1900 in football (soccer)
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The following are the association football events of the year 1900 throughout the world.
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- Argentina: English High SchoolAlumni Athletic ClubAsociación Alumni, usually just Alumni, is a rugby union and former football club located in Tortuguitas, Greater Buenos Aires, Argentina.-The beginning:...
- Belgium: Racing Club de BruxellesK.F.C. Rhodienne-VerrewinkelKoninklijke Football Club Rhodienne-Verrewinkel is a Belgian association football club created in 1894 as Racing Football Club. It became a member of the Belgian Football Association in 1895 as Racing Club de Bruxelles and later received the matricule n°6...
- England: Aston VillaAston Villa F.C.Aston Villa Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Witton, Birmingham. The club was founded in 1874 and have played at their current home ground, Villa Park, since 1897. Aston Villa were founder members of The Football League in 1888. They were also founder...
- France: Le HavreLe Havre ACLe Havre Athletic Club Football Association is a French association football club based in Le Havre. The club was founded originally as an athletics and rugby club in 1872, thus making it the oldest association football and rugby club registered in France...
- Ireland: Belfast Celtic
- Italy: GenoaGenoa C.F.C.Genoa Cricket and Football Club, commonly referred to simply as Genoa , is a professional Italian football club based in the city of Genoa, Liguria...
- Netherlands: HVV Den HaagHVV Den HaagHVV is an amateur football club in The Hague in the Netherlands. It was founded in 1883 as an extension of HCC, the Hague Cricket Club...
- Scotland: RangersRangers F.C.Rangers Football Club are an association football club based in Glasgow, Scotland, who play in the Scottish Premier League. The club are nicknamed the Gers, Teddy Bears and the Light Blues, and the fans are known to each other as bluenoses...
- Sweden: AIKAIK FotbollAIK, , an abbreviation for Allmänna Idrottsklubben, , when needed internationally AIK Stockholm, is a Swedish football club based at Råsunda stadium in Solna, a municipality in Stockholm County bordering to Stockholm City Centre...
- Switzerland: Grasshopper ZurichGrasshopper-Club ZürichGrasshopper Club Zürich commonly referred to as simply GC, GCZ, or Grasshopper is a Swiss multisports club based in Zürich. The oldest and best known section of Grasshopper Club Zürich is its football team...
- Uruguay: CURCCCentral Uruguay Railway Cricket ClubCentral Uruguay Railway Cricket Club was a Cricket and association football club from Uruguay. It was abbreviated as CURCC, but unofficially known as Peñarol because of the neighbourhood of Montevideo, the Uruguayan capital, where it was established on September 28, 1891. CURCC was the result of...
(first winners of Primera División UruguayaPrimera División UruguayaThe Liga Profesional de Primera División , also known as the Primera División Uruguaya or Primera División de Uruguay , is a professional football league in Uruguay at the top of the country's football league system. It is organized by the Uruguayan Football Association and is contested by 16 teams...
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International tournaments
- 1900 British Home Championship1900 British Home ChampionshipThe 1900 British Home Championship was an edition of the annual football tournament played between the British Home Nations. Conducted in the second half of the 1899–1900 season, it was dominated by Scotland who achieved a whitewash of their opponents by winning all three games...
(February 3 – April 7, 1900)
- Olympic GamesFootball at the 1900 Summer OlympicsAt the 1900 Summer Olympics, a football tournament was contested for the first time. Only two demonstration matches were held between the three club sides, and no medals were awarded...
in Paris, France (October 20 – 28 1900)- United Kingdom Great BritainEngland national amateur football teamThe England national amateur football team was the amateur representative team for England at football. It was formed in 1906, due to the growth of the professional game which meant that amateur players could no longer easily find places in the main England national team.-First match and unbeaten...
- United Kingdom Great Britain
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