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:
::EPSP (Pireas)Olympiacos
::EPSM (Thessaloniki) Aris
::EPSP (Patras) A.P.S. Olympiakos Patras
- Iceland: KR
- Ireland: Shelbourne
- Italy: Juventus
- Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes: Građanski Zagreb
- Netherlands: SC Enschede
- Poland: Pogoń Lwów
- Scotland:
- [Division One](1925-26-scottish-division-one): Celtic F.C.
- [Scottish Cup](1925-1926-scottish-cup): St. Mirren F.C.
## International tournaments
- [1926 British Home Championship](1926-british-home-championship) (October 24, 1925 – April 17, 1926)
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- [1924-28 Nordic Football Championship](1924-28-nordic-football-championship) (June 15, 1924 – October 7, 1928) 1926: (June 9 - October 3, 1926)
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- South American Championship 1926 in Chile (October 12, 1926 – November 3, 1926)
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## 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 (died 2024)
- June 2 – Pat Hewson, English former footballer (died 2017)
- 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)
- September 29 – Harry Hart, English professional footballer (died 2012)
- December 19 – René Pascucci, Luxembourgian footballer (died 2018)
- December 22 – Alcides Ghiggia, Uruguayan international footballer (died 2015)
## Deaths
*Main article: Deaths in 1926*
## Clubs founded
- APOEL FC
- ACF Fiorentina
- SSC Napoli
- PAOK FC
- Real Oviedo
## 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. {{Hugman. 8884. Pat Hewson
3. {{Hugman. 8461. Harry Hart
4. ["René Pascucci"](https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe121254/rene-pascucci/). *worldfootball.net*.
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