# 1922–23 Prima Divisione

The 1922–23 Prima Divisione season was won by Genoa.

## Teams admitted

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

### 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 2nd division)
* Internazionale - Milan (CCI)
* Livorno - Livorno (CCI + *)
* 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
* Internaples - Naples (*)
* Juventus Audax - Rome
* Lazio - 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

#### New club

* Ideale Bari - Bari
(*) 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
### Regular season

Group winners went to the final phase. Four worst clubs of each group were relegated.

#### 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 (R) | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 27 | -9 | 18 | Relegated |
| 10. | US Torinese (R) | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 23 | 41 | -18 | 16 | Relegated |
| 11. | PetrarcaPadova(R) | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 20 | 51 | -31 | 15 | Relegated |
| 12. | SperanzaSavona(R) | 22 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 10 | 57 | -47 | 5 | Relegated |

##### Results table

| Home \ Away | CAS | HEL | INT | MAN | PET | PIS | PRO | SAM | SPE | TOR | USN | VIR |
| Casale | — | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Hellas Verona | 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 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Petrarca Padova | 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 | — | 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 |
| Sampierdarenese | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | — | 6–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| Speranza Savona | 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 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | — | 4–0 |
| Virtus Bologna | 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 |
| 9. | Derthona (R) | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 29 | 31 | -2 | 19 | Relegation tie-breaker |
| 10. | Rivarolese (R) | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 28 | 49 | -21 | 18 | Relegated |
| 11. | EsperiaComo(R) | 22 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 11 | 49 | -38 | 6 | Relegated |
| 12. | Udinese (R) | 22 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 68 | -54 | 5 | Relegated |

##### Results table

| Home \ Away | BOL | CRE | DER | ESP | GEN | JUV | LEG | MIL | MOD | RIV | SPE | UDI |
| Bologna | — | 3–0 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 5–1 | 0–2 | 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 Como | 2–4 | 0–2 | 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 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 48 | 22 | +26 | 32 | Qualification tie-breaker |
| 2. | Alessandria | 22 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 15 | +20 | 32 | Qualification tie-breaker |
| 3. | Livorno | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 43 | 19 | +24 | 30 |
| 3. | SPAL | 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 (R) | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 24 | 55 | -31 | 16 | Relegated |
| 10. | US Milanese (R) | 22 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 23 | 43 | -20 | 14 | Relegated |
| 11. | PastoreTorino(R) | 22 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 53 | -37 | 11 | Relegated |
| 12. | Savona (R) | 22 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 46 | -32 | 10 | Relegated |

##### Results table

| Home \ Away | ALE | ADO | BRE | LIV | LUC | NOV | USN | PAD | PAS | SAV | SPA | USM |
| Alessandria | — | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Andrea 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 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 4–0 |
| 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 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 6–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | — | 11–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Pastore Torino | 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 | 0–7 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 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 | — | 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 | Padova |
Padova qualified for the Final Round.

### Final round
#### Classification

| P | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Champions of Italy |
| 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

| Home \ Away | GEN | PAD | PRO |
| Genoa | — | 3–1 | 1–0 |
| Padova | 0–3 | — | 3–1 |
| Pro Vercelli | 1–1 | 3–0 | — |

## Southern League

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

## National Finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | 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

* 1 2 3 4 5 Decided by the FIGC.
* 1 2 3 Forfeit
* 1 2 After extra time.
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Matches repeated for irregular positions of some players. The original risults were:Brescia-Padova 1-0; Brescia-Spal 3-0; Brescia-U.S. Milanese 0-0; Savona-Andrea Doria 1-0; Savona-Brescia 1-0; Savona-Lucchese 3-1; Spal-Savona 2-1
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