# 1925–26 Prima Divisione

The 1925–26 Prima Divisione season, its final season, was won by Juventus.

## Northern League
### Regular season

Udinese and Parma FC had been promoted from the Second Division.
Goal average was introduced eliminating the tie-breakers.
The Northern League decided to create the Serie A with 16 teams starting in 1926, so the last four teams of each group should be relegated.
However, just after the end of the regular season the fascists postponed thus project under protests of Southern clubs which would be excluded. They imposed a National Division of two groups instead, and all relegated clubs entered into an extraordinary qualification for the new tournament.

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

| P | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1. | Bologna | 22 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 74 | 20 | +54 | 38 | Qualified to the final |
| 2. | Torino | 22 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 67 | 28 | +39 | 36 | |
| 3. | Modena | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 45 | 30 | +15 | 25 | |
| 4. | Hellas Verona | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 58 | 48 | +10 | 25 | |
| 5. | Internazionale | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 44 | 38 | +6 | 25 | |
| 6. | Casale | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 42 | 32 | +10 | 22 | |
| 7. | Andrea Doria | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 37 | 50 | -13 | 21 | |
| 8. | Brescia | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 38 | 51 | -15 | 19 | |
| 9. | Novara | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 40 | 42 | -2 | 18 | Qualifications to the National Division |
| 10. | Udinese | 22 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 38 | 75 | -37 | 13 | Qualifications to the National Division |
| 11. | Pisa | 22 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 23 | 65 | -42 | 12 | Qualifications to the National Division |
| 12. | Legnano | 22 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 22 | 49 | -27 | 10 | Qualifications to the National Division |

##### Results table

| Home \ Away | ADO | BOL | BRE | CAS | HEL | INT | LEG | MOD | NOV | PIS | TOR | UDI |
| Andrea Doria | — | 3–3 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 |
| Bologna | 3–0 | — | 6–0 | 1–0 | 7–0 | 4–1 | 6–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 7–0 | 3–2 | 4–0 |
| Brescia | 5–0 | 1–2 | — | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 3–4 | 3–1 |
| Casale | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | — | 3–2 | 3–3 | 5–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 |
| Hellas Verona | 5–1 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 4–3 | — | 1–0 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 7–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 |
| Internazionale | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 3–3 | — | 2–0 | 2–1 | 5–4 | 1–0 | 3–4 | 4–2 |
| Legnano | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | — | 0–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 6–1 |
| Modena | 6–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | — | 4–1 | 6–2 | 1–1 | 5–1 |
| Novara | 3–1 | 1–2 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | — | 2–0 | 0–2 | 6–3 |
| Pisa | 3–2 | 0–6 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–3 | — | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Torino | 4–0 | 6–2 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | — | 7–0 |
| Udinese | 3–2 | 1–7 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 4–3 | — |

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

| P | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1. | Juventus | 22 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 68 | 14 | +54 | 37 | Qualified to the final |
| 2. | Cremonese | 22 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 41 | 25 | +16 | 29 | |
| 3. | Genoa | 22 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 48 | 29 | +19 | 28 | |
| 4. | Padova | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 55 | 33 | +22 | 25 | |
| 5. | Livorno | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 43 | 45 | -2 | 25 | |
| 6. | Sampierdarenese | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 38 | 43 | -5 | 23 | |
| 7. | Pro Vercelli | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 42 | 31 | +11 | 22 | |
| 8. | Milan | 22 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 43 | 39 | +4 | 22 | |
| 9. | Reggiana | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 30 | 50 | -20 | 17 | Qualifications to the National Division |
| 10. | Alessandria | 22 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 41 | 48 | -7 | 16 | Qualifications to the National Division |
| 11. | Parma | 22 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 23 | 58 | -35 | 12 | Qualifications to the National Division |
| 12. | Mantova | 22 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 24 | 81 | -57 | 8 | Qualifications to the National Division |

##### Results table

| Home \ Away | ALE | CRE | GEN | JUV | LIV | MAN | MIL | PAD | PAR | PRO | REG | SAM |
| Alessandria | — | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 9–0 | 4–3 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 6–0 | 5–0 |
| Cremonese | 3–0 | — | 1–0 | 0–0 | 8–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Genoa | 7–2 | 2–1 | — | 1–3 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 |
| Juventus | 4–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | — | 3–0 | 8–1 | 6–0 | 3–2 | 6–0 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 4–0 |
| Livorno | 6–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | — | 6–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 5–1 |
| Mantova | 7–1 | 0–0 | 2–5 | 0–5 | 0–2 | — | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| Milan | 2–2 | 1–4 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 3–1 | — | 3–0 | 4–2 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 |
| Padova | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 6–1 | 9–0 | 4–2 | — | 6–1 | 5–2 | 6–2 | 3–0 |
| Parma | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–5 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 5–3 | 1–2 | 2–0 | — | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–3 |
| Pro Vercelli | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 7–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | — | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| Reggiana | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | — | 1–1 |
| Sampierdarenese | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 8–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 3–3 | — |

### Finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Bologna | ● 2 points each ● | Juventus | 2-2 | 0-0 |

#### Tie-break

    Played on August 1, 1926, in Milan.
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Bologna | 1-2 | Juventus |
Juventus 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 Date: 8 August 1926, 2nd leg Date: 22 August 1926
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Juventus | 12-1 | Alba Roma | 7-1 | 5-0 |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Ferenc Hirzer | Juventus | 35 |
| 2 | Angelo Schiavio | Bologna | 28 |
| 3 | Pietro Pastore | Juventus | 26 |
| 4 | Márton Bukovi | Alba Roma | 25 |
| 5 | Ernesto Ghisi | Internaples | 20 |
| 5 | Adolfo Baloncieri | Torino | 20 |
| 7 | Giovanni Ferrari | Internaples | 16 |

## Qualification to the National Division
### Round 1

Played on August 29
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Alessandria | 6-1 | Pisa |
| Legnano | 2-0 | Udinese |
| Mantova | 7-3 | Reggiana |
| Novara | 4-0 | Parma |

### Round 2

Played on September 5
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Alessandria | 4-1 | Legnano |
| Mantova | 3-4 | Novara |

### Round 3

Played on September 12
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Alessandria | 2-2 | Novara |

#### Repetition

Played on September 19 in Turin
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Alessandria | 3-1 | Novara |
Alessandria was qualified to the National Division.

## References and sources

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

## Footnotes

* 1 2 3 Decided by the FIGC.
* ↑ Forfeit.
* 1 2 3 After extra time.
vte1925–26 in Italian football :
* Association football
* Italy