# 1924–25 Prima Divisione

The 1924–25 Prima Divisione season in association football was won by Bologna.

## Northern League
### Regular season

Derthona and Reggiana had been promoted from the Second Division. AC Mantova was added as guest after a referees scandal they had suffered.

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

| P | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1. | Genoa | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 48 | 23 | +25 | 30 | Qualified |
| 2. | Modena | 22 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 41 | 24 | +17 | 29 |
| 3. | Casale | 22 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 37 | 30 | +7 | 27 |
| 4. | Internazionale | 22 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 44 | 37 | +7 | 25 |
| 4. | Pisa | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 32 | 28 | +4 | 25 |
| 6. | Torino | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 30 | 25 | +5 | 24 |
| 7. | Cremonese | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 28 | 34 | -6 | 22 |
| 8. | Reggiana | 22 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 36 | 42 | -6 | 20 |
| 9. | Hellas Verona | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 33 | 42 | -9 | 18 |
| 10. | Brescia | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 27 | 34 | -7 | 17 |
| 11. | Legnano | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 29 | -11 | 15 | Qualification play-off |
| 12. | Spezia | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 20 | 46 | -26 | 12 | Relegated |

##### Results table

| Home \ Away | BRE | CAS | CRE | GEN | HEL | INT | LEG | MOD | PIS | REG | SPE | TOR |
| Brescia | — | 3–1 | 5–0 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–2 |
| Casale | 2–1 | — | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 6–3 | 0–0 |
| Cremonese | 3–0 | 2–1 | — | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 6–0 | 0–1 |
| Genoa | 5–0 | 4–1 | 4–0 | — | 3–0 | 2–1 | 6–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 3–2 | 0–0 |
| Hellas Verona | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | — | 2–3 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 |
| Internazionale | 1–0 | 4–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | — | 1–2 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 5–2 | 2–5 |
| Legnano | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 |
| Modena | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 3–1 | — | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 |
| Pisa | 6–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | — | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 |
| Reggiana | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–4 | 6–2 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 1–4 | 3–1 | — | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Spezia | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | — | 1–0 |
| Torino | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | — |

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

| P | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1. | Bologna | 24 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 53 | 22 | +31 | 34 | Qualified |
| 2. | Pro Vercelli | 24 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 56 | 29 | +27 | 32 |
| 2. | Juventus | 24 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 38 | 21 | +17 | 32 |
| 4. | Padova | 24 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 51 | 34 | +17 | 29 |
| 5. | Livorno | 24 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 45 | 41 | +4 | 25 |
| 5. | Alessandria | 24 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 27 | 30 | -3 | 25 |
| 7. | Novara | 24 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 26 | 30 | -4 | 22 |
| 8. | Milan | 24 | 10 | 1 | 13 | 45 | 51 | -6 | 21 |
| 8. | Andrea Doria | 24 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 26 | 33 | -7 | 21 |
| 10. | Sampierdarenese | 24 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 24 | 32 | -8 | 20 |
| 11. | Mantova | 24 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 38 | 53 | -15 | 19 | Tie-breaker |
| 12. | SPAL | 24 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 26 | 50 | -24 | 19 | Relegated |
| 13. | Derthona | 24 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 25 | 54 | -29 | 13 | Relegated |

##### Results table

| Home \ Away | ALE | ADO | BOL | DER | JUV | LIV | MAN | MIL | NOV | PAD | PRO | SAM | SPA |
| Alessandria | — | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 6–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Andrea Doria | 0–0 | — | 0–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Bologna | 3–1 | 5–0 | — | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 |
| Derthona | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–4 | — | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| Juventus | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | — | 2–0 | 3–0 | 5–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 |
| Livorno | 1–1 | 2–0 | 6–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | — | 4–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 |
| Mantova | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | — | 4–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 |
| Milan | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | — | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| Novara | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–2 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 4–1 |
| Padova | 4–0 | 6–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | — | 0–0 | 2–0 | 9–0 |
| Pro Vercelli | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 6–1 | 5–3 | 3–2 | 5–1 | 6–0 | — | 2–0 | 5–0 |
| Sampierdarenese | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–2 | — | 0–0 |
| SPAL | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | — |

##### Tie-breaker

    Played on August 30, 1925, in Milan.
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Mantova | 3-1 | SPAL |
Spal relegated to the second division, while Mantova qualified to the qualification play-off.
Legnano, Mantova, Novese and Como were enlisted to participate in the qualification round, but Novese and Como retired, letting Legnano and Mantova to maintain their places in the Italian First Division.

### Finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Bologna | ● 2 points each ● | Genoa | 1-2 | 2-1 |
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-breakers

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Bologna | 2-2 (annulled) | Genoa |
| Bologna | 1-1 | Genoa |
| Bologna | 2-0 | Genoa |
Bologna qualified for the National Finals.

## Southern League

The Southern League was a separate amatorial league, still divided in five regions. The winner were Alba Rome.

## National Finals

* 1st leg: 16 Aug 1925, *2nd leg: 23 Aug 1925
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Bologna | 6-0 | Alba Roma | 4-0 | 2-0 |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Mario Magnozzi | Livorno | 19 |
| 2 | Rodolfo Ostromann | Milan | 18 |
| 3 | Giuseppe Della Valle | Bologna | 17 |
| 4 | Angelo Schiavio | Bologna | 16 |
| 4 | Fulvio Bernardini | Lazio | 16 |

## References and sources

* Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005
* Hussain Pakzad Bologna Football Club 1924-1925

## Footnotes

* ↑ Decided by the FIGC.
* 1 2 After extra time.
vte1924–25 in Italian football :
* Association football
* Italy