1927–28 Divisione Nazionale

Divisione Nazionale
Season	1927–28
Champions	Torino; 1st title
Relegated	None (Napoli, Lazio, Livorno, La Dominante, Reggiana, Hellas Verona were later readmitted to Divisione Nazionale)
Matches played	276
Goals scored	953 (3.45 per match)
Top goalscorer	Julio Libonatti; (35 goals)
	← 1926–27 1928–29 →

The 1927-28 Divisione Nazionale was the twenty-eighth edition of the Italian Football Championship. This was the second of three seasons of the Italian Football Championship re-branded to Divisione Nazionale. It was also the fifth season from which the Italian Football Champions' adorned their team jerseys in the subsequent season with a Scudetto. The 1927–28 Divisione Nazionale season was the first Italian Football Championship won by Torino.

Format

Divisione Nazionale was organised into two non-geographical round robin contests. In 1927-28 it was contested by 19 Northern Italian clubs plus SS Lazio, AS Roma and SSC Napoli. The top four teams from each of they two round robins then decided the championship via a round robin finals contest. Novara, Pro Patria, Reggiana and Lazio joined from the lower First Division. Some clubs in Rome and Genoa were merged. Newly formed AS Roma (from three merged clubs) and SSC Napoli joined the championship as special guests by order of the fascist authorities, to allow a wider representation of Southern Italy.

First phase

Group A

Classification

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1.	Torino	20	14	2	4	78	19	+59	30	Qualified
2.	Genoa	20	13	3	4	42	21	+21	29
3.	Alessandria	20	12	4	4	59	20	+39	28
4.	Milan	20	10	6	4	35	23	+12	26
5.	Brescia	20	9	3	8	30	37	-7	21
6.	Pro Vercelli	20	7	4	9	29	27	+2	18
7.	Cremonese	20	7	3	10	33	34	-1	17
7.	Padova	20	7	3	10	24	36	-12	17
9.	Napoli	20	5	5	10	23	54	-31	15	Later readmitted to Divisione Nazionale^[1]
10.	Lazio	20	4	3	13	17	45	-28	11
11.	Reggiana	20	1	6	13	23	77	-54	8

Results table

Home \ Away	ALE	BRE	CRE	GEN	LAZ	MIL	NAP	PAD	PRO	REG	TOR
Alessandria	—	4–1	5–0	4–0	6–0	0–0	11–1	3–1	0–0	11–0	3–1
Brescia	0–1	—	3–2	0–1	4–3	1–3	2–0	1–0	2–1	5–2	3–1
Cremonese	4–1	0–1	—	1–2	2–0	0–1	5–0	3–0	3–1	1–1	2–2
Genoa	2–0	0–0	4–1	—	4–0	1–1	3–0	4–1	5–0	5–2	2–1
Lazio	0–1	2–1	2–1	1–2	—	3–1	0–2	0–3	1–1	1–1	0–2
Milan	2–2	4–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	—	5–1	3–0	1–0	2–2	1–3
Napoli	1–1	0–4	3–1	2–1	0–0	1–2	—	2–2	2–0	4–0	0–1
Padova	2–1	1–1	0–2	1–2	2–0	2–1	2–1	—	1–0	2–0	0–4
Pro Vercelli	0–1	1–0	3–0	3–0	6–0	1–1	1–1	3–1	—	4–0	0–3
Reggiana	1–3	0–0	1–2	0–3	1–3	0–2	2–2	2–2	5–3	—	3–8
Torino	4–1	11–0	2–2	2–0	3–0	2–0	11–0	3–1	0–1	14–0	—

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.	Bologna	20	10	7	3	44	16	+28	27	Qualified
2.	Juventus	20	9	6	5	37	24	+13	24
2.	Casale	20	8	8	4	35	27	+8	24
2.	Internazionale	20	9	6	5	40	32	+8	24
5.	Modena	20	7	8	5	39	28	+11	22
6.	Novara	20	8	5	7	28	29	-1	21
7.	Pro Patria	20	8	4	8	30	34	-4	20
8.	Roma	20	6	6	8	31	30	+1	18
9.	Livorno	20	7	3	10	32	37	-5	17	Later readmitted to Divisione Nazionale^[1]
10.	La Dominante	20	4	6	10	26	40	-14	14
11.	Hellas Verona	20	2	5	13	21	66	-45	9

Results table

Home \ Away	BOL	CAS	LAD	HEL	INT	JUV	LIV	MOD	NOV	PRO	ROM
Bologna	—	4–1	10–1	1–1	2–0	7–0	3–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	3–0
Casale	0–0	—	8–1	2–2	2–0	4–1	2–1	2–5	0–0	3–2	3–2
La Dominante	0–0	0–0	—	7–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–2	2–3	0–0
Hellas Verona	0–1	1–1	1–2	—	1–2	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–3	2–1	2–0
Internazionale	2–4	3–2	4–1	1–0	—	6–1	3–2	2–1	3–0	5–2	3–3
Juventus	1–0	1–2	5–1	1–1	3–1	—	2–1	1–1	4–3	6–2	3–0
Livorno	0–3	1–2	5–2	2–1	0–3	4–2	—	5–3	2–1	4–1	2–1
Modena	2–1	0–0	5–1	0–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	—	5–1	2–1	2–0
Novara	4–0	0–0	1–1	3–0	2–2	0–2	1–0	2–1	—	1–0	2–1
Pro Patria	1–1	2–0	4–0	1–1	2–1	1–0	2–0	1–2	1–1	—	0–3
Roma	1–1	1–1	3–1	3–0	0–0	4–2	2–0	3–3	4–1	0–1	—

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	14	8	3	3	33	18	+15	19	Champions
2.	Genoa	14	7	3	4	30	27	+3	17
3.	Alessandria	14	6	4	4	31	25	+6	16
3.	Juventus	14	7	2	5	23	17	+6	16
5.	Bologna	14	5	5	4	28	18	+10	15
6.	Milan	14	5	4	5	21	24	-3	14
7.	Internazionale	14	5	1	8	27	37	-10	11
8.	Casale	14	1	2	11	14	41	-27	4

Results table

Home \ Away	ALE	BOL	CAS	GEN	INT	JUV	MIL	TOR
Alessandria	—	1–1	5–1	6–1	6–3	2–0	2–0	2–1
Bologna	1–1	—	7–0	3–1	3–1	0–2	5–0	1–1
Casale	5–0	3–4	—	0–4	1–3	0–2^[2]	2–2	0–3
Genoa	2–0	2–0	1–1	—	6–0	3–0	2–2	2–1
Internazionale	4–3	3–1	3–0	2–2	—	1–4	2–3	1–3
Juventus	0–0	1–1	3–0	6–1	1–0	—	0–1	1–4
Milan	3–0	1–1	2–0	1–2	1–2	3–1	—	2–2
Torino	3–3	1–0	2–1	5–1	3–2	1–2	3–0	—

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

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Julio Libonatti	Torino	35
2	Adolfo Baloncieri	Torino	31
3	Angelo Schiavio	Bologna	26

References and sources

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

Footnotes

^ ^a ^b Readmitted to the first division due to championship reform.
^ Decided by the FIGC.

[readmitted-1] Readmitted to the first division due to championship reform.

[2] Decided by the FIGC.

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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	1926–27 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

1927–28 in European football
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Domestic leagues	Austria Belgium Bulgaria Czechoslovakia Denmark England Estonia '27 '28 Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '27 '28 Latvia '27 '28 Lithuania '27 '28 Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Poland '27 '28 Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union Sweden Switzerland Turkey '27 Yugoslavia '27 '28
Domestic cups	Austria Denmark (Copenhagen '27) England France Hungary Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '27 '28 Palestine Portugal Republic of Ireland Scotland Spain '27 '28 Switzerland Wales