For this reason, it is not included in the statistics even if it was an official tournament.
Just after the Allied disbandment of the fascist Higher Directory, the major clubs from US-occupied Northern Italy replaced it by a provisional football league, the High Italy League (Lega Alta Italia), which organized the expanded local section of the Serie B. Spezia asked to be admitted to Serie A.
After the refusal of FIGC, Spezia decided to join the regional leagues.
Ultimately, Spezia was admitted to Serie B in the following season.
Northern Italy had 12 Serie B clubs: six regular and three re-admitted teams of the last pre-war season, and three clubs promoted from Serie C. However, newly-promoted Varese obtained a yearly break for huge wartime damages, while Spezia Calcio did not join.