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)
The winner of Italian Championship was
Pro Vercelli. They won as prize ''Coppa Buni''.
The winner of Federal Championship was
Juventus
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. 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
The Italian Football Federation ( it, Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio; FIGC), known colloquially as ''Federcalcio'', is the governing body of football in Italy. It is based in Rome and the technical department is in Coverciano, Florence.
It ...
, 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
Unione Sportiva Milanese was an Italian association football club from Milan founded on 16 January 1902. Nicknamed ''Gli Scacchi'' ("The Checkerboards") for their jersey, the club was runners-up in the 1908 and 1909 Italian football championshi ...
was the only registered team.
Final round
Final classification
Results
Federal Championship
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1908 Italian Federal Football Championship
The Federal Championship was a secondary football tournament in 1908 Italy where foreign players (if they lived in Italy) were also allowed to play; the winners would be proclaimed ''Campioni Federali'' (Federal Champions).
It was boycotted by al ...
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
1908
Events
January
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1907–08 in European association football leagues
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