1924–25 Prima Divisione

24th season of top-tier Italian football
Football league season
Prima Divisione
1924–25 Bologna team
Season1924–25
ChampionsBologna
1st title
RelegatedSpezia
Derthona
SPAL
US Tarantina
FBC Bari
Top goalscorerMario Magnozzi
(19 goals)
← 1923–24
1925–26 →

The 1924–25 Prima Divisione season in association football was won by Bologna.

Northern League

Regular season

Derthona and Reggiana had been promoted from the Second Division. AC Mantova was added as guest after a referees scandal they had suffered.

Group A

Classification
P
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Promotion or relegation
1. Genoa 22 13 4 5 48 23 +25 30 Qualified
2. Modena 22 13 3 6 41 24 +17 29
3. Casale 22 12 3 7 37 30 +7 27
4. Internazionale 22 12 1 9 44 37 +7 25
4. Pisa 22 11 3 8 32 28 +4 25
6. Torino 22 9 6 7 30 25 +5 24
7. Cremonese 22 9 4 9 28 34 -6 22
8. Reggiana 22 9 2 11 36 42 -6 20
9. Hellas Verona 22 6 6 10 33 42 -9 18
10. Brescia 22 7 3 12 27 34 -7 17
11. Legnano 22 5 5 12 18 29 -11 15 Qualification play-off
12. Spezia 22 4 4 14 20 46 -26 12 Relegated
Results table
Home \ Away BRE CAS CRE GEN HEL INT LEG MOD PIS REG SPE TOR
Brescia 3–1 5–0 0–2 4–0 1–0 1–0 4–1 0–1 1–1 4–2 1–2
Casale 2–1 3–0 2–1 2–0 2–1 1–0 4–0 3–1 2–0 6–3 0–0
Cremonese 3–0 2–1 2–0 2–2 1–1 3–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 6–0 0–1
Genoa 5–0 4–1 4–0 3–0 2–1 6–3 2–0 1–1 4–2 3–2 0–0
Hellas Verona 2–0 2–1 1–2 2–2 2–3 2–1 3–3 3–0 3–0 3–0 2–2
Internazionale 1–0 4–0 4–2 2–1 3–1 1–2 4–1 1–2 3–0 5–2 2–5
Legnano 0–0 0–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 0–2 0–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 4–1
Modena 2–0 3–0 3–0 1–0 1–0 5–0 3–1 4–0 2–1 2–0 0–1
Pisa 6–1 2–2 3–0 1–2 2–0 3–1 1–0 0–1 2–0 3–2 1–0
Reggiana 2–1 1–0 4–1 1–4 6–2 4–2 3–1 1–4 3–1 2–0 2–1
Spezia 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 0–3 0–1 2–1 1–0
Torino 0–0 1–2 1–0 1–1 3–1 1–2 0–1 2–2 3–1 3–1 2–1
Source:[citation needed]
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. Bologna 24 15 4 5 53 22 +31 34 Qualified
2. Pro Vercelli 24 13 6 5 56 29 +27 32
2. Juventus 24 12 8 4 38 21 +17 32
4. Padova 24 12 5 7 51 34 +17 29
5. Livorno 24 9 7 8 45 41 +4 25
5. Alessandria 24 8 9 7 27 30 -3 25
7. Novara 24 6 10 8 26 30 -4 22
8. Milan 24 10 1 13 45 51 -6 21
8. Andrea Doria 24 9 3 12 26 33 -7 21
10. Sampierdarenese 24 7 6 11 24 32 -8 20
11. Mantova 24 8 3 13 38 53 -15 19 Tie-breaker
12. SPAL 24 7 5 12 26 50 -24 19 Relegated
13. Derthona 24 4 5 15 25 54 -29 13 Relegated
Results table
Home \ Away ALE ADO BOL DER JUV LIV MAN MIL NOV PAD PRO SAM SPA
Alessandria 2–1 1–0 0–0 2–2 2–3 6–1 3–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–1
Andrea Doria 0–0 0–1 4–1 0–0 1–0 3–1 3–2 2–0 4–0 1–1 2–1 1–0
Bologna 3–1 5–0 4–1 2–1 2–1 5–0 2–0 0–0 3–0 3–0 4–0 3–1
Derthona 1–1 0–3 2–4 0–2 2–1 3–0 0–3 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 0–2[1]
Juventus 3–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–0 3–0 5–3 1–1 0–2 0–0 4–1 2–1
Livorno 1–1 2–0 6–2 2–2 2–2 4–1 4–0 1–1 2–0 4–1 2–1 4–0
Mantova 1–1 1–0 0–0 5–1 0–1 4–0 4–2 0–1 2–1 4–2 1–1 4–0
Milan 3–0 2–0 3–1 3–2 0–0 4–2 2–1 3–1 1–3 1–2 2–0 3–1
Novara 0–0 1–0 1–2 2–1 1–1 1–1 3–1 4–2 1–1 1–1 0–2 4–1
Padova 4–0 6–1 3–2 2–1 2–1 5–1 1–2 4–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 9–0
Pro Vercelli 2–0 2–0 3–0 5–0 2–1 6–1 5–3 3–2 5–1 6–0 2–0 5–0
Sampierdarenese 1–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 4–1 3–2 1–0 2–3 2–2 0–0
SPAL 1–1 2–0 0–4 2–2 0–2 0–0 4–1 3–1 1–0 1–1 3–0 2–1
Source:[citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Tie-breaker
Played on August 30, 1925, in Milan.
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Mantova 3-1[2] SPAL

Spal relegated to the second division, while Mantova qualified to the qualification play-off.

Legnano, Mantova, Novese and Como were enlisted to participate in the qualification round, but Novese and Como retired, letting Legnano and Mantova to maintain their places in the Italian First Division.

Finals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Bologna ● 2 points each ● Genoa 1-2 2-1

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-breakers
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Bologna 2-2 (annulled) Genoa
Bologna 1-1[2] Genoa
Bologna 2-0 Genoa

Bologna qualified for the National Finals.

Southern League

The Southern League was a separate amatorial league, still divided in five regions. The winner were Alba Rome.

National Finals

  • 1st leg: 16 Aug 1925, *2nd leg: 23 Aug 1925
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg


Bologna 6-0 Alba Roma 4-0 2-0

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Italy Mario Magnozzi Livorno 19
2 Austria Rodolfo Ostromann Milan 18
3 Italy Giuseppe Della Valle Bologna 17
4 Italy Angelo Schiavio Bologna 16
Italy Fulvio Bernardini Lazio

References and sources

  • Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005
  • Hussain Pakzad Bologna Football Club 1924-1925

Footnotes

  1. ^ Decided by the FIGC.
  2. ^ a b After extra time.
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