1927 in football (soccer)
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events of the year 1927 throughout the world.
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
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 FergusonHughie FergusonHugh "Hughie" Ferguson was a Scottish footballer. He is only one of seven men in the entire history of the Football and Scottish Football Leagues to have scored 350 League goals...
who was played by Gary Dobbs in the 2007 Welsh TV recreation of the famous match. - May 24 – Chilean club Universidad de ChileUniversidad de Chile (football club)Club Universidad de Chile is a professional football club based in Santiago, Chile, which plays in the Primera División.The club was founded on May 24, 1927, as Club Deportivo Universitario. Universidad de Chile is the second most successful and popular football clubs in Chile, having won the...
established - November 1 – PeruPeru national football teamThe Peru national football team, known as 'el equipo inca', represents Peru in international football competition and is managed by the Peruvian Football Federation . The team competes against the other nine members of FIFA's CONMEBOL conference, which encompasses the countries of South America...
plays its first ever international match. In LimaLimaLima is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín rivers, in the central part of the country, on a desert coast overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Together with the seaport of Callao, it forms a contiguous urban area known as the Lima...
the hosts are beaten by UruguayUruguay national football teamThe Uruguayan national football team represents Uruguay in international association football and is controlled by the Uruguayan Football Association, the governing body for football in Uruguay. The current head coach is Óscar Tabárez...
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Winners club national championship
- DenmarkDenmarkDenmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
: B93 - EnglandEnglandEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
: Newcastle United - Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes: Hajduk Split
- ParaguayParaguayParaguay , officially the Republic of Paraguay , is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to the east and northeast, and Bolivia to the northwest. Paraguay lies on both banks of the Paraguay River, which runs through the center of the...
: Olimpia AsunciónOlimpia AsunciónClub Olimpia is a Paraguayan sport club based in Asunción. It is best known for its professional football team which plays in the Paraguayan Primera División.... - PolandPolandPoland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
: Wisła Kraków - GreeceGreeceGreece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
: Regional Championships:
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- EPSA (Athens) Panathinaikos
- EPSP (Pireas) Olympiacos
- EPSMMakedonia Football Clubs AssociationMacedonia Football Clubs Association is one of the oldest Greek amateur football clubs associations, representing teams from Thessaloniki Prefecture.-History:It was founded in 1923 in Thessaloniki. Founding members of the association were the teams:...
(Thessaloniki) Iraklis - EPSP (Patras) A.P.S. Olympiakos Patras
- IcelandIcelandIceland , described as the Republic of Iceland, is a Nordic and European island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Iceland also refers to the main island of the country, which contains almost all the population and almost all the land area. The country has a population...
: KRKnattspyrnufélag ReykjavíkurKnattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur, , for short KR or KR Reykjavík, is an Icelandic athletic club based in the capital, Reykjavík. KR is the oldest and most successful club in Icelandic football.-History:... - ScotlandScotlandScotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
: Rangers F.C.Rangers 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... - TurkeyTurkeyTurkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
: MuhafızgücüMuhafızgücüMuhafızgücü is a defunct Turkish sports club in Ankara, Turkey.The club was founded after order by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk on July 18, 1920.-Achievements:*Turkish Football Championship:**Winner: 1927*Ankara Football League:...
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International tournaments
- 1927 British Home Championship1927 British Home ChampionshipThe 1927 British Home Championship was a football tournament played between the British Home Nations during the 1926–27 season. It was shared by England and Scotland after a series of high scoring draws in the opening matches left England, Wales and Ireland well behind with Scotland ahead,...
(October 20, 1926 – April 9, 1927)
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- 1924-28 Nordic Football Championship1924-28 Nordic Football ChampionshipThe 1924–28 Nordic Football Championship was the first Nordic Football Championship staged. Three Nordic countries participated, Denmark, Norway and Sweden. The tournament was arranged by the Danish Football Association which celebrated its 35th anniversary...
(June 15, 1924 – October 7, 1928) 1927: (June 19 - October 30, 1927)
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- South American Championship 1927South American Championship 1927The eleventh edition of the South American Championship was held in Lima, Peru from October 30 to November 27, 1927. The participating countries were Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, and Uruguay. Brazil, Chile and Paraguay withdrew from the tournament. This was the first South American Championship in...
in PeruPeruPeru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
(October 30, 1927 – November 27, 1927)
Births
- January 26 – Victor MeesVictor MeesVictor Mees , nicknamed Vic or Vicky, was a Belgian footballer who played much of his career at Royal Antwerp.He made his first team debut at the age of 17, just after the World War II...
, Belgian footballer - April 1 – Ferenc PuskásFerenc PuskásFerenc Puskás was a Hungarian footballer and manager. He scored 84 goals in 85 international matches for Hungary, and 514 goals in 529 matches in the Hungarian and Spanish leagues. He became Olympic champion in 1952 and was a World Cup finalist in 1954...
, Hungarian forward - June 16 – Ya'akov HodorovYa'akov HodorovYa'akov Hodorov was an Israeli football goalkeeper in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s. He was considered by many to be Israel's best goalkeeper in history, and among the best goalkeepers of his generation.-Football career:Hodorov started his football career at Maccabi Rishon LeZion at the age of 15...
, Israeli football goalkeeper - October 14 – Emil PažickýEmil PažickýEmil Pažický was a Slovak football player, who played for Czechoslovakia, for whom he obtained 18 caps...
, Slovak footballer (d. 2003) - October 19 – Hans SchäferHans SchäferHans Schäfer is a former German footballer. He played for 1. FC Köln between 1948 and 1965. He also played for the West-Germany national football team, earning 39 caps and scoring 15 goals. He played in three World Cups, in 1954, 1958, and 1962, earning a winner's medal in 1954 and scoring a total...
, German footballer - December 5 – Omar Oscar Míguez, Uruguayan footballer