1908 Italian Football Championship
The 1908 Italian Football Championship season was won by Pro Vercelli.
Season | 1908 |
---|---|
Champions | Pro Vercelli 1st title |
← 1907 1909 → |
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 would be 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 won as prize Coppa Spensley.
However, only Pro Vercelli's title is officially recognized by the Italian Football Federation, while the Federal Championship won by Juventus was later forgotten 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
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
---|---|---|---|---|
Pro Vercelli ![]() |
3-1 | ![]() |
1-1 | 2-0 |
Liguria
Andrea Doria was the only registered team.
Lombardy
U.S. Milanese was the only registered team.
Final round
Final classification
Pos | Team | Pld | Won | Drw | Lst | Pts | GF | GA | GD | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Pro Vercelli | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | +2 | Champions |
2 | US Milanese | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 3 | +4 | |
3 | Andrea Doria | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | -6 |
Results
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
---|---|---|
US Milanese ![]() |
5-1 | ![]() |
Pro Vercelli ![]() |
0-0 | ![]() |
Andrea Doria ![]() |
1-2 | ![]() |
Pro Vercelli ![]() |
1-1 | ![]() |
US Milanese ![]() |
0-1 | ![]() |
Andrea Doria ![]() |
1-2 | ![]() |
Federal Championship
Genoa and Torino didn't enter in the competition. Milan withdrew from the tournament on January 1, 1908, in order to protest against FIF.
Final
- Played on January 19 and February 23
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
---|---|---|---|---|
Andrea Doria | 1-3 | Juventus | 0-3 | 1-0 |
Classification
Pos | Team | Pld | Won | Drw | Lst | Pts | GF | GA | GD | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Juventus | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | +2 | Champions After playoff. |
2 | Andrea Doria | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | Second place After playoff. |
N/A | Milan | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Withdrew. |
Playoff (Turin, March 16)
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
---|---|---|
Juventus | 2-2 | Andrea Doria |
Cancelled and repeated for a mistake made by the referee during the match
Playoff (Torino, May 10)
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
---|---|---|
Juventus | 5-1 | Andrea Doria |
- Juventus Federal Champions
Juventus didn't receive Coppa Spensley as prize because Milan, the club who won the Cup in 1906 and 1907, refused to give the Cup to Juventus and gave it to Spensley and Genoa in order to protest against FIF. In the Federal Assembly of 1908 FIF decided to assign permanently Spensley Cup to Milan.
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.
References
- "La gran finale del Campionato Federale". La Stampa. 22 February 1908. p. 5. Retrieved 17 April 2012.