1898 Italian Football Championship

Italian Football Championship
The trophy
Season1898
Dates8 May 1898
ChampionsGenoa
1st title
Matches3
Goals8 (2.67 per match)
1899 →

The 1898 Italian Football Championship is considered a seminal event in Italian football history. It was the first FIGC-endorsed championship considered an official predecessor of Serie A subsequently formed in 1929. Winners Genoa were thus the first ever Italian Football Champions.

The winners

Format

The 1898 competition was a knock-out tournament involving three Turin clubs and one from Genoa. All three matches were played at the Velodromo Umberto I in Turin on 8 May, over the course of the one day.[1]

Results

Semifinals

All matches played on 8 May 1898

Internazionale Torino 2–1 FBC Torinese
Attendance: 50
Referee: Adolf Jourdan
Ginnastica Torino 0–2 Genoa
Velodrome Humbert I, Turin
Attendance: 50
Referee: Adolf Jourdan

Final

Internazionale Torino 1–2 (a.e.t.) Genoa
Velodrome Humbert I, Turin
Attendance: 100
Referee: Adolf Jourdan

References

  1. ^ Modena, Panini Edizioni (2005). Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004.


allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_Football_Championship_1898