1908 in association football

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

Events

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
  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 F.C. (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]

Deaths

Main article: Deaths in 1908

Further information: Category:1908 deaths

References

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