1927–28 Divisione Nazionale
# 1927–28 Divisione Nazionale

The 1927–28 Divisione Nazionale season was won by Torino.

AS Roma and SC Napoli joined the championship as special guests by order of the fascist authorities to allow a wider representation of Southern Italy.

## Clubs

Novara, Pro Patria, Reggiana and Lazio joined from the lower First Division. Some clubs in Rome and Genoa were merged.

## First phase

### Group A

**Classification**

| P | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1. | Torino | 20 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 78 | 19 | +59 | 30 | Qualified |
| 2. | Genoa | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 42 | 21 | +21 | 29 | Qualified |
| 3. | Alessandria | 20 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 59 | 20 | +39 | 28 | Qualified |
| 4. | Milan | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 35 | 23 | +12 | 26 | Qualified |
| 5. | Brescia | 20 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 30 | 37 | -7 | 21 |
| 6. | Pro Vercelli | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 29 | 27 | +2 | 18 |
| 7. | Cremonese | 20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 33 | 34 | -1 | 17 |
| 7. | Padova | 20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 24 | 36 | -12 | 17 |
| 9. | Napoli | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 54 | -31 | 15 | Later readmitted to Divisione Nazionale |
| 10. | Lazio | 20 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 17 | 45 | -28 | 11 | Later readmitted to Divisione Nazionale |
| 11. | Reggiana | 20 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 23 | 77 | -54 | 8 | Later readmitted to Divisione Nazionale |

**Results table**

| Home \ Away | ALE | BRE | CRE | GEN | LAZ | MIL | NAP | PAD | PRO | REG | TOR |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Alessandria | — | 4–1 | 5–0 | 4–0 | 6–0 | 0–0 | 11–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 11–0 | 3–1 |
| Brescia | 0–1 | — | 3–2 | 0–1 | 4–3 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 3–1 |
| Cremonese | 4–1 | 0–1 | — | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| Genoa | 2–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | — | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 5–0 | 5–2 | 2–1 |
| Lazio | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | — | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| Milan | 2–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | — | 5–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 |
| Napoli | 1–1 | 0–4 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | — | 2–2 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 |
| Padova | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–4 |
| Pro Vercelli | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | — | 4–0 | 0–3 |
| Reggiana | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 5–3 | — | 3–8 |
| Torino | 4–1 | 11–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 11–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 14–0 | — |

### Group B

**Classification**

| P | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1. | Bologna | 20 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 44 | 16 | +28 | 27 | Qualified |
| 2. | Juventus | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 37 | 24 | +13 | 24 | Qualified |
| 2. | Casale | 20 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 35 | 27 | +8 | 24 | Qualified |
| 2. | Internazionale | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 40 | 32 | +8 | 24 | Qualified |
| 5. | Modena | 20 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 39 | 28 | +11 | 22 |
| 6. | Novara | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 28 | 29 | -1 | 21 |
| 7. | Pro Patria | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 30 | 34 | -4 | 20 |
| 8. | Roma | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 31 | 30 | +1 | 18 |
| 9. | Livorno | 20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 32 | 37 | -5 | 17 | Later readmitted to Divisione Nazionale |
| 10. | La Dominante | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 26 | 40 | -14 | 14 | Later readmitted to Divisione Nazionale |
| 11. | Hellas Verona | 20 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 21 | 66 | -45 | 9 | Later readmitted to Divisione Nazionale |

**Results table**

| Home \ Away | BOL | CAS | LAD | HEL | INT | JUV | LIV | MOD | NOV | PRO | ROM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bologna | — | 4–1 | 10–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 7–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 |
| Casale | 0–0 | — | 8–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–5 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 3–2 |
| La Dominante | 0–0 | 0–0 | — | 7–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 0–0 |
| Hellas Verona | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | — | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Internazionale | 2–4 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 1–0 | — | 6–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 5–2 | 3–3 |
| Juventus | 1–0 | 1–2 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | — | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 6–2 | 3–0 |
| Livorno | 0–3 | 1–2 | 5–2 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 4–2 | — | 5–3 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 |
| Modena | 2–1 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | — | 5–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 |
| Novara | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | — | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Pro Patria | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | — | 0–3 |
| Roma | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 4–1 | 0–1 | — |

## Final round

### Classification

| P | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1. | Torino | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 33 | 18 | +15 | 19 | Champions |
| 2. | Genoa | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 27 | +3 | 17 | |
| 3. | Alessandria | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 31 | 25 | +6 | 16 | |
| 3. | Juventus | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 17 | +6 | 16 | |
| 5. | Bologna | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 18 | +10 | 15 | |
| 6. | Milan | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 24 | -3 | 14 | |
| 7. | Internazionale | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 27 | 37 | -10 | 11 | |
| 8. | Casale | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 41 | -27 | 4 | |

### Results table

| Home \ Away | ALE | BOL | CAS | GEN | INT | JUV | MIL | TOR |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Alessandria | — | 1–1 | 5–1 | 6–1 | 6–3 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Bologna | 1–1 | — | 7–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 5–0 | 1–1 |
| Casale | 5–0 | 3–4 | — | 0–4 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–3 |
| Genoa | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | — | 6–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 |
| Internazionale | 4–3 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | — | 1–4 | 2–3 | 1–3 |
| Juventus | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 6–1 | 1–0 | — | 0–1 | 1–4 |
| Milan | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | — | 2–2 |
| Torino | 3–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | — |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Julio Libonatti | Torino | 35 |
| 2 | Adolfo Baloncieri | Torino | 31 |
| 3 | Angelo Schiavio | Bologna | 26 |

## References and sources

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

## Footnotes

* 1 2 Readmitted to the first division due to championship reform.
* ↑ Decided by the FIGC.

vte1927–28 in Italian football :

* Association football
* Italy
