March 6: Real Madrid is founded

Clubs formed in 1902 edit

• Norwich City Football Club
• Real Madrid
• Fluminense Football Club
• L.R. Vicenza
• MSV Duisburg

• Brazil - There was not a national championship. State, provincial as said in that time, championships were separately held for each province for five decades until 1959 Taça Brasil, a significant unifier cup among state champions. 1902 Campeonato Paulista, State of São Paulo championship, was pioneer in the country.
  • São Paulo Province – São Paulo Athletic
• Hungary:
  • Hungarian National Championship I – Budapesti TC
• Italy:
  • Italian Football Championship – Genoa C.F.C.
• Scotland:
  • Scottish Division One – Rangers
  • Scottish Division Two – Port Glasgow
  • Scottish Cup – Hibernian^[1]

• 1902 British Home Championship (February 22 – May 3, 1902)

  Scotland

• May 1: Ernst Nagelschmitz, German footballer (died 1987)
• July 22 – Andrés Mazali, Uruguayan footballer
• November 20: Giampiero Combi (Italian footballer)