1926 in association football

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.

Winners club national championship

• Denmark: B1903
• England: Huddersfield Town F.C.
• Greece: Regional Championships:

EPSA (Athens) Panathinaikos

EPSP (Pireas)Olympiacos

EPSM (Thessaloniki) Aris

EPSP (Patras) A.P.S. Olympiakos Patras

• Iceland: KR
• Ireland: Shelbourne
• Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes: Građanski Zagreb
• Netherlands: SC Enschede
• Poland: Pogoń Lwów
• Scotland: Celtic F.C.

International tournaments

• 1926 British Home Championship (October 24, 1925 – April 17, 1926)

 Scotland

• 1924-28 Nordic Football Championship (June 15, 1924 – October 7, 1928) 1926: (June 9 - October 3, 1926)

 Denmark (1926)

 Denmark (1924-1928)

• South American Championship 1926 in Chile (October 12, 1926 – November 3, 1926)

 Uruguay

Births

• January 22 – Otto Hemele, Czech footballer (d. 2001)
• February 4 – Gyula Grosics, Hungarian footballer
• May 5 – Víctor Ugarte, Bolivian footballer

Deaths