• 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^[1]
• Sweden: IFK Gothenburg(*)
• Switzerland: FC Winterthur (winners of a play-off)(*)
• Uruguay: River Plate(*)
• Greece: F.C. Goudi Athens

(*)Amateur league

• Torneo Internazionale Stampa Sportiva, in Turin, Italy:
  1.   Servette FC
  2.   Torino
• Olympic Games in London, United Kingdom (October 19 – 24 1908)
  1.   Great Britain
  2.   Denmark
  3.   Netherlands
• 1908 British Home Championship

Shared by   England and   Scotland

• 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)

• 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)
• November 12 – Frank Wattam, English professional footballer (died 1984)^[2]