Football is the most popular sport in Italy. The Italy national football team is considered one of the best national teams in the world. They have won the FIFA World Cup four times, trailing only Brazil, runners-up in two finals both against Brazil, and reaching a third place (1990) and a fourth place (1978). They have also won two European Championships, also appeared in two finals, finished third at the Confederations Cup (2013) and the Nations League, won one Olympic football tournament (1936) and two Central European International Cups.
West Auckland is a village and civil parish in County Durham, England, to the west of Bishop Auckland on the A688 road. It is reputed to have one of the largest village greens in the country, lined with 17th- and 18th-century buildings. In 2021 it had a population of 3113.
West Auckland Town Football Club is a football club from West Auckland, near Bishop Auckland in County Durham, England, competing in the Northern League, in the ninth tier of the English football league system. The club is most famous for being the winners of the Sir Thomas Lipton Trophy, one of the world's first international footballing competitions, twice, in 1909 and 1911.
The Sir Thomas Lipton Trophy was an association football competition that took place twice, in Turin, Italy, in 1909 and 1911. It is regarded as an early European trophy.
The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1909 throughout the world.
The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1908 throughout the world.
John Richard Greenwell was an English football manager and former player. He is Barcelona's longest serving manager, having coached the club for ten consecutive seasons, later returning to coach for two more seasons in the 1930s. In 1939, Greenwell became the only non-South American coach to date to win the South American Championship when he guided Peru to their first win. He also served as a manager with CD Castellón, RCD Español, Valencia CF, Sporting de Gijón, Real Sociedad Alfonso XIII, Universitario de Deportes, and Independiente Santa Fe.
The 1909 Italian Football Championship season was won by Pro Vercelli.
Paolo Pulici is an Italian football manager and former footballer who played as a striker. With 172 goals in all competitions, he is the all-time record goalscorer for Torino.
Eugen Kipp was a German footballer who played as a forward. Eugen was a member of the German Olympic squad and played one match in the main tournament.
Torino Football Club, colloquially referred to as Toro, is an Italian professional football club based in Turin, Piedmont. They currently play in Serie A. Founded as Foot-Ball Club Torino in 1906, Torino are among the most successful clubs in Italy with seven league titles, including five consecutive league titles during the 1940s. The Grande Torino, as the team was known, was widely recognised as one of the strongest footballing sides of the period, until the entire team was killed in the 1949 Superga air disaster. They have also won the Coppa Italia five times, the last of which was in the 1992–93 season. Internationally, Torino won the Mitropa Cup in 1991 and were finalists in the UEFA Cup in 1991–92.
Naples Foot-Ball Club, also known as Naples FBC or more briefly as Naples, was an Italian football club founded in Naples, Campania in 1904 and beginning play in 1905.
Simone Benedetti is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Serie C Group C club Avellino.
Alfred Dick was a Swiss sports executive and entrepreneur. He was the president of Foot-Ball Club Juventus and later the founder of Foot-Ball Club Torino.
Enea Zuffi was an Italian footballer who played as a forward and midfielder.
Enrico Debernardi was an Italian footballer who played as a forward. He was part of the first-ever team fielded by the Italy national team in 1910.
The Italian Championship was a secondary football tournament in 1909 Italy where foreign players were not allowed to play; the winners would be proclaimed Campioni Italiani.
Union Sportive Parisienne was a football club based in Paris, France. The club was founded around 1897 and ceased operations in 1909. Red and black were the club colours.
Paul Marie Joseph Zeiger was a French footballer who played as a midfielder for US Parisienne as well as one match for the French national team in 1907.
Servette (1908)
