1889 in association football
The following are the association football events of the year 1889 throughout the world.
Events[edit]
- The Danish Football Association is founded.
Clubs founded[edit]
America[edit]
Argentina
Asia[edit]
Europe[edit]
National Championship winners[edit]
Asia[edit]
India[edit]
- Durand Cup Winners:[2]
Europe[edit]
England[edit]
- Football League Winners:[3]
- FA Cup Winners:
Ireland[edit]
- Irish Cup Winners:
Netherlands[edit]
- Football League Winners:[4][5]
Scotland[edit]
- Scottish Cup Winners:
Wales[edit]
- Welsh Cup Winners:
International tournaments[edit]
Europe[edit]
Births[edit]
- 25 May – Jan van Dort (d. 1967), Netherlands international forward in five matches (1920).
- 25 June – Joe Smith (d. 1971), England international forward in five matches (1913–1920).
Undated[edit]
- Patrick Dougan, Scottish professional footballer, 1910s[8]
References[edit]
- ^ Mohun Bagan is 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.
- ^ "Scottish Cup Past Winners | Scottish Cup | Scottish FA". www.scottishfa.co.uk. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
- ^ Competition contested between February 28 and April 27, 1889.
- ^ Simpson, Ray (2007). The Clarets Chronicles: The Definitive History of Burnley Football Club 1882–2007. Burnley F.C.