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The clubs were founded in 1858 and 1859 respectively and currently compete in the Australian Football League (AFL), making them the world's oldest football clubs that are now professional. The oldest football clubs trace their origins to the mid-19th century, a period when football evolved from being a casual pastime to an organised mainstream ...
Year published by club Club Season 2024–25 Notes 1 1861 [4]: Crystal Palace [5]: Premier League: The club previously published a foundation date of 1905, however they released research in 2020 suggesting an 1861 date, stating that they were "staking a claim to be recognised as the world's oldest league club in existence still playing professional football."
The Club of Pioneers was founded in 2013 by Sheffield FC, the first and oldest association football club in the world. The Club of Pioneers aims to discover and connect the world's oldest existing football clubs, to build a global network of like-minded football clubs to promote the importance of football history and the grass roots and amateur ...
Originally played for by senior clubs, has been contested by Border Amateur Football Association clubs since 1960. 1891: Argentine Primera División: club league: Copa Campeonato (1896) Association football: Argentina: Oldest top division association football league in the world and oldest league outside Great Britain. 1892: Brown Shield ...
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Sheffield Football Club is an English football club, currently based in Dronfield, Derbyshire. They compete in the Northern Premier League Division One East, on the eighth level of the English football pyramid. Founded in October 1857, [2] the club is considered by FIFA as the oldest existing independent club still playing football in the world.
The first ever football tournament, the Youdan Cup, is played by twelve Sheffield clubs in 1867; the Cromwell Cup, the second oldest football tournament in the world, takes place in 1868 with Sheffield Rules. Goal kicks are introduced in 1869 and Scottish club Kilmarnock F.C founded.
Australian rules football clubs by year of establishment (154 C) R. Rugby clubs by year of establishment (172 C)