Velodrome Humbert I, commonly known in
Italian
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as ''Velodromo Umberto I'', was an early cycling velodrome and, from 1898, a football ground in
Turin
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. The velodrome was named in honour of then King
Humbert I of Savoy
Humbert I ( it, Umberto I; 950 – 1042 or 1047 1048), better known as Humbert the White-Handed (french: Humbert aux blanches-mains) or ( it, Umberto Biancamano), was the founder of the House of Savoy. Of obscure origins, his service ...
. During its time in use it was used by several clubs, it was located within the
La Crocetta neighbourhood of Turin, within the Corso Re Umberto park near Mauriziano hospital.
The velodrome is noted for been the host of the first ever
Italian Football Championship
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in
1898
Events
January–March
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. As thus, the first ever Italian Championship game was played there on the 8 May 1898 between
Internazionale Torino
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and
FBC Torinese. It ended 1-0 to Internazionale, but
Genoa
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won the competition overall.
Its first permanent footballing tenants were
FBC Torinese who used it from April 1900 until 1904. From 1904, until 1906 it became the homeground of
Juventus; this included the
1905
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season in which they won their first ever ''
scudetto''.
When
Alfred Dick left Juventus to form a new team called
Torino FBC, they would play at the ground since Dick held the lease. They played their earliest seasons here, before changing ground in early 1910.
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Buildings and structures in Turin
Juventus F.C.
Humbert I
Humbert
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Sports venues in Turin