Association football
sport that is practiced between two teams of eleven players
49 dated entries naming Association football, drawn from 34 separate years between 1848 CE and 2003 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.
Also written as Association Football, Football (soccer), Soccer in the source articles; Wikipedia redirects those to the same subject, so their entries are on this page.
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19th century
- 1848Cambridge rules for Association football drawn up.source
- 1862November 28 – Notts County F.C. is founded in Nottingham, England, making it (by the 21st century) the world's oldest professional Association football team.source
- 1869January 5 – Scotland's second oldest professional football team, Kilmarnock F.C., is founded.source
- 1870March 5 – The first ever international Association football match, England v Scotland, takes place under the auspices of the Football Association at The Oval, London.source
- 187030 November – the first unofficial international Association football match, England v Scotland, takes place under the approval of the Football Association (FA) at The Oval, London. The Scotland team is selected by the FA from players in the London area with Scottish connections.source
- 1871July 20 – C. W. Alcock proposes that "a Challenge Cup should be established in connection with the Association", giving birth to the FA Cup for Association football in England.source
- 1871December 25 – Reading F.C. is formed as an Association football club in England.source
- 1872May – Rangers F.C., founded in March as an Association football club in Glasgow (Scotland) by brothers Moses and Peter McNeil, Peter Campbell and William McBeath, play their first ever game on the public pitches of Glasgow Green, a 0 to 0 draw against Callander.source
- 1872November 30 – The first international Association football match to be recognised (retrospectively) by FIFA as "official" takes place at Hamilton Crescent, Scotland; the result is Scotland 0-0 England. Earlier international football matches have already taken place in 1870, in 1871 and again in 1872 at the Oval, London.source
- 1875Association football team Birmingham City F.C. is founded as Small Heath Alliance in Birmingham by a group of cricketers from Holy Trinity Church, Bordesley, playing its first match in November.source
- 1875September – English Association football team Birmingham City F.C. is founded as Small Heath Alliance in Birmingham by a group of cricketers from Holy Trinity Church, Bordesley, playing its first match in November.source
- 1875December 25 – The first Edinburgh derby in Association football is played: Heart of Midlothian F.C. wins 1–0 against Hibernian F.C.source
- 1878Football – The Welsh Cup competition takes place for the first time, and is won by Wrexham.source
- 18851884–85 and 1885–86 Scottish Cups (Association football)source
- 1886December 11 – London Association football club Arsenal, founded as Dial Square by workers at the Royal Arsenal in Woolwich, play their first match (on the Isle of Dogs). The club is renamed Royal Arsenal soon afterwards, supposedly on December 25.source
- 1887August 13 – Hibernian F.C. of Scotland defeats Preston North End F.C. of England to win the 'Championship of the World', after the two teams win the Association football Cup competitions in their respective countries.source
- 1887November 6 – The Association football club Celtic F.C. is formed in Glasgow, Scotland, by Irish Marist Brother Walfrid, to help alleviate poverty in the city's East End by raising money for his charity, the 'Poor Children's Dinner Table'.source
- 1889Arthur Wharton signs for Rotherham Town F.C. in England for the 1889/90 season, becoming probably the world's first black professional Association football player.source
- 1889Arthur Wharton signs for Rotherham Town F.C. for the 1889/90 season, becoming probably the world's first black professional football player.source
- 1889March 22 – English Association football team Sheffield United F.C. is formed at the Adelphi Hotel, Sheffield. They play their first match on September 7.source
- 1889November 2 – English Association football team Wimbledon F.C. plays their first match.source
- 1891Football – The Welsh Cup is won by Shrewsbury Town.source
- 1891April 12 – The first official game in the Association football league of Argentina (1891 Argentine Primera División) is held in Caballito, Buenos Aires.source
- 1891September 14 – The first penalty kick is awarded in an Association football match: John Heath scores it for Wolverhampton Wanderers in England.source
- 1893July 13 – Scottish Association football club Dundee F.C. is formed.source
- 1893September 7 – Genoa Cricket & Athletic Club, the oldest Italian Association football club, is formed.source
- 1893November 15 – FC Basel Association football club is founded in Switzerland.source
- 1894July 4 – The football club FC La Chaux-de-Fonds is founded in Switzerland.source
- 1898March 14 – Association football and sports club BSC Young Boys is established in Bern, Switzerland, as the Fussballclub Young Boys.source
- 1899February 16 – Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur, the first Association football club in Iceland, is established in Reykjavík.source
20th century
- 1904February 28 – S.L. Benfica, one of the biggest Association Football clubs in Portugal, is founded as Sport Lisboa.source
- 1916February 11 – The Romanian Association football club Sportul Studențesc is founded in Bucharest.source
- 1919June 18 – The second most popular football club in Costa Rica, Liga Deportiva Alajuelense, is founded.source
- 1924Football - 49-year-old Billy Meredith becomes the oldest man ever to play in an FA Cup semi-final.source
- 1928August 29 – F.C. Motagua is founded as an Association football club in Honduras.source
- 1928November 28 – Persija Jakarta Association football club is founded as Voetbalbond Indonesische Jacatra.source
- 1930July 30 – Uruguay beats Argentina 4–2 to win the first FIFA World Cup final in Association football, at Estadio Centenario in Montevideo.source
- 1937May 8 – Wydad Athletic Club (WAC)(Arabic: نادي الوداد الرياضي; Berber: Wydad Dar al-Beida; commonly: Wydad al ouma) is established in Casablanca, Morocco; it will be best known for its Casablanca Association football team.source
- 1950October 28 – Torcida Split is founded, in support of the Association football club HNK Hajduk Split, in SFR Yugoslavia.source
- 1958June 29 – Brazil beats Sweden 5–2 in the final game to win the football World Cup in Sweden.source
- 1963August 24 – First games played in the Bundesliga, the primary professional Association football league in West Germany, replacing the Oberliga.source
- 1971Akritas Chlorakas, a football team from Chloraka, Paphos, was founded.source
- 1975Domestic football: Mohammedan SC won 1975 Dhaka First Division League title, while Team JIC came out runners-up.source
- 1976Domestic football: Mohammedan SC won 1976 Dhaka First Division League title, while Abahani KC came out runners-up.source
- 1976July 30 – In Santiago, Chile, Cruzeiro from Brazil beats River Plate from Argentina and are the Copa Libertadores de América champions in Association football.source
- 1977Domestic football: Abahani KC won 1977 Dhaka First Division League title, while Rahmatganj MFS came out runners-up.source
- 1979Domestic football: Team BJMC won 1979 Dhaka First Division League title, while Abahani KC came out runners-up.source
- 1985May 11 – Bradford City stadium fire: A fire engulfs a wooden stand at the Valley Parade stadium in Bradford, England, during an Association football match, killing 56 people.source