1919–20 Prima Categoria

19th season of top-tier Italian football May 2025 Prima Categoria 1919–20 1919–20 Inter Milan.jpg Internazionale2nd title 1919–20 Internazionale team 1914–15 1920–21 The 1919-20 Prima Categoria was the nineteenth edition of the Italian Football Championship and the thirteenth since the re-brand to Prima Categoria. It was the first Italian football championship after World War One. The 1919–20 Prima Categoria was the second national title won by Internazionale. Regulation Struggles between minor and major clubs continued after four years of wartime break. The planned split between two national leagues had been forgotten, and the regional FAs became the lords of the tournament, which was expanded to 48 clubs. The championship was divided in a preliminary regional phase of ten matchdays, while the following national phase was split into a semifinal round of ten matchdays and a final round between three clubs. The main tournament was split in eight groups of six clubs. First and second clubs, together with the third teams of Piedmont, advanced to the national championship. Worst clubs had to ask for re-election. National championship was split in three groups of six clubs. Group winners advanced to the final group of three clubs. The whole tournament consequently had twenty-two matchdays. The experimental Southern groups had their own special regulations. Teams Six clubs had collapsed during the war. However, Regional FAs agreed to expand the league to 48 clubs. They variously chose to promote, re-elect, or invite clubs to fill the spots they had been granted to. Pre-league qualifications Piedmont Played on October 5, 1919, in Alessandria. Alessandrina 1-0 US Novarese Lombardy Played on October 5, 1919. Enotria Goliardo 2-0 Pro Patria et Libertate Trevigliese 3-2 Monza Atalanta 2-0 Soc. Bergamasca Ginnastica & Scherma Liguria All matches played on November 5, 1919, in Genoa. Three available spots. Round 1 Sampierdarenese 1-0 SPES Genova GC Grifone 5-1 Sestrese Round 2 SPES Genova 3-0After the first half. Second half not played for tiredness. Sestrese Emilia Matches played on September 29 and October 5, 1919, in Bologna. Round 1 GS Bolognese 1-0 Audace Round 2 GS Bolognese 1-0 SPAL Campania Round 1 Pro Caserta 6-0 Brasiliano Savoia 3-2 Stabia Round 2 Pro Caserta 4-0 Savoia Verdicts Atalanta, Enotria Goliardo, Grifone GC, Sampierdarenese, GS Bolognese, Pro Caserta, SPES Genova, Trevigliese and Alessandrina were admitted to the 1a Categoria. Amatori Giuoco Calcio Torino, Pastore, Ausonia Pro Gorla, Legnano, Saronno, Varese, Pavia, Carpi, Mantova, and Nazionale Emilia had been previously added to the championship by the Regional FAs. Northern Italy Qualifications Piedmont - Group A Classification main WDL 2 PR PVE Pro Vercelli JUV Juventus TOR Torino BIE Biellese AMT Amatori Torino ALE Alessandrina 7 2 1 29 7 6 4 0 25 5 6 3 1 27 10 2 1 7 12 34 1 2 7 7 24 1 2 7 12 32 E #90EE90 Qualified Q Q Q black1 Relegation play-off RP RPW Merged with Alessandria complete Panini Results table main FBR grey AMT BIE JUV PVE TOR ALE Amatori Torino 4–2 1–5 0–4 2–2 2–3 Biellese 1–0 0–3 1–6 2–9 4–2 Juventus 3–1 4–0 1–1 1–1 3–0 Pro Vercelli 8–1 3–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 Torino 3–0 3–2 1–1 4–0 3–1 Alessandrina 1–1 0–0 0–4 0–4 0–1 Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 it Relegation play-off Played on February 2, 1920, in Novara. Amatori Torino 2-1 Alessandrina Piedmont - Group B Classification main WDL 2 PR ALE Alessandria CSL Casale NOV Novara UST US Torinese PAS Pastore Torino VAL Valenzana 9 1 0 29 7 5 2 3 20 13 5 1 4 25 14 3 2 5 14 26 3 1 6 21 28 0 3 7 5 26 T #90EE90 Qualified Q Q Q Re-elected R complete Panini Results table main FBR grey ALE CSL NOV PAS UST VAL Alessandria 4–2 3–0 4–1 1–0 6–0 Casale 1–1 3–0 3–2 1–1 3–1 Novara 0–1 1–0 8–1 6–1 5–1 Pastore Torino 1–2 1–2 1–4 3–1 2–0 US Torinese 2–5 2–1 2–0 3–8 2–1 Valenzana 0–2 0–4 1–1 1–1 0–0 Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 it Liguria Classification main WDL 2 PR GEN Genoa ADO Andrea Doria GRI GC Grifone SAM Sampierdarenese SVN Savona SGE SPES Genova 9 1 0 49 3 6 3 1 29 9 3 2 5 11 35 E 2 3 5 12 28 2 2 6 8 21 2 1 7 5 18 T #90EE90 Qualified Q Q TR black1 Re-elected Disbanded R complete Panini Results table main FBR grey ADO GEN GRI SAM SVN SGE Andrea Doria 1–1 6–0 4–1 3–1 4–0 Genoa 5–1 6–0 8–0 5–0 3–0 GC Grifone 0–7 0–8 3–1 1–1 1–0 Sampierdarenese 1–1 0–4 4–4 1–2 1–0 Savona 0–0 0–4 0–2 2–3 0–1 SPES Genova 0–2 1–5 2–0 0–0 1–2 Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 it Lombardy - Group A Classification main WDL 2 PR INT Internazionale BRE Brescia JIT Juventus Italia TVG Trevigliese LMI A.C. Libertas CRE Cremonese 8 2 0 42 12 6 2 2 21 16 4 1 5 16 15 2 5 3 21 25 2 1 7 11 31 2 1 7 14 26 T #90EE90 Qualified Q Q Qualification play-off QP QP Relegation play-off RP RPP Re-elected complete Panini Results table main FBR grey BRE CRE INT JIT LMI TVG Brescia 1–0 1–1 4–0 4–0 3–3 Cremonese 2–4 0–2 0–3 5–3 3–1 Internazionale 6–0 5–2 4–2 6–0 8–2 Juventus Italia 2–0 2–0 2–4 0–1 0–1 Libertas Milano 0–1 4–1 0–3 0–4 3–3 Trevigliese 2–3 1–1 3–3 1–1 4–0 Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 it Qualification playoff Played on January 4, 1920, in Brescia. Juventus Italia 2-0 Trevigliese According to season 1919-20's FIGC rules in case of two teams sharing same position a playoff should have been played. When FIGC managers were noticed of too many matches programmed not for promotion or relegation sudden decided to change rules, just because of the few referees available for those matches, and upcoming matches (lower divisions) urged to get started. Later this playoff wasn't considered for the final table. Relegation playoff Played on February 15, 1920, in Brescia. Libertas Milano 2-0 Cremonese Lombardy - Group B Classification main WDL 2 PR MIL Milan ENO Enotria Goliardo ATA Atalanta CHI Chiasso PAV Pavia AUS Ausonia Pro Gorla 10 0 0 43 8 7 0 3 24 15 4 1 5 11 16 3 2 5 15 18 2 1 7 11 19 0 2 8 8 36 T 2 2 bonus points? #90EE90 Qualified Q Q Re-elected R complete Panini Results table main FBR grey ATA AUS CHI ENO MIL PAV Atalanta 2–0 1–0 0–2 0–4 1–0 Ausonia Pro Gorla 1–2 0–4 4–7 0–10 0–2 Chiasso 3–3 1–1 2–0 1–2 1–3 Enotria Goliardo 1–0 4–0 4–0 1–4 3–2 Milan 5–1 3–1 3–1 3–1 3–1 Pavia 0–1 1–1 1–2 0–1 1–6 Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 it Lombardy - Group C Classification main WDL 2 PR INT US Milanese LEG Legnano SAR Saronno NLO Nazionale Lombardia VAR Varese COM Como 8 2 0 35 8 7 1 2 26 7 6 0 4 25 18 3 1 6 19 33 1 2 7 15 30 2 0 8 13 37 T #90EE90 Qualified Q Q Relegation play-off RP RPP Re-elected complete Panini Results table main FBR grey COM LEG NLO SAR USM VAR Como 0–4 2–1 1–4 1–8 5–3 Legnano 4–0 4–1 2–0 0–1 3–0 Nazionale Lombardia 4–2 1–4 4–2 2–6 5–4 Saronno 4–2 3–1 4–0 0–3 5–1 US Milanese 3–0 1–1 4–0 3–1 2–2 Varese 2–0 0–3 1–1 1–2 1–4 Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 it Relegation play-off Played on February 8, 1920, in Saronno. Varese 2-1After extra time. Como Veneto Classification main WDL 2 PR PAD Padova VEN Venezia PET Petrarca Padova VIC Vicenza HEL Hellas Verona UDI Udinese 8 1 1 25 6 5 3 2 13 9 5 1 4 24 20 3 1 6 14 19 2 2 6 15 26 2 2 6 7 18 T #90EE90 Qualified Q Q Relegation play-off PP PPP Re-elected complete Panini Results table main FBR grey HEL PAD PET UDI VEN VIC Hellas Verona 1–2 3–3 5–0 0–0 2–1 Padova 7–0 2–0 3–1 0–1 4–0 Petrarca Padova 4–3 1–2 2–0 4–2 3–5 Udinese 3–1 1–1 1–2 0–0 0–2 Venezia 3–0 1–3 1–0 2–0 1–1 Vicenza 3–0 0–1 1–5 0–1 1–2 Forfeit Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 it Relegation play-off Played on March 14, 1920, in Venice. Hellas Verona 1-0 Udinese Emilia Classification main WDL 2 PR BOL Bologna MOD Modena MAN Mantova CRP Carpi NEM Nazionale Emilia GSB GS Bolognese 8 2 0 39 5 6 3 1 30 6 3 4 3 11 11 3 1 6 9 22 2 2 6 7 28 2 0 8 9 33 T #90EE90 Qualified Q Q Re-electedLater acquired by Virtus Bologna R complete Panini Results table main FBR grey BOL CRP GSB MAN MOD NEM Bologna 2–0 8–0 0–0 4–0 9–0 Carpi 2–6 2–1 0–0 0–3 0–1 GS Bolognese 2–4 0–2 3–0 1–9 2–0 Mantova 1–3 2–1 2–0 0–0 5–1 Modena 0–0 6–0 4–0 2–0 5–0 Nazionale Emilia 0–3 1–2 2–0 1–1 1–1 Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 it Semifinals The National semifinals had 18 clubs: six from Piedmont and Lombardy FAs, two from the other three Regional FAs. Group A Classification main WDL 2 PR GEN Genoa PVE Pro Vercelli ALE Alessandria MIL Milan LEG Legnano VEN Venezia 9 1 0 24 6 6 2 2 20 11 5 1 4 13 11 4 1 5 13 16 1 3 6 8 18 0 2 8 5 21 #90EE90 Qualified Q complete Panini Results table main FBR grey ALE GEN LEG MIL PVE VEN Alessandria 0–2 2–0 2–0 1–1 3–1 Genoa 2–1 5–0 2–1 2–1 5–0 Legnano 1–2 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 Milan 3–0 0–2 3–1 1–2 2–1 Pro Vercelli 1–0 1–1 2–1 5–1 4–1 Venezia 0–1 0–2 0–0 0–1 1–2 Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 it Group B Classification main WDL 2 PR JUV Juventus INT US Milanese MOD Modena CSL Casale BRE Brescia PAD Padova 8 1 1 21 4 7 1 2 14 10 4 1 5 17 13 2 4 4 7 8 2 2 6 4 14 2 1 7 10 24 #90EE90 Qualified Q complete Panini Results table main FBR grey BRE CSL JUV MOD PAD USM Brescia 0–0 0–0 2–1 1–2 0–1 Casale 3–0 0–1 0–2 1–0 1–1 Juventus 2–0 1–0 3–0 6–1 3–0 Modena 4–0 1–1 0–1 4–1 0–1 Padova 1–0 0–0 1–3 2–4 1–3 US Milanese 0–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 Forfeit forfeit forfeit Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 it Group C Classification main WDL 2 PR INT Internazionale NOV Novara BOL Bologna TOR Torino ADO Andrea Doria ENO Enotria Goliardo 7 2 1 37 13 6 1 3 22 15 6 1 3 20 14 4 1 5 17 21 2 1 7 14 21 2 0 8 11 37 #90EE90 Qualified Q complete Panini Results table main FBR grey ADO BOL ENO INT NOV TOR Andrea Doria 1–4 3–1 3–3 1–2 0–1 Bologna 2–0 7–1 0–1 2–0 2–1 Enotria Goliardo 3–1 1–2 1–5 0–5 2–0 Internazionale 1–0 5–0 7–0 5–2 4–0 Novara 3–2 1–1 5–1 1–0 2–0 Torino 1–3 3–0 2–1 6–6 3–1 Forfeit forfeit forfeit Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 it Final round Classification main WDL 2 PR INT Internazionale JUV Juventus GEN Genoa 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 3 3 0 1 1 3 4 #90EE90 Champions and qualified Q complete Panini Results Juventus 3–2 Genoa Internazionale 1–0 Juventus Internazionale 1–1 Genoa Southern Italy tournament Football in Southern Italy in 1919–20 An experimental amatorial tournament was played in Southern Italy. Final round Played on 13 June 1920, in Bologna. Livorno 3–2 Fortitudo Roma Livorno qualified to the National Final. National final Played on 20 June 1920, in Bologna. Internazionale 3–2 Livorno Footnotes References and sources Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 Italy 1920