1926–27 Divisione Nazionale

Divisione Nazionale
Season	1926–27
Dates	3 October 1926 – 10 July 1927
Champions	Not awarded (Torino were stripped of their title due to match fixing)
Relegated	No relegations (Roma and Napoli were later readmitted to Divisione Nazionale as guests)
Matches played	210
Goals scored	696 (3.31 per match)
Top goalscorer	Anton Powolny; (22 goals)
	← 1925–26 1927–28 →

The 1926-27 Divisione Nazionale was the twenty-seventh edition of the Italian Football Championship. It was also the fourth season from which the Italian Football Champions' adorned their team jerseys in the subsequent season with a Scudetto. This was the first of three seasons of the Italian Football Championship re-branded to Divisione Nazionale (replacing the previous Prima Divisione). The 1926–27 Divisione Nazionale won by Torino was revoked during the following season. That was due to alleged match fixing in a derby versus Juventus.

The Viareggio Charter

In 1926 the ”Viareggio Charter” submitted the Italian football's organization to the fascist regime. The Northern League was disbanded and it was replaced by the fascist regime appointed Higher Divisions Directory. Three clubs from Southern Italy were added to the original sixteen-clubs championship to make it a national league. The 20th club had been chosen by a special qualification between the relegated clubs of the Northern League which was won by US Alessandria.

Hence, in a complete re-structure from previous Italian Championships, Divisione Nazionale was organised into two non-geographical round robin contests. In 1926-27 it was contested by 17 Northern Italian clubs plus two from Rome plus SSC Napoli. The top three teams from each of they two round robins then decided the championship via a round robin finals contest. The finals phase replaced the previous championship final that had become a traditional appointment with riots and supporter violences.

First phase

Group A

Classification

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1.	Juventus	18	12	3	3	44	10	+34	27	Qualified to the finals
1.	Internazionale	18	12	3	3	49	22	+27	27
3.	Genoa	18	10	4	4	37	15	+22	24
4.	Casale	18	9	3	6	24	22	+2	21
5.	Pro Vercelli	18	7	6	5	27	22	+5	20
6.	Modena	18	6	6	6	21	27	-6	18
7.	Brescia	18	6	3	9	28	35	-7	15
7.	Hellas Verona	18	6	3	9	19	35	-16	15
9.	Alba-Audace Roma^[1]	18	5	2	11	25	32	-7	12	Disbanded
10.	Napoli	18	0	1	17	7	61	-54	1	Later readmitted^[2]

Results table

The home teams are read down the left hand side while the away teams are indicated along the top.

Home \ Away	ALB	BRE	CAS	GEN	HEL	INT	JUV	MOD	NAP	PRO
Alba-Audace Roma	—	5–2	0–1	1–3	3–0	1–1	0–2	1–2	5–2	3–0
Brescia	4–0	—	3–1	1–0	4–2	0–3	0–2	2–2	5–1	0–0
Casale	3–1	3–0	—	2–1	2–0	1–1	0–2	3–0	3–0	1–1
Genoa	2–0	4–1	4–0	—	2–0	4–0	1–2	2–1	4–1	3–0
Hellas Verona	2–0	1–4	1–2	1–1	—	1–1	1–0	1–0	5–0	2–1
Internazionale	2–1	4–1	3–0	2–1	5–0	—	3–0	2–1	9–2	2–0
Juventus	1–0	2–0	4–0	0–0	6–0	4–1	—	7–2	8–0	0–1
Modena	2–2	2–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–4	1–1	—	1–0	3–1
Napoli	0–2	0–0	0–2	0–2^[3]	0–1	0–3	0–3	0–1	—	0–3
Pro Vercelli	3–0	3–1	0–0	2–2	4–1	4–3	0–0	0–0	4–1	—

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group B

Classification

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1.	Torino	18	12	2	4	52	25	+27	26	Qualified to the finals
2.	Milan	18	11	2	5	41	27	+14	24
2.	Bologna	18	11	2	5	38	26	+12	24
4.	Alessandria	18	9	3	6	42	24	+18	21
5.	Livorno	18	9	2	7	32	28	+4	20
5.	Sampierdarenese^[4]	18	9	2	7	31	36	-5	20
7.	Padova	18	7	1	10	29	44	-15	15
8.	Andrea Doria^[4]	18	5	3	10	16	31	-15	13	Disbanded
9.	Cremonese	18	6	0	12	19	35	-16	12	Later readmitted^[2]
10.	Fortitudo-Pro Roma^[1]	18	2	1	15	18	42	-24	5	Later readmitted^[2]

Results table

The home teams are read down the left hand side while the away teams are indicated along the top.

Home \ Away	ALE	ADO	BOL	CRE	FOR	LIV	MIL	PAD	SAM	TOR
Alessandria	—	5–0	5–1	2–1	3–1	0–0	3–1	6–1	6–1	1–3
Andrea Doria	1–2	—	0–1	2–1	1–2	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–2
Bologna	2–0	0–0	—	4–2	2–1	3–2	4–1	5–1	4–2	1–1
Cremonese	1–0	3–1	1–0	—	1–0	0–1	1–2	0–2	4–0	0–1
Fortitudo-Pro-Roma	1–1	0–1	0–2^[3]	1–2	—	0–2^[3]	2–3	1–2	0–1	4–2
Livorno	1–2	2–1	3–1	4–0	3–1	—	1–2	5–0	3–0	2–1
Milan	1–1	4–1	4–2	1–0	4–0	3–0	—	5–2	1–2	3–1
Padova	3–2	1–1	0–2	4–1	5–3	3–1	1–3	—	3–1	0–1
Sampierdarenese	2–1	3–0	1–3	2–0	3–1	1–1	3–1	3–0	—	4–1
Torino	3–2	3–1	2–1	8–1	4–0	8–0	2–2	3–1	6–1	—

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final round

Classification

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1.	Torino	10	7	0	3	17	15	+2	14	First team^[5]
2.	Bologna	10	5	2	3	14	6	+8	12
3.	Juventus	10	5	1	4	24	13	+11	11
4.	Genoa	10	4	1	5	15	21	-6	9
5.	Internazionale	10	3	2	5	13	16	-3	8
6.	Milan	10	2	2	6	13	25	-12	6

Results table

Home \ Away	BOL	GEN	INT	JUV	MIL	TOR
Bologna	—	1–0	3–0	1–0	2–1	5–0
Genoa	1–0	—	1–1	2–3	2–0	3–1
Internazionale	1–0	2–3	—	2–1	1–2	1–2
Juventus	1–1	6–0	1–3	—	8–2	1–0
Milan	1–1	4–2	1–1	0–2^[3]	—	2–3
Torino	1–0	3–1	2–1	2–1	3–0	—

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Anton Powolny	Internazionale	22
2	Julio Libonatti	Torino	21
3	Gino Rossetti	Torino	19
4	Antonio Vojak	Juventus	16

References and sources

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

Footnotes

^ ^a ^b Alba-Audace Roma, as lower Roman, was forced by fascist authorities to merge into Fortitudo-Pro Roma at the end of the season, forming new A.S. Roma, immediately readmitted to Divisione Nazionale.
^ ^a ^b Readmitted at the end of the season.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Decided by the FIGC.
^ ^a ^b Andrea Doria was forced by fascist authorities to merge into Sampierdarenese at the end of the season, forming new La Dominante Genova.
^ Title revoked during the following season.

[asroma-1] Alba-Audace Roma, as lower Roman, was forced by fascist authorities to merge into Fortitudo-Pro Roma at the end of the season, forming new A.S. Roma, immediately readmitted to Divisione Nazionale.

[readmitted-2] Readmitted at the end of the season.

[figc-3] Decided by the FIGC.

[dominante-4] Andrea Doria was forced by fascist authorities to merge into Sampierdarenese at the end of the season, forming new La Dominante Genova.

[5] Title revoked during the following season.

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Serie A
2025–26 clubs	Atalanta Bologna Cagliari Como Cremonese Fiorentina Genoa Hellas Verona Inter Milan Juventus Lazio Lecce AC Milan Napoli Parma Pisa Roma Sassuolo Torino Udinese
Former clubs	Alessandria Ancona Ascoli Avellino Bari Benevento Brescia Carpi Casale Catania Catanzaro Cesena Chievo Crotone Empoli Foggia Frosinone Lecco Legnano Livorno Lucchese Mantova Messina Modena Monza Novara Padova Palermo Perugia Pescara Piacenza Pistoiese Pro Patria Pro Vercelli Reggiana Reggina Salernitana Sampdoria Siena SPAL Spezia Ternana Treviso Triestina Varese Venezia Vicenza
Organisations	Lega Serie A Defunct: Lega Calcio Lega Alta Italia Direttorio Superiore Lega Nord
Competition	Teams winners Players foreign Managers Stadia
Statistics and awards	Records Serie A Awards Coach of the Month Player of the Month Goal of the Month Team of the Year Footballer of the Year Coach of the Year Goalkeeper of the Year Referee of the Year Football Club of the Year Italian Footballer of the Year Foreign Footballer of the Year Young Footballer of the Year Defender of the Year Top scorers Players with 100+ goals Hat-tricks
Finances	Richest clubs: Deloitte list Forbes list
History	Prima Divisione Divisione Nazionale
Associated competitions	Coppa Italia Supercoppa Italiana Serie B Serie C Serie D European UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League UEFA Conference League

Serie A seasons
Prima Categoria	1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 FIGC
Prima Divisione	1921–22 CCI 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26
Divisione Nazionale	1927–28 1928–29
Serie A	1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43
Divisione Nazionale	1943–44 1944–45 1945–46
Serie A	1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26
Wartime tournaments: 1916 Coppa Federale 1944 Alta Italia

1926–27 in European football
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Domestic leagues	Austria Belgium Bulgaria Czechoslovakia Denmark England Estonia '26 '27 Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '26 '27 Latvia '26 '27 Lithuania '26 '27 Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Poland '26 '27 Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Sweden Switzerland Turkey '27 Yugoslavia '26 '27
Domestic cups	Austria Belgium Denmark (Copenhagen '26, Funen '26, Jutland '26) England France Hungary Italy Luxembourg Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '26 '27 Portugal Republic of Ireland Scotland Spain '26 '27 Switzerland Wales
International cups	Mitropa Cup