1926 in association football

The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1926 throughout the world.

Events

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

• 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:
  • Division One: Celtic F.C.
  • Scottish Cup: St. Mirren F.C. ^[1]

International tournaments

• 1926 British Home Championship (October 24, 1925 – April 17, 1926)

  Scotland

• 1924-28 Nordic Football Championship (June 15, 1924 – October 7, 1928) 1926: (June 9 - October 3, 1926)

  Denmark (1926)

  Denmark (1924-1928)

• South American Championship 1926 in Chile (October 12, 1926 – November 3, 1926)

  Uruguay

Births

• 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

Main article: Deaths in 1926

Further information: Category:1926 deaths

Clubs founded

• APOEL FC
• ACF Fiorentina
• SSC Napoli
• PAOK FC
• Real Oviedo

References

1. "Scottish Cup Past Winners | Scottish Cup | Scottish FA". www.scottishfa.co.uk. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
2. "1926 in association football". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
3. "Harry Hart". barryhugmansfootballers.com. Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
4. "René Pascucci". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 24 October 2021.