1925–26 Prima Divisione

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Mantova
Matches played385
Goals scored1,512 (3.93 per match)
Top goalscorerFerenc Hirzer
(35 goals)

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

Northern League

Regular season

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.
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: [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.
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: [citation needed]
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

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

National Finals

1st 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. ^
    FIGC
    .
  2. ^ Forfeit.
  3. ^
    extra time
    .