[1] The Higher Directory, the football committee during the fascist age, was disbanded at the arrival of the US Army in 1945.
Railways and routes disruptions, together with the Allied occupation the industrialized North, had divided Italy in two parts.
Clubs from Northern Italy restored a free football league after 19 years of fascist rule.
The league organized also a local post season cup which was won by Bologna FC.
The situation changed a year after the end of World War II.