1928–29 Divisione Nazionale

28th season of top-tier Italian football May 2025 1928–29 1928–29 Bologna Sezione Calcio.jpg 1928–29 Bologna team Bologna2nd title CasaleLa DominanteNovaraBariAtalantaPratoLegnanoBielleseVeneziaPistoieseHellas VeronaFiumanaReggianaFiorentina Gino Rossetti(36 goals) 484 1794 1927–28 1929–30 A →1929–30 B The 1928-29 Divisione Nazionale was the twenty-ninth edition of the Italian Football Championship. It was also the sixth season from which the Italian Football Champions adorned their team jerseys in the subsequent season with a Scudetto. This was the third of three seasons of the Italian Football Championship re-branded to Divisione Nazionale (prior to the fourth re-brand that in 1929 created Serie A and Serie B). The 1928–29 Divisione Nazionale was the second Italian Football Championship won by Bologna. Format changes Divisione Nazionale was organised into two non-geographical round robin contests. In 1928-29 it was contested by 27 clubs from what was then within Northern Italy, plus three Central and two Southern Italian clubs. The top team from each of the two round robins then decided the championship via a two-legged final. In 1928 the fascist regime allowed for 1929 the start of the Serie A they stopped in 1926, not before to readmit SS Lazio and SC Napoli to allow a wider representation of Southern Italy, and AS Livorno and La Dominante to avoid odd groups. More, during the summer the FIGC decided another expansion of the championship to allow a wider representation of the territories annexed after WWI, to save the remaining two clubs of the closing season, and to include AC Fiorentina and three other minor clubs, effectively making the new tournament a mixed Serie A-Serie B championship that should split into the two leagues. First phase Group A Classification main WDL Group A 5 Q 2 TOR Torino A MIL Milan ROM Roma ALE 3 Alessandria PPA Pro Patria MOD Modena LIV Livorno PAD Padova TRI Triestina CSL Casale LDO 10 La Dominante NOV 10 Novara BAR Bari ATA Atalanta PRA Prato LEG Legnano 21 6 3 115 31 18 6 6 64 34 17 6 7 71 34 16 8 6 64 47 15 6 9 68 52 14 7 9 59 51 13 6 11 61 62 G 11 8 11 53 58 12 5 13 60 68 GT 8 7 15 59 72 8 7 15 38 68 G 8 7 15 40 77 6 10 14 38 61 6 9 15 27 53 7 5 18 36 63 GT 7 4 19 33 68 GT lightblue Qualified and admitted to A QASA inherit Admitted to Serie A SA SA SA SA SA SA SA inherit Later admitted to Serie A Relegated to Serie B and later readmitted to Serie A. RSA #FFCCCC Admitted to Serie B SB SB SB SB SB #FFCCCC Later admitted to Serie B Relegated to Serie C and later readmitted to Serie B, . ASB ASB complete Panini Results table main FBR grey ALE ATA BAR CSL LDO LEG LIV MIL MOD NOV PAD PRA PPA ROM TOR TRI Alessandria 2–2 6–3 1–1 4–0 2–0 5–1 1–0 3–1 3–0 2–1 2–1 4–1 0–2 3–3 2–0 Atalanta 0–2 0–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 0–3 0–1 0–0 2–0 2–2 2–0 0–0 1–3 0–1 4–1 Bari 4–1 1–1 1–4 3–2 2–0 1–1 2–2 2–3 3–3 4–1 0–3 0–0 2–1 0–2 4–2 Casale 1–4 1–0 0–0 1–1 6–0 7–2 3–3 5–2 6–2 3–0 4–2 3–3 1–5 0–1 1–4 La Dominante 0–1 2–2 1–0 2–2 3–2 2–0 0–2 0–0 4–2 0–3 3–2 3–5 1–2 1–1 2–0 Legnano 1–1 1–1 2–1 5–2 0–1 1–0 1–5 0–3 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–2 1–2 2–3 Livorno 2–2 3–2 1–1 5–0 8–1 4–1 1–0 2–0 5–3 2–0 2–1 2–2 1–0 1–3 1–1 Milan 2–2 5–1 5–1 3–1 5–2 6–1 2–1 1–1 7–0 1–2 4–0 3–2 0–1 3–1 2–1 Modena 1–1 4–0 2–1 4–0 1–0 3–2 5–1 3–0 1–1 5–1 0–0 1–1 3–1 1–5 4–2 Novara 0–1 5–1 2–0 2–0 0–0 1–1 0–2 1–4 4–2 1–1 2–1 3–2 1–3 1–7 2–1 Padova 3–3 1–0 5–0 3–3 0–0 3–1 4–3 1–2 2–3 2–2 2–1 4–3 4–3 0–0 2–2 Prato 3–1 0–0 2–0 3–0 2–1 1–0 2–3 0–2 2–3 1–2 1–3 2–2 0–0 0–2 2–1 Pro Patria 4–0 2–0 2–1 2–1 2–3 2–1 2–1 0–4 3–1 7–0 3–0 5–1 4–3 1–3 2–1 Roma 2–2 3–0 0–0 2–1 3–1 4–1 0–0 1–1 5–0 4–0 1–2 4–0 3–0 6–1 4–0 Torino 6–1 7–0 0–0 4–0 8–1 7–0 10–1 2–2 3–1 5–0 3–1 9–1 2–3 3–0 12–0 Triestina 2–1 2–0 7–1 4–2 5–1 1–4 4–2 1–0 3–1 1–0 3–0 2–2 1–3 3–3 2–2 Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 it Group B Classification main WDL Group B 5 Q 2 BOL Bologna A JUV Juventus BRE 2 Brescia GEN Genova 1893 PVE Pro Vercelli AMB Ambrosiana CRE Cremonese LAZ Lazio NAP 8 Napoli BIE Biellese VEN Venezia PST Pistoiese HEL 12 Hellas Verona FIU Fiumana REA Reggiana FIO Fiorentina 22 5 3 84 32 16 9 5 76 25 18 5 7 67 35 17 5 8 71 35 16 6 8 71 40 16 3 11 95 38 14 5 11 46 43 13 3 14 47 39 G 11 7 12 61 64 GT 11 6 13 34 56 10 5 15 53 65 G 9 7 14 36 65 10 5 15 32 73 G 4 8 18 32 73 G 3 7 20 51 103 GT 5 2 23 26 96 GT -1 1 point deducted. #90EE90 Qualified and admitted to A QASA inherit Admitted to Serie A SA SA SA SA SA SA inherit Both admitted to Serie A Lazio and Napoli were set to play a qualification match, but both teams were admitted to Serie A after the match went void. BSA BSA #FFCCCC Admitted to Serie B SB SB SB SB SB #FFCCCC Later admitted to Serie B Relegated to Serie C and later readmitted to Serie B, . ASB ASB complete Panini Results table main FBR grey AMB BIE BOL BRE CRE FIO FIU GEN JUV LAZ NAP PST PVE REA VEN HEL Ambrosiana 7–0 1–1 5–1 0–1 3–0 8–1 0–1 4–2 3–1 0–1 9–1 3–0 5–1 10–2 9–0 Biellese 2–1 1–1 0–2 2–1 3–1 1–0 2–1 1–3 2–0 3–2 1–0 1–2 3–0 2–1 3–0 Bologna 3–1 3–0 1–0 6–0 3–0 2–0 3–1 0–0 6–2 5–1 5–0 3–0 5–1 3–0 4–1 Brescia 0–0 2–2 10–0 0–0 5–0 3–2 5–0 1–1 4–2 2–0 3–0 0–0 5–1 3–1 2–1 Cremonese 0–2 3–1 0–2 2–1 6–0 4–1 3–2 0–0 4–2 5–1 1–0 0–2 3–0 2–1 1–0 Fiorentina 0–3 2–0 2–3 2–3 2–1 3–0 1–2 0–4 0–4 1–1 0–1 0–1 2–0 0–2 1–1 Fiumana 1–2 2–1 0–2 0–2 1–1 4–2 0–0 1–3 0–2 1–1 2–2 2–2 4–0 1–1 2–1 Genova 1893 6–1 5–0 3–0 1–1 2–0 7–0 4–2 3–3 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–0 2–2 1–0 11–0 Juventus 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 3–0 11–0 11–0 2–0 0–1 3–1 4–0 1–3 2–0 4–0 4–0 Lazio 1–0 2–0 0–1 0–1 3–0 5–1 2–0 0–2 1–2 0–0 4–0 1–1 4–0 1–0 3–0 Napoli 4–1 5–0 0–4 4–0 1–1 7–2 2–1 1–2 1–0 1–2 4–1 3–3 6–2 4–1 3–0 Pistoiese 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–3 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 0–4 2–1 0–1 2–1 8–2 3–1 1–1 Pro Vercelli 4–1 5–1 2–0 3–0 2–1 5–0 4–1 1–1 3–4 3–1 4–1 9–0 4–0 3–0 1–1 Reggiana 1–4 2–2 3–9 1–4 3–4 2–3 1–1 2–1 2–2 1–1 8–2 2–2 3–1 4–5 3–4 Venezia 1–4 3–1 1–2 3–2 1–1 3–1 3–1 3–1 1–1 2–0 2–2 1–1 5–2 2–3 5–0 Hellas Verona 1–0 0–0 1–6 3–2 0–1 4–0 2–0 0–5 0–1 2–1 0–0 2–1 2–1 3–1 2–1 Forfeit CRE_AMB CRE_AMB Decided by the FIGC Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 it Serie A qualifications Lazio 2–2After extra time. Napoli Both clubs were admitted to the Serie A to allow a wider representation of Southern Italy. Mitropa qualifications Italy was invited to join the 1929 Mitropa Cup when the championship was not yet finished, so the FIGC decided a playoff between the apparent runners-up Juventus and Milan, and two out of the three remaining football giants Inter and Genoa. National Finals Bologna ● 2 points each ● Torino 3-1 0-1 Because of the sole points were considered by the championship regulations, with no relevance to the aggregation of goals, a tie-break was needed. Tie-break in Rome Bologna 1-0 Torino Top goalscorers Rank Player Club Goals 1ITA 1861 Gino RossettiTorino 362ITA 1861 Giuseppe MeazzaAmbrosiana333ITA 1861 Angelo SchiavioBologna30 References and sources Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 Footnotes Association football Italy Category:Serie A seasons Italy Category:1928–29 in Italian football leagues