1944 Campionato Alta Italia

Football championship of the Italian Social Republic The 1944 Divisione Nazionale,http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,2/articleid,1120_01_1943_0297_0002_22696774/ L'attività calcistica per la stagione 1943-44 La Stampa 2 December 1943 2 6 January 2022https://www.storiaememoriadibologna.it/files/giornali/1943_12_01_carlino.pdf I campionati di calcio si inizieranno in dicembre Il Resto del Carlino 3 December 1943 2 6 January 2022 6 January 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220106155209/https://www.storiaememoriadibologna.it/files/giornali/1943_12_01_carlino.pdf dead better known as Campionato Alta Italia was a football championship organized by the Italian Social Republic and disputed in Northern and Central Italy in 1944 among Serie A and Serie B teams plus others. The tournament was won by Spezia, and officially recognized as an "honorary" title by the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) only in 2002, following a long dispute. Following the decision of FIGC in 2002, Spezia is authorized by the Italian Federation to exhibit a tricolour badge on the official jerseys which is unique, being the only example of a permanent one in Italy. The badge has a different shape and size compared to the ordinary Scudetto.http://www.cittadellaspezia.com/La-Spezia/Sport/1944-2002-uno-scudetto-per-sempre-5116.aspx 1944-2002: uno scudetto per sempre 30 July 2004 6 January 2022 Background Following the American liberation of Tunisia and later Sicily in 1943, Italy suffered heavy bombings by the Allied Powers. The consequent multiple damages on railways and streets imposed to the FIGC to plan a special mixed championship for the 1943–44 season, with three different regional groups to reduce the teams movements.La Stampa Turin newspaper, 2 July 1943 (it.) However, at the eve of his dismissal, Benito Mussolini suspended all sport activities.La Stampa Turin newspaper, 24 July 1943 (it.) After Italy defeat in World War II, with the country divided by the "Gothic Line", the Italian Football Federation split in two: while the official FIGC remained in the south, under the rule by the Kingdom of Italy, the northern FIGC, ruled by the Italian Social Republic, moved its headquarters to Milan and organized a "campionato di divisione nazionale misto" (mixed national division championship). The so-called Campionato Alta Italia (High Italy Championship) was the only Italian championship organized on a more than regional basis: in Central and Southern Italy many regional championship were held. Originally, the Roman Championship won by Lazio was part of the Alta Italia qualifications, but the Liberation of Rome changed the plan. The Spezia players had to obtain the status of Firefighters from the La Spezia local command in order to be able to play football games traveling to other cities, as freedom of movement was restricted during war time in Italy. Similarly, Torino Calcio players were allowed to move freely and play football carrying FIAT documents. In 1944 the Grande Torino, similarly to Spezia as VVFF, participated with the denomination Torino FIAT. In the northern FIGC's original plans, the winning team in the tournament would have been recognized as Champion of Italy; however; after the end of the championship, a statement from the northern Federation, following political pressure, announced that Spezia wouldn't be awarded the "Scudetto" title.http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,2/articleid,1119_01_1944_0224_0002_13601049/anews,true/ Il Torino resta campione La Stampa 11 August 1944 2 6 January 2022 Only in 2002 the Spezia title was officially recognised by FIGC as a decoration. Following the decision of FIGC in 2002, Spezia Calcio is authorized by the Italian Federation to exhibit a tricolour badge on the official jerseys which is unique, being the only example of a permanent one in Italy. The badge has a different shape and size compared to the ordinary Scudetto. Qualifications Piedmont and Liguria Standings main WDL Piedmont and Liguria 5 2 Q TOR Torino FIAT JUV Juventus Cisitalia BIE Biellese LIG Liguria GEN Genova 1893 NOV Novara AST Asti CSL Casale ALE 8 Alessandria CUN Cuneo 16 2 0 78 19 12 3 3 44 25 12 0 6 44 32 10 3 5 40 25 9 2 7 34 31 8 1 9 28 33 5 3 10 21 36 4 2 12 20 37 4 2 12 13 46 1 0 17 8 46 blue1 Qualified Q Q complete Results main FBR grey complete ALE AST BIE CSL CUN GEN JUV LIG NOV TOR Alessandria 1–3 0–4 1–0 2–0 0–2 2–2 0–0 1–0 0–4 Asti 0–1 2–3 0–1 3–2 1–3 0–2 0–0 4–2 0–4 Biellese 5–1 3–0 4–3 2–0 3–1 1–2 5–4 3–2 1–2 Casale 2–0 0–2 0–2 2–0 0–2 0–2 2–4 2–2 1–4 Cuneo 3–2 0–2 0–2 0–2 0–3 0–2 0–2 0–2 0–3 Genova 1893 3–0 1–1 1–2 2–0 3–2 2–0 1–3 2–1 4–4 Juventus Cisitalia 4–0 2–2 3–2 5–1 6–1 3–1 4–3 2–0 0–0 Liguria 4–1 4–0 2–0 0–0 2–0 2–1 4–3 1–0 1–2 Novara 3–1 1–0 2–1 2–0 2–0 2–1 1–2 3–2 1–3 Torino FIAT 7–0 6–1 7–1 5–4 4–0 7–1 5–0 3–2 8–2 Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 it Lombardy Standings main WDL Lombardy 5 2 Q AMB Ambrosiana-Inter VAR Varese BRE Brescia FAN Fanfulla MIL Milano PPA 5 Pro Patria CRE Cremonese ATA Atalanta 10 1 3 30 13 6 4 4 26 20 7 2 5 24 20 5 5 4 17 17 5 3 6 18 16 4 5 5 12 14 3 4 7 13 24 3 2 9 12 28 blue1 Qualified Q orange1 Tie-breaker TB TB complete Results main FBR grey AMB ATA BRE CRE FAN MIL PPA VAR Ambrosiana-Inter 2–1 8–2 3–1 3–1 0–2 2–0 3–0 Atalanta 1–2 3–2 2–0 0–0 0–2 1–0 1–4 Brescia 0–1 1–0 0–0 4–1 1–0 1–1 4–1 Cremonese 1–2 2–1 0–4 1–1 0–0 3–0 1–1 Fanfulla 2–1 3–1 0–1 1–0 3–1 1–0 1–1 Milano 1–3 6–0 3–2 0–2 1–0 1–1 0–0 Pro Patria 0–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 0–0 2–0 3–1 Varese 1–0 3–0 0–1 7–2 3–3 2–1 2–0 complete Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 it Tie-breaker Brescia ITA 0-1(aet) Varese ITA Varese advanced to the semifinals Veneto Group A Standings main WDL Veneto A 5 2 Q VEN Venezia TRV Treviso PAD 2 Padova BAS Bassano MST Mestre LGN Legnago ROV 6 Rovigo 10 0 2 43 12 8 1 3 36 11 8 0 4 27 18 6 0 6 22 31 1 5 6 10 21 2 2 8 19 35 2 2 8 9 38 -1 1 point deducted? blue1 Qualified Q Q complete Results main FBR grey BAS LGN MST PAD ROV TRV VEN Bassano 4–1 1–0 0–3 5–2 0–7 0–1 Legnago 1–4 1–1 3–1 6–0 1–4 0–3 Mestre 0–2 2–2 0–2 0–0 1–1 1–2 Padova 7–2 7–1 2–1 1–0 1–3 2–0 Rovigo 0–1 3–2 1–1 0–1 2–0 1–3 Treviso 2–1 2–0 5–0 3–0 7–0 1–3 Venezia 7–2 4–1 2–3 5–0 11–0 2–1 complete Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 it Group B main WDL Veneto B 5 2 Q VIC Vicenza HEL Verona LAN Lanerossi Schio DAM DAM Valdagno MON Monti Padova SMB Sambonifacese ASM Audace San Michele PEL 7 Pellizzari Arzignano 8 1 1 32 7 5 3 2 18 15 5 2 3 16 16 5 1 4 15 15 1 1 8 12 31 1 2 7 16 25 – – 2 1 7 – – 2 1 8 -1 1 point deducted.The match DAM Valdagno-Sambonifacese wasn't disputed. FIGC decided that both the teams had lost the match and had 1 and 2 points deducted rispectively. -2 2 points deducted. blue1 Qualified Q Q orange1 Withdrew Audace San Michele and Pellizzari Arzignano withdrew during the championship. All their matches were invalidated. WD WD complete Results main FBR grey ASM DAM LAN MON PEL SMB HEL VIC Audace San Michele null null null null null null null DAM Valdagno null 2–0 1–0 null – 0–0 1–2 Lanerossi Schio null 3–1 1–0 null 2–0 4–0 1–1 Monti Padova null 2–3 1–1 null 4–1 1–2 1–5 Pellizzari Arzignano null null null null null null null Sambonifacese null 1–3 2–3 10–1 null 0–0 0–2 Hellas Verona 2-0 2–0 5–0 4–2 6-0 2–2 3–1 Vicenza 5-1 5–0 4–1 3–0 2-1 4–0 2–0 VIC_PEL VIC_PEL VIC_PEL Audace San Michele and Pellizzari Arzignano withdrew during the championship. All their matches were voided. The match DAM Valdagno-Sambonifacese wasn't disputed. FIGC decided that both the teams had lost the match and had 1 and 2 points deducted respectively. Forfeit forfeit forfeit forfeit forfeit complete Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 it Final round Treviso and Vicenza withdrew before the start of the round Venezia Italian Social Republic 7-3 Verona Italian Social Republic 5-1 2-2 Both Venezia and Verona were admitted to the semifinals. Venezia Giulia Standings main WDL Friuli-Venezia Giulia 5 2 Q AMP Ampelea Isola d'Istria TRI Triestina PGO Pro Gorizia MFA Monfalcone SGI San Giusto UDI 5 Udinese COR Cormonese PON Ponziana 10 2 2 35 17 8 3 3 28 11 6 4 4 21 21 6 2 6 19 22 4 5 5 14 14 5 3 6 17 25 4 0 10 16 28 3 1 10 13 25 blue1 Qualified Q Q complete Results main FBR grey AMP COR MFA PON PGO SGI TRI UDI Ampelea Isola d'Istria 4–2 3–0 5–2 4–1 1–1 2–0 6–2 Cormonese 1–4 2–1 1–0 0–1 3–1 0–4 0–2 Monfalcone 1–2 1–0 2–1 1–1 4–1 2–1 1–0 Ponziana 0–1 0–4 1–0 1–3 2–0 1–1 1–0 Pro Gorizia 3–1 2–1 1–1 3–2 1–1 0–3 3–1 San Giusto 0–1 2–0 1–2 1–0 2–0 0–0 4–0 Triestina 3–0 3–1 4–0 3–2 2–1 0–0 3–0 Udinese 1–1 3–1 4–3 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 complete Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 it Emilia Group A Standings main WDL Emilia-Romagna A 2 Q BOL Bologna CES Cesena PAN Panigale SPC San Pietro in Casale 5 0 1 22 8 4 0 2 12 5 3 0 3 9 12 0 0 6 3 21 -2 2 points deducted blue1 Qualified Q Q complete Results main FBR grey BOL CES PAN SPC Bologna 2–0 4–0 2–1 Cesena 5–0 2–0 2–0 Panigale 1–3 3–2 3–1 San Pietro in Casale 1–11 0–1 0–2 complete Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 it Group B Standings main WDL Emilia-Romagna B 2 Q FAE Faenza FRL 1 Forlimpopoli RAV Ravenna IML Imola FOR Forlì 4 3 1 18 7 5 1 2 17 11 4 1 3 17 7 4 0 4 14 17 0 1 7 3 27 blue1 Qualified Q Q complete Results main FBR grey FAE FOR FRL IML RAV Faenza 1–1 4–1 5–0 1–1 Forlì 1–2 1–5 0–1 0–3 Forlimpopoli 2–2 3–0 3–2 2–1 Imola 0–3 7–0 1–0 2–1 Ravenna 1–0 5–0 0–1 5–1 complete Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 it Group C Standings main WDL Emilia-Romagna C 2 Q MOD Modena CRP Carpi REA 2 Reggiana MAN Mantova CEN Centese 6 2 0 17 6 4 3 1 19 6 5 1 2 13 9 1 1 6 11 28 0 1 7 11 22 blue1 Qualified Carpi qualified on goal difference. Q Q complete Results main FBR grey CRP CEN MAN MOD REA Carpi 2–1 6–1 0–0 1–1 Centese 1–5 2–2 1–2 0–1 Mantova 0–4 3–1 1–3 1–2 Modena 1–1 4–3 5–0 1–0 Reggiana 1–0 3–2 5–3 0–1 complete Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 it Group D Standings main WDL Emilia-Romagna D 2 Q VFS VV.FF. Spezia COR Corradini Suzzara FID Fidentina PAR Parma ORL Orlandi Busseto 5 3 0 14 6 5 1 2 15 8 2 4 2 20 20 2 3 3 8 12 0 1 7 7 18 -1 1 point deducted blue1 Qualified Q Q complete Results main FBR grey COR FID ORL PAR VFS Corradini Suzzara 6–0 2–0 2–1 0–2 Fidentina 2–3 2–1 7–1 1–1 Orlandi Busseto 1–2 3–3 0–1 1–2 Parma 0–0 1–1 4–1 0–0 VV.FF. Spezia 2–0 4–4 2–0 1–0 complete Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 it Tuscany Standings August 2019 The qualified team, Lucchese, was excluded from the championship following the allied invasion of Tuscany. Lazio Standings August 2019 Lazio was excluded from the championship following the liberation of Rome. The organisation of the regional tournament, from then on known as Campionato romano di guerra 1943-1944, was taken over by the Kingdom of Italy. Semifinals Group A (Piedmont and Lombardy) Standings main WDL SF A 2 Q TOR Torino FIAT JUV Juventus Cisitalia AMB Ambrosiana-Inter VAR Varese 3 2 1 21 12 3 1 2 15 9 2 2 2 12 13 1 1 4 6 20 blue1 Qualified Q complete Results main FBR grey AMB JUV TOR VAR Ambrosiana-Inter 2–1 3–3 3–0 Juventus Cisitalia 1–0 3–1 6–1 Torino FIAT 6–2 3–3 2–1 Varese 2–2 2–1 0–6 complete Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 it Group B (Veneto and Venezia Giulia) Verona withdrew before the start of the semifinals. Standings main WDL SF B 2 Q VEN Venezia AMP Ampelea Isola d'Istria TRI 2 Triestina 2 2 0 3 0 1 0 2 2 4 0 2 1 1 2 Ampelea Isola d'Istria and Triestina renounced to play the last match: Venezia was already qualified and there were public security problems due to the war and the rivalry between the two teams' fans. AMP blue1 Qualified Q complete Results main FBR grey AMP TRI VEN Ampelea Isola d'Istria – 0–1 Triestina 1–2 0–0 Venezia 2–0 0–0 Ampelea Isola d'Istria and Triestina renounced to play the last match: Venezia was already qualified and there were public security problems due to the war and the rivalry between the two teams' fans. Decided by the FIGC. complete Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 it Group C (Emilia) Round 1 Group A Standings main WDL SF C A 2 Q BOL Bologna CES Cesena FRL Forlimpopoli FAE Faenza 4 1 1 11 5 4 0 2 13 6 2 2 2 10 11 0 1 5 5 17 blue1 Qualified Q complete Results main FBR grey BOL CES FAE FRL Bologna 2–0 3–1 3–1 Cesena 2–0 5–1 2–0 Faenza 0–2 0–2 0–2 Forlimpopoli 1–1 3–2 3–3 complete Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 it Group B Standings main WDL SF C B 2 Q VFS VV.FF. Spezia COR Corradini Suzzara CRP 2 Carpi MOD Modena 5 0 1 14 4 2 1 3 7 10 2 1 3 5 7 2 0 4 3 8 -1 1 point deducted -1 COR -1 COR blue1 Qualified Q complete Results main FBR grey CRP COR MOD VFS Carpi 1–1 0–1 2–1 Corradini Suzzara 2–0 2–0 2–5 Modena 0–2 2–0 0–2 VV.FF. Spezia 2–0 2–0 2–0 Decided by the FIGC. COR_CRP COR_CRP complete Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 it Round 2 Bologna Italian Social Republic 0-4 VV.FF. Spezia Italian Social Republic 0-2Decided by the FIGC. 0-2Forfeit. VV.FF. Spezia didn't play the semifinals, due to the retirement of Lucchese (the semifinalist of Tuscany), and they were directly admitted to the final. Final round Standings main WDL Final round 2 Result VFS VV.FF. Spezia TOR Torino FIAT VEN Venezia 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 6 4 0 1 1 3 6 #90EE90 Champions C complete Results Venezia ITA 1-1 VV.FF. Spezia ITA VV.FF. Spezia ITA 2-1 Torino FIAT ITA Torino FIAT ITA 5-2 Venezia ITA References and sources Fabrizio Calzia and Paolo Rabajoli, Lo Scudetto per sempre – I Vigili del fuoco della Spezia Campioni d’Italia 1944, Sagep e Il Secolo XIX Footnotes 1 External links - All results on RSSSF Website. Association football Italy Category:Italian Football Championship seasons Italy Italy 1 1