1951–52 Serie A

The 1951–52 Serie A season was won by Juventus.

Teams
SPAL and Legnano had been promoted from Serie B.

Six out of the twenty clubs came from Lombardy, a record for a single region of Italy.

Events
FIGC decided to restore the original 18-clubs format, so a special relegation would have been necessary.

Relegation tie-breaker
The 3 last-placed teams in Serie A were guaranteed relegation. However, due to a tie for 17th place between Lucchese and Triestina, the teams had to play a tie-breaker to determine which team would be relegated and which team qualified for the playoff.


 * Game played in Bergamo

The match was null.


 * Game played in Milan

Lucchese was relegated and Triestina qualified for the playoff game against Brescia, Serie B's 2nd-placed team.

Serie A qualification play-off
Since it was decided to reduce the number of Serie A teams from 20 to 18 for the 1952-1953 season, only the top 16 teams in Serie A were guaranteed to remain there the following season, and only the first-placed team in Serie B was guaranteed a direct promotion to Serie A. The 18th team would be decided in a one-game playoff between the 17th-placed team in Serie A and the 2nd-placed team in Serie B.


 * Game played in Valdagno

Triestina maintained its place in Serie A. Lucchese, Padova and Legnano were relegated while only Roma, the Serie B champion, was promoted.

References and sources

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