1952–53 Serie C

Serie C
Season 1952–53
Promoted Pavia and Alessandria
Relegated Reggiana, Vigevano, Stabia and Molfetta
Matches played 612
Goals scored 740 (1.21 per match)
Top goalscorer Mario Tortul (21)
Biggest home win Reggiana 6–0 Pisa
Biggest away win Vigevano 1–10 Empoli
Highest scoring Vigevano 1–10 Empoli

The 1952–53 Serie C was the fifteenth edition of Serie C, the third highest league in the Italian football league system.

The tournament was organized in a single table for the first time.

Events

The league was organized into a single division of 18 teams.

No team had been promoted from lower divisions in 1951–52 season.

Each team played a total of 34 matches (17 at home, 17 away). The 2–1–0 point system was used for the classification.

At the end of the 34th round, teams at the first two positions of the classification were promoted in Serie B for the 1953-54 season. On the contrary, teams which finished their league at the last four places were relegated in IV Serie.

Teams

Club City Stadium 1951–52 season
Alessandria U.S. Alessandria Stadio Giuseppe Moccagatta 4th in C/A
U.S. ArsenalTaranto Taranto Stadio Valentino Mazzola 2nd in C/D
Empoli F.C. Empoli Stadio Carlo Castellani 2nd in C/C
U.S. Lecce Lecce Stadio Carlo Pranzo 3rd in C/D
U.S. Livorno Livorno Stadio Comunale 16th in B
A.C. Mantova Mantua Stadio Danilo Martelli 3rd in C/B
A.S. Molfetta Molfetta Stadio Paolo Poli 4th in C/D
A.S. Parma Parma Stadio Ennio Tardini 2nd in C/B
F.C. Pavia Pavia Stadio Pietro Fortunati 3rd in C/A
Piacenza F.C. Piacenza Stadio Barriera Genova 1st in C/B
Pisa S.C. Pisa Arena Garibaldi 18th in B
A.C. Reggiana Reggio Emilia Stadio Mirabello 19th in B
U.S. Sambenedettese San Benedetto del Tronto Stadio Fratelli Ballarin 3rd in C/C
U.S. Sanremese Sanremo Polisportivo Comunale 2nd in C/A
A.C. Stabia Castellammare di Stabia Stadio San Marco 20th in B
U.S. A. Toma Maglie Maglie Stadio Tamborino–Frisari 1st in C/D
A.C. Venezia Venice Stadio Pierluigi Penzo 16th in B
A.C. Vigevano Vigevano Stadio Comunale 1st in C/A

Final classification

P
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Promotion or relegation
1. Pavia 34 22 4 8 54 29 +25 48 Promoted to Serie B
2. Alessandria 34 17 12 5 54 31 +23 46
3. ArsenalTaranto 34 16 10 8 44 34 +10 42
4. Sanremese 34 17 3 14 54 40 +14 37
5. Empoli 34 13 11 10 49 37 +12 37
6. Parma 34 14 8 12 47 31 +16 36
7. Livorno 34 12 11 11 30 33 –3 35
8. Pisa 34 12 9 13 38 45 –7 33
9. Venezia 34 13 7 14 30 43 –13 33
10. Piacenza 34 11 10 13 49 44 +5 32
11. Toma Maglie 34 11 10 13 32 33 –1 32
12. Mantova 34 13 6 15 36 45 –9 32
13. Sambenedettese 34 11 9 14 36 45 –9 31
14. Lecce 34 11 9 14 35 44 –9 31
15. Molfetta 34 7 16 11 34 45 –11 30 Relegated to
IV Serie
15. Stabia 34 7 10 17 34 58 –24 24
17. Vigevano 34 8 6 20 38 67 –29 22
18. Reggiana 34 9 13 12 46 37 +9 11[1]

Results

Home ╲ Away ALE ARS EMPLCELIVMANMOLPARPAVPIAPISREASBNSNRSTATOMVENVIG
Alessandria 11 10 30 31 41 22 10 00 22 20 10 30 10 20 20 41 31
ArsenalTaranto 20 11 12 31 00 00 11 10 11 20 10 20 10 31 21 01 42
Empoli 10 11 20 10 30 12 10 21 00 00 41 10 11 11 11 31 21
Lecce 00 12 12 00 20 42 01 32 10 00 11 20 21 11 00 21 31
Livorno 33 01 31 10 12 00 00 21 21 20 11 10 10 10 10 01 31
Mantova 33 01 20 31 22 31 10 02 02 11 32 51 14 20 10 20 02
Molfetta 00 01 11 20 00 01 12 11 00 11 20 00 00 21 11 20 20
Parma 20 41 00 11 00 10 41 12 20 40 12 20 10 40 21 50 52
Pavia 00 20 32 42 50 30 41 20 21 10 21 20 21 20 10 21 10
Piacenza 12 42 11 41 10 12 22 11 30 31 22 40 20 30 12 13 10
Pisa 33 10 21 11 00 01 20 00 01 21 21 41 02 30 10 31 31
Reggiana 11 11 30 12 12 00 42 10 01 00 60 11 20 51 00 31 40
Sambenedettese 20 11 30 20 20 10 12 10 21 31 11 00 40 30 10 00 00
Sanremese 12 34 21 10 10 30 62 21 10 21 02 31 41 41 20 20 42
Stabia 20 11 13 00 00 20 22 20 11 12 31 00 22 10 52 11 23
Toma Maglie 01 20 11 12 00 10 00 20 12 22 21 21 31 00 20 10 21
Venezia 03 10 10 20 10 00 00 11 21 20 21 00 10 21 10 02 00
Vigevano 11 01 110 10 12 10 10 41 01 30 12 00 22 13 12 00 32

Source: Il Corriere dello Sport – year 1953, available on emeroteca.coni.it (Italian)
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Footnotes

  1. 20 points deducted for an illicit.
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