Competition: | Italian Football Championship |
Season: | 1898 |
Dates: | 8 May 1898 |
Winners: | Genoa 1st title |
Matches: | 3 |
Total Goals: | 8 |
Nextseason: | 1899 |
The 1898 Italian Football Championship was a major event in the footballing history of Italy. It was the first FIGC-endorsed league competition which is considered an official predecessor of Serie A.
It was a knock-out tournament involving three clubs from Turin and one from Genoa. All three matches were played at the Velodromo Umberto I in Turin on 8 May, over the course of the one day.[1] The winner of this first-ever season was Genoa.
All matches played on 8 May 1898
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