The Southern League was the amatorial
football
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championship in
Southern Italy
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during the 20's of the 20th century.
The 1925–26 season was organized within the
Italian Football Federation
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. The winner had the honor to play against the Northern Champions.
The League maintained the goal to improve the quality of the game in the area. However, the League’s plan to abolish the regional tournaments was boycotted by the Roman and Apulia teams. After a year of different protests, the League collapsed under its internal tensions, and it was disbanded by the
fascist
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s which promoted three clubs to the new
Divisione Nazionale
Divisione Nazionale ''(National Division)'' was the name of the first level of the Italian Football Championship from 1926 to 1929.
History
The competition was the evolution of former Prima Divisione ''(First Division)'' which had two main proble ...
white the other teams were forced into a new inter-regional championship.
Qualifications
Marche
Championship playoff
Anconitana
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was declared Marche's champion. Both teams were admitted to the Southern League semifinals.
Lazio
Pre-League qualifications
Because of the sole points were considered by the championship regulations, with no relevance to the aggregation of goals, a tie-break was needed.
;Tie-break
:''Played on July 5, 1925, in
Rome,
Stadio Flaminio
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The interior spaces include a covered swimming pool, rooms for fencing, amat ...
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Audace Roma maintained his place in the First Division, but
Roman was later admitted too.
Classification
Results table
Campania
Pre-League Qualifications
Salernitanaudax maintained his place in the First Division, but later retired.
Stabia was admitted in his place.
Classification
Results table
Apulia
None of the
Apulia
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n teams were admitted to the National Division.
Classification
Results table
Sicily
Championship playoff
Palermo
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was declared
Sicily's champion. Both teams were admitted to the Southern League semifinals. None of the teams were admitted to the National Division.
Semifinals
Group A
Classification
Results table
Group B
Classification
Results table
Finals
Alba Roma qualified for the National Finals.
Footnotes
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