# 1929 in association football

The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1929 throughout the world.

## Events

* Formation of the Football Association of Zambia in 1929.

## Winners club national championship

* Argentina: Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata
* Austria: Rapid Wien
* Belgium: Royal Antwerp
* Czechoslovakia: Slavia Prague
* Denmark: B93
* England: Sheffield Wednesday
* France: Olympique Marseille
* Germany: SpVgg Fürth
* Greece: not held due to financial reasons
* Hungary: MTK Hungaria
* Iceland: KR
* Ireland: Shelbourne
* Italy: Bologna
* Luxembourg: Spora Luxembourg
* Netherlands: PSV Eindhoven
* Paraguay: Olimpia Asunción
* Poland: Warta Poznan
* Romania: Venus București
* Scotland:
** Division One: Rangers
** Scottish Cup: Kilmarnock
* Spain: F.C. Barcelona
* Sweden: Hälsingborgs IF (not awarded)
* Switzerland: Young Boys

## International tournaments

* 1929 British Home Championship (October 22, 1928 – April 13, 1929)
       Scotland
* Baltic Cup 1929 in Latvia (August 14–16, 1929)
       Estonia
* 1929-32 Nordic Football Championship (June 14, 1929 – September 25, 1932) 1929: (June 14 - October 13, 1929)
       Norway (1929)
       Norway (1929-1932)
* South American Championship 1929 in Argentina (November 1, 1929 – November 17, 1929)
       Argentina

## Births

* January 5: Aulis Rytkönen, Finnish international footballer (died 2014)
* January 7: Manfred Kaiser, East German international footballer (died 2017)
* February 3: Néstor Carballo, Uruguayan international footballer (died 1981)
* February 3: Büyük Jeddikar, Iranian international footballer (died 2013)
* February 6: Ramón Martínez Pérez, Spanish footballer (died 2017)
* February 28: Yevgeny Goryansky, Russian football striker and coach (died 1999)
* April 17: Karl-Erik Palmér, Swedish international footballer (died 2015)
* April 18 – Ion Voinescu, Romanian footballer (died 2018)
* April 19:
** Jiří Hledík, Czech international footballer (died 2015)
** Dennis Pell, English professional footballer (died 2003)
* May 12: Don Gibson, English club footballer
* May 18: Herbert Schoen, East German international footballer (died 2014)
* May 19: Frank Lynn, English professional footballer (died 2011)
* June 23: Bart Carlier, Dutch football player (died 2017)
* July 7: Colin Walker, English footballer (died 2017)
* July 13: Luciano Panetti, Italian footballer (died 2016)
* July 18:
** Enore Boscolo, Italian footballer
** Roy Killin, Canadian soccer player (Manchester United)
* July 21: José Santamaría, Spanish-Uruguayan international footballer
* August 13: Vivien Felton, English football (died 2005)
* October 10: David Proctor, Northern Irish former footballer (died 2011)
* October 22: Lev Yashin, Soviet international footballer (died 1990)
* November 3: Kevin Wood, English professional footballer (died 2012)
* November 12: Ríkharður Jónsson, Icelandic international footballer (died 2017)
* November 25: Marcel De Corte, Belgian footballer (died 2017)
* November 30: Doğan Babacan, Turkish football referee (died 2018)
* December 9: Luis Cid, Spanish football coach, manager (died 2018)
* December 17: Eliseo Prado, Argentine international footballer (died 2016)