1929 in association football

The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1929 throughout the world.

Events

 * Formation of the Football Association of Zambia in 1929.

Winners club national championship

 * Argentina: Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata
 * Austria: Rapid Wien
 * Belgium: Royal Antwerp
 * Czechoslovakia: Slavia Prague
 * Denmark: B93
 * England: Sheffield Wednesday
 * France: Olympique Marseille
 * Germany: SpVgg Fürth
 * Greece: not held due to financial reasons
 * Hungary: MTK Hungaria
 * Iceland: KR
 * Ireland: Shelbourne
 * Italy: Bologna
 * Luxembourg: Spora Luxembourg
 * Netherlands: PSV Eindhoven
 * Paraguay: Olimpia Asunción
 * Poland: Warta Poznan
 * Romania: Venus București
 * Scotland:
 * Division One: Rangers
 * Scottish Cup: Kilmarnock
 * Spain: F.C. Barcelona
 * Sweden: Hälsingborgs IF (not awarded)
 * Switzerland: Young Boys

International tournaments

 * 1929 British Home Championship (October 22, 1928 – April 13, 1929)


 * Baltic Cup 1929 in Latvia (August 14–16, 1929)
 * 🇪🇪 estonia


 * 1929-32 Nordic Football Championship (June 14, 1929 – September 25, 1932) 1929: (June 14 - October 13, 1929)
 * 🇳🇴 norway (1929)
 * 🇳🇴 norway (1929-1932)


 * South American Championship 1929 in Argentina (November 1, 1929 – November 17, 1929)
 * 🇦🇷 argentina

Births

 * January 5: Aulis Rytkönen, Finnish international footballer (died 2014)
 * January 7: Manfred Kaiser, East German international footballer (died 2017)
 * February 3: Néstor Carballo, Uruguayan international footballer (died 1981)
 * February 3: Büyük Jeddikar, Iranian international footballer (died 2013)
 * February 6: Ramón Martínez Pérez, Spanish footballer (died 2017)
 * February 28: Yevgeny Goryansky, Russian football striker and coach (died 1999)
 * April 17: Karl-Erik Palmér, Swedish international footballer (died 2015)
 * April 18 – Ion Voinescu, Romanian footballer (died 2018)
 * April 19:
 * Jiří Hledík, Czech international footballer (died 2015)
 * Dennis Pell, English professional footballer (died 2003)
 * May 12: Don Gibson, English club footballer
 * May 18: Herbert Schoen, East German international footballer (died 2014)
 * May 19: Frank Lynn, English professional footballer (died 2011)
 * June 23: Bart Carlier, Dutch football player (died 2017)
 * July 7: Colin Walker, English footballer (died 2017)
 * July 13: Luciano Panetti, Italian footballer (died 2016)
 * July 18:
 * Enore Boscolo, Italian footballer
 * Roy Killin, Canadian soccer player (Manchester United)
 * July 21: José Santamaría, Spanish-Uruguayan international footballer
 * August 13: Vivien Felton, English football (died 2005)
 * October 10: David Proctor, Northern Irish former footballer (died 2011)
 * October 22: Lev Yashin, Soviet international footballer (died 1990)
 * November 3: Kevin Wood, English professional footballer (died 2012)
 * November 12: Ríkharður Jónsson, Icelandic international footballer (died 2017)
 * November 25: Marcel De Corte, Belgian footballer (died 2017)
 * November 30: Doğan Babacan, Turkish football referee (died 2018)
 * December 9: Luis Cid, Spanish football coach, manager (died 2018)
 * December 17: Eliseo Prado, Argentine international footballer (died 2016)