1922–23 Lega Sud
# 1922–23 Lega Sud

The Southern League was the amatorial football championship in Southern Italy during the 20's of the 20th century.

The 1922–23 season was the first one organized within the Italian Football Federation. The winner had the honor to play against the Northern Champions.

The League took over the former CCI Regional championship, maintaining the goal to improve the quality of the game in the area. Southern semifinals with six matchdays were introduced following the limitation of the regional phase to ten matchdays.

## Qualifications

### Marche

Anconitana was the only subscribed team and advanced directly to the semifinals.

### Lazio

**Classification**

| P | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1. | Lazio | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 14 | +16 | 17 | Qualified |
| 2. | Alba Roma | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 42 | 13 | +29 | 15 | Qualified |
| 3. | Fortitudo Roma | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 18 | +2 | 11 |
| 4. | US Romana | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 21 | -9 | 7 |
| 5. | Juventus Audax | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 31 | -17 | 6 |
| 6. | Roman | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 28 | -21 | 4 | Relegated |

**Results table**

| Home \ Away | ALB | FOR | JUV | LAZ | ROM | USR |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Alba Roma | — | 3–1 | 11–0 | 2–7 | 4–1 | 3–0 |
| Fortitudo Roma | 3–2 | — | 3–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 2–2 |
| Juventus Audax | 0–2 | 2–5 | — | 2–3 | 3–1 | 3–2 |
| Lazio | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | — | 2–0 | 4–1 |
| Roman | 1–10 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 2–3 | — | 0–1 |
| US Romana | 0–5 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 0–1 | — |

### Campania

**Classification**

| P | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1. | Savoia | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 6 | +20 | 15 | Qualified |
| 2. | Internaples | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 11 | Qualified |
| 3. | Stabia | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 11 | +1 | 8 |
| 4. | Cavese | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 19 | -8 | 6 |
| 5. | Bagnolese | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 18 | -17 | 0 |
| 6. | Puteolana | 0 | | | | | | | | Disbanded |

Puteolana retired and disbanded.

**Results table**

| Home \ Away | BAG | CAV | INT | SAV | STA |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bagnolese | — | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 |
| Cavese | 2–0 | — | 0–1 | 1–4 | 2–4 |
| Internaples | 1–0 | 1–2 | — | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Savoia | 6–1 | 7–2 | 2–0 | — | 4–2 |
| Stabia | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | — |

### Apulia

**Classification**

| P | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1. | Pro Italia Taranto | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 7 | +18 | 13 | Qualified |
| 2. | Ideale Bari | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 8 | +11 | 12 | Qualified |
| 3. | Audace Taranto | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 11 | +4 | 9 |
| 4. | Liberty Bari | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 18 | -8 | 5 |
| 5. | Lecce | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 32 | -25 | 1 | Disbanded |

**Results table**

| Home \ Away | AUD | IDE | LEC | LIB | PRO |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Audace Taranto | — | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| Ideale Bari | 3–0 | — | 7–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Lecce | 2–2 | 2–4 | — | 1–4 | 1–4 |
| Liberty Bari | 1–4 | 1–3 | 2–0 | — | 1–4 |
| Pro Italia Taranto | 2–1 | 4–0 | 5–1 | 4–0 | — |

### Sicily

A previous qualification tournament, with home and away matches, started without FIGC's permission and was declared void. Anyway, the three sides had ended the tournament with 2 points each.

**Classification**

| P | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1. | Libertas Palermo | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 4 | Qualified |
| 2. | Messina | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 2 |
| 3. | Palermo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 0 |

**Results**

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| - | - | - |
| Libertas Palermo | 1-0 | Messina |
| Libertas Palermo | 2-0 | Palermo |
| Messina | 2-0 | Palermo |

## Semifinals

### Group A

Pro Italia Taranto had to retire from the championship due to lack of players: most of the players were soldiers and Taranto's military command denied them to play in this tournament and against civilian sides again.

**Classification**

| P | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1. | Savoia | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 10 | Qualified |
| 2. | Alba Roma | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 7 |
| 2. | Anconitana | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 7 |
| 4. | Pro Italia Taranto | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 12 | -12 | 0 | Retired |

**Results table**

| Home \ Away | ALB | ANC | PRO | SAV |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Alba Roma | — | 4–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Anconitana | 2–0 | — | 2–0 | 0–2 |
| Pro Italia Taranto | 0–2 | 0–2 | — | 0–2 |
| Savoia | 2–0 | 3–3 | 2–0 | — |

### Group B

**Classification**

| P | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1. | Lazio | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 4 | +25 | 12 | Qualified |
| 2. | Ideale Bari | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 11 | -3 | 8 |
| 3. | Libertas Palermo | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 20 | -10 | 4 | Merged with Palermo |
| 4. | Internaples | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 14 | -12 | 0 |

**Results table**

| Home \ Away | IDE | INT | LAZ | LIB |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Ideale Bari | — | 1–0 | 0–3 | 3–2 |
| Internaples | 0–2 | — | 0–3 | 1–2 |
| Lazio | 6–0 | 4–0 | — | 10–2 |
| Libertas Palermo | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–3 | — |

## Finals

| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Savoia | 2–7 (agg.) | Lazio | 3–3 | 1–4 |

## Footnotes

* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Forfeit
* ↑ Decided by the FIGC.
