1926-27 Prima Divisione teams location map. Group A; Group B; Group C; Group D.
In 1926 the Viareggio Charter reformed the Italian football organization. This important document introduced in the Italian football the status of the non-amatour player receiving a reimbursement of expenses. In this way FIGC managed to mislead
FIFA, that defended strenuously sportive amateurism.
The fascist Charter transformed the old Northern League into an authoritarian and national committee, the
Direttorio Divisioni Superiori, appointed by the FIGC. The second level championship, which took the diminished name of
Prima Divisione, consequently had to be reformed to give space to a group of clubs from the southern half of Italy.
Teams selection
The old Northern Seconda Divisione second-level championship had four local groups, so it was decided to reserve one of them for the clubs from Southern Italy in the new national Prima Divisione. More, some teams from the South were put in the first level championship too, so some Northern clubs were relegated from it. Consequently, solely half of the clubs of the old Northern second level joined the revamped cadet tournament, to give space to their Southern counterparts.
In Southern Italy the situation was different. There, the previous reform of 1921-1922 did not take place, so the pyramid of 1912 had been maintained, with the Prima Divisione, former Prima Categoria, as the sole tournament above the regional level. So, in a lexical continuity, the old Prima Divisione remained the bulk of new one, excluding three promoted teams and the last relegated ones, but with the relevant difference of the elimination of the regional qualifications.
30 Northern clubs
10 Southern clubs
7 worst clubs of the Northern League's Prima Divisione
11 out of 20 clubs of the Southern League's Prima Divisione
22 best clubs of the Northern League's Seconda Divisione
1926-27 Prima Divisione teams location map. Group A; Group B; Group C; Group D.
In 1926 the Viareggio Charter reformed the Italian football organization. This important document introduced in the Italian football the status of the non-amatour player receiving a reimbursement of expenses. In this way FIGC managed to mislead
FIFA, that defended strenuously sportive amateurism.
The fascist Charter transformed the old Northern League into an authoritarian and national committee, the
Direttorio Divisioni Superiori, appointed by the FIGC. The second level championship, which took the diminished name of
Prima Divisione, consequently had to be reformed to give space to a group of clubs from the southern half of Italy.
Teams selection
The old Northern Seconda Divisione second-level championship had four local groups, so it was decided to reserve one of them for the clubs from Southern Italy in the new national Prima Divisione. More, some teams from the South were put in the first level championship too, so some Northern clubs were relegated from it. Consequently, solely half of the clubs of the old Northern second level joined the revamped cadet tournament, to give space to their Southern counterparts.
In Southern Italy the situation was different. There, the previous reform of 1921-1922 did not take place, so the pyramid of 1912 had been maintained, with the Prima Divisione, former Prima Categoria, as the sole tournament above the regional level. So, in a lexical continuity, the old Prima Divisione remained the bulk of new one, excluding three promoted teams and the last relegated ones, but with the relevant difference of the elimination of the regional qualifications.
30 Northern clubs
10 Southern clubs
7 worst clubs of the Northern League's Prima Divisione
11 out of 20 clubs of the Southern League's Prima Divisione
22 best clubs of the Northern League's Seconda Divisione