The Southern League was the amatorial football championship in Southern Italy during the 20's of the 20th century.
The 1922–23 season was the first one organized within the Italian Football Federation. The winner had the honor to play against the Northern Champions.
The League took over the former CCI Regional championship, maintaining the goal to improve the quality of the game in the area. Southern semifinals with six matchdays were introduced following the limitation of the regional phase to ten matchdays.
Qualifications
Marche Anconitana was the only subscribed team and advanced directly to the semifinals.
Lazio
Classification PTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or relegation 1.Lazio 10 8 1 1 30 14 +16 17 Qualified 2.Alba Roma 10 7 1 2 42 13 +29 15 3.Fortitudo Roma 10 5 1 4 20 18 +2 11 4.US Romana 10 3 1 6 12 21 -9 7 5.Juventus Audax 10 3 0 7 14 31 -17 6 6.Roman 10 2 0 8 7 28 -21 4 Relegated
Results table
Campania
Classification PTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or relegation 1.Savoia 8 7 1 0 26 6 +20 15 Qualified 2.Internaples 8 5 1 2 8 4 +4 11 3.Stabia 8 4 0 4 12 11 +1 8 4.Cavese 8 3 0 5 11 19 -8 6 5.Bagnolese 8 0 0 8 1 18 -17 0 6.Puteolana 0 Disbanded Puteolana retired and disbanded.
Results table
Apulia
Classification PTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or relegation 1.Pro Italia Taranto 8 6 1 1 25 7 +18 13 Qualified 2.Ideale Bari 8 6 0 2 19 8 +11 12 3.Audace Taranto 8 3 3 2 15 11 +4 9 4.Liberty Bari 8 2 1 5 10 18 -8 5 5.Lecce 8 0 1 7 7 32 -25 1 Disbanded
Results table
Sicily A previous qualification tournament, with home and away matches, started without FIGC's permission and was declared void. Anyway, the three sides had ended the tournament with 2 points each.
Classification PTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or relegation 1.Libertas Palermo 2 2 0 0 3 0 +3 4 Qualified 2.Messina 2 1 0 1 2 1 +1 2 3.Palermo 2 0 0 2 0 4 -4 0
Results
Semifinals
Group A
Pro Italia Taranto had to retire from the championship due to lack of players: most of the players were soldiers and Taranto's military command denied them to play in this tournament and against civilian sides again.
Classification PTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or relegation 1.Savoia 6 4 2 0 11 3 +8 10 Qualified 2.Alba Roma 6 3 1 2 8 5 +3 7 2.Anconitana 6 3 1 2 10 9 +1 7 4.Pro Italia Taranto 6 0 0 6 0 12 -12 0 Retired
Results table
Group B
Classification PTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or relegation 1.Lazio 6 6 0 0 29 4 +25 12 Qualified 2.Ideale Bari 6 4 0 2 8 11 -3 8 3.Libertas Palermo 6 2 0 4 10 20 -10 4 Merged with Palermo 4.Internaples 6 0 0 6 2 14 -12 0
Results table
Finals
Footnotes