1921–22 Lega Sud Explained

Competition:	Lega Sud
Season:	1921–22 (CCI)
Winners:	Fortitudo Rome
Nextseason:	1922–23

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

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.

See main article: 1921–22 Prima Divisione.

Qualifications

Lazio

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

These matches were invalidated:

Classification

width=33	P	Team	width=33	Pld	width=33	W	width=33	D	width=33	L	width=33	GF	width=33	GA	width=33	GD	width=33	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

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

Marche

Football was activated in the Marches in this season.

Group A

Classification

width=33	P	Team	width=33	Pld	width=33	W	width=33	D	width=33	L	width=33	GF	width=33	GA	width=33	GD	width=33	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	Qualified
3.	Virtus Macerata	4	0	0	4	2	12	-10	0	Merged

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

Results table

Group B

Classification

width=33	P	Team	width=33	Pld	width=33	W	width=33	D	width=33	L	width=33	GF	width=33	GA	width=33	GD	width=33	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	Qualified
3.	Folgore Ancona	4	0	0	4	4	16	-12	0	Merged

Later Folgore merged with A.C. Ancona.

Results table

Final round

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

width=33	P	Team	width=33	Pld	width=33	W	width=33	D	width=33	L	width=33	GF	width=33	GA	width=33	GD	width=33	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	Eliminated, activated 2nd Division
4.	Macerata	4	0	1	3	6	16	-10	1	Merged

Results table

Campania

Classification

width=33	P	Team	width=33	Pld	width=33	W	width=33	D	width=33	L	width=33	GF	width=33	GA	width=33	GD	width=33	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

Apulia

Classification

width=33	P	Team	width=33	Pld	width=33	W	width=33	D	width=33	L	width=33	GF	width=33	GA	width=33	GD	width=33	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

Sicily

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

width=33	P	Team	width=33	Pld	width=33	W	width=33	D	width=33	L	width=33	GF	width=33	GA	width=33	GD	width=33	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

Finals

Round 1

Played on May 14, 1922, in Rome.

Played on May 21, 1922, in Torre Annunziata.

Round 2

Played on May 28, 1922, in Torre Annunziata.

Audace Taranto retired before the end of the match.

Round 3

Played on June 4, 1922, in Rome.Puteolana folded after the match.