The 1927-28 Divisione Nazionale was the twenty-eighth edition of the Italian Football Championship. This was the second of three seasons of the Italian Football Championship re-branded to Divisione Nazionale. It was also the fifth season from which the Italian Football Champions' adorned their team jerseys in the subsequent season with a Scudetto. The 1927–28 Divisione Nazionale season was the first Italian Football Championship won by Torino.
Format Divisione Nazionale was organised into two non-geographical round robin contests. In 1927-28 it was contested by 19 Northern Italian clubs plus SS Lazio, AS Roma and SSC Napoli. The top four teams from each of they two round robins then decided the championship via a round robin finals contest. Novara, Pro Patria, Reggiana and Lazio joined from the lower First Division. Some clubs in Rome and Genoa were merged. Newly formed AS Roma (from three merged clubs) and SSC Napoli joined the championship as special guests by order of the fascist authorities, to allow a wider representation of Southern Italy.
First phase Group A Classification PTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation 1.Torino 20 14 2 4 78 19 +59 30 Qualified 2.Genoa 20 13 3 4 42 21 +21 29 3.Alessandria 20 12 4 4 59 20 +39 28 4.Milan 20 10 6 4 35 23 +12 26 5.Brescia 20 9 3 8 30 37 -7 21 6.Pro Vercelli 20 7 4 9 29 27 +2 18 7.Cremonese 20 7 3 10 33 34 -1 17 7.Padova 20 7 3 10 24 36 -12 17 9.Napoli 20 5 5 10 23 54 -31 15 Later readmitted to Divisione NazionaleReadmitted to the first division due to championship reform. 10.Lazio 20 4 3 13 17 45 -28 11 11.Reggiana 20 1 6 13 23 77 -54 8
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Group B Classification PTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation 1.Bologna 20 10 7 3 44 16 +28 27 Qualified 2.Juventus 20 9 6 5 37 24 +13 24 2.Casale 20 8 8 4 35 27 +8 24 2.Internazionale 20 9 6 5 40 32 +8 24 5.Modena 20 7 8 5 39 28 +11 22 6.Novara 20 8 5 7 28 29 -1 21 7.Pro Patria 20 8 4 8 30 34 -4 20 8.Roma 20 6 6 8 31 30 +1 18 9.Livorno 20 7 3 10 32 37 -5 17 Later readmitted to Divisione Nazionale 10.La Dominante 20 4 6 10 26 40 -14 14 11.Hellas Verona 20 2 5 13 21 66 -45 9
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Final round Classification PTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation 1.Torino 14 8 3 3 33 18 +15 19 Champions 2.Genoa 14 7 3 4 30 27 +3 17 3.Alessandria 14 6 4 4 31 25 +6 16 3.Juventus 14 7 2 5 23 17 +6 16 5.Bologna 14 5 5 4 28 18 +10 15 6.Milan 14 5 4 5 21 24 -3 14 7.Internazionale 14 5 1 8 27 37 -10 11 8.Casale 14 1 2 11 14 41 -27 4
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Top goalscorers
Rank Player Club Goals 1 Julio LibonattiTorino 352 Adolfo BaloncieriTorino313 Angelo SchiavioBologna26
References and sources Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005
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