# 1923–24 Prima Divisione

The 1923–24 Prima Divisione season was won by Genoa.

## Northern League

The Northern League was composed by the 24 best clubs of 1922–23 Prima Divisione.

### Regular season

Group winners went to the final. Bottom clubs were relegated, while penultimate clubs went to a test-match against two clubs of the Second Division.

#### Group A
##### Classification

| P | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1. | Genoa | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 50 | 13 | +37 | 33 | Qualified |
| 2. | Padova | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 36 | 18 | +18 | 29 |
| 3. | Internazionale | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 31 | 25 | +6 | 27 |
| 3. | Livorno | 22 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 33 | 30 | +3 | 27 |
| 5. | Alessandria | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 38 | 23 | +15 | 26 |
| 5. | Juventus | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 37 | 27 | +10 | 26 |
| 7. | Modena | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 35 | 30 | +5 | 23 |
| 8. | Casale | 22 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 25 | 34 | -9 | 22 |
| 9. | Sampierdarenese | 22 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 21 | 32 | -11 | 18 |
| 10. | Brescia | 22 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 39 | -22 | 13 |
| 11. | Novara | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 22 | 41 | -19 | 12 | Qualification play-off |
| 12. | Virtus Bologna | 22 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 46 | -33 | 8 | Relegated |

##### Results table

| Home \ Away | ALE | BRE | CAS | GEN | INT | JUV | LIV | MOD | NOV | PAD | SAM | VIR |
| Alessandria | — | 4–0 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 4–0 |
| Brescia | 0–0 | — | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 |
| Casale | 0–1 | 4–1 | — | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 |
| Genoa | 2–0 | 5–0 | 6–1 | — | 5–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 5–0 |
| Internazionale | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | — | 2–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Juventus | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | — | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 |
| Livorno | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–2 | — | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 |
| Modena | 5–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | — | 7–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Novara | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | — | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 |
| Padova | 1–1 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | — | 5–0 | 3–0 |
| Sampierdarenese | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | — | 4–0 |
| Virtus Bologna | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | — |

#### Group B
##### Classification

| P | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1. | Bologna | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 41 | 18 | +23 | 31 | Qualified |
| 2. | Torino | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 43 | 22 | +21 | 30 |
| 3. | Pro Vercelli | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 46 | 23 | +23 | 28 |
| 4. | Hellas Verona | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 43 | 35 | +8 | 23 |
| 5. | Pisa | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 26 | 35 | -9 | 22 |
| 6. | Andrea Doria | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 28 | 26 | +2 | 21 |
| 6. | Legnano | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 27 | 26 | +1 | 21 |
| 8. | Cremonese | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 24 | 31 | -7 | 20 |
| 9. | Milan | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 38 | 44 | -6 | 19 |
| 10. | SPAL | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 26 | 44 | -18 | 18 |
| 11. | Spezia | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 35 | -19 | 17 | Qualification play-off |
| 12. | Novese | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 21 | 40 | -19 | 14 | Relegated |

##### Results table

| Home \ Away | ADO | BOL | CRE | HEL | LEG | MIL | NOV | PIS | PRO | SPA | SPE | TOR |
| Andrea Doria | — | 0–1 | 4–0 | 4–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Bologna | 3–0 | — | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 0–1 |
| Cremonese | 2–0 | 0–0 | — | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 |
| Hellas Verona | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | — | 3–1 | 5–1 | 5–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 8–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 |
| Legnano | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | — | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| Milan | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | — | 5–0 | 5–1 | 1–3 | 3–4 | 3–1 | 0–3 |
| Novese | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | — | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–4 |
| Pisa | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | — | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Pro Vercelli | 2–2 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | — | 6–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 |
| SPAL | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–4 | — | 0–1 | 0–2 |
| Spezia | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 0–1 | — | 1–0 |
| Torino | 3–1 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | — |

### Finals

The finals were played after a May break due to the participation of the Italian football team to the Olympics in Paris.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Genoa | 3-0 | Bologna | 1-0 | 2-0 |

### Qualification play-off
#### Classification

| P | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1. | Spezia | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 10 | Qualified |
| 2. | Novara | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 8 | Qualified |
| 3. | Olimpia Fiume | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -4 | 5 |
| 4. | Sestrese | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 18 | -14 | 1 |

#### Results table

| Home \ Away | NOV | OLI | SES | SPE |
| Novara | — | 3–1 | 6–0 | 1–1 |
| Olimpia Fiume | 1–0 | — | 1–0 | 1–3 |
| Sestrese | 0–4 | 3–3 | — | 1–2 |
| Spezia | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | — |

## Southern League

The Southern League was a separate amatorial league, still divided in five regions. The winner were Savoia from Torre Annunziata.

## National Finals

* 1st Leg: 31 Aug 1924, *2nd Leg: 7 Sep 1924
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Genoa | 4-2 | Savoia | 3-1 | 1-1 |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Heinrich Schönfeld | Torino | 22 |
| 2 | Fulvio Bernardini | Lazio | 17 |
| 3 | Giulio Bobbio | Savoia | 16 |
| 4 | Adolfo Baloncieri | Alessandria | 15 |
| 4 | Angelo Schiavio | Bologna | 15 |
| 6 | Aristodemo Santamaria | Genoa | 14 |

## References and sources

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

## Footnotes

* 1 2 3 4 5 6 Decided by the FIGC.
* ↑ Forfeit.
* ↑ Decided by the FIGC due to incidents. The match's original result was Bologna-Genoa 1-1.
vte1923–24 in Italian football :
* Association football
* Italy