1921 in association football
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The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1921 throughout the world.
Events
- September – There is a split in Irish football following the political partition of Ireland. The leading Dublin clubs breakaway from the Belfast-based Irish Football Association over a perceived northern bias. See:FAI – Split from the IFA[1]
Winners club national championship
- Argentina: Club Atlético Huracán, Racing Club
- Austria: Rapid Vienna
- Belgium: Daring CB
- Denmark: Akademisk Boldklub
- England: Burnley F.C.
- France: no national championship
- Germany: 1. FC Nürnberg
- Hungary: MTK Hungária FC
- Iceland: Fram
- Italy: Pro Vercelli
- Luxembourg: Jeunesse Esch
- Netherlands: NAC Breda
- Paraguay: Club Guaraní
- Poland: Cracovia
- Scotland: For fuller coverage, see 1920–21 in Scottish football.
- Sweden: IFK Eskilstuna
- Uruguay: Peñarol
- Greece: 1913 to 1921 – no championship titles due to the First World War and the Greco-Turkish War of 1919–1922.
Founded clubs
International tournaments
- 1921 British Home Championship (October 23, 1920 – April 9, 1921)
- 1921 Far Eastern Championship Games in China (May 30-June 2, 1921)
- South American Championship 1921 in Argentina (October 2, 1921 – October 30, 1921)
Births
- February 10 – Theodor Reimann, Slovak international footballer (died 1982)
- February 25 – Alessandro Ferri, Italian professional footballer (died 2003)[3]
- May 12 – Cor van der Hoeven, Dutch footballer (died 2017)
- May 23 – Wilf Chisholm, English professional footballer (died 1962)[4]
- July 26 – Amedeo Amadei, Italian international footballer and manager (died 2013)
- August 1 – Percy Lovett, English footballer, goalkeeper (died 1982)
- October 6 – Des Broomfield, English footballer (died 2007)[5]
- October 19 – Gunnar Nordahl, Swedish international footballer (died 1995)
- November 11 – Ron Greenwood, English football manager (died 2006)
- Undated:
- Arie Machnes, Israeli footballer (died 2008)
Clubs founded
References
- ^ "The history of the split that will see two Irish teams at #Euro2016". www.irishexaminer.com. 10 June 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
- ^ "Scottish Cup Past Winners | Scottish Cup | Scottish FA". www.scottishfa.co.uk. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
- ^ "Alessandro Ferri". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
- ^ "Wilf Chisholm". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
- ^ "Des Broomfield". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Archived from the original on 8 June 2024. Retrieved 11 December 2018.