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

Lega Sud
Season1922–23
ChampionsLazio Rome

The 1922–23 season was the first one organized within the Italian Football Federation. The winner had the honor to play against the Northern Champions.

The League took over the former CCI Regional championship, maintaining the goal to improve the quality of the game in the area. Southern semifinals with six matchdays were introduced following the limitation of the regional phase to ten matchdays.

Qualifications

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Marche

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Anconitana was the only subscribed team and advanced directly to the semifinals.

Lazio

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Classification

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Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Promotion or relegation
1. Lazio 10 8 1 1 30 14 +16 17 Qualified
2. Alba Roma 10 7 1 2 42 13 +29 15
3. Fortitudo Roma 10 5 1 4 20 18 +2 11
4. US Romana 10 3 1 6 12 21 -9 7
5. Juventus Audax 10 3 0 7 14 31 -17 6
6. Roman 10 2 0 8 7 28 -21 4 Relegated

Results table

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Home \ Away ALB FOR JUV LAZ ROM USR
Alba Roma 3–1 11–0 2–7 4–1 3–0
Fortitudo Roma 3–2 3–1 0–3 2–0 2–2
Juventus Audax 0–2 2–5 2–3 3–1 3–2
Lazio 0–0 3–1 3–2 2–0 4–1
Roman 1–10 0–3 1–0 2–3 0–1
US Romana 0–5 2–0 0–1 4–2 0–1
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. Savoia 8 7 1 0 26 6 +20 15 Qualified
2. Internaples 8 5 1 2 8 4 +4 11
3. Stabia 8 4 0 4 12 11 +1 8
4. Cavese 8 3 0 5 11 19 -8 6
5. Bagnolese 8 0 0 8 1 18 -17 0
6. Puteolana 0 Disbanded

Puteolana retired and disbanded.

Results table

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Home \ Away BAG CAV INT SAV STA
Bagnolese 0–1 0–2[1] 0–2[1] 0–2[1]
Cavese 2–0[1] 0–1 1–4 2–4
Internaples 1–0 1–2 0–0 1–0
Savoia 6–1 7–2 2–0 4–2
Stabia 2–0[1] 2–1 0–2[2] 0–1
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. Pro Italia Taranto 8 6 1 1 25 7 +18 13 Qualified
2. Ideale Bari 8 6 0 2 19 8 +11 12
3. Audace Taranto 8 3 3 2 15 11 +4 9
4. Liberty Bari 8 2 1 5 10 18 -8 5
5. Lecce 8 0 1 7 7 32 -25 1 Disbanded

Results table

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Home \ Away AUD IDE LEC LIB PRO
Audace Taranto 1–0 4–0 1–1 2–2
Ideale Bari 3–0 7–0 1–0 1–0
Lecce 2–2 2–4 1–4 1–4
Liberty Bari 1–4 1–3 2–0 1–4
Pro Italia Taranto 2–1 4–0 5–1 4–0
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Sicily

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A previous qualification tournament, with home and away matches, started without FIGC's permission and was declared void. Anyway, the three sides had ended the tournament with 2 points each.

Classification

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Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Promotion or relegation
1. Libertas Palermo 2 2 0 0 3 0 +3 4 Qualified
2. Messina 2 1 0 1 2 1 +1 2
3. Palermo 2 0 0 2 0 4 -4 0

Results

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Team 1  Score  Team 2
Libertas Palermo 1-0 Messina
Libertas Palermo 2-0 Palermo
Messina 2-0 Palermo

Semifinals

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Group A

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Pro Italia Taranto had to retire from the championship due to lack of players: most of the players were soldiers and Taranto's military command denied them to play in this tournament and against civilian sides again.

Classification

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Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Promotion or relegation
1. Savoia 6 4 2 0 11 3 +8 10 Qualified
2. Alba Roma 6 3 1 2 8 5 +3 7
2. Anconitana 6 3 1 2 10 9 +1 7
4. Pro Italia Taranto 6 0 0 6 0 12 -12 0 Retired

Results table

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Home \ Away ALB ANC PRO SAV
Alba Roma 4–1 2–0[1] 0–0
Anconitana 2–0 2–0[1] 0–2
Pro Italia Taranto 0–2[1] 0–2[1] 0–2[1]
Savoia 2–0 3–3 2–0[1]
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group B

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Classification

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Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Promotion or relegation
1. Lazio 6 6 0 0 29 4 +25 12 Qualified
2. Ideale Bari 6 4 0 2 8 11 -3 8
3. Libertas Palermo 6 2 0 4 10 20 -10 4 Merged with Palermo
4. Internaples 6 0 0 6 2 14 -12 0

Results table

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Home \ Away IDE INT LAZ LIB
Ideale Bari 1–0 0–3 3–2
Internaples 0–2[1] 0–3 1–2
Lazio 6–0 4–0 10–2
Libertas Palermo 0–2[1] 2–1 2–3
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Finals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Savoia 2–7 (agg.) Lazio 3–3 1–4

Footnotes

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Forfeit
  2. ^ Decided by the FIGC.