1-0	1: 1	0: 1	3-0
Atalanta Bergamo	1-0	0: 2	0: 1	0: 2	1-0	2: 4	1: 2	1-0	3-0	2: 2	1: 1	2-0	2: 1		1: 2	7: 1	5-0	1: 1	1-0	2-0
FC Lucca	0: 5	1-0	0-0	4-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1: 2	1: 1	1-0	2-0	1: 1	1: 1	2-0		1: 2	3-0	0: 1	2-0	4: 2
US Triestina	1: 1	1: 3	0: 3	1: 1	2: 3	0-0	4: 1	2-0	0-0	2-0	3-0	2: 2	1-0	3: 1	3: 1		0: 1	2: 1	2: 1	1: 1
AC Turin	0: 6	1-0	0-0	1: 1	2-0	0: 2	3: 2	4-0	0-0	2-0	2-0	0: 1	2-0	1: 1	1: 1	5: 2		4: 1	1-0	0: 1
Calcio Padova	5: 2	1: 5	1: 2	2: 1	1: 1	0: 1	2: 1	0: 2	2: 1	3: 2	1-0	0-0	2: 1	1: 1	0: 1	0-0	3-0		2: 4	2: 1
SPAL Ferrara	1: 2	1: 1	0: 1	4-0	1: 2	2: 1	2: 1	1-0	2: 3	3-0	2: 2	2: 1	0: 1	2: 1	1-0	1: 1	1: 1	1: 1		3: 1
AC Legnano	2: 1	0: 4	0: 3	1: 1	1-0	2: 4	0: 2	1: 2	0-0	1: 1	1: 2	2: 3	1: 2	2: 2	0: 2	1: 3	2: 2	2: 2	3: 3

List of goalscorers

Pl.	player	society	Gates
1	Denmark John Hansen	Juventus Turin	30th
2	Sweden Gunnar Nordahl	AC Milan	26th
3	Hungary 1949 István Nyers	Inter Milan	23
4th	Italy Renzo Burini	AC Milan	22nd
4th	Sweden Hate Jeppson	Atalanta Bergamo	22nd
6th	Italy Giampiero Boniperti	Juventus Turin	19th
7th	Italy Silvio Piola	Novara Calcio	18th
8th	Italy Ermes Muccinelli	Juventus Turin	17th
9	Turkey Şükrü Gülesin	Lazio Rome	16
10	Italy Benito Lorenzi	Inter Milan	15th

Champions team

(The games and goals are given in brackets)

Juventus Turin
	Goal: Filippo Cavalli (4 / -); Giovanni Viola (34 / -) Defense: Alberto Bertuccelli (24 / -); Enrico Boniforti (2 / -); Giuseppe Corradi (17 / -); Sergio Manente (33 / -); Carlo Parola (15/1) Midfield: Romolo Bizzotto (10 / -); Rino Ferrario (24 / -); Karl Aage Hansen (31/12); Giacomo Mari (31/2); Alberto Piccinini (34 / -); Karl Aage Præst (35/3); Ermanno Scaramuzzi (1 / -) Forward: Giampiero Boniperti (33/19); Emilio Caprile (5/2); John Hansen (36/30); Ermes Muccinelli (30/17); Pasquale Vivolo (19/12) Coach: György Sárosi

Web links

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weltfussball.de Results and table

Series A 1951/52

master	Juventus Turin
Relegation ↓	FC Lucca US Triestina
Relegated	FC Lucca Calcio Padova AC Legnano
Teams	20th
Games	380 + 3 relegation games
Gates	1,101 (ø 2.9 per game)
Top scorer	Denmark John Hansen ( Juventus Turin )
← Series A 1950/51 Series A 1952/53 →
Series B 1951/52 ↓