1920 in association football

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

[edit] Events

[edit] Winners club national championship

• Argentina: Boca Juniors, River Plate
• Austria: Rapid Vienna
• Belgium: Club Brugge
• Denmark: B 1903
• England: West Bromwich Albion
• 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 Kraków
• Scotland: For fuller coverage, see 1919-20 in Scottish football.
  • Scottish Division One – Rangers
  • Scottish Cup – Kilmarnock
• 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.

[edit] International tournaments

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

 Wales

• Olympic Games in Antwerp, Belgium (August 28 – September 2, 1920)
  1.  Belgium
  2.  Spain
  3.  Netherlands

• South American Championship 1920 in Chile (September 11, 1920 – October 3, 1920)

 Uruguay

[edit] Births

• January 15 – Anton Malatinský, Slovak football player and coach (d. 1992)
• June 26 – Ernst Melchior, Austrian footballer (d. 1978)

[edit] Deaths