1926 in association football
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The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1926 throughout the world.
Events[edit]
PAOK FC was founded in Thessaloniki, Greece. SC Lourinhanense was founded in Lisbon, Portugal.
- November 8 – APOEL FC is founded in Cyprus.
Winners club national championship[edit]
- Denmark: B1903
- England: Huddersfield Town
- Greece: Regional Championships:
- EPSA (Athens) Panathinaikos
- EPSP (Pireas)Olympiacos
- EPSM (Thessaloniki) Aris
- EPSP (Patras) A.P.S. Olympiakos Patras
- Iceland: KR
- Ireland: Shelbourne
- Italy: Juventus
- Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes: Građanski Zagreb
- Netherlands: SC Enschede
- Poland: Pogoń Lwów
- Scotland:
International tournaments[edit]
- 1926 British Home Championship (October 24, 1925 – April 17, 1926)
- 1924-28 Nordic Football Championship (June 15, 1924 – October 7, 1928) 1926: (June 9 - October 3, 1926)
- South American Championship 1926 in Chile (October 12, 1926 – November 3, 1926)
Births[edit]
- January 22 – Otto Hemele, Czech international footballer (died 2001)
- February 4 – Gyula Grosics, Hungarian international football player and manager (died 2014)
- May 1 – Doug Cowie, Scottish international footballer (died 2021)
- May 5 – Víctor Ugarte, Bolivian international footballer (died 1995)
- May 27 – Kees Rijvers, Dutch football player and manager (died 2024)
- June 2 – Pat Hewson, English former footballer (died 2017)[2]
- June 19 – Juan Hohberg, Uruguayan international footballer (died 1996)
- June 19 – Julio Pérez, Uruguayan international footballer (died 2002)
- July 4 – Alfredo Di Stéfano, Argentine-Spanish international footballer and coach (died 2014)
- September 29 – Harry Hart, English professional footballer[3] (died 2012)
- December 19 – René Pascucci, Luxembourgian footballer (died 2018)[4]
- December 22 – Alcides Ghiggia, Uruguayan international footballer (died 2015)
Deaths[edit]
Clubs founded[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Scottish Cup Past Winners | Scottish Cup | Scottish FA". www.scottishfa.co.uk. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
- ^ "1926 in association football". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
- ^ "Harry Hart". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
- ^ "René Pascucci". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 24 October 2021.