title: 1951–52 Serie B
text: # 1951–52 Serie B
  
  The Serie B 1951–52 was the twentieth tournament of this competition played in Italy since its creation.
  
  ## Teams
  
  Monza, Valdagno, Piombino and Stabia had been promoted from Serie C, while Roma and Genoa had been relegated from Serie A.
  
  ## Events
  
  A provisional fifth relegation was added to reduce the league.
  
  FIGC’s President Ottorino Barassi imposed a playoff between the second club in B and the seventeenth in A to reduce the Serie A.
  
  ## Final classification
  
  | Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Roma (P, C) | 38 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 62 | 24 | 2.583 | 53 | Promotion to Serie A |
  | 2 | Brescia | 38 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 44 | 24 | 1.833 | 52 | Promotion play-offs |
  | 3 | Messina | 38 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 37 | 23 | 1.609 | 45 | |
  | 4 | Catania | 38 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 48 | 39 | 1.231 | 44 | |
  | 5 | Genoa | 38 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 61 | 38 | 1.605 | 42 | |
  | 6 | Piombino | 38 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 48 | 39 | 1.231 | 41 | |
  | 6 | Treviso | 38 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 44 | 38 | 1.158 | 41 | |
  | 8 | Modena | 38 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 51 | 46 | 1.109 | 39 | |
  | 8 | Salernitana | 38 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 44 | 43 | 1.023 | 39 | |
  | 10 | Vicenza | 38 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 47 | 40 | 1.175 | 38 | |
  | 10 | Verona | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 46 | 44 | 1.045 | 38 | |
  | 12 | Fanfulla | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 43 | 49 | 0.878 | 37 | |
  | 12 | Siracusa | 38 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 39 | 56 | 0.696 | 37 | |
  | 14 | Marzotto | 38 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 48 | 47 | 1.021 | 36 | |
  | 14 | Monza | 38 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 30 | 43 | 0.698 | 36 | |
  | 16 | Venezia (R) | 38 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 38 | 47 | 0.809 | 34 | Relegation to Serie C |
  | 16 | Livorno (R) | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 33 | 43 | 0.767 | 34 | Relegation to Serie C |
  | 18 | Pisa (R) | 38 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 32 | 44 | 0.727 | 31 | Relegation to Serie C |
  | 19 | Reggiana (R) | 38 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 38 | 70 | 0.543 | 24 | Relegation to Serie C |
  | 20 | Stabia (R) | 38 | 5 | 9 | 24 | 35 | 81 | 0.432 | 18 | Relegation to Serie C |
  
  * ↑ 1 point deducted.
  
  ## Results
  
  | Home \ Away | BRE | CTN | FAN | GEN | LIV | MAR | MES | MOD | MON | PIO | PIS | REA | ROM | SAL | SIR | STA | TRV | VEN | HEL | VIC |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Brescia | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 |
  | Catania | 0–0 | | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 |
  | Fanfulla | 0–1 | 3–1 | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
  | Genoa | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | | 3–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
  | Livorno | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 |
  | Marzotto | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 2–3 |
  | Messina | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
  | Modena | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 8–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 |
  | Monza | 2–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
  | Piombino | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 2–1 | | 0–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
  | Pisa | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 |
  | Reggiana | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 5–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | | 0–7 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
  | Roma | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | | 2–0 | 6–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
  | Salernitana | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 |
  | Siracusa | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 |
  | Stabia | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 1–5 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–4 | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 |
  | Treviso | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
  | Venezia | 0–0 | 4–1 | 5–3 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 0–0 |
  | Hellas Verona | 3–3 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | | 1–0 |
  | Vicenza | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 2–0 | 5–2 | |
  
  ## 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.
  
  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 two-legged tie-breaking series to determine which team would be relegated and which team qualified for the playoff.
  
      Game played in Valdagno on July 13
  
  | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
  | - | - | - |
  | Brescia | 0-1 | Triestina |
  
  Triestina maintained its place in Serie A.
  
  ## References and sources
  
  * Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005
  
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