The Direttorio Divisioni Superiori (Italian for Directory of Higher Divisions) was the ruling body of the major Italian football championships during the fascist era.
Italy was turning into a dictatorship, and the government imposed the new system to the sport too.
In 1926 the FIGC had huge problems of governance, and the authorities profited by the situation to disband the Leagues replacing them with appointed committees.
World War II interrupted the championships in 1943.
At the fall of fascism in 1945, the Directory was automatically abolished.