1909 in association football explained

The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1909 throughout the world.

Events

• Goalkeepers begin to wear a different coloured shirt to the rest of the team.
• During the fall, a team composed of British players tour the United States.
• 19 December: Borussia Dortmund are founded.^{[1] [2]}

Winners club national championship

• Germany

Phönix Karlsruhe

• Greece

Peiraikos sindesmos Pireas

• Italy

S.G. Pro Vercelli

• Scotland

For fuller coverage, see 1908-09 in Scottish football.

• • Scottish Division One  - Celtic
  • Scottish Division Two  - Abercorn
  • Scottish Cup  - After two drawn games between Celtic and Rangers and a riot the cup was withheld.

International tournaments

• 1909 British Home Championship (13 February  - 3 April 1909)

• Sir Thomas Lipton Trophy

• 1. West Auckland
  2. FC Winterthur
  3. Torino XI
  4. Stuttgarter Sportfreunde

Births

• 28 January  - John Thomson, Scottish international footballer (died 1931)
• 28 March  - Cyril Beach, English professional footballer (died 1980)^[3]
• 26 September  - Ştefan Dobay, Romanian international footballer (died 1994)
• 16 October  - Franz Krumm, German international footballer (died 1943)
• 26 December  - Tom Poskett, English professional footballer^[4]

Clubs founded

• Bologna FC 1909
• Borussia Dortmund
• Budapest Honvéd FC
• SK Sturm Graz

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2015-10-18 . The BVB History. Everything you need to know about Borussia Dortmund 1909 bvb.de . 2024-02-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151018090111/http://www.bvb.de/eng/BVB/History/1909 . 2015-10-18 .
2. Web site: Germany - BV Borussia 09 Dortmund - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news - Soccerway . 2024-02-07 . us.soccerway.com.
3. Web site: Cyril Beach . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 23 May 2024 . en.
4. Web site: Tom Poskett . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 27 February 2024 . en.