1909 Italian Football Championship

In that season two championships of Prima Categoria were played:

  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".

Federal Championship

Qualifications

Liguria

Played on January 17 and February 7
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Andrea Doria 4-4 Genoa 1-1 3-3
Tie-break
Played on February 21 on neutral ground
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Andrea Doria 1-2 Genoa

Lombardy

Classification
Pos Team Pld Won Drw Lst Pts GF GA GD Notes
1U.S. Milanese2200451+4Qualified for Semi-Finals
2Milan2101234-1
3Internazionale2002025-3
Results
Played on January 10, 17 and 24
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Milan 3-2 Internazionale
U.S. Milanese 3-1 Milan
Internazionale 0-2 U.S. Milanese

Piedmont

Round 1
Played on January 10 and 17
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Juventus 3-2 Torino 0-1 3-1

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
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Juventus 0-1 Torino

Torino advanced to Round 2.

Round 2
Played on February 7 and March 14
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Pro Vercelli 3-1 Torino 2-1 1-0

Veneto

Venezia was the only registered team.

Semifinals

Lombardy-Veneto

Played on February 21 and March 28
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Venezia 3-18 U.S. Milanese 1-7 2-11

Piedmont-Liguria

Played on March 21 and 28
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Pro Vercelli 4-3 Genoa 3-2 1-1

Final

Played on April 4 and 25
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Pro Vercelli 4-2 U.S. Milanese 2-0 2-2

Champion

Italian Football Championship
1909 Winners
S.G. Pro Vercelli
2nd Title

Pro Vercelli

Italian Championship

Qualifications

Piedmont

Round 2

Round 3

Qualified: Juventus.

Lombardy

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

Semifinals

Played on May 9, 16 and 23.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Andrea Doria 5 - 5 Juventus 3 - 1[2] 2 - 4[3]
Vicenza 1 - 10 US Milanese 1 - 2 0 - 8[4]

Final

May 30 and June 6

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Juventus 3 - 2 US Milanese 1 - 1 2 - 1[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 and sources

  1. According to Chiesa, on April 4 was played this match: Juventus-Piemonte 0-0 but this match was never played at that date. The source is Chiesa, op. cit., but Chiesa made some mistake at reporting results and according to La Stampa in April 4 Piemonte played at Genoa against the reserves team of Genoa for the Seconda Categoria Federal Championship Finals, so it's impossible that Piemonte played in the same day two championship matches in two different cities.
  2. La Stampa, ed. (10 May 1909). "L'Andrea Doria vince la semifinale del Campionato Italiano.". p. 4. Retrieved 17 April 2012.
  3. La Stampa, ed. (17 May 1909). "Il campionato italiano. La gara di ieri a Torino.". p. 5. Retrieved 17 April 2012.
  4. La Stampa, ed. (24 May 1909). "La Juventus batte l'Andrea Doria a Milano.". p. 5. Retrieved 17 April 2012.
  5. La Stampa, ed. (24 May 1909). "La Juventus batte l'Andrea Doria a Milano.". p. 5. Retrieved 17 April 2012.
  6. La Stampa, ed. (7 June 1909). "Il F.C. Juventus vince il Campionato Italiano.". p. 5. Retrieved 17 April 2012.
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