1952–53 Inter Milan season

Internazionale
1952–53 season
Chairman	Carlo Masseroni
Manager	Alfredo Foni
Serie A	1st
Top goalscorer	League: Nyers (15); All: Nyers (15)
	Home colours
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	← 1951–52 1953–54 →
	All statistics correct as of 31 May 1953.

Season

The chairman Carlo Masseroni appointed manager Alfredo Foni, who had coached the national team from 1936 to 1942.^[1]^[2] He set up a revolution, later known as catenaccio referring to the use of play in defence.^[1]^[2] The goalkeeper Giorgio Ghezzi was covered by Blason, Giacomazzi, Nesti, Giovannini and Neri.^[1]^[2] Armano became the first winger of Italian football^[2] while, in attacking zone, Skoglund acted as a playmaker behind Lorenzi and Nyers, both strikers.^[1]

Inter conceded few goals and at mid-league, the side had 30 points in 17 games.^[1] Inter also did not suffer a loss for 19 consecutive weeks.^[1] Despite criticized, sometimes, for his defensive trend, Foni celebrated - with 3 games to spare - the win of the Scudetto, for the first time in 13 years since 1940.^[1]^[2] Having the best defence of the season, Inter resulted to have conceded only 24 goals.^[1]^[2] Inter won the title collecting 47 points.^[1]

Squad

Source:^[3]

The roles of players are in brackets.

Gino Armano (winger)
Ivano Blason (full back)
Sergio Brighenti (centre forward)
Pietro Broccini (midfielder)
Sebastiano Buzzin (midfielder)
Osvaldo Fattori (midfielder)
Giorgio Ghezzi (goalkeeper)
Giovanni Giacomazzi (centre back)
Attilio Giovannini (half back)
Lino Grava (full back)
Benito Lorenzi (centre forward)
Bruno Mazza (midfielder)
Lido Mazzoni (winger)
Sergio Morin (midfielder)
Maino Neri (midfielder)
Fulvio Nesti (midfielder)
István Nyers (centre forward)
Bruno Padulazzi (full back)
Lennart Skoglund (playmaker)

Competitions

Serie A

League table

^[4]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Internazionale (C)	34	19	9	6	46	24	+22	47
2	Juventus	34	18	9	7	73	40	+33	45
3	Milan	34	17	9	8	64	34	+30	43	Qualified for the 1953 Latin Cup
4	Napoli	34	15	11	8	53	43	+10	41
5	Bologna	34	16	7	11	52	43	+9	39

Source: Panini
(C) Champions

Matches

14 September 1952 1	Como	0-1	Inter	Como
		Report	20' Nyers	Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia Referee: Renzo Massai

21 September 1952 2	Inter	1-0	Atalanta	Milan
	Padulazzi 50'	Report		Stadium: San Siro Referee: Erminio Piemonte

28 September 1952 3	Torino	1-1	Inter	Torino
	Pratesi 70'	Report	52' Nyers	Stadium: Stadio Filadelfia Referee: Guido Agnolin

5 October 1952 4	Inter	5-1	Napoli	Milan
	Lorenzi 32', 66', 80' Nyers 82', 89'	Report	7' Jeppson	Stadium: San Siro Referee: Riccardo Pieri

12 October 1952 5	Pro Patria	2-2	Inter	Busto Arsizio
	Bertoloni 58', 62'	Report	15' Nyers 17' Lorenzi	Stadium: Comunale Referee: Erminio Piemonte

19 October 1952 6	Inter	2-1	Bologna	Milan
	Lorenzi 39' Mazza 72'	Report	37' Bacci	Stadium: San Siro Referee: Guido Agnolin

2 November 1952 7	Milan	0-1	Inter	Milan
		Report	86' Lorenzi	Stadium: San Siro Referee: Renzo Massai

9 November 1952 8	SPAL	0-1	Inter	Ferrara
		Report	81' Skoglund	Stadium: Comunale Referee: Ferruccio Bellè

16 November 1952 9	Inter	1-0	Triestina	Milan
	Skoglund 44'	Report		Stadium: San Siro Referee: Giorgio Bernardi

23 November 1952 10	Inter	3-0	Fiorentina	Milan
	Armano 8', 47' Skoglund 53'	Report		Stadium: San Siro Referee: Ferruccio Bellè

30 November 1952 11	Roma	1-3	Inter	Roma
	Perissinotto 56'	Report	41', 73' Mazza 50' Broccini	Stadium: Stadio Nazionale Referee: Agnolin

7 December 1952 12	Inter	0-0	Udinese	Milan
		Report		Stadium: San Siro Referee: Bernardi

14 December 1952 13	Lazio	1-1	Inter	Roma
	Puccinelli 45'	Report	21' Lorenzi	Stadium: Stadio Nazionale Referee: Guido Agnolin

21 December 1952 14	Palermo	0-3	Inter	Palermo
		Report	44' Armano 70' Nyers 85' Lorenzi	Stadium: Stadio La Favorita Referee: Renzo Massai

4 January 1953 15	Inter	2-0	Juventus	Milan
	Lorenzi 30' Skoglund 61'	Report		Stadium: San Siro Referee: Agnolin

11 January 1953 16	Inter	2-1	Sampdoria	Milan
	Skoglund 37' Nyers 68'	Report	3' Galassi	Stadium: San Siro Referee: Iginio Rigato

18 January 1953 17	Novara	1-2	Inter	Novara
	Piola 57'	Report	2' Mazza 9' (o.g.) De Togni	Stadium: Stadio Comunale Referee: Luigi Gemini

25 January 1953 18	Inter	3-1	Como	Milan
	Armano 33' Nyers 67', 86'	Report	6' Baldini	Stadium: San Siro Referee: Mario Maurelli

1 February 1953 19	Atalanta	0-1	Inter	Bergamo
		Report	68' Nyers	Stadium: Stadio Comunale Referee: Riccardo Pieri

8 February 1953 20	Inter	1-3	Torino	Milan
	Nesti 26'	Report	52' Wilkes 57' Buhtz 60' Sentimenti III	Stadium: San Siro Referee: Vincenzo Orlandini

15 February 1953 21	Napoli	0-1	Inter	Napoli
		Report	27' Lorenzi	Stadium: Stadio del Vomero Referee: Ferrucio Bellè

22 February 1953 22	Inter	2-1	Pro Patria	Milan
	Lorenzi 32', 89'	Report	51' Hofling	Stadium: San Siro Referee: Cesare Jonni

1 March 1953 23	Bologna	2-0	Inter	Bologna
	Mike 6' Bacci 57'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Referee: Riccardo Pieri

8 March 1953 24	Inter	0-0	Milan	Milan
		Report		Stadium: San Siro Referee: Luigi Gemini

15 March 1953 25	Inter	1-1	SPAL	Milan
	Nyers 48'	Report	40' Fontanesi	Stadium: San Siro Referee: Ugo Scaramella

22 March 1953 26	Triestina	0-0	Inter	Trieste
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Grezar Referee: Renzo Massai

29 March 1953 27	Fiorentina	1-0	Inter	Firenze
	Cervato 84'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Comunale Referee: Guido Agnolin

5 April 1953 28	Inter	1-0	Roma	Milan
	Nyers 72' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: San Siro Referee: Riccardo Pieri

12 April 1953 29	Udinese	0-0	Inter	Udine
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Moretti Referee: Ferruccio Bellè

19 April 1953 30	Inter	1-1	Lazio	Milan
	Nyers 75'	Report	40' Caprile	Stadium: San Siro Referee: Diego De Leo

3 May 1953 31	Inter	3-0	Palermo	Milan
	Nyers 42' (pen.) 87' Skoglund 60'	Report		Stadium: San Siro Referee: Ferruccio Bellè

10 May 1953 32	Juventus	2-1	Inter	Torino
	Boniperti 35' Praest 88'	Report	73' Giacomazzi	Stadium: Comunale Referee: Guido Agnolin

24 May 1953 33	Sampdoria	2-0	Inter	Genova
	Galassi 53' Bassetto 64'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Cesare Jonni

31 May 1953 34	Inter	0-1	Novara	Milan
		Report	38' Feccia	Stadium: San Siro Referee: Vincenzo Orlandini

Statistics

Squad statistics


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	19	9	6	46	24	+22	66	11	4	2	28	11	+17	8	5	4	18	13	+5

Last updated: 31 May 1953.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

2 points were awarded for every win, so Inter collected 47 points instead 66.^[5]

Source:^[5]

Players statistics

^[6]

Player	Appearances	Goals
G. Ghezzi	34	−24
G. Giacomazzi	33	1
B. Mazza	32	4
A. Giovannini	31	0
I. Nyers	31	15
B. Lorenzi	30	12
L. Skoglund	30	6
G. Armano	29	4
F. Nesti	29	1
M. Neri	26	0
I. Blason	25	0
O. Fattori	13	0
B. Padulazzi	11	1
S. Buzzin	8	0
S. Brighenti	4	0
P. Broccini	4	1
L. Mazzoni	2	0
L. Grava	1	0
S. Morin	1	0

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Filippo Grassia; Gianpiero Lotito (2008). Inter: Dalla nascita allo scudetto del centenario (in Italian). Vallardi Editore. pp. 109–111.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Stefano Petrucci (2005). La grande storia dell'Inter (in Italian). L'Airone Editore. pp. 14–15.
^ Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio Italiano 1953 (in Italian). RCS MediaGroup. 1952.
^ "Serie A 1952-1953". RSSSF.
^ ^a ^b Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio Italiano 1954 (in Italian). RCS MediaGroup. 1953.
^ "Serie A 1952-1953". calcio.com.