1899 in association football

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The following are the association football events of the year 1899 throughout the world.

Contents 1 Events 2 National champions 3 International tournaments 4 Births 5 Deaths

[edit] Events

• January 8: FC Freiburg are champions of south Germany.
• February: German club Werder Bremen established
• March 12: Final of first official Swiss championship, won by the Anglo-American Club de Zürich
• March 20: England defeat Wales 4-0 in Bristol.
• May 14: Uruguayan club, Club Nacional de Football is founded being the first Uruguayan football club to be founded and the first Latin American club founded by natives. German club Eintracht Frankfurt founded
• November 29: Spanish Club FC Barcelona founded
• December 16: Italian club AC Milan founded

[edit] National champions

Argentina: Belgrano Athletic Belgium: FC Liégeois England: Aston Villa France: Le Havre Ireland: Distillery

Italy: Genoa Netherlands: RAP Amsterdam Scotland: Rangers Sweden: Örgryte IS Switzerland: Anglo-American Club de Zürich (first official champions)

[edit] International tournaments

• 1899 British Home Championship (March 2 – April 8, 1899)

 England

[edit] Births

• March 15 – Arie Bieshaar, Dutch footballer (d. 1965)
• July 11 – Frits Kuipers, Dutch footballer (d. 1943)
• October 30 – Georges Capdeville, French football referee (d. 1991)

[edit] Deaths

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