1902 Italian Football Championship

Italian Football Championship
Season1901–02
ChampionsGenoa
4th title
1901
1903

The 1902 Italian Football Championship was the fifth edition of that competition. Genoa C.F.C. regained the title having lost in the previous season's final to AC Milan. Milan did not defend their title. This was Genoa's fourth win of this championship.

Format

It was expanded to include seven clubs, like most previous season coming from three Northern Italian regions. 4 Piedmont clubs played a round robin that required a tie break to decide who would go through to the final. Two clubs from Liguria and one from Lombardy contested a knock out competition to decide the finalist from the three of them.

Qualifications

Group Piedmont

Final classification

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 FBC Torinese 3 2 1 0 5 1 +4 5 Tie-break required
1 Juventus 3 2 1 0 9 1 +8 5
3 Audace Torino 3 1 0 2 5 10 −5 2
4 Ginnastica Torino 3 0 0 3 2 9 −7 0
Source: Panini

Results

Team 1  Score  Team 2
FBC Torinese 1-1 Juventus
Audace Torino 5-2 Ginnastica Torino
Juventus 6-0 Audace Torino
FBC Torinese 2-0 [1] Ginnastica Torino
FBC Torinese 2-0 Audace Torino
Juventus 2-0 [1] Ginnastica Torino

Tie-breaker

Team 1  Score  Team 2
FBC Torinese 4-1 Juventus

Group Liguria and Lombardy

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Genoa 3-1 Andrea Doria
Genoa 2-0 Mediolanum

Semifinal

Played on 6 April
Team 1  Score  Team 2
FBC Torinese 3-4 [2] Genoa

Final

Played on 13 April
Team 1  Score  Team 2

Genoa

2-0 Milan

References and sources

  • Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b Forfeit.
  2. ^ After extra time.