1909 in association football

The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1909 throughout the world.

Events

• Goalkeepers begin to wear a different coloured shirt to the rest of the team.

• During the fall, a team composed of British players tour the United States.

• 19 December: Borussia Dortmund are founded. ^{[1] [2]}

Winners club national championship

• Germany: Phönix Karlsruhe
• Greece: Peiraikos sindesmos Pireas
• Italy: S.G. Pro Vercelli
• Scotland: For fuller coverage, see 1908-09 in Scottish football.
  • Scottish Division One – Celtic
  • Scottish Division Two – Abercorn
  • Scottish Cup – After two drawn games between Celtic and Rangers and a riot the cup was withheld.

International tournaments

• 1909 British Home Championship (13 February – 3 April 1909)

  England

• Sir Thomas Lipton Trophy:
  1. West Auckland
  2. FC Winterthur
  3. Torino XI
  4. Stuttgarter Sportfreunde

Births

• 28 January – John Thomson, Scottish international footballer (died 1931)
• 28 March – Cyril Beach, English professional footballer (died 1980) ^[3]
• 26 September – Ştefan Dobay, Romanian international footballer (died 1994)
• 16 October – Franz Krumm, German international footballer (died 1943)
• 26 December – Tom Poskett, English professional footballer ^[4]

Deaths

Main article: Deaths in 1909

Further information: Category:1909 deaths

Clubs founded

• Bologna FC 1909
• Borussia Dortmund
• Budapest Honvéd FC
• SK Sturm Graz

References

1. "The BVB History. Everything you need to know about Borussia Dortmund | 1909 | bvb.de". 2015-10-18. Archived from the original on 2015-10-18. Retrieved 2024-02-07.
2. "Germany - BV Borussia 09 Dortmund - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2024-02-07.
3. "Cyril Beach". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
4. "Tom Poskett". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 27 February 2024.