The following are the
association football events of the year 1901 throughout the world.
Events
* April 7 – Foundation of
Brazilian
football
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club
Clube Náutico Capibaribe
Clube Náutico Capibaribe (), or simply Náutico, is a Brazilian multi-sport club based in Recife, Pernambuco. The club is most notable for its association football team, that plays in the Série C, the third tier of the Brazilian footbal ...
.
* May 16 –
Uruguay and
Argentina both play their first ever international match, when they meet in
Montevideo
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. Argentina wins the contest (2-3).
National champions
*Argentina:
Alumni Athletic Club
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*Belgium:
Racing Club de Bruxelles
*England:
Liverpool
*France:
Standard AC Meudon
*Hungary:
Budapest T.C. (first
Hungarian League champions)
*Ireland:
Distillery
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*Italy:
A.C. Milan
*Netherlands:
HVV Den Haag
*Scotland:
**
Division One:
Rangers
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* Park ranger or forest ranger, a person charged with protecting and ...
**
Scottish Cup:
Hearts
*Sweden:
AIK
*Switzerland:
Grasshopper Zurich
*Uruguay:
CURCC
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International tournaments
*
1901 British Home Championship
Nineteen or 19 may refer to:
* 19 (number), the natural number following 18 and preceding 20
* one of the years 19 BC, AD 19, 1919, 2019
Films
* ''19'' (film), a 2001 Japanese film
* ''Nineteen'' (film), a 1987 science fiction film
Music ...
(February 23 – March 30, 1901)
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Births
*
January 21 –
Ricardo Zamora, Spanish international footballer
*
May 24
Events Pre-1600
* 919 – The nobles of Franconia and Saxony elect Henry the Fowler at the Imperial Diet in Fritzlar as king of the East Frankish Kingdom.
* 1218 – The Fifth Crusade leaves Acre for Egypt.
* 1276 – Magnus La ...
–
José Nasazzi, Uruguayan international footballer
*
July 26 –
Umberto Caligaris, Italian international footballer (died 1940)
*
November 22 –
José Leandro Andrade, Uruguayan international footballer
Clubs founded
*
FC Luzern
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:1901 In Association Football
Association football by year