1921–22 Prima Divisione

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The 1921–22

Pro Vercelli
.

The CCI Italian Football Championship was formed during the

Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio
and its strongest teams.

The teams asked for a reduction of the number of participants in the First Category.

football coach
, developed a plan to accommodate the teams' requests but, after a vote, the plan did not pass: the smaller clubs feared that they would disappear if such a reduction was introduced.

This led to the creation of a new Italian football federation, the CCI (

FIGC championship
.

This separation only lasted one season and the following summer, FIGC accepted the proposal to reduce the number of participants and subsequently recognized the CCI championship as an official scudetto, alongside their own

1921–22 Prima Categoria (FIGC)
that ran concurrently.

The 1921-22 CCI winner was

S.G. Pro Vercelli
.

Northern League

As a private league, the Northern League was composed by the 24 richest clubs of 1920–21 Prima Categoria.

Regular season

Group winners went to the final. Under original regulations, bottom clubs went to a salvation play-off against the two best clubs of the Second Division.

Group A

Classification
P
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
 Qualifications
1.
Pro Vercelli
 		22 17 2 3 61 14 +47 36 Qualified
2.
Novara
 		22 12 6 4 47 19 +28 32
3.
Bologna
 		22 11 5 6 44 22 +22 27
4.
Mantova
 		22 11 2 9 40 34 +6 24
5.
Andrea Doria
 		22 11 1 10 36 32 +4 23
6. Juventus 22 7 8 7 27 32 -5 22
6.
Hellas Verona
 		22 10 2 10 29 36 -7 22
8. US Milanese 22 6 8 8 24 29 -5 20
9.
Milan
 		22 7 4 11 29 36 -7 18
10.
Livorno
 		22 8 3 11 23 42 -18 17 Extra play-off
11.
Spezia
 		22 5 6 11 21 31 -10 16
12.
Vicenza
(R) 		22 2 3 17 18 73 -55 7 First play-off
Results table
Home \ Away
ADO
BOL
HEL
JUV
LIV
MAN
MIL
NOV
PRO
SPE
 USM
VIC
Andrea Doria
 — 1–2 5–2 6–2 3–1 4–2 1–2 1–2 1–0 1–0 1–0 3–0
Bologna
 0–1 — 4–1 1–1 5–0 2–0 4–0 2–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 11–1
Hellas Verona
 2–0 0–2 — 1–2 3–0 2–1 2–1 0–4 0–1 3–2 2–1 3–1
Juventus
 2–0 1–1 2–0 — 3–1 1–2 0–0 0–1 1–7 2–2 1–2 1–0
Livorno
 3–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 — 1–5 3–2 0–2 1–2 0–0 1–1 2–1
Mantova
 1–0 1–0 3–0 0–1 2–1 — 2–1 2–2 1–2 4–0 0–2 6–2
Milan
 0–0 2–1 0–1 1–3 1–2 2–2 — 0–5 1–0 0–1 2–0 7–0
Novara
 4–0 1–1 2–2 2–1 1–0 3–1 3–2 — 0–1 1–0 1–1 4–2
Pro Vercelli
 3–0 4–0 3–2 1–1 5–1 5–0 5–0 1–0 — 1–0 3–0 10–0
Spezia
 2–0 1–0 1–2 1–1 1–0 3–2 1–2 0–0 1–3 — 1–1 1–2
US Milanese 2–4 1–1 0–0 2–0 2–1 0–2 0–0 2–2 1–2 2–1 — 2–1
Vicenza
 0–3 1–2 0–1 1–1 1–2 0–1 0–3 0–6 1–1 2–2 2–1 —
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
 Qualifications
1.
Genoa
 		22 16 5 1 61 13 +48 37 Qualified
2.
Alessandria
 		22 9 10 3 41 24 +17 28
3.
Pisa
 		22 12 3 7 53 28 +27 27
4.
Modena
 		22 12 2 8 34 33 +1 26
5. Padova 22 10 3 9 30 36 -6 23
6.
Casale
 		22 7 6 9 33 27 +6 20
6.
Legnano
 		22 7 6 9 28 29 -1 20
6.
Savona
 		22 9 2 11 28 33 -5 20
6.
Torino
 		22 6 8 8 21 29 -8 20
10.
Venezia
(R) 		22 7 3 12 19 45 -36 17 Extra play-off
11. Brescia 22 6 3 13 19 33 -14 15 Extra play-off
12. Internazionale 22 3 5 14 29 66 -37 11 First and extra play-offs
Results table
Home \ Away
ALE
 BRE
CAS
GEN
 INT
LEG
MOD
 PAD
PIS
SAV
TOR
VEN
Alessandria
 — 2–2 1–1 1–1 5–0 3–1 1–0 3–1 3–0 3–0 2–0 5–2
Brescia 0–1 — 4–0 0–1 3–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–2 3–0 1–0 0–3
Casale
 0–0 4–0 — 3–2 7–0 0–1 6–0 0–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 3–0
Genoa
 2–2 1–0 5–0 — 2–0 2–0 7–0 7–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 7–0
Internazionale 2–2 4–3 1–3 1–4 — 2–2 1–2 3–4 2–2 2–0 0–1 2–0
Legnano
 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–3 6–0 — 0–0 3–1 4–2 2–1 1–1 3–0
Modena
 2–0[1] 1–0 2–1 1–1 5–1 2–0 — 2–1 2–1 2–0 3–0 4–1
Padova 3–1 2–0 1–1 0–1 2–2 2–1 2–1 — 2–1 3–1 1–1 1–0
Pisa
 3–2 5–0 2–0 1–1 7–2 4–0 4–1 3–1 — 4–0 4–1 5–0
Savona
 1–1 2–0[1] 2–0 1–1 3–1 2–1 2–0 2–0 3–1 — 3–1 3–0
Torino
 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–2 2–2 2–0 3–2 2–0 0–2 2–0 — 1–1
Venezia
 2–2 2–0 1–0 1–5 1–0 1–0 0–2[2] 0–1 2–0 2–1 0–0 —
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Finals

Played on May 7 and 14, 1922.
Team 1
Agg.
Tooltip Aggregate score 		Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Pro Vercelli
 2-1
Genoa
 0–0 2–1

Southern League

Main article: 1921–22 Lega Sud

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

National Finals

Played on June 11 and 18, 1922.
Team 1
Agg.
Tooltip Aggregate score 		Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Fortitudo Roma
 2-8
Pro Vercelli
 0-3 2-5

Play-offs

Played on July 2, 1922.
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Derthona
 3-1(*)
Vicenza

(*) This match was invalidated due to a referee's technical error. The match was repeated a week later:

Played on July 9, 1922, in Legnano.
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Derthona
 4-0
Vicenza

Vicenza were relegated to 1922–23 Seconda Divisione.

Internazionale received a walkover as their opponents Sport Club Nazionale Lombardia went bankrupt and disbanded.

Barrage

The CCI was very rich but it suffered the lack of international recognition by the FIFA, so an agreement with the FIGC was found. On July 9 and 16, Inter and Derthona and the other four bottom clubs of the Northern League were challenged by six FIGC’s clubs.

Venezia was the sole CCI club to be relegated to the 1922–23 Seconda Divisione following the defeat by FIGC’s Rivarolese. Spezia was re-elected when CCI’s Livorno bought and merged with its FIGC's counterpart Pro Livorno, freeing a slot.

Extra matches

After

Pro Livorno
's merger, a spot in the Prima Divisione was freed and extra-rounds had to be organized.

Extra Round 1

Played on September 17, 1922.[3]
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Sestrese
 1-0
Venezia
Spezia
 3-0
Treviso

Extra Round 2

Played on September 24, 1922, in Reggio Emilia.
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Sestrese
 1-2
Spezia

References and sources

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

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b Forfeit.
  2. ^ Decided by the CCI.
  3. Piacenza
    forfeited.
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