The 1923–24 Prima Divisione season was won by Genoa.

Prima Divisione
1923–24 Genoa team
Season1923–24
ChampionsGenoa
9th title
RelegatedVirtus Bologna
Novese
Top goalscorerHeinrich Schönfeld
(22 goals)

Northern League edit

The Northern League was composed by the 24 best clubs of 1922–23 Prima Divisione.

Regular season edit

Group winners went to the final. Bottom clubs were relegated, while penultimate clubs went to a test-match against two clubs of the Second Division.

Group A edit

Classification edit
P
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Promotion or relegation
1. Genoa 22 14 5 3 50 13 +37 33 Qualified
2. Padova 22 12 5 5 36 18 +18 29
3. Internazionale 22 11 5 6 31 25 +6 27
3. Livorno 22 12 3 7 33 30 +3 27
5. Alessandria 22 10 6 6 38 23 +15 26
5. Juventus 22 11 4 7 37 27 +10 26
7. Modena 22 8 7 7 35 30 +5 23
8. Casale 22 10 2 10 25 34 -9 22
9. Sampierdarenese 22 9 0 13 21 32 -11 18
10. Brescia 22 5 3 14 17 39 -22 13
11. Novara 22 4 4 14 22 41 -19 12 Qualification play-off
12. Virtus Bologna 22 3 2 17 13 46 -33 8 Relegated
Results table edit
Home \ Away ALE BRE CAS GEN INT JUV LIV MOD NOV PAD SAM VIR
Alessandria 4–0 5–1 1–1 1–1 3–1 0–1 5–0 0–0 2–2 3–0 4–0
Brescia 0–0 3–0 0–1 1–1 0–2 1–0 1–1 2–1 0–1 0–2 0–1
Casale 0–1 4–1 0–0 1–0 2–3 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 4–0
Genoa 2–0 5–0 6–1 5–1 1–1 2–0 4–1 4–0 1–2 4–0 5–0
Internazionale 1–0 3–0 3–0 0–2[1] 2–2 4–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 2–0
Juventus 3–1 0–1 3–2 0–2[1] 2–0 1–1 0–2[1] 2–0 3–0 4–1 1–0
Livorno 2–1 3–2 0–0 3–1 3–0 3–2 3–1 3–1 1–1 2–0 4–1
Modena 5–1 2–0 2–0 0–0 1–2 1–1 3–0 7–2 0–0 2–1 2–1
Novara 1–2 2–1 2–3 1–2 1–1 1–0 3–0 2–2 0–0 0–2 2–1
Padova 1–1 4–2 3–0 0–1 1–2 2–0[1] 2–0[2] 3–1 3–1 5–0 3–0
Sampierdarenese 1–2 1–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 2–3 0–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 4–0
Virtus Bologna 0–1 1–2 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–3 2–3 1–1 2–1 0–1 2–0
Source:[citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group B edit

Classification edit
P
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Promotion or relegation
1. Bologna 22 13 5 4 41 18 +23 31 Qualified
2. Torino 22 12 6 4 43 22 +21 30
3. Pro Vercelli 22 11 6 5 46 23 +23 28
4. Hellas Verona 22 8 7 7 43 35 +8 23
5. Pisa 22 7 8 7 26 35 -9 22
6. Andrea Doria 22 7 7 8 28 26 +2 21
6. Legnano 22 8 5 9 27 26 +1 21
8. Cremonese 22 8 4 10 24 31 -7 20
9. Milan 22 7 5 10 38 44 -6 19
10. SPAL 22 6 6 10 26 44 -18 18
11. Spezia 22 7 3 12 16 35 -19 17 Qualification play-off
12. Novese 22 5 4 13 21 40 -19 14 Relegated
Results table edit
Home \ Away ADO BOL CRE HEL LEG MIL NOV PIS PRO SPA SPE TOR
Andrea Doria 0–1 4–0 4–2 4–0 1–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 2–1
Bologna 3–0 2–0 3–1 3–2 4–0 2–0 5–0 3–3 2–1 5–0 0–1
Cremonese 2–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 4–1 2–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 3–1 0–0
Hellas Verona 2–2 2–2 2–0 3–1 5–1 5–2 2–1 1–0 8–1 2–2 1–2
Legnano 0–2[1] 1–1 1–2 1–0 2–2 1–0 3–0 1–0 4–0 2–0 3–1
Milan 1–2 1–0 0–1 2–1 2–1 5–0 5–1 1–3 3–4 3–1 0–3
Novese 1–0 0–1 2–0[1] 3–0 1–1 1–2 2–2 1–1 2–1 0–1 1–4
Pisa 2–2 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–2 1–0 1–0 2–1 2–0 1–1
Pro Vercelli 2–2 0–1 4–1 3–0 1–0 2–1 3–1 4–1 6–0 4–0 0–0
SPAL 1–1 0–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 4–4 0–1 0–2
Spezia 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–2 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–4 0–2 0–1 1–0
Torino 3–1 4–1 4–1 1–1 1–0 3–3 5–0 1–1 1–2 3–1 2–1
Source:[citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Finals edit

The finals were played after a May break due to the participation of the Italian football team to the Olympics in Paris.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Genoa 2-1 Bologna 1-0 2-0[3]

Qualification play-off edit

Classification edit

P
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Promotion or relegation
1. Spezia 6 4 2 0 10 3 +7 10 Qualified
2. Novara 6 3 2 1 14 3 +11 8
3. Olimpia Fiume 6 2 1 3 7 11 -4 5
4. Sestrese 6 0 1 5 4 18 -14 1

Results table edit

Home \ Away NOV OLI SES SPE
Novara 3–1 6–0 1–1
Olimpia Fiume 1–0 1–0 1–3
Sestrese 0–4 3–3 1–2
Spezia 0–0 2–0 2–0
Source:[citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Southern League edit

The Southern League was a separate amatorial league, still divided in five regions. The winner were Savoia from Torre Annunziata.

National Finals edit

  • 1st Leg: 31 Aug 1924, *2nd Leg: 7 Sep 1924
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Genoa 4-2 Savoia 3-1 1-1

Top goalscorers edit

Rank Player Club Goals
1   Heinrich Schönfeld Torino 22
2   Fulvio Bernardini Lazio 17
3   Giulio Bobbio Savoia 16
4   Adolfo Baloncieri Alessandria 15
  Angelo Schiavio Bologna
6   Aristodemo Santamaria Genoa 14

References and sources edit

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

Footnotes edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f Decided by the FIGC.
  2. ^ Forfeit.
  3. ^ Decided by the FIGC due to incidents. The match's original result was Bologna-Genoa 1-1.