1909–10 Prima Categoria

The 1909–10 Prima Categoria season was won by Internazionale.

Prima Categoria

Season	1909–10
Champions	Internazionale 1st title
Top goalscorer	Ernest Peterly (23)
← 1909 1910–11 →

Regulation

Following the creation of the Italy national football team, the Italian Football Federation revamped its championship.

The round robin was introduced in Italy this season.

Registration was free and only subject to a quality committee. The eight clubs of the last years were joined by Ausonia, a Milanese car factory‘s club which paid the enrolment tax to try the experience of a national football championship.

Final classification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Internazionale (C)	16	12	1	3	55	26	+29	25	Tie-breaker required
2	Pro Vercelli	16	12	1	3	46	15	+31	25
3	Juventus	16	8	2	6	28	19	+9	18
4	Torino	16	8	1	7	43	30	+13	17
4	Genoa	16	7	3	6	29	23	+6	17
6	Milan	16	6	1	9	23	36	−13	13
6	US Milanese	16	6	1	9	35	53	−18	13
8	Andrea Doria	16	5	1	10	18	39	−21	11
9	Ausonia Milano (E)	16	0	5	11	16	52	−36	5	Financial crisis

Source: Panini
(C) Champions; (E) Eliminated

Results table

Home \ Away	ADO	AUS	GEN	INT	JUV	MIL	PVE	TOR	USM
Andrea Doria		3–0	3–0	1–3	0–1	1–7	2–0	3–1	4–2
Ausonia Milano	0–0		3–3	2–6	2–2	2–2	0–4	0–2	1–4
Genoa	3–1	6–2		4–0	2–0	0–1	1–2	0–0	1–0
Internazionale	5–0	2–2	2–0		1–0	5–1	1–4	7–2	7–2
Juventus	4–0	6–0	0–2	2–0		5–3	0–0	3–0	1–2
Milan	2–0	2–1	1–0	0–5	0–1		0–3	0–1	1–0
Pro Vercelli	1–0	3–0	5–2	1–2	4–0	4–0		0–1	5–1
Torino	5–0	2–0	0–2	3–4	3–1	6–2	2–4		13–1
US Milanese	5–0	5–1	3–3	2–5	0–2	2–1	3–6	3–2

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 (in Italian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship tie-breaker

Played in Vercelli on April 24

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Pro Vercelli	3-10	Internazionale

Pro Vercelli had previously planned to join two football exhibitions on April 17 and 24, and asked FIGC to postpone the tie-breaker to May 1; however, Inter was against playing the game on May 1 due to its own planned exhibitions. FIGC granted the first postponement, but since Pro Vercelli no longer took part in the April 17 exhibition, the second postponement was withdrawn and the tie-breaker scheduled on 24 April. Pro Vercelli fielded its fourth squad (15-year-old boys) in protest; after that, FIGC imposed to the club a penalty for insubordination and unsportsmanlike conduct.

References and sources

• Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005
• Carlo Chiesa, La grande storia del calcio italiano, Chapter 2: Juve, scippati due titoli! Inter, l'atroce beffa, pp. 17–32, Guerin Sportivo #5, May 2012.