[1] The League born in summer 1921 in opposition to the Italian Football Federation.
The greatest and richest clubs of Northern Italy unsuccessfully asked for a reform of the amatorial and crowded Italian Football Championship.
The lack of international recognition by the FIFA suggested an agreement with the poor FIGC, under mediation of the Gazzetta dello Sport director, Mr Colombo.
They transformed the league into a national appointed committee, the Higher Directory.
After the war and the fall of fascism, the Football League was restored with a national structure.