Lipton Challenge Cup

Also known as the "Southern Italy Championship". The South of Italy was cut out from the Italian Championship, because the Italian Football Federation (FIF) was not able to organise a tournament there, until the 3rd Category was created. Most of the clubs from Sicily and Campania decided to compete in this Challenge Cup organised by Sir Thomas Lipton. Palermo FBC were the definitive winners of the trophy.

Palmares

1909: Naples FC
1910: Palermo FBC
1911: Naples FC
1912: Palermo FBC
1913: Palermo FBC
1914: Palermo FBC
1915: Palermo FBC

1909: Naples

Qualifications:

[Palermo, Notarbartolo, 4 Apr]
FBC Palermo-FBC Audax Palermo 5-1 (2-0)
Palermo: Sergio, Amoroso, V. Colombo, N. Romano, C. Colombo, A. Romano, Di Benedetto, Barbera, Bonanno, Schimicci, Morra.
Audax: M. Cimino, E. Cimino, Beccaria, Neri, Marchello, Natoli, Siracusa, Amoroso, A. Montano, Giuffrida, M. Montano.
Goals: Bonanno, Schimicci; A. Montano, Morra, Di Benedetto, Bonanno.

[Naples, 4 Apr]
FBC Naples-FBC Bari 2-0                  [for withdraw of Bari]
FBC Naples-Lazio 2-0                     [for withdraw of Lazio]

[Palermo, Notarbartolo, 10 Apr]
FBC Palermo-Ortigia SC Siracusa 2-0      [awarded; original score 4-2, Ortigia fielded some professional players]

Final:

[Palermo, Notarbartolo, 12 Apr]
FBC Palermo-Naples FC 2-4 (1-1)
Palermo: Sergio, V. Colombo, Amoroso, N. Romano, C. Colombo, A. Romano, Morra, Schimicci, Barbera, Di Benedetto, Bonanno.
Naples: Conforti, C. Garozzo, Goss, Scarfoglio, Giannini, Bayon, Pomiglio, A. Garozzo, Stevens, Poths, Rufner.
Referee: Pouget (Paris).
Goals: first half Poths, Bonanno; second half Stevens, Stevens, Stevens, Morra.

1910: Palermo

Qualifications:
[Palermo, Notarbartolo, 13 Mar]
Palermo FBC-Audax VC Palermo 9-0
Palermo: Sergio, V. Colombo, Cimino, Romano, C. Colombo, Barbera, Wood, Montano, Bonanno, Schimicci, Morra.
Audax: Inghilleri, Natoli, Melli, Plaia, Caan, Coppola, Natoli, Siragusa, Salomone, Vencherutti, Amari.
Referee: Caneva (Palermo).

[Napoli, Bagnoli, 13 Mar]
Naples FC-Helios Napoli SC 6-1

Final:
[Palermo, Notarbartolo, 27 Mar]
Palermo FBC-Naples FC 4-1 (0-0)
Palermo: Sergio, V. Colombo, Cimino, Barbera, C. Colombo, Marchello, Candrilli, Schimicci, Montano, Bonanno, Woodhouse.
Naples: Conforti, Little, Goss, Giannini, Kingdom, Haaga, Scarfoglio, Riolo, Poths, Falleri, Catterina.
Goals: Bonanno 47, Schimicci 55, Candrilli 60, Schimicci 70, Fallert 77pen.

1911: Naples

Qualification:
[Palermo, Notarbartolo, 4 Apr]
Palermo FBC-Trinacria FC 2-0
Palermo: M. Cimino, V. Colombo, E. Cimino, Barbera, C. Colombo, Candrilli, Schimicci, Amoroso, Falcone, Wood.
Trinacria: Melli, Troisi, Vella, Siragusa, Morra, Casu, Bonanno, Giuffrida, Amoroso, Corrao, Frigerio.
Goals: Wood, C. Colombo.

[other sources: Palermo-Trinacria 3-1, Palermo-Trinacria 8-0 on 9 Apr]

Final:
[Palermo, Notarbartolo, 15 Apr]
Palermo FBC-Naples FC 2-3 (2-0)
Palermo: M. Cimino, V. Cimino, Romano, Colombo, Barbera, E. Cimino, Candrilli, Amoroso, Schimicci, Woodhouse, Falcone.
Naples: Koch, Garozzo, Ostermann, Little, Steinniger, Marin, Chaudoir, McPherson, Poths, Catterina, Valle.
Referee: Branderboy.
Goals: first half Amoroso, Schimicci; second half Chaudoir, Chaudoir, Chaudoir.

1912: Palermo

Qualifications:

[Palermo, 8 Mar]
Palermo-Ausonia 8-0 (2-0)
Palermo: Sergio (goalkeeper), Bonanno (forward).
Goals: 2nd by Bonanno.

[Palermo, 17 Mar]
Palermo-Catanese 6-0 (1-0)
Referee: Woodroow.

[Naples, 17 Mar]
Naples-Internazionale 3-1

[Palermo, 6 Apr]
Palermo FBC-Garibaldi Messina SG 3-1

Final:

[Palermo, 7 Apr]
Palermo FBC-Naples FC 6-0
Palermo: Ribolla, C. Colombo, Friggeri, Tabone, Barbera, Hawthorne, Morra, Schimicci, Turner, Amoroso, Woodhouse.
Naples: Cavalli, Garozzo, Del Pezzo, Giannini, Paduli I, Casacchia, Valle, Argento, Dodero, Pasquale, Paduli III.

1913: Palermo

Qualifications:

[Palermo, 3 Mar]
Palermo FBC-Garibaldi Messina 9-0

[Palermo, Notarbartolo, Mar]
Palermo FBC-Esperia FC Catania 7-0
Palermo: Ribolla, Colombo, Cimino, Siracusa, Bonanno, Hawthorne, Wood, Schiavo, Campanella, Morra, Turner.
Esperia: Valenti, Sacco, Magliocco, D'Agostino, Morvillo, Buccheri, Ghilardi, Bertacchi, Mattina, Cicero, Basile.
Referee: Woodroow.
Goal: Campanella, Turner, Turner, Bonanno, Turner, Schiavo, Turner.

[Naples, 3 Mar]
Naples-Internazionale Napoli 6-0

Final:

[Palermo, Notarbartolo, 24 Mar]
Palermo FBC-Naples FC 5-0 (4-0)
Palermo: Ribolla, C. Colombo, Friggeri, Tabone, E. Barbera, Hawthorne, Morra, Schimicci, Turner, Amoroso, Wood.
Naples: Cavalli, Garozzo, Del Pezzo, Coscia I, Hansen, Dodero, Bruschini II, Thornsteinsson, Troise, Coscia II, Pasquale.
Referee: Woodroow.
Goals: Morra 15, Turner 29, Turner 37, Tabone 45, Schimicci.

1914: Palermo

Qualifications:

[Palermo, Ranchibile, 30 Mar]
Palermo-Mazzini Messina 7-1

[Napoli, Agnano, 5 Apr]
Internazionale-Naples 1-4 (1-1)

Naples withdraw.

Final:

[Palermo, Ranchibile, 12 Apr]
Palermo-Internazionale 5-1 (3-0)
Palermo: Ribolla, C. Colombo, Friggeri, Calligaris, Fallai, Barbera, Candrilli, Schimicci, Samuele, Schiavo, Woodhouse.
Internazionale: Cangiulio, Siracusa, Romano, Casacchia, Minter, Argento, Lattad, Scarfoglio, Cortese, Jimi, Tommasi.
Referee: Woodroow.
Goals: Schiavo 10, Samuele 12, Schiavo 38, Scarfoglio 70, Candrilli 87, Candrilli 90.

1915: Palermo

Final:

[Palermo, Ranchibile, 5 Apr]
Palermo-Internazionale 2-1 (0-0)

Whitaker Challenge Cup 1905-1908

Sicilian Federal Cup 1920

Sicilian War Championship 1944/45

About this document

Sources: Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio Panini 2005, MessinaStory, Web Rosanero, Manie Rosanero; Giuseppe Rizzuto, L'epopea del calcio siciliano (1900-1915), Messina 2015; Giancarlo Caia et al., Almanacco azzurro, Empoli 2011; Antonio Buemi et al., Tutto il Catania minuto per minuto, Empoli 2010.

Prepared and maintained by Roberto Quartarone for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Author: Roberto Quartarone (robertoquartarone86 at gmail dot com)
Last updated: 25 Aug 2016