The 1914-15 Prima Categoria was the eighteenth edition of the Italian Football Championship and the twelfth since the re-brand to
Prima Categoria
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. The championship was suspended before completion, due to
Italy
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entering
World War I
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on 24 May 1915. Despite the season not concluding,
Genoa
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were declared champions by the Federation after the War, since Genoa topped the table with one game remaining in the Northern Italy Final Round.
[In 1920, Torino and Inter appealed against Genoa’s victory, but FIGC finally rejected the request in 1922: arlo F. Chiesa, 1915-1920, in "La grande storia del calcio italiano", nº 8 (C), Guerin Sportivo, August 2012]. After a hundred years, in 2015, a group of S.S. Lazio, Lazio supporters asked the Italian Football Federation to assign the title to both Genoa and Lazio, because Lazio was the winner of the Central Italy Semifinal Round even if Southern Italy Round was not completed: ]
Regulation
Struggles between minor and major clubs continued. As a compromise, the championship was divided into a preliminary regional phase of ten matchdays, while the following national phase was split into a semifinal round and a final round of six matchdays each. More, the championship would be split in two categories, A and B, for 1915–16 season. However, finally the championship was expanded to 36 clubs.
The main tournament was split in six groups of six clubs. First and second clubs, together with the four best third teams, advanced to the national championship. Fourth place and worse clubs would be relegated to the new "Category B".
National championship was split in four groups of four clubs. Group winners advanced to the final group of four clubs. The whole tournament consequently had twenty-two matchdays.
The experimental Southern groups had their own special regulations.
Teams
Veloces Biella for Piedmont,
Cremonese
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for Lombardy,
Padova
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for Veneto and Audax Modena for Emilia had been promoted. Two relegated clubs were re-elected. More, minor clubs voted to expand the championship so
Acqui
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The c ...
,
Valenzana
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History
Valenzana Mado
The club was founded in 2012 after the merger of Valenzana Calcio and G.S. Mado. It ...
, Savoia Milan and Swiss side
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History
Between 1927 ...
were invited to join.
Main tournament
Qualifications
The first two teams of every group and the best four teams that finished third, advanced to the semifinals.
Group A and B were organized by the Turin committee, group C and D and E by the Milan committee, and group F by the Venice committee.
Group A
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Group C
Savoia Milano
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ed before the start of the Championship.
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Group D
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Group E
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Group F
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Semifinals
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Group B
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Group C
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Group D
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Final round
Classification
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Southern Italy tournament
Central and Southern Italy Final Round was not played because Italy entered World War I on May 24, 1915. Consequently, the National Finals also were not be played.
Footnotes
References and sources
*''Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004'', Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005
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