1944 Campionato Alta Italia

See also: Spezia Calcio

This championship was disputed during the second World War and wasn't recognized by the FIGC until 2002, though Spezia's Scudetto is considered a "decoration".

As said above, the winner was Spezia, that at the time was called 42° Corpo dei Vigili del Fuoco della Spezia (VV.F. Spezia - Spezia Firefighters): since most of Spezia's players were drafted, the society's president had to ask the local firefighters to play for the team.

The new Commissioner of the Italian National Olympic Committee Ettore Rossi, appointed by the Italian Social Republic, organized the League of 1943-44 Alta Italia (Upper Italy), holding it until March 1944. In the south the situation was rather different: the matches were played in regional tournaments: the part about the Apulian sector was won by Conversano, while Lazio was imposed in the area of Rome.

The Campionato Alta Italia (Northern Italy Championship) was the only championship that was organized on a more than regional basis: in Central and Southern Italy many regional championship were held. The intention was to organize a national final, but the Gothic Line prevented this.

Campionato Alta Italia
1944 Winners
VV.F. Spezia
Decorative Title
(Awarded to Spezia Calcio 1906 in 2002)

Qualifications

Piedmont and Liguria

Classification

P
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Promotion or relegation
1. Torino FIAT 18 16 2 0 78 19 +59 34 Qualified
2. Juventus Cisitalia 18 12 3 3 44 25 +19 27
3. Biellese 18 12 0 6 44 32 +12 24
4. Liguria 18 10 3 5 40 25 +15 23
5. Genova 1893 18 9 2 7 34 31 +3 20
6. Novara 18 8 1 9 28 33 -5 17
7. Asti 18 5 3 10 21 36 -15 13
8. Casale 18 4 2 12 20 37 -17 10
8. Alessandria 18 4 2 12 13 46 -33 10
10. Cuneo 18 1 0 17 8 46 -38 2

Results

Home ╲ Away ALE AST BIECSLCUNGENJUVLIGNOVTOR
Alessandria 13 04 10 20 02 22 00 10 04
Asti 01 23 01 32 13 02 00 42 04
Biellese 51 30 43 20 31 12 54 32 12
Casale 20 02 02 20 02 02 24 22 14
Cuneo 32 02 02 02 03 02 02 02 03
Genova 1893 30 11 12 20 32 20 13 21 44
Juventus Cisitalia 40 22 32 51 61 31 43 20 00
Liguria 41 40 20 00 20 21 43 10 12
Novara 31 10 21 20 20 21 12 32 13
Torino FIAT 70 61 71 54 40 71 50 32 82

Source: Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 (Italian)
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Lombardy

Classification

P
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Promotion or relegation
1. Ambrosiana-Inter 14 10 1 3 30 13 +17 21 Qualified
2. Varese 14 6 4 4 26 20 +6 16 Tie-breaker
2. Brescia 14 7 2 5 24 20 +4 16
4. Fanfulla 14 5 5 4 17 17 0 15
5. Milano 14 5 3 6 18 16 +2 13
5. Pro Patria 14 4 5 5 12 14 -2 13
7. Cremonese 14 3 4 7 13 24 -11 10
8. Atalanta 14 3 2 9 12 28 -16 8

Results

Home ╲ Away AMB ATA BRECREFANMILPPAVAR
Ambrosiana-Inter 21 82 31 31 02 20 30
Atalanta 12 32 20 00 02 10 14
Brescia 01 10 00 41 10 11 41
Cremonese 12 21 04 11 00 30 11
Fanfulla 21 31 01 10 31 10 11
Milano 13 60 32 02 10 11 00
Pro Patria 00 11 21 20 00 20 31
Varese 10 30 01 72 33 21 20

Source: Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 (Italian)
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Tie-breaker
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Brescia Italy 0-1(aet) Italy Varese

Varese advanced to the semifinals

Veneto

Group A

Classification
P
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Promotion or relegation
1. Venezia 12 10 0 2 43 12 +31 20 Qualified
2. Treviso 12 8 1 3 36 11 +25 16
2. Padova 12 8 0 4 27 18 +9 16
4. Bassano 12 6 0 6 22 31 -9 12
5. Mestre 12 1 5 6 10 21 -11 7
6. Legnago 12 2 2 8 19 35 -16 6
6. Rovigo 12 2 2 8 9 38 -29 6
Results
Home ╲ Away BAS LGN MSTPADROVTRVVEN
Bassano 41 10 03 52 07 01
Legnago 14 11 31 60 14 03
Mestre 02 22 02 00 11 12
Padova 72 71 21 10 13 20
Rovigo 01 32 11 01 20 13
Treviso 21 20 50 30 70 13
Venezia 72 41 23 50 110 21

Source: Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 (Italian)
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Group B

Classification
P
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Promotion or relegation
1. Vicenza 10 8 1 1 32 7 +25 17 Qualified
2. Verona 10 5 3 2 18 15 +3 13
3. Lanerossi Schio 10 5 2 3 16 16 0 12
4. DAM Valdagno 10 5 1 4 15 15 0 10[1][2]
5. Monti Padova 10 1 1 8 12 31 -19 3
6. Sambonifacese 10 1 2 7 16 25 -9 2[2][3]
7. Audace San Michele (2) - - (2) (1) (7) - 0 Retired[4]
7. Pellizzari Arzignano (2) - - (2) (1) (8) - 0
Results
Home ╲ Away ASM DAM LANMONPELSMBHELVIC
Audace San Michele
DAM Valdagno 20 10 3 00 12
Lanerossi Schio 31 10 202 40 11
Monti Padova 23 11 41 12 15
Pellizzari Arzignano
Sambonifacese 13 23 101 00 022
Hellas Verona 2-04 202 50 42 6-04 22 31
Vicenza 5-14 50 41 30 2-14 40 202

Source: Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 (Italian)
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
2Forfeit.
3The match DAM Valdagno-Sambonifacese wasn't disputed. FIGC decided that both the teams had lost the match and had 1 and 2 points deducted rispectively.
4Audace San Michele and Pellizzari Arzignano retired during the championship. All their matches were invalidated.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Final round

Treviso and Vicenza retired before the start of the round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Venezia Italy 7-3 Italy Verona 5-1 2-2

Both Venezia and Verona were admitted to the semifinals.

Friuli-Venezia Giulia

Classification

P
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Promotion or relegation
1. Ampelea Isola d'Istria 14 10 2 2 35 17 +18 22 Qualified
2. Triestina 14 8 3 3 28 11 +17 19
3. Pro Gorizia 14 6 4 4 21 21 0 16
4. Monfalcone 14 6 2 6 19 22 -3 14
5. San Giusto 14 4 5 5 14 14 0 13
5. Udinese 14 5 3 6 17 25 -8 13
7. Cormonese 14 4 0 10 16 28 -12 8
8. Ponziana 14 3 1 10 13 25 -12 7

Results

Home ╲ Away AMP COR MFAPONPGOSGITRIUDI
Ampelea Isola d'Istria 42 30 52 41 11 20 62
Cormonese 14 21 10 01 31 04 02
Monfalcone 12 10 21 11 41 21 10
Ponziana 01 04 10 13 20 11 10
Pro Gorizia 31 21 11 32 11 03 31
San Giusto 01 20 12 10 20 00 40
Triestina 30 31 40 32 21 00 30
Udinese 11 31 43 10 11 00 21

Source: Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 (Italian)
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Emilia-Romagna

Group A

Classification
P
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Promotion or relegation
1. Bologna 6 5 0 1 22 8 +14 10 Qualified
2. Cesena 6 4 0 2 12 5 +7 8
3. Panigale 6 3 0 3 9 12 -3 6
4. San Pietro in Casale 6 0 0 6 3 21 -18 -2[3]
Results
Home ╲ Away BOL CES PANSPC
Bologna 20 40 21
Cesena 50 20 20
Panigale 13 32 31
San Pietro in Casale 111 01 02

Source: Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 (Italian)
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Group B

Classification
P
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Promotion or relegation
1. Faenza 8 4 3 1 18 7 +11 11 Qualified
1. Forlimpopoli 8 5 1 2 17 11 +8 11
3. Ravenna 8 4 1 3 17 7 +10 9
4. Imola 8 4 0 4 14 17 -3 8
5. Forlì 8 0 1 7 3 27 -24 1
Results
Home ╲ Away FAE FOR FRLIMLRAV
Faenza 11 41 50 11
Forlì 12 15 01 03
Forlimpopoli 22 30 32 21
Imola 03 70 10 21
Ravenna 10 50 01 51

Source: Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 (Italian)
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Group C

Classification
P
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Promotion or relegation
1. Modena 8 6 2 0 17 6 +11 14 Qualified[5]
2. Carpi 8 4 3 1 19 6 +13 11
2. Reggiana 8 5 1 2 13 9 +4 11
4. Mantova 8 1 1 6 11 28 -17 3
5. Centese 8 0 1 7 11 22 -11 1
Results
Home ╲ Away CRP CEN MANMODREA
Carpi 21 61 00 11
Centese 15 22 12 01
Mantova 04 31 13 12
Modena 11 43 50 10
Reggiana 10 32 53 01

Source: Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 (Italian)
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Group D

Classification
P
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Promotion or relegation
1. VV.F. Spezia 8 5 3 0 14 6 +8 13 Qualified
2. Corradini Suzzara 8 5 1 2 15 8 +7 11
3. Fidentina 8 2 4 2 20 20 0 8
4. Parma 8 2 3 3 8 12 -4 7
5. Orlandi Busseto 8 0 1 7 7 18 -11 0[1]
Results
Home ╲ Away COR FID ORLPARVFS
Corradini Suzzara 60 20 21 02
Fidentina 23 21 71 11
Orlandi Busseto 12 33 01 12
Parma 00 11 41 00
VV.F. Spezia 20 44 20 10

Source: Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 (Italian)
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Semifinals

Group A (Piedmont and Lombardy)

Classification

P
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Promotion or relegation
1. Torino FIAT 6 3 2 1 21 12 +9 8 Qualified
2. Juventus Cisitalia 6 3 1 2 15 9 +6 7
3. Ambrosiana-Inter 6 2 2 2 12 13 -1 6
4. Varese 6 1 1 4 6 20 -14 3

Results

Home ╲ Away AMB JUV TORVAR
Ambrosiana-Inter 21 33 30
Juventus Cisitalia 10 31 61
Torino FIAT 62 33 21
Varese 22 21 06

Source: Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 (Italian)
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Group B (Veneto and Friuli-Venezia Giulia)

Verona retired before the start of the semifinals.

Classification

P
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Promotion or relegation
1. Venezia 4 2 2 0 3 0 +3 6 Qualified
2. Ampelea Isola d'Istria 3[6] 1 0 2 2 4 -2 2
2. Triestina 3[6] 0 2 1 1 2 -1 2

Results

Home ╲ Away AMP TRI VEN
Ampelea Isola d'Istria 2 01
Triestina 12 00
Venezia 203 00

Source: Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 (Italian)
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
2Ampelea Isola d'Istria and Triestina renounced to play the last match: Venezia was already qualified and there were public security problems due to the war and the rivalry between the two teams' fans.
3Decided by the FIGC.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Group C (Emilia-Romagna)

Round 1

Group A
Classification
P
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Promotion or relegation
1. Bologna 6 4 1 1 11 5 +6 9 Qualified
2. Cesena 6 4 0 2 13 6 +7 8
3. Forlimpopoli 6 2 2 2 10 11 -1 6
4. Faenza 6 0 1 5 5 17 -12 1
Results
Home ╲ Away BOL CES FAEFRL
Bologna 20 31 31
Cesena 20 51 20
Faenza 02 02 02
Forlimpopoli 11 32 33

Source: Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 (Italian)
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Group B
Classification
P
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Promotion or relegation
1. VV.F. Spezia 6 5 0 1 14 4 +10 10 Qualified
2. Corradini Suzzara 6 2 1 3 7 10 -3 4[1]
2. Carpi 6 2 1 3 5 7 -2 4[1]
4. Modena 6 2 0 4 3 8 -5 3[1]
Results
Home ╲ Away CRP COR MODVFS
Carpi 11 01 21
Corradini Suzzara 202 20 25
Modena 02 202 02
VV.F. Spezia 20 20 202

Source: Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 (Italian)
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
2Decided by the FIGC.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Round 2

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Bologna Italy 0-4 Italy VV.F. Spezia 0-2[7] 0-2[8]

Final round

Classification

P
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Promotion or relegation
1. VV.F. Spezia 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1 3 Champions
2. Torino FIAT 2 1 0 1 6 4 +2 2
3. Venezia 2 0 1 1 3 6 -3 1

Results

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Venezia Italy 1-1 Italy VV.F. Spezia
VV.F. Spezia Italy 2-1 Italy Torino FIAT
Torino FIAT Italy 5-2 Italy Venezia

References and sources

External links

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 1 point deducted.
  2. 1 2 The match DAM Valdagno-Sambonifacese wasn't disputed. FIGC decided that both the teams had lost the match and had 1 and 2 points deducted rispectively.
  3. 1 2 2 points deducted.
  4. Audace San Michele and Pellizzari Arzignano retired during the championship. All their matches were invalidated.
  5. Carpi qualified on goal difference.
  6. 1 2 Ampelea Isola d'Istria and Triestina renounced to play the last match: Venezia was already qualified and there were public security problems due to the war and the rivalry between the two teams' fans.
  7. Decided by the FIGC.
  8. Forfeit.
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