1909 in association football

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The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1909 throughout the world.

Events

• Goalkeepers begin to wear a different coloured shirt to the rest of the team.

Winners club national championship

• Germany: Phönix Karlsruhe
• Greece: Peiraikos sindesmos Pireas

• Scotland: For fuller coverage, see 1908-09 in Scottish football.
  • Scottish Division One – Celtic
  • Scottish Division Two – Abercorn
  • Scottish Cup – After two drawn games between Celtic and Rangers and a riot the cup was withheld.

International tournaments

• 1909 British Home Championship (February 13 – April 3, 1909)

England

• Sir Thomas Lipton Trophy:
  1. West Auckland
  2. FC Winterthur
  3. Torino XI
  4. Stuttgarter Sportfreunde

Births

• January 28 – John Thomson, Scottish international footballer (died 1931)
• September 26 – Ştefan Dobay, Romanian international footballer (died 1994)
• October 16 – Franz Krumm, German international footballer (died 1943)