PAOK FC was founded in Thessaloniki, Greece. SC Lourinhanense was founded in Lisbon, Portugal.

• November 8 – APOEL FC is founded in Cyprus.

• Denmark: B1903
• England: Huddersfield Town
• Greece: Regional Championships:

EPSA (Athens) Panathinaikos

EPSP (Pireas)Olympiacos

EPSM (Thessaloniki) Aris

EPSP (Patras) A.P.S. Olympiakos Patras

• Iceland: KR
• Ireland: Shelbourne
• Italy: Juventus
• Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes: Građanski Zagreb
• Netherlands: SC Enschede
• Poland: Pogoń Lwów
• Scotland:
  • Division One: Celtic F.C.
  • Scottish Cup: St. Mirren F.C.^[1]

• 1926 British Home Championship (October 24, 1925 – April 17, 1926)

  Scotland

• 1924-28 Nordic Football Championship (June 15, 1924 – October 7, 1928) 1926: (June 9 - October 3, 1926)

  Denmark (1926)

  Denmark (1924-1928)

• South American Championship 1926 in Chile (October 12, 1926 – November 3, 1926)

  Uruguay

• January 22 – Otto Hemele, Czech international footballer (died 2001)
• February 4 – Gyula Grosics, Hungarian international football player and manager (died 2014)
• May 1 – Doug Cowie, Scottish international footballer (died 2021)
• May 5 – Víctor Ugarte, Bolivian international footballer (died 1995)
• May 27 – Kees Rijvers, Dutch football player and manager (died 2024)
• June 2 – Pat Hewson, English former footballer (died 2017)^[2]
• June 19 – Juan Hohberg, Uruguayan international footballer (died 1996)
• June 19 – Julio Pérez, Uruguayan international footballer (died 2002)
• July 4 – Alfredo Di Stéfano, Argentine-Spanish international footballer and coach (died 2014)
• September 29 – Harry Hart, English professional footballer^[3] (died 2012)
• December 19 – René Pascucci, Luxembourgian footballer (died 2018)^[4]
• December 22 – Alcides Ghiggia, Uruguayan international footballer (died 2015)

• APOEL FC
• ACF Fiorentina
• SSC Napoli
• PAOK FC
• Real Oviedo