Italian football championship 1902

Italian championship 1902
master	CFC Genoa (4th title)
Teams	8th
Games	11  (of which 2 are criminally verified)
Gates	37  (ø 4.11 per game) (excluding verified games)
Top scorer	Karl Senft (2)
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The Italian Football Championship 1902 was the fifth Italian football championship , which was held by the Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio (FIGC).

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organization

From March 2 to 23, 1902, the regional qualifying matches for the finals took place. The semifinals took place on April 6, 1902.

The final took place on April 13, 1902 at the Campo Sportivo di Ponte Carrega in Genoa . Here, defending champions AC Milan and the then record champions CFC Genoa met in a new edition of the previous year's final. The CFC Genoa prevailed 2-0 and revenged themselves for the defeat in the last final. The Genoese won their fourth Italian championship title and were awarded the Fawcus Cup for the first time .

Attendees

The SG Andrea Doria and the SC Audace Torino took part in the first championship.

• CFC genoa
• SG Andrea Doria
• AC Milan
• SEF Mediolanum
• Football Club Torinese
• Juventus Turin
• Real Società Ginnastica Torino
• SC Audace Torino

Results

Elimination round

Piedmont

	Result
FC Torinese	1: 1	Juventus Turin
Audace Torino	5: 2	Ginnastica Torino
Juventus Turin	6-0	Audace Torino
FC Torinese	*2: 0 *	Ginnastica Torino
FC Torinese	2-0	Audace Torino
Juventus Turin	*2: 0 *	Ginnastica Torino

^* forfait

table

team	P	S.	U	N
Juventus Turin	5	2	1	0
FC Torinese	5	2	1	0
Audace Torino	2	1	0	2
Ginnastica Torino	0	0	0	3

Due to the equality of points between Juventus Turin and FC Torinese , there was a play-off between the two clubs on March 23, 1902:

	Result
FC Torinese	4: 1	Juventus Turin

Thus, the qualified FC Torinese for the semi-final.

Liguria - Lombardy

Ligurian elimination

	Result
CFC genoa	3: 1	SG Andrea Doria

Interregional elimination

	Result
CFC genoa	2-0	SEF Mediolanum

With that the CFC Genoa qualified for the semi-final game.

Semifinals

Despite the home advantage on the Campo di Piazza d'armi , FC Torinese lost the semi-finals after two extra times. Interestingly, the referee was Herbert Kilpin , a player for seeded finalists AC Milan .

	Result
FC Torinese	3: 4 a.d.	CFC genoa

The CFC Genoa qualified for the final.

final

	Result
CFC genoa	2-0	AC Milan

master

This was the fourth time that CFC Genoa was Italian champion.

master CFC genoa Champions team Goal: James Richardson Spensley Defense: Paolo Rossi Fausto Ghigliotti Midfield: Edoardo Pasteur I Karl Senft  Howard Passadoro Attack: Joseph William Agar Attilio Salvadè Henri Dapples Alfred Cartier Enrico Pasteur II Replacement: Alberto Delamare Giovanni Foffani Montaldi Oscar Scholler Player-coach: James Richardson Spensley

The CFC Genoa championship team. Back: Pasteur II, Cartier, Rossi, John Savage (referee), Spensley (goalkeeper), Passadoro, Senft, Ghigliotti Front: Agar, Dapples, Pasteur I, Salvadè

Goal scorers

The goal scorers are listed without goals from the regional elimination round, but with goals from interregional eliminations.

Pl.	Surname	society	Gates
1	Karl Senft	CFC genoa	2
2	Uberto Cagnassi	FC Torinese	1
	Enrico Pasteur II	CFC genoa	1
	Attilio Salvadè	CFC genoa	1
	Ernest Verdun	FC Torinese	1

The scorer for five goals from the semi-finals is unknown.

swell

• Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio Edizione 2005