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

Serie A
Season1954–55
ChampionsAC Milan
5th title
RelegatedUdinese
Catania
European CupAC Milan
Matches played306
Goals scored832 (2.72 per match)
Top goalscorerGunnar Nordahl
(27 goals)

Teams

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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.

Final classification

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Milan (C) 34 19 10 5 81 35 +46 48 Qualification for the European Cup and for the Latin Cup
2 Udinese (D, R) 34 16 12 6 58 42 +16 44 Relegation to Serie B[a]
3 Roma 34 13 15 6 53 39 +14 41
4 Bologna 34 15 10 9 56 47 +9 40
5 Fiorentina 34 14 11 9 49 48 +1 39
6 Napoli 34 13 12 9 50 40 +10 38
7 Juventus 34 12 13 9 60 53 +7 37
8 Internazionale 34 13 10 11 55 49 +6 36
9 Sampdoria 34 11 12 11 54 44 +10 34
9 Torino 34 12 10 12 42 45 −3 34
11 Genoa 34 9 13 12 34 44 −10 31
12 Catania (D, R) 34 10 10 14 38 47 −9 30 Relegation to Serie B[a]
12 Lazio 34 11 8 15 41 52 −11 30
12 Triestina 34 9 12 13 34 52 −18 30
15 Atalanta 34 8 12 14 35 38 −3 28
15 Novara 34 10 8 16 39 53 −14 28
17 SPAL 34 5 13 16 24 49 −25 23
18 Pro Patria 34 6 9 19 29 55 −26 21
Source: Panini
(C) Champions; (D) Disqualified; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b 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.

Milan also joined the 1955 Latin Cup.

Results

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Home \ Away ATA BOL CTN FIO GEN INT JUV LAZ MIL NAP NOV PPA ROM SAM SPA TOR TRI UDI
Atalanta 0–1 4–0 5–1 0–2 1–1 2–1 3–2 1–1 1–1 4–0 1–2 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–0 0–0 0–2
Bologna 0–0 4–2 0–2 2–1 3–2 2–1 2–1 1–2 1–3 2–2 5–0 1–3 3–1 2–0 4–1 1–1 2–4
Catania 1–0 2–2 0–1 2–0 1–1 2–2 1–0 1–3 1–1 0–0 2–1 2–2 2–1 1–0 2–1 2–1 5–0
Fiorentina 2–1 0–2 2–1 2–2 3–3 0–0 0–1 0–2 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–2 4–1 3–1
Genoa 1–0 1–2 0–0 0–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 0–8 1–1 0–0 1–3 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–0 1–1
Internazionale 3–0 2–2 3–0 3–5 0–1 1–2 2–1 1–1 1–4 3–0 2–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 1–1 4–1 2–2
Juventus 0–0 5–1 1–1 4–1 2–1 3–2 4–2 3–4 1–1 2–1 4–2 1–1 2–2 3–1 3–0 1–2 1–1
Lazio 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 3–2 2–1 2–4 2–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–3 0–0 0–2 1–1 0–2
Milan 3–1 0–0 2–0 4–0 2–2 1–1 3–1 3–0 1–1 3–0 2–0 0–2 1–3 6–0 4–1 4–0 2–2
Napoli 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 3–1 1–2 1–1 3–2 0–2 1–2 2–1 2–0 2–2 2–1 0–2 4–0 3–1
Novara 0–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 3–1 2–4 2–2 2–1 1–1 2–1 0–1 1–2 1–0 2–0 0–1 2–0 3–3
Pro Patria 1–2 0–2 2–1 1–1 0–2 0–1 1–2 2–0 1–1 0–2 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–2 0–2 2–2
Roma 0–0 3–4 3–1 3–4 2–1 3–0 1–1 1–3 2–1 0–0 5–3 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–1
Sampdoria 2–1 2–0 1–1 3–3 2–2 1–1 5–1 0–0 0–3 5–2 6–2 3–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–0
SPAL 0–0 1–1 1–3 1–3 1–0 2–0 0–0 2–2 0–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–5 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–4
Torino 1–1 1–2 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 2–2 3–1 1–2 1–0 3–2 3–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 5–1 1–1
Triestina 3–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 4–2 1–3 4–3 0–2 1–0 1–0 0–0 3–1 1–1 2–1 0–0
Udinese 3–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 3–0 0–2 0–1 1–1 3–2 3–0 1–0 2–2 1–0 2–1 3–0 3–0 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

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Rank Player Club Goals
1   Gunnar Nordahl Milan 27
2   Lorenzo Bettini Udinese 20
3   Gino Pivatelli Bologna 16
  Poul Aage Rasmussen Atalanta
5   Giancarlo Bacci Torino 15
  Giuseppe Virgili Fiorentina
  John Hansen Lazio
    Juan Alberto Schiaffino Milan
9   Gino Armano Internazionale 14
  Arne Selmosson Udinese
11   Jørgen Leschly Sørensen Milan 13
12   Vittorio Ghiandi Catania 12
  Carlo Galli Roma
  Benito Lorenzi Internazionale
15   Dionisio Arce Novara 11
  Helge Bronée Juventus
  István Nyers Roma
  Sergio Brighenti Internazionale

References and sources

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