1905 in association football
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| Years in football (soccer): | 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 |
| Centuries: | 19th century · 20th century · 21st century |
| Decades: | 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s |
| Years: | 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 |
The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1905 throughout the world.
Events[]
- Leeds City F.C. admitted to the English Football League.
- On February 19, Alf Common becomes the first player to be transferred for a fee of £1,000 (a 2011 equivalent of roughly £95,000), in a transfer from Sunderland A.F.C. to Middlesbrough F.C.
Clubs formed in 1905[]
- Charlton Athletic Football Club
- Crystal Palace Football Club
- Chelsea Football Club
- Club Atletico Boca Juniors
- Galatasaray SK - Turkey
- Sport Club do Recife - Brazil
- ADO Den Haag - Netherlands
Winners club national championship[]
- Germany: Union 92 Berlin
- Hungary: Ferencvárosi TC
- Italy: Juventus
- Scotland:
- Scottish Division One – Celtic
- Scottish Division Two – Clyde
- Scottish Cup – Third Lanark
International tournaments[]
- 1905 British Home Championship (February 25 – April 8, 1905)
Births[]
- January 18 – Enrique Ballesteros, Uruguayan footballer
- May 11 – Pedro Petrone, Uruguayan footballer
- September 25 – Aurelio González (Paraguayan footballer)
- September 26 – Karl Rappan, Austrian footballer and manager (died 1996)
- October 16 – Ernst Kuzorra, German international footballer (die 1990)
- December 28 – Fulvio Bernardini, Italian international footballer and trainer (died 1977)
Deaths[]
- September 6 - Morris Bates, 39, former Nottingham Forest player and founding member of Woolwich Arsenal FC, tuberculosis.
References[]
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