1889 in association football
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The following are the association football events of the year 1889 throughout the world.
Events[]
- The Danish Football Association is founded.
Clubs founded[]
America[]
Argentina
Asia[]
Europe[]
National Championship winners[]
Asia[]
India[]
- Durand Cup Winners:[2]
Europe[]
England[]
- Football League Winners:[3]
- Preston North End
- FA Cup Winners:
- Preston North End
Ireland[]
- Irish Cup Winners:
Netherlands[]
- Football League Winners:[4][5]
Scotland[]
- Scottish Cup Winners:
Wales[]
- Welsh Cup Winners:
International tournaments[]
Europe[]
British Home Championship[6]
Births[]
- 25 May – Jan van Dort (d. 1967), Netherlands international forward in five matches (1920).
- 25 June – Joe Smith (d. 1971), England international forward in five matches (1913–1920).
References[]
- ^ Mohun Bagan are the oldest association football club in India and the continent of Asia.
- ^ Inaugural Durand Cup, formed by India's Foreign Secretary Mortimer Durand in Simla for British troops stationed in India. At this time it was the nation's national football competition and pre-dates any other football tournament in India.
- ^ First season of the English Football League.
- ^ First unofficial season of Dutch Championship.
- ^ This championship was considered as unofficial because teams had not played an equal number of matches.
- ^ Competition contested between February 28 and April 27, 1889.
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