Campionato Alta Italia 1944

:"See also: Spezia Calcio 1906"This championship was disputed during the second World War and wasn't recognized by the FIGC until 2002, though Spezia's "Scudetto" is considered a "decoration".

As said above, the winner was Spezia, that at the time was called 42° Corpo dei Vigili del Fuoco della Spezia ("VV.F. Spezia" - Spezia Firefighters): since most of Spezia's players were drafted, the society's president had to ask the local firefighters to play for the team.

The "Campionato Alta Italia" (Northern Italy Championship) was the only championship that was organized on a more than regional basis: in Central and Southern Italy many regional championship were held. The intention was to organize a national final, but the Gothic Line prevented this.

Results

Football (soccer) table results 8 teams
Ambrosiana | 2-1 | 8-2 | 3-1 | 3-1 | 0-2 | 2-0 | 3-0
Atalanta | 1-2 | 3-2 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 1-0 | 1-4
Brescia | 0-1 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 4-1 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 4-1
Cremonese | 1-2 | 2-1 | 0-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 1-1
Fanfulla | 2-1 | 3-1 | 0-1 | 1-0 | 3-1 | 1-0 | 1-1
Milano | 1-3 | 6-0 | 3-2 | 0-2 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 0-0
Pro Patria | 0-0 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 3-1
Varese | 1-0 | 3-0 | 0-1 | 7-2 | 3-3 | 2-1 | 2-0

;Tie-breaker

Varese advanced to the semifinals

Veneto

Group A

;Classification

Both Venezia and Verona were admitted to the semifinals.

Friuli-Venezia Giulia

Classification

;Results
Football (soccer) table results 5 teams
Faenza | 1-1 | 4-1 | 5-0 | 1-1
Forlì | 1-2 | 1-5 | 0-1 | 0-3
Forlimpopoli | 2-2 | 3-0 | 3-2 | 2-1
Imola | 0-3 | 7-0 | 1-0 | 2-1
Ravenna | 1-0 | 5-0 | 0-1 | 5-1

Group C

;Classification

Results

Football (soccer) table results 4 teams
Ambrosiana | 2-1 | 3-3 | 3-0
Juventus | 1-0 | 3-1 | 6-1
Torino | 6-2 | 3-3 | 2-1
Varese | 2-2 | 2-1 | 0-6

Group B (Veneto and Friuli-Venezia Giulia)

Verona retired before the start of the semifinals.

Classification

;Results
Football (soccer) table results 4 teams
Carpi | 1-1 | 0-1 | 2-1
Corradini | 2-0 | 2-0 | 2-5
Modena | 0-2 | 2-0 | 0-2
VV.F. Spezia | 2-0 | 2-0 | 2-0

Round 2

Final Round

Classification

Results

References and Sources

*Fabrizio Calzia and Paolo Rabajoli, "Lo Scudetto per sempre – I Vigili del fuoco della Spezia Campioni d’Italia 1944", Sagep e Il Secolo XIX

External links

* [http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campionato_Alta_Italia_1944] - Italian version with pictures and info.
* [http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/ital44.html] - All results on RSSSF Website.

Footnotes