1909–10 Prima Categoria

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Prima Categoria
Season1909–10
ChampionsInternazionale
1st title
Top goalscorerErnest Peterly (23)
← 1909

The 1909–10 Prima Categoria season was won by Internazionale.

Regulation

Following the creation of the Italy national football team, the Italian Football Federation revamped its championship.

The round robin was introduced in Italy this season.

Registration was free and only subject to a quality committee. The eight clubs of the last years were joined by Ausonia, a Milanese

car factory‘s club which paid the enrolment tax to try the experience of a national football championship.[1]

Final classification

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Internazionale (C) 16 12 1 3 55 26 +29 25 Tie-breaker required
2
Pro Vercelli
 16 12 1 3 46 15 +31 25
3
Juventus
 16 8 2 6 28 19 +9 18
4
Torino
 16 8 1 7 43 30 +13 17
4
Genoa
 16 7 3 6 29 23 +6 17
6
Milan
 16 6 1 9 23 36 −13 13
6 US Milanese 16 6 1 9 35 53 −18 13
8
Andrea Doria
 16 5 1 10 18 39 −21 11
9 Ausonia Milano (E) 16 0 5 11 16 52 −36 5 Financial crisis
Source: Panini
(C) Champions; (E) Eliminated

Results table

Home \ Away
ADO
 AUS
GEN
 INT JUV
MIL
PVE
TOR
 USM
Andrea Doria
 3–0 3–0 1–3 0–1 1–7 2–0 3–1 4–2
Ausonia Milano 0–0 3–3 2–6 2–2 2–2 0–4 0–2 1–4
Genoa
 3–1 6–2 4–0 2–0 0–1 1–2 0–0 1–0
Internazionale 5–0 2–2 2–0 1–0 5–1 1–4 7–2 7–2
Juventus 4–0 6–0 0–2 2–0 5–3 0–0 3–0 1–2
Milan
 2–0 2–1 1–0 0–5 0–1 0–3 0–1 1–0
Pro Vercelli
 1–0 3–0 5–2 1–2 4–0 4–0 0–1 5–1
Torino
 5–0 2–0 0–2 3–4 3–1 6–2 2–4 13–1
US Milanese 5–0 5–1 3–3 2–5 0–2 2–1 3–6 3–2
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 (in Italian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship tie-breaker

Played in Vercelli on April 24

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Pro Vercelli
3-10 Internazionale

Pro Vercelli had previously planned to join two football exhibitions on April 17 and 24, and asked FIGC to postpone the tie-breaker to May 1; however, Inter was against to play the game on May 1 due to its own planned exhibitions. FIGC granted the first postponement, but since Pro Vercelli no longer took part in the April 17 exhibition, the second postponement was withdrawn and the tie-breaker scheduled on 24 April. Pro Vercelli fielded its fourth squad (15-year-old boys) in protest; after that, FIGC imposed to the club a penalty for insubordination and unsportsmanlike conduct.

References and sources

  • Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005
  • Carlo Chiesa, La grande storia del calcio italiano, Chapter 2: Juve, scippati due titoli! Inter, l'atroce beffa, pp. 17–32, Guerin Sportivo #5, May 2012.

Notes

  1. Piemonte F.C.
    refused to join the championship, leaving incomplete the FIGC’s desired top-ten format.
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