1945–46 Italian Football Championship

43rd season of top-tier Italian football May 2025 Divisione Nazionale 1945–46 frameless 1945–46 Torino team Torino3rd title Guglielmo Gabetto(22 goals) 350 889 1942–43 1946–47 The 1945–46 Italian Football Championship officially known as 1945–46 Divisione Nazionale, was the forty-fourth edition of the Italian Football Championship. It was the twenty-first season from which the Italian Football Champions adorned their team jerseys in the subsequent season with a Scudetto. 1945-46 was the first Italian Football Championship held after the ravages of World War II. Hence the authorities resurrected a one season return to the Divisione Nazionale two region set up, instead of the nationwide Serie A brand introduced in 1929. Torino FC were champions for the third time in their history. This was their third scudetto since the scudetto started being awarded in 1924 and their second 'non-Serie A' style win. This was their second of five consecutive Italian Football Championship wins, punctuated by a two-year break due to World War II. Northern Italy Serie A Championship Campionato Alta Italia Serie A Northern Italy right 325 Campionato Alta Italia Serie A 1945-46 team distribution Northern Italy 44.4 8.916667 A.DoriaSampierdareneseGenoa bottom Northern Italy 45.695 9.67 Atalanta Northern Italy 44.5075 11.351389 Bologna Northern Italy 45.533333 10.233333 Brescia bottom Northern Italy 45.4636 9.1884 InternazionaleMilan left Northern Italy 45.066667 7.7 JuventusTorino bottom Northern Italy 44.65 10.933333 Modena left Northern Italy 45.633333 13.8 Triestina Northern Italy 45.433333 12.316667 Venezia bottom Northern Italy 45.55 11.55 Vicenza Just after the Allied disbandment of the fascist Higher Directory, the major clubs from US-occupied Northern Italy replaced it by a provisional football league, the High Italy League (Lega Alta Italia), which organized the local section of the Serie A. Teams Modena and Brescia had been promoted from Serie B. Sampierdarenese and Andrea Doria reborn from Liguria and both joined this championship as FIGC special guests to repair their forced fusion by the fascist government in 1927. Classification main WDL Q Northern Italy Serie A Championship 2 5 TOR Torino A INT Internazionale A JUV Juventus A MIL Milan A BRE Brescia MOD Modena BOL 6 Bologna TRI Triestina ATA Atalanta ADO 9 Andrea Doria G VIC Vicenza GEN Genoa VEN Venezia SAM Sampierdarenese AC Sampierdarenese was called AC Liguria before the war. 19 4 3 65 18 17 5 4 52 21 13 9 4 52 23 12 6 8 38 36 12 6 8 38 33 8 10 8 24 22 11 4 11 30 33 8 7 11 23 32 7 7 12 21 28 7 7 12 25 35 8 4 14 28 38 6 7 13 21 46 4 9 13 19 37 5 5 16 19 53 Guest blue1 National final round QF QF QF blue1 Qualified after tie-breaker QTB Tie-breaker TB black1 Disbanded Sampierdarenese merged again with Andrea Doria at the end of the season, creating new UC Sampdoria. DISB complete Panini Tie-breaker Played in Bologna on April 21. Brescia 1–1 Milan Repetition Played in Modena on April 24. Brescia 1–2 Milan Results main FBR grey ADO ATA BOL BRE GEN INT JUV MIL MOD SAM TOR TRI VEN VIC Andrea Doria 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 0–1 2–3 0–0 2–0 3–2 Atalanta 0–3 0–1 0–0 2–2 2–1 1–1 0–2 0–1 3–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–2 Bologna 1–0 2–0 0–0 4–0 1–3 2–1 1–2 2–2 3–2 0–2 1–0 3–0 2–1 Brescia 2–0 1–1 2–1 3–1 1–2 2–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–3 1–1 3–1 4–1 Genoa 0–3 1–0 3–0 2–3 1–2 2–1 1–0 0–0 0–2 0–1 0–1 0–0 2–0 Internazionale 2–0 1–0 1–0 4–1 9–1 2–2 2–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–2 2–1 4–2 Juventus 6–1 2–0 1–0 3–1 4–1 0–0 2–2 1–0 6–0 2–1 1–1 5–0 2–1 Milan 1–2 2–1 2–2 3–1 1–0 1–3 1–1 1–0 3–0 2–3 2–0 2–1 2–4 Modena 1–0 0–2 2–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 0–3 5–1 0–0 2–0 Sampierdarenese 1–0 1–3 0–2 1–2 1–1 1–3 2–2 1–2 0–0 0–5 0–6 1–1 1–0 Torino 5–0 2–0 4–0 2–2 6–0 1–0 1–0 4–0 1–1 2–1 4–0 3–1 4–0 Triestina 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–3 0–3 1–2 1–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 0–2 Venezia 2–2 0–0 1–2 1–2 0–0 0–1 0–2 0–0 2–3 3–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 Vicenza 1–0 1–0 3–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–2 2–2 1–0 1–1 1–2 0–1 0–1 Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 it Central and Southern Italy Serie A-B Championship Serie A-B Sud Napoli (promoted) 1942–43 A← 1942–43 B 1946–47 A →1946–47 B Campionato Centro-Sud Serie A-B Italy right 325 Serie A-B Centro-Sud 1945-46 team distribution Italy 43.616944 13.516667 •Anconitana• Italy 41.133333 16.866667 Bari Italy 43.771667 11.253611 Fiorentina Italy 41.9 12.5 LazioRoma left Italy 40.833333 14.25 •Napoli• left Italy 38.116667 13.366667 •Palermo• Italy 42.466667 14.2 •Pescara• Italy 43.55 10.316667 Pro Livorno left Italy 40.683333 14.766667 •Salernitana• Italy 43.333333 11.333333 •Siena• Teams Bari had been relegated to Serie B but the FIGC annulled the move for wartime reasons. Serie B guests Palermo had been relegated to Serie C but the FIGC annulled the move for wartime reasons. Salernitana had been promoted from Serie C. Pisa was granted of a special break for its huge wartime damages. MATER had been disbanded. Classification main WDL Q 2 NAP Napoli GPA BAR 1 Bari A ROM Roma A PLI Pro Livorno A FIO Fiorentina PES Pescara G LAZ Lazio PAL 7 Palermo G SAL Salernitana G SIE Siena G ANC Anconitana GT 11 6 3 28 10 13 2 5 31 21 10 7 3 28 17 10 6 4 30 15 10 3 7 32 16 6 6 8 27 26 6 5 9 19 19 6 5 9 16 23 5 4 11 20 32 2 9 9 13 36 3 3 14 12 41 Guest green1 Promotion to Serie A QP blue1 National final round QF QF QF complete Panini 5 Serie A clubs and 7 Serie B clubs (but Pisa did not join) X Readmitted in B Results main FBR grey ANC BAR FIO LAZ NAP PAL PES PLI ROM SAL SIE Anconitana 1–2 0–1 1–0 0–3 1–2 1–1 1–1 0–1 2–1 1–1 Bari 4–2 1–0 1–0 2–1 3–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 4–0 Fiorentina 5–0 2–0 4–3 0–1 2–0 3–1 2–1 2–0 4–0 5–0 Lazio 1–2 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–1 6–0 0–2 1–2 2–1 0–0 Napoli 2–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 6–1 Palermo 3–0 0–2 0–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–3 1–0 2–2 Pescara 4–0 3–1 3–0 2–2 2–1 0–0 1–2 2–2 5–1 2–0 Pro Livorno 4–0 4–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 4–2 1–0 1–1 3–0 0–0 Roma 3–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 2–1 0–0 2–2 4–2 1–0 Salernitana 1–0 2–3 1–0 2–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 0–0 1–3 3–0 Siena 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–4 1–0 1–1 1–2 0–1 2–2 Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 it Final round Classification main WDL Q Final round 2 5 TOR Torino C JUV Juventus MIL Milan INT Internazionale NAP Napoli ROM Roma PLI Pro Livorno BAR Bari 11 0 3 43 14 9 3 2 31 8 7 2 5 25 16 6 2 6 20 16 5 3 6 19 27 4 3 7 16 22 4 2 8 13 35 1 3 10 6 35 green1 Champions C complete Panini Results main FBR grey BAR INT JUV MIL NAP PLI ROM TOR Bari 1–2 0–2 0–2 2–2 0–0 1–0 1–2 Internazionale 0–0 1–0 0–1 2–1 6–2 1–0 6–2 Juventus 6–1 1–0 3–1 6–0 5–1 2–1 1–0 Milan 8–0 3–2 1–1 2–3 1–0 2–0 2–0 Napoli 4–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 3–0 2–1 0–2 Pro Livorno 3–0 1–0 0–3 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–3 Roma 1–0 3–0 0–0 2–2 2–0 3–1 0–7 Torino 3–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 7–1 9–1 3–2 Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 it Top goalscorers Rank Player Club Goals 1ITA 1861 Guglielmo GabettoTorino 222ITA 1861 Eusebio CastiglianoTorino203ITA 1861 Romano PenzoInternazionale184ITA 1861 Enrico CandianiInternazionale175ITA 1861 Silvio PiolaJuventus16ITA 1861 Aredio GimonaMilanITA 1861 Valentino MazzolaTorinoITA 1861 Ezio LoikTorino9ITA 1861 Dante Di BenedettiBari1410ITA 1861 Giuseppe BaldiniAndrea Doria1311ITA 1861 Mario GrittiFiorentina1212AUT 1861 Engelbert KönigLazio11 References and sources Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 External links - All results on RSSSF Website. Association football Italy 1945-46 Italy 1 Category:Association football during World War II