1948–49 Serie A

Serie A

Season	1948–49
Champions	Torino 6th title
Relegated	Modena Livorno
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1,110 (2.92 per match)
Top goalscorer	István Nyers (26 goals)
← 1947–48 1949–50 →

Torino were declared 1948–49 Serie A champions on 6 May 1949, after the Superga tragedy, an air disaster that killed the entire Torino squad. At the time of the declaration, Torino led the runner-up Internazionale by four points with four matches remaining.^[1] Their remaining four matches were played by their reserve team, and they finished the league five points ahead of the runner up.

Teams

Novara for Northern Italy, Padova for Central Italy and Palermo for Southern Italy had been promoted from Serie B.

Atalanta

Bari

Bologna

Fiorentina

Genoa
Sampdoria

Internazionale
Milan

Juventus
Torino

Lazio
Roma

Livorno

Lucchese

Modena

Novara

Padova

Palermo

Pro Patria

Triestina

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Serie A 1948-49 team distribution

Events

Following the restoration of ordinary Serie B championship, the FIGC decided to come back to two relegations only from Serie A.

Final classification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Torino (C)	38	25	10	3	78	34	+44	60	1949 Latin Cup
2	Internazionale	38	22	11	5	85	39	+46	55
3	Milan	38	21	8	9	83	52	+31	50
4	Juventus	38	18	8	12	64	47	+17	44
5	Sampdoria	38	16	9	13	74	63	+11	41
5	Bologna	38	11	18	9	53	46	+7	40
7	Genoa	38	14	12	12	51	51	0	40
8	Lucchese	38	14	10	14	55	55	0	38
8	Triestina	38	13	12	13	59	59	0	38
8	Fiorentina	38	15	8	15	51	60	−9	38
11	Palermo	38	14	8	16	57	58	−1	36
11	Padova	38	12	12	14	45	64	−19	36
13	Lazio	38	11	12	15	60	62	−2	34
14	Roma	38	12	8	18	47	57	−10	32
15	Novara	38	12	7	19	52	74	−22	31
15	Atalanta	38	11	9	18	40	58	−18	31
17	Pro Patria	38	11	8	19	51	61	−10	30
17	Bari	38	10	10	18	30	50	−20	30
19	Modena (R)	38	9	11	18	36	49	−13	29	Relegation to Serie B
20	Livorno (R)	38	9	8	21	39	71	−32	26

Source: Panini
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Note: Goal Difference did not come into effect until the 1960s.

Results

Home \ Away	ATA	BAR	BOL	FIO	GEN	INT	JUV	LAZ	LIV	LUC	MIL	MOD	NOV	PAD	PAL	PPA	ROM	SAM	TOR	TRI
Atalanta		0–2	1–1	2–1	0–0	1–2	2–4	1–1	4–2	2–2	1–1	2–0	3–1	0–1	2–1	0–1	3–0	1–5	3–2	0–1
Bari	0–2		3–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	2–1	0–0	3–0	0–0	0–2	0–1	2–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	0–4	1–2	1–1	1–1
Bologna	1–1	1–0		0–0	2–2	1–3	3–0	2–0	6–2	4–1	3–1	2–0	3–1	0–0	1–0	2–0	1–2	1–2	2–2	1–1
Fiorentina	2–0	0–2	1–0		2–1	0–2	0–0	4–0	3–2	1–0	4–2	1–1	2–0	0–0	0–3	3–1	3–1	1–0	0–0	5–3
Genoa	2–0	2–1	0–0	4–2		4–1	2–1	1–0	3–2	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–4	7–1	1–1	0–2	1–0	0–0	3–0	5–1
Internazionale	4–0	9–1	2–2	7–1	2–1		1–1	1–0	3–1	4–0	4–4	2–0	5–0	1–1	0–0	2–1	1–0	4–2	0–0	1–1
Juventus	1–0	1–0	2–0	3–2	2–1	0–1		4–1	2–2	2–1	1–1	0–1	4–1	6–1	3–2	4–3	0–0	5–1	1–2	2–0
Lazio	1–1	1–1	8–2	2–1	5–1	2–2	0–4		2–0	2–1	2–3	5–1	2–1	1–1	5–1	2–5	0–0	2–0	2–2	4–0
Livorno	0–2	1–0	1–1	1–1	2–2	0–2	1–3	1–1		0–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	2–2	0–2	2–0	2–1	1–0	0–2	1–0
Lucchese	0–1	1–1	1–1	4–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	2–1	0–1		2–2	1–0	5–1	4–0	6–2	1–0	5–1	3–1	1–1	3–1
Milan	3–0	4–1	2–2	3–1	2–2	0–2	1–1	3–0	2–0	4–0		5–1	4–1	2–0	2–1	3–2	3–0	3–2	1–0	3–1
Modena	2–0	0–0	0–1	1–2	2–0	2–3	2–2	2–0	0–0	4–0	0–0		1–1	0–2	4–0	1–1	2–2	2–1	0–1	0–2
Novara	2–0	3–1	1–1	2–0	1–2	1–1	0–0	2–2	3–1	5–2	1–2	2–1		2–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	2–3	0–2	3–0
Padova	3–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	0–0	1–3	3–0	2–0	2–1	0–1	1–4	0–0	3–2		3–3	1–1	2–0	1–3	4–4	0–0
Palermo	1–2	3–0	0–0	0–2	3–0	2–1	2–0	1–0	4–2	1–3	2–1	0–0	3–0	1–0		3–1	2–1	1–1	2–2	4–0
Pro Patria	0–0	0–1	0–3	2–4	2–1	1–1	0–1	1–2	1–0	0–2	3–2	2–0	5–0	3–0	1–0		1–1	1–4	0–1	3–1
Roma	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–1	4–0	3–0	1–2	2–1	4–1	0–2	3–2	3–1		2–4	1–2	4–2
Sampdoria	4–2	2–1	1–1	2–1	5–1	0–4	2–0	2–2	3–0	5–0	2–1	1–1	1–3	0–0	2–2	4–4	2–0		2–3	1–1
Torino	2–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	4–0	4–2	3–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	4–1	3–1	4–0	3–1	3–0	4–1	4–0	2–1		1–1
Triestina	1–1	2–0	1–1	4–0	0–0	2–0	1–0	4–1	5–4	1–0	1–3	1–2	1–1	9–1	3–1	0–0	2–0	3–1	1–1

Source: Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 (in Italian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	István Nyers	Internazionale	26
2	Amedeo Amadei	Internazionale	22
3	István Mike Mayer	Bologna	20
4	Carlo Stradella	Livorno	19
5	Riccardo Carapellese	Milan	17
6	Valentino Mazzola	Torino	16
	Gunnar Nordahl	Milan
8	Giuseppe Baldini	Sampdoria	15
	Renato Gei	Sampdoria
	Giampiero Boniperti	Juventus
	John Hansen	Juventus
	Bruno Ispiro	Triestina
	Ugo Conti	Lucchese
14	Silvio Piola	Novara	14
	Adriano Bassetto	Sampdoria

References and sources

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

Footnotes

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