1922 Coppa Italia
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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Country | Italy |
| Dates | 2 April – 16 July 1922 |
| Teams | 38 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Vado (1st title) |
| Runner-up | Udinese |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 37 |
| Goals scored | 112 (3.03 per match) |
| Top goal scorer(s) | Ernesto Bonino (6 goals) |
The 1922 Coppa Italia was the first edition of the national domestic tournament cup in Italian football. Thirty-seven teams entered the tournament, which ran between 2 April and 16 July 1922. Vado win in the final, the only national domestic title in its history.
Background
[edit]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, FIGC as a response decided to create a cup competition to recognize the 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 domestic tournament cup. The club won the competition despite not playing in the top division; an achievement that has only ever been equaled on one other occasion in the tournament's history, by Naples in the 1961–62 Coppa Italia.
The cup was not a distinguished tournament at the time, the prestigious clubs not participating and clubs limited to Northern Italy. Many clubs involved in the championship forfeited their continued participation in the tournament to avoid disturbing their season.
Reunification of the Football Association and the Football League caused the tournament not to resume until the 1935-36 edition.
Participating teams
[edit]The teams retired from the competition before the first round are marked in italics.
Prima Categoria and Coppa Giulia
[edit]| Piemonte
Liguria
|
Lombardia
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
[edit]Piemonte
Liguria
|
Lombardia
Veneto
|
Emilia
Toscana
|
First round
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]| 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
[edit]| Home team | Score | Away team |
|---|---|---|
| Vado | 1-0 (aet) | Libertas Firenze |
| Udinese | 1–0 | Lucchese |
Final
[edit]
Top goalscorers
[edit]| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Ernesto Bonino
|
Lucchese | 6 |
| 2 | Virgilio Levratto
|
Vado | 5 |
| 3 | Gian Antonio Maggi
|
Juventus Italia | 4 |