# 1912–13 Prima Categoria

The 1912–13 Prima Categoria season was won by Pro Vercelli.
For the first time, sides from southern Italy were admitted.

## Regulation

Football in Italy expanded its popularity during the 10’s, but the expedition of the Italian football team to the Stockholm Olympics had a disappointing very poor result. In summer 1912, minor clubs took control over the Italian Football Federation, and imposed a championship reform. New vicepresidents Mr.Valvassori and Mr.Faroppa created a new format with more clubs but more groups, regionalising the tournament.
The round robin was abolished. The old main tournament was split in two groups of six clubs, with solely ten matchdays, while the Oriental group became a full member of the championship.
Best two clubs of each group went to the final group. Last clubs should be relegated.
An experimental Southern section was introduced.

## Pre-league qualifications
### For Piedmont group

    Played on October 20, 1912, in Turin.
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Vigor Torino | 0–4 | Novara |
Novara was promoted.

### For Lombardy-Liguria group
#### Round 1

    Played on October 20, 1912.
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Savona | 3–1 | Como |
| Lambro Milano | 2–1 | Racing Libertas Milano |
The match between Lambro Milano and Racing Libertas Milano was later canceled and repeated:

##### Repetition

    Played on October 27, 1912.
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Racing Libertas Milano | 1–0 | Lambro Milano |

#### Round 2

    Played on November 1, 1912.
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Racing Libertas Milano | 1–0 | Savona |
Racing Libertas was promoted.

### For Latium group
#### Round 1

    Played on October 20, 1912.
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Alba Roma | 1–2 | Juventus Audax Roma |
| Pro Roma | 2–1 | Tebro Roma |

#### Round 2

    Played on October 27, 1912.
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Alba Roma | 2–0 | Tebro Roma |

### Verdicts

Novara, Racing Libertas Milan, Alba Roma, Juventus Audax Roma and Pro Roma were admitted to the 1a Categoria. The losers went to regional 2nd Category Promotion.

## Main tournament
### Piedmont
#### Classification

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Pro Vercelli | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 2 | +36 | 19 | Qualified for Final Round |
| 2 | Casale | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 8 | +7 | 13 | Qualified for Final Round |
| 3 | Torino | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 35 | 21 | +14 | 11 | |
| 4 | Piemonte | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 37 | −21 | 10 | |
| 5 | Novara | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 28 | −15 | 4 | |
| 6 | Juventus (T) | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 35 | −21 | 3 | Re-elected |

#### Results table

| Home \ Away | CSL | JUV | NOV | PIE | PVE | TOR |
| Casale | | 3–0 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Juventus | 0–1 | | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 6–8 |
| Novara | 0–0 | 3–3 | | 7–1 | 0–6 | 1–2 |
| Piemonte | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | | 1–7 | 2–1 |
| Pro Vercelli | 1–0 | 3–0 | 7–0 | 3–0 | | 6–1 |
| Torino | 0–2 | 8–0 | 3–1 | 11–1 | 0–1 | |

### Liguria-Lombardy
#### Classification

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Milan | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 8 | +22 | 18 | Qualified for Final Group |
| 2 | Genoa | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 12 | +21 | 16 | Qualified for Final Group |
| 3 | Internazionale | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 24 | 14 | +10 | 12 | |
| 4 | Andrea Doria | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 30 | −10 | 9 | |
| 5 | US Milanese | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 25 | −17 | 4 | |
| 6 | Racing Libertas Milan (T) | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 34 | −26 | 1 | Re-elected |

#### Results table

| Home \ Away | ADO | GEN | INT | MIL | RAC | USM |
| Andrea Doria | | 1–5 | 6–0 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 1–1 |
| Genoa | 6–0 | | 0–1 | 4–1 | 5–1 | 4–0 |
| Internazionale | 5–1 | 2–3 | | 1–2 | 5–0 | 2–0 |
| Milan | 7–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | | 2–0 | 6–0 |
| Racing Libertas Milano | 1–5 | 0–1 | 1–6 | 1–2 | | 2–2 |
| US Milanese | 0–1 | 2–5 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 3–0 | |

### Veneto-Emilia
#### Classification

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Vicenza | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 10 | +22 | 16 | Qualified for Final Group |
| 1 | Hellas Verona | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 10 | +18 | 16 | Qualified for Final Group |
| 3 | Venezia | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 6 | +22 | 14 | |
| 4 | Volontari Venezia | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 29 | −10 | 8 | |
| 5 | Bologna | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 14 | 30 | −16 | 4 | |
| 6 | Modena (T) | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 42 | −36 | 2 | Re-elected |

#### Results table

| Home \ Away | BOL | HEL | MOD | VEN | VIC | VOL |
| Bologna | | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 9–0 |
| Hellas Verona | 3–0 | | 8–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 3–2 |
| Modena | 1–0 | 1–4 | | 0–2 | 0–4 | 0–5 |
| Venezia | 8–0 | 3–0 | 8–2 | | 0–1 | 5–0 |
| Vicenza | 7–0 | 1–0 | 7–1 | 0–0 | | 6–2 |
| Volontari Venezia | 4–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | |

### Final round

The results of the matches between sides that were in the same qualification rounds were valid also for the final round (but not the goals scored in those matches). Due to this, the sides began the final round with a point bonus:
* Pro Vercelli: 3 points
* Milan, Genoa, Hellas Verona, Vicenza: 2 points
* Casale: 1 point

#### Classification

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Pro Vercelli (C) | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 1 | +21 | 18 | Champions and qualified |
| 2 | Genoa | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 13 | +8 | 13 | |
| 3 | Milan | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 10 | +11 | 12 | |
| 4 | Casale | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 13 | +9 | 11 | |
| 5 | Vicenza | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 25 | −17 | 4 | |
| 6 | Hellas Verona | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 39 | −32 | 2 | |
Note:solely 8 matches really played instead of 10.

#### Results table

| Home \ Away | CSL | GEN | HEL | MIL | PVE | VIC |
| Casale | | 1–1 | 6–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 5–1 |
| Genoa | 1–0 | | 5–0 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Hellas Verona | 2–5 | 0–4 | | 0–3 | 0–5 | 4–1 |
| Milan | 4–0 | 4–0 | 5–1 | | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Pro Vercelli | 1–0 | 5–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | | 3–0 |
| Vicenza | 3–3 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | |
Pro Vercelli advanced to National Final.

## Central-Southern Italy tournament
### Tuscany

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Virtus Juventusque (C) | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 9 | Champions and qualified |
| 2 | SPES Livorno | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 9 | +6 | 7 | |
| 3 | Pisa | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | Firenze | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 16 | −9 | 4 | |
| Home \ Away | CSF | PIS | SLI | VJU |
| Firenze | | 1–4 | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| Pisa | 0–1 | | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| SPES Livorno | 6–1 | 1–1 | | 1–1 |
| Virtus Juventusque | 4–2 | 1–0 | 3–5 | |
Virtus Juventusque advanced to Central Final.

### Lazio

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Lazio | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 55 | 9 | +46 | 18 | Champions and qualified |
| 2 | Juventus Roma | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 21 | +4 | 14 | |
| 3 | Audace Roma | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 22 | +5 | 13 | |
| 4 | Roman | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 15 | +11 | 11 | |
| 5 | Pro Roma | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 55 | −46 | 4 | |
| 6 | Alba Roma | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 20 | −20 | 0 | |
| Home \ Away | ALB | AUE | AUJ | LAZ | PRO | ROM |
| Alba Roma | | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 |
| Audace Roma | 2–0 | | 3–3 | 2–6 | 9–1 | 2–1 |
| Juventus Roma | 2–0 | 5–1 | | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–3 |
| Lazio | 2–0 | 5–0 | 9–2 | | 13–1 | 5–0 |
| Pro Roma | 2–0 | 1–4 | 1–5 | 0–9 | | 1–9 |
| Roman | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 5–0 | |
Lazio advanced to Central Final.

### Campania (Southern Final)
#### First leg

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Naples | 2–1 | Internazionale Napoli |

#### Second leg

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Internazionale Napoli | 2–3 | Naples |
Naples won 5–3 on aggregate, advanced to Central-Southern Final.

### Central Final
#### First leg

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Virtus Juventusque | 1–3 | Lazio |

#### Second leg

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Lazio | 3–0 | Virtus Juventusque |
Lazio won 6–1 on aggregate, advanced to Central-Southern Final.

### Central-Southern Final
#### First leg

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Naples | 1–2 | Lazio |

#### Second leg

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Lazio | 1–1 | Naples |
Lazio won 3–2 on aggregate, advanced to the National Final.

## National final

    Played on 1 June 1913, in Genoa.
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Pro Vercelli | 6–0 | Lazio |