The CCI Italian Football Championship was formed during the summer of 1921, as a result of a dispute between the Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio and its strongest teams.
This separation only lasted one season and the following summer, FIGC accepted the proposal to reduce the number of participants and subsequently recognized the CCI championship as an official scudetto, alongside their own 1921–22 Prima Categoria (FIGC) that ran concurrently.
Internazionale received a walkover as their opponents Sport Club Nazionale Lombardia went bankrupt and disbanded.
The CCI was very rich but it suffered the lack of international recognition by the FIFA, so an agreement with the FIGC was found.
Venezia was the sole CCI club to be relegated to the 1922–23 Seconda Divisione following the defeat by FIGC’s Rivarolese.