The 1927-28 Divisione Nazionale was the twenty-eighth edition of the

Italian Football Championship Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, a Romance ethnic group related to or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance languag ...

. This was the second of three seasons of the Italian Football Championship re-branded to

Divisione Nazionale Divisione Nazionale ''(National Division)'' was the name of the first level of the Italian Football Championship from 1926 to 1929. History The competition was the evolution of former Prima Divisione ''(First Division)'' which had two main proble ...

. It was also the fifth season from which the Italian Football Champions' adorned their team jerseys in the subsequent season with a

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. The 1927–28 Divisione Nazionale season was the first Italian Football Championship won by

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Format

Divisione Nazionale was organised into two non-geographical round robin contests. In 1927-28 it was contested by 19 Northern Italian clubs plus

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and

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. The top four teams from each of they two round robins then decided the championship via a round robin finals contest.

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, Pro Patria, Reggiana and

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joined from the lower First Division. Some clubs in

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and

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were merged. Newly formed

(from three merged clubs) and

joined the championship as special guests by order of the fascist authorities, to allow a wider representation of

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First phase

Group A

Classification

Results table

Group B

Classification

Results table

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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1927–28 in Italian football leagues