1908 Italian Football Championship
The 1908 Italian Football Championship was the 11th edition of the Italian Football Championship and the fifth since re-branding to Prima Categoria. Again the contest was made up of clubs exclusively from the 3 Northern Italian regions of Liguria, Lombardy and Piedmont. In the first of two highly political consecutive seasons of Italian football, two championships of Prima Categoria were played; one exclusively with Italian players and a competition deemed secondary that included non-Italians. The number of entrants in what was now the main contest went down from six the previous year to four. Two Piedmont teams played off to decide who played in the 3 club round robin final stage. Pro Vercelli won the Italian football championship for the 1st time.
The two championships
Two championships were competed for that year:- Italian Championship, the main tournament where only Italian players were allowed to play; the winners were proclaimed Campioni d'Italia. The winner was Pro Vercelli. They won as prize Coppa Buni.
- Federal Championship, a secondary tournament where foreign players were also allowed to play; the winners would be proclaimed Campioni Federali The winner was Juventus. They did not though receive the Spensley Cup after the general boycott of the tournament.