1922–23 Prima Divisione

The winner was Genoa C.F.C.

Prima Divisione 1922-23 Winners
Genoa C.F.C. 8th Title

Pre-league qualifications

Due to the high numbers of participants, the FIGC had to organize a qualification tournament, in order to reduce them to three rounds of 12 sides each.

Moreover, after U.S. Livorno and Pro Livorno's merger, a spot in the Prima Divisione was freed and rounds 3 to 5 had to be organized.

Round 1

Played on July 2, 1922.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Bentegodi Verona	2-7	Sestrese
Como	1-2	Piacenza
Derthona	3-1(*)	Vicenza
Enotria Goliardo	1-2	Libertas Firenze
Internazionale	2-0[1]	Italia Milano
Parma	1-2	Treviso
Pastore Torino	4-0	Viareggio
Rivarolese	2-0	Valenzana
Roman	2-1	Audace Roma

(*) 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

Round 2

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Brescia	2-5(*)	Sestrese	2-0	0-5
Internazionale	4-1	Libertas Firenze	3-0	1-1
Piacenza	1-6[2]	Livorno	1-4[2]	0-2[1]
Rivarolese	2-1	Venezia	0-0	2-1
Spezia	2-3	Pastore Torino	1-1	1-2
Treviso	0-2	Derthona	0-1	0-1

(*) Since the away goal rule wasn't applied, a tie-break was needed:

Played on July 23, 1922 in Piacenza.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Brescia	2-0	Sestrese

Round 3

Played on September 17, 1922.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Libertas Firenze	0-2[1]	Piacenza
Sestrese	1-0	Venezia
Spezia	3-0	Treviso

Round 4

Played on September 17, 1922 in Bologna.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Piacenza	0-2[1]	Spezia

Round 5

Played on September 24, 1922 in Reggio Emilia.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Sestrese	1-2	Spezia

Teams admitted

Northern League

From 1921-22 C.C.I. championship

• Alessandria - Alessandria
• Andrea Doria - Genoa
• Bologna - Bologna
• Casale - Casale Monferrato
• Genoa - Genoa
• Hellas Verona - Verona
• Juventus - Turin
• Legnano - Legnano
• Mantova - Mantua
• Milan - Milan
• Modena - Modena
• Novara - Novara
• Padova - Padua
• Pisa - Pisa
• Pro Vercelli - Vercelli
• Savona - Savona
• Torino - Turin
• U.S. Milanese - Milan

From 1921-22 F.I.G.C. championship

• Cremonese - Cremona
• Esperia Como - Como
• Lucca - Lucca
• Novese - Novi Ligure
• Petrarca Padova - Padua
• Sampierdarenese - Genoa
• Spal - Ferrara
• Speranza Savona - Savona
• U.S. Torinese - Turin
• Udinese - Udine
• Virtus Bologna - Bologna

After qualification

• Brescia - Brescia (CCI)
• Derthona - Tortona (CCI)
• Internazionale - Milan (CCI)
• Livorno - Livorno (*)
• Pastore Torino - Turin (FIGC)
• Rivarolese - Genoa (FIGC)
• Spezia - La Spezia (CCI)

(*) This side is the result of the merger of U.S. Livorno (CCI) and Pro Livorno (FIGC).

Southern League

All the teams were from 1921-22 C.C.I. championship

• Alba Roma - Rome
• Anconitana - Ancona
• Audace Taranto - Taranto
• Bagnolese - Naples
• Cavese - Cava de' Tirreni
• Fortitudo Roma - Rome
• Ideale Bari - Bari
• Internaples - Naples (*)
• Juventus Audax - Rome
• Lecce - Lecce
• Libertas Palermo - Palermo (*)
• Liberty Bari - Bari
• Messina - Messina (*)
• Palermo - Palermo
• Pro Italia Taranto - Taranto
• Savoia - Torre Annunziata
• Stabia - Castellammare di Stabia
• U.S. Romana - Rome

After qualification

• Roman - Rome

(*) These sides were the results of various mergers:

• Internaples was the result of the merger of Internazionale Napoli and Naples.
• Libertas Palermo was the result of the merger of the old Libertas Palermo and Azzurra Palermo.
• Messina was the result of the merger of S.C. Messina and Messinese.

Northern League

Qualifications

Group A

Classification

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1.	Pro Vercelli	22	17	2	3	49	14	+35	36	Qualified
2.	Torino	22	14	4	4	59	12	+47	32
3.	Sampierdarenese	22	12	4	6	37	22	+15	28
4.	Pisa	22	11	3	8	43	33	+10	25
5.	Hellas Verona	22	9	6	7	29	26	+3	24
6.	Casale	22	7	9	6	23	17	+6	23
7.	Internazionale	22	8	5	9	33	37	-4	21
7.	Virtus Bologna	22	8	5	9	15	22	-7	21
9.	Mantova	22	6	6	10	18	27	-9	18	Relegated
10.	U.S. Torinese	22	6	4	12	23	41	-18	16
11.	Petrarca Padova	22	6	3	13	20	51	-31	15
12.	Speranza Savona	22	0	5	17	10	57	-47	5

Results table

• The home teams are read down the left hand side while the away teams are indicated along the top.

	Casale	Hellas VR	Internazionale	Mantova	Petrarca	Pisa	Pro Vercelli	Sampierd.	Speranza SA	Torino	US Torinese	Virtus BO
Casale		3-0	1-0	1-0	4-0	0-0	0-1	0-0	3-0	1-1	1-0	2-0
Hellas VR	1-1		0-2	2-0	2-1	1-2	0-0	1-1	3-1	1-0	3-0	1-0
Internazionale	1-1	3-2		2-3	4-0	2-0	1-5	4-2	3-0	2-2	1-0	0-2
Mantova	0-0	1-1	1-1		2-0	3-1	1-2	1-0	1-0	0-2[3]	1-1	0-0
Petrarca	2-2	2-3	3-1	1-0		2-1	0-6	0-0	2-1	0-2	3-1	1-2
Pisa	2-2	0-2	2-2	4-1	2-0[1]		2-1	5-0	7-1	2-1	3-0	1-0
Pro Vercelli	3-0	2-1	1-0	1-0	2-0	3-1		1-0	3-0	2-1	5-0	1-1
Sampierd.	2-0	2-0	3-1	3-1	4-1	2-0	3-2		6-0	1-0	2-0	3-1
Speranza SA	0-0	1-3	0-0	1-1	0-1	2-4	0-3	0-2		0-2	1-1	0-0
Torino	1-0	1-1	6-0	3-0	8-0	6-1	2-0	2-0	8-0		6-0	3-0
US Torinese	2-1	1-1	3-2	0-1	4-1	0-2[3]	1-3	1-0	3-2	1-1		4-0
Virtus BO	1-0	2-0	0-1	1-0	0-0	2-1	0-2	1-1	1-0	0-1	1-0

Group B

Classification

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1.	Genoa	22	17	5	0	61	18	+43	39	Qualified
2.	Legnano	22	13	6	3	37	19	+18	32
3.	Bologna	22	11	5	6	66	21	+45	27
4.	Milan	22	8	10	4	32	28	4	26
5.	Juventus	22	10	5	7	31	21	+10	25
6.	Cremonese	22	10	4	8	28	25	+3	24
6.	Modena	22	10	4	8	24	23	+1	24
8.	Spezia	22	5	9	8	20	29	-9	19	Relegation tie-breaker
8.	Derthona	22	6	7	9	29	31	-2	19
10.	Rivarolese	22	7	4	11	28	49	-21	18	Relegated
11.	Esperia Como	22	1	4	17	11	49	-38	6
12.	Udinese	22	1	3	18	14	68	-54	5

Results table

• The home teams are read down the left hand side while the away teams are indicated along the top.

	Bologna	Cremonese	Derthona	Esperia CO	Genoa	Juventus	Legnano	Milan	Modena	Rivarolese	Spezia	Udinese
Bologna		3-0	2-2	5-0	1-2	4-1	5-1	0-2[3]	2-0	6-0	5-0	14-0
Cremonese	1-1		2-0	3-0	1-2	1-0	0-2	0-1	0-0	4-0	2-0	1-0
Derthona	1-1	0-2		3-1	1-3	1-2	1-1	0-0	1-0	3-1	0-1	5-0
Esperia CO	2-4	0-2[3]	0-4		2-8	0-1	0-1	1-4	0-1	1-2	0-0	3-2
Genoa	2-1	2-0	4-1	0-0		2-1	1-1	4-1	3-2	5-1	1-1	6-0
Juventus	2-2	3-1	2-0	1-0	1-1		1-0	2-2	4-0	5-0	0-0	2-0
Legnano	1-0	4-0	1-1	2-0	1-1	3-2		1-1	3-0	3-2	2-1	3-1
Milan	0-8	2-1	1-1	1-1	1-3	0-0	1-0		1-0	4-0	0-0	1-1
Modena	2-0[1]	1-1	1-0	2-0[1]	1-2	1-0	0-0	1-1		3-1	2-0	2-0
Rivarolese	0-0	2-3	4-1	2-0	0-4	2-0	0-2	1-1	2-0		2-2	3-1
Spezia	2-1	0-1	1-1	0-0	0-4	1-0	0-2[3]	2-1	2-3	0-0		5-0
Udinese	0-1	2-2	1-2	1-0	0-1	0-1	1-3	1-6	0-2	1-3	2-2

Relegation tie-breaker

Played on July 1, 1923 in Genoa.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Derthona	0-0[4]	Spezia

Tie-breaker

Played on July 8, 1923 in Genoa.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Derthona	2-3	Spezia

Group C

Classification

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1.	Padova	22	14	4	4	47	21	+26	32	Qualification tie-breaker
1.	Alessandria	22	14	4	4	34	14	+20	32
3.	Livorno	22	13	4	5	43	19	+24	30
3.	S.P.A.L.	22	12	6	4	37	15	+22	30
5.	Novara	22	12	2	8	41	24	+17	26
6.	Andrea Doria	22	9	6	7	40	29	+11	24
7.	Brescia	22	8	4	10	34	28	+6	20
8.	Novese	22	5	9	8	26	32	-6	19
9.	Lucchese	22	6	4	12	24	55	-31	16	Relegated
10.	U.S. Milanese	22	3	8	11	23	43	-20	14
11.	Pastore Torino	22	4	3	15	16	53	-37	11
12.	Savona	22	3	4	15	14	46	-32	10

Results table

• The home teams are read down the left hand side while the away teams are indicated along the top.

	Alessandria	A. Doria	Brescia	Livorno	Lucchese	Novara	Novese	Padova	Pastore	Savona	Spal	US Milanese
Alessandria		3-0	1-0	3-0	3-0	2-1	2-0	0-1	1-0	2-0	2-1	1-1
A. Doria	1-1		2-1	1-1	4-0	2-1	3-1	1-1	6-0	6-0	1-0	3-1
Brescia	1-1	0-0		2-1	4-0	2-0	3-1	1-2[5]	2-0	1-0	2-2[5]	4-0[5]
Livorno	2-0	2-0	4-1		8-0	2-1	3-0	2-1	3-0	2-1	1-0	5-0
Lucchese	0-2	2-2	1-0	0-1		1-2	1-1	3-0	2-0	3-1	2-2	2-0
Novara	2-3	7-0	1-0	2-0	3-1		4-1	2-0	4-1	3-0	1-1	1-0
Novese	0-2	1-0	0-0	1-1	4-1	2-0		1-2	3-1	1-2	1-1	2-2
Padova	1-0	2-1	2-1	1-1	6-1	2-1	2-2		11-1	3-1	1-1	2-0
Pastore	1-1	2-0	4-1	1-3	1-2	0-1	0-2	0-2		1-0	1-0	0-0
Savona	0-1	0-5[5]	0-7[5]	1-0	1-1[5]	2-2	0-0	0-2	3-0		0-1	1-1
Spal	1-0	2-1	3-0	2-0	5-0	1-0	1-1	1-0	4-0	2-0[5]		3-0
US Milanese	1-3	1-1	3-1	1-1	5-1	1-2	1-1	0-3	2-2	2-1	1-3

Promotion tie-breaker

Played on June 3, 1923 in Milan.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Alessandria	1-2[4]	Padova

Padova qualified for the Final Round.

Final round

Classification

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1.	Genoa	4	3	1	0	8	2	+6	7	Qualified
2.	Pro Vercelli	4	1	1	2	5	5	0	3
3.	Padova	4	1	0	3	4	10	-6	2

Results table

• The home teams are read down the left hand side while the away teams are indicated along the top.

	Genoa	Padova	Pro Vercelli
Genoa		3-1	1-0
Padova	0-3		3-1
Pro Vercelli	1-1	3-0

Southern League

Qualifications

Marche

Anconitana was the only subscribed team and advanced directly to the semifinals.

Lazio

Classification

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1.	Lazio	10	8	1	1	30	14	+16	17	Qualified
2.	Alba Roma	10	7	1	2	42	13	+29	15
3.	Fortitudo Roma	10	5	1	4	20	18	+2	11
4.	U.S. Romana	10	3	1	6	12	21	-9	7
5.	Juventus Merda	10	3	0	7	14	31	-17	6
6.	Roman	10	2	0	8	7	28	-21	4	Relegated

Results table

• The home teams are read down the left hand side while the away teams are indicated along the top.

	Alba	Fortitudo	Juv. Audax	Lazio	Roman	US Romana
Alba		3-1	11-0	2-7	4-1	3-0
Fortitudo	3-2		3-1	0-3	2-0	2-2
Juv. Audax	0-2	2-5		2-3	3-1	3-2
Lazio	0-0	3-1	3-2		2-0	4-1
Roman	1-10	0-3	1-0	2-3		0-1
US Romana	0-5	2-0	0-1	4-2	0-1

Campania

Classification

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1.	Savoia	8	7	1	0	26	6	+20	15	Qualified
2.	Internaples	8	5	1	2	8	4	+4	11
3.	Stabia	8	4	0	4	12	11	+1	8
4.	Cavese	8	3	0	5	11	19	-8	6
5.	Bagnolese	8	0	0	8	1	18	-17	0

Results table

• The home teams are read down the left hand side while the away teams are indicated along the top.

	Bagnolese	Cavese	Internaples	Savoia	Stabia
Bagnolese		0-1	0-2[1]	0-2[1]	0-2[1]
Cavese	2-0[1]		0-1	1-4	2-4
Internaples	1-0	1-2		0-0	1-0
Savoia	6-1	7-2	2-0		4-2
Stabia	2-0[1]	2-1	0-2[3]	0-1

Apulia

Classification

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1.	Pro Italia Taranto	8	6	1	1	25	7	+18	13	Qualified
2.	Ideale Bari	8	6	0	2	19	8	+11	12
3.	Audace Taranto	8	3	3	2	15	11	+4	9
4.	Liberty Bari	8	2	1	5	10	18	-8	5
5.	Lecce	8	0	1	7	7	32	-25	1	Relegated

Results table

• The home teams are read down the left hand side while the away teams are indicated along the top.

	Audace TA	Ideale	Lecce	Liberty	Pro Italia
Audace TA		1-0	4-0	1-1	2-2
Ideale	3-0		7-0	1-0	1-0
Lecce	2-2	2-4		1-4	1-4
Liberty	1-4	1-3	2-0		1-4
Pro Italia	2-1	4-0	5-1	4-0

Sicily

A previous qualification tournament, with home and away matches, started without FIGC's permission and was declared void. Anyway, the three sides had ended the tournament with 2 points each.

Classification

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1.	Libertas Palermo	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3	4	Qualified
2.	Messina	2	1	0	1	2	1	+1	2
3.	Palermo	2	0	0	2	0	4	-4	0

Results

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Libertas Palermo	1-0	Messina
Libertas Palermo	2-0	Palermo
Messina	2-0	Palermo

Semifinals

Group A

Pro Italia Taranto had to retire from the championship due to lack of players: most of the players were soldiers and Taranto's military command denied them to play in this tournament and against civilian sides again.

Classification

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1.	Savoia	6	4	2	0	11	3	+8	10	Qualified
2.	Alba Roma	6	3	1	2	8	5	+3	7
2.	Anconitana	6	3	1	2	10	9	+1	7
4.	Pro Italia Taranto	6	0	0	6	0	12	-12	0	Retired

Results table

• The home teams are read down the left hand side while the away teams are indicated along the top.

	Alba	Anconitana	Pro Italia	Savoia
Alba		4-1	2-0[1]	0-0
Anconitana	2-0		2-0[1]	0-2
Pro Italia	0-2[1]	0-2[1]		0-2[1]
Savoia	2-0	3-3	2-0[1]

Group B

Classification

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1.	Lazio	6	6	0	0	29	4	+25	12	Qualified
2.	Ideale Bari	6	4	0	2	8	11	-3	8
3.	Libertas Palermo	6	2	0	4	10	20	-10	4
4.	Internaples	6	0	0	6	2	14	-12	0

Results table

• The home teams are read down the left hand side while the away teams are indicated along the top.

	Ideale	Internaples	Lazio	Libertas PA
Ideale		1-0	0-3	3-2
Internaples	0-2[1]		0-3	1-2
Lazio	6-0	4-0		10-2
Libertas PA	0-2	2-1	2-3

Finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Savoia	2-7	Lazio	3-3	1-4

National Finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Genoa	6-1	Lazio	4-1	2-0

References and sources

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

Footnotes

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