1919 in association football

Events

• Football League First Division expanded from 20 to 22 teams - Chelsea are saved from relegation while Arsenal are promoted despite finishing only fifth in the Second Division.
• 15 January: Espérance Sportive de Tunis is founded in the capital Tunis, Tunisia. It's the first club formed in Tunisia.
• October: Leeds City expelled from the English Football League.
• 17 October: Leeds United are founded.

  Winners club national championship

• Argentina: Boca Juniors, Racing Club
• Austria: Rapid Vienna
• Belgium: no national championship
• Denmark: Akademisk Boldklub
• England: no national championship
• France: no national championship
• Germany: no national championship
• Hungary: MTK Hungária FC
• Iceland: KR
• Italy: no national championship
• Luxembourg: Sporting Club Luxembourg
• Netherlands: Ajax Amsterdam
• Paraguay: Cerro Porteño
• Scotland: Celtic F.C.
• Sweden: GAIS
• Uruguay: Nacional
• Greece: 1913 to 1921 - no championship titles due to the First World War and the Greco-Turkish War of 1919-1922.

  International tournaments

• 1919 Far Eastern Championship Games in China
• South American Championship 1919 in Brazil

  Births

• January 1 - Zyber Lisi, Albanian footballer
• January 18 - Toni Turek, German footballer
• January 23 - Bob Paisley, English footballer and manager
• February 12 - Ferruccio Valcareggi, Italian footballer and manager
• July 10 - Chale Silva, Colombian professional footballer
• July 13 - Jack Wheeler, American professional footballer
• July 19 - Nordine Ben Ali, Algerian-French former association football player and manager
• December 5 - Hennes Weisweiler, German footballer and manager
• December 25 - Fikret Kırcan, Turkish footballer

  Deaths