1927 in football (soccer)
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The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1927 throughout the world.
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[edit] Events
- Cardiff City FC become the first football team from outside of England to win the F.A Cup beating Arsenal FC 1-0 in the final. The goal was scored by Hugh Ferguson who was played by Gary Dobbs in the 2007 Welsh TV recreation of the famous match.
- May 24 – Chilean club Universidad de Chile established
- November 1 – Peru plays its first ever international match. In Lima the hosts are beaten by Uruguay: 0-4.
[edit] Winners club national championship
- Paraguay: Olimpia Asunción
- Poland: Wisła Kraków
- Greece: Regional Championships : EPSA (Athens) Panathinaikos, EPSP (Pireas)Olympiacos, EPSM (Thessaloniki) Iraklis, EPSP (Patras) A.P.S. Olympiakos Patras The goal was scored by Hugh Ferguson
[edit] International tournaments
[edit] Births
- January 26 – Victor Mees, Belgian footballer
- June 16 – Ya'akov Hodorov, Israeli football goalkeeper
- October 14 – Emil Pažický, Slovak footballer (d. 2003)
- October 19 – Hans Schäfer, German footballer
- December 5 – Omar Oscar Míguez, Uruguayan footballer