The 1913-14 Prima Categoria was the seventeenth edition of the

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and the eleventh since the re-brand to

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. The 1913–14 Prima Categoria title is the only Italian Football Championship won by Casale. The previous six season dominance of

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of five titles only punctuated in a season in which they fielded a protest team, ended that season.

Regulation

The competition was expanded to 44 clubs. Structure involving Central and Southern Italian clubs introduced the season before was retained. Two regional round robin tournaments again took place, each initially sub-divided into three further sub-tournaments. The Northern championship, which was the main tournament, was split in three groups of ten clubs, with eighteen matchdays, even if the Oriental group could not be filled. The best two clubs of each group went to the final group. Last clubs should be relegated. The experimental Southern groups had their own special regulations.

Teams

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for Piedmont, Liguria for Ligury, Nazionale Lombardia for Lombardy, and Petrarca Padua had been promoted according to the national regulation. However, Lombard local committee also promoted Juve Italia and AC Milanese Lambro, while Venetian local committee also promoted

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. Following Baraldi-Baruffini agreement, three relegated clubs were re-elected, while Vigor Turin and Savona Calcio were also promoted. Finally,

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and

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were also invited to join.

Main tournament

Piedmont-Liguria

Classification

Results table

Lombardy

Classification

Results table

Veneto-Emilia

Classification

Results table

Final round

Classification

Results table

Central-Southern Italy tournament

Tuscany

SPES Livorno advanced to Central Final.

Lazio

Lazio advanced to Central Final.

Campania (Southern Final)

First leg

Second leg

Internazionale Napoli won 3–2 on aggregate, advanced to Central-Southern Final.

Central Final

First leg

Second leg

Lazio won 4–0 on aggregate, advanced to Central-Southern Final.

Central-Southern Final

First leg

Second leg

Lazio won 9–0 on aggregate, advanced to the National Final.

National Finals

:''Played on 5 and 12 July 1914.''

References and sources

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