The 1922-23 Prima Divisione was the twenty-third edition of the Italian Football Championship and the second branded Prima Divisione. In a highly political previous season of Italian football, two separate and rival Italian Football Championships were organised by disputing parties. Hence why 1922-23 Prima Divisione was the twenty-third edition and not twenty-second. The 1922–23 Prima Divisione was the eighth Italian Football Championship won by Genoa.
Format All five seasons of Prima Divisione were scheduled as regional competitions, leading to a national final. Due to the high numbers of participants, under the agreement with the Northern League, the FIGC had to organize a qualification tournament in July, in order to reduce them to three rounds of 12 sides each.
Northern League From 1921-22 C.C.I. championship Alessandria - Alessandria Andrea Doria - Genoa Bologna - Bologna Casale - Casale Monferrato Genoa - Genoa Hellas Verona - Verona Juventus - Turin Legnano - Legnano Mantova - Mantua Milan - Milan Modena - Modena Novara - Novara Padova - Padua Pisa - Pisa Pro Vercelli - Vercelli Savona - Savona Torino - Turin U.S. Milanese - Milan
From 1921-22 F.I.G.C. championship Cremonese - Cremona Esperia Como - Como Lucca - Lucca Novese - Novi Ligure Petrarca Padova - Padua Sampierdarenese - Genoa Spal - Ferrara Speranza Savona - Savona U.S. Torinese - Turin Udinese - Udine Virtus Bologna - Bologna
After qualification Brescia - Brescia (CCI) Derthona - Tortona (CCI 2nd division) Internazionale - Milan (CCI) Livorno - Livorno (CCI + *) Pastore Torino - Turin (FIGC) Rivarolese - Genoa (FIGC) Spezia - La Spezia (CCI)
(*) This side is the result of the merger of U.S. Livorno (CCI) and Pro Livorno (FIGC).
Southern League All the teams were from 1921-22 C.C.I. championship Alba Roma - Rome Anconitana - Ancona Audace Taranto - Taranto Bagnolese - Naples Cavese - Cava de' Tirreni Fortitudo Roma - Rome Internaples - Naples (*) Juventus Audax - Rome Lazio - Rome Lecce - Lecce Libertas Palermo - Palermo (*) Liberty Bari - Bari Messina - Messina (*) Palermo - Palermo Pro Italia Taranto - Taranto Savoia - Torre Annunziata Stabia - Castellammare di Stabia U.S. Romana - Rome
After qualification Roman - Rome
New club Ideale Bari - Bari
(*) These sides were the results of various mergers: Internaples was the result of the merger of Internazionale Napoli and Naples. Libertas Palermo was the result of the merger of the old Libertas Palermo and Azzurra Palermo. Messina was the result of the merger of S.C. Messina and Messinese.
Northern League
Regular season Group winners went to the final phase. Four worst clubs of each group were relegated.
Group A
Classification PTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or relegation 1.Pro Vercelli 22 17 2 3 49 14 +35 36 Qualified 2.Torino 22 14 4 4 59 12 +47 32 3.Sampierdarenese 22 12 4 6 37 22 +15 28 4.Pisa 22 11 3 8 43 33 +10 25 5.Hellas Verona 22 9 6 7 29 26 +3 24 6.Casale 22 7 9 6 23 17 +6 23 7.Internazionale 22 8 5 9 33 37 -4 21 7.Virtus Bologna 22 8 5 9 15 22 -7 21 9.Mantova (R) 22 6 6 10 18 27 -9 18 Relegated 10.US Torinese (R) 22 6 4 12 23 41 -18 16 11.PetrarcaPadova(R) 22 6 3 13 20 51 -31 15 12.SperanzaSavona(R) 22 0 5 17 10 57 -47 5
Results table
Group B
Classification PTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or relegation 1.Genoa 22 17 5 0 61 18 +43 39 Qualified 2.Legnano 22 13 6 3 37 19 +18 32 3.Bologna 22 11 5 6 66 21 +45 27 4.Milan 22 8 10 4 32 28 4 26 5.Juventus 22 10 5 7 31 21 +10 25 6.Cremonese 22 10 4 8 28 25 +3 24 6.Modena 22 10 4 8 24 23 +1 24 8.Spezia 22 5 9 8 20 29 -9 19 Relegation tie-breaker 9.Derthona (R) 22 6 7 9 29 31 -2 19 Relegation tie-breaker 10.Rivarolese (R) 22 7 4 11 28 49 -21 18 Relegated 11.EsperiaComo(R) 22 1 4 17 11 49 -38 6 12.Udinese (R) 22 1 3 18 14 68 -54 5
Results table
Relegation tie-breaker Played on July 1, 1923, in Genoa.
Tie-breaker Played on July 8, 1923, in Genoa.
Group C
Classification PTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or relegation 1.Padova 22 14 4 4 48 22 +26 32 Qualification tie-breaker 2.Alessandria 22 14 4 4 35 15 +20 32 Qualification tie-breaker 3.Livorno 22 13 4 5 43 19 +24 30 3.SPAL 22 12 6 4 37 15 +22 30 5.Novara 22 12 2 8 41 24 +17 26 6.Andrea Doria 22 9 6 7 40 29 +11 24 7.Brescia 22 8 4 10 34 28 +6 20 8.Novese 22 5 9 8 26 32 -6 19 9.Lucchese (R) 22 6 4 12 24 55 -31 16 Relegated 10.US Milanese (R) 22 3 8 11 23 43 -20 14 11.PastoreTorino (R) 22 4 3 15 16 53 -37 11 12.Savona (R) 22 3 4 15 14 46 -32 10
Results table
Promotion tie-breaker Played on June 3, 1923, in Milan.
Padova qualified for the Final Round.
Final round
Classification PTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsChampions of Italy 1.Genoa 4 3 1 0 8 2 +6 7 Qualified 2.Pro Vercelli 4 1 1 2 5 5 0 3 3.Padova 4 1 0 3 4 10 -6 2
Results table
Southern League
The Southern League was a separate amatorial league, still divided in five regions. The winner were Lazio Rome.
National Finals
References and sources Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005
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