The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1908 throughout the world.
Events
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 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: Servette FC Torino Olympic Games in London, United Kingdom (October 19 – 24 1908) Great Britain
1908 British Home Championship Shared by and
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)
Deaths
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