1929–30 in Italian football

The 1929–30 season was the 28th season of competitive football in Italy. This was the first season that the Italian Football Championship was revised from having regional and interregional rounds, to a single-tier round-robin format league.

Football in Italy

Season	1929–30
Men's football
Serie A	Ambrosiana
Serie B	Casale
← 1928–29 1930–31 →

National team

Italy national football team

Main article: Italy national football team

Friendlies

Italy  v  Portugal

1 December 1929^1 International friendly	Italy	6–1	Portugal	Milan, Italy
14:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Mihalic  6', 88' Orsi  36', 37' Baloncieri  51' Sallustro  77'	Report	Soares  29'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Louis Baert (Belgium)

Italy  v   Switzerland

9 February 1930 International friendly	Italy	4–2	Switzerland	Rome, Italy
14:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Magnozzi  22' Orsi  26' Meazza  37', 39'	Report	Poretti  17', 19'	Stadium: Stadio Nazionale PNF Attendance: 30,000 Referee: E. Gray (England)

Germany  v  Italy

2 March 1930 International friendly	Germany	0–2	Italy	Frankfurt, Germany
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	Baloncieri  53' Meazza  75'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Paul Ruoff (Switzerland)

Netherlands  v  Italy

6 April 1930 International friendly	Netherlands	1–1	Italy	Amsterdam, Netherlands
15:00 AT (UTC+00:20)	van den Broek  63'	Report	Baloncieri  24'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Peco Bauwens (Germany)

Italy  v  Spain

22 June 1930 International friendly	Italy	2–3	Spain	Bologna, Italy
16:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Costantino  3', 40'	Report	Regueiro  30', 72' Ventolrà  87'	Stadium: Stadio Littoriale Attendance: 46,000 Referee: Raphaël van Praag (Belgium)

1927–30 Central European International Cup

Hungary  v  Italy

11 May 1930 1927–30 Central European International Cup	Hungary	0–5	Italy	Budapest, Hungary
16:00 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	Meazza  17', 65', 70' Magnozzi  72' Costantino  84'	Stadium: Üllői úti stadion Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Peco Bauwens (Germany)

League season

Serie A

Main article: 1929–30 Serie A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Ambrosiana (C)	34	22	6	6	85	38	+47	50	1930 Mitropa Cup
2	Genova 1893	34	20	8	6	60	36	+24	48	1930 Mitropa Cup
3	Juventus	34	19	7	8	56	31	+25	45
4	Torino	34	16	7	11	52	31	+21	39
5	Napoli	34	14	9	11	61	51	+10	37
6	Roma	34	15	6	13	73	52	+21	36
7	Bologna	34	14	8	12	56	46	+10	36
8	Alessandria	34	14	8	12	55	49	+6	36
9	Pro Vercelli	34	12	9	13	52	60	−8	33
10	Brescia	34	13	7	14	45	56	−11	33
11	Milan	34	11	10	13	52	48	+4	32
12	Modena	34	11	8	15	48	55	−7	30
13	Pro Patria	34	12	6	16	46	64	−18	30
14	Livorno	34	12	5	17	51	79	−28	29
15	Lazio	34	10	8	16	49	50	−1	28
16	Triestina	34	11	6	17	52	78	−26	28
17	Padova (R)	34	11	4	19	34	52	−18	26	1930-31 Serie B
18	Cremonese (R)	34	4	8	22	31	83	−52	16

Source: lega-calcio.it (in Italian)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal average
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.

Serie B

Main article: 1929–30 Serie B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Casale (P)	34	22	5	7	85	39	+46	49	1930-31 Serie A[lower-alpha 1]
2	Legnano (P)	34	19	8	7	56	31	+25	46
3	La Dominante[lower-alpha 2]	34	18	6	10	53	53	0	42
4	Fiorentina	34	16	8	10	64	39	+25	40
5	Pistoiese	34	17	6	11	46	36	+10	40
6	Hellas Verona	34	17	5	12	48	47	+1	39
7	Venezia	34	17	4	13	60	58	+2	38
8	Atalanta	34	11	15	8	37	26	+11	37
9	Bari	34	16	4	14	72	40	+32	36
10	Novara	34	15	6	13	63	41	+22	36
11	Monfalconese	34	16	3	15	57	44	+13	35
12	Parma	34	12	8	14	38	27	+11	32
13	Lecce	34	11	8	15	39	44	−5	30
14	Spezia	34	12	6	16	36	54	−18	30
15	Biellese (R)	34	11	3	20	34	58	−24	25	1930-31 Prima Divisione[lower-alpha 3]
16	Reggiana (R)	34	8	7	19	45	75	−30	23
17	Prato (R)	34	5	7	22	27	72	−45	17
18	Fiumana (R)	34	6	5	23	26	72	−46	17

Source: lega-calcio.it (in Italian)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

1. Casale and Legnano promoted for the 1930-31 Serie A season.
2. La Dominante renamed A.C. Liguria at the end of the season.
3. Biellese, Reggiana, Prato and Fiumana(-1) point deducted, relegated to the 1930-31 Prima Divisione.

Prima Divisione

Main article: 1929–30 Prima Divisione

Group A (Northern)

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1.	Lucchese	24	13	4	7	39	31	+8	30	Promotion tie-breaker
2.	Rivarolese	24	14	2	8	45	30	+15	30
3.	Savona	24	11	6	7	35	28	+7	28
3.	Carrarese	24	11	6	7	38	29	+9	28
5.	Viareggio	24	10	6	8	39	20	+19	26
5.	Ventimigliese	24	9	8	7	32	28	+4	26
7.	Acqui	24	9	7	8	32	26	+6	25
8.	Sestrese	24	11	2	11	32	39	-7	24
9.	Pro Lissone	24	9	5	10	38	37	+1	23
9.	Empoli	24	9	4	11	30	43	-13	22
11.	Pisa	24	5	9	10	26	39	-13	19
12.	Rapallo Ruentes	24	7	4	13	30	43	-13	18
13.	Sestri Levante	24	5	3	16	26	49	-23	12[1]
n.c.[2]	Astigiani	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Retired
n.c.[3]	Corniglianese	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Promotion tie-breaker		City and date
Lucchese	1 - 0	Rivarolese	La Spezia, June 15, 1930

Group B (Northern)

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1.	Derthona	28	17	6	5	76	34	+42	40	Promoted to Serie B
2.	Comense	28	15	8	5	44	20	+24	38
3.	Canottieri Lecco	28	13	6	9	49	40	+9	32
4.	Monza	28	11	9	8	39	35	+4	31
4.	Fanfulla	28	14	3	11	45	34	+11	31
6.	Gallaratese	28	12	6	10	45	44	+1	30
7.	Piacenza	28	10	7	11	53	43	+10	27
7.	Vogherese	28	11	5	12	53	45	+8	27
7.	Crema	28	11	5	12	52	58	-6	27
7.	Varese	28	10	7	11	30	35	-5	27
11.	Pavia	28	8	10	10	45	54	-9	26
12.	Seregno	28	8	9	11	37	46	-9	25
13.	Vigevanesi	28	10	4	14	40	48	-8	24
14.	Codogno	28	7	9	12	31	53	-22	23[4]	Later readmitted
15.	Saronno	28	3	6	19	18	68	-50	12[4]

Group C (Northern)

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1.	Udinese	28	18	6	4	63	28	+35	42	Promoted to Serie B
2.	SPAL	28	17	5	6	81	38	+43	39
3.	ASPE Trieste	28	14	8	6	47	29	+18	36
4.	Pro Gorizia	28	14	7	7	52	28	+24	35
5.	Mirandolese	28	12	7	9	40	36	+4	31
5.	Treviso	28	11	9	8	49	49	0	31
7.	Clarense	28	12	6	10	49	42	+7	30
7.	Anconitana	28	10	10	8	39	34	+5	30
9.	Forlì	28	11	4	13	45	43	+2	26
10.	Mantova	28	8	9	11	42	56	-14	25
11.	Thiene	28	8	5	15	48	58	-10	21
11.	Faenza	28	7	7	14	30	50	-20	21
11.	Carpi	28	6	9	13	31	54	-23	21
14.	Grion Pola	28	7	6	15	30	49	-19	20[4]	Later readmitted
15.	Pro Rovigo	28	5	2	21	30	82	-52	12[1][4]

Southern

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1.	Palermo	28	20	2	6	59	17	+42	42	Promoted to Serie B
2.	Messina	28	14	7	7	57	34	+23	35
2.	Nocerina	28	15	5	8	46	38	+8	35	Relegated to Seconda Divisione for money problems
2.	Foggia	28	13	9	6	48	32	+16	35
5.	Cagliari	28	14	6	8	47	23	+24	34
6.	Siracusa	28	15	2	11	46	40	+6	32
7.	Salernitana	28	13	4	11	52	49	+3	30
8.	Maceratese	28	13	3	12	47	43	+4	29
9.	Ternana	28	12	3	13	32	46	-14	27
9.	Taranto	28	10	7	11	64	44	+20	27
11.	Virtus Lanciano	28	9	8	11	38	51	-13	24[1]	Retired
12.	Vomero Napoli	28	7	9	12	35	49	-14	23
13.	Stabia	28	8	2	18	28	59	-31	18	Relegated to Seconda Divisione for money problems
14.	Acquavivese	28	4	5	19	21	58	-37	13
15.	Foligno	28	4	6	17	23	60	-37	12[1][4]	Later readmitted

National final

	Semi-finals		City and date
Palermo	2 - 1	Lucchese	Naples, July 6, 1930
Udinese	2 - 0	Derthona	forfait

	Final		City and date
Udinese	3 - 1	Palermo	Rome, July 13, 1930

Udinese is crowned national champion of Prima Divisione.

References

1. 1 point deducted.
2. Not classified because Astigiani got retired (final forfait) before match 27th (Astigiani-Carrarese to be played on May 18th): report published by Il Littoriale on May 16th page 6 top right 3rd column (sports newspaper conserved at Pavia, Biblioteca Universitaria). With report no. 36 dated May 13th 1930 D.D.S. wrote: (italian) Ritiro U.C. Astigiani dal Campionato ..omissis.. In applicazione dei disposti federali - agli effetti della classifica - si considerano come non disputate le gare giocate dalla U.C. Astigiani. (U.C. Astigiani got retired from Championship ... According to federal rules - when compiling final table - all matches already played by U.C. Astigiani will be considered as not valid.)
3. Not classified because S.S. Corniglianese got retired (final forfait) after 16 matches (match 17 Savona-Corniglianese to be played on February 23rd): report published by Il Littoriale on March 1st page 6 top right 1st column (sports newspaper conserved at Pavia, Biblioteca Universitaria). With report no. 26 dated February 26th 1930 D.D.S. wrote: (italian) S.S. Corniglianese. Si dà atto che la società a margine si è ritirata dal Campionato di 1.a Divisione (girone A) ..omissis.. In applicazione dei disposti federali - agli effetti della classifica - si considerano come non disputate le gare giocate dalla Corniglianese. (S.S. Corniglianese. We are confirming that the overmentioned club retired his team from First Division Championship (group A) ... According to federal rules - when compiling final table - all matches already played by Corniglianese will be considered as not valid.)
4. Relegated to Seconda Divisione and later readmitted to Prima Divisione.