The 1923-24 Prima Divisione was the twenty-fourth edition of the Italian Football Championship and the third branded Prima Divisione. The 1923–24 Prima Divisione was the ninth Italian Football Championship won by Genoa. Genoa's win that season was the first in which the Italian Football Champions celebrated by adorning the team jerseys the following season with a Scudetto.
Format All five seasons of Prima Divisione were scheduled as regional competitions, leading to a national final. Northern League The Northern League was composed by the 24 best clubs of 1922–23 Prima Divisione.
Regular season Group winners went to the final. Bottom clubs were relegated, while penultimate clubs went to a test-match against two clubs of the Second Division.
Group A
Classification PTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or relegation 1.Genoa 22 14 5 3 50 13 +37 33 Qualified 2.Padova 22 12 5 5 36 18 +18 29 3.Internazionale 22 11 5 6 31 25 +6 27 3.Livorno 22 12 3 7 33 30 +3 27 5.Alessandria 22 10 6 6 38 23 +15 26 5.Juventus 22 11 4 7 37 27 +10 26 7.Modena 22 8 7 7 35 30 +5 23 8.Casale 22 10 2 10 25 34 -9 22 9.Sampierdarenese 22 9 0 13 21 32 -11 18 10.Brescia 22 5 3 14 17 39 -22 13 11.Novara 22 4 4 14 22 41 -19 12 Qualification play-off 12.Virtus Bologna 22 3 2 17 13 46 -33 8 Relegated
Results table
Group B
Classification PTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or relegation 1.Bologna 22 13 5 4 41 18 +23 31 Qualified 2.Torino 22 12 6 4 43 22 +21 30 3.Pro Vercelli 22 11 6 5 46 23 +23 28 4.Hellas Verona 22 8 7 7 43 35 +8 23 5.Pisa 22 7 8 7 26 35 -9 22 6.Andrea Doria 22 7 7 8 28 26 +2 21 6.Legnano 22 8 5 9 27 26 +1 21 8.Cremonese 22 8 4 10 24 31 -7 20 9.Milan 22 7 5 10 38 44 -6 19 10.SPAL 22 6 6 10 26 44 -18 18 11.Spezia 22 7 3 12 16 35 -19 17 Qualification play-off 12.Novese 22 5 4 13 21 40 -19 14 Relegated
Results table
Finals The finals were played after a May break due to the participation of the Italian football team to the Olympics in Paris.
Qualification play-off
Classification PTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or relegation 1.Spezia 6 4 2 0 10 3 +7 10 Qualified 2.Novara 6 3 2 1 14 3 +11 8 3.Olimpia Fiume 6 2 1 3 7 11 -4 5 4.Sestrese 6 0 1 5 4 18 -14 1
Results table
Southern League
The Southern League was a separate amatorial league, still divided in five regions. The winner were Savoia from Torre Annunziata.
National Finals 1st Leg: 31 Aug 1924, *2nd Leg: 7 Sep 1924
Top goalscorers
Rank Player Club Goals 1 Heinrich SchönfeldTorino 222 Fulvio BernardiniLazio173 Giulio BobbioSavoia164 Adolfo BaloncieriAlessandria15 Angelo SchiavioBologna6 Aristodemo SantamariaGenoa14
References and sources Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005
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