1908 Italian Football Championship

11th season of top-tier Italian football May 2025 Campionato Italiano di Prima Categoria 1907–08 Pro Vercelli1st title Mario Cagliani (4) 1907 1909 The 1908 Italian Football Championship was the 11th edition of the Italian Football Championship and the fifth since re-branding to Prima Categoria. Again the contest was made up of clubs exclusively from the 3 Northern Italian regions of Liguria, Lombardy and Piedmont. In the first of two highly political consecutive seasons of Italian football, two championships of Prima Categoria were played; one exclusively with Italian players and a competition deemed secondary that included non-Italians. The number of entrants in what was now the main contest went down from six the previous year to four. Two Piedmont teams played off to decide who played in the 3 club round robin final stage. Pro Vercelli won the Italian football championship for the 1st time. The two championships Two championships were competed for that year: Italian Championship, the main tournament where only Italian players were allowed to play; the winners were proclaimed Campioni d'Italia (Italian Champions). The winner was Pro Vercelli. They won as prize Coppa Buni. 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)http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,0005/articleid,1204_01_1908_0053_0005_17763765/anews,true/ La Stampa La gran finale del Campionato Federale 5 22 February 1908 17 April 2012 The winner was Juventus. They did not though receive the Spensley Cup after the general boycott of the tournament. Only Pro Vercelli's title is officially recognized by the Italian Football Federation. 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 statistics Qualifications Piedmont Played on March 1 and 8 Pro Vercelli 25px 3-1 25px Juventus 1-1 2-0 |} Liguria Andrea Doria was the only registered team. Lombardy US Milanese was the only registered team. Final round Classification main WDL Q 2 PVE Pro Vercelli USM US Milanese SAM Andrea Doria 2 2 0 4 2 C 2 1 1 7 3 0 1 3 4 10 #99FF99 Champions C complete Panini Results US Milanese 25px 5-1 25px Andrea Doria Pro Vercelli 25px 0-0 25px US Milanese Andrea Doria 25px 1-2 25px Pro Vercelli Pro Vercelli 25px 1-1 25px Andrea Doria US Milanese 25px 0-1 25px Pro Vercelli Andrea Doria 25px 1-2 25px US Milanese |} Federal Championship See main article, 1908 Italian Federal Football Championship. 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 Category:1907–08 in European association football leagues