The 1926-27 Divisione Nazionale was the twenty-seventh edition of the Italian Football Championship. It was also the fourth season from which the Italian Football Champions' adorned their team jerseys in the subsequent season with a

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. This was the first of three seasons of the Italian Football Championship re-branded to Divisione Nazionale (replacing the previous

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). The 1926–27 Divisione Nazionale won by

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was revoked during the following season. That was due to alleged match fixing in a

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versus

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The Viareggio Charter

In 1926 the ''”

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Charter”'' submitted the Italian football's organization to the

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regime. The ''Northern League'' was disbanded and it was replaced by the fascist regime appointed '' Higher Divisions Directory''. Three clubs from

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were added to the original sixteen-clubs championship to make it a national league. The 20th club had been chosen by a special qualification between the relegated clubs of the Northern League which was won by US Alessandria. Hence, in a complete re-structure from previous Italian Championships, Divisione Nazionale was organised into two non-geographical round robin contests. In 1926-27 it was contested by 17 Northern Italian clubs plus two from

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plus SSC Napoli. The top three teams from each of they two round robins then decided the championship via a round robin finals contest. The finals phase replaced the previous championship final that had become a traditional appointment with riots and supporter violences.

First phase

Group A

Classification

Results table

* The home teams are read down the left hand side while the away teams are indicated along the top.

Group B

Classification

Results table

* The home teams are read down the left hand side while the away teams are indicated along the top.

Final round

Classification

Results table

Top goalscorers

References and sources

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

Footnotes

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1926–27 in Italian football leagues