July 30-August 14, 1932: The 1932 Summer Olympics is held in Los Angeles, United States.
August 11, 1932: Argentina takes the football competition at the Olympics after defeating the host nation by 4-1. But crowd numbers were down to compared to previous tournaments.
February 1, 1933: France win the first WEFF Championship by a score of 3-1 against Wales.
February 17, 1935: FIFA brings back the knockout format to the FIFA World Cup for what will be the first time in 28 years.
August 1-16, 1936: The 1936 Summer Olympics is held in Hamburg, Germany.
August 15, 1936: Italy wins their second Olympic gold medal by defeating Hungary in the final by a score of 1-0.
December 27, 1936: The 1937 South American Championship begins in Argentina as this is the first time that the competition has expanded beyond five teams.
January 26, 1937: Italy win the final WEFF Championship over Switzerland at home.
August 17, 1937: Dutch East Indies become the first team from Asia to qualify through to the World Cup.
February 13, 1938: Scotland wins their third British Empire Games football gold medal in a row after defeating England 3-2 in the final. This was the last tournament to see a full strength independent British teams competing in football.
February 23, 1938: Costa Rica surprises Central America by finishing with the gold medal in the Central American and Caribbean Games beating Mexico by goal difference.
December 21, 1946: Colombia is the first host team to win at the Central American and Caribbean Games as they finished ahead of Venezuela by goal difference.
May 4, 1947: Chile becomes the first team to win a qualifier to the 1947 South American Championship after they defeated Bolivia at home.
June 15, 1947: In a popular vote, it was decided that the FIFA World Cup would be expanded to twenty teams to encourage more nations to compete at the top level. This was the same day that Sweden won the hosting rights for the 1950 FIFA World Cup and Chile winning hosting rights for the 1954 FIFA World Cup
October 22, 1947: The British FA is formed after the success of the "match of the century" and the Victory International Cup led to a merge of England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
April 17, 1948: The first FIFA Youth Tournament comes to a close in Great Britain with the hosts defeating Italy in the final.
July 29-August 14, 1948: The 1948 Summer Olympics is held in London.
August 13, 1948: Sweden takes out the gold medal after defeating Yugoslavia 2-1 in the final at Wembley.
May 5, 1949: Paraguay take home their first South American Championship after they defeated Brazil in the final match of the tournament.
1950s
March 13, 1950: Honduras takes out their first title in the Central American and the Caribbean Games after the competition saw the final round change into a knockout tournament for the first time.
June 21, 1950: The biggest win by a nation in the FIFA World Cup is recorded in this date when Uruguay smashed Jamaica 11-0 at the Olympia in Helsingborg.
July 19, 1950: Sweden took out their first World Cup after they defeated Great Britain 2-1 in the final.
March 9, 1951: Argentina take out the first football tournament at the Pan American Games after finishing on top of the five team group.
March 13, 1951: Iran take out the first football tournament at the Asian Games after defeating India in extra time.
September 23, 1951: Sweden win their first Nordic Chmapionship in over 25 years after they defeated Norway 5-2 in the final match at Gothenburg.
April 13, 1952: Brazil takes home their first Pan American Championship after they defeated Chile in the final matchday of the competition.
July 19-August 3, 1952: The 1952 Summer Olympics is held in Helsinki
July 25, 1952: Federación de Football de Chile declares that the FIFA World Cup will drop back down to a sixteen team competition from the twenty that it was in the previous Cup.
August 2, 1952: Soviet Union take home their first gold medal in the football competition at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki.
August 22, 1953: Belgium and France associations have a talk which would the basis in the formation of EFU.
September 16, 1956: The first edition of the APFC Asian Cup ends in Korea lifting up the trophy after they finished on top of the four-team group.
November 5, 1956: The first proposals of a British Football League is talked about in Manchester, England to unite the British Leagues into one league instead of three separate leagues that its currently on.
November 22-December 8, 1956: The 1956 Summer Olympics is held in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
December 8, 1956: Yugoslavia takes home the gold medal in the football competition defeating host nation Argentina 2-1.
February 8, 1957: Confederation of African Football is formed in Egypt with the four founding members being Egypt, South Africa, Sudan and Ethiopia.
July 9, 1957: British Football League is confirmed which is a big step in domestic football in the British Isles with sixteen teams competing in the first season which will be held in 1958–59.
September 7, 1957: The first Merdeka Tournament finishes in Malaya with Hong Kong taking out the title.
June 27, 1958: Brazil wins the 1958 FIFA World Cup after they defeated France in the final with the score being 4-1.
March 5, 1959: Talks about creating an Copa Libertadores occurs with the final result being the formation of an South American counterpart to the European Cup.
August 25-September 11, 1960: The 1960 Summer Olympics is held in Rome.
September 5, 1960: Italy become the first team to advance to a final by coin toss after drawing their semi final 2-2 against Yugoslavia.
September 10, 1960: Hungary claim their first gold medal in football after they defeated the host nation Italy 2-1.
January 21, 1961: Morocco and the United Arab Republic play out the first extra time match in a group stage to decide the spot in Template:AEWCFN(a). The United Arab Republic would get a goal in the 113th minute of the match.
May 21, 1904 - FIFA is formed in Paris, France.
1907 - Manchester United goes bust.
