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{{Short description|1st season of top-tier Italian football}}
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{{Infobox football league season
| competition = Italian Football Championship
| season = 1898
| dates = 8 May 1898
| image = Coppa Duca degli Abruzzi.svg
| winners = [[Genoa C.F.C.|Genoa]]<br/>1st title
| caption = The trophy 
| matches = 3
| total goals = 8
| prevseason = 
| nextseason = [[1899 Italian Football Championship|1899]]
}}

The '''1898 [[Italian Football Championship]]''' is considered a seminal event in [[Italy|Italian]] football history. It was the first [[FIGC]]-endorsed championship considered an official predecessor of [[Serie A]] subsequently formed in [[1929–30 Serie A|1929]]. Winners [[Genoa C.F.C.|Genoa]] were thus the first ever Italian Football Champions.
[[File:1898 Genoa Cricket and Athletic Club.jpg|300px|thumb|left|The winners]]

==Format==
The 1898 competition was a knock-out tournament involving three [[Turin]] clubs and one from [[Genoa]]. All three matches were played at the ''[[Velodromo Umberto I]]'' in [[Turin]] on 8 May, over the course of the one day.<ref name=league>{{cite book
 | first = Panini Edizioni | last = Modena
 | title = Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004
 | year = 2005
 }}</ref> 

==Results==
===Semifinals===
All matches played on 8 May 1898

{{Football box
|time = 9:00
|team1 = [[Internazionale F.C. Torino|Internazionale Torino]] [[File:Bianco e Nero (Strisce).svg|25px]]
|score = 2–1
|team2 = [[File:600px Giallo e Nero (Strisce).png|25px]] [[F.B.C. Torinese|FBC Torinese]]
|stadium = [[Velodrome Humbert I]], [[Turin]]
|attendance = 50
|referee = Adolf Jourdan
}}
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{{Football box
|time = 11:00
|team1 = [[R.S. Ginnastica Torino|Ginnastica Torino]] [[File:600px Blu Con Striscia Rossa.png|25px]]
|score = 0–2 
|team2 = [[File:600px Rosso e Blu con striscia Bianco e croce Rossa su sfondo Bianco.png|25px]] [[Genoa C.F.C.|Genoa]]
|stadium = Velodrome Humbert I, Turin
|attendance = 50
|referee = Adolf Jourdan
}}
===Final===
{{Football box
|time = 15:00
|team1 = [[Internazionale F.C. Torino|Internazionale Torino]] [[File:Bianco e Nero (Strisce).svg|25px]]
|score = 1–2
|aet = yes
|team2 = [[File:600px Rosso e Blu con striscia Bianco e croce Rossa su sfondo Bianco.png|25px]] [[Genoa C.F.C.|Genoa]]
|stadium = Velodrome Humbert I, Turin
|attendance = 100
|referee = Adolf Jourdan
}}

==References==
{{Reflist|1}}

{{Serie A}}
{{Serie A seasons}}
{{Original Italian Championship clubs}}
{{Football in Italy}}
{{1897–98 in European football (UEFA)}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Italian Football Championship 1898}}
[[Category:1897–98 in Italian football]]
[[Category:Serie A seasons|1898]]
[[Category:1897–98 in European association football leagues]]


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