1927 in association football
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The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1927 throughout the world.
Events
- Cardiff City FC become the first football team from outside England to win the FA 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 â Chilean club Universidad de Chile established
- November 1 â 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
- Greece: Regional Championships:
- 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 â April 9, 1927)
- 1924-28 Nordic Football Championship (June 15, 1924 â October 7, 1928) 1927: (June 19 â October 30, 1927)
- South American Championship 1927 in Peru (October 30, 1927 â November 27, 1927)
Births
- January 18 â Werner Liebrich, German international footballer (died 1995)
- January 23 â Frank Bee, English professional footballer (died 2010)[2]
- January 26 â Victor Mees, Belgian international footballer (died 2012)
- January 28 â Karl Bögelein, German international footballer and coach (died 2016)
- March 1 âGeorge Davies, English footballer
- March 2 â Erol Keskin, Turkish international footballer (died 2016)
- March 27 â Karl Stotz, Austrian international footballer and manager (died 2017)
- April 1
- Walter Bahr, American soccer player (died 2018)
- Ferenc Puskás, Hungarian international forward (died 2016)
- April 6 â Harry Beitzel, Australian football umpire, broadcaster (died 2017)
- April 30 â Johann Zeitler, German footballer (died 2018)
- May 2 â VÃctor RodrÃguez Andrade, Uruguayan international footballer (died 1985)
- May 3 â Günter Schröter, East German international footballer (died 2016)
- May 9
- Stewart McCallum, Scottish footballer (died 2008)[3]
- Juan José Pizzuti, Argentine footballer and manager (died 2020)
- June 16 â Ya'akov Hodorov, Israeli international football goalkeeper (died 2006)
- July 22
- Bernard Bonner, Scottish professional footballer (died 2005)[4]
- Dagoberto Moll, Uruguayan footballer and manager
- August 20 â Derek Jackman, English footballer (died 2017)[5]
- October 14 â Emil Pažický, Slovak international footballer (died 2003)
- October 19 â Hans Schäfer, German international footballer (died 2017)
- December 5 â Omar Oscar MÃguez, Uruguayan footballer (died 2006)