1922 Coppa Italia


The 1922 Coppa Italia was the 1st edition of the football championship. It began April 2 and ended July 16, 1922 with the victory of Vado, the only title in its history.

Prior to the events

Proposals for an Italian football cup were made many times before WWI, without followings. In 1921, all major clubs resigned from the FIGC to establish the first Football League of the country, so the FIGC decided to add a cup to its championship in response
The regulation of the first Coppa Italia was rather confusing starting with the number of teams admitted, which did not allow an easy match for the games to be played. To solve this problem it was necessary to proceed with draws with direct passages and repechage against some teams. All the formations were from Northern Italy, Livorno being the southernmost city allowed to participate
With the victory of the outsider Vado enrolled in the Promozione, the Ligurians became the first to win the biggest national cup as well as to win it even though they did not play in the top division; the latter, a record later equaled by Naples alone in the 1961-1962 edition.
The cup was a poor tournament, without the most prestigious team and limited to Northern Italy, and even more many clubs involved in the championship finals retired from the cup to avoid distractions.
After the reunification between the Football Association and the Football League, the cup was no more organized for many years.

Participating teams

First round

Treviso received a bye due to a drawing; Libertas Firenze and Pro Livorno received byes due to fixture congestion.
Home teamScoreAway team
Audace Livorno0-2Molassana
Casalecchio0-2Carpi
Crema4-1Codogno
Fanfulla2-1Libertas Milano
Forti e Liberti Forlì3-0Mantovana
Juventus Italia2-0Enotria Genova
Lucchese9-0CS Firenze
Novese6-0Aeronautica Torino
Rivarolese2-0Sestrese
Spes Genova0-1Speranza Savona
Trevigliese0-1 Saronno
Triestina0-2Edera Trieste
Udinese4–0Feltrese
Vado4-3 Fiorente
Valenzana2-1Pastore Torino
Vercellese0-1US Torinese
Virtus Bologna1-0Parma

Second round

Libertas Firenze and Pro Livorno received byes due to fixture congestion.
Home teamScoreAway team
Crema1-2Speranza Savona
Fanfulla1-4Novese
Forti e Liberti Forlì4-0Treviso
Juventus Italia3-0US Torinese
Lucchese5-0Rivarolese
Vado5-1Molassana
Valenzana1-0Saronno
Virtus Bologna1-0Carpi
Edera Trieste0-4Udinese

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 teamScoreAway team
Lucchese4-0Virtus Bologna
Vado2-0Juventus Italia
Valenzana3-0Forti e Liberti Forlì

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

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