1925–26 Prima Divisione

Prima Divisione
	1925–26 Juventus team
Season	1925–26
Champions	Juventus; 2nd title
Matches played	385
Goals scored	1,512 (3.93 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ferenc Hirzer; (35 goals)
	← 1924–25 1926–27 →

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

Northern League

Pre-League qualifications

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.

Qualifications

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 and admitted to the National Division
2.	Torino	22	16	4	2	67	28	+39	36	Admitted to the National Division
3.	Modena	22	11	3	8	45	30	+15	25
3.	Hellas Verona	22	10	5	7	58	48	+10	25
3.	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
11.	Pisa	22	5	2	15	23	65	-42	12
12.	Legnano	22	3	4	15	22	49	-27	10

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^[1]	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]	1–2	4–3	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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 and admitted to the National Division
2.	Cremonese	22	13	3	6	41	25	+16	29	Admitted to the National Division
3.	Genoa	22	13	2	7	48	29	+19	28
4.	Padova	22	11	3	8	55	33	+22	25
4.	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
7.	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
11.	Parma	22	5	2	15	23	58	-35	12
12.	Mantova	22	2	4	16	24	81	-57	8

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]	1–1	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	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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

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. Anconitana also qualified to the National Division.

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^[2]	10	8	1	1	41	13	+28	17	Qualified and admitted to the National Division
2.	Fortitudo Roma^[3]	10	8	0	2	35	13	+22	16	Qualified and admitted to the National Division
3.	Lazio	10	6	2	2	45	27	+18	14	Relegated
4.	Audace Roma^[2]	10	3	1	6	27	42	-15	7
5.	Roman	10	2	2	6	14	28	-14	6
6.	Pro Roma^[3]	10	0	0	10	5	44	-39	0

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^[1]
Roman	1–4	1–5	0–5	1–1	3–1	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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 for Southern semifinals
2.	Bagnolese	8	5	1	2	20	8	+12	11	Qualified for Southern semifinals
3.	Casertana	8	4	0	4	11	21	-10	8	Relegated
4.	Stabia	8	3	0	5	13	22	-9	6	Two-times relegated
5.	Puteolana	8	0	0	8	5	29	-24	0	Two-times relegated

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^[4]
Internaples	4–2	2–0	—	6–0	4–1
Puteolana	0–3^[5]	1–2	0–2^[4]	—	1–3
Stabia	3–1	1–2	0–6	5–0	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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	Relegated
4.	Ideale Bari	8	0	5	3	6	9	-3	5
5.	Foggia	8	0	2	6	1	13	-12	2

Results table

Home \ Away	AUD	FOG	IDE	LIB	PRO
Audace Taranto	—	2–0^[1]	1–0	3–1	0–2
Foggia	0–2	—	0–0	1–2	0–2^[1]
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	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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 admitted to National Division
2.	Fortitudo Roma	8	4	3	1	15	9	+6	11
3.	Anconitana	8	4	1	3	16	13	+3	9
4.	Liberty Bari	8	2	3	3	18	18	0	7
5.	Messina	8	0	0	8	2	29	-27	0	Two-times relegated

Results table

Home \ Away	ANC	FOR	INT	LIB	MES
Anconitana	—	1–3	1–1	6–1	2–0^[4]
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^[4]	0–1	0–5	2–4	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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
2.	Bagnolese	8	5	2	1	22	8	+14	12
3.	Pro Italia Taranto	8	4	2	2	15	11	+4	10
4.	Palermo	8	1	0	7	10	15	-5	2
4.	Maceratese	8	1	0	7	5	29	-24	2	Disbanded

Results table

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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.

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

References and sources

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

Hussain Pakzad Prima Divisione 1925-1926

Footnotes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Decided by the FIGC.
^ ^a ^b Alba Roma and Audace Roma merged at the end of the season.
^ ^a ^b Fortitudo Roma and Pro Roma merged at the end of the season.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Forfeit.
^ Puteolana-Bagnolese's result was decided by the FIGC after Puteolana's forfeit during the match.

[figc-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Decided by the FIGC.

[alba-2] Alba Roma and Audace Roma merged at the end of the season.

[fortitudo-3] Fortitudo Roma and Pro Roma merged at the end of the season.

[forfeit-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Forfeit.

[5] Puteolana-Bagnolese's result was decided by the FIGC after Puteolana's forfeit during the match.

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