25th season of top-tier Italian football
Football league season
The 1925–26 Prima Divisione season, its final season, was won by Juventus .
Northern League
Regular season
Udinese and Parma FC had been promoted from the Second Division.
Goal average was introduced eliminating the tie-breakers.
The Northern League decided to create the Serie A with 16 teams starting in 1926, so the last four teams of each group should be relegated.
However, just after the end of the regular season the fascists postponed thus project under protests of Southern clubs which would be excluded. They imposed a National Division of two groups instead, and all relegated clubs entered into an extraordinary qualification for the new tournament.
Group A
Classification
P
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Promotion or relegation
1.
Bologna
22
17
4
1
74
20
+54
38
Qualified to the final
2.
Torino
22
16
4
2
67
28
+39
36
3.
Modena
22
11
3
8
45
30
+15
25
4.
Hellas Verona
22
10
5
7
58
48
+10
25
5.
Internazionale
22
10
5
7
44
38
+6
25
6.
Casale
22
9
4
9
42
32
+10
22
7.
Andrea Doria
22
9
3
10
37
50
-13
21
8.
Brescia
22
8
3
11
38
51
-15
19
9.
Novara
22
6
6
10
40
42
-2
18
Qualifications to the National Division
10.
Udinese
22
5
3
14
38
75
-37
13
11.
Pisa
22
5
2
15
23
65
-42
12
12.
Legnano
22
3
4
15
22
49
-27
10
Results table
Source:
[citation needed ] Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Group B
Classification
P
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Promotion or relegation
1.
Juventus
22
17
3
2
68
14
+54
37
Qualified to the final
2.
Cremonese
22
13
3
6
41
25
+16
29
3.
Genoa
22
13
2
7
48
29
+19
28
4.
Padova
22
11
3
8
55
33
+22
25
5.
Livorno
22
11
3
8
43
45
-2
25
6.
Sampierdarenese
22
10
3
9
38
43
-5
23
7.
Pro Vercelli
22
9
4
9
42
31
+11
22
8.
Milan
22
10
2
10
43
39
+4
22
9.
Reggiana
22
7
3
12
30
50
-20
17
Qualifications to the National Division
10.
Alessandria
22
7
2
13
41
48
-7
16
11.
Parma
22
5
2
15
23
58
-35
12
12.
Mantova
22
2
4
16
24
81
-57
8
Results table
Source:
[citation needed ] Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Finals
Team 1
Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score
Team 2
1st leg
2nd leg
Bologna
● 2 points each ●
Juventus
2-2
0-0
Tie-break
Played on August 1, 1926, in Milan .
Juventus qualified for the National Finals.
Southern League
The Southern League was a separate amatorial league, still divided in five regions. The winner were Alba Rome.
National Finals
1st leg Date: 8 August 1926 , 2nd leg Date: 22 August 1926
Top goalscorers
Qualification to the National Division
Round 1
Played on August 29
Round 2
Played on September 5
Round 3
Played on September 12
Repetition
Played on September 19 in Turin
Alessandria was qualified to the National Division.
References and sources
Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004 , Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005
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