Market1898 in association football
Company Profile

1898 in association football

The following are the association football events of the year 1898 throughout the world.

Events
• January 1: Footballing arm of Belgian club K.A.A. Gent established. • April 5: Portsmouth founded • May 8: Genoa become the first ever Italian national champions • May 12: French club Tourcoing FC founded (as US Tourcoing) • December: French club Union Sportive Boulonnaise founded at Boulogne-sur-Mer. • Italian Football Federation is founded ==National champions==
National champions
• Argentina: Lomas Athletic Club • Belgium: FC Liégeois • England: Sheffield United • France: Standard Athletic Club • Ireland: Linfield • Italy: Genoa (first Italian champions) • Netherlands: RAP Amsterdam (first Eredivisie champions) • Scotland: • Divions One: CelticScottish Cup: Rangers • Sweden: Örgryte IS • Switzerland: Grasshopper Zurich (unofficial) ==International tournaments==
International tournaments
1898 British Home Championship (February 19 – April 2, 1898) :: ==Births==
Births
• January 7 – Dick MacNeill, Dutch footballer (d. 1963) • December 13 – Percy Goodison, English professional footballer (d. 1971) • Full date unknown • Joe Hughes, Welsh professional footballer ==Deaths==
Deaths
• June 30 – Reg Birkett, English footballer ==Clubs founded==
Clubs founded
tickerdossier.comtickerdossier.substack.com