1921-22 Prima Categoria (FIGC)

Prima Categoria
	1921–22 Novese team
Season	1921–22
Champions	Novese; 1st title
	← 1920–21 1922–23 →

The 1921–22 Prima Categoria season was won by Novese.

During the Summer of 1921, a dispute between the Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio (FIGC) and the larger teams within the league arose. The teams asked for a reduction of the number of participants in the 1a Divisione.

Vittorio Pozzo developed a plan to accommodate the teams' requests, however, after a vote the plan was not passed; the smaller clubs feared that they would disappear if such a reduction was introduced.

This led to the creation of a new Italian football federation, the CCI (Confederazione Calcistica Italiana), that organized a championship concurrent to the FIGC championship.

This separation, however, only lasted one season and the following summer FIGC accepted a reduction in the league participants.

The 1921-22 FIGC winner was U.S. Novese.

Pre-league qualifications

Veneto

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Dolo	1-5	Treviso

Tuscany

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Giovanni Gerbi Pisa	1-3	Viareggio

Verdicts

Treviso and Viareggio were admitted to the 1a Categoria.

Qualifications

Piedmont

Classification

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1.	Novese	8	6	2	0	18	1	+17	14	Qualified
2.	US Torinese	8	3	3	2	7	9	-2	9
3.	Pastore Torino	8	2	4	2	7	10	-3	8
4.	Valenzana	8	2	1	5	8	12	-4	5
5.	GC Cappuccini Vercelli	8	1	2	5	6	14	-8	4

Results table

Home \ Away	GCC	NOV	PAS	UST	VAL
GC Cappuccini Vercelli	—	0–2	2–2	1–1	2–0
Novese	2–0^[1]	—	4–0	2–0	1–0
Pastore Torino	1–0	0–0	—	0–0	3–2
US Torinese	3–0	0–6	0–0	—	2–0
Valenzana	3–1	1–1	2–1	0–1	—

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Liguria

Classification

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1.	Sampierdarenese	10	8	2	0	25	7	+18	18	Qualified
2.	Speranza Savona	10	5	2	3	17	17	0	12
3.	Rivarolese	10	4	2	4	13	13	0	10
4.	Sestrese	10	3	2	5	17	13	+4	8
5.	SPES Genova	10	3	1	6	11	20	-9	7
6.	GC Genova	10	2	1	7	9	22	-13	5

Results table

Home \ Away	GCG	RIV	SAM	SES	SSA	SGE
GC Genova	—	0–2	1–4	0–5	1–2	3–0
Rivarolese	1–0	—	2–2	0–0	1–2	2–0
Sampierdarenese	5–1	3–1	—	1–0	2–0	2–1
Sestrese	0–1	1–2	1–4	—	5–0	2–4
Speranza Savona	2–1	4–2	0–0	1–1	—	3–0
SPES Genova	1–1	1–0	0–2	0–2	4–3	—

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Lombardy

Group A

Classification

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1.	Como	6	4	1	1	20	8	+12	9	Qualified
2.	Chiasso	6	2	4	0	11	5	+6	8
3.	Saronno	6	2	2	2	7	8	-1	6
4.	Varese	6	0	1	5	7	24	-17	1

Results table

Home \ Away	CHI	COM	SAR	VAR
Chiasso	—	2–0	0–0	4–0
Como	2–2	—	4–1	7–2
Saronno	1–1	0–1	—	4–2
Varese	2–2	1–6	0–1	—

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group B

Classification

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1.	Cremonese	6	4	2	0	18	4	+14	10	Qualified
2.	Trevigliese	6	3	1	2	9	10	-1	7
3.	Atalanta	6	3	0	3	9	14	-5	6
4.	Stelvio	6	0	1	5	5	13	-8	1

Results table

Home \ Away	ATA	CRE	STE	TRE
Atalanta	—	1–2	3–2	3–2
Cremonese	7–0	—	1–1	5–2
Stelvio	0–2	0–3	—	1–2
Trevigliese	1–0	0–0	2–1	—

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group C

Classification

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1.	Enotria Goliardo	6	4	2	0	12	7	+5	10	Qualified
2.	Monza	6	2	1	3	10	11	-1	5
2.	Juventus Italia	6	2	1	3	9	12	-3	5
4.	Casteggio	6	2	0	4	8	9	-1	4

Results table

Home \ Away	CAS	ENO	JUV	MON
Casteggio	—	0–2	1–0	4–1
Enotria Goliardo	3–2	—	1–0	1–1
Juventus Italia	2–1	3–3	—	1–0
Monza	1–0	1–2	6–3	—

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group D

Classification

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1.	Esperia Como	6	3	1	2	8	4	+4	7	Qualified
2.	Pavia	6	2	2	2	6	6	0	6
2.	Pro Patria et Libertate	6	2	2	2	5	7	-2	6
4.	A.C. Libertas	6	2	1	3	5	7	-2	5

Results table

Home \ Away	ESP	LIB	PAV	PRO
Esperia Como	—	1–0	2–0	4–1
A.C. Libertas	2–1	—	1–1	0–2
Pavia	1–0	1–2	—	2–0
Pro Patria et Libertate	0–0	1–0	1–1	—

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final round

Classification

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1.	Esperia Como	6	4	1	1	11	6	+5	9	Qualified
2.	Cremonese	6	3	0	3	12	9	+3	6
3.	Como	6	2	1	3	7	8	-1	5
4.	Enotria Goliardo	6	2	0	4	6	13	-7	4

Results table

Home \ Away	COM	CRE	ENO	ESP
Como	—	2–0	4–1	0–3
Cremonese	2–0	—	3–0	6–3
Enotria Goliardo	2–1	3–1	—	0–2
Esperia Como	0–0	1–0	2–0	—

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Veneto

Classification

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1.	Petrarca Padova	10	6	2	2	19	14	+5	14	Qualified
2.	Udinese	10	4	4	2	17	8	+11	12
3.	Bentegodi Verona	10	3	3	4	24	17	+7	9
3.	Treviso	10	3	3	4	10	19	-9	9
5.	Legnaghese	10	2	4	4	11	15	-4	8
5.	Schio	10	2	4	4	12	20	-8	8

Results table

Home \ Away	BEN	LEG	PET	SCH	TRE	UDI
Bentegodi Verona	—	1–2	1–1	3–1	8–1	0–3
Legnaghese	3–2	—	1–2	2–2	1–2	0–0
Petrarca Padova	3–2	2–0	—	5–2	2–0	2–1
Schio	0–4	1–1	2–1	—	2–1	1–1
Treviso	1–1	1–1	0–0	2–1	—	2–1
Udinese	2–2	2–0	5–1	0–0	2–0	—

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Emilia-Romagna

Group A

Classification

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1.	Piacenza	4	2	2	0	10	4	+6	6	Qualified
2.	Parma	4	2	1	1	6	4	+2	5	Qualified
3.	US Mantovana	4	0	1	3	3	11	-8	1

Results table

Home \ Away	PAR	PIA	USM
Parma	—	2–2	2–0
Piacenza	1–0	—	5–0
US Mantovana	1–2	2–2	—

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group B

Classification

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1.	Virtus Bologna	6	2	3	1	8	4	+4	7	Qualified
2.	SPAL	6	1	4	1	4	1	+3	6	Qualified
2.	Carpi	6	2	2	2	5	4	+1	6
4.	Reggiana	6	2	1	3	5	13	-8	5

Results table

Home \ Away	CAR	REG	SPA	VIR
Carpi	—	3–1	0–0	2–1
Reggiana	1–0	—	1–0	0–4
SPAL	0–0	4–0	—	0–0
Virtus Bologna	1–0	2–2	0–0	—

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final round

Classification

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1.	SPAL	6	3	3	0	12	5	+7	9	Qualified
2.	Virtus Bologna	6	3	2	1	10	5	+5	8
3.	Parma	6	1	2	3	8	13	-5	4
4.	Piacenza	6	1	1	4	7	14	-7	3

Results table

Home \ Away	PAR	PIA	SPA	VIR
Parma	—	4–1	2–2	2–2
Piacenza	3–0	—	2–2	1–2
SPAL	2–0^[1]	4–0	—	1–0
Virtus Bologna	3–0	2–0	1–1	—

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Tuscany

Classification

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1.	Pro Livorno	10	7	1	2	22	8	+14	15	Qualified
2.	Lucca	10	5	3	2	25	10	+15	13
3.	Libertas Firenze	10	5	2	3	11	16	-5	12
4.	Viareggio	10	5	1	4	18	16	+2	11
5.	Prato	10	1	3	6	10	18	-8	5
6.	CS Firenze	10	1	2	7	6	24	-18	4

Results table

Home \ Away	CSF	LIB	LUC	PRA	PRO	VIA
CS Firenze	—	0–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–2
Libertas Firenze	2–0	—	0–0	1–1	1–0	2–0
Lucca	8–0	6–0	—	1–0	4–2	2–0
Prato	3–0	0–3	1–1	—	0–2	1–3
Pro Livorno	2–0	6–0	2–0	3–1	—	3–1
Viareggio	3–1	3–1	4–2	2–2	0–1	—

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Semifinals

Group A

Classification

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1.	Novese	4	3	1	0	12	4	+8	7	Qualified
2.	Petrarca Padova	4	1	2	1	5	5	0	4
3.	Pro Livorno	4	0	1	3	3	11	-8	1

Results table

Home \ Away	NOV	PET	PRO
Novese	—	1–1	3–0
Petrarca Padova	1–3	—	1–1
Pro Livorno	2–5	0–2	—

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group B

Classification

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1.	Sampierdarenese	4	2	1	1	4	3	+1	5	Qualified
1.	SPAL	4	2	1	1	8	7	+1	5
3.	Esperia Como	4	0	2	2	6	8	-2	2

Results table

Home \ Away	ESP	SAM	SPA
Esperia Como	—	1–1	2–2
Sampierdarenese	1–0	—	2–0
SPAL	4–3	2–0	—

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Qualification playoff

Played on April 30, 1922, in Milan.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Sampierdarenese	2-1^[2]	SPAL

National Finals

Played on May 7 and 14, 1922.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sampierdarenese	0-0	Novese	0-0	0-0

Repetition: Played on May 21, 1922, in Cremona.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Novese	2-1^[2]	Sampierdarenese

References and sources

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

Footnotes

^ ^a ^b Forfeit.
^ ^a ^b After extra time.

[forfeit-1] Forfeit.

[aet-2] After extra time.

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