1908 Italian Federal Football Championship

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).[1]

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
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Andrea Doria 1–3 Juventus 0–3 1–0

Classification

Pos Team Pld Won Drw Lst Pts GF GA GD Notes
1Juventus2101231+2Champions
After playoff.
2Andrea Doria2101213−2Second place
After playoff.

Playoff (Turin, March 16)

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Juventus 2–2 Andrea Doria

Cancelled and repeated for a mistake made by the referee during the match

Playoff (Torino, May 10)

Team 1  Score  Team 2
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
  1. "La gran finale del Campionato Federale". La Stampa. 22 February 1908. p. 5. Retrieved 17 April 2012.


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