1930 in association football

The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1930 throughout the world.

Events

Main article: 1930

Winners club national championship

• Denmark: B93
• Greece: Panathinaikos
• Italy: Internazionale Milano F.C.
• Hungary: Újpest FC
• Poland: Cracovia
• Spain: Athletic Bilbao
• Argentina: Boca Juniors
• England: The Wednesday
• Scotland:
  • Scottish Cup: Rangers[1]

International tournaments

• 1930 British Home Championship (October 19, 1929 – April 5, 1930)

 England

• I. Dr. Gerö Cup (September 18, 1927 – May 11, 1930)

 Italy

• FIFA World Cup in Uruguay (July 13 – 30 1930)
  1.  Uruguay
  2.  Argentina
• Baltic Cup 1930 in Lithuania (August 15–17, 1930)

 Lithuania

• 1929-32 Nordic Football Championship (June 14, 1929 – September 25, 1932)
  1930: (June 1 - September 28, 1930)

 Denmark (1930)

 Norway (1929-1932)

• Coupe des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland (June 28 – July 6, 1930)
  1. Újpest FC (Hungary)
  2. SK Slavia Praha (Czechoslovakia)
  3. First Vienna FC (Austria)

Births

• January 9 – Igor Netto, Soviet international footballer (died 1999)
• January 27 – Carlos Cecconato, Argentinian footballer (died 2018)
• March 7 – Harold Greetham, English professional footballer (died 2018)[2]
• March 14 – Hugh Baird, Scottish international footballer (died 2006)
• March 14 – Bora Kostić, Yugoslavian international footballer (died 2011)
• March 26 – Sigge Parling, Swedish international footballer (died 2016)
• April 7 – William Freeburn, Scottish footballer (died 2019)[3]
• April 29 – Henri Coppens, Belgian international footballer and coach (died 2015)
• May 18 – Shyqyri Rreli, Albanian international footballer and manager (died 2019)
• May 28 – Brian Johnson, English professional footballer (died 2013)[4]
• June 7 – Hilderaldo Bellini, Brazilian international footballer (died 2014)
• June 25
  • Vic Keeble, English footballer (died 2018)
  • George Thomas, Welsh footballer (died 2014)
• June 26 – Tan Ling Houw, Indonesian Olympicfootballer
• June 28 – José Artetxe, Spanish international footballer (died 2016)
• July 3
  • José Luis Lamadrid, Mexican forward (died 2021)
  • Ferdinando Riva, Swiss forward (died 2014)
• July 7 – Tadao Kobayashi, Japanese football player and manager
• July 9 – Stuart Williams, Welsh international footballer (died 2013)
• July 10 – Tommy Ritchie, Northern Irish professional footballer (died 2017)[5]
• July 15 – Alberto Michelotti, Italian football player and referee (died 2022)
• August 22 – Gylmar dos Santos Neves, Brazilian international footballer (died 2013)
• August 23 – Luís Morais, Brazilian football international footballer (died 2020)
• September 7 – Julio Abbadie, Uruguayan international footballer (died 2014)
• October 19 – Denys Jones, Welsh footballer (died 2003)[6]
• October 28 – Svatopluk Pluskal, Czech international footballer (died 2005)
• November 5 – Wim Bleijenberg, Dutch international footballer (died 2016)
• November 8 – Suat Mamat, Turkish international footballer (died 2016)
• November 26 – Jacques Foix, French international footballer (died 2017)
• December 17 – Gerard Kerkum, Dutch footballer and club chairman (died 2018)
• December 19 –
  • John Bone, English professional footballer (died 2002)[7]
  • Georg Stollenwerk, German international footballer and trainer (died 2014)

Deaths

30 July: Joan Gamper (Hans Max Gamper-Haessig), Swiss athlete and founder of FC Barcelona, 52 (suicide)[8]

References

1. "Scottish Cup Past Winners | Scottish Cup | Scottish FA". www.scottishfa.co.uk. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
2. "Harold Greetham". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
3. "William Freeburn". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
4. "1930 in association football". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
5. "Tommy Ritchie". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
6. "1930 in association football". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
7. "John Bone". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
8. "1930-1939. Struggling against history". FC Barcelona. Retrieved 4 August 2019.