1927 in association football
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The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1927 throughout the world.
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Events
- Cardiff City FC become the first football team from outside England to win the F.A Cup beating Arsenal FC 1-0 in the final. The goal was scored by Hughie Ferguson who was played by Gary Dobbs in the 2007 Welsh TV recreation of the famous match.
- May 24 – Chilean club Universidad de Chile established
- November 1 – Peru plays its first ever international match. In Lima the hosts are beaten by Uruguay: 0-4.
Club formed in 1927
Winners club national championship
- Denmark: B93
- England: Newcastle United
- Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes: Hajduk Split
- Paraguay: Olimpia Asunción
- Poland: Wisła Kraków
- Greece: Regional Championships:
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- EPSA (Athens) Panathinaikos
- EPSP (Pireas) Olympiacos
- EPSM (Thessaloniki) Iraklis
- EPSP (Patras) A.P.S. Olympiakos Patras
International tournaments
- 1927 British Home Championship (October 20, 1926 – April 9, 1927)
- 1924-28 Nordic Football Championship (June 15, 1924 – October 7, 1928) 1927: (June 19 – October 30, 1927)
- South American Championship 1927 in Peru (October 30, 1927 – November 27, 1927)
Births
- January 18 – Werner Liebrich, German international footballer (died 1995)
- January 26 – Victor Mees, Belgian international footballer
- April 1 – Ferenc Puskás, Hungarian international forward
- May 2 – Víctor Rodríguez Andrade, Uruguayan international footballer (died 1985)
- June 16 – Ya'akov Hodorov, Israeli international football goalkeeper
- October 14 – Emil Pažický, Slovak international footballer (died 2003)
- October 19 – Hans Schäfer, German international footballer
- December 5 – Omar Oscar Míguez, Uruguayan footballer (died 2006)
Deaths
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