1919 in football (soccer)
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The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1919 throughout the world.

Events

Due to the First World War several European leagues remain suspended.

• 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.
• 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

• South American Championship 1919 in Brazil (May 11, 1919 – May 29, 1919)

 Brazil

Births

• January 18 – Toni Turek, German footballer (d. 1984)
• February 12 – Ferruccio Valcareggi, Italian footballer and manager (d. 2005)
• December 5 – Hennes Weisweiler, German footballer and manager (d. 1983)

Deaths