1920–21_Italian_Football_Championship

1920–21 Prima Categoria

1920–21 Prima Categoria

20th season of top-tier Italian football


The 1920–21 Prima Categoria season was won by Pro Vercelli.

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Regulation

Struggles between minor and major clubs continued, more, they went out of control. The regional FAs expanded the championship to 64 clubs. The preliminary regional phase became the bulk of the tournament, with even sixteen matchdays and regular regional football champions, while the following national phase was reduced to a spring tournament of eight matchdays.

The main tournament was completely divided in five independent sections, and each region had its own football champions. The spots to the national championship were divided according to the agreements between the Regional FAs.

National championship was split in four groups of four clubs. Group winners advanced to the final four. The whole tournament could have twenty-two matchdays.

The experimental Southern groups had their own special regulations.

Teams

Regional FAs agreed to expand the league to 64 clubs. They variously chose to promote, re-elect, or invite clubs to fill the spots they had been granted to.

Pre-league qualifications

Liguria

Round 1

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Round 2

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Verdicts

Rivarolese and Sestrese were admitted to the 1a Categoria.

Northern Italy

Qualifications

Liguria

Classification
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Source: Panini
(T) Qualified, but not yet for the particular phase indicated
Notes:
  1. 1

Rivarolese was demoted by the Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio after incidents caused by its supporters during the match Rivarolese-Savona (0–2). Rivarolese's remaining matches were all considered forfeits. The side was readmitted to the championship for the following season.

Results table
More information Home \ Away, ADO ...
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio – La Storia 1898–2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 (in Italian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. Rivarolese was demoted by the Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio after incidents caused by its supporters during the match Rivarolese-Savona (0–2). Rivarolese's rimaining matches were all considered forfeits. The side was readmitted to the championship for the following season.

Piedmont

Group A
Classification
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Source: Panini
(E) Eliminated
Results Table
More information Home \ Away, CRG ...
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio – La Storia 1898–2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 (in Italian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. Forfeit
Leadership playoff
Played on 13 March 1921 in Alessandria.
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Group B
Classification
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Source: Panini
(E) Eliminated
Results Table
More information Home \ Away, ALE ...
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio – La Storia 1898–2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 (in Italian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. Forfeit
Qualification playoff
Played on 20 February 1921 in Vercelli.
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Repetition
Played on 20 March 1921 in Vercelli.
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US Torinese qualified for the Northern Italy semifinals. Casale resigned from the FIGC.

Regional final
Played on 20 March 1921 in Turin.
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  • Alessandria Champions of Piedmont 1921

Lombardy

Group A
Classification
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Source: Panini
(E) Eliminated
Results Table
More information Home \ Away, AUS ...
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio – La Storia 1898–2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 (in Italian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Group B
Classification
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Source: Panini
(T) Qualified, but not yet for the particular phase indicated
Results Table
More information Home \ Away, CRE ...
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio – La Storia 1898–2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 (in Italian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Group C
Classification
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Source: Panini
(E) Eliminated
Results Table
More information Home \ Away, PAV ...
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio – La Storia 1898–2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 (in Italian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Relegation playoff
Played on 5 December 1920 in Busto Arsizio.
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Group D
Classification
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Source: Panini
(T) Qualified, but not yet for the particular phase indicated
Results Table
More information Home \ Away, CHI ...
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio – La Storia 1898–2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 (in Italian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Relegation playoff
Played on 5 December 1920 in Saronno.
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The match was voided due to irregularities.

Repetition
Played on 19 December 1920 in Saronno.
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Group E
Classification
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Source: Panini
(T) Qualified, but not yet for the particular phase indicated
Results Table
More information Home \ Away, ATA ...
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio – La Storia 1898–2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 (in Italian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Group F
Classification
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Source: Panini
(E) Eliminated; (T) Qualified, but not yet for the particular phase indicated
Results Table
More information Home \ Away, ENO ...
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio – La Storia 1898–2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 (in Italian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Final round
Classification
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Source: Panini
Results Table
More information Home \ Away, INT ...
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio – La Storia 1898–2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 (in Italian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. Forfeit

Veneto

Group A
Classification
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Source: Panini
Results Table
  • The home teams are read down the left hand side while the away teams are indicated along the top.
More information Home \ Away, BEN ...
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio – La Storia 1898–2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 (in Italian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Group B
Classification
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Source: Panini
(R) Relegated
Results Table
  • The home teams are read down the left hand side while the away teams are indicated along the top.
More information Home \ Away, DOL ...
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio – La Storia 1898–2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 (in Italian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. Dolo-Padova was suspended due to lack of footballs. FIGC decided to confirm the result obtained at the time of the suspension.
Relegation playoff
Played on 27 February 1921 in Padua.
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Final round
Classification
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Source: Panini
Results Table
  • The home teams are read down the left hand side while the away teams are indicated along the top.
More information Home \ Away, BEN ...
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio – La Storia 1898–2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 (in Italian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. Forfeit

Emilia

Group A
Classification
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Source: Panini
Results table
More information Home \ Away, CAR ...
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Group B
Classification
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Source: Panini
(R) Relegated
Results table
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Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Regional Finals
Played on 6 February and 13 March 1921 to determine Emilia's regional champion.
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Since the aggregate rule wasn't applied, a tie-breaker was needed.

Tie-breaker
Played on 3 April 1921 in Ferrara.
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Qualification play-off
Played on 2 and 20 February 1921.
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Relegation playoff
Played on ? in ?.
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Semifinals

Group A

Classification
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Source: Panini
Results table
More information Home \ Away, BOL ...
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group B

Classification
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Source: Panini
Results table
More information Home \ Away, ALE ...
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Qualification playoff
Played on 3 July 1921 in Milan.
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Group C

Classification
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Source: Panini
Results table
More information Home \ Away, LEG ...
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Qualification play-off
Played on 26 June 1921 in Vercelli.
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A tie-breaker was due, but both Legnano and Torino decided to retire from the championship and to resign from the FIGC.

Group D

Classification
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Source: Panini
Results table
More information Home \ Away, BEN ...
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. Forfeit

Finals

Round 1

Played on 10 July 1921 in Turin.
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Bologna F.C. advanced directly to Round 2 due to Torino and Legnano's retirement. Alessandria resigned from the FIGC.

Round 2

Played on 17 July 1921 in Livorno.
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Bologna resigned from the FIGC.

Southern Italy tournament

An experimental amatorial tournament was played in Southern Italy.

Final round

Played on 3 July 1921 in Bologna.
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Livorno resigned from the FIGC.

National final

Played on 24 July 1921 in Turin.
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Both teams resigned from the FIGC.


Footnotes

    References and sources

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

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