1920 in association football

The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1920 throughout the world.

Winners club national championship

 * Argentina: Boca Juniors, River Plate
 * Austria: Rapid Vienna
 * Belgium: Club Brugge
 * Denmark: B 1903
 * England: Liverpool F.C.
 * France: no national championship
 * Germany: 1. FC Nürnberg
 * Hungary: MTK Hungária FC
 * Iceland: Víkingur
 * Italy: Internazionale Milano F.C.
 * Luxembourg: CS Fola Esch
 * Netherlands: Be Quick
 * Paraguay: Club Libertad
 * Poland: not finished due to Polish-Soviet War; most probably champions would have been Cracovia
 * Scotland: For fuller coverage, see 1919-20 in Scottish football.
 * Scottish Division One – Rangers
 * Scottish Cup – Kilmarnock
 * Sweden: Djurgårdens IF
 * Uruguay: Nacional
 * Greece: 1913 to 1921 - no championship titles due to the First World War and the Greco-Turkish War of 1919-1922.

International tournaments

 * 1920 British Home Championship (October 25, 1919 – April 10, 1920)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 wales


 * Olympic Games in Antwerp, Belgium (August 28 – September 2, 1920)
 * 🇧🇪 belgium
 * 🇪🇸 spain
 * South American Championship 1920 in Chile (September 11, 1920 – October 3, 1920)
 * South American Championship 1920 in Chile (September 11, 1920 – October 3, 1920)

Births

 * January 15 – Anton Malatinský, Slovak international football player and coach (died 1992)
 * January 31 – Bert Williams, English international goalkeeper (died 2014)
 * March 3 – Elio Bianchi, retired Italian professional footballer
 * April 14 – Schubert Gambetta, Uruguayan international footballer (died 1991)
 * June 26 – Ernst Melchior, Austrian international footballer (died 1978)
 * July 2 – Laurie Nevins, English professional footballer
 * August 31 – Walter Atkinson, English professional footballer (died 2009)
 * November 7 – Ignacio Eizaguirre, Spanish international footballer (died 2013)
 * November 22 – Frank Mouncer, English professional footballer (died 1977)
 * December 5 – Fred Bett, English professional footballer (died 2005)

Clubs founded

 * Cagliari Calcio
 * Empoli FC