1929–30 Prima Divisione

Prima Divisione
Season	1929–30
Champions	Udinese
Promoted	Lucchese; Derthona; US Palermo
Relegated	solely disbanded clubs
Matches played	1,680
	← 1928–29 1930–31 →

The 1929–30 Prima Divisione was the third level league of the 30th Italian football championship.

In 1928, FIGC had decided a reform of the league structure of Italian football. The top-level league was the National Division, composed by the two divisions of Serie A and Serie B. Under them, there were the local championship, the major one being the First Division, that in 1935 will take the name of Serie C. The winners of the four groups of First Division would be promoted to Serie B, whereas the scheduled relegations were annulled by the Federation which expanded the division.

Teams

Club selection was different between the two parts of the country. The North admitted 37 out of the 43 clubs of the previous year, solely without promoted and disbanded teams, and 7 promoted club from the Second Division plus Pro Lissone as last-minute team. The South chose 14 best clubs from the five regions of the special Southern Championship,^[1] plus Foligno as guest.

Regulation

Four groups of 15 teams, thirty matchdays. Group winners were promoted, ultimate and penultimate clubs should be relegated. A national title was assigned.

Northern division

Girone A

Final classification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Lucchese (P)	24	13	4	7	39	31	+8	30	Promoted to Serie B
2	Rivarolese	24	14	2	8	45	30	+15	30	Promotion tie-breaker
3	Savona	24	11	6	7	35	28	+7	28
3	Carrarese	24	11	6	7	38	29	+9	28
5	Viareggio	24	10	6	8	39	20	+19	26
5	Ventimigliese	24	9	8	7	32	28	+4	26
7	Acqui	24	9	7	8	32	26	+6	25
8	Sestrese	24	11	2	11	32	39	−7	24
9	Pro Lissone	24	9	5	10	38	37	+1	23
9	Empoli	24	9	4	11	30	43	−13	22
11	Pisa	24	5	9	10	26	39	−13	19
12	Rapallo Ruentes	24	7	4	13	30	43	−13	18
13	Sestri Levante	24	5	3	16	26	49	−23	12^[a]
14	Astigiani (E)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0^[b]	Retired
15	Corniglianese (E)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0^[c]	Retired

Source: Panini
(E) Eliminated; (P) Promoted
Notes:

^ 1 point deducted
^ Not classified because Astigiani got retired (final forfeit) before match 27th^[2]
^ Not classified because S.S. Corniglianese got retired (final forfeit) after 16 matches^[3]

	Promotion tie-breaker		City and date
Lucchese	1 - 0	Rivarolese	La Spezia, June 15, 1930

Lucchese was promoted to 1930–31 Serie B.
Final table was compiled by Direttorio Divisioni Superiori (D.D.S.) just by points and published by the sports newspaper Il Littoriale on Saturday June 14 page 6 in report no. 40 dated June 11 just indicating: Corniglianese and Astigiani retired.^[4]

Results

Home \ Away	ACQ	AST	CAR	COR	EMP	LUC	PIS	PLI	RAP	RIV	SVN	SES	SLE	Ven	VIA
Acqui		2–0	2–1	5–0	6–0	1–2	1–0	1–0	3–2	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1
Astigiani^[a]	3–1		0–1	4–0	0–2	.–.	4–2	0–1	4–0	1–0	1–2	.–.	1–0	0–2	2–3
Carrarese	1–1	2–0		2–0	2–0	5–0	2–1	1–1	4–0	2–1	2–0	2–0	2–1	4–1	2–1
Corniglianese^[b]	.–.	.–.	.–.		0–1	.–.	0–2	1–0	.–.	.–.	1–3	.–.	1–2	0–2	0–2
Empoli	2–1	2–1	1–0	.–.		2–0	1–2	0–0	1–0	6–1	2–2	3–2	1–0	1–1	2–1
Lucchese	1–0	2–1	3–0	.–.	0–0		2–0	3–3	2–1	2–1	3–0	2–0	3–0	2–1	1–0
Pisa	3–3	1–1	1–1	.–.	2–1	0–0		2–0	4–4	2–2	1–1	2–0	3–2	0–0	0–0
Pro Lissone	1–1	3–1	4–2	.–.	2–0	1–0	3–0		2–0	1–3	5–1	1–1	4–3	4–0	2–2
Rapallo Ruentes	1–0	1–1	0–0	3–0	2–0	1–3	0–0	3–0		5–2	0–0	1–2	2–1	3–1	2–1
Rivarolese	1–0	4–0	4–0	3–0	2–0	5–2	1–0	4–1	3–0		0–1	1–0	3–0	3–1	2–1
Savona	4–1	6–0	2–1	.–.	1–0	1–1	2–0	4–1	3–1	1–1		1–0	2–0	2–3	2–0
Sestrese	1–0	.–.	0–0	3–0	2–3	3–1	2–0	1–0	4–1	1–2	3–2		4–3	1–0	2–1
Sestri Levante	0–2	0–0	3–2	.–.	4–1	2–0	2–1	0–2	1–0	0–2	1–3	3–0		0–0	0–3
Ventimiglia	2–0	4–2	1–1	.–.	3–1	1–1	4–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	3–1	3–1		0–0
Viareggio	1–1	3–0	2–0	3–1	2–1	3–0	4–1	1–0	4–0	0–1	2–1	5–0	4–0	0–0

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Annogol 1929-30, Geo Edizioni, Empoli, June 2003 (in Italian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

^ Astigiani got retired after 26 matches.
^ Corniglianese got retired after 16 matches.

Girone B

Final classification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Derthona (P)	28	17	6	5	76	34	+42	40	Promoted to Serie B
2	Comense	28	15	8	5	44	20	+24	38
3	Canottieri Lecco	28	13	6	9	49	40	+9	32
4	Monza	28	11	9	8	39	35	+4	31
4	Fanfulla	28	14	3	11	45	34	+11	31
6	Gallaratese	28	12	6	10	45	44	+1	30
7	Piacenza	28	10	7	11	53	43	+10	27
7	Vogherese	28	11	5	12	53	45	+8	27
7	Crema	28	11	5	12	52	58	−6	27
7	Varese	28	10	7	11	30	35	−5	27
11	Pavia	28	8	10	10	45	54	−9	26
12	Seregno	28	8	9	11	37	46	−9	25
13	Vigevanesi	28	10	4	14	40	48	−8	24
14	Codogno (T)	28	7	9	12	31	53	−22	23	Later readmitted^[a]
15	Saronno (T)	28	3	6	19	18	68	−50	12	Later readmitted^[a]

Source: Panini
(P) Promoted; (T) Qualified, but not yet for the particular phase indicated
Notes:

^ Relegated and later readmitted to Prima Divisione.

Results

Home \ Away	CAL	COD	COM	CRM	DER	FAN	GLR	MON	PAV	PIA	SAR	SER	VAR	VIG	VOG
Canottieri Lecco		3–0	2–2	3–2	2–2	1–0	1–0	1–1	3–3	1–0	9–0	2–1	3–0	4–2	2–1
Codogno	2–1		0–1	2–0	2–0	1–0	3–3	1–1	0–0	0–0	5–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–0
Comense	3–0	2–0		2–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–2	0–0	1–0	5–0	0–0	4–0	4–0	0–0
Crema	2–0	2–1	2–1		6–3	2–0	2–0	5–1	3–1	3–3	2–1	0–1	0–0	6–1	3–3
Derthona	4–0	5–1	4–0	7–1		0–1	2–0	2–2	5–1	6–0	3–0	8–0	3–0	3–1	4–2
Fanfulla	3–0	4–1	0–1	2–0	1–0		4–0	1–0	4–2	2–1	2–1	3–1	5–1	2–0	1–0
Gallaratese	1–0	4–3	1–1	1–0	6–1	1–1		1–0	2–2	2–2	1–0	2–1	3–1	4–1	1–2
Monza	1–2	1–1	1–2	4–1	0–0	5–3	2–1		4–1	3–0	3–0	0–0	1–0	2–1	3–2
Pavia	0–4	2–2	1–3	1–0	2–3	2–1	1–2	0–0		5–1	4–1	3–0	2–2	4–2	2–1
Piacenza	5–2	4–0	0–0	6–0	3–2	6–0	5–2	1–2	3–1		2–0	3–0	0–0	2–2	4–1
Saronno	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–2		1–4	1–2	2–2	3–2
Seregno	1–1	1–1	0–2	5–3	2–1	1–1	0–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	4–3		2–2	3–1	1–1
Varese	3–2	4–1	2–1	4–0	0–1	1–0	3–1	2–0	0–0	0–0	2–0	2–1		0–1	1–0
Vigevanesi	2–0	5–0	0–0	3–1	0–2	0–0	3–2	0–0	4–1	3–1	3–0	0–2	1–0		1–2
Vogherese	1–1	6–1	3–2	2–3	2–2	2–1	1–3	4–0	1–2	3–0	4–0	2–1	3–1	2–1

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Annogol 1929-30, Geo Edizioni, Empoli, June 2003 (in Italian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Girone C

Final classification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Udinese (P, C)	28	18	6	4	63	28	+35	42	Promoted to Serie B
2	SPAL	28	17	5	6	81	38	+43	39
3	ASPE Trieste	28	14	8	6	47	29	+18	36
4	Pro Gorizia	28	14	7	7	52	28	+24	35
5	Mirandolese	28	12	7	9	40	36	+4	31
5	Treviso	28	11	9	8	49	49	0	31
7	Clarense	28	12	6	10	49	42	+7	30
7	Anconitana	28	10	10	8	39	34	+5	30
9	Forlì	28	11	4	13	45	43	+2	26
10	Mantova	28	8	9	11	42	56	−14	25
11	Thiene	28	8	5	15	48	58	−10	21
11	Faenza	28	7	7	14	30	50	−20	21
11	Carpi	28	6	9	13	31	54	−23	21
14	Grion Pola (T)	28	7	6	15	30	49	−19	20	Later readmitted^[a]
15	Pro Rovigo (T)	28	5	2	21	30	82	−52	11^[b]	Later readmitted^[a]

Source: Panini
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (T) Qualified, but not yet for the particular phase indicated
Notes:

^ Relegated to Seconda Divisione and later readmitted to Prima Divisione.
^ 1 point deducted

Results

Home \ Away	ANC	PON	CRP	CLA	FAE	FOR	GRP	MAN	MIR	PGO	PRV	SPA	THI	TRV	UDI
Anconitana		0–0	0–0	1–2	2–0	3–3	1–1	3–1	2–0	2–2	2–0	1–0	4–0	2–1	3–1
Ponziana	2–1		2–1	3–1	4–1	0–0	2–0	0–1	2–1	2–1	7–0	2–2	0–0	3–0	0–1
Carpi	1–1	0–0		1–0	1–0	1–1	3–2	2–2	1–0	0–2	0–3	1–0	3–2	1–2	0–0
Clarense	3–1	1–2	3–0		2–2	2–1	5–2	1–1	0–0	1–0	2–1	2–5	2–1	1–1	2–0
Faenza	0–0	3–0	1–1	0–3		1–1	3–0	1–1	1–2	1–2	2–0	0–3	2–1	4–2	1–1
Forlì	1–0	1–2	4–1	2–1	1–0		3–1	3–1	2–1	2–1	0–1	0–0	3–0	2–0	0–1
Grion Pola	1–1	2–4	3–1	1–0	3–2	2–0		1–0	0–2	1–0	1–1	0–4	4–1	1–2	0–1
Mantova	2–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–0	1–2	0–0		0–2	2–1	5–1	1–3	2–1	4–1	1–7
Mirandolese	2–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	2–1	0–0	4–1		1–1	2–0	6–2	6–2	1–1	1–2
Pro Gorizia	0–0	2–3	3–1	3–2	7–0	4–1	3–0	5–0	0–0		4–2	2–0	1–0	0–0	0–1
Pro Rovigo	1–2	2–1	4–2	0–3	0–2	3–1	2–1	0–2	0–1	0–2		1–4	0–4	2–2	2–3
SPAL	2–2	3–1	5–2	1–1	5–0	3–1	3–0	7–1	2–1	4–1	3–0		4–1	6–1	4–2
Thiene	2–2	1–2	4–1	3–2	1–0	3–1	4–3	1–3	0–0	0–1	5–2	3–2		1–2	0–0
Treviso	3–1	2–1	2–1	5–2	1–1	3–2	0–0	3–2	9–0	1–1	2–1	2–2	1–1		0–4
Udinese	4–0	1–1	5–1	2–2	2–3	4–1	1–0	3–2	3–1	0–0	7–1	3–1	3–1	1–0

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Annogol 1929-30, Geo Edizioni, Empoli, June 2003 (in Italian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Southern division

Final classification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Palermo (P)	28	20	2	6	59	17	+42	42	Promoted to Serie B
2	Messina	28	14	7	7	57	34	+23	35
2	Nocerina (D, R)	28	15	5	8	46	38	+8	35	Relegated for money problems
2	Foggia	28	13	9	6	48	32	+16	35
5	Cagliari	28	14	6	8	47	23	+24	34
6	Siracusa	28	15	2	11	46	40	+6	32
7	Salernitana	28	13	4	11	52	49	+3	30
8	Maceratese	28	13	3	12	47	43	+4	29
9	Ternana	28	12	3	13	32	46	−14	27
9	Taranto	28	10	7	11	64	44	+20	27
11	Virtus Lanciano (E)	28	9	8	11	38	51	−13	25^[a]	Disbanded
12	Vomero Napoli	28	7	9	12	35	49	−14	23
13	Stabia (D, R)	28	8	2	18	28	59	−31	18	Relegated for money problems
14	Acquavivese (D, R)	28	4	5	19	21	58	−37	13	Relegated for money problems
15	Foligno (T)	27	4	6	17	23	60	−37	13^[a]	Later readmitted^[b]

Source: Panini
(D) Disqualified; (E) Eliminated; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated; (T) Qualified, but not yet for the particular phase indicated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b 1 point deducted
^ Relegated and later readmitted to Prima Divisione.

Results

Home \ Away	ACQ	CAG	FOG	FOL	MAC	MES	NOC	PAL	SAL	SIR	STA	TAR	TER	VLN	VOM
Acquavivese		1–2	1–1	0–0	2–1	1–4	0–2	0–3	0–0	2–3	4–0	0–0	0–3	0–0	3–1
Cagliari	5–0		0–1	3–0	4–1	2–0	1–1	2–1	3–0	3–0	2–1	0–0	2–1	5–0	3–0
Foggia	4–0	1–0		4–0	2–2	5–0	1–1	2–1	3–1	2–1	3–0	2–2	2–1	1–1	0–0
Foligno	3–0	0–2	1–1		0–2	0–1	1–2	0–2	2–1	0–2	2–0	2–1	0–1	1–1	0–0
Maceratese	2–1	0–0	3–2	2–1		2–1	3–0	1–0	4–0	4–0	2–0	0–1	0–1	4–2	4–0
Messina	2–1	1–1	1–0	3–1	2–2		2–0	0–1	7–1	2–0	2–1	2–1	9–0	3–3	6–2
Nocerina	2–1	2–1	1–1	6–1	3–0	1–1		0–1	2–1	1–0	2–1	4–2	2–0	3–2	1–1
Palermo	2–0	1–0	4–0	2–2	4–1	1–0	5–0		2–0	4–1	4–0	2–0	3–0	1–2	1–1
Salernitana	4–0	0–0	3–2	3–2	2–0	1–1	2–3	2–1		3–2	7–0	4–1	3–1	2–2	3–1
Siracusa	1–0	2–2	1–0	3–1	3–1	1–0	3–2	0–1	1–0		2–1	3–2	1–0	5–1	4–0
Stabia	3–2	1–2	0–1	5–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–4	1–3	1–3		2–1	3–1	1–1	1–0
Taranto	1–0	3–0	4–0	9–0	4–1	2–2	0–1	1–3	4–1	2–2	4–3		6–1	6–0	4–2
Ternana	2–0	1–0	0–2	3–1	3–1	3–0	1–3	2–0	3–1	1–0	1–0	2–1		2–0	1–1
Virtus Lanciano	2–0	2–1	1–1	0–0	2–1	0–1	4–0	0–2	1–2	2–1	1–1	4–2	2–0		0–2
Vomero Napoli	6–1	2–1	1–2	2–1	3–2	2–2	1–0	0–2	0–2	1–2	3–0	1–1	1–1	1–1

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Annogol 1929-30, Geo Edizioni, Empoli, June 2003 (in Italian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

National final

	Semi-finals		City and date
Palermo	2 - 1	Lucchese	Naples, July 6, 1930
Udinese	2 - 0	Derthona	forfait

	Final		City and date
Udinese	3 - 1	Palermo	Rome, July 13, 1930

Udinese is crowned national champion of Prima Divisione.

Footnotes

^ Sicily, Campania, Apulia, Latium and mixed-Adriatic.
^ (Astigiani-Carrarese to be played on May 18th): report published by Il Littoriale on May 16th page 6 top right 3rd column (sports newspaper conserved at Pavia, Biblioteca Universitaria). With report no. 36 dated May 13th 1930 D.D.S. wrote: (italian) Ritiro U.C. Astigiani dal Campionato ..omissis.. In applicazione dei disposti federali - agli effetti della classifica - si considerano come non disputate le gare giocate dalla U.C. Astigiani. (U.C. Astigiani got retired from Championship ... According to federal rules - when compiling final table - all matches already played by U.C. Astigiani will be considered as not valid.)
^ (match 17 Savona-Corniglianese to be played on February 23rd): report published by Il Littoriale on March 1st page 6 top right 1st column (sports newspaper conserved at Pavia, Biblioteca Universitaria). With report no. 26 dated February 26th 1930 D.D.S. wrote: (italian) S.S. Corniglianese. Si dà atto che la società a margine si è ritirata dal Campionato di 1.a Divisione (girone A) ..omissis.. In applicazione dei disposti federali - agli effetti della classifica - si considerano come non disputate le gare giocate dalla Corniglianese. (S.S. Corniglianese. We are confirming that the overmentioned club retired his team from First Division Championship (group A) ... According to federal rules - when compiling final table - all matches already played by Corniglianese will be considered as not valid.)
^ Both teams didn't apply for re-election in this Division and declared a final stop of football activities.

[table_hth_SLE0.75606561953019-2] 1 point deducted

[table_hth_AST0.75606561953019-4] Not classified because Astigiani got retired (final forfeit) before match 27th^[2]

[table_hth_COR0.75606561953019-6] Not classified because S.S. Corniglianese got retired (final forfeit) after 16 matches^[3]

[table_note_AST0.16142283899776-8] Astigiani got retired after 26 matches.

[table_note_COR0.16142283899776-9] Corniglianese got retired after 16 matches.

[table_note_res_NR0.2085117731283-10] Relegated and later readmitted to Prima Divisione.

[table_note_res_NR0.8803963912094-11] Relegated to Seconda Divisione and later readmitted to Prima Divisione.

[table_hth_PRV0.8803963912094-12] 1 point deducted

[table_hth_VLN0.75078784755933-13] 1 point deducted

[table_note_res_NR0.75078784755933-14] Relegated and later readmitted to Prima Divisione.

[1] Sicily, Campania, Apulia, Latium and mixed-Adriatic.

[3] (Astigiani-Carrarese to be played on May 18th): report published by Il Littoriale on May 16th page 6 top right 3rd column (sports newspaper conserved at Pavia, Biblioteca Universitaria). With report no. 36 dated May 13th 1930 D.D.S. wrote: (italian) Ritiro U.C. Astigiani dal Campionato ..omissis.. In applicazione dei disposti federali - agli effetti della classifica - si considerano come non disputate le gare giocate dalla U.C. Astigiani. (U.C. Astigiani got retired from Championship ... According to federal rules - when compiling final table - all matches already played by U.C. Astigiani will be considered as not valid.)

[5] (match 17 Savona-Corniglianese to be played on February 23rd): report published by Il Littoriale on March 1st page 6 top right 1st column (sports newspaper conserved at Pavia, Biblioteca Universitaria). With report no. 26 dated February 26th 1930 D.D.S. wrote: (italian) S.S. Corniglianese. Si dà atto che la società a margine si è ritirata dal Campionato di 1.a Divisione (girone A) ..omissis.. In applicazione dei disposti federali - agli effetti della classifica - si considerano come non disputate le gare giocate dalla Corniglianese. (S.S. Corniglianese. We are confirming that the overmentioned club retired his team from First Division Championship (group A) ... According to federal rules - when compiling final table - all matches already played by Corniglianese will be considered as not valid.)

[7] Both teams didn't apply for re-election in this Division and declared a final stop of football activities.

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Seconda Divisione	1926–27 1927–28
Prima Divisione	1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35
Serie C	1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78
Serie C1	1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 99–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08
Lega Pro Prima Divisione	2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14
Lega Pro	2014–15 2015–16 2016–17
Serie C	2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25