1909–10 Prima Categoria

Prima Categoria
Season	1909–10
Champions	Internazionale; 1st title
Top goalscorer	Ernest Peterly (23)
	← 1909 1910–11 →

The 1909–10 Prima Categoria season was won by Internazionale.

Regulation[]

Following the creation of the Italian national football team, the Italian Football Federation revamped its championship.

The round robin was introduced for the first time.

Registration was free and only subject to a quality committee. The eight clubs of the last years were joined by Ausonia, a Milanese car factory‘s club which paid the enrolment tax to try the experience of a national football championship.^[1]

Final classification[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Internazionale (C)	16	12	1	3	55	26	+29	25	Tie-breaker required
2	Pro Vercelli	16	12	1	3	46	15	+31	25	Tie-breaker required
3	Juventus	16	8	2	6	28	19	+9	18
4	Torino	16	8	1	7	43	30	+13	17
4	Genoa	16	7	3	6	29	23	+6	17
6	Milan	16	6	1	9	23	36	−13	13
6	US Milanese	16	6	1	9	35	53	−18	13
8	Andrea Doria	16	5	1	10	18	39	−21	11
9	Ausonia Milano (E)	16	0	5	11	16	52	−36	5	Financial crisis

Source: Panini
(C) Champion; (E) Eliminated

Results table[]

Home \ Away	ADO		GEN	INT	JUV	MIL	PVE	TOR	USM
Andrea Doria		3–0	3–0	1–3	0–1	1–7	2–0	3–1	4–2
	0–0		3–3	2–6	2–2	2–2	0–4	0–2	1–4
Genoa	3–1	6–2		4–0	2–0	0–1	1–2	0–0	1–0
Internazionale	5–0	2–2	2–0		1–0	5–1	1–4	7–2	7–2
Juventus	4–0	6–0	0–2	2–0		5–3	0–0	3–0	1–2
Milan	2–0	2–1	1–0	0–5	0–1		0–3	0–1	1–0
Pro Vercelli	1–0	3–0	5–2	1–2	4–0	4–0		0–1	5–1
Torino	5–0	2–0	0–2	3–4	3–1	6–2	2–4		13–1
US Milanese	5–0	5–1	3–3	2–5	0–2	2–1	3–6	3–2

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 (in Italian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship tie-breaker[]

Played in Vercelli on April 24

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Pro Vercelli	3-10	Internazionale

Pro Vercelli had previously planned to join a football exhibition on April 24. Inter refused to postpone the match so Pro Vercelli fielded its fourth squad (15-year-old boys) in protest.

References and sources[]

Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005
Carlo Chiesa, La grande storia del calcio italiano, Chapter 2: Juve, scippati due titoli! Inter, l'atroce beffa, pp. 17–32, Guerin Sportivo #5, May 2012.

Notes[]

^ Meanwhile, Piemonte F.C. refused to join the championship, leaving incomplete the FIGC’s desired top-ten format.

[1] Meanwhile, Piemonte F.C. refused to join the championship, leaving incomplete the FIGC’s desired top-ten format.

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