1908 in association football

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

Events[]

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Winners club national championship[]

• Argentina: Belgrano(*)
• Belgium : Racing CB
• England: Manchester United
  • FA Cup: Wolves
• Finland:
• 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
• 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
  2.  Denmark
  3.  Netherlands
• 1908 British Home Championship

Shared by  England and  Scotland

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)

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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