1901 in association football

The following are the association football events of the year 1901 throughout the world.

Events

• April 7 – Foundation of Brazilian football club Clube Náutico Capibaribe.
• May 16 – Uruguay and Argentina both play their first ever international match, when they meet in Montevideo. Argentina wins the contest (2-3).

National champions

Argentina: Alumni Athletic Club Belgium: Racing Club de Bruxelles England: Liverpool France: Standard AC Meudon Hungary: Budapest T.C. (first Hungarian League champions) Ireland: Distillery

Italy: A.C. Milan Netherlands: HVV Den Haag Scotland: Division One: Rangers Scottish Cup: Hearts [1] Sweden: AIK Switzerland: Grasshopper Zurich Uruguay: CURCC

International tournaments

• 1901 British Home Championship (February 23 – March 30, 1901)

  England

Births

• January 21
  • John Coshall, English footballer (died 1975) ^[2]
  • Billy Powell, English professional footballer ^[3]
  • Ricardo Zamora, Spanish international footballer
• May 24 – José Nasazzi, Uruguayan international footballer
• July 26 – Umberto Caligaris, Italian international footballer (died 1940)
• September 15 – Augusto Lopes, Portuguese footballer (died-unknown) ^[4]
• October 19 – Ike McGorian, English professional footballer ^[5]
• November 10 – James Oakley, English professional footballer (died 1972) ^[6]
• November 22 – José Leandro Andrade, Uruguayan international footballer

Clubs founded

• FC Luzern
• Kickers Offenbach

References

1. "Scottish Cup Past Winners | Scottish Cup | Scottish FA". www.scottishfa.co.uk. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
2. "John Coshall". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
3. "Billy Powell". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
4. "Augusto Lopes". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
5. "Ike McGorian". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
6. "James Oakley". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 14 June 2024.