1900 in Sports - Association Football

Association Football

England

  • The Football League – Aston Villa 50 points, Sheffield United 48, Sunderland 41, Wolves 39, Newcastle United 36, Derby County 36
  • FA Cup final – Bury 4–0 Southampton at Crystal Palace, London.

Germany

  • German Football Association (i.e., the Deutscher Fußball-Bund or DFB) founded in Leipzig by representatives of 86 clubs (28 January).
  • FC Bayern Munich founded on 27 February as Schwabinger Bayern at a meeting in Munich’s Gisela Restaurant by dissident players from a club called MTV 1879. The name was later changed to Bayern Roten (Reds).

Olympic Games

  • Football at the 1900 Summer Olympics:
  1. Upton Park FC (Great Britain)
  2. Club Française (France)
  3. Université de Bruxelles (Belgium)

Scotland

  • Scottish Football League – Rangers
  • Scottish Cup – Celtic 4–3 Queen's Park at Ibrox Park

Uruguay

  • Formation of the Uruguayan Football Association (Asociación Uruguaya de Fútbol or AUF)

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