1927 in association football

Events

• Cardiff City FC become the first football team from outside England to win the F.A Cup beating Arsenal FC 1-0 in the final. The goal was scored by Hughie Ferguson who was played by Gary Dobbs in the 2007 Welsh TV recreation of the famous match.
• May 24 - Chilean club Universidad de Chile established
• November 1 - Peru plays its first ever international match. In Lima the hosts are beaten by Uruguay: 0-4.

  Club formed in 1927

• A.S. Roma

  Winners club national championship

• Denmark: B93
• England: Newcastle United
• Greece: Regional Championships:
• Iceland: KR
• Italy: no championships
• Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes: Hajduk Split* Paraguay: Olimpia Asunción
• Poland: Wisła Kraków
• Scotland: Rangers F.C.
• Turkey: Muhafızgücü

  International tournaments

• 1927 British Home Championship
• 1924-28 Nordic Football Championship 1927:
• South American Championship 1927 in Peru

  Births

• January 18 - Werner Liebrich, German international footballer
• January 26 - Victor Mees, Belgian international footballer
• January 28 - Karl Bögelein, German international footballer and coach
• March 1 -George Davies, English footballer
• March 2 - Erol Keskin, Turkish international footballer
• March 27 - Karl Stotz, Austrian international footballer and manager
• April 1
• *Walter Bahr, American soccer player
• *Ferenc Puskás, Hungarian international forward
• April 6 - Harry Beitzel, Australian football umpire, broadcaster
• April 30 - Johann Zeitler, German footballer
• May 2 - Víctor Rodríguez Andrade, Uruguayan international footballer
• May 3 - Günter Schröter, East German international footballer
• June 16 - Ya'akov Hodorov, Israeli international football goalkeeper
• October 14 - Emil Pažický, Slovak international footballer
• October 19 - Hans Schäfer, German international footballer
• December 5 - Omar Oscar Míguez, Uruguayan footballer

  Deaths