1889 in association football
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The following are the association football events of the year 1889 throughout the world.
Contents
Events
- The Danish Football Association is founded.
Clubs Founded
America
Argentina
Asia
Europe
National Championship Winners
Asia
India
- Durand Cup Winners:[2]
Europe
England
- Football League Winners:[3]
- FA Cup Winners:
Ireland
- Irish Cup Winners:
Netherlands
- Football League Winners:[4][5]
Scotland
- Scottish Cup Winners:
Wales
- Welsh Cup Winners:
International tournaments
Europe
Births
- May 25 – Jan van Dort, Dutch footballer, (d. 1967)
Deaths
Ian Poulter Graham Norton Jack Black
Footnotes
- ↑ Mohun Bagan are the oldest association football club in India and the continent of Asia.
- ↑ Inaugural Durand Cup, formed by India's Foreign Secretary Mortimer Durand in Simla for British troops stationed in India. At this time it was the nation's national football competition and pre-dates any other football tournament in India.
- ↑ First season of the English Football League.
- ↑ First unofficial season of Dutch Championship.
- ↑ This championship was considered as unofficial because teams had not played an equal number of matches.
- ↑ Competition contested between February 28 and April 27, 1889.
