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1898 Italian Football Championship
1st season of top-tier Italian football From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The 1898 Italian Football Championship is considered a seminal event in Italian football history. It was the first FIGC-endorsed championship considered an official predecessor of Serie A subsequently formed in 1929. Winners Genoa were thus the first ever Italian Football Champions.
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Format
The 1898 competition was a knock-out tournament involving three Turin clubs and one from Genoa. All three matches were played at the Velodromo Umberto I in Turin on 8 May, over the course of the one day.[1]
Results
Semifinals
All matches played on 8 May 1898
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Velodrome Humbert I, Turin
Attendance: 50
Referee: Adolf Jourdan
Final
Velodrome Humbert I, Turin
Attendance: 100
Referee: Adolf Jourdan
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