1900 in association football

The following are the association football events of the year 1900 throughout the world.

Events

• 28 January: German Football Association founded in Leipzig.
• Germany: 1. FC Nürnberg, Alemannia Aachen, 1. FC Kaiserslautern and FC Bayern Munich is founded.
• Italy: S.S. Lazio is founded.
• Netherlands: NEC Nijmegen and Ajax Amsterdam is founded.
• Brazil: AA Ponte Preta and Sport Club Rio Grande are founded.

National champions

Argentina: English High School Belgium: Racing Club de Bruxelles England: Aston Villa France: Le Havre Ireland: Belfast Celtic Italy: Genoa

Netherlands: HVV Den Haag Scotland: Division One: Rangers Scottish Cup: Celtic[1] Sweden: AIK Switzerland: Grasshopper Zurich Uruguay: CURCC (first winners of Primera División Uruguaya)

International tournaments

• 1900 British Home Championship (3 February – 7 April 1900)

 Scotland

• Olympic Games in Paris, France (20–28 October 1900)
  1. Great Britain
  2.  France
  3.  Belgium

Births

• 1 January – Mieczysław Batsch, Polish footballer (died 1977)
• 30 March – Santos Urdinarán, Uruguayan footballer (died 1979)
• 20 May – Lorenzo Fernández, Uruguayan footballer (died 1973)
• 1 September – Pedro Cea, Uruguayan footballer (died 1970)
• 26 October – William Fall, English professional footballer (died 1965)^[2]
• 27 October – Clarence Gregory, English professional footballer (died 1975)^[3]

References

1. "Scottish Cup Past Winners | Scottish Cup | Scottish FA". www.scottishfa.co.uk. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
2. "William Fall". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
3. "Clarence Gregory". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 24 May 2024.