The 1945–46 Italian Football Championship, officially known as 1945–46 Divisione Nazionale, was the first tournament held after World War II. Wartime disruptions and US occupation of Northern Italy forced to divide the Serie A championship in two sections, North and South. Some of the Southern sides that took part to the competition were the Serie B teams. The title was won by Torino after a final national round.
Season | 1945–46 |
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Champions | Torino 3rd title |
Matches played | 350 |
Goals scored | 889 (2.54 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Guglielmo Gabetto (22 goals) |
← 1942–43 1946–47 → |
Northern Italy Serie A Championship edit
Campionato Alta Italia Serie A
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 edit
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 edit
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Torino (A) | 26 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 65 | 18 | +47 | 42 | National final round |
2 | Internazionale (A) | 26 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 52 | 21 | +31 | 39 | |
3 | Juventus (A) | 26 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 52 | 23 | +29 | 35 | |
4 | Milan (A) | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 38 | 36 | +2 | 30 | Qualified after tie-breaker |
5 | Brescia | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 38 | 33 | +5 | 30 | Tie-breaker |
6 | Modena | 26 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 24 | 22 | +2 | 26 | |
6 | Bologna | 26 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 30 | 33 | −3 | 26 | |
8 | Triestina | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 23 | 32 | −9 | 23 | |
9 | Atalanta | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 28 | −7 | 21 | |
9 | Andrea Doria (G) | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 25 | 35 | −10 | 21 | Disbanded[a] |
11 | Vicenza | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 28 | 38 | −10 | 20 | |
12 | Genoa | 26 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 21 | 46 | −25 | 19 | |
13 | Venezia | 26 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 19 | 37 | −18 | 17 | |
14 | Sampierdarenese[b] | 26 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 53 | −34 | 15 |
(A) Advance to a further round; (G) Guest
Notes:
- ^ Sampierdarenese merged again with Andrea Doria at the end of the season, creating new UC Sampdoria.
- ^ AC Sampierdarenese was called AC Liguria before the war.
Tie-breaker edit
Played in Bologna on April 21.
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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Brescia | 1–1 | Milan |
- Repetition
Played in Modena on April 24.
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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Brescia | 1–2 | Milan |
Results edit
Central and Southern Italy Serie A-B Championship edit
Champions | Napoli (promoted) |
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Campionato Centro-Sud Serie A-B
Teams edit
Bari had been relegated to Serie B but the FIGC annulled the move for wartime reasons.
Serie B guests edit
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 edit
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Napoli (G, P, A) | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 28 | 10 | +18 | 28 | Promotion to Serie A |
1 | Bari (A) | 20 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 31 | 21 | +10 | 28 | National final round |
3 | Roma (A) | 20 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 28 | 17 | +11 | 27 | |
4 | Pro Livorno (A) | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 30 | 15 | +15 | 26 | |
5 | Fiorentina | 20 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 32 | 16 | +16 | 23 | |
6 | Pescara (G) | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 27 | 26 | +1 | 18 | |
7 | Lazio | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 17 | |
7 | Palermo (G) | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 23 | −7 | 17 | |
9 | Salernitana (G) | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 20 | 32 | −12 | 14 | |
10 | Siena (G) | 20 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 36 | −23 | 13 | |
11 | Anconitana (G, T) | 20 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 41 | −29 | 9 | Readmitted in B |
5 Serie A clubs and 7 Serie B clubs (but Pisa did not join)
(A) Advance to a further round; (G) Guest; (P) Promoted; (T) Qualified, but not yet for the particular phase indicated
Results edit
Final round edit
Classification edit
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Torino (C) | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 43 | 14 | +29 | 22 | Champions |
2 | Juventus | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 8 | +23 | 21 | |
3 | Milan | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 16 | +9 | 16 | |
4 | Internazionale | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 16 | +4 | 14 | |
5 | Napoli | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 27 | −8 | 13 | |
6 | Roma | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 22 | −6 | 11 | |
7 | Pro Livorno | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 35 | −22 | 10 | |
8 | Bari | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 35 | −29 | 5 |
(C) Champions
Results edit
Top goalscorers edit
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Guglielmo Gabetto | Torino | 22 |
2 | Eusebio Castigliano | Torino | 20 |
3 | Romano Penzo | Internazionale | 18 |
4 | Enrico Candiani | Internazionale | 17 |
5 | Silvio Piola | Juventus | 16 |
Aredio Gimona | Milan | ||
Valentino Mazzola | Torino | ||
Ezio Loik | Torino | ||
9 | Dante Di Benedetti | Bari | 14 |
10 | Giuseppe Baldini | Andrea Doria | 13 |
11 | Mario Gritti | Fiorentina | 12 |
12 | Engelbert König | Lazio | 11 |
References and sources edit
- Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005