The Southern League was the amatorial football championship in Southern Italy during the 20’s of the 20th century.

Lega Sud
Season1921–22 (CCI)
ChampionsFortitudo Rome

The 1921–22 season was the inaugural one of the rebranded league, organized within the Italian Football Confederation. The winner had the honor to play against the Northern Champions.

The League took over the former FIGC Regional championship to improve their quality, adding new regions as Apulia, Sicily and the Marches. As the first step, the League decided to reduce the regional tournaments to ten matchdays for 1922–23 to improve the inter-league playoffs.

Qualifications

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Lazio

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Tiberis Roma and Vittoria Roma were excluded after 5 rounds, due to irregularities in their subscriptions.

These matches were invalidated:

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Juventus Audax 4–0 Vittoria Roma
Fortitudo Roma 4–1 Tiberis Roma
Alba Roma 17-0 Tiberis Roma
U.S. Romana 7–0 Vittoria Roma
Fortitudo Roma 5–0 Vittoria Roma
Audace Roma 8–0 Tiberis Roma
Alba Roma 5–0 Vittoria Roma
Vittoria Roma 0–1 Tiberis Roma

Classification

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Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Promotion or relegation
1. Fortitudo Roma 16 13 2 1 35 10 +25 28 Qualified
2. Alba Roma 16 11 2 3 38 13 +25 24
3. Juventus Audax 16 8 4 4 45 26 +19 20
3. Lazio 16 8 4 4 37 22 +15 20
5. US Romana 16 5 4 7 24 29 -5 14
6. Roman 16 4 4 8 24 39 -15 12
7. Audace Roma 16 4 4 8 32 42 -10 12 Relegated
8. Pro Roma 16 2 4 10 15 37 -22 8
9. Tivoli 16 2 2 12 20 52 -32 6
10. Tiberis Roma
11. Vittoria Roma Merged with Tiberis

Results table

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Home \ Away ALB AUD FOR JUV LAZ PRO ROM TIV USR
Alba Roma 7–2 0–1 6–0 1–0 2–0 3–0 2–0 4–1
Audace Roma 1–3 1–3 2–4 2–2 4–0 5–1 6–0 3–9
Fortitudo Roma 1–0 4–0 3–0 2–1 3–0 3–1 3–0 1–1
Juventus Audax 0–0 2–2 0–2 1–2 3–1 8–2 7–1 0–0
Lazio 5–2 2–3 5–2 1–1 6–1 1–0 1–1 3–2
Pro Roma 1–1 1–1 0–2 0–3 0–3 2–1 4–1 1–1
Roman 1–3 0–0 1–1 2–3 1–1 2–1 3–1 1–1
Tivoli 0–2[1] 3–0 0–1 2–9 1–3 3–3 4–5 0–2
US Romana 0–2 1–0 0–3 0–4 2–1 1–0 2–3 1–3
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation tie-breaker in Rome, July 2, 1922: Roman-Audace 2-1.

Marche

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Football was activated in the Marches in this season.

Group A

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Classification
P
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Promotion or relegation
1. Helvia Recina 4 4 0 0 11 5 +6 8 Qualified
2. Macerata 4 2 0 2 9 5 +4 4
3. Virtus Macerata 4 0 0 4 2 12 -10 0 Merged

Later all clubs merged into new A.C. Maceratese.

Results table
Home \ Away HEL MAC VIR
Helvia Recina 2–1 4–2
Macerata 2–3 4–0
Virtus Macerata 0–2 0–2
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group B

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Classification
P
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Promotion or relegation
1. Anconitana 4 4 0 0 18 2 +16 8 Qualified
2. Vigor Senigallia 4 2 0 2 4 8 -4 4
3. Folgore Ancona 4 0 0 4 4 16 -12 0 Merged

Later Folgore merged with A.C. Ancona.

Results table
Home \ Away ANC FOL VIG
Anconitana 5–0 5–0
Folgore Ancona 2–7 1–2
Vigor Senigallia 0–1 2–1
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final round

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The results of the matches between sides that were in the same qualification round were valid also for the final round (but not the goals scored in those matches). Due to this, Anconitana and Helvia Recina started the round with a 4-point bonus.

Classification
P
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Promotion or relegation
1. Anconitana 4 4 0 0 18 2 +16 12 Qualified
2. Vigor Senigallia 4 3 1 0 13 6 +7 7 Eliminated, activated 2nd Division
3. Helvia Recina 4 0 0 4 3 10 -7 4
4. Macerata 4 0 1 3 6 16 -10 1 Merged
Results table
Home \ Away ANC HEL MAC VIG
Anconitana 2–0 5–0
Helvia Recina 1–2 1–2
Macerata 2–4[2] 2–5
Vigor Senigallia 4–1 2–2
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Campania

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Classification

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Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Promotion or relegation
1. Puteolana 12 12 0 0 34 3 +31 24 Qualified
2. Savoia 12 9 0 3 40 14 +26 18
3. Internazionale Napoli 12 5 2 5 13 16 -3 12
4. Naples 12 5 1 6 15 23 -8 11 Merged with InterNapoli
5. Bagnolese 12 3 4 5 13 24 -11 10
6. Stabia 12 4 1 7 14 24 -10 9
7. Salernitana 12 0 0 12 4 29 -25 0 Relegated

Results table

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Home \ Away BAG INT NAP PUT SAL SAV STA
Bagnolese 1–1 0–0 0–3 2–1 0–8 1–1
Internazionale Napoli 0–0 1–0 0–3 2–0 2–0 2–0
Naples 0–2 4–1 0–4 2–0 1–4 2–1
Puteolana 4–0 1–0 3–1 2–0 5–1 3–0
Salernitana 0–3 1–3 1–2 0–2 0–2 0–4
Savoia 3–2 5–1 5–1 0–1 3–1 6–0
Stabia 3–2 1–0 1–2 1–3 2–0 0–3
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Apulia

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Classification

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Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Promotion or relegation
1. Audace Taranto 6 4 1 1 16 7 +9 9 Qualified
2. Pro Italia Taranto 6 3 2 1 11 6 +5 8
3. Liberty Bari 6 2 2 2 13 8 +5 6
4. Veloce Taranto 6 0 1 5 1 20 -19 1 Relegated

Results table

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Home \ Away AUD LIB PRO VEL
Audace Taranto 3–1 2–1 4–1
Liberty Bari 2–0 1–1 8–0
Pro Italia Taranto 2–2 4–1 1–0
Veloce Taranto 0–5 0–0 0–2
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Sicily

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Azzurra Palermo and US Catanese were excluded before the start of the championship.

Libertas Palermo, SC Messina and Vigor Trapani retired during the championship and all their remaining matches were considered forfeits.

Classification

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Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Promotion or relegation
1. Palermo 10 10 0 0 37 5 +32 20 Qualified
2. Libertas Palermo 10 6 0 4 18 16 +2 12
3. Messinese 10 4 2 4 31 19 +12 10
4. Umberto I Messina 10 4 2 4 12 21 -9 10 Merged with major clubs
5. SC Messina 10 3 2 5 16 22 -6 8
6. Vigor Trapani 10 0 0 10 3 34 -31 0

Results table

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Home \ Away LIB MES PAL SCM UMB VIG
Libertas Palermo 3–1 0–2[1] 0–2[1] 2–1 2–0[1]
Messinese 2–4 1–2 7–3 9–0 2–0
Palermo 2–0[1] 2–0[1] 4–1 5–0 12–0
SC Messina 2–4 2–2 2–3 0–0 2–0[1]
Umberto I Messina 2–0[1] 2–2 1–3 2–0[1] 2–0[1]
Vigor Trapani 2–3 1–5 0–2[1] 0–2[1] 0–2[1]
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Finals

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Round 1

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Played on May 14, 1922, in Rome.
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Puteolana 3-0 Anconitana
Played on May 21, 1922, in Torre Annunziata.
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Audace Taranto 1-0[3] Palermo

Round 2

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Played on May 28, 1922, in Torre Annunziata.
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Fortitudo Roma 4-9 Audace Taranto

Audace Taranto retired before the end of the match.

Round 3

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Played on June 4, 1922, in Rome.
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Fortitudo Roma 2-0 Puteolana

Puteolana folded after the match.

Footnotes

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Forfeit.
  2. ^ Macerata-Anconitana was suspended at the 40th minute of the second half. The CCI decided to valided the risult obtained at the time point of the match.
  3. ^ After extra time.