1926 in association football

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

[edit] Events

PAOK FC was founded in Thessaloniki, Greece. SC Lourinhanense was founded in Lisbon, Portugal.

[edit] Winners club national championship

• Denmark: B1903
• England: Huddersfield Town F.C.
• Greece: Regional Championships:

EPSA (Athens) Panathinaikos

EPSP (Pireas)Olympiacos

EPSM (Thessaloniki) Aris

EPSP (Patras) A.P.S. Olympiakos Patras

• Iceland: KR
• Ireland: Shelbourne
• Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes: Građanski Zagreb
• Netherlands: SC Enschede
• Poland: Pogoń Lwów
• Scotland: Celtic F.C.

[edit] 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

[edit] Births

• January 22 – Otto Hemele, Czech footballer (d. 2001)
• February 4 – Gyula Grosics, Hungarian footballer
• May 5 – Víctor Ugarte, Bolivian footballer

[edit] Deaths