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1909 Italian Football Championship

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April 25, 1909

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1908 Italian Football, 1898 Italian Football, 1921–22 Prima Divisione, 1914–15 Italian Football

In that season two championships of Prima Categoria were played:

Contents

  1. Federal Championship (where foreign players were admitted, too)
  2. Italian Championship (where only Italian players were admitted)

The winner of Federal Championship was S.G. Pro Vercelli. They won as prize Coppa Oberti.

The winner of Italian Championship was Juventus. They won as prize Coppa Buni.

However, only Pro Vercelli's Federal title is currently recognized by FIGC as "scudetto".

Liguria

Played on January 17 and February 7
Tie-break
Played on February 21 on neutral ground

Lombardy

Classification
Results
Played on January 10, 17 and 24

Piedmont

Round 1
Played on January 10 and 17

Due to the fact the both teams won a match (aggregate total was not applied), a tie break was needed.

Repetition
Played on January 24 on Juventus ground

Torino advanced to Round 2.

Round 2
Played on February 7 and March 14

Veneto

Venezia was the only registered team.

Lombardy-Veneto

Played on February 21 and March 28

Piedmont-Liguria

Played on March 21 and 28

Final

Played on April 4 and 25

Pro Vercelli

  •  Italy Giovanni Innocenti
  •  Italy Angelo Binaschi
  •  Italy Giuseppe Servetto
  •  Italy Guido Ara
  •  Italy Giuseppe Milano I
  •  Italy Pietro Leone
  •  Italy Felice Milano II
  •  Italy Annibale Visconti
  •  Italy Vincenzo Fresia
  •  Italy Carlo Rampini I
  •  Italy Carlo Corna

    • Qualifications

    Piedmont

  • Round 1
  • March 28: Juventus-Torino 2-0 (forfait)

    • Round 2

  • April 25: Juventus-Piemonte 1-0

    • Round 3

  • May 2: Juventus-Pro Vercelli 2-0 (forfait)

    • Qualified: Juventus.

    Lombardy

  • March 28: US Milanese-Milan 2-0 (forfait)
    • Note: According to La Stampa, this match was planned for March 28 but likely this match wasn't played for forfait of Milan. In fact, according to La Stampa in March 28 Milan played against Torino for the Palla Dapples (Dapples Ball) tournament, not in the Italian Championship against USM.

    Qualified: US Milanese.

    Liguria

  • May 2: Genoa-A. Doria 0-2 (forfait)

    • Semifinals

    Played on May 9, 16 and 23.

  • Playoff (at Milan):
  • May 23, 1909: JUVENTUS - Andrea Doria 1 - 0 aet

    • Final

    May 30 and June 6

    Italian Champions: Juventus.

    Juventus won also as prize for the victory Coppa Buni, but this title isn't currently recognized by FIGC as "scudetto".

    References

    1909 Italian Football Championship Wikipedia
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