1954–55 Serie A

{{Short description|52nd season of top-tier Italian football}}

{{Infobox football league season

| competition = Serie A

| season = 1954–55

| image =

| winners = AC Milan
5th title

| caption =

| relegated=Udinese
Catania

| continentalcup1 = European Cup

| continentalcup1 qualifiers = AC Milan

| league topscorer = Gunnar Nordahl
(27 goals)

| matches = 306

| total goals = 832

| prevseason = 1953–54

| nextseason = 1955–56

}}

The 1954–55 Serie A season was won by AC Milan.

Teams

Catania and Pro Patria had been promoted from Serie B.

On February 13, 1955 Inter Milan, Juventus, Roma and Milan all lost on the same match day, a feat that would not be repeated until September 18, 2022.

{{Location map+|Italy|float=right|width=325|caption=Serie A 1954-55 team distribution|places=

{{Location map~|Italy|lat=45.695|long=9.67|label=Atalanta}}

{{Location map~|Italy|lat=44.5075|long=11.351389|label=Bologna}}

{{Location map~|Italy|lat=37.516667|long=15.066667|label=Catania}}

{{Location map~|Italy|lat=43.771667|long=11.253611|label=Fiorentina}}

{{Location map~|Italy|lat=44.4|long=8.916667|label=Genoa
Sampdoria|position=bottom}}

{{Location map~|Italy|lat=45.4636|long=9.1884|label=Internazionale
Milan|position=bottom}}

{{Location map~|Italy|lat=45.066667|long=7.7|label=Juventus
Torino|position=bottom}}

{{Location map~|Italy|lat=41.9|long=12.5|label=Lazio
Roma|position=left}}

{{Location map~|Italy|lat=40.833333|long=14.25|label=Napoli}}

{{Location map~|Italy|lat=45.45|long=8.616667|label=Novara|position=left}}

{{Location map~|Italy|lat=45.6|long=8.833333|label=Pro Patria|position=left}}

{{Location map~|Italy|lat=44.833333|long=11.616667|label=SPAL}}

{{Location map~|Italy|lat=45.633333|long=13.8|label=Triestina|position=left}}

{{Location map~|Italy|lat=46.066667|long=13.233333|label=Udinese|position=left}}

}}

Final classification

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL

|res_col_header=QR

|winpoints=2

|show_limit=5

|team1=MIL|name_MIL=Milan|status_MIL=C

|team2=UDI|name_UDI=Udinese|status_UDI=DR

|team3=ROM|name_ROM=Roma

|team4=BOL|name_BOL=Bologna

|team5=FIO|name_FIO=Fiorentina

|team6=NAP|name_NAP=Napoli

|team7=JUV|name_JUV=Juventus

|team8=INT|name_INT=Internazionale

|team9=SAM|name_SAM=Sampdoria

|team10=TOR|pos_TOR=9|name_TOR=Torino

|team11=GEN|name_GEN=Genoa

|team12=CTN|name_CTN=Catania|status_CTN=DR

|team13=LAZ|pos_LAZ=12|name_LAZ=Lazio

|team14=TRI|pos_TRI=12|name_TRI=Triestina

|team15=ATA|name_ATA=Atalanta

|team16=NOV|pos_NOV=15|name_NOV=Novara

|team17=SPA|name_SPA=SPAL

|team18=PPA|name_PPA=Pro Patria

|win_MIL=19|draw_MIL=10|loss_MIL=5|gf_MIL=81|ga_MIL=35

|win_UDI=16|draw_UDI=12|loss_UDI=6|gf_UDI=58|ga_UDI=42

|win_ROM=13|draw_ROM=15|loss_ROM=6|gf_ROM=53|ga_ROM=39

|win_BOL=15|draw_BOL=10|loss_BOL=9|gf_BOL=56|ga_BOL=47

|win_FIO=14|draw_FIO=11|loss_FIO=9|gf_FIO=49|ga_FIO=48

|win_NAP=13|draw_NAP=12|loss_NAP=9|gf_NAP=50|ga_NAP=40

|win_JUV=12|draw_JUV=13|loss_JUV=9|gf_JUV=60|ga_JUV=53

|win_INT=13|draw_INT=10|loss_INT=11|gf_INT=55|ga_INT=49

|win_SAM=11|draw_SAM=12|loss_SAM=11|gf_SAM=54|ga_SAM=44

|win_TOR=12|draw_TOR=10|loss_TOR=12|gf_TOR=42|ga_TOR=45

|win_GEN=9|draw_GEN=13|loss_GEN=12|gf_GEN=34|ga_GEN=44

|win_CTN=10|draw_CTN=10|loss_CTN=14|gf_CTN=38|ga_CTN=47

|win_LAZ=11|draw_LAZ=8|loss_LAZ=15|gf_LAZ=41|ga_LAZ=52

|win_TRI=9|draw_TRI=12|loss_TRI=13|gf_TRI=34|ga_TRI=52

|win_ATA=8|draw_ATA=12|loss_ATA=14|gf_ATA=35|ga_ATA=38

|win_NOV=10|draw_NOV=8|loss_NOV=16|gf_NOV=39|ga_NOV=53

|win_SPA=5|draw_SPA=13|loss_SPA=16|gf_SPA=24|ga_SPA=49

|win_PPA=6|draw_PPA=9|loss_PPA=19|gf_PPA=29|ga_PPA=55

|col_EC=green1|text_EC=Qualification for the European Cup and for the Latin Cup

|result1=EC

|col_R=red1|text_R=Relegation to Serie B

|result2=R|result12=R

|note_res_R=Catania and Udinese were relegated to Serie B by the FIGC for a corruption case. Pro Patria and SPAL maintained their places in Serie A.

|update=complete|source=Panini

}}

Milan also joined the 1955 Latin Cup.

Results

{{#invoke:sports results|main

|matches_style=FBR|solid_cell=grey

|team1=ATA|team2=BOL|team3=CTN|team4=FIO|team5=GEN

|team6=INT|team7=JUV|team8=LAZ|team9=MIL|team10=NAP

|team11=NOV|team12=PPA|team13=ROM|team14=SAM|team15=SPA

|team16=TOR|team17=TRI|team18=UDI

|name_ATA=Atalanta

|match_ATA_BOL=0–1

|match_ATA_CTN=4–0

|match_ATA_FIO=5–1

|match_ATA_GEN=0–2

|match_ATA_INT=1–1

|match_ATA_JUV=2–1

|match_ATA_LAZ=3–2

|match_ATA_MIL=1–1

|match_ATA_NAP=1–1

|match_ATA_NOV=4–0

|match_ATA_PPA=1–2

|match_ATA_ROM=1–1

|match_ATA_SAM=1–1

|match_ATA_SPA=0–0

|match_ATA_TOR=2–0

|match_ATA_TRI=0–0

|match_ATA_UDI=0–2

|name_BOL=Bologna

|match_BOL_ATA=0–0

|match_BOL_CTN=4–2

|match_BOL_FIO=0–2

|match_BOL_GEN=2–1

|match_BOL_INT=3–2

|match_BOL_JUV=2–1

|match_BOL_LAZ=2–1

|match_BOL_MIL=1–2

|match_BOL_NAP=1–3

|match_BOL_NOV=2–2

|match_BOL_PPA=5–0

|match_BOL_ROM=1–3

|match_BOL_SAM=3–1

|match_BOL_SPA=2–0

|match_BOL_TOR=4–1

|match_BOL_TRI=1–1

|match_BOL_UDI=2–4

|name_CTN=Catania

|match_CTN_ATA=1–0

|match_CTN_BOL=2–2

|match_CTN_FIO=0–1

|match_CTN_GEN=2–0

|match_CTN_INT=1–1

|match_CTN_JUV=2–2

|match_CTN_LAZ=1–0

|match_CTN_MIL=1–3

|match_CTN_NAP=1–1

|match_CTN_NOV=0–0

|match_CTN_PPA=2–1

|match_CTN_ROM=2–2

|match_CTN_SAM=2–1

|match_CTN_SPA=1–0

|match_CTN_TOR=2–1

|match_CTN_TRI=2–1

|match_CTN_UDI=5–0

|name_FIO=Fiorentina

|match_FIO_ATA=2–1

|match_FIO_BOL=0–2

|match_FIO_CTN=2–1

|match_FIO_GEN=2–2

|match_FIO_INT=3–3

|match_FIO_JUV=0–0

|match_FIO_LAZ=0–1

|match_FIO_MIL=0–2

|match_FIO_NAP=0–0

|match_FIO_NOV=1–0

|match_FIO_PPA=1–0

|match_FIO_ROM=1–1

|match_FIO_SAM=1–0

|match_FIO_SPA=1–0

|match_FIO_TOR=2–2

|match_FIO_TRI=4–1

|match_FIO_UDI=3–1

|name_GEN=Genoa

|match_GEN_ATA=1–0

|match_GEN_BOL=1–2

|match_GEN_CTN=0–0

|match_GEN_FIO=0–0

|match_GEN_INT=2–0

|match_GEN_JUV=2–0

|match_GEN_LAZ=2–0

|match_GEN_MIL=0–8

|match_GEN_NAP=1–1

|match_GEN_NOV=0–0

|match_GEN_PPA=1–3

|match_GEN_ROM=1–0

|match_GEN_SAM=1–1

|match_GEN_SPA=1–1

|match_GEN_TOR=2–0

|match_GEN_TRI=0–0

|match_GEN_UDI=1–1

|name_INT=Internazionale

|match_INT_ATA=3–0

|match_INT_BOL=2–2

|match_INT_CTN=3–0

|match_INT_FIO=3–5

|match_INT_GEN=0–1

|match_INT_JUV=1–2

|match_INT_LAZ=2–1

|match_INT_MIL=1–1

|match_INT_NAP=1–4

|match_INT_NOV=3–0

|match_INT_PPA=2–0

|match_INT_ROM=1–2

|match_INT_SAM=1–0

|match_INT_SPA=1–0

|match_INT_TOR=1–1

|match_INT_TRI=4–1

|match_INT_UDI=2–2

|name_JUV=Juventus

|match_JUV_ATA=0–0

|match_JUV_BOL=5–1

|match_JUV_CTN=1–1

|match_JUV_FIO=4–1

|match_JUV_GEN=2–1

|match_JUV_INT=3–2

|match_JUV_LAZ=4–2

|match_JUV_MIL=3–4

|match_JUV_NAP=1–1

|match_JUV_NOV=2–1

|match_JUV_PPA=4–2

|match_JUV_ROM=1–1

|match_JUV_SAM=2–2

|match_JUV_SPA=3–1

|match_JUV_TOR=3–0

|match_JUV_TRI=1–2

|match_JUV_UDI=1–1

|name_LAZ=Lazio

|match_LAZ_ATA=1–0

|match_LAZ_BOL=0–0

|match_LAZ_CTN=1–0

|match_LAZ_FIO=2–1

|match_LAZ_GEN=2–1

|match_LAZ_INT=3–2

|match_LAZ_JUV=2–1

|match_LAZ_MIL=2–4

|match_LAZ_NAP=2–1

|match_LAZ_NOV=1–1

|match_LAZ_PPA=2–0

|match_LAZ_ROM=1–1

|match_LAZ_SAM=1–3

|match_LAZ_SPA=0–0

|match_LAZ_TOR=0–2

|match_LAZ_TRI=1–1

|match_LAZ_UDI=0–2

|name_MIL=Milan

|match_MIL_ATA=3–1

|match_MIL_BOL=0–0

|match_MIL_CTN=2–0

|match_MIL_FIO=4–0

|match_MIL_GEN=2–2

|match_MIL_INT=1–1

|match_MIL_JUV=3–1

|match_MIL_LAZ=3–0

|match_MIL_NAP=1–1

|match_MIL_NOV=3–0

|match_MIL_PPA=2–0

|match_MIL_ROM=0–2

|match_MIL_SAM=1–3

|match_MIL_SPA=6–0

|match_MIL_TOR=4–1

|match_MIL_TRI=4–0

|match_MIL_UDI=2–2

|name_NAP=Napoli

|match_NAP_ATA=1–0

|match_NAP_BOL=1–1

|match_NAP_CTN=2–0

|match_NAP_FIO=1–1

|match_NAP_GEN=3–1

|match_NAP_INT=1–2

|match_NAP_JUV=1–1

|match_NAP_LAZ=3–2

|match_NAP_MIL=0–2

|match_NAP_NOV=1–2

|match_NAP_PPA=2–1

|match_NAP_ROM=2–0

|match_NAP_SAM=2–2

|match_NAP_SPA=2–1

|match_NAP_TOR=0–2

|match_NAP_TRI=4–0

|match_NAP_UDI=3–1

|name_NOV=Novara

|match_NOV_ATA=0–1

|match_NOV_BOL=1–0

|match_NOV_CTN=2–0

|match_NOV_FIO=1–0

|match_NOV_GEN=3–1

|match_NOV_INT=2–4

|match_NOV_JUV=2–2

|match_NOV_LAZ=2–1

|match_NOV_MIL=1–1

|match_NOV_NAP=2–1

|match_NOV_PPA=0–1

|match_NOV_ROM=1–2

|match_NOV_SAM=1–0

|match_NOV_SPA=2–0

|match_NOV_TOR=0–1

|match_NOV_TRI=2–0

|match_NOV_UDI=3–3

|name_PPA=Pro Patria

|match_PPA_ATA=1–2

|match_PPA_BOL=0–2

|match_PPA_CTN=2–1

|match_PPA_FIO=1–1

|match_PPA_GEN=0–2

|match_PPA_INT=0–1

|match_PPA_JUV=1–2

|match_PPA_LAZ=2–0

|match_PPA_MIL=1–1

|match_PPA_NAP=0–2

|match_PPA_NOV=0–0

|match_PPA_ROM=1–1

|match_PPA_SAM=1–0

|match_PPA_SPA=1–1

|match_PPA_TOR=1–2

|match_PPA_TRI=0–2

|match_PPA_UDI=2–2

|name_ROM=Roma

|match_ROM_ATA=0–0

|match_ROM_BOL=3–4

|match_ROM_CTN=3–1

|match_ROM_FIO=3–4

|match_ROM_GEN=2–1

|match_ROM_INT=3–0

|match_ROM_JUV=1–1

|match_ROM_LAZ=1–3

|match_ROM_MIL=2–1

|match_ROM_NAP=0–0

|match_ROM_NOV=5–3

|match_ROM_PPA=1–1

|match_ROM_SAM=1–1

|match_ROM_SPA=1–0

|match_ROM_TOR=1–0

|match_ROM_TRI=2–0

|match_ROM_UDI=1–1

|name_SAM=Sampdoria

|match_SAM_ATA=2–1

|match_SAM_BOL=2–0

|match_SAM_CTN=1–1

|match_SAM_FIO=3–3

|match_SAM_GEN=2–2

|match_SAM_INT=1–1

|match_SAM_JUV=5–1

|match_SAM_LAZ=0–0

|match_SAM_MIL=0–3

|match_SAM_NAP=5–2

|match_SAM_NOV=6–2

|match_SAM_PPA=3–0

|match_SAM_ROM=1–1

|match_SAM_SPA=1–0

|match_SAM_TOR=1–1

|match_SAM_TRI=2–0

|match_SAM_UDI=2–0

|name_SPA=SPAL

|match_SPA_ATA=0–0

|match_SPA_BOL=1–1

|match_SPA_CTN=1–3

|match_SPA_FIO=1–3

|match_SPA_GEN=1–0

|match_SPA_INT=2–0

|match_SPA_JUV=0–0

|match_SPA_LAZ=2–2

|match_SPA_MIL=0–0

|match_SPA_NAP=1–1

|match_SPA_NOV=2–1

|match_SPA_PPA=1–1

|match_SPA_ROM=2–5

|match_SPA_SAM=2–0

|match_SPA_TOR=1–1

|match_SPA_TRI=1–0

|match_SPA_UDI=1–4

|name_TOR=Torino

|match_TOR_ATA=1–1

|match_TOR_BOL=1–2

|match_TOR_CTN=1–0

|match_TOR_FIO=0–1

|match_TOR_GEN=0–0

|match_TOR_INT=1–1

|match_TOR_JUV=2–2

|match_TOR_LAZ=3–1

|match_TOR_MIL=1–2

|match_TOR_NAP=1–0

|match_TOR_NOV=3–2

|match_TOR_PPA=3–1

|match_TOR_ROM=1–1

|match_TOR_SAM=1–0

|match_TOR_SPA=1–0

|match_TOR_TRI=5–1

|match_TOR_UDI=1–1

|name_TRI=Triestina

|match_TRI_ATA=3–1

|match_TRI_BOL=0–0

|match_TRI_CTN=1–1

|match_TRI_FIO=1–1

|match_TRI_GEN=1–1

|match_TRI_INT=0–1

|match_TRI_JUV=4–2

|match_TRI_LAZ=1–3

|match_TRI_MIL=4–3

|match_TRI_NAP=0–2

|match_TRI_NOV=1–0

|match_TRI_PPA=1–0

|match_TRI_ROM=0–0

|match_TRI_SAM=3–1

|match_TRI_SPA=1–1

|match_TRI_TOR=2–1

|match_TRI_UDI=0–0

|name_UDI=Udinese

|match_UDI_ATA=3–1

|match_UDI_BOL=2–1

|match_UDI_CTN=1–0

|match_UDI_FIO=2–1

|match_UDI_GEN=3–0

|match_UDI_INT=0–2

|match_UDI_JUV=0–1

|match_UDI_LAZ=1–1

|match_UDI_MIL=3–2

|match_UDI_NAP=3–0

|match_UDI_NOV=1–0

|match_UDI_PPA=2–2

|match_UDI_ROM=1–0

|match_UDI_SAM=2–1

|match_UDI_SPA=3–0

|match_UDI_TOR=3–0

|match_UDI_TRI=1–1

|update=complete

|source=Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 {{in lang|it}}

}}

Top goalscorers

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
Rank

! Player

! Club

! Goals

1

|align="left"|{{flagicon|SWE}} Gunnar Nordahl

|align="left"|Milan

| 27

2

| align="left" |{{flagicon|ITA}} Lorenzo Bettini

| align="left" |Udinese

| 20

rowspan="2" |3

|align="left"|{{flagicon|ITA}} Gino Pivatelli

|align="left"|Bologna

| rowspan="2" |16

align="left" |{{flagicon|DEN}} Poul Aage Rasmussen

| align="left" |Atalanta

rowspan="4" |5

|align="left"|{{flagicon|ITA}} Giancarlo Bacci

|align="left"|Torino

| rowspan="4" |15

align="left" |{{flagicon|ITA}} Giuseppe Virgili

| align="left" |Fiorentina

align="left" |{{flagicon|DEN}} John Hansen

| align="left" |Lazio

align="left" |{{flagicon|URU}} {{flagicon|ITA}} Juan Alberto Schiaffino

| align="left" |Milan

rowspan="2" |9

| align="left" |{{flagicon|ITA}} Gino Armano

| align="left" |Internazionale

| rowspan="2" |14

align="left" |{{flagicon|SWE}} Arne Selmosson

| align="left" |Udinese

11

| align="left" |{{flagicon|DEN}} Jørgen Leschly Sørensen

| align="left" |Milan

| 13

rowspan="3" |12

| align="left" |{{flagicon|ITA}} Vittorio Ghiandi

| align="left" |Catania

| rowspan="3" |12

align="left" |{{flagicon|ITA}} Carlo Galli

| align="left" |Roma

align="left" |{{flagicon|ITA}} Benito Lorenzi

| align="left" |Internazionale

rowspan="4" |15

| align="left" |{{flagicon|PAR}} Dionisio Arce

| align="left" |Novara

| rowspan="4" |11

align="left" |{{flagicon|DEN}} Helge Bronée

| align="left" |Juventus

align="left" |{{Flagicon|Hungarian People's Republic|1949}} István Nyers

| align="left" |Roma

align="left" |{{flagicon|ITA}} Sergio Brighenti

| align="left" |Internazionale

References and sources

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