1891 in association football
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The following are the association football events of the year 1891 throughout the world.
Events
- Royal Arsenal turn professional, renaming themselves Woolwich Arsenal in the process.
Clubs founded in 1891
National Championship Winners
Argentina
- Primera División Winners:[1][2]
Denmark
- Football Tournament Winners:[3][4]
England
- Football League Winners:
- FA Cup Winners:
Ireland
- Football League Winners:[5]
- Irish Cup Winners:
Netherlands
- Football League Winners:[6]
Scotland
- Football League Winners:[7]
- Scottish Cup Winners:
Wales
- Welsh Cup Winners:
International tournaments
- 1891 British Home Championship (28 March – 6 April 1891)
Births
- September 22: Charlie Buchan, English international footballer (died 1960)
- December 15: David Wijnveldt, Dutch international footballer (died 1962)
Deaths
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Footnotes
- ^ First amateur season of the Argentine Primera División.
- ^ Championship not recognised by the Argentine Football Association, however, is recognised by FIFA.
- ^ Inaugural season of the Danish Football Tournament.
- ^ Although recognised by the Danish Football Association (DBU), winners of tournament not considered official Danish champions.
- ^ First season of the Irish Football League.
- ^ First official season of the Dutch Football League.
- ^ First season of the Scottish Football League.
- ^ Shrewsbury Town won the Welsh Cup despite being from England.