1898 Italian Football Championship
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| File:Coppa Duca degli Abruzzi.svg The trophy | |
| Season | 1898 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 8 May 1898 |
| Champions | Genoa 1st title |
| Matches | 3 |
| Goals | 8 (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.
Format
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]Semifinals
[edit | edit source]All matches played on 8 May 1898
| Internazionale Torino File:Bianco e Nero (Strisce).svg | 2–1 | File:600px Giallo e Nero (Strisce).png FBC Torinese |
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| Ginnastica Torino File:600px Blu Con Striscia Rossa.png | 0–2 | File:600px Rosso e Blu con striscia Bianco e croce Rossa su sfondo Bianco.png Genoa |
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Velodrome Humbert I, Turin
Attendance: 50
Referee: Adolf Jourdan
Final
[edit | edit source]| Internazionale Torino File:Bianco e Nero (Strisce).svg | 1–2 (a.e.t.) | File:600px Rosso e Blu con striscia Bianco e croce Rossa su sfondo Bianco.png Genoa |
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Velodrome Humbert I, Turin
Attendance: 100
Referee: Adolf Jourdan
References
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