1928 in association football
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The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1928 throughout the world.
Events
- February 10 â La Liga, a top class league of Spain, was official founded.[citation needed]
- 29 August â Honduran club C.D. Motagua was established.
Winners club national championship
- Argentina: Huracán
- Belgium: R. Antwerp F.C.
- Canada: Westminster Royals
- Denmark: B93
- England: Everton F.C.
- Greece: Aris Thessaloniki F.C.
- Iceland: KR
- Italy: Torino F.C.
- Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes: GraÄanski Zagreb
- Netherlands: Feyenoord Rotterdam
- Paraguay: Olimpia Asunción
- Poland: WisÅa Kraków
- Scotland:
- Division One: Rangers F.C.
- Scottish Cup: Rangers F.C.[1]
International tournaments
- 1928 British Home Championship (October 22, 1927 â March 31, 1928)
- Olympic Games in Amsterdam, Netherlands (May 27 â June 13, 1928)
- Baltic Cup 1928 in Estonia (July 25â27, 1928)
- 1924-28 Nordic Football Championship (June 15, 1924 â October 7, 1928) 1928: (June 7 - October 7, 1928)
Births
- January 13 â Bengt Gustavsson, Swedish international footballer and manager (died 2017)
- January 13 â William MartÃnez, Uruguayan international footballer (died 1997)
- January 25 â Cor van der Hart, Dutch international footballer (died 2006)
- February 23 â André Strappe, French international footballer (died 2006)
- February 29 â Gustau Biosca, Spanish international footballer and manager (died 2014)
- March 12 â Gerhard Harpers, German international footballer (died 2016)
- March 19 â Ã ke Johansson, Swedish international footballer (died 2014)
- May 29 â Harald Hennum, Norwegian international footballer (died 1993)
- June 16 â Bobby Craig, English professional footballer (died 2016)[2]
- July 1 â Karim Allawi Homaidi, Iraqi footballer
- July 11 â Marcos Calderón, Peruvian football coach (died 1987)
- July 22 â Jimmy Hill, English footballer and broadcaster (died 2015)
- July 25 â Jimmy Jones, Northern Irish international footballer (died 2014)
- August 14 â Gunnar Andersson, Swedish-born French club player (died 1969)
- September 9 â Fritz Herkenrath, German international goalkeeper (died 2016)
- September 23 â Santiago Vernazza, Argentine footballer (died 2017)
- September 29 â Mihály Lantos, Hungarian international footballer and manager (died 1989)
- October 1: Eddie Grant, Scottish professional footballer (died 1979)
- October 8: Didi, Brazilian international footballer (died 2001)
- October 19 â Mustapha Zitouni, French-Algerian international footballer (died 2014)
- October 28 â Lawrie Reilly, Scottish international footballer (died 2014)
- October 30 â Raúl Cárdenas, Mexican international footballer (died 2016)
- November 7 â Harry Hetherington, English professional footballer (died 1987)[3]
- November 26 â Károly Sándor, Hungarian international footballer (died 2014)