The 1925-26 Prima Divisione was the twenty-sixth edition of the

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and the fifth and last season branded

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(before its re-brand to

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). This season was the third from which the Italian Football Champions' celebrations included adorning the team jerseys in the subsequent season with a

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. The 1925–26 Prima Divisione was the second Italian Football Championship won by

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and their first in the scudetto era.

Format

All five seasons of Prima Divisione were scheduled as regional competitions, leading to a national final.

Northern League

Regular season

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and

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had been promoted from the Second Division.

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was introduced eliminating the tie-breakers. The Northern League decided to create the

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with 16 teams starting in 1926, so the last four teams of each group should be relegated. However, just after the end of the regular season the

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s postponed thus project under protests of Southern clubs which would be excluded. They imposed a National Division of two groups instead, and all relegated clubs entered into an extraordinary qualification for the new tournament.

Group A

=Classification

=Results table

Group B

=Classification

=Results table

Finals

;Tie-break :''Played on August 1, 1926, in

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qualified for the National Finals.

Southern League

The Southern League was a separate amatorial league, still divided in five regions. The winner were Alba Rome.

National Finals

1st leg Date: 8 August

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, 2nd leg Date: 22 August 1926

Top goalscorers

Qualification to the National Division

Round 1

''Played on August 29''

Round 2

''Played on September 5''

Round 3

''Played on September 12'' ;Repetition ''Played on September 19 in

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was qualified to the National Division.

References and sources

*''Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004'', Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005

Footnotes

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