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1920 in association football

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The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1920 throughout the world.

Events

Winners club national championship

  • 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

  • 1920 British Home Championship (October 25, 1919 – April 10, 1920) ::

  • Olympic Games in Antwerp, Belgium (August 28 – September 2, 1920) 1. 1. 1.

  • South American Championship 1920 in Chile (September 11, 1920 – October 3, 1920) ::

Births

  • 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)
  • 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
  • August 31 – Walter Atkinson, English professional footballer (died 2009)
  • November 7 – Ignacio Eizaguirre, Spanish international footballer (died 2013)
  • November 22 – Frank Mouncer, English professional footballer (died 1977)
  • December 5 – Fred Bett, English professional footballer (died 2005)

Deaths

Main article: Deaths in 1920

Clubs founded

  • Cagliari Calcio
  • Empoli FC

References

References

  1. "Scottish Cup Past Winners {{!}} Scottish Cup {{!}} Scottish FA".
  2. {{Hugman. 12742
  3. {{Hugman. 14507
  4. {{Hugman. 646. Walter Atkinson
  5. "Frank Mouncer". HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG.
  6. "Fred Bett". HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG.
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