1928 in association football

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The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1928 throughout the world.

Events[]

• 29 August – Honduran club C.D. Motagua was established.

Winners club national championship[]

• Argentina: Huracán
• Belgium: R. Antwerp F.C.
• Denmark: B93
• England: Everton F.C.
• Greece: Aris Thessaloniki F.C.
• Iceland: KR
• Italy: Torino F.C.
• Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes: Građanski Zagreb
• Netherlands: Feyenoord Rotterdam
• Paraguay: Olimpia Asunción
• Poland: Wisła Kraków
• Scotland: Rangers F.C.

International tournaments[]

• 1928 British Home Championship (October 22, 1927 – March 31, 1928)

 Wales

• Olympic Games in Amsterdam, Netherlands (May 27 – June 13, 1928)
  1.  Uruguay
  2.  Argentina
  3.  Italy
• Baltic Cup 1928 in Estonia (July 25–27, 1928)

 Latvia

• 1924-28 Nordic Football Championship (June 15, 1924 – October 7, 1928) 1928: (June 7 - October 7, 1928)

 Denmark (1928)

 Denmark (1924-1928)

Births[]

• January 13 – Bengt Gustavsson, Svedish international footballer and manager (died 2017)
• January 13 – William Martínez, Uruguayan international footballer (died 1997)
• January 25 – Cor van der Hart, Dutch international footballer (died 2006)
• February 23 – André Strappe, French international footballer (died 2006)
• February 29 – Gustau Biosca, Spanish international footballer and manager (died 2014)
• March 12 – Gerhard Harpers, German international footballer (died 2016)
• March 19 – Åke Johansson, Swedish international footballer (died 2014)
• May 29 – Harald Hennum, Norwegian international footballer (died 1993)
• July 1 – Karim Allawi Homaidi, Iraqi footballer
• July 11 – Marcos Calderón, Peruvian football coach (died 1987)
• July 22 – Jimmy Hill, English footballer and broadcaster (died 2015)
• July 25 – Jimmy Jones, Northern Irish international footballer (died 2014)
• August 14 – Gunnar Andersson, Swedish-born French club player (died 1969)
• September 9 – Fritz Herkenrath, German international goalkeeper (died 2016)
• September 23 – Santiago Vernazza, Argentine footballer (died 2017)
• September 29 – Mihály Lantos, Hungarian international footballer and manager (died 1989)
• October 8: Didi, Brazilian international footballer (died 2001)
• October 19 – Mustapha Zitouni, French-Algerian international footballer (died 2014)
• October 28 – Lawrie Reilly, Scottish international footballer (died 2014)
• October 30 – Raúl Cárdenas, Mexican international footballer (died 2016)
• November 26 – Károly Sándor, Hungarian international footballer (died 2014)

Deaths[]

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