1909 in Sports - Association Football

Association Football

International football

  • West Auckland Town, an English amateur team, defeats FC Winterthur of Switzerland 2–0 to win the Sir Thomas Lipton Trophy, one of the earliest international club competitions

Brazil

  • 4 April — Sport Club Internacional is founded in Porto Alegre

England

  • The Football League – Newcastle United 53 points, Everton 46, Sunderland 44, Blackburn Rovers 41, The Wednesday 40, Woolwich Arsenal 38
  • FA Cup final – Manchester United 1–0 Bristol City at Crystal Palace, London

Germany

  • National Championship – Phönix Karlsruhe 4–2 Viktoria Berlin at Breslau

Romania

  • Formation of the Romanian Football Federation (Federaţia Română de Fotbal or FRF)

Scotland

  • Scottish Football League – Celtic
  • Scottish Cup final – competition cancelled following a riot at a replay between Rangers and Celtic; the first match was drawn 2–2 and the replay ended 1–1

Spain

  • Formation of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (Real Federación Española de Fútbol or RFEF). It is originally known as the Federación Española de Clubs de Football.

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