1908 in association football explained

The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1908 throughout the world.

Events

See main article: 1908.

Winners club national championship

• Argentina

Belgrano(*)

• Belgium : Racing CB
• England

Manchester United

• • FA Cup

Wolves

• Finland

Unitas Helsinki

• Germany

Viktoria Berlin (winners of a regional league play-off)(*)

• Hungary

MTK(*)

• Italy

Pro Vercelli(*)

• Netherlands : Quick Den Haag(*)
• Scotland

For fuller coverage, see 1907-08 in Scottish football.

• • Scottish Division One  - Celtic
  • Scottish Division Two  - Raith Rovers
  • Scottish Cup  - Celtic^[1]
• Sweden

IFK Gothenburg(*)

• Switzerland

FC Winterthur (winners of a play-off)(*)

• Uruguay

River Plate(*)

• Greece

F.C. Goudi Athens

(*)Amateur league

International tournaments

• Torneo Internazionale Stampa Sportiva, in Turin, Italy:
  1. Servette FC
  2. Torino
• Olympic Games in London, United Kingdom (October 19  - 24 1908)
  1. Great Britain
     • 1. • 1908 British Home Championship

Shared by and

Clubs founded

• March 25  - Clube Atlético Mineiro (Brazil)
• July 19  - Feyenoord (Netherlands)
• September 26  - SK Brann (Norway)
• Hartlepool United F.C. (England)
• March 9  - F.C. Internazionale Milano (Italy)
• R.S.C. Anderlecht (Belgium)
• Huddersfield Town F.C. (England)
• Panathinaikos FC (Greece)
• U.S. Lecce (Italy)
• St Albans City F.C. (England)
• S.S.C. Bari (Italy)
• Real Murcia (Spain)
• FC Lugano (Switzerland)
• ŁKS Łódź (Poland)
• LASK (Austria)

Births

• March 21  - Juan López Fontana, Uruguayan football manager (died 1983)
• April 20  - Pierre Korb, French international footballer (died 1980)
• June 4  - Alejandro Villanueva, Peruvian footballer (died 1944)
• June 8  - Leo Lemešić, Croatian football player and manager (died 1978)
• August 1  - William Ling, English football referee (died 1984)
• November 12  - Frank Wattam, English professional footballer (died 1984)^[2]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Scottish Cup Past Winners Scottish Cup Scottish FA . www.scottishfa.co.uk . 17 December 2022.
2. Web site: Frank Wattam . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 26 February 2024 . en.