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)
- 1924-28 Nordic Football Championship (June 15, 1924 – October 7, 1928) 1926: (June 9 - October 3, 1926)
- South American Championship 1926 in Chile (October 12, 1926 – November 3, 1926)
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
- May 5 – Víctor Ugarte, Bolivian international footballer
- 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)
- December 22 – Alcides Ghiggia, Uruguayan international footballer
Deaths
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