1951–52 Serie B


The Serie B 1951–52 was the twentieth tournament of this competition played in Italy since its creation.

Teams

, 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

Results

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.
Triestina maintained its place in Serie A.