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.

Group A

Classification
P
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Promotion or relegation
1.Bologna2217417420+5438Qualified to the final
2.Torino2216426728+3936
3.Modena2211384530+1525
4.Hellas Verona2210575848+1025
5.Internazionale2210574438+625
6.Casale229494232+1022
7.Andrea Doria2293103750-1321
8.Brescia2283113851-1519
9.Novara2266104042-218Qualifications to the National Division
10.Udinese2253143875-3713
11.Pisa2252152365-4212
12.Legnano2234152249-2710
Results table
Home \ AwayADOBOLBRECASHELINTLEGMODNOVPISTORUDI
Andrea Doria3–34–13–23–22–03–12–12–25–10–03–2
Bologna3–06–01–07–04–16–01–04–17–03–24–0
Brescia5–01–22–13–20–12–02–24–12–03–43–1
Casale2–00–12–03–23–35–04–01–14–02–32–1
Hellas Verona5–12–24–24–31–04–10–2[1]2–27–11–14–0
Internazionale0–11–14–04–13–32–02–15–41–03–44–2
Legnano1–01–21–10–21–31–10–10–04–11–26–1
Modena6–00–03–22–33–23–02–04–16–21–15–1
Novara3–11–25–10–01–21–13–10–12–00–26–3
Pisa3–20–60–11–11–31–32–01–04–31–11–2
Torino4–06–25–02–05–22–14–13–12–14–17–0
Udinese3–21–73–32–13–33–42–23–10–2[1]1–24–3
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
Promotion or relegation
1.Juventus2217326814+5437Qualified to the final
2.Cremonese2213364125+1629
3.Genoa2213274829+1928
4.Padova2211385533+2225
5.Livorno2211384345-225
6.Sampierdarenese2210393843-523
7.Pro Vercelli229494231+1122
8.Milan22102104339+422
9.Reggiana2273123050-2017Qualifications to the National Division
10.Alessandria2272134148-716
11.Parma2252152358-3512
12.Mantova2224162481-578
Results table
Home \ AwayALECREGENJUVLIVMANMILPADPARPROREGSAM
Alessandria2–31–01–31–09–04–30–22–01–16–05–0
Cremonese3–01–00–08–02–01–02–13–04–21–02–1
Genoa7–22–11–30–03–12–12–03–02–13–03–1
Juventus4–04–02–03–08–16–03–26–02–15–04–0
Livorno6–22–13–21–16–11–13–04–02–02–05–1
Mantova7–10–02–50–50–20–20–2[1]1–12–23–01–1
Milan2–21–41–31–24–13–13–04–24–04–02–0
Padova1–01–12–02–26–19–04–26–15–26–23–0
Parma1–03–11–50–30–15–31–22–00–32–01–3
Pro Vercelli1–04–02–00–17–03–03–11–12–23–02–0
Reggiana2–10–22–22–05–24–00–14–12–03–21–1
Sampierdarenese2–12–12–32–12–18–12–12–14–11–03–3
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Finals

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Bologna● 2 points each ●Juventus2-20-0
Tie-break
Played on August 1, 1926, in Milan.
Team 1 Score Team 2
Bologna1-2Juventus

Juventus qualified for the National Finals.

Southern League

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 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Juventus12-1Alba Roma7-15-0

Top goalscorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Ferenc HirzerJuventus35
2 Angelo SchiavioBologna28
3 Pietro PastoreJuventus26
4 Márton BukoviAlba Roma25
5 Ernesto GhisiInternaples20
Adolfo BaloncieriTorino
7 Giovanni FerrariInternaples16

Qualification to the National Division

Round 1

Played on August 29

Team 1 Score Team 2
Alessandria6-1Pisa
Legnano2-0[2]Udinese
Mantova7-3[3]Reggiana
Novara4-0Parma

Round 2

Played on September 5

Team 1 Score Team 2
Alessandria4-1Legnano
Mantova3-4[3]Novara

Round 3

Played on September 12

Team 1 Score Team 2
Alessandria2-2[3]Novara
Repetition

Played on September 19 in Turin

Team 1 Score Team 2
Alessandria3-1Novara

Alessandria was qualified to the National Division.

References and sources

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

Footnotes