1922–23 Prima Divisione

The 1922–23 Prima Divisione season was won by Genoa.

Prima Divisione
Season1922–23
ChampionsGenoa
8th title
RelegatedMantova
US Torinese
Petrarca Padova
Speranza Savona
Derthona
Rivarolese
Esperia Como
Udinese
Lucchese
US Milanese
Pastore Torino
Savona

Pre-league qualifications

Due to the high numbers of participants, the FIGC had to organize a qualification tournament, in order to reduce them to three rounds of 12 sides each.

Moreover, after U.S. Livorno and Pro Livorno's merger, a spot in the Prima Divisione was freed and rounds 3 to 5 had to be organized.

Preliminary Round
Played on July 2, 1922.
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Bentegodi Verona 2-7 Sestrese
Como 1-2 Piacenza
Enotria Goliardo 1-2 Libertas Firenze
Parma 1-2 Treviso
Pastore Torino 4-0 Viareggio
Rivarolese 2-0 Valenzana
Roman 2-1 Audace Roma

Round 1
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Brescia 2-5(*) Sestrese 2-0 0-5
Internazionale 4-1 Libertas Firenze 3-0 1-1
Piacenza 1-6[1] Livorno 1-4[1] 0-2[2]
Rivarolese 2-1 Venezia 0-0 2-1
Spezia 2-3 Pastore Torino 1-1 1-2
Treviso 0-2 Derthona 0-1 0-1

(*) Since the away goal rule wasn't applied, a tie-break was needed:

Played on July 23, 1922, in Piacenza.
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Brescia 2-0 Sestrese

Extra Round 1
Played on September 17, 1922.
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Libertas Firenze 0-2[2] Piacenza
Sestrese 1-0 Venezia
Spezia 3-0 Treviso

Extra Round 2
Played on September 17, 1922, in Bologna.
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Piacenza 0-2[2] Spezia

Round 5
Played on September 24, 1922, in Reggio Emilia.
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Sestrese 1-2 Spezia

Teams admitted

Northern League
From 1921-22 C.C.I. championship
From 1921-22 F.I.G.C. championship
After qualification

(*) This side is the result of the merger of U.S. Livorno (CCI) and Pro Livorno (FIGC).

Southern League
All the teams were from 1921-22 C.C.I. championship
After qualification

(*) These sides were the results of various mergers:

  • Internaples was the result of the merger of Internazionale Napoli and Naples.
  • Libertas Palermo was the result of the merger of the old Libertas Palermo and Azzurra Palermo.
  • Messina was the result of the merger of S.C. Messina and Messinese.

Northern League

Regular season

Group winners went to the final phase. Four worst clubs of each group were relegated.

Classification
P
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
 Promotion or relegation
1. Pro Vercelli 22 17 2 3 49 14 +35 36 Qualified
2. Torino 22 14 4 4 59 12 +47 32
3. Sampierdarenese 22 12 4 6 37 22 +15 28
4. Pisa 22 11 3 8 43 33 +10 25
5. Hellas Verona 22 9 6 7 29 26 +3 24
6. Casale 22 7 9 6 23 17 +6 23
7. Internazionale 22 8 5 9 33 37 -4 21
7. Virtus Bologna 22 8 5 9 15 22 -7 21
9. Mantova 22 6 6 10 18 27 -9 18 Relegated
10. US Torinese 22 6 4 12 23 41 -18 16
11. Petrarca Padova 22 6 3 13 20 51 -31 15
12. Speranza Savona 22 0 5 17 10 57 -47 5
Results table
Home \ Away CAS HEL INT MAN PET PIS PRO SAM SPE TOR USN VIR
Casale — 3–0 1–0 1–0 4–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 3–0 1–1 1–0 2–0
Hellas Verona 1–1 — 0–2 2–0 2–1 1–2 0–0 1–1 3–1 1–0 3–0 1–0
Internazionale 1–1 3–2 — 2–3 4–0 2–0 1–5 4–2 3–0 2–2 1–0 0–2
Mantova 0–0 1–1 1–1 — 2–0 3–1 1–2 1–0 1–0 0–2[3] 1–1 0–0
Petrarca Padova 2–2 2–3 3–1 1–0 — 2–1 0–6 0–0 2–1 0–2 3–1 1–2
Pisa 2–2 0–2 2–2 4–1 2–0[2] — 2–1 5–0 7–1 2–1 3–0 1–0
Pro Vercelli 3–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 3–1 — 1–0 3–0 2–1 5–0 1–1
Sampierdarenese 2–0 2–0 3–1 3–1 4–1 2–0 3–2 — 6–0 1–0 2–0 3–1
Speranza Savona 0–0 1–3 0–0 1–1 0–1 2–4 0–3 0–2 — 0–2 1–1 0–0
Torino 1–0 1–1 6–0 3–0 8–0 6–1 2–0 2–0 8–0 — 6–0 3–0
US Torinese 2–1 1–1 3–2 0–1 4–1 0–2[3] 1–3 1–0 3–2 1–1 — 4–0
Virtus Bologna 1–0 2–0 0–1 1–0 0–0 2–1 0–2 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 —
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Classification
P
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
 Promotion or relegation
1. Genoa 22 17 5 0 61 18 +43 39 Qualified
2. Legnano 22 13 6 3 37 19 +18 32
3. Bologna 22 11 5 6 66 21 +45 27
4. Milan 22 8 10 4 32 28 4 26
5. Juventus 22 10 5 7 31 21 +10 25
6. Cremonese 22 10 4 8 28 25 +3 24
6. Modena 22 10 4 8 24 23 +1 24
8. Spezia 22 5 9 8 20 29 -9 19 Relegation tie-breaker
9. Derthona 22 6 7 9 29 31 -2 19 Relegation tie-breaker
10. Rivarolese 22 7 4 11 28 49 -21 18 Relegated
11. EsperiaComo 22 1 4 17 11 49 -38 6
12. Udinese 22 1 3 18 14 68 -54 5
Results table
Home \ Away BOL CRE DER ESP GEN JUV LEG MIL MOD RIV SPE UDI
Bologna — 3–0 2–2 5–0 1–2 4–1 5–1 0–2[3] 2–0 6–0 5–0 14–0
Cremonese 1–1 — 2–0 3–0 1–2 1–0 0–2 0–1 0–0 4–0 2–0 1–0
Derthona 1–1 0–2 — 3–1 1–3 1–2 1–1 0–0 1–0 3–1 0–1 5–0
Esperia Como 2–4 0–2[3] 0–4 — 2–8 0–1 0–1 1–4 0–1 1–2 0–0 3–2
Genoa 2–1 2–0 4–1 0–0 — 2–1 1–1 4–1 3–2 5–1 1–1 6–0
Juventus 2–2 3–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 — 1–0 2–2 4–0 5–0 0–0 2–0
Legnano 1–0 4–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 3–2 — 1–1 3–0 3–2 2–1 3–1
Milan 0–8 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–3 0–0 1–0 — 1–0 4–0 0–0 1–1
Modena 2–0[2] 1–1 1–0 2–0[2] 1–2 1–0 0–0 1–1 — 3–1 2–0 2–0
Rivarolese 0–0 2–3 4–1 2–0 0–4 2–0 0–2 1–1 2–0 — 2–2 3–1
Spezia 2–1 0–1 1–1 0–0 0–4 1–0 0–2[3] 2–1 2–3 0–0 — 5–0
Udinese 0–1 2–2 1–2 1–0 0–1 0–1 1–3 1–6 0–2 1–3 2–2 —
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Relegation tie-breaker
Played on July 1, 1923, in Genoa.
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Derthona 0-0[4] Spezia
Tie-breaker
Played on July 8, 1923, in Genoa.
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Derthona 2-3 Spezia
Classification
P
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
 Promotion or relegation
1. Padova 22 14 4 4 47 21 +26 32 Qualification tie-breaker
2. Alessandria 22 14 4 4 34 14 +20 32 Qualification tie-breaker
3. Livorno 22 13 4 5 43 19 +24 30
3. SPAL 22 12 6 4 37 15 +22 30
5. Novara 22 12 2 8 41 24 +17 26
6. Andrea Doria 22 9 6 7 40 29 +11 24
7. Brescia 22 8 4 10 34 28 +6 20
8. Novese 22 5 9 8 26 32 -6 19
9. Lucchese 22 6 4 12 24 55 -31 16 Relegated
10. US Milanese 22 3 8 11 23 43 -20 14
11. PastoreTorino 22 4 3 15 16 53 -37 11
12. Savona 22 3 4 15 14 46 -32 10
Results table
Home \ Away ALE ADO BRE LIV LUC NOV USN PAD PAS SAV SPA USM
Alessandria — 3–0 1–0 3–0 3–0 2–1 2–0 0–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 1–1
Andrea Doria 1–1 — 2–1 1–1 4–0 2–1 3–1 1–1 6–0 6–0 1–0 3–1
Brescia 1–1 0–0 — 2–1 4–0 2–0 3–1 1–2[5] 2–0 1–0 2–2[5] 4–0[5]
Livorno 2–0 2–0 4–1 — 8–0 2–1 3–0 2–1 3–0 2–1 1–0 5–0
Lucchese 0–2 2–2 1–0 0–1 — 1–2 1–1 3–0 2–0 3–1 2–2 2–0
Novara 2–3 7–0 1–0 2–0 3–1 — 4–1 2–0 4–1 3–0 1–1 1–0
Novese 0–2 1–0 0–0 1–1 4–1 2–0 — 1–2 3–1 1–2 1–1 2–2
Padova 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 6–1 2–1 2–2 — 11–1 3–1 1–1 2–0
Pastore Torino 1–1 2–0 4–1 1–3 1–2 0–1 0–2 0–2 — 1–0 1–0 0–0
Savona 0–1 0–5[5] 0–7[5] 1–0 1–1[5] 2–2 0–0 0–2 3–0 — 0–1 1–1
Spal 1–0 2–1 3–0 2–0 5–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 4–0 2–0[5] — 3–0
US Milanese 1–3 1–1 3–1 1–1 5–1 1–2 1–1 0–3 2–2 2–1 1–3 —
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Promotion tie-breaker
Played on June 3, 1923, in Milan.
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Alessandria 1-2[4] Padova

Padova qualified for the Final Round.

Classification
P
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
 Champions of Italy
1. Genoa 4 3 1 0 8 2 +6 7 Qualified
2. Pro Vercelli 4 1 1 2 5 5 0 3
3. Padova 4 1 0 3 4 10 -6 2

Results table
Home \ Away GEN PAD PRO
Genoa — 3–1 1–0
Padova 0–3 — 3–1
Pro Vercelli 1–1 3–0 —
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Southern League

Marche

Anconitana was the only subscribed team and advanced directly to the semifinals.

Classification
P
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
 Promotion or relegation
1. Lazio 10 8 1 1 30 14 +16 17 Qualified
2. Alba Roma 10 7 1 2 42 13 +29 15
3. Fortitudo Roma 10 5 1 4 20 18 +2 11
4. US Romana 10 3 1 6 12 21 -9 7
5. Juventus Audax 10 3 0 7 14 31 -17 6
6. Roman 10 2 0 8 7 28 -21 4 Relegated
Results table
Home \ Away ALB FOR JUV LAZ ROM USR
Alba Roma — 3–1 11–0 2–7 4–1 3–0
Fortitudo Roma 3–2 — 3–1 0–3 2–0 2–2
Juventus Audax 0–2 2–5 — 2–3 3–1 3–2
Lazio 0–0 3–1 3–2 — 2–0 4–1
Roman 1–10 0–3 1–0 2–3 — 0–1
US Romana 0–5 2–0 0–1 4–2 0–1 —
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Classification
P
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
 Promotion or relegation
1. Savoia 8 7 1 0 26 6 +20 15 Qualified
2. Internaples 8 5 1 2 8 4 +4 11
3. Stabia 8 4 0 4 12 11 +1 8
4. Cavese 8 3 0 5 11 19 -8 6
5. Bagnolese 8 0 0 8 1 18 -17 0
Results table
Home \ Away BAG CAV INT SAV STA
Bagnolese — 0–1 0–2[2] 0–2[2] 0–2[2]
Cavese 2–0[2] — 0–1 1–4 2–4
Internaples 1–0 1–2 — 0–0 1–0
Savoia 6–1 7–2 2–0 — 4–2
Stabia 2–0[2] 2–1 0–2[3] 0–1 —
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Classification
P
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
 Promotion or relegation
1. Pro Italia Taranto 8 6 1 1 25 7 +18 13 Qualified
2. Ideale Bari 8 6 0 2 19 8 +11 12
3. Audace Taranto 8 3 3 2 15 11 +4 9
4. Liberty Bari 8 2 1 5 10 18 -8 5
5. Lecce 8 0 1 7 7 32 -25 1 Relegated
Results table
Home \ Away AUD IDE LEC LIB PRO
Audace Taranto — 1–0 4–0 1–1 2–2
Ideale Bari 3–0 — 7–0 1–0 1–0
Lecce 2–2 2–4 — 1–4 1–4
Liberty Bari 1–4 1–3 2–0 — 1–4
Pro Italia Taranto 2–1 4–0 5–1 4–0 —
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Sicily

A previous qualification tournament, with home and away matches, started without FIGC's permission and was declared void. Anyway, the three sides had ended the tournament with 2 points each.

Classification
P
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
 Promotion or relegation
1. Libertas Palermo 2 2 0 0 3 0 +3 4 Qualified
2. Messina 2 1 0 1 2 1 +1 2
3. Palermo 2 0 0 2 0 4 -4 0
Results
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Libertas Palermo 1-0 Messina
Libertas Palermo 2-0 Palermo
Messina 2-0 Palermo

Group A

Pro Italia Taranto had to retire from the championship due to lack of players: most of the players were soldiers and Taranto's military command denied them to play in this tournament and against civilian sides again.

Classification
P
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
 Promotion or relegation
1. Savoia 6 4 2 0 11 3 +8 10 Qualified
2. Alba Roma 6 3 1 2 8 5 +3 7
2. Anconitana 6 3 1 2 10 9 +1 7
4. Pro Italia Taranto 6 0 0 6 0 12 -12 0 Retired
Results table
Home \ Away ALB ANC PRO SAV
Alba Roma — 4–1 2–0[2] 0–0
Anconitana 2–0 — 2–0[2] 0–2
Pro Italia Taranto 0–2[2] 0–2[2] — 0–2[2]
Savoia 2–0 3–3 2–0[2] —
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Classification
P
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
 Promotion or relegation
1. Lazio 6 6 0 0 29 4 +25 12 Qualified
2. Ideale Bari 6 4 0 2 8 11 -3 8
3. Libertas Palermo 6 2 0 4 10 20 -10 4
4. Internaples 6 0 0 6 2 14 -12 0
Results table
Home \ Away IDE INT LAZ LIB
Ideale Bari — 1–0 0–3 3–2
Internaples 0–2[2] — 0–3 1–2
Lazio 6–0 4–0 — 10–2
Libertas Palermo 0–2 2–1 2–3 —
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Finals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Savoia 2-7 Lazio 3-3 1-4

National Finals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Genoa 6-1 Lazio 4-1 2-0

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

Footnotes
  1. The 1st leg, in Piacenza, suffered the referee's absence so the first match became 'friendly'. Livorno won 4-2. On July 16 the match was repeated, again in Piacenza, and Livorno won 4-1. Anyway, Piacenza retired before playing the second leg.
  2. Forfeit
  3. Decided by the FIGC.
  4. After extra time.
  5. Matches repeated for irregular positions of some players. The original risults were:Brescia-Padova 1-0; Brescia-Spal 3-0; Brescia-U.S. Milanese 0-0; Savona-Andrea Doria 1-0; Savona-Brescia 1-0; Savona-Lucchese 3-1; Spal-Savona 2-1
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