1926 in association football

	Years in association football
	← 1923; 1924; 1925; 1926; 1927; 1928; 1929 →;
	1926 in sports
	American football; Aquatic sports; Association football; Athletics; Badminton; Baseball; Basketball; Chess; Climbing; Combat sports Sumo; ; Cricket 1925–26; 1926; 1926–27; ; Cycling; Equestrianism; Esports; Golf; Gymnastics; Ice sports; Modern pentathlon; Motorsport; Racquetball; Sailing; Skiing; Rugby league‎; Rugby union; Snooker 1925–26; 1926–27; ; Squash; Table tennis; Tennis; Triathlon; Volleyball; Weightlifting;

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

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
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)
December 22 – Alcides Ghiggia, Uruguayan international footballer (died 2015)

Deaths

Clubs founded

References

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