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

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

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.

30 Northern clubs 10 Southern clubs
7 worst clubs of the Northern League's Prima Divisione 11 out of 20 clubs of the Southern League's Prima Divisione
22 best clubs of the Northern League's Seconda Divisione

Group A

Classification Pts P W D L GF GA
1.Novara 3018?????
2.Biellese 2418
3.Legnano 2318
4.Sestrese 1918
5.US Milanese 1818
6.Savona 1618
7.Spezia 1618
8.Derthona 1618
9.Asti 1418
10. Speranza 418

Group B

Classification Pt P W D L GF GA
1.Pro Patria 2718?????
2.Atalanta 2618
3.Triestina 2418
4.Treviso 2018
5.Fiumana 1918
6.Venezia 1718
7.Mantova 1518
8.Monfalcone 1418
9.Comense 1218
10.Udinese 618

Results

Pro Patria results
AndataRitorno
1-1Pro Patria-Monfalcone3-1
0-2Mantova-Pro Patria0-2
1-0Pro Patria-Udinese2-1
0-1Fiumana-Pro Patria1-2
2-1Atalanta-Pro Patria0-7
2-3Pro Patria-Triestina0-2
6-1Pro Patria-Comense1-0
1-1Venezia-Pro Patria0-1
5-2Pro Patria-Treviso1-1

Group C

Classification Pt P W D L GF GA
1.Reggiana 281813234317
2.SPAL 251811344226
3.Pistoiese 241811253922
4.Parma 20188462725
5.Prato 18187473028
6.Fiorentina 17187382430
7.Lucchese 151871102727
8.Pisa 121852111633
9.Carpi 111843111836
10.Ancona 101834111424

Results

Group D

Classification Pt P W D L GF GA
1.Lazio 301815033411
2.Liberty Bari 291812513412
3.Bagnolese 251811344216
4.Casertana 23189542818
5.Pro Italia Taranto 18188282019
6.Ideale Bari 18187472020
7.Foggia 16185671920
8.Audace Taranto 111851121335
9.Roman 101834112339
10.Palermo [1] 0180018144

Events

Bankruptcies

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

Mergers

Final Group

Finals Pt P W D L GF GA
1.Novara 863212010
2.Pro Patria 663031112
3.Reggiana 56213910
4.Lazio 562131119
  • Novara champions 1926-27.

Results

References

  1. Retired after nine matchdays for bankruptcy.
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