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The following are thefootball (soccer) events of the year1921 throughout the world.

• September – There is a split in Irish football following the politicalpartition of Ireland. The leadingDublin clubs breakaway from theBelfast-basedIrish Football Association over a perceived northern bias. See:FAI – Split from the IFA^[1]

• By 1921 women's football had become increasingly popular through the charitable games played by women's teams during and after the First World War. In a move that was widely seen as caused by jealousy of the crowds' interest in women's games which frequently exceeded that of the top men's teams, in 1921 the Football Association banned all women's teams from playing on grounds affiliated to the FA because they thought football damaged women's bodies. For several decades, this meant that women's football virtually ceased to exist.

• Argentina:Club Atlético Huracán,Racing Club
• Austria:Rapid Vienna
• Belgium:Daring CB
• Denmark:Akademisk Boldklub
• England:Burnley F.C.
• France: no national championship
• Germany:1. FC Nürnberg
• Hungary:MTK Hungária FC
• Iceland:Fram
• Italy:Pro Vercelli
• Luxembourg:Jeunesse Esch
• Netherlands:NAC Breda
• Paraguay:Club Guaraní
• Poland:Cracovia
• Scotland:For fuller coverage, see1920–21 in Scottish football.
  • Scottish Division One –Rangers
  • Scottish Cup –Partick Thistle^[2]
• Sweden:IFK Eskilstuna
• Uruguay:Peñarol
• Greece: 1913 to 1921 – no championship titles due to theFirst World War and theGreco-Turkish War of 1919–1922.

• FK Željezničar

• 1921 British Home Championship (October 23, 1920 – April 9, 1921)

 Scotland

• 1921 Far Eastern Championship Games in China (May 30-June 2, 1921)

China

• South American Championship 1921 inArgentina (October 2, 1921 – October 30, 1921)

 Argentina

• February 10 –Theodor Reimann, Slovak international footballer (died 1982)
• February 25 –Alessandro Ferri, Italian professional footballer (died 2003)^[3]
• May 12 –Cor van der Hoeven, Dutch footballer (died 2017)
• May 23 –Wilf Chisholm, English professional footballer (died 1962)^[4]
• July 26 –Amedeo Amadei, Italian international footballer and manager (died 2013)
• August 1 –Percy Lovett, English footballer, goalkeeper (died 1982)
• October 6 –Des Broomfield, English footballer (died 2007)^[5]
• October 19 –Gunnar Nordahl, Swedish international footballer (died 1995)
• November 11 –Ron Greenwood, English football manager (died 2006)

Undated:

• Arie Machnes, Israeli footballer (died 2008)

• Deportivo Alavés

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