1923 in association football

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The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1923 throughout the world.

Events

April 28 – The first FA Cup Final to be held at Wembley Stadium, between Bolton Wanderers F.C. and West Ham United F.C.. Known as the "White Horse Final" due to the memorable image of a policeman on a white horse marshalling the crowds. With an official maximum capacity of 127,000, the attendance was quoted as 126,947 but up to 240,000 people are thought to have squeezed in through the 104 turnstiles by the time the gates were closed, leaving tens of thousands still queuing outside. "The White Horse Final" has the highest ever unofficial "non-racing" sports attendance in the world, which is very unlikely to be broken in the near future. This claim, however, is disputed, as the Maracana held 199,854 fans during the 1950 World Cup final between Brazil and Uruguay.

Winners club national championship

*Belgium: Union Saint-Gilloise
*Denmark: BK Frem
*England: Liverpool F.C.
*Germany: Hamburger SV
*Greece: Peiraikos Syndesmos
*Hungary: MTK Hungária
*Iceland: Fram
*Italy: Genoa 1893
*Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes: Građanski Zagreb
* Paraguay: Club Guaraní
*Poland: Pogoń Lwów
*Scotland: "For fuller coverage, see 1922-23 in Scottish football."
**Scottish Division One – Rangers
**Scottish Division Two – Queens Park
**Scottish FA Cup – Celtic

International tournaments

* 1923 British Home Championship (October 21 1922 – April 14 1923)::fb|SCO

* South American Championship 1923 in Uruguay (October 29 1923 – December 2 1923)::fb|URU

Births

* October 13 – Faas Wilkes, Dutch footballer (d. 2006)
* December 1 – Ferenc Szusza, Hungarian footballer
* December 25 – Luis Alamos, Chilean football manager (d. 1983)

Deaths