1908 in association football
# 1908 in association football

The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1908 throughout the world.

## 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
   * Denmark
   * Netherlands
* 1908 British Home Championship

       Shared by England and Scotland

## 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 FC (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)
