1925–26 Prima Divisione

The 1925–26 Prima Divisione season, its final season, was won by Juventus.

Prima Divisione
1925–26 Juventus team
Season1925–26
ChampionsJuventus
2nd title
RelegatedNovara
Udinese
Pisa
Legnano
Reggiana
Parma
Mantova
Matches played385
Goals scored1,512 (3.93 per match)
Top goalscorerFerenc Hirzer
(35 goals)

Northern League

Regular season

Udinese and Parma FC had been promoted from the Second Division.

Goal average was introduced eliminating the tie-breakers.

The Northern League decided to create the Serie A with 16 teams starting in 1926, so the last four teams of each group should be relegated.

However, just after the end of the regular season the fascists postponed thus project under protests of Southern clubs which would be excluded. They imposed a National Division of two groups instead, and all relegated clubs entered into an extraordinary qualification for the new tournament.

Classification
P
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
 Promotion or relegation
1. Bologna 22 17 4 1 74 20 +54 38 Qualified to the final
2. Torino 22 16 4 2 67 28 +39 36
3. Modena 22 11 3 8 45 30 +15 25
4. Hellas Verona 22 10 5 7 58 48 +10 25
5. Internazionale 22 10 5 7 44 38 +6 25
6. Casale 22 9 4 9 42 32 +10 22
7. Andrea Doria 22 9 3 10 37 50 -13 21
8. Brescia 22 8 3 11 38 51 -15 19
9. Novara 22 6 6 10 40 42 -2 18 Qualifications to the National Division
10. Udinese 22 5 3 14 38 75 -37 13
11. Pisa 22 5 2 15 23 65 -42 12
12. Legnano 22 3 4 15 22 49 -27 10
Results table
Home \ Away ADO BOL BRE CAS HEL INT LEG MOD NOV PIS TOR UDI
Andrea Doria — 3–3 4–1 3–2 3–2 2–0 3–1 2–1 2–2 5–1 0–0 3–2
Bologna 3–0 — 6–0 1–0 7–0 4–1 6–0 1–0 4–1 7–0 3–2 4–0
Brescia 5–0 1–2 — 2–1 3–2 0–1 2–0 2–2 4–1 2–0 3–4 3–1
Casale 2–0 0–1 2–0 — 3–2 3–3 5–0 4–0 1–1 4–0 2–3 2–1
Hellas Verona 5–1 2–2 4–2 4–3 — 1–0 4–1 0–2[1] 2–2 7–1 1–1 4–0
Internazionale 0–1 1–1 4–0 4–1 3–3 — 2–0 2–1 5–4 1–0 3–4 4–2
Legnano 1–0 1–2 1–1 0–2 1–3 1–1 — 0–1 0–0 4–1 1–2 6–1
Modena 6–0 0–0 3–2 2–3 3–2 3–0 2–0 — 4–1 6–2 1–1 5–1
Novara 3–1 1–2 5–1 0–0 1–2 1–1 3–1 0–1 — 2–0 0–2 6–3
Pisa 3–2 0–6 0–1 1–1 1–3 1–3 2–0 1–0 4–3 — 1–1 1–2
Torino 4–0 6–2 5–0 2–0 5–2 2–1 4–1 3–1 2–1 4–1 — 7–0
Udinese 3–2 1–7 3–3 2–1 3–3 3–4 2–2 3–1 0–2[1] 1–2 4–3 —
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. Juventus 22 17 3 2 68 14 +54 37 Qualified to the final
2. Cremonese 22 13 3 6 41 25 +16 29
3. Genoa 22 13 2 7 48 29 +19 28
4. Padova 22 11 3 8 55 33 +22 25
5. Livorno 22 11 3 8 43 45 -2 25
6. Sampierdarenese 22 10 3 9 38 43 -5 23
7. Pro Vercelli 22 9 4 9 42 31 +11 22
8. Milan 22 10 2 10 43 39 +4 22
9. Reggiana 22 7 3 12 30 50 -20 17 Qualifications to the National Division
10. Alessandria 22 7 2 13 41 48 -7 16
11. Parma 22 5 2 15 23 58 -35 12
12. Mantova 22 2 4 16 24 81 -57 8
Results table
Home \ Away ALE CRE GEN JUV LIV MAN MIL PAD PAR PRO REG SAM
Alessandria — 2–3 1–0 1–3 1–0 9–0 4–3 0–2 2–0 1–1 6–0 5–0
Cremonese 3–0 — 1–0 0–0 8–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 3–0 4–2 1–0 2–1
Genoa 7–2 2–1 — 1–3 0–0 3–1 2–1 2–0 3–0 2–1 3–0 3–1
Juventus 4–0 4–0 2–0 — 3–0 8–1 6–0 3–2 6–0 2–1 5–0 4–0
Livorno 6–2 2–1 3–2 1–1 — 6–1 1–1 3–0 4–0 2–0 2–0 5–1
Mantova 7–1 0–0 2–5 0–5 0–2 — 0–2 0–2[1] 1–1 2–2 3–0 1–1
Milan 2–2 1–4 1–3 1–2 4–1 3–1 — 3–0 4–2 4–0 4–0 2–0
Padova 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–2 6–1 9–0 4–2 — 6–1 5–2 6–2 3–0
Parma 1–0 3–1 1–5 0–3 0–1 5–3 1–2 2–0 — 0–3 2–0 1–3
Pro Vercelli 1–0 4–0 2–0 0–1 7–0 3–0 3–1 1–1 2–2 — 3–0 2–0
Reggiana 2–1 0–2 2–2 2–0 5–2 4–0 0–1 4–1 2–0 3–2 — 1–1
Sampierdarenese 2–1 2–1 2–3 2–1 2–1 8–1 2–1 2–1 4–1 1–0 3–3 —
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Finals
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Bologna ● 2 points each ● Juventus 2-2 0-0
Tie-break
Played on August 1, 1926, in Milan.
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Bologna 1-2 Juventus

Juventus qualified for the National Finals.

Southern League
Main article: 1925–26 Lega Sud

The Southern League was a separate amatorial league, still divided in five regions. The winner were Alba Rome.

National Finals

1st leg Date: 8 August 1926, 2nd leg Date: 22 August 1926

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Juventus 12-1 Alba Roma 7-1 5-0

Top goalscorers
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Hungary Ferenc Hirzer Juventus 35
2 Italy Angelo Schiavio Bologna 28
3 Italy Pietro Pastore Juventus 26
4 Hungary Márton Bukovi Alba Roma 25
5 Italy Ernesto Ghisi Internaples 20
Italy Adolfo Baloncieri Torino
7 Italy Giovanni Ferrari Internaples 16

Qualification to the National Division

Round 1

Played on August 29

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Alessandria 6-1 Pisa
Legnano 2-0[2] Udinese
Mantova 7-3[3] Reggiana
Novara 4-0 Parma

Round 2

Played on September 5

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Alessandria 4-1 Legnano
Mantova 3-4[3] Novara

Round 3

Played on September 12

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Alessandria 2-2[3] Novara
Repetition

Played on September 19 in Turin

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Alessandria 3-1 Novara

Alessandria was qualified to the National Division.

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

Footnotes
  1. Decided by the FIGC.
  2. Forfeit.
  3. After extra time.
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