The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1926 throughout the world. Events PAOK FC was founded in Thessaloniki, Greece. SC Lourinhanense was founded in Lisbon, Portugal. November 8 – APOEL FC is founded in Cyprus. Winners club national championship Denmark: B1903 England: Huddersfield Town Greece: Regional Championships: EPSA (Athens) Panathinaikos EPSP (Pireas)Olympiacos EPSM (Thessaloniki) Aris EPSP (Patras) A.P.S. Olympiakos Patras Iceland: KR Ireland: Shelbourne Italy: Juventus Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes: Građanski Zagreb Netherlands: SC Enschede Poland: Pogoń Lwów Scotland: Division One: Celtic F.C. Scottish Cup: St. Mirren F.C. International tournaments 1926 British Home Championship (October 24, 1925 – April 17, 1926) 1924-28 Nordic Football Championship (June 15, 1924 – October 7, 1928) 1926: (June 9 - October 3, 1926) (1926) (1924-1928) South American Championship 1926 in Chile (October 12, 1926 – November 3, 1926) Births January 22 – Otto Hemele, Czech international footballer (died 2001) February 4 – Gyula Grosics, Hungarian international football player and manager (died 2014) May 1 – Doug Cowie, Scottish international footballer (died 2021) May 5 – Víctor Ugarte, Bolivian international footballer (died 1995) May 27 – Kees Rijvers, Dutch football player and manager June 19 – Juan Hohberg, Uruguayan international footballer (died 1996) June 19 – Julio Pérez, Uruguayan international footballer (died 2002) July 4 – Alfredo Di Stéfano, Argentine-Spanish international footballer and coach (died 2014) December 22 – Alcides Ghiggia, Uruguayan international footballer (died 2015) Deaths Clubs founded APOEL FC ACF Fiorentina SSC Napoli PAOK FC References Association football by year