1927–28 Divisione Nazionale

Divisione Nazionale
Season	1927–28
Champions	Torino; 1st title
Relegated	None (Napoli, Lazio, Livorno, La Dominante, Reggiana, Hellas Verona were later readmitted to Divisione Nazionale)
Matches played	276
Goals scored	953 (3.45 per match)
Top goalscorer	Julio Libonatti; (35 goals)
	← 1926–27 1928–29 →

The 1927–28 Divisione Nazionale season was won by Torino.

AS Roma and SC Napoli joined the championship as special guests by order of the fascist authorities to allow a wider representation of Southern Italy.

Clubs[]

Novara, Pro Patria, Reggiana and Lazio joined from the lower First Division. Some clubs in Rome and Genoa were merged.

First phase[]

Group A[]

Classification[]

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1.	Torino	20	14	2	4	78	19	+59	30	Qualified
2.	Genoa	20	13	3	4	42	21	+21	29
3.	Alessandria	20	12	4	4	59	20	+39	28
4.	Milan	20	10	6	4	35	23	+12	26
5.	Brescia	20	9	3	8	30	37	-7	21
6.	Pro Vercelli	20	7	4	9	29	27	+2	18
7.	Cremonese	20	7	3	10	33	34	-1	17
7.	Padova	20	7	3	10	24	36	-12	17
9.	Napoli	20	5	5	10	23	54	-31	15	Later readmitted to Divisione Nazionale^[1]
10.	Lazio	20	4	3	13	17	45	-28	11
11.	Reggiana	20	1	6	13	23	77	-54	8

Results table[]

Home \ Away	ALE	BRE	CRE	GEN	LAZ	MIL	NAP	PAD	PRO	REG	TOR
Alessandria	—	4–1	5–0	4–0	6–0	0–0	11–1	3–1	0–0	11–0	3–1
Brescia	0–1	—	3–2	0–1	4–3	1–3	2–0	1–0	2–1	5–2	3–1
Cremonese	4–1	0–1	—	1–2	2–0	0–1	5–0	3–0	3–1	1–1	2–2
Genoa	2–0	0–0	4–1	—	4–0	1–1	3–0	4–1	5–0	5–2	2–1
Lazio	0–1	2–1	2–1	1–2	—	3–1	0–2	0–3	1–1	1–1	0–2
Milan	2–2	4–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	—	5–1	3–0	1–0	2–2	1–3
Napoli	1–1	0–4	3–1	2–1	0–0	1–2	—	2–2	2–0	4–0	0–1
Padova	2–1	1–1	0–2	1–2	2–0	2–1	2–1	—	1–0	2–0	0–4
Pro Vercelli	0–1	1–0	3–0	3–0	6–0	1–1	1–1	3–1	—	4–0	0–3
Reggiana	1–3	0–0	1–2	0–3	1–3	0–2	2–2	2–2	5–3	—	3–8
Torino	4–1	11–0	2–2	2–0	3–0	2–0	11–0	3–1	0–1	14–0	—

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group B[]

Classification[]

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1.	Bologna	20	10	7	3	44	16	+28	27	Qualified
2.	Juventus	20	9	6	5	37	24	+13	24
2.	Casale	20	8	8	4	35	27	+8	24
2.	Internazionale	20	9	6	5	40	32	+8	24
5.	Modena	20	7	8	5	39	28	+11	22
6.	Novara	20	8	5	7	28	29	-1	21
7.	Pro Patria	20	8	4	8	30	34	-4	20
8.	Roma	20	6	6	8	31	30	+1	18
9.	Livorno	20	7	3	10	32	37	-5	17	Later readmitted to Divisione Nazionale^[1]
10.	La Dominante	20	4	6	10	26	40	-14	14
11.	Hellas Verona	20	2	5	13	21	66	-45	9

Results table[]

Home \ Away	BOL	CAS	LAD	HEL	INT	JUV	LIV	MOD	NOV	PRO	ROM
Bologna	—	4–1	10–1	1–1	2–0	7–0	3–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	3–0
Casale	0–0	—	8–1	2–2	2–0	4–1	2–1	2–5	0–0	3–2	3–2
La Dominante	0–0	0–0	—	7–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–2	2–3	0–0
Hellas Verona	0–1	1–1	1–2	—	1–2	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–3	2–1	2–0
Internazionale	2–4	3–2	4–1	1–0	—	6–1	3–2	2–1	3–0	5–2	3–3
Juventus	1–0	1–2	5–1	1–1	3–1	—	2–1	1–1	4–3	6–2	3–0
Livorno	0–3	1–2	5–2	2–1	0–3	4–2	—	5–3	2–1	4–1	2–1
Modena	2–1	0–0	5–1	0–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	—	5–1	1–2	2–0
Novara	4–0	0–0	1–1	3–0	2–2	0–2	1–0	2–1	—	1–0	2–1
Pro Patria	1–1	2–0	4–0	1–1	2–1	1–0	2–0	1–2	1–1	—	0–3
Roma	1–1	1–1	3–1	3–0	0–0	4–2	2–0	3–3	4–1	0–1	—

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final round[]

Classification[]

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1.	Torino	14	8	3	3	33	18	+15	19	Champions
2.	Genoa	14	7	3	4	30	27	+3	17
3.	Alessandria	14	6	4	4	31	25	+6	16
3.	Juventus	14	7	2	5	23	17	+6	16
5.	Bologna	14	5	5	4	28	18	+10	15
6.	Milan	14	5	4	5	21	24	-3	14
7.	Internazionale	14	5	1	8	27	37	-10	11
8.	Casale	14	1	2	11	14	41	-27	4

Results table[]

Home \ Away	ALE	BOL	CAS	GEN	INT	JUV	MIL	TOR
Alessandria	—	1–1	5–1	6–1	6–3	2–0	2–0	2–1
Bologna	1–1	—	7–0	3–1	3–1	0–2	5–0	1–1
Casale	5–0	3–4	—	0–4	1–3	0–2^[2]	2–2	0–3
Genoa	2–0	2–0	1–1	—	6–0	3–0	2–2	2–1
Internazionale	4–3	3–1	3–0	2–2	—	1–4	2–3	1–3
Juventus	0–0	1–1	3–0	6–1	1–0	—	0–1	1–4
Milan	3–0	1–1	2–0	1–2	1–2	3–1	—	2–2
Torino	3–3	1–0	2–1	5–1	3–2	1–2	3–0	—

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers[]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Julio Libonatti	Torino	35
2	Adolfo Baloncieri	Torino	31
3	Angelo Schiavio	Bologna	26

References and sources[]

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

Footnotes[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Readmitted to the first division due to championship reform.
^ Decided by the FIGC.

[readmitted-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b Readmitted to the first division due to championship reform.

[2] Decided by the FIGC.

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