1905 in association football

Years in football (soccer):	1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908
Centuries:	19th century · 20th century · 21st century
Decades:	1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s
Years:	1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908

The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1905 throughout the world.

Events

• Leeds City F.C. admitted to the English Football League.
• On February 19, Alf Common becomes the first player to be transferred for a fee of £1,000 (a 2011 equivalent of roughly £95,000), in a transfer from Sunderland A.F.C. to Middlesbrough F.C.

Clubs formed in 1905

• Charlton Athletic Football Club
• Crystal Palace Football Club
• Chelsea Football Club
• Club Atletico Boca Juniors
• Galatasaray SK - Turkey
• Sport Club do Recife - Brazil

Winners club national championship

• Germany: Union 92 Berlin
• Hungary:
  • Hungarian National Championship I: Ferencvárosi TC
• Scotland: For fuller coverage see: 1904-05 in Scottish football
  • Scottish Division One – Celtic
  • Scottish Division Two – Clyde
  • Scottish Cup – Third Lanark

International tournaments

• 1905 British Home Championship (February 25 – April 8, 1905)

England

Births

• January 18 – Enrique Ballesteros, Uruguayan footballer
• May 11 – Pedro Petrone, Uruguayan footballer
• September 25 – Aurelio González (Paraguayan footballer)
• September 26 – Karl Rappan, Austrian footballer and manager (died 1996)
• October 16 – Ernst Kuzorra (German footballer)

Deaths

• September 6 - Morris Bates, 39, former Nottingham Forest player and founding member of Woolwich Arsenal FC, tuberculosis.