1927 in association football
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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 Hughie 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] Club formed in 1927
[edit] Winners club national championship
- Denmark: B93
- England: Newcastle United
- Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes: Hajduk Split
- Paraguay: Olimpia Asunción
- Poland: Wisła Kraków
- Greece: Regional Championships:
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- EPSA (Athens) Panathinaikos
- EPSP (Pireas)Olympiacos
- EPSM (Thessaloniki) Iraklis
- EPSP (Patras) A.P.S. Olympiakos Patras
[edit] International tournaments
- 1924-28 Nordic Football Championship (June 15, 1924 – October 7, 1928) 1927: (June 19 - October 30, 1927)
[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
