1912–13 Prima Categoria

Prima Categoria
Season	1912–13
Champions	Pro Vercelli; 5th title
	← 1911–12 1913–14 →

The 1912-13 Prima Categoria season was the sixteenth of the Italian Football Championship and the tenth since the re-brand to Prima Categoria. Champions for the fifth time in six seasons (punctuated only by their protest three season previous), were Pro Vercelli.

Regulation

Football in Italy expanded its popularity during the 10’s, but the expedition of the Italian football team to the Stockholm Olympics had a disappointing very poor result. In summer 1912, minor clubs took control over the Italian Football Federation, and imposed a championship reform. New vicepresidents Mr.Valvassori and Mr.Faroppa created a new format with more clubs but more groups, regionalising the tournament.

The competition was expanded from 14 Northern Italian clubs to over 30 clubs, including Central and Southern Italian clubs to make it the most genuinely national Italian Football Championship so far. Two regional round robin tournaments took place, each initially sub-divided into three further sub-tournaments.

The old main tournament was split in two groups of six clubs, with solely ten matchdays, while the Oriental group became a full member of the championship.

Best two clubs of each group went to the final group. Last clubs should be relegated.

An experimental Southern section was introduced.

Pre-league qualifications

For Piedmont group

Played on October 20, 1912, in Turin.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Vigor Torino	0–4	Novara

Novara was promoted.

For Lombardy-Liguria group

Round 1

Played on October 20, 1912.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Savona	3–1	Como
Lambro Milano	2–1	Racing Libertas Milano

The match between Lambro Milano and Racing Libertas Milano was later canceled and repeated:

Repetition: Played on October 27, 1912.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Racing Libertas Milano	1–0 (after extra time)	Lambro Milano

Round 2

Played on November 1, 1912.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Racing Libertas Milano	1–0	Savona

Racing Libertas was promoted.

For Latium group

Round 1

Played on October 20, 1912.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Alba Roma	1–2	Juventus Audax Roma
Pro Roma	2–1	Tebro Roma

Round 2

Played on October 27, 1912.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Alba Roma	2–0	Tebro Roma

Verdicts

Novara, Racing Libertas Milan, Alba Roma, Juventus Audax Roma and Pro Roma were admitted to the 1a Categoria. The losers went to regional 2nd Category Promotion.

Main tournament

Piedmont

Classification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Pro Vercelli	10	9	1	0	38	2	+36	19	Qualified for Final Round
2	Casale	10	5	3	2	15	8	+7	13	Qualified for Final Round
3	Torino	10	5	1	4	35	21	+14	11
4	Piemonte	10	5	0	5	16	37	−21	10
5	Novara	10	1	2	7	13	28	−15	4
6	Juventus (T)	10	1	1	8	14	35	−21	3	Re-elected

Source: Panini
(T) Qualified, but not yet for the particular phase indicated

Results table

Home \ Away	CSL	JUV	NOV	PIE	PVE	TOR
Casale		3–0	2–1	5–2	0–0	1–1
Juventus	0–1		3–0	1–2	0–4	6–8
Novara	0–0	3–3		7–1	0–6	1–2
Piemonte	3–1	3–1	1–0		1–7	2–1
Pro Vercelli	1–0	3–0	7–0	3–0		6–1
Torino	0–2	8–0	3–1	11–1	0–1

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio – La Storia 1898–2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 (in Italian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Liguria-Lombardy

Classification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Milan	10	9	0	1	30	8	+22	18	Qualified for Final Group
2	Genoa	10	8	0	2	33	12	+21	16	Qualified for Final Group
3	Internazionale	10	6	0	4	24	14	+10	12
4	Andrea Doria	10	4	1	5	20	30	−10	9
5	US Milanese	10	1	2	7	8	25	−17	4
6	Racing Libertas Milan (T)	10	0	1	9	8	34	−26	1	Re-elected

Source: Panini
(T) Qualified, but not yet for the particular phase indicated

Results table

Home \ Away	ADO	GEN	INT	MIL	RAC	USM
Andrea Doria		1–5	6–0	2–3	3–2	1–1
Genoa	6–0		0–1	4–1	5–1	4–0
Internazionale	5–1	2–3		1–2	5–0	2–0
Milan	7–0	4–0	1–0		2–0	6–0
Racing Libertas Milano	1–5	0–1	1–6	1–2		2–2
US Milanese	0–1	2–5	0–2	0–2	3–0

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio – La Storia 1898–2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 (in Italian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Veneto-Emilia

Classification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Vicenza	10	7	2	1	32	10	+22	16	Qualified for Final Group
1	Hellas Verona	10	8	0	2	28	10	+18	16	Qualified for Final Group
3	Venezia	10	6	2	2	28	6	+22	14
4	Volontari Venezia	10	3	2	5	19	29	−10	8
5	Bologna	10	2	0	8	14	30	−16	4
6	Modena (T)	10	1	0	9	6	42	−36	2	Re-elected

Source: Panini
(T) Qualified, but not yet for the particular phase indicated

Results table

Home \ Away	BOL	HEL	MOD	VEN	VIC	VOL
Bologna		1–2	1–0	0–1	2–4	9–0
Hellas Verona	3–0		8–0	2–0	4–1	3–2
Modena	1–0	1–4		0–2	0–4	0–5
Venezia	8–0	3–0	8–2		0–1	5–0
Vicenza	7–0	1–0	7–1	0–0		6–2
Volontari Venezia	4–1	1–2	3–1	1–1	1–1

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio – La Storia 1898–2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 (in Italian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final round

The results of the matches between sides that were in the same qualification rounds were valid also for the final round (but not the goals scored in those matches). Due to this, the sides began the final round with a point bonus:

Pro Vercelli: 3 points
Milan, Genoa, Hellas Verona, Vicenza: 2 points
Casale: 1 point

Classification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Pro Vercelli (C)	10	8	2	0	22	1	+21	18	Champions and qualified
2	Genoa	10	6	1	3	21	13	+8	13
3	Milan	10	5	2	3	21	10	+11	12
4	Casale	10	4	3	3	22	13	+9	11
5	Vicenza	10	1	2	7	8	25	−17	4
6	Hellas Verona	10	1	0	9	7	39	−32	2

Source: Panini
(C) Champions

Note:solely 8 matches really played instead of 10.

Results table

Home \ Away	CSL	GEN	HEL	MIL	PVE	VIC
Casale		1–1	6–0	2–0	0–0	5–1
Genoa	1–0		5–0	4–1	0–1	1–0
Hellas Verona	2–5	0–4		0–3	0–5	4–1
Milan	4–0	4–0	5–1		0–0	1–1
Pro Vercelli	1–0	5–1	4–0	2–0		3–0
Vicenza	3–3	1–4	1–0	0–3	0–1

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio – La Storia 1898–2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 (in Italian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Pro Vercelli advanced to National Final.

Central-Southern Italy tournament

Tuscany

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Virtus Juventusque (C)	6	4	1	1	11	8	+3	9	Champions and qualified
2	SPES Livorno	6	2	3	1	15	9	+6	7
3	Pisa	6	1	2	3	6	6	0	4
4	Firenze	6	2	0	4	7	16	−9	4

Source: Panini
(C) Champions

Home \ Away	CSF	PIS	SLI	VJU
Firenze		1–4	2–1	0–1
Pisa	0–1		1–1	0–1
SPES Livorno	6–1	1–1		1–1
Virtus Juventusque	4–2	1–0	3–5

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio – La Storia 1898–2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 (in Italian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Virtus Juventusque advanced to Central Final.

Lazio

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Lazio	10	8	2	0	55	9	+46	18	Champions and qualified
2	Juventus Roma	10	6	2	2	25	21	+4	14
3	Audace Roma	10	6	1	3	27	22	+5	13
4	Roman	10	5	1	4	26	15	+11	11
5	Pro Roma	10	2	0	8	9	55	−46	4
6	Alba Roma	10	0	0	10	0	20	−20	0

Source: Panini

Home \ Away	ALB	AUE	AUJ	LAZ	PRO	ROM
Alba Roma		0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2
Audace Roma	2–0		3–3	2–6	9–1	2–1
Juventus Roma	2–0	5–1		2–2	1–0	0–3
Lazio	2–0	5–0	9–2		13–1	5–0
Pro Roma	2–0	1–4	1–5	0–9		1–9
Roman	2–0	0–2	2–3	2–2	5–0

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio – La Storia 1898–2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 (in Italian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Lazio advanced to Central Final.

Campania (Southern Final)

First leg

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Naples	2–1	Internazionale Napoli

Second leg

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Internazionale Napoli	2–3	Naples

Naples won 5–3 on aggregate, advanced to Central-Southern Final.^[1]

Central Final

First leg

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Virtus Juventusque	1–3	Lazio

Second leg

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Lazio	3–0	Virtus Juventusque

Lazio won 6–1 on aggregate, advanced to Central-Southern Final.^[1]

Central-Southern Final

First leg

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Naples	1–2	Lazio

Second leg

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Lazio	1–1	Naples

Lazio won 3–2 on aggregate, advanced to the National Final.^[1]

National final

Played on 1 June 1913, in Genoa.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Pro Vercelli	6–0	Lazio

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio – La Storia 1898–2004. Panini Edizioni. 2005.

[:0-1] Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio – La Storia 1898–2004. Panini Edizioni. 2005.

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