1908 in association football
The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1908 throughout the world.
Winners club national championship
- Argentina: Belgrano(*)
- Belgium : Racing CB
- England: Manchester United
- 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.
- 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:
- Olympic Games in London, United Kingdom (October 19 – 24 1908)
- 1908 British Home Championship
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)
Births
- March 21 – Juan López Fontana, Uruguayan football manager
- 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)
Deaths
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