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(Redirected from 1926-27 Divisione Nazionale)
26th season of top-tier Italian football
Football league season
The 1926–27 Divisione Nazionale season was won by Torino on the field, but the title was revoked during the following season due to alleged match fixing in a derby match against Juventus. This was the first Italian championship organized on a national basis.
The Viareggio Charter
In 1926 the ”Viareggio Charter” submitted the Italian football's organization to the fascist regime. The Northern League was disbanded and it was substituted by the Higher Divisions Directory, an authority appointed by the fascists. Three clubs from Southern Italy 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.
A final phase substituted the championship final which had become a traditional appointment with riots and supporter violences.
Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005
Footnotes
^ Alba-Audace Roma, as lower Roman, was forced by fascist authorities to merge into Fortitudo-Pro Roma at the end of the season, forming new A.S. Roma, immediately readmitted to Divisione Nazionale.