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1922 Coppa Italia
Tournament details
CountryItaly
Dates2 April – 16 July 1922
Teams38
Final positions
ChampionsVado (1st title)
Runner-upUdinese
Tournament statistics
Matches played37
Goals scored112 (3.03 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Ernesto Bonino (6 goals)

The 1922 Coppa Italia was the first edition of the national cup in Italian football. Thirty-seven team entered the tournament, which ran between 2 April and 16 July 1922 with Vado winning the final, the only national title in its history.

Background

Proposals for an Italian football cup were made many times before WWI, without a tournament coming to pass. In 1921, when all major clubs resigned from the FIGC to establish the country's first football league, as a response the FIGC decided to create a cup competition to complement its championship.

The fixture assignments for the first Coppa Italia were difficult given the number of teams admitted to the tournament (37), which did not allow for a normal knockout format. As a result, it was necessary to award several teams with byes. Almost every team was from Northern Italy, with Livorno being the southernmost club allowed to participate.

With the victory of the outsider Vado which competed in the Promozione , the Ligurians became the first club to win the country's premier national cup. The club won the competition despite not playing in the top division; an achievement that has only ever been equalled on one other occasion in the competition's history, by Naples in the 1961–62 Coppa Italia.

The cup was not a distinguished tournament at the time, without the most prestigious teams and limited to Northern Italy, and many clubs involved in the championship forfeited their position in the cup to avoid disturbing their season.

After the reunification between the Football Association and the Football League, the cup did not take place again until the 1935-36 edition.

Participating teams

The teams retired from the competition before the first round are marked in italics.

Prima Categoria and Coppa Giulia

Piemonte

Liguria

  • Rivarolese
  • Calcio Sestrese
  • Speranza Genoa
  • Spes Genova
 Lombardia
  • A.C. Libertas
  • Enotria Goliardo
  • Juventus Italia
  • Saronno
  • Trevigliese

Veneto

Emilia

Toscana

Venezia Giulia

The most important Julian teams took part in a regional tournament called "Coppa Giulia", separated from the national Prima Categoria

Promozione

Piemonte
  • Aeronautica Torino
  • Vercellesi Erranti

Liguria

  • Fiorente Genova
  • Molassana Boero
  • Vado
 Lombardia

Veneto

  • Union Feltrese
 Emilia

Toscana

  • Audace Livorno

First round

Treviso received a bye due to a drawing; Libertas Firenze and Pro Livorno received byes due to fixture congestion.

Home team Score Away team
Audace Livorno 0-2[1] Molassana
Casalecchio 0-2[1] Carpi
Crema 4-1 Codogno
Fanfulla 2-1 Libertas Milano
Forti e Liberti Forlì 3-0 Mantovana
Juventus Italia 2-0 Enotria Genova
Lucchese 9-0 CS Firenze
Novese 6-0 Aeronautica Torino
Rivarolese 2-0 Sestrese
Spes Genova 0-1 Speranza Savona
Trevigliese 0-1 (aet) Saronno
Triestina 0-2[1] Edera Trieste
Udinese 4–0 Feltrese
Vado 4-3 (aet) Fiorente
Valenzana 2-1 Pastore Torino
Vercellese 0-1 US Torinese
Virtus Bologna 1-0 Parma

Second round

Libertas Firenze and Pro Livorno received byes due to fixture congestion.

Home team Score Away team
Crema 1-2 Speranza Savona
Fanfulla 1-4 Novese
Forti e Liberti Forlì 4-0 Treviso
Juventus Italia 3-0 US Torinese
Lucchese 5-0 Rivarolese
Vado 5-1 Molassana
Valenzana 1-0 Saronno
Virtus Bologna 1-0 Carpi
Edera Trieste 0-4 Udinese

Third round

Libertas Firenze, Novese, Pro Livorno and Speranza Savona received byes due to fixture congestion; Udinese received a bye due to the absence of competitors.

Home team Score Away team
Lucchese 4-0 Virtus Bologna
Vado 2-0 Juventus Italia
Valenzana 3-0 Forti e Liberti Forlì

Quarter-finals

Home team Score Away team
Libertas Firenze 2-0[1] Valenzana
Novese 0-2[1] Udinese
Speranza Savona 1-2 Lucchese
Pro Livorno 0-1 Vado

Semi-finals

Home team Score Away team
Vado 1-0 (aet) Libertas Firenze
Udinese 1–0 Lucchese

Final

Main article: 1922 Coppa Italia final
Vado1–0 (a.e.t.)Udinese
Levratto 118'
Campo di Leo, Vado Ligure
Referee: Luigi Pasquinelli

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Italy Ernesto Bonino Lucchese 6
2 Italy Virgilio Levratto Vado 5
3 Italy Gian Antonio Maggi Juventus Italia 4

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Federal decision.
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