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:

  1. Italian Championship, the main tournament where only Italian players were allowed to play; the winners were proclaimed Campioni d'Italia (Italian Champions)
  2. 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

Notes and References

  1. News: La gran finale del Campionato Federale. La Stampa. 5. 22 February 1908. 17 April 2012.