1908 Italian Federal Football Championship

November 2020 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).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 It was boycotted by all major clubs, and consequently later annulled by the Italian Football Federation. Federal Championship Genoa and Torino didn't enter in the competition. Milan withdrew from the tournament on January 1, 1908, in order to protest against FIF. Final Played on January 19 and February 23 Andrea Doria 1–3 Juventus 0–3 1–0 |} Classification Pos Team Pld Won Drw Lst Pts GF GA GD Notes1Juventus2101231+2ChampionsAfter playoff.2Andrea Doria2101213−2Second placeAfter playoff. Playoff (Turin, March 16) Juventus 2–2 Andrea Doria |} Cancelled and repeated for a mistake made by the referee during the match Playoff (Torino, May 10) Juventus 5–1 Andrea Doria |} Juventus Federal Champions Juventus didn't receive Coppa Spensley as prize because Milan, the club who won the Cup in 1906 and 1907, refused to give the Cup to Juventus and gave it to Spensley and Genoa in order to protest against FIF. In the Federal Assembly of 1908 FIF decided to assign permanently Spensley Cup to Milan. 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