1926–27 Prima Divisione

The 1926–27 Prima Divisione was the 1st edition of a second tier tournament of the Italian Football Championship which was organized at national level.

Prima Divisione
Season1926–27
Dates3 October 1926 – 22 May 1927
ChampionsNovara (1st title)
PromotedNovara
Pro Patria
Reggiana
Lazio
Relegated6 clubs in bankruptcy or disbandment
Matches played372

The Carta di Viareggio

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Asti
 
Biellese
 

Derthona
 
           └Legnano
 
US Milanese
 
Novara┐            
 
Speranza
Savona
 
 
Sestrese    
 

Spezia
 
Atalanta  
 
            ┌Comense
 
Fiumana
 
Mantova
 
           ┌Monfalconese
 
Pro Patria
 
Treviso
 
Triestina
 
Udinese
 
Venezia
 
Anconitana
 

Carpi
 

Fiorentina
 
 │
Lucchese
 
Parma
 

Pisa
 
           ┌Pistoiese
 
─Prato
 
Reggiana         
 
SPAL
 
Taranto
AudaceT.
 
 
Liberty
Ideale
 
 
Lazio
Roman
 
 
Bagnolese
 
Casertana
 
Foggia
 
Palermo
1926-27 Prima Divisione teams location map.
  Group A;   Group B;   Group C;   Group D.

In 1926 the Viareggio Charter reformed the Italian football organization. This important document introduced in the Italian football the status of the non-amatour player receiving a reimbursement of expenses. In this way FIGC managed to mislead FIFA, that defended strenuously sportive amateurism.

The fascist Charter transformed the old Northern League into an authoritarian and national committee, the Direttorio Divisioni Superiori, appointed by the FIGC. The second level championship, which took the diminished name of Prima Divisione, consequently had to be reformed to give space to a group of clubs from the southern half of Italy.

Teams selection

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The old Northern Seconda Divisione second-level championship had four local groups, so it was decided to reserve one of them for the clubs from Southern Italy in the new national Prima Divisione. More, some teams from the South were put in the first level championship too, so some Northern clubs were relegated from it. Consequently, solely half of the clubs of the old Northern second level joined the revamped cadet tournament, to give space to their Southern counterparts.

In Southern Italy the situation was different. There, the previous reform of 1921-1922 did not take place, so the pyramid of 1912 had been maintained, with the Prima Divisione, former Prima Categoria, as the sole tournament above the regional level. So, in a lexical continuity, the old Prima Divisione remained the bulk of new one, excluding three promoted teams and the last relegated ones, but with the relevant difference of the elimination of the regional qualifications.

29 Northern clubs 11 Southern clubs
7 worst clubs of the Northern League's First Division 11 out of 20 clubs of the Southern League's First Division
22 best clubs of the Northern League's Second Division

Group A

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Classification Pts P W D L GF GA
  1. Novara 30 18 ? ? ? ? ?
2. Biellese 24 18
3. Legnano 23 18
4. Sestrese 19 18
5. US Milanese 18 18
6. Savona 16 18
7. Spezia 16 18
8. Derthona 16 18
9. Asti 14 18
10. Speranza 4 18

Group B

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Classification Pt P W D L GF GA
  1. Pro Patria 27 18 ? ? ? ? ?
2. Atalanta 26 18
3. Triestina 24 18
4. Treviso 20 18
5. Fiumana 19 18
6. Venezia 17 18
7. Mantova 15 18
8. Monfalcone 14 18
9. Comense 12 18
10. Udinese 6 18

Results

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Pro Patria results
Andata Ritorno
1-1 Pro Patria - Monfalcone 3-1
0-2 Mantova - Pro Patria 0-2
1-0 Pro Patria - Udinese 2-1
0-1 Fiumana - Pro Patria 1-2
2-1 Atalanta - Pro Patria 0-7
2-3 Pro Patria - Triestina 0-2
6-1 Pro Patria - Comense 1-0
1-1 Venezia - Pro Patria 0-1
5-2 Pro Patria - Treviso 1-1

Group C

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Classification Pt P W D L GF GA
  1. Reggiana 28 18 13 2 3 43 17
2. SPAL 25 18 11 3 4 42 26
3. Pistoiese 24 18 11 2 5 39 22
4. Parma 20 18 8 4 6 27 25
5. Prato 18 18 7 4 7 30 28
6. Fiorentina 17 18 7 3 8 24 30
7. Lucchese 15 18 7 1 10 27 27
8. Pisa 12 18 5 2 11 16 33
9. Carpi 11 18 4 3 11 18 36
10. Ancona 10 18 3 4 11 14 24

Results

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Group D

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Classification Pt P W D L GF GA
  1. Lazio 30 18 15 0 3 34 11
2. Liberty Bari 29 18 12 5 1 34 12
3. Bagnolese 25 18 11 3 4 42 16
4. Casertana 23 18 9 5 4 28 18
5. Pro Italia Taranto 18 18 8 2 8 20 19
6. Ideale Bari 18 18 7 4 7 20 20
7. Foggia 16 18 5 6 7 19 20
8. Audace Taranto 11 18 5 1 12 13 35
9. Roman 10 18 3 4 11 23 39
10. Palermo [1] 0 18 0 0 18 1 44

Events

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Prima Divisione Sud
Season1926–27

Bankruptcies

  • Ilva Bagnolese and Casertana both bankrupted.
  • Palermo relegated and bankrupted.

Mergers

Final Group

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Finals Pt P W D L GF GA
  1. Novara 8 6 3 2 1 20 10
2. Pro Patria 6 6 3 0 3 11 12
3. Reggiana 5 6 2 1 3 9 10
4. Lazio 5 6 2 1 3 11 19
  • Novara champions 1926-27.

Results

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References

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  1. ^ Retired after nine matchdays for bankruptcy.