1899 Italian Football Championship

2nd season of top-tier Italian football May 2025 May 2025 Italian Football Championship 1898–99 2 April 1899 – 16 April 1899 Genoa2nd title 3 8 1898 1900 The 1899 Italian Football Championship was the second edition of the Italian Football Championship. Genoa retained the trophy they won the previous year. Format Unlike the original competition the year before, games in the competition did not all take place on the same day. Knock out format was retained from the year before. The competition was scheduled to be contested by five clubs (two from Liguria and three from Piedmont). However one of the Liguria clubs retired meaning that for the second year, four teams again took part. Qualifications Liguria Genoa waited for their opponents, a team from near Sampierdarena, on 27 March, but this team retired giving Genoa passage to the final. Piedmont Played 2 April Ginnastica Torino 25px 2–0 (aet) 25px FBC Torinese |} Played 9 April Internazionale Torino 25px 2–0 25px Ginnastica Torino |} Final Played 16 April Genoa 25px 3–1 25px Internazionale Torino |} References and sources Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 1899 Category:1898–99 in European association football leagues Category:1898–99 in Italian football