# 1926–27 Divisione Nazionale

The 1926–27 Divisione Nazionale season was won by Torino on the field, but the title was revoked during the following season due to alleged match fixing in a derby match against Juventus. This was the first Italian championship organized on a national basis.

## The Viareggio Charter

In 1926 the ”Viareggio Charter” submitted the Italian football's organization to the fascist regime. The Northern League was disbanded and it was substituted by the Higher Divisions Directory, an authority appointed by the fascists. Three clubs from Southern Italy were added to the original sixteen-clubs championship to make it a national league. The 20th club had been chosen by a special qualification between the relegated clubs of the Northern League which was won by US Alessandria.
A final phase substituted the championship final which had become a traditional appointment with riots and supporter violences.

## First phase
### Group A
#### Classification

| P | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1. | Juventus | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 44 | 10 | +34 | 27 | Qualified to the finals |
| 1. | Internazionale | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 49 | 22 | +27 | 27 | Qualified to the finals |
| 3. | Genoa | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 37 | 15 | +22 | 24 | Qualified to the finals |
| 4. | Casale | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 22 | +2 | 21 | |
| 5. | Pro Vercelli | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 27 | 22 | +5 | 20 | |
| 6. | Modena | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 27 | -6 | 18 | |
| 7. | Brescia | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 28 | 35 | -7 | 15 | |
| 7. | Hellas Verona | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 35 | -16 | 15 | |
| 9. | Alba-Audace Roma | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 25 | 32 | -7 | 12 | Disbanded |
| 10. | Napoli | 18 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 61 | -54 | 1 | Later readmitted |

#### Results table

* The home teams are read down the left hand side while the away teams are indicated along the top.
| Home \ Away | ALB | BRE | CAS | GEN | HEL | INT | JUV | MOD | NAP | PRO |
| Alba-Audace Roma | — | 5–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 5–2 | 3–0 |
| Brescia | 4–0 | — | 3–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 0–0 |
| Casale | 3–1 | 3–0 | — | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| Genoa | 2–0 | 4–1 | 4–0 | — | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 |
| Hellas Verona | 2–0 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 1–1 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 2–1 |
| Internazionale | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 5–0 | — | 3–0 | 2–1 | 9–2 | 2–0 |
| Juventus | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 6–0 | 4–1 | — | 7–2 | 8–0 | 0–1 |
| Modena | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | 3–1 |
| Napoli | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–1 | — | 0–3 |
| Pro Vercelli | 3–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 4–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | — |

### Group B
#### Classification

| P | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1. | Torino | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 52 | 25 | +27 | 26 | Qualified to the finals |
| 2. | Milan | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 41 | 27 | +14 | 24 | Qualified to the finals |
| 2. | Bologna | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 38 | 26 | +12 | 24 | Qualified to the finals |
| 4. | Alessandria | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 42 | 24 | +18 | 21 | |
| 5. | Livorno | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 32 | 28 | +4 | 20 | |
| 5. | Sampierdarenese | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 31 | 36 | -5 | 20 | |
| 7. | Padova | 18 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 29 | 44 | -15 | 15 | |
| 8. | Andrea Doria | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 31 | -15 | 13 | Disbanded |
| 9. | Cremonese | 18 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 19 | 35 | -16 | 12 | Later readmitted |
| 10. | Fortitudo-Pro Roma | 18 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 18 | 42 | -24 | 5 | Later readmitted |

#### Results table

* The home teams are read down the left hand side while the away teams are indicated along the top.
| Home \ Away | ALE | ADO | BOL | CRE | FOR | LIV | MIL | PAD | SAM | TOR |
| Alessandria | — | 5–0 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 6–1 | 6–1 | 1–3 |
| Andrea Doria | 1–2 | — | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Bologna | 2–0 | 0–0 | — | 4–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 5–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 |
| Cremonese | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | — | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 0–1 |
| Fortitudo-Pro-Roma | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | — | 0–2 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 4–2 |
| Livorno | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | — | 1–2 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| Milan | 1–1 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | — | 5–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 |
| Padova | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 5–3 | 3–1 | 1–3 | — | 3–1 | 0–1 |
| Sampierdarenese | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | — | 4–1 |
| Torino | 3–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 8–1 | 4–0 | 8–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 6–1 | — |

## Final round
### Classification

| P | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1. | Torino | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 15 | +2 | 14 | First team |
| 2. | Bologna | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 6 | +8 | 12 | |
| 3. | Juventus | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 13 | +11 | 11 | |
| 4. | Genoa | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 21 | -6 | 9 | |
| 5. | Internazionale | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 16 | -3 | 8 | |
| 6. | Milan | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 25 | -12 | 6 | |

### Results table

| Home \ Away | BOL | GEN | INT | JUV | MIL | TOR |
| Bologna | — | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 5–0 |
| Genoa | 1–0 | — | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| Internazionale | 1–0 | 2–3 | — | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 |
| Juventus | 1–1 | 6–0 | 1–3 | — | 8–2 | 1–0 |
| Milan | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | — | 2–3 |
| Torino | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | — |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Anton Powolny | Internazionale | 22 |
| 2 | Julio Libonatti | Torino | 21 |
| 3 | Gino Rossetti | Torino | 19 |
| 4 | Antonio Vojak | Juventus | 16 |

## References and sources

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

## Footnotes

* 1 2 Alba-Audace Roma, as lower Roman, was forced by fascist authorities to merge into Fortitudo-Pro Roma at the end of the season, forming new A.S. Roma, immediately readmitted to Divisione Nazionale.
* 1 2 Readmitted at the end of the season.
* 1 2 3 4 Decided by the FIGC.
* 1 2 Andrea Doria was forced by fascist authorities to merge into Sampierdarenese at the end of the season, forming new La Dominante Genova.
* ↑ Title revoked during the following season.
vte1926–27 in Italian football :
* Association football
* Italy