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1919 in sports
Years in association football
← 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 →
Air sports American football Aquatic sports Association football Athletics Australian rules football Badminton Baseball Basketball Canadian football Chess Climbing Combat sports Sumo Cricket 1918–19 1919 1919–20 Cycling Dance sports Darts Equestrianism Esports Field hockey Flying disc Golf Gymnastics Handball Ice hockey Ice sports Korfball Lumberjack sports Mind sports Modern pentathlon Motorsport Orienteering Paralympic sports Precision sports Shooting Racquetball Roller sports Sailing Skiing Speedway Rugby league‎ Rugby union Snooker 1918–19 1919–20 Strength sports Weightlifting Squash Table tennis Tennis Triathlon Volleyball

The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1919 throughout the world.

Events

Due to the First World War several European leagues remain suspended.

Football League First Division expanded from 20 to 22 teams - Chelsea are saved from relegation while Arsenal are promoted despite finishing only fifth in the Second Division.
15 January: Espérance Sportive de Tunis is founded in the capital Tunis, Tunisia. It's the first club formed in Tunisia.
October: Leeds City expelled from the English Football League.
17 October: Leeds United are founded.

Winners club national championship

China

January 1 – Zyber Lisi, Albanian footballer
January 12 – Fred Crack, English professional footballer (died 2002)^[2]
January 18 – Toni Turek, German footballer (died 1984)
January 23 – Bob Paisley, English footballer and manager (died 1996)
February 12 – Ferruccio Valcareggi, Italian footballer and manager (died 2005)
February 16 – John Finlay, English professional footballer (died 1985)^[3]
March 2 – Frank McGinn, Scottish footballer (died 1995)^[4]
April 21 – Gib Bellis, Welsh professional footballer (died 2000)^[5]
May 10 – Vittorio Dagianti, Italian professional football player and coach (died 1994)^[6]
June 5 – Stan Armitage, English footballer (died 1997)^[7]
July 10 – Chale Silva, Colombian professional footballer (d. 2009)
July 13 – Jack Wheeler, American professional footballer (died 2009)
July 19 – Nordine Ben Ali, Algerian-French former association football player and manager (died 1996)
August 30 – Fred Keeble, English professional footballer (died 1987)^[8]
December 5 – Hennes Weisweiler, German footballer and manager (died 1983)
December 25 – Fikret Kırcan, Turkish footballer (died 2014)

Further information: Category:1919 deaths

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