1909 Italian Championship of Football

The Italian Championship was a secondary football tournament in 1909 Italy where foreign players were not allowed to play; the winners would be proclaimed Campioni Italiani (Italian Champions). It remained meaningless after Pro Vercelli's victory of the 1909 Italian Football Championship using an all-Italian squad, and when it was boycotted by all major clubs it was consequently annulled by the Italian Football Federation. Italian Championship Qualifications Piedmont April 25: Juventus-Piemonte 1-0According to Chiesa, on April 4 was played this match: Juventus-Piemonte 0-0 but this match was never played at that date. The source is Chiesa, op. cit., but Chiesa made some mistake at reporting results and according to La Stampa in April 4 Piemonte played at Genoa against the reserves team of Genoa for the Seconda Categoria Federal Championship Finals, so it's impossible that Piemonte played in the same day two championship matches in two different cities. Qualified: Juventus. Lombardy According to La Stampa, a match was planned for March 28 but likely this match wasn't played for forfait of Milan. In fact, according to La Stampa in March 28 Milan played against Torino for the Palla Dapples (Dapples Ball) tournament, not in the Italian Championship against USM. Liguria No matches Semifinals Played on May 9, 16 and 23. Andrea Doria 5 - 5 Juventus 3 - 1http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,0004/articleid,1202_01_1909_0128_0004_24223120/anews,true/ La Stampa L'Andrea Doria vince la semifinale del Campionato Italiano. 4 10 May 1909 17 April 2012 2 - 4http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,0005/articleid,1202_01_1909_0135_0005_24220689/anews,true/ La Stampa Il campionato italiano. La gara di ieri a Torino. 5 17 May 1909 17 April 2012 2 Vicenza 1 - 10 US Milanese 1 - 2 0 - 8http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,0005/articleid,1202_01_1909_0142_0005_17816409/anews,true/ La Stampa La Juventus batte l'Andrea Doria a Milano. 5 24 May 1909 17 April 2012 2 |} Playoff (at Milan): May 23, 1909: JUVENTUS - Andrea Doria 1 - 0 aethttp://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,0005/articleid,1202_01_1909_0142_0005_17816409/anews,true/ La Stampa La Juventus batte l'Andrea Doria a Milano. 5 24 May 1909 17 April 2012 Final May 30 and June 6 Juventus 3 - 2 US Milanese 1 - 1 2 - 1http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,0005/articleid,1202_01_1909_0156_0005_24222738/anews,true/ La Stampa Il F.C. Juventus vince il Campionato Italiano. 5 7 June 1909 17 April 2012 1 |} Italian Champions: Juventus. Juventus won as a prize for the victory the Coppa Buni, while the title wasn't recognized by FIGC. 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