The 1926–27

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was the 1st edition of a second tier tournament of the

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which was organized at national level.

The ''Carta di Viareggio''

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, that defended strenuously sportive amateurism. The fascist Charter transformed the old ''Northern League'' into an authoritarian and national committee, the

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, appointed by the FIGC. The second level championship, which took the diminished name of

, 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.

Group A

* Novara promoted to

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. * Speranza Savona relegated, later merged into Savona.

Group B

* Pro Patria promoted to

. * Udinese later readmitted to fill ceased memberships.

Results

Group C

* Reggiana promoted to

. * Anconitana later readmitted to fill ceased memberships.

Results

Group D

Events

* Lazio promoted to

. Bankruptcies * Ilva Bagnolese and Casertana both bankrupted. * Palermo relegated and bankrupted. Mergers * Pro Italia Taranto merged with Audace Taranto into

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. * Roman merged with

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and

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into

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Final Group

* Novara champions 1926-27.

Results

References

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