1896 in association football

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The following are the association football events of the year 1896 throughout the world.

• March 16 - England defeat Wales 9-1 at Cardiff^[1]

• Basingstoke Town F.C.
• Bracknell Town F.C.
• CS Constantine
• Ciclista Lima
• Club Atlético Banfield
• Crawley Town F.C.
• Hannover 96
• FC Heilbronn
• FC Schaffhausen (June)
• FC Winterthur
• FC Zürich (August)
• Horwich RMI F.C.
• Olympia Leipzig
• Skill F.C. de Bruxelles
• Udinese Calcio
• Viborg FF
• Willem II Tilburg

• Royal Ordnance Factories

• Argentina: Lomas Academy
• Belgium:
  Coupe de Championnat
  winners)
• England: Aston Villa
• France:
  Club Français Paris
• Ireland: Distillery
• Scotland:
  Scottish Cup, Hearts^[2]
• Sweden: Örgryte IS (first Svenska Mästerskapet winners)

• 1896 British Home Championship
  (February 29 – April 4, 1896)

 Scotland

• January 18 – Angelo Luzzani, Italian footballer (d. 1960)
• April 16 – Árpád Weisz, Hungarian footballer (d. 1944)
• August 28 – Harry Dénis, Dutch footballer (d. 1971)
• September 27 – Jaap Bulder, Dutch footballer (d. 1979)
• November 22 – George Reader, English football referee (d. 1978)

• November 29 - Joe Powell, 26, Woolwich Arsenal captain, due to injuries sustained in a match.^[3]