1924–25 Prima Divisione
{{Short description|24th season of top-tier Italian football}}
{{More citations needed|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox football league season
| competition = Prima Divisione
| season = 1924–25
| image = 1924–25 Bologna Football Club.jpg
| winners = Bologna
1st title
| caption = 1924–25 Bologna team
|relegated=Spezia
Derthona
SPAL
US Tarantina
FBC Bari
| league topscorer = Mario Magnozzi
(19 goals)
| matches =
| total goals =
| prevseason = 1923–24
| nextseason = 1925–26
}}
The 1924-25 Prima Divisione was the twenty-fifth edition of the Italian Football Championship and the fourth branded Prima Divisione. This season was the second from which the Italian Football Champions celebrations included adorning the team jerseys in the subsequent season with a Scudetto. The 1924–25 Prima Divisione was the first Italian Football Championship won by Bologna.
Format
All five seasons of Prima Divisione were scheduled as regional competitions, leading to a national final.
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===
class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
!width=33|P !Team !width=33|Pld !width=33|W !width=33|D !width=33|L !width=33|GF !width=33|GA !width=33|GD !width=33|Pts !class="unsortable" width=250|Promotion or relegation |
style="background: lightblue;"
| 1. |align="left"|Genoa | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 48 | 23 | +25 | 30 | Qualified |
2.
|align="left"|Modena | 22 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 41 | 24 | +17 | 29 |
3.
|align="left"|Casale | 22 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 37 | 30 | +7 | 27 |
4.
|align="left"|Internazionale | 22 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 44 | 37 | +7 | 25 |
4.
|align="left"|Pisa | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 32 | 28 | +4 | 25 |
6.
|align="left"|Torino | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 30 | 25 | +5 | 24 |
7.
|align="left"|Cremonese | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 28 | 34 | -6 | 22 |
8.
|align="left"|Reggiana | 22 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 36 | 42 | -6 | 20 |
9.
|align="left"|Hellas Verona | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 33 | 42 | -9 | 18 |
10.
|align="left"|Brescia | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 27 | 34 | -7 | 17 |
11.
|align="left"|Legnano | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 29 | -11 | 15 |
style="background:#FFCCCC"
| 12. |align="left"|Spezia | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 20 | 46 | -26 | 12 | Relegated |
===Results table===
{{#invoke:sports results|main
| source =
| update = complete | matches_style = FBR
| team1= BRE | team2= CAS | team3= CRE | team4= GEN | team5= HEL | team6= INT
| team7= LEG | team8= MOD | team9= PIS | team10= REG | team11= SPE | team12= TOR
| name_BRE = Brescia
| name_CAS = Casale
| name_CRE = Cremonese
| name_GEN = Genoa
| name_HEL = Hellas Verona
| name_INT = Internazionale
| name_LEG = Legnano
| name_MOD = Modena
| name_PIS = Pisa
| name_REG = Reggiana
| name_SPE = Spezia
| name_TOR = Torino
| match_BRE_CAS = 3-1
| match_BRE_CRE = 5-0
| match_BRE_GEN = 0-2
| match_BRE_HEL = 4-0
| match_BRE_INT = 1-0
| match_BRE_LEG = 1-0
| match_BRE_MOD = 4-1
| match_BRE_PIS = 0-1
| match_BRE_REG = 1-1
| match_BRE_SPE = 4-2
| match_BRE_TOR = 1-2
| match_CAS_BRE = 2-1
| match_CAS_CRE = 3-0
| match_CAS_GEN = 2-1
| match_CAS_HEL = 2-0
| match_CAS_INT = 2-1
| match_CAS_LEG = 1-0
| match_CAS_MOD = 4-0
| match_CAS_PIS = 3-1
| match_CAS_REG = 2-0
| match_CAS_SPE = 6-3
| match_CAS_TOR = 0-0
| match_CRE_BRE = 3-0
| match_CRE_CAS = 2-1
| match_CRE_GEN = 2-0
| match_CRE_HEL = 2-2
| match_CRE_INT = 1-1
| match_CRE_LEG = 3-0
| match_CRE_MOD = 1-0
| match_CRE_PIS = 1-0
| match_CRE_REG = 1-1
| match_CRE_SPE = 6-0
| match_CRE_TOR = 0-1
| match_GEN_BRE = 5-0
| match_GEN_CAS = 4-1
| match_GEN_CRE = 4-0
| match_GEN_HEL = 3-0
| match_GEN_INT = 2-1
| match_GEN_LEG = 6-3
| match_GEN_MOD = 2-0
| match_GEN_PIS = 1-1
| match_GEN_REG = 4-2
| match_GEN_SPE = 3-2
| match_GEN_TOR = 0-0
| match_HEL_BRE = 2-0
| match_HEL_CAS = 2-1
| match_HEL_CRE = 1-2
| match_HEL_GEN = 2-2
| match_HEL_INT = 2-3
| match_HEL_LEG = 2-1
| match_HEL_MOD = 3-3
| match_HEL_PIS = 3-0
| match_HEL_REG = 3-0
| match_HEL_SPE = 3-0
| match_HEL_TOR = 2-2
| match_INT_BRE = 1-0
| match_INT_CAS = 4-0
| match_INT_CRE = 4-2
| match_INT_GEN = 2-1
| match_INT_HEL = 3-1
| match_INT_LEG = 1-2
| match_INT_MOD = 4-1
| match_INT_PIS = 1-2
| match_INT_REG = 3-0
| match_INT_SPE = 5-2
| match_INT_TOR = 2-5
| match_LEG_BRE = 0-0
| match_LEG_CAS = 0-1
| match_LEG_CRE = 0-1
| match_LEG_GEN = 1-0
| match_LEG_HEL = 1-1
| match_LEG_INT = 0-2
| match_LEG_MOD = 0-0
| match_LEG_PIS = 0-0
| match_LEG_REG = 2-0
| match_LEG_SPE = 1-1
| match_LEG_TOR = 4-1
| match_MOD_BRE = 2-0
| match_MOD_CAS = 3-0
| match_MOD_CRE = 3-0
| match_MOD_GEN = 1-0
| match_MOD_HEL = 1-0
| match_MOD_INT = 5-0
| match_MOD_LEG = 3-1
| match_MOD_PIS = 4-0
| match_MOD_REG = 2-1
| match_MOD_SPE = 2-0
| match_MOD_TOR = 0-1
| match_PIS_BRE = 6-1
| match_PIS_CAS = 2-2
| match_PIS_CRE = 3-0
| match_PIS_GEN = 1-2
| match_PIS_HEL = 2-0
| match_PIS_INT = 3-1
| match_PIS_LEG = 1-0
| match_PIS_MOD = 0-1
| match_PIS_REG = 2-0
| match_PIS_SPE = 3-2
| match_PIS_TOR = 1-0
| match_REG_BRE = 2-1
| match_REG_CAS = 1-0
| match_REG_CRE = 4-1
| match_REG_GEN = 1-4
| match_REG_HEL = 6-2
| match_REG_INT = 4-2
| match_REG_LEG = 3-1
| match_REG_MOD = 1-4
| match_REG_PIS = 3-1
| match_REG_SPE = 2-0
| match_REG_TOR = 2-1
| match_SPE_BRE = 1-0
| match_SPE_CAS = 1-1
| match_SPE_CRE = 0-0
| match_SPE_GEN = 0-1
| match_SPE_HEL = 1-1
| match_SPE_INT = 0-1
| match_SPE_LEG = 1-0
| match_SPE_MOD = 0-3
| match_SPE_PIS = 0-1
| match_SPE_REG = 2-1
| match_SPE_TOR = 1-0
| match_TOR_BRE = 0-0
| match_TOR_CAS = 1-2
| match_TOR_CRE = 1-0
| match_TOR_GEN = 1-1
| match_TOR_HEL = 3-1
| match_TOR_INT = 1-2
| match_TOR_LEG = 0-1
| match_TOR_MOD = 2-2
| match_TOR_PIS = 3-1
| match_TOR_REG = 3-1
| match_TOR_SPE = 2-1
}}
==Group B==
===Classification===
class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
!width=33|P !Team !width=33|Pld !width=33|W !width=33|D !width=33|L !width=33|GF !width=33|GA !width=33|GD !width=33|Pts !class="unsortable" width=250|Promotion or relegation |
style="background: #90EE90;"
| 1. |align="left"|Bologna | 24 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 53 | 22 | +31 | 34 | Qualified |
2.
|align="left"|Pro Vercelli | 24 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 56 | 29 | +27 | 32 |
2.
|align="left"|Juventus | 24 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 38 | 21 | +17 | 32 |
4.
|align="left"|Padova | 24 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 51 | 34 | +17 | 29 |
5.
|align="left"|Livorno | 24 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 45 | 41 | +4 | 25 |
5.
|align="left"|Alessandria | 24 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 27 | 30 | -3 | 25 |
7.
|align="left"|Novara | 24 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 26 | 30 | -4 | 22 |
8.
|align="left"|Milan | 24 | 10 | 1 | 13 | 45 | 51 | -6 | 21 |
8.
|align="left"|Andrea Doria | 24 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 26 | 33 | -7 | 21 |
10.
|align="left"|Sampierdarenese | 24 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 24 | 32 | -8 | 20 |
11.
|align="left"|Mantova | 24 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 38 | 53 | -15 | 19 |style="text-align:center" | Tie-breaker |
style="background: #FFCCCC;"
| 12. |align="left"|SPAL | 24 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 26 | 50 | -24 | 19 |style="text-align:center" | Relegated |
style="background:#FFCCCC"
| 13. |align="left"|Derthona | 24 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 25 | 54 | -29 | 13 | Relegated |
===Results table===
{{#invoke:sports results|main
| source =
| update = complete| matches_style = FBR
| team1= ALE | team2= ADO | team3= BOL | team4= DER | team5= JUV | team6= LIV | team7= MAN
| team8= MIL | team9= NOV | team10= PAD | team11= PRO | team12= SAM | team13= SPA
| name_ALE = Alessandria
| name_ADO = Andrea Doria
| name_BOL = Bologna
| name_DER = Derthona
| name_JUV = Juventus
| name_LIV = Livorno
| name_MAN = Mantova
| name_MIL = Milan
| name_NOV = Novara
| name_PAD = Padova
| name_PRO = Pro Vercelli
| name_SAM = Sampierdarenese
| name_SPA = SPAL
| match_ALE_ADO = 2-1
| match_ALE_BOL = 1-0
| match_ALE_DER = 0-0
| match_ALE_JUV = 2-2
| match_ALE_LIV = 2-3
| match_ALE_MAN = 6-1
| match_ALE_MIL = 3-1
| match_ALE_NOV = 1-0
| match_ALE_PAD = 1-1
| match_ALE_PRO = 1-0
| match_ALE_SAM = 1-0
| match_ALE_SPA = 2-1
| match_ADO_ALE = 0-0
| match_ADO_BOL = 0-1
| match_ADO_DER = 4-1
| match_ADO_JUV = 0-0
| match_ADO_LIV = 1-0
| match_ADO_MAN = 3-1
| match_ADO_MIL = 3-2
| match_ADO_NOV = 2-0
| match_ADO_PAD = 4-0
| match_ADO_PRO = 1-1
| match_ADO_SAM = 2-1
| match_ADO_SPA = 1-0
| match_BOL_ALE = 3-1
| match_BOL_ADO = 5-0
| match_BOL_DER = 4-1
| match_BOL_JUV = 2-1
| match_BOL_LIV = 2-1
| match_BOL_MAN = 5-0
| match_BOL_MIL = 2-0
| match_BOL_NOV = 0-0
| match_BOL_PAD = 3-0
| match_BOL_PRO = 3-0
| match_BOL_SAM = 4-0
| match_BOL_SPA = 3-1
| match_DER_ALE = 1-1
| match_DER_ADO = 0-3
| match_DER_BOL = 2-4
| match_DER_JUV = 0-2
| match_DER_LIV = 2-1
| match_DER_MAN = 3-0
| match_DER_MIL = 0-3
| match_DER_NOV = 1-1
| match_DER_PAD = 2-0
| match_DER_PRO = 1-1
| match_DER_SAM = 1-0
| match_DER_SPA = 0-2Decided by the FIGC.
| match_JUV_ALE = 3-0
| match_JUV_ADO = 1-0
| match_JUV_BOL = 2-1
| match_JUV_DER = 2-1
| match_JUV_LIV = 2-0
| match_JUV_MAN = 3-0
| match_JUV_MIL = 5-3
| match_JUV_NOV = 1-1
| match_JUV_PAD = 0-2
| match_JUV_PRO = 0-0
| match_JUV_SAM = 4-1
| match_JUV_SPA = 2-1
| match_LIV_ALE = 1-1
| match_LIV_ADO = 2-0
| match_LIV_BOL = 6-2
| match_LIV_DER = 2-2
| match_LIV_JUV = 2-2
| match_LIV_MAN = 4-1
| match_LIV_MIL = 4-0
| match_LIV_NOV = 1-1
| match_LIV_PAD = 2-0
| match_LIV_PRO = 4-1
| match_LIV_SAM = 2-1
| match_LIV_SPA = 4-0
| match_MAN_ALE = 1-1
| match_MAN_ADO = 1-0
| match_MAN_BOL = 0-0
| match_MAN_DER = 5-1
| match_MAN_JUV = 0-1
| match_MAN_LIV = 4-0
| match_MAN_MIL = 4-2
| match_MAN_NOV = 0-1
| match_MAN_PAD = 2-1
| match_MAN_PRO = 4-2
| match_MAN_SAM = 1-1
| match_MAN_SPA = 4-0
| match_MIL_ALE = 3-0
| match_MIL_ADO = 2-0
| match_MIL_BOL = 3-1
| match_MIL_DER = 3-2
| match_MIL_JUV = 0-0
| match_MIL_LIV = 4-2
| match_MIL_MAN = 2-1
| match_MIL_NOV = 3-1
| match_MIL_PAD = 1-3
| match_MIL_PRO = 1-2
| match_MIL_SAM = 2-0
| match_MIL_SPA = 3-1
| match_NOV_ALE = 0-0
| match_NOV_ADO = 1-0
| match_NOV_BOL = 1-2
| match_NOV_DER = 2-1
| match_NOV_JUV = 1-1
| match_NOV_LIV = 1-1
| match_NOV_MAN = 3-1
| match_NOV_MIL = 4-2
| match_NOV_PAD = 1-1
| match_NOV_PRO = 1-1
| match_NOV_SAM = 0-2
| match_NOV_SPA = 4-1
| match_PAD_ALE = 4-0
| match_PAD_ADO = 6-1
| match_PAD_BOL = 3-2
| match_PAD_DER = 2-1
| match_PAD_JUV = 2-1
| match_PAD_LIV = 5-1
| match_PAD_MAN = 1-2
| match_PAD_MIL = 4-0
| match_PAD_NOV = 1-1
| match_PAD_PRO = 0-0
| match_PAD_SAM = 2-0
| match_PAD_SPA = 9-0
| match_PRO_ALE = 2-0
| match_PRO_ADO = 2-0
| match_PRO_BOL = 3-0
| match_PRO_DER = 5-0
| match_PRO_JUV = 2-1
| match_PRO_LIV = 6-1
| match_PRO_MAN = 5-3
| match_PRO_MIL = 3-2
| match_PRO_NOV = 5-1
| match_PRO_PAD = 6-0
| match_PRO_SAM = 2-0
| match_PRO_SPA = 5-0
| match_SAM_ALE = 1-0
| match_SAM_ADO = 2-0
| match_SAM_BOL = 0-0
| match_SAM_DER = 1-0
| match_SAM_JUV = 0-0
| match_SAM_LIV = 1-1
| match_SAM_MAN = 4-1
| match_SAM_MIL = 3-2
| match_SAM_NOV = 1-0
| match_SAM_PAD = 2-3
| match_SAM_PRO = 2-2
| match_SAM_SPA = 0-0
| match_SPA_ALE = 1-1
| match_SPA_ADO = 2-0
| match_SPA_BOL = 0-4
| match_SPA_DER = 2-2
| match_SPA_JUV = 0-2
| match_SPA_LIV = 0-0
| match_SPA_MAN = 4-1
| match_SPA_MIL = 3-1
| match_SPA_NOV = 1-0
| match_SPA_PAD = 1-1
| match_SPA_PRO = 3-0
| match_SPA_SAM = 2-1
}}
===Tie-breaker===
:Played on August 30, 1925, in Milan.
{{OneLegStart}}
{{OneLegResult|Mantova|| 3-1After extra time. |SPAL||}}
{{end}}
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=
{{TwoLegStart}}
{{TwoLegResult|Bologna|| ● 2 points each ● |Genoa|| 1-2 | 2-1 |}}
{{end}}
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
{{OneLegStart}}
{{OneLegResult|Bologna|| 2-2 (annulled) |Genoa||}}
{{OneLegResult|Bologna|| 1-1 |Genoa||}}
{{OneLegResult|Bologna|| 2-0 |Genoa||}}
{{end}}
Bologna qualified for the National Finals.
Southern League
{{Main|1924-25 Lega Sud}}
The Southern League was a separate amatorial league, still divided in five regions. The winner were Alba Rome.
National Finals
Top goalscorers
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |
Rank
! Player ! Club ! Goals |
---|
1
|align="left"|{{flagicon|ITA|1861}} Mario Magnozzi |align="left"|Livorno | 19 |
2
| align="left" |{{flagicon|AUT |
| align="left" |Milan
|18
|-
|3
| align="left" |{{flagicon|ITA|1861}} Giuseppe Della Valle
| align="left" |Bologna
|17
|-
| rowspan="2" |4
| align="left" |{{flagicon|ITA|1861}} Angelo Schiavio
| align="left" |Bologna
| rowspan="2" |16
|-
| align="left" |{{flagicon|ITA|1861}} Fulvio Bernardini
| align="left" |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
{{reflist}}
{{Serie A}}
{{Serie A seasons}}
{{1924–25 in Italian Football}}
{{1924–25 in European football (UEFA)}}
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