The 1945–46 Italian Football Championship officially known as 1945–46 Divisione Nazionale, was the forty-fourth edition of the Italian Football Championship. It was the twenty-first season from which the Italian Football Champions adorned their team jerseys in the subsequent season with a Scudetto. 1945-46 was the first Italian Football Championship held after the ravages of World War II. Hence the authorities resurrected a one season return to the Divisione Nazionale two region set up, instead of the nationwide Serie A brand introduced in 1929.
Torino FC were champions for the third time in their history. This was their third scudetto since the scudetto started being awarded in 1924 and their second 'non-Serie A' style win. This was their second of five consecutive Italian Football Championship wins, punctuated by a two-year break due to World War II.
Northern Italy Serie A Championship Campionato Alta Italia Serie A
Just after the Allied disbandment of the fascist Higher Directory, the major clubs from US-occupied Northern Italy replaced it by a provisional football league, the High Italy League (Lega Alta Italia), which organized the local section of the Serie A.
Teams Modena and Brescia had been promoted from Serie B.
Sampierdarenese and Andrea Doria reborn from Liguria and both joined this championship as FIGC special guests to repair their forced fusion by the fascist government in 1927.
Classification
Tie-breaker Played in Bologna on April 21.
Repetition Played in Modena on April 24.
Results
Central and Southern Italy Serie A-B Championship
Campionato Centro-Sud Serie A-B
Teams Bari had been relegated to Serie B but the FIGC annulled the move for wartime reasons.
Serie B guests Palermo had been relegated to Serie C but the FIGC annulled the move for wartime reasons.
Salernitana had been promoted from Serie C.
Pisa was granted of a special break for its huge wartime damages. MATER had been disbanded.
Classification
Results
Final round
Classification
Results
Top goalscorers
Rank Player Club Goals 1 Guglielmo GabettoTorino 222 Eusebio CastiglianoTorino203 Romano PenzoInternazionale184 Enrico CandianiInternazionale175 Silvio PiolaJuventus16 Aredio GimonaMilan Valentino MazzolaTorino Ezio LoikTorino9 Dante Di BenedettiBari1410 Giuseppe BaldiniAndrea Doria1311 Mario GrittiFiorentina1212 Engelbert KönigLazio11
References and sources Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005
External links - All results on RSSSF Website.