Source: "Campeonato Pernambucano - 1915 a 1970", book written by Carlos Celso Cordeiro and Luciano Guedes Cordeiro.
Primeiro Turno
19/07/53 Íbis 4-4 Santa Cruz 22/07/53 América-PE 4-3 Great Western 26/07/53 Sport Recife 1-1 Auto Esporte-PE
29/07/53 Náutico 4-1 Íbis 02/08/53 Santa Cruz 2-0 América-PE 05/08/53 Sport Recife 9-0 Great Western
09/08/53 Náutico 3-1 Auto Esporte-PE 12/08/53 América-PE 1-0 Íbis 15/08/53 Náutico 6-0 Great Western
16/08/53 Sport Recife 4-2 Santa Cruz 19/08/53 Auto Esporte-PE 3-1 Íbis 23/08/53 Náutico 3-0 América-PE
26/08/53 Santa Cruz 4-0 Auto Esporte-PE 30/08/53 Sport Recife 5-3 América-PE 02/09/53 Great Western 4-2 Auto Esporte-PE
06/09/53 Auto Esporte-PE 1-0 América-PE 07/09/53 Sport Recife 2-1 Íbis 09/09/53 Santa Cruz 4-3 Náutico
13/09/53 Great Western 2-0 Íbis 16/09/53 Sport Recife 1-0 Náutico 20/09/53 Great Western - Santa Cruz [Great Western won by W.O.]
P G W D L GF GA GD 1. Sport Recife 11 6 5 1 0 22 7 15 to Final -------------------------------------------------------- 2. Náutico 8 6 4 0 2 19 7 12 3. Santa Cruz 7 6 3 1 2 16 11 5 4. Great Western 6 6 3 0 3 9 21 -12 5. Auto Esporte-PE 5 6 2 1 3 8 13 -5 6. América-PE 4 6 2 0 4 8 14 -6 -------------------------------------------------------- 7. Íbis 1 6 0 1 5 7 16 -9 eliminated
Segundo Turno
04/10/53 América-PE 2-0 Great Western 07/10/53 Náutico 3-1 Auto Esporte-PE 11/10/53 Santa Cruz 3-0 América-PE
14/10/53 Sport Recife 7-0 Great Western 18/10/53 Santa Cruz 4-0 Auto Esporte-PE 21/10/53 Auto Esporte-PE 5-0 Great Western
25/10/53 América-PE 3-0 Sport Recife 30/10/53 Sport Recife 5-1 Auto Esporte-PE 01/11/53 Náutico 4-2 Santa Cruz
04/11/53 Santa Cruz 7-1 Great Western 08/11/53 Sport Recife 3-1 Náutico 11/11/53 América-PE 4-0 Auto Esporte-PE
15/11/53 Santa Cruz 2-0 Sport Recife 18/11/53 Náutico 4-1 Great Western 22/11/53 Náutico 3-1 América-PE
25/11/53 Sport Recife 5-1 Auto Esporte-PE 29/11/53 Náutico 1-0 América-PE 02/12/53 Santa Cruz 1-0 Sport Recife
06/12/53 Santa Cruz 1-0 América-PE 08/12/53 Náutico 3-2 Sport Recife 13/12/53 Santa Cruz 1-0 Náutico
14/02/54 Sport Recife 4-2 América-PE 17/02/54 Auto Esporte-PE 1-0 Great Western 21/02/54 Sport Recife 5-2 Great Western
18/03/54 Santa Cruz 2-1 Auto Esporte-PE
Náutico and América didn't play against Great Western and Auto Esporte and were considered losers by W.O. Santa Cruz also didn't play against Great Western and was considered loser by W.O.
P G W D L GF GA GD 1. Santa Cruz 16 10 8 0 2 23 6 17 to Final -------------------------------------------------------- 2. Sport Recife 12 10 6 0 4 31 16 15 3. Náutico 12 10 6 0 4 19 11 8 4. Auto Esporte-PE 8 10 4 0 6 10 23 -13 5. América-PE 6 10 3 0 6 12 12 0 6. Great Western 6 10 3 0 7 4 31 -27
FINAL
18/04/54 Sport Recife 1-0 Santa Cruz
25/04/54 Sport Recife 3-1 Santa Cruz
Sport is state champions of 1953.
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