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1912 in association football

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The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1912 throughout the world.

Events

For goalkeepers handling the ball is being restricted to their boxes; previously it was their own half, where goalkeepers were permitted to handle the ball.

Swansea City F.C. is founded.
Novara FC is founded.

Winners club national championship

Argentina: Estudiantil Porteño, Quilmes Athletic Club
Austria: Rapid Vienna
Belgium: Daring CB
England: Blackburn Rovers
Germany: FV Holstein Kiel
Hungary: Ferencváros
Iceland: KR
Italy: Pro Vercelli
Luxembourg: US Hollerich
Netherlands: Sparta Rotterdam
Paraguay: Olimpia
Romania: United Ploiești
Scotland: For fuller coverage, see 1911-12 in Scottish football.
- Scottish Division One – Rangers
- Scottish Division Two – Ayr United
- Scottish Cup – Celtic
Sweden: Djurgårdens IF
Uruguay: Nacional
Greece: F.C. Goudi Athens

International tournaments

1912 British Home Championship (February 10 – April 13, 1912)

- Olympic Games in Stockholm, Sweden (June 29 – July 5, 1912) 1. United Kingdom Great Britain 1. 1. ## Births - May 13 – Willy Jürissen, German international footballer (died 1990) - August 3 – Otto Siffling, German international footballer (died 1939) - September 20 – Les Dodds, English professional footballer (died 1967) - September 21 – Mario Zatelli, French international footballer and manager (died 2004) ## Deaths *Main article: Deaths in 1912* ## References ## References 1. ["Scottish Cup Past Winners {{!}} Scottish Cup {{!}} Scottish FA"](https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/scottish-cup/archive/scottish-cup-history/scottish-cup-winners/). 2. ["Les Dodds"](https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe810592/les-dodds/). *HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG*. ::callout[type=info title="Wikipedia Source"] This article was imported from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1912_in_association_football) and is available under the [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the [article history page](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1912_in_association_football?action=history). ::

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