The 1925–26 Prima Divisione season, its final season, was won by Juventus.

Prima Divisione
1925–26 Juventus team
Season1925–26
ChampionsJuventus
2nd title
RelegatedNovara
Udinese
Pisa
Legnano
Reggiana
Parma
Mantova
Matches played385
Goals scored1,512 (3.93 per match)
Top goalscorerFerenc Hirzer
(35 goals)

Northern League

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Regular season

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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

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Classification
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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
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Home \ Away ADO BOL BRE CAS HEL INT LEG MOD NOV PIS TOR UDI
Andrea Doria 3–3 4–1 3–2 3–2 2–0 3–1 2–1 2–2 5–1 0–0 3–2
Bologna 3–0 6–0 1–0 7–0 4–1 6–0 1–0 4–1 7–0 3–2 4–0
Brescia 5–0 1–2 2–1 3–2 0–1 2–0 2–2 4–1 2–0 3–4 3–1
Casale 2–0 0–1 2–0 3–2 3–3 5–0 4–0 1–1 4–0 2–3 2–1
Hellas Verona 5–1 2–2 4–2 4–3 1–0 4–1 0–2[1] 2–2 7–1 1–1 4–0
Internazionale 0–1 1–1 4–0 4–1 3–3 2–0 2–1 5–4 1–0 3–4 4–2
Legnano 1–0 1–2 1–1 0–2 1–3 1–1 0–1 0–0 4–1 1–2 6–1
Modena 6–0 0–0 3–2 2–3 3–2 3–0 2–0 4–1 6–2 1–1 5–1
Novara 3–1 1–2 5–1 0–0 1–2 1–1 3–1 0–1 2–0 0–2 6–3
Pisa 3–2 0–6 0–1 1–1 1–3 1–3 2–0 1–0 4–3 1–1 1–2
Torino 4–0 6–2 5–0 2–0 5–2 2–1 4–1 3–1 2–1 4–1 7–0
Udinese 3–2 1–7 3–3 2–1 3–3 3–4 2–2 3–1 0–2[1] 1–2 4–3
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group B

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Classification
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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
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Home \ Away ALE CRE GEN JUV LIV MAN MIL PAD PAR PRO REG SAM
Alessandria 2–3 1–0 1–3 1–0 9–0 4–3 0–2 2–0 1–1 6–0 5–0
Cremonese 3–0 1–0 0–0 8–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 3–0 4–2 1–0 2–1
Genoa 7–2 2–1 1–3 0–0 3–1 2–1 2–0 3–0 2–1 3–0 3–1
Juventus 4–0 4–0 2–0 3–0 8–1 6–0 3–2 6–0 2–1 5–0 4–0
Livorno 6–2 2–1 3–2 1–1 6–1 1–1 3–0 4–0 2–0 2–0 5–1
Mantova 7–1 0–0 2–5 0–5 0–2 0–2 0–2[1] 1–1 2–2 3–0 1–1
Milan 2–2 1–4 1–3 1–2 4–1 3–1 3–0 4–2 4–0 4–0 2–0
Padova 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–2 6–1 9–0 4–2 6–1 5–2 6–2 3–0
Parma 1–0 3–1 1–5 0–3 0–1 5–3 1–2 2–0 0–3 2–0 1–3
Pro Vercelli 1–0 4–0 2–0 0–1 7–0 3–0 3–1 1–1 2–2 3–0 2–0
Reggiana 2–1 0–2 2–2 2–0 5–2 4–0 0–1 4–1 2–0 3–2 1–1
Sampierdarenese 2–1 2–1 2–3 2–1 2–1 8–1 2–1 2–1 4–1 1–0 3–3
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Finals

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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.
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Bologna 1-2 Juventus

Juventus qualified for the National Finals.

Southern League

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The Southern League was a separate amatorial league, still divided in five regions. The winner were Alba Rome.

National Finals

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1st leg Date: 8 August 1926, 2nd leg Date: 22 August 1926

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Juventus 12-1 Alba Roma 7-1 5-0

Top goalscorers

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Rank Player Club Goals
1   Ferenc Hirzer Juventus 35
2   Angelo Schiavio Bologna 28
3   Pietro Pastore Juventus 26
4   Márton Bukovi Alba Roma 25
5   Ernesto Ghisi Internaples 20
  Adolfo Baloncieri Torino
7   Giovanni Ferrari Internaples 16

Qualification to the National Division

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Round 1

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Played on August 29

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Alessandria 6-1 Pisa
Legnano 2-0[2] Udinese
Mantova 7-3[3] Reggiana
Novara 4-0 Parma

Round 2

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Played on September 5

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Alessandria 4-1 Legnano
Mantova 3-4[3] Novara

Round 3

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Played on September 12

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Alessandria 2-2[3] Novara
Repetition

Played on September 19 in Turin

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Alessandria 3-1 Novara

Alessandria was qualified to the National Division.

References and sources

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  • Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005

Footnotes

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  1. ^ a b c Decided by the FIGC.
  2. ^ Forfeit.
  3. ^ a b c After extra time.