The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1921 throughout the world. Events September – There is a split in Irish football following the political partition of Ireland. The leading Dublin clubs breakaway from the Belfast-based Irish Football Association over a perceived northern bias. See:FAI – Split from the IFA Winners club national championship Argentina: Club Atlético Huracán, Racing Club Austria: Rapid Vienna Belgium: Daring CB Denmark: Akademisk Boldklub England: Burnley F.C. France: no national championship Germany: 1. FC Nürnberg Hungary: MTK Hungária FC Iceland: Fram Italy: Pro Vercelli Luxembourg: Jeunesse Esch Netherlands: NAC Breda Paraguay: Club Guaraní Poland: Cracovia Scotland: For fuller coverage, see 1920–21 in Scottish football. Scottish Division One – Rangers Scottish Cup – Partick Thistle Sweden: IFK Eskilstuna Uruguay: Peñarol Greece: 1913 to 1921 – no championship titles due to the First World War and the Greco-Turkish War of 1919–1922. Founded clubs FK Željezničar International tournaments 1921 British Home Championship (October 23, 1920 – April 9, 1921) 1921 Far Eastern Championship Games in China (May 30-June 2, 1921) China South American Championship 1921 in Argentina (October 2, 1921 – October 30, 1921) Births February 10 – Theodor Reimann, Slovak international footballer (died 1982) May 12 – Cor van der Hoeven, Dutch footballer (died 2017) July 26 – Amedeo Amadei, Italian international footballer and manager (died 2013) October 19 – Gunnar Nordahl, Swedish international footballer (died 1995) November 11 – Ron Greenwood, English football manager (died 2006) Undated: Arie Machnes, Israeli footballer (died 2008) Deaths Clubs founded Deportivo Alavés References Association football by year