# 1925–26 Lega Sud

The Southern League was the amatorial football championship in Southern Italy during the 20's of the 20th century.
The 1925–26 season was organized within the Italian Football Federation. The winner had the honor to play against the Northern Champions.
The League maintained the goal to improve the quality of the game in the area. However, the League’s plan to abolish the regional tournaments was boycotted by the Roman and Apulia teams. After a year of different protests, the League collapsed under its internal tensions, and it was disbanded by the fascists which promoted three clubs to the new Divisione Nazionale white the other teams were forced into a new inter-regional championship.

## Qualifications
### Marche
#### Championship playoff

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Anconitana | ● 4 points against 0 ● | Maceratese | 2-1 | 7-2 |
Anconitana was declared Marche's champion. Both teams were admitted to the Southern League semifinals.

### Lazio
#### Pre-League qualifications

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Audace Roma | ● 2 points each ● | Roman | 4-1 | 1-2 |
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

    Played on July 5, 1925, in Rome, Stadio Flaminio.
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Audace Roma | 3-1 | Roman |
Audace Roma maintained his place in the First Division, but Roman was later admitted too.

#### Classification

| P | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1. | Alba Roma | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 41 | 13 | +28 | 17 | Qualified |
| 2. | Fortitudo Roma | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 35 | 13 | +22 | 16 | Qualified |
| 3. | Lazio | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 45 | 27 | +18 | 14 | 1926–27 Prima Divisione |
| 4. | Audace Roma | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 27 | 42 | -15 | 7 | Merged with Alba |
| 5. | Roman | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 28 | -14 | 6 | 1926–27 Prima Divisione |
| 6. | Pro Roma | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 44 | -39 | 0 | Merged with Fortitudo |

#### Results table

| Home \ Away | ALB | AUD | FOR | LAZ | PRO | ROM |
| Alba Roma | — | 11–2 | 0–3 | 5–3 | 6–0 | 1–0 |
| Audace Roma | 0–7 | — | 2–3 | 2–4 | 4–0 | 2–2 |
| Fortitudo Roma | 1–3 | 3–2 | — | 6–2 | 7–0 | 4–1 |
| Lazio | 2–2 | 9–5 | 3–2 | — | 10–1 | 5–3 |
| Pro Roma | 1–2 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 0–6 | — | 0–2 |
| Roman | 1–4 | 1–5 | 0–5 | 1–1 | 3–1 | — |

### Campania
#### Pre-League Qualifications

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Stabia | ● 1 point against 3 ● | Salernitanaudax | 1-3 | 1-1 |
Salernitanaudax maintained his place in the First Division, but later retired. Stabia was admitted in his place.

#### Classification

| P | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1. | Internaples | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 4 | +31 | 15 | Qualified |
| 2. | Bagnolese | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 8 | +12 | 11 | Qualified |
| 3. | Casertana | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 21 | -10 | 8 | 1926–27 Prima Divisione |
| 4. | Stabia | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 22 | -9 | 6 | Relegated to 2nd Division |
| 5. | Puteolana | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 29 | -24 | 0 | Bankruptcy |

#### Results table

| Home \ Away | BAG | CAS | INT | PUT | STA |
| Bagnolese | — | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 6–0 |
| Casertana | 0–2 | — | 0–10 | 5–3 | 2–0 |
| Internaples | 4–2 | 2–0 | — | 6–0 | 4–1 |
| Puteolana | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | — | 1–3 |
| Stabia | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–6 | 5–0 | — |

### Apulia

None of the Apulian teams were admitted to the National Division.

#### Classification

| P | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1. | Pro Italia Taranto | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 14 | Qualified |
| 2. | Liberty Bari | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 10 | Qualified |
| 3. | Audace Taranto | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 9 | 1926–27 Prima Divisione |
| 4. | Ideale Bari | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -3 | 5 | 1926–27 Prima Divisione |
| 5. | Foggia | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 13 | -12 | 2 | 1926–27 Prima Divisione |

#### Results table

| Home \ Away | AUD | FOG | IDE | LIB | PRO |
| Audace Taranto | — | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 |
| Foggia | 0–2 | — | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 |
| Ideale Bari | 2–2 | 0–0 | — | 0–1 | 2–2 |
| Liberty Bari | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | — | 0–1 |
| Pro Italia Taranto | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | — |

### Sicily
#### Championship playoff

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Palermo | 7-1 | Messina | 7-0 | 0-1 |
Palermo was declared Sicily's champion. Both teams were admitted to the Southern League semifinals. None of the teams were admitted to the National Division.

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

| P | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1. | Internaples | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 5 | +18 | 13 | Qualified and promoted to National Division |
| 2. | Fortitudo Roma | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 9 | +6 | 11 | Promoted to the National Division |
| 3. | Anconitana | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 13 | +3 | 9 | 1926–27 Prima Divisione |
| 4. | Liberty Bari | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 7 | 1926–27 Prima Divisione |
| 5. | Messina | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 29 | -27 | 0 | Relegated to 2nd Division |

#### Results table

| Home \ Away | ANC | FOR | INT | LIB | MES |
| Anconitana | — | 1–3 | 1–1 | 6–1 | 2–0 |
| Fortitudo Roma | 2–1 | — | 1–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 |
| Internaples | 4–0 | 3–1 | — | 2–0 | 5–0 |
| Liberty Bari | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | — | 6–0 |
| Messina | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–5 | 2–4 | — |

### Group B
#### Classification

| P | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1. | Alba Roma | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 8 | +11 | 14 | Qualified and promoted to the National Division |
| 2. | Bagnolese | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 8 | +14 | 12 | 1926–27 Prima Divisione |
| 3. | Pro Italia Taranto | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 11 | +4 | 10 | 1926–27 Prima Divisione |
| 4. | Palermo | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 15 | -5 | 2 | 1926–27 Prima Divisione |
| 4. | Maceratese | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 29 | -24 | 2 | Bankruptcy |

#### Results table

| Home \ Away | ALB | BAG | MAC | PAL | PRO |
| Alba Roma | — | 3–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 |
| Bagnolese | 1–2 | — | 8–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 |
| Maceratese | 1–5 | 0–2 | — | 2–0 | 0–2 |
| Palermo | 0–1 | 0–2 | 6–0 | — | 2–3 |
| Pro Italia Taranto | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 | — |

## Finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Alba Roma | 7-2 | Internaples | 6-1 | 1-1 |
Alba Roma qualified for the National Finals.

## Footnotes

* 1 2 Alba Roma and Audace Roma merged at the end of the season.
* 1 2 Fortitudo Roma and Pro Roma merged at the end of the season.
* 1 2 3 Decided by the FIGC.
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Forfeit.
* ↑ Puteolana-Bagnolese's result was decided by the FIGC after Puteolana's forfeit during the match.