Italian football league season
| Field | Value |
|---|
| competition | Prima Divisione |
| season | 1926–27 |
| dates | 3 October 1926 – 22 May 1927 |
| winners | Novara (1st title) |
| promoted | Novara |
| Pro Patria |
| Reggiana |
| Lazio |
| relegated | 6 clubs in bankruptcy or disbandment |
| matches | 372 |
| prevseason | 1925–26 |
| nextseason | 1927–28 |
Pro Patria
Reggiana
Lazio
The 1926–27 Prima Divisione was the 1st edition of a second tier tournament of the Italian Football Championship which was organized at national level.
The ''Carta di Viareggio''
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In 1926 the Viareggio Charter reformed the Italian football organization. This important document introduced in the Italian football the status of the non-amatour player receiving a * reimbursement of expenses*. In this way FIGC managed to mislead FIFA, that defended strenuously sportive amateurism.
L'intera struttura dei campionati fu rinnovata: azzerati tutti gli enti federali preesistenti, il neonato Direttorio Divisioni Superiori, avente sede a Milano, fu chiamato ad organizzare i campionati professionistici di Divisione Nazionale e di Prima Divisione, entrambi deputati ad esprimere un vincitore assoluto a livello nazionale.
L'organico dei tre gironi del Nord fu costituito dalla metà esatta dei partecipanti alla precedente edizione della Seconda Divisione, dalle sette perdenti gli spareggi per la salvezza di Prima Divisione, e dall'Anconitana prelevata dal raggruppamenti meridionali. Le dieci società che diedero vita al girone del Sud provenivano invece unicamente dalla Prima Divisione, data l'artificiosa sopravalutazione del calcio meridionale nel previgente ordinamento. Le 40 elette furono suddivise in quattro raggruppamenti, ciascuno dei quali avrebbe dovuto scaturire una promozione ed una retrocessione.
Rispetto al precedente torneo omonimo di massima categoria e all'istituendo campionato di Divisione Nazionale, la nuova Prima Divisione cadetta aveva in comune solo il fatto di concludersi con la proclamazione di un vincitore nazionale, mentre la struttura riprendeva invece quella della previgente Seconda Divisione, essendo basata su quattro gironi interregionali costruiti su criteri di vincinanza geografica.
Teams selection
The old Northern Seconda Divisione second-level championship had four local groups, so it was decided to reserve one of them for the clubs from Southern Italy in the new national Prima Divisione. More, some teams from the South were put in the first level championship too, so some Northern clubs were relegated from it. Consequently, solely half of the clubs of the old Northern second level joined the revamped cadet tournament, to give space to their Southern counterparts.
In Southern Italy the situation was different. There, the previous reform of 1921-1922 did not take place, so the pyramid of 1912 had been maintained, with the Prima Divisione, former Prima Categoria, as the sole tournament above the regional level. So, in a lexical continuity, the old Prima Divisione remained the bulk of new one, excluding three promoted teams and the last relegated ones, but with the relevant difference of the elimination of the regional qualifications.
Group A
| Classification | Pts | P | W | D | L | GF | GA |
|---|
| [[Image:1uparrow green.svg | 15px]] | 1. | Novara | | 30 | 18 | ? | ? | ? |
| 2. | Biellese | | 24 | 18 | | | |
| 3. | Legnano | | 23 | 18 | | | |
| 4. | Sestrese | | 19 | 18 | | | |
| 5. | US Milanese | | 18 | 18 | | | |
| 6. | Savona | | 16 | 18 | | | |
| 7. | Spezia | | 16 | 18 | | | |
| 8. | Derthona | | 16 | 18 | | | |
| 9. | Asti | | 14 | 18 | | | |
| 10. | Speranza | | 4 | 18 | | | |
Group B
| Classification | Pt | P | W | D | L | GF | GA |
|---|
| [[Image:1uparrow green.svg | 15px]] | 1. | Pro Patria | | 27 | 18 | ? | ? | ? |
| 2. | Atalanta | | 26 | 18 | | | |
| 3. | Triestina | | 24 | 18 | | | |
| 4. | Treviso | | 20 | 18 | | | |
| 5. | Fiumana | | 19 | 18 | | | |
| 6. | Venezia | | 17 | 18 | | | |
| 7. | Mantova | | 15 | 18 | | | |
| 8. | Monfalcone | | 14 | 18 | | | |
| 9. | Comense | | 12 | 18 | | | |
| 10. | Udinese | | 6 | 18 | | | |
Results
| Andata | Ritorno |
|---|
| 1-1 | Pro Patria |
| 0-2 | Mantova |
| 1-0 | Pro Patria |
| 0-1 | Fiumana |
| 2-1 | Atalanta |
| 2-3 | Pro Patria |
| 6-1 | Pro Patria |
| 1-1 | Venezia |
| 5-2 | Pro Patria |
Group C
| Classification | Pt | P | W | D | L | GF | GA |
|---|
| [[Image:1uparrow green.svg | 15px]] | 1. | Reggiana | | 28 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 |
| 2. | SPAL | | 25 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 |
| 3. | Pistoiese | | 24 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 |
| 4. | Parma | | 20 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 |
| 5. | Prato | | 18 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 |
| 6. | Fiorentina | | 17 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 |
| 7. | Lucchese | | 15 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 10 |
| 8. | Pisa | | 12 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 |
| 9. | Carpi | | 11 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
| 10. | Ancona | | 10 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 |
Results
| 3 October 1926 | 19 December 1926 |
|---|
| 3-1 | Fiorentina-Pisa |
| 0-1 | Lucchese-Parma |
| 2-1 | Reggiana-Prato |
| 24 October 1926 | 9 gen. 1927 |
|---|
| 3-1 | Carpi-Fiorentina |
| 3-1 | Reggiana-Lucchese |
| 2-0 | Pisa-Prato |
| 22 November 1926 | 6 March 1927 |
|---|
| 2-1 | Anconitana-Fiorentina |
| 0-2 | Pisa-Spal |
| 2-0 | Reggiana-Parma |
| 0-4 | Carpi-Lucchese |
| 10 October 1926 | 26 December 1926 |
|---|
| 0-1 | Reggiana-Fiorentina |
| 3-1 | Spal-Lucchese |
| 1-2 | Pisa-Pistoiese |
| 7 November 1926 | 16 gen. 1927 |
|---|
| 3-1 | Spal-Fiorentina |
| 2-1 | Lucchese-Prato |
| 1-0 | Anconitana-Pisa |
| 5-1 | Reggiana-Carpi |
| 28 November 1926 | 14 March 1927 |
|---|
| 2-1 | Lucchese-Fiorentina |
| 1-2 | Pisa-Reggiana |
| 17 October 1926 | 2 gen. 1927 |
|---|
| 1-1 | Fiorentina-Parma |
| 2-1 | Lucchese-Anconitana |
| 1-1 | Carpi-Pisa |
| 1-4 | Pistoiese-Reggiana |
| 14 November 1926 | 13 February 1927 |
|---|
| 3-2 | Fiorentina-Pistoiese |
| 2-0 | Lucchese-Pisa |
| 1-0 | Spal-Reggiana |
| 5 December 1926 | 20 March 1927 |
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| 1-1 | Prato-Fiorentina |
| 0-0 | Lucchese-Pistoiese |
| 4-1 | Parma-Pisa |
| 0-0 | Anconitana-Reggiana |
Group D
| Classification | Pt | P | W | D | L | GF | GA |
|---|
| [[Image:1uparrow green.svg | 15px]] | 1. | Lazio | | 30 | 18 | 15 | 0 | 3 |
| 2. | Liberty Bari | | 29 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 |
| 3. | Bagnolese | | 25 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 |
| 4. | Casertana | | 23 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 |
| 5. | Pro Italia Taranto | | 18 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 |
| 6. | Ideale Bari | | 18 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 |
| 7. | Foggia | | 16 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| 8. | Audace Taranto | | 11 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 12 |
| 9. | Roman | | 10 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 |
| 10. | Palermo | | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
Events
- Lazio promoted to 1927–28 Divisione Nazionale.
Bankruptcies
- Ilva Bagnolese and Casertana both bankrupted.
- Palermo relegated and bankrupted.
Mergers
- Pro Italia Taranto merged with Audace Taranto into Taranto.
- Roman merged with Alba and Fortitudo into Roma.
Final Group
| Finals | Pt | P | W | D | L | GF | GA |
|---|
| [[File:1rightarrow blue.svg | 15px]] | 1. | Novara | | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 2. | Pro Patria | | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 3. | Reggiana | | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 4. | Lazio | | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
- Novara champions 1926-27.
Results
| April 17, 1927 | May 15, 1927 |
|---|
| 3-2 | Lazio-Pro Patria |
| 4-2 | Novara-Reggiana |
| April 24, 1927 | May 8, 1927 |
|---|
| 2-1 | Pro Patria-Novara |
| 3-1 | Reggiana-Lazio |
| May 1, 1927 | May 22, 1927 |
|---|
| 3-1 | Reggiana-Pro Patria |
| 2-2 | Lazio-Novara |
References
- Retired after nine matchdays for bankruptcy.