The Southern League was the amatorial football championship in Southern Italy during the 1920s.

The 1921–22 season was the inaugural one of the rebranded league, organized within the Italian Football Confederation. The winner had the honor to play against the Northern Champions.

The League took over the former FIGC Regional championship to improve their quality, adding new regions as Apulia, Sicily and the Marches. As the first step, the League decided to reduce the regional tournaments to ten matchdays for 1922–23 to improve the inter-league playoffs.

Qualifications Lazio Tiberis Roma and Vittoria Roma were excluded after 5 rounds, due to irregularities in their subscriptions.

These matches were invalidated:

Classification PTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or relegation 1.Fortitudo Roma 16 13 2 1 35 10 +25 28 Qualified 2.Alba Roma 16 11 2 3 38 13 +25 24 3.Juventus Audax 16 8 4 4 45 26 +19 20 3.Lazio 16 8 4 4 37 22 +15 20 5.US Romana 16 5 4 7 24 29 -5 14 6.Roman 16 4 4 8 24 39 -15 12 7.Audace Roma 16 4 4 8 32 42 -10 12Relegated 8.Pro Roma 16 2 4 10 15 37 -22 8 9.Tivoli 16 2 2 12 20 52 -32 6 10. Tiberis Roma 11. Vittoria Roma Merged with Tiberis

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Relegation tie-breaker in Rome, July 2, 1922: Roman-Audace 2–1.

Marche Football was activated in the Marches in this season.

Group A Classification PTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or relegation 1.Helvia Recina 4 4 0 0 11 5 +6 8 Qualified 2.Macerata 4 2 0 2 9 5 +4 4 3.Virtus Macerata 4 0 0 4 2 12 -10 0 Merged Later all clubs merged into new A.C. Maceratese. Results table

Group B Classification PTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or relegation 1.Anconitana 4 4 0 0 18 2 +16 8 Qualified 2.Vigor Senigallia 4 2 0 2 4 8 -4 4 3.Folgore Ancona 4 0 0 4 4 16 -12 0 Merged Later Folgore merged with A.C. Ancona. Results table

Final round The results of the matches between sides that were in the same qualification round were valid also for the final round (but not the goals scored in those matches). Due to this, Anconitana and Helvia Recina started the round with a 4-point bonus.

Classification PTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or relegation 1.Anconitana 4 4 0 0 18 2 +16 12 Qualified 2.Vigor Senigallia 4 3 1 0 13 6 +7 7 Eliminated, activated 2nd Division 3.Helvia Recina 4 0 0 4 3 10 -7 4 4.Macerata 4 0 1 3 6 16 -10 1 Merged

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Campania Classification PTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or relegation 1.Puteolana 12 12 0 0 34 3 +31 24 Qualified 2.Savoia 12 9 0 3 40 14 +26 18 3.Internazionale Napoli 12 5 2 5 13 16 -3 12 4.Naples 12 5 1 6 15 23 -8 11 Merged with InterNapoli 5.Bagnolese 12 3 4 5 13 24 -11 10 6.Stabia 12 4 1 7 14 24 -10 9 7.Salernitana 12 0 0 12 4 29 -25 0 Relegated

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Apulia

Classification PTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or relegation 1.Audace Taranto 6 4 1 1 16 7 +9 9 Qualified 2.Pro Italia Taranto 6 3 2 1 11 6 +5 8 3.Liberty Bari 6 2 2 2 13 8 +5 6 4.Veloce Taranto 6 0 1 5 1 20 -19 1Relegated

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Sicily

Azzurra Palermo and US Catanese were excluded before the start of the championship.

Libertas Palermo, SC Messina and Vigor Trapani retired during the championship and all their remaining matches were considered forfeits.

Classification PTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or relegation 1.Palermo 10 10 0 0 37 5 +32 20 Qualified 2.Libertas Palermo 10 6 0 4 18 16 +2 12 3.Messinese 10 4 2 4 31 19 +12 10 4.Umberto I Messina 10 4 2 4 12 21 -9 10Merged with major clubs 5.SC Messina 10 3 2 5 16 22 -6 8 6.Vigor Trapani 10 0 0 10 3 34 -31 0

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Finals

Round 1 Played on May 14, 1922, in Rome.

Played on May 21, 1922, in Torre Annunziata.

Round 2 Played on May 28, 1922, in Torre Annunziata.

Audace Taranto retired before the end of the match.

Round 3 Played on June 4, 1922, in Rome.

Puteolana folded after the match.

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