The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1908 throughout the world.

Events

Winners club national championship

* Argentina: Belgrano(*) * Belgium : Racing CB * England:

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** FA Cup: Wolves * Finland: Unitas Helsinki * Germany: Viktoria Berlin (winners of a regional league play-off)(*) * Hungary: MTK(*) * Italy: Pro Vercelli(*) * Netherlands : Quick Den Haag(*) * Scotland: ''For fuller coverage, see 1907-08 in Scottish football.'' **

Scottish Division One The Scottish Football League (SFL) was a league featuring professional and semi-professional football clubs mostly from Scotland.One club, Berwick Rangers, is based in the town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, which is located approximately 4 km south ...

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Celtic Celtic, Celtics or Keltic may refer to: Language and ethnicity *pertaining to Celts, a collection of Indo-European peoples in Europe and Anatolia **Celts (modern) *Celtic languages **Proto-Celtic language * Celtic music *Celtic nations Sports Fo ...

Scottish Division Two The Scottish Football League (SFL) was a league featuring professional and semi-professional football clubs mostly from Scotland.One club, Berwick Rangers, is based in the town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, which is located approximately 4 km south ...

– Raith Rovers ** Scottish Cup –

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: IFK Gothenburg(*) *

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

: FC Winterthur (winners of a play-off)(*) * Uruguay: River Plate(*) * Greece: F.C. Goudi Athens (*)Amateur league

International tournaments

Torneo Internazionale Stampa Sportiva The Torneo Internazionale ''Stampa Sportiva'' (English: ''The'' Sport Press ''International Tournament'') was an early international football competition. Held in 1908, it predated the more famous Sir Thomas Lipton Trophy by a year. Organised by I ...

, in Turin, Italy: *#

Servette FC Servette FC is a Swiss football club based in Geneva, founded in March 1890 with rugby as its first sporting activity, and named after the Geneva district of the same name. The football section was created on 17 January 1900. They play in the S ...

*# Torino * Olympic Games in London, United Kingdom (October 19 – 24 1908) *# Great Britain *# *# *

1908 British Home Championship Nineteen or 19 may refer to: * 19 (number), the natural number following 18 and preceding 20 * one of the years 19 BC, AD 19, 1919, 2019 Films * ''19'' (film), a 2001 Japanese film * ''Nineteen'' (film), a 1987 science fiction film Music ...

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Clubs founded

*March 25 –

Clube Atlético Mineiro Clube Atlético Mineiro (), commonly known as Atlético Mineiro or Atlético, and colloquially as Galo (, "Rooster"), is the largest professional football club based in the city of Belo Horizonte, the capital city of the Brazilian state of Mi ...

(Brazil) *July 19 – Feyenoord (Netherlands) *September 26 – SK Brann (Norway) *

Hartlepool United F.C. Hartlepool United Football Club is a professional association football club based in Hartlepool, County Durham, England. The team competes in League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system. They were founded in 1908 as Har ...

(England) *March 9 –

F.C. Internazionale Milano Football Club Internazionale Milano, commonly referred to as Internazionale () or simply Inter, and colloquially known as Inter Milan in English-speaking countries, is an Italian professional football club based in Milan, Lombardy. Inter is t ...

(Italy) *

R.S.C. Anderlecht ; french: Les Mauves et Blancs) , short name = R.S.C.A. , founded = , ground = Constant Vanden Stock Stadium , capacity = 22,500 , owntitle = Chairman , owner = Wouter Vandenhaute , manager = Brian Riemer , ...

(Belgium) *

Huddersfield Town F.C. Huddersfield Town Association Football Club is a professional association football, football club based in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England, which compete in the . The team have played home games at the Kirklees Stadium since moving from L ...

(England) * Panathinaikos FC (Greece) * U.S. Lecce (Italy) *

St Albans City F.C. St Albans City Football Club (nicknamed ''The Saints'') is a semi-professional football club based in St Albans, Hertfordshire, England. The club currently competes in the National League South (previously known as the Conference South), th ...

(England) * S.S.C. Bari (Italy) * Real Murcia (Spain) * FC Lugano (Switzerland) * ŁKS Łódź (Poland) *

LASK Linzer Athletik-Sport-Klub, commonly known as Linzer ASK () or simply LASK, is an Austrian professional Football team, football club, from the Upper Austria, Upper-Austrian state capital Linz. It is the oldest football club in that region, and pl ...

(Austria)

Births

March 21 Events Pre-1600 * 537 – Siege of Rome: King Vitiges attempts to assault the northern and eastern city walls, but is repulsed at the Praenestine Gate, known as the ''Vivarium'', by the defenders under the Byzantine generals Bessas an ...

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Juan López Fontana ''Juan'' is a given name, the Spanish and Manx versions of ''John''. It is very common in Spain and in other Spanish-speaking communities around the world and in the Philippines, and also (pronounced differently) in the Isle of Man ) , anthe ...

, Uruguayan football manager (died 1983) * April 20 – Pierre Korb, French international footballer (died 1980) * June 4 –

Alejandro Villanueva Carlos Alejandro Villanueva Martínez (4 June 1908 – 11 April 1944) was a Peruvian association football, footballer who played for Alianza Lima and the Peru national football team. He is considered one of the most important Alianza strikers i ...

, Peruvian footballer (died 1944) * June 8 –

Leo Lemešić Leo Lemešić (8 June 1908 in Sinj – 15 August 1978 in Split) was a Croatian football striker and later a football manager. He became a referee in his later years. Club career He spent his entire club career with Hajduk Split. In total, Leme� ...

, Croatian football player and manager (died 1978) * August 1 – William Ling, English football referee (died 1984)

Deaths

References

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