1920 in association football explained

The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1920 throughout the world.

Winners club national championship

• Argentina

Boca Juniors, River Plate

• Austria

Rapid Vienna

• Belgium

Club Brugge

• Denmark

B 1903

• England

Liverpool F.C.

• France

no national championship

• Germany

1. FC Nürnberg

• Hungary

MTK Hungária FC

• Iceland

Víkingur

• Italy

Internazionale Milano F.C.

• Luxembourg

CS Fola Esch

• Netherlands

Be Quick

• Paraguay

Club Libertad

• Poland

not finished due to Polish-Soviet War; most probably champions would have been Cracovia

• Scotland

For fuller coverage, see 1919-20 in Scottish football.

• • Scottish Division One  - Rangers
  • Scottish Cup  - Kilmarnock^[1]
• Sweden

Djurgårdens IF

• Uruguay

Nacional

• Greece

1913 to 1921 - no championship titles due to the First World War and the Greco-Turkish War of 1919-1922.

International tournaments

• 1920 British Home Championship (October 25, 1919  - April 10, 1920)

• Olympic Games in Antwerp, Belgium (August 28  - September 2, 1920)
  1. • 1. • 1. • South American Championship 1920 in Chile (September 11, 1920  - October 3, 1920)

Births

• January 15  - Anton Malatinský, Slovak international football player and coach (died 1992)
• January 31  - Bert Williams, English international goalkeeper (died 2014)
• March 3
  • Elio Bianchi, retired Italian professional footballer
  • Jesse McLarty, Scottish professional footballer (died 2001)
• April 14  - Schubert Gambetta, Uruguayan international footballer (died 1991)
• June 26  - Ernst Melchior, Austrian international footballer (died 1978)
• July 2  - Laurie Nevins, English professional footballer
• August 31  - Walter Atkinson, English professional footballer (died 2009)
• November 7  - Ignacio Eizaguirre, Spanish international footballer (died 2013)
• November 22  - Frank Mouncer, English professional footballer (died 1977)^[2]
• December 5  - Fred Bett, English professional footballer (died 2005)^[3]

Clubs founded

• Cagliari Calcio
• Empoli FC

Notes and References

1. Web site: Scottish Cup Past Winners Scottish Cup Scottish FA . www.scottishfa.co.uk . 17 December 2022.
2. Web site: Frank Mouncer . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 27 February 2024 . en.
3. Web site: Fred Bett . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 2 April 2024 . en.