Italian football championship 1903

Italian championship 1903
master	CFC Genoa (5th title)
Teams	6th
Games	5
Gates	21  (ø 4.2 per game)
Top scorer	Umberto Malvano (4)
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The Italian Football Championship 1903 was the sixth Italian football championship , which was held by the Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio (FIGC).

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organization

From March 1 to March 15, 1903, the qualifying matches for the final took place. The semi-finals took place on March 22, 1903.

On April 13, 1903, the final between the seeded champions CFC Genoa and Juventus Turin took place at the Campo Sportivo di Ponte Carrega in Genoa . After four sovereign victories, Juventus was the favorite for the title, but surprisingly lost 3-0 to the defending champion, who played the final for the sixth time in a row and was thus in all previous finals.

Attendees

The Juventus team (1903)

• CFC genoa
• SG Andrea Doria
• AC Milan
• Football Club Torinese
• Juventus Turin
• SC Audace Torino

Results

After the competition mode there were four knockout rounds of one game, the winners of which appeared in the next round. Thus, as in this case for Juventus Turin , the winner of the first elimination game would have to play four games to reach the final if they continued to progress. The opponent in the fourth elimination game, in this case AC Milan , could have reached the final with a win.

Elimination round

Piedmont

	Result
Juventus Turin	5-0	FC Torinese
Juventus Turin	2: 1	SC Audace Torino

Juventus Turin, who wore black and white striped jerseys for the first time in 1903 due to a mix-up, qualified as a representative of Piedmont for the qualifying game against the Ligurian team.

Piedmont - Liguria

Interregional elimination

	Result
Juventus Turin	7: 1	SG Andrea Doria

Lombardy

The AC Milan was set as the only registered team for the semi-finals.

Semifinals

	Result
AC Milan	0: 2	Juventus Turin

final

	Result
CFC genoa	3-0	Juventus Turin

master

The Genoa defended his title from last year and was the fifth time in six years by Italian masters.

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

The CFC Genoa championship team. Back: Pasteur I, Senft, Spensley (goalkeeper with Fawcus cup), Passadoro, Rossi, Bugnion, Sutter (referee), Parodi (linesman) Front: Agar, Foffani, Dapples, Montaldi, Pasteur II

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  Umberto Malvano Juventus Turin 4th 2  Alfredo Ferraris Juventus Turin 2 3  Joseph William Agar CFC genoa 1  Vittorio Ansaldo SG Andrea Doria 1  Henri Dapples CFC genoa 1  Luigi Forlano Juventus Turin 1

Umberto Malvano

The scorer for two goals from the interregional elimination is unknown. In addition, there is an own goal by Juve player Gioacchino Armano in the final.

swell

• Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio Edizione 2005