1926–27 Divisione Nazionale

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Divisione Nazionale
Season1926–27
Dates3 October 1926 – 10 July 1927
ChampionsNot awarded (Torino were stripped of their title due to match fixing)
RelegatedNo relegations (Roma and Napoli were later readmitted to Divisione Nazionale as guests)
Matches played210
Goals scored696 (3.31 per match)
Top goalscorer Anton Powolny
(22 goals)
1927–28 →

The 1926-27 Divisione Nazionale season was the twenty-seventh of the Italian Football Championship. It was also the fourth season from which the Italian Football Champions' adorned their team jerseys in the subsequent season with a Scudetto. This was the first of three seasons of the Italian Football Championship re-branded to Divisione Nazionale (replacing the previous Prima Divisione). In a complete re-structure from previous Italian Championships, Divisione Nazionale was organised into two non-geographical round robin contests. In 1926-27 it was contested by 17 Northern Italian clubs plus two from Rome plus SSC Napoli. The top three teams from each of they two round robins then decided the championship via a round robin finals contest.

Contents

The 1926–27 Divisione Nazionale won by Torino was revoked during the following season. That was due to alleged match fixing in a derby versus Juventus.

The Viareggio Charter

In 1926 the ”Viareggio Charter” submitted the Italian football's organization to the fascist regime. The Northern League was disbanded and it was substituted by the Higher Divisions Directory , an authority appointed by the fascists. Three clubs from Southern Italy were added to the original sixteen-clubs championship to make it a national league. The 20th club had been chosen by a special qualification between the relegated clubs of the Northern League which was won by US Alessandria.

A final phase substituted the championship final which had become a traditional appointment with riots and supporter violences.

First phase

Group A

Classification

P
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1. Juventus 1812334410+3427Qualified to the finals
1. Internazionale 1812334922+2727
3. Genoa 1810443715+2224
4. Casale 189362422+221
5. Pro Vercelli 187652722+520
6. Modena 186662127-618
7. Brescia 186392835-715
7. Hellas Verona 186391935-1615
9. Alba-Audace Roma [1] 1852112532-712Disbanded
10. Napoli 180117761-541Later readmitted [2]

Results table

  • The home teams are read down the left hand side while the away teams are indicated along the top.
Home \ Away ALB BRE CAS GEN HEL INT JUV MOD NAP PRO
Alba-Audace Roma —5–20–11–33–01–10–21–25–23–0
Brescia 4–0—3–11–04–20–30–22–25–10–0
Casale 3–13–0—2–12–01–10–23–03–01–1
Genoa 2–04–14–0—2–04–01–22–14–13–0
Hellas Verona 2–01–41–21–1—1–11–01–05–02–1
Internazionale 2–14–13–02–15–0—3–02–19–22–0
Juventus 1–02–04–00–06–04–1—7–28–00–1
Modena 2–22–01–01–10–01–41–1—1–03–1
Napoli 0–20–00–20–2 [3] 0–10–30–30–1—0–3
Pro Vercelli 3–03–10–02–24–14–30–00–04–1—
Source: [ citation needed ]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group B

Classification

P
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1. Torino 1812245225+2726Qualified to the finals
2. Milan 1811254127+1424
2. Bologna 1811253826+1224
4. Alessandria 189364224+1821
5. Livorno 189273228+420
5. Sampierdarenese [4] 189273136-520
7. Padova 1871102944-1515
8. Andrea Doria [4] 1853101631-1513Disbanded
9. Cremonese 1860121935-1612Later readmitted [2]
10. Fortitudo-Pro Roma [1] 1821151842-245

Results table

  • The home teams are read down the left hand side while the away teams are indicated along the top.
Home \ Away ALE ADO BOL CRE FOR LIV MIL PAD SAM TOR
Alessandria —5–05–12–13–10–03–16–16–11–3
Andrea Doria 1–2—0–12–11–22–11–01–01–11–2
Bologna 2–00–0—4–22–13–24–15–14–21–1
Cremonese 1–03–11–0—1–00–11–20–24–00–1
Fortitudo-Pro-Roma 1–10–10–2 [3] 1–2—0–2 [3] 2–31–20–14–2
Livorno 1–22–13–14–03–1—1–25–03–02–1
Milan 1–14–14–21–04–03–0—5–21–23–1
Padova 3–21–10–24–15–33–11–3—3–10–1
Sampierdarenese 2–13–01–32–03–11–13–13–0—4–1
Torino 3–23–12–18–14–08–02–23–16–1—
Source: [ citation needed ]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final round

Classification

P
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1. Torino 107031715+214First team [5]
2. Bologna 10523146+812
3. Juventus 105142413+1111
4. Genoa 104151521-69
5. Internazionale 103251316-38
6. Milan 102261325-126

Results table

Home \ Away BOL GEN INT JUV MIL TOR
Bologna —1–03–01–02–15–0
Genoa 1–0—1–12–32–03–1
Internazionale 1–02–3—2–11–21–2
Juventus 1–16–01–3—8–21–0
Milan 1–14–21–10–2 [3] —2–3
Torino 1–03–12–12–13–0—
Source: [ citation needed ]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Flag of Austria.svg Anton Powolny Internazionale 22
2 Flag of Argentina.svg Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg Julio Libonatti Torino 21
3 Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg Gino Rossetti Torino 19
4 Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg Antonio Vojak Juventus 16

References and sources

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 Alba-Audace Roma, as lower Roman, was forced by fascist authorities to merge into Fortitudo-Pro Roma at the end of the season, forming new A.S. Roma, immediately readmitted to Divisione Nazionale.
  2. 1 2 Readmitted at the end of the season.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Decided by the FIGC.
  4. 1 2 Andrea Doria was forced by fascist authorities to merge into Sampierdarenese at the end of the season, forming new La Dominante Genova.
  5. ↑ Title revoked during the following season.
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