1920 in association football
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The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1920 throughout the world.
Events
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Winners club national championship
[edit]- Argentina: Boca Juniors, River Plate
- Austria: Rapid Vienna
- Belgium: Club Brugge
- Denmark: B 1903
- England: Liverpool F.C.
- France: no national championship
- Germany: 1. FC Nürnberg
- Hungary: MTK Hungária FC
- Iceland: Víkingur
- Italy: Internazionale Milano F.C.
- Luxembourg: CS Fola Esch
- Netherlands: Be Quick
- Paraguay: Club Libertad
- Poland: not finished due to Polish-Soviet War; most probably champions would have been Cracovia
- Scotland: For fuller coverage, see 1919-20 in Scottish football.
- Sweden: Djurgårdens IF
- Uruguay: Nacional
- Greece: 1913 to 1921 - no championship titles due to the First World War and the Greco-Turkish War of 1919-1922.
International tournaments
[edit]- 1920 British Home Championship (October 25, 1919 – April 10, 1920)
- Olympic Games in Antwerp, Belgium (August 28 – September 2, 1920)
- South American Championship 1920 in Chile (September 11, 1920 – October 3, 1920)
Births
[edit]- January 15 – Anton Malatinský, Slovak international football player and coach (died 1992)
- January 31 – Bert Williams, English international goalkeeper (died 2014)
- March 3
- Elio Bianchi, retired Italian professional footballer
- Jesse McLarty, Scottish professional footballer (died 2001)[2]
- April 14 – Schubert Gambetta, Uruguayan international footballer (died 1991)
- June 26 – Ernst Melchior, Austrian international footballer (died 1978)
- July 2 – Laurie Nevins, English professional footballer[3]
- August 31 – Walter Atkinson, English professional footballer (died 2009)[4]
- November 7 – Ignacio Eizaguirre, Spanish international footballer (died 2013)
- November 22 – Frank Mouncer, English professional footballer (died 1977)[5]
- December 5 – Fred Bett, English professional footballer (died 2005)[6]
Deaths
[edit]Clubs founded
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Scottish Cup Past Winners | Scottish Cup | Scottish FA". www.scottishfa.co.uk. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
- ^ "1920 in association football". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
- ^ "1920 in association football". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
- ^ "Walter Atkinson". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
- ^ "Frank Mouncer". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
- ^ "Fred Bett". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 2 April 2024.