1908 Italian Football Championship Explained
| Competition: | Campionato Italiano di Prima Categoria |
| Season: | 1907–08 |
| Winners: | Pro Vercelli
1st title |
| League Topscorer: | Mario Cagliani (4) |
| Prevseason: | 1907 |
| Nextseason: | 1909 |
The 1908 Italian Football Championship season was won by Pro Vercelli.
In this season, two championships of Prima Categoria were played:
- Italian Championship, the main tournament where only Italian players were allowed to play; the winners were proclaimed Campioni d'Italia (Italian Champions)
- Federal Championship, a secondary tournament where foreign players (if they lived in Italy) were also allowed to play; the winners would be proclaimed Campioni Federali (Federal Champions)[1]
The winner of Italian Championship was Pro Vercelli. They won as prize Coppa Buni.
The winner of Federal Championship was Juventus. They did not receive the Spensley Cup after the general boycott of the tournament.
In fact, only Pro Vercelli's title is officially recognized by the Italian Football Federation, while the Federal Championship won by Juventus was later annulled by FIGC, due to the boycott made by the "spurious international teams" (the clubs composed mostly of foreign players).
Italian Championship
Qualifications
Piedmont
Played on March 1 and 8|}
Liguria
Andrea Doria was the only registered team.
Lombardy
US Milanese was the only registered team.
Final round
Results
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Federal Championship
References and sources
- Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005
- Carlo Chiesa, La grande storia del calcio italiano, 2nd episode: Juve, scippati due titoli! Inter, l'atroce beffa (1908-1910, pp. 17–32, Guerin Sportivo #5 (May 2012).
- Online digitalized Archive of newspaper La Stampa of Turin.
Notes and References
- News: La gran finale del Campionato Federale. La Stampa. 5. 22 February 1908. 17 April 2012.
