# 1928–29 Divisione Nazionale

The 1928–29 Divisione Nazionale season was won by Bologna. This was the last edition of the Divisione Nazionale until it was succeeded by the creation of the Serie A and the Serie B.

## Format changes

In 1928 the fascists allowed for 1929 the start of the Serie A they stopped in 1926, not before to readmit SS Lazio and SC Napoli to allow a wider representation of Southern Italy, and AS Livorno and La Dominante to avoid odd groups.
More, during the summer the FIGC decided another expansion of the championship to allow a wider representation of the territories annexed after WWI, to save the remaining two clubs of the closing season, and to include AC Fiorentina and three other minor clubs, effectively making the new tournament a mixed Serie A-Serie B championship that should split into the two leagues.

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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Torino (A) | 30 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 115 | 31 | +84 | 48 | Qualified and admitted to A |
| 2 | Milan | 30 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 64 | 34 | +30 | 42 | Admitted to Serie A |
| 3 | Roma | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 71 | 34 | +37 | 40 | Admitted to Serie A |
| 3 | Alessandria | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 64 | 47 | +17 | 40 | Admitted to Serie A |
| 5 | Pro Patria | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 68 | 52 | +16 | 36 | Admitted to Serie A |
| 6 | Modena | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 59 | 51 | +8 | 35 | Admitted to Serie A |
| 7 | Livorno (G) | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 61 | 62 | −1 | 32 | Admitted to Serie A |
| 8 | Padova | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 53 | 58 | −5 | 30 | Admitted to Serie A |
| 9 | Triestina (G, T) | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 60 | 68 | −8 | 29 | Later admitted to Serie A |
| 10 | Casale | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 59 | 72 | −13 | 23 | Admitted to Serie B |
| 10 | La Dominante (G) | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 38 | 68 | −30 | 23 | Admitted to Serie B |
| 10 | Novara | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 40 | 77 | −37 | 23 | Admitted to Serie B |
| 13 | Bari | 30 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 38 | 61 | −23 | 22 | Admitted to Serie B |
| 14 | Atalanta | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 27 | 53 | −26 | 21 | Admitted to Serie B |
| 15 | Prato (G, T) | 30 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 36 | 63 | −27 | 19 | Later admitted to Serie B |
| 16 | Legnano (G, T) | 30 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 33 | 68 | −35 | 18 | Later admitted to Serie B |
* ↑ Relegated to Serie B and later readmitted to Serie A.
* ↑ Relegated to Serie C and later readmitted to Serie B, .

#### Results table

| Home \ Away | ALE | ATA | BAR | CSL | LDO | LEG | LIV | MIL | MOD | NOV | PAD | PRA | PPA | ROM | TOR | TRI |
| Alessandria | | 2–2 | 6–3 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 2–0 |
| Atalanta | 0–2 | | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 4–1 |
| Bari | 4–1 | 1–1 | | 1–4 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 3–3 | 4–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 4–2 |
| Casale | 1–4 | 1–0 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 6–0 | 7–2 | 3–3 | 5–2 | 6–2 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 1–5 | 0–1 | 1–4 |
| La Dominante | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | | 3–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 0–3 | 3–2 | 3–5 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Legnano | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 1–5 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–3 |
| Livorno | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 8–1 | 4–1 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 5–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 |
| Milan | 2–2 | 5–1 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 5–2 | 6–1 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 7–0 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 |
| Modena | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 5–1 | 3–0 | | 1–1 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–5 | 4–2 |
| Novara | 0–1 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 4–2 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 1–7 | 2–1 |
| Padova | 3–3 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 4–3 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 2–2 | | 2–1 | 4–3 | 4–3 | 0–0 | 2–2 |
| Prato | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–3 | | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 |
| Pro Patria | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 3–1 | 7–0 | 3–0 | 5–1 | | 4–3 | 1–3 | 2–1 |
| Roma | 2–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 3–0 | | 6–1 | 4–0 |
| Torino | 6–1 | 7–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 8–1 | 7–0 | 10–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 9–1 | 2–3 | 3–0 | | 12–0 |
| Triestina | 2–1 | 2–0 | 7–1 | 4–2 | 5–1 | 1–4 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 3–3 | 2–2 | |

### Group B
#### Classification

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Bologna (A) | 30 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 84 | 32 | +52 | 49 | Qualified and admitted to A |
| 2 | Juventus | 30 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 76 | 25 | +51 | 41 | Admitted to Serie A |
| 2 | Brescia | 30 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 67 | 35 | +32 | 41 | Admitted to Serie A |
| 4 | Genova 1893 | 30 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 71 | 35 | +36 | 39 | Admitted to Serie A |
| 5 | Pro Vercelli | 30 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 71 | 40 | +31 | 38 | Admitted to Serie A |
| 6 | Ambrosiana | 30 | 16 | 3 | 11 | 95 | 38 | +57 | 35 | Admitted to Serie A |
| 7 | Cremonese | 30 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 46 | 43 | +3 | 33 | Admitted to Serie A |
| 8 | Lazio (G) | 30 | 13 | 3 | 14 | 47 | 39 | +8 | 29 | Both admitted to Serie A |
| 8 | Napoli (G, T) | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 61 | 64 | −3 | 29 | Both admitted to Serie A |
| 10 | Biellese | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 34 | 56 | −22 | 28 | Admitted to Serie B |
| 11 | Venezia (G) | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 53 | 65 | −12 | 25 | Admitted to Serie B |
| 12 | Pistoiese | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 36 | 65 | −29 | 25 | Admitted to Serie B |
| 12 | Hellas Verona (G) | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 32 | 73 | −41 | 25 | Admitted to Serie B |
| 14 | Fiumana (G) | 30 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 32 | 73 | −41 | 15 | Admitted to Serie B |
| 15 | Reggiana (G, T) | 30 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 51 | 103 | −52 | 13 | Later admitted to Serie B |
| 16 | Fiorentina (G, T) | 30 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 26 | 96 | −70 | 12 | Later admitted to Serie B |
* ↑ Lazio and Napoli were set to play a qualification match, but both teams were admitted to Serie A after the match went void.
* ↑ 1 point deducted.
* ↑ Relegated to Serie C and later readmitted to Serie B, .

#### Results table

| Home \ Away | AMB | BIE | BOL | BRE | CRE | FIO | FIU | GEN | JUV | LAZ | NAP | PST | PVE | REA | VEN | HEL |
| Ambrosiana | | 7–0 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 8–1 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 9–1 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 10–2 | 9–0 |
| Biellese | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| Bologna | 3–1 | 3–0 | | 1–0 | 6–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 6–2 | 5–1 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 |
| Brescia | 0–0 | 2–2 | 10–0 | | 0–0 | 5–0 | 3–2 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 |
| Cremonese | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | | 6–0 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Fiorentina | 0–3 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 2–1 | | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 |
| Fiumana | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 4–2 | | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Genova 1893 | 6–1 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 7–0 | 4–2 | | 3–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 11–0 |
| Juventus | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 11–0 | 11–0 | 2–0 | | 0–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 |
| Lazio | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| Napoli | 4–1 | 5–0 | 0–4 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 7–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | | 4–1 | 3–3 | 6–2 | 4–1 | 3–0 |
| Pistoiese | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 0–1 | | 2–1 | 8–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 |
| Pro Vercelli | 4–1 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 3–4 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 9–0 | | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| Reggiana | 1–4 | 2–2 | 3–9 | 1–4 | 3–4 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 8–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | | 4–5 | 3–4 |
| Venezia | 1–4 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 2–3 | | 5–0 |
| Hellas Verona | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–6 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 0–5 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | |
* 1 2 3 Forfeit
* ↑ Decided by the FIGC

## Serie A qualifications

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Lazio | 2–2 | Napoli |
Both clubs were admitted to the Serie A to allow a wider representation of Southern Italy.

## Mitropa qualifications

Italy was invited to join the 1929 Mitropa Cup when the championship was not yet finished, so the FIGC decided a playoff between the apparent runners-up Juventus and Milan, and two out of the three remaining football giants Inter and Genoa.

## National Finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Bologna | ● 2 points each ● | Torino | 3-1 | 0-1 |
Because of the sole points were considered by the championship regulations, with no relevance to the aggregation of goals, a tie-break was needed.

### Tie-break in Rome

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Bologna | 1-0 | Torino |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Gino Rossetti | Torino | 36 |
| 2 | Giuseppe Meazza | Ambrosiana | 33 |
| 3 | Angelo Schiavio | Bologna | 30 |

## References and sources

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

## Footnotes

* ↑ After extra time.
vte1928–29 in Italian football :
* Association football
* Italy