1927 in association football

The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1927 throughout the world.

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.

Club formed in 1927

• A.S. Roma

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:

EPSA (Athens) Panathinaikos

EPSP (Pireas) Olympiacos

EPSM (Thessaloniki) Iraklis

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

• Iceland: KR
• Scotland: Rangers F.C.
• Turkey: Muhafızgücü

International tournaments

• 1927 British Home Championship (October 20, 1926 – April 9, 1927)

Shared by  England &  Scotland

• 1924-28 Nordic Football Championship (June 15, 1924 – October 7, 1928) 1927: (June 19 - October 30, 1927)

 Denmark (1927)

 Denmark (1924-1928)

• South American Championship 1927 in Peru (October 30, 1927 – November 27, 1927)

 Argentina

Births

• January 26 – Victor Mees, Belgian footballer
• April 1 – Ferenc Puskás, Hungarian forward
• 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

Deaths