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| Lega Nazionale Alta Italia | |
| Abbreviation | LNAI |
|---|---|
| Predecessor | DDS |
| Successor | Lega Calcio |
| Founded | 1945 |
| Dissolved | 1946 |
| Headquarters | Milan |
Region served | Italy |
| Products | Divisione Nazionale as Serie A•Serie B&Serie C |
| Membership | 50 |
Parent organization | FIGC |
TheLega Alta Italia (Italian forHigh Italy League) was the ruling body of the majorfootball championships during the USmilitary occupation ofNorthern Italy.[1]
The Higher Directory, the football committee during the fascist age, was disbanded at the arrival of theUS Army in 1945. Railways and routes disruptions, together with the Allied occupation the industrialized North, had divided Italy in two parts. Sport consequently restarted under a special transitional season.
Clubs fromNorthern Italy restored a free football league after 19 years of fascist rule. It organized the local section of theSerie A, whose best teams would join a final national phase, while theSerie B clubs were united with the bestSerie C teams.
The league organized also a local post season cup which was won byBologna FC.
The situation changed a year after the end ofWorld War II. The nationalLega Calcio was created in its place in 1946.
