1938 in association football

The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1938 around the world.

1938 in association football

Events

May

• May 7: Manchester City lose 1-0 against Huddersfield Town, and are relegated to the Football League Second Division. This makes Manchester City the only team in history to be relegated the year after becoming English champions.

June

• June 19: The 1938 FIFA World Cup Final is played. Italy beat Hungary 4–2 at the Stade Olympique de Colombes in Paris, France.

July

• July 3: Hannover 96 wins their first German football championship.

Tournament Winners

International

Tournament	Confederation	Host Country(s)	Winner	Runner-Up	Finals Stadium
1937–38 British Home Championship	Home Nations	United Kingdom	England	Scotland	-
1938 Baltic Cup	Baltic states	Estonia	Estonia	Latvia	-
1938 Bolivarian Games	ODEBO	Colombia	Peru	Bolivia	-
1938 FIFA World Cup	FIFA	France	Italy	Hungary	Stade Olympique de Colombes, Paris

Continental

Tournament	Continent	Previous Winner	Winner	Runner-Up	Finals Stadium
1938 Mitropa Cup	Europe	Ferencváros (1937)	Slavia Prague	Ferencváros	2-legged final
1938 Copa Aldao	South America	River Plate (1937)	Independiente	Peñarol	Estadio Centenario, Uruguay

Europe

Nation	League	Champion	Cup	Winner	Runner-Up
Austria	1937–38 Austrian football championship	Rapid Wein	1937–38 Austrian Cup	Schwarz-Rot Wien	Wiener Sport-Club
Belgium	1937–38 Belgian First Division	Beerschot	No Cup
Bulgaria	1937–38 Bulgarian National Football Division	Ticha Varna	1938 Bulgarian Cup	FK 13 Sofia	Levski Ruse
Czechoslovakia	1937–38 Czechoslovak First League	Sparta Prague	No Cup
Cyprus	1937–38 Cypriot First Division	APOEL	1937–38 Cypriot Cup	Enosis Neon Trust	AEL
Denmark	1937–38 Danish Championship League	Boldklubben 1903	No Cup
England	1937–38 Football League First Division	Arsenal	1937–38 FA Cup	Preston North End	Huddersfield Town
			1938 FA Charity Shield	Arsenal	Preston North End
Estonia	1937–38 Estonian Football Championship	JS Estonia Tallinn	1938 Estonian Cup	VS Sport Tallinn	Tallinna Jalgpalliklubi
Finland	1938 Mestaruussarja	HJK Helsinki	No Cup
France	1937–38 French Division 1	Sochaux	1937–38 Coupe de France	Olympique Marseille	Metz
Germany	1937–38 Gauliga	16 Teams	1938 Tschammerpokal	Rapid Wein	FSV Frankfurt
	1938 German football championship	Hannover 96
Greece	1937–38 Panhellenic Championship	Olympiacos	No Cup
Hungary	1937–38 Nemzeti Bajnokság I	Ferencváros	No Cup
Iceland	1938 Úrvalsdeild	Valur	No Cup
Italy	1937–38 Serie A	Ambrosiana-Inter	1937–38 Coppa Italia	Juventus	Torino
Latvia	1938 Latvian Top League	Olimpia Liepaja	1938 Latvian Football Cup	Rīgas Vilki	ASK
Lithuania	1937–38 LFF Lyga	KSS Klaipėda	1938 Lithuanian National Olympics	KSS Klaipėda	LGSF Kaunas
Luxembourg	1937–38 Luxembourg National Division	CA Spora Luxembourg	1937–38 Luxembourg Cup	Stade Dudelange	National Schifflange
Malta	1937–38 Maltese Premier League	Sliema Wanderers	1937–38 Maltese FA Trophy	Floriana	Sliema Wanderers
Netherlands	1937–38 Netherlands Football League Championship	Feyenoord	1937–38 KNVB Cup	VSV	AGOVV
Northern Ireland	1937–38 Irish League	Belfast Celtic	1937–38 Irish Cup	Belfast Celtic	Bangor
Norway	1937–38 League of Norway	Fredrikstad	1938 Norwegian Football Cup	Fredrikstad	Mjøndalen
Poland	1938 Ekstraklasa	Ruch Chorzów	No Cup
Portugal	1937–38 Campeonato da Liga	Benfica	1937–38 Campeonato de Portugal	Sporting CP	Benfica
Republic of Ireland	1937–38 League of Ireland	Shamrock Rovers	1937–38 FAI Cup	St James's Gate	Dundalk
Romania	1937–38 Divizia A	Ripensia Timișoara	1937–38 Cupa României	Rapid București	CAM Timișoara
Scotland	1937–38 Scottish Football League	Celtic	1937–38 Scottish Cup	East Fife	Kilmarnock
Soviet Union	1938 Soviet Top League	Spartak Moscow	1938 Soviet Cup	Spartak Moscow	Elektrik Leningrad
Sweden	1937–38 Allsvenskan	IK Sleipner	No Cup
Switzerland	1937–38 Nationalliga	FC Lugano	1937–38 Swiss Cup	Grasshopper Club Zürich	Servette
Turkey	1937–38 Istanbul Football League 1937–38 Çukurova Football League 1937–38 Eskişehir Football League	Güneş S.K. Adana İdman Yurdu Eskişehir Demirspor	1937–38 Istanbul Shield	Fenerbahçe	Beşiktaş
	1938 Turkish National Division	Güneş S.K.
Yugoslavia	1937–38 Yugoslav Football Championship	HAŠK Zagreb	1938 Yugoslav Cup	Građanski Zagreb	BSK Belgrade
Wales	No League		1937–38 Welsh Cup	Shrewsbury Town	Swansea Town

North America

Nation	League	Champion	Cup	Winner	Runner-Up
Costa Rica	1938 Primera División de Costa Rica	Orión	No Cup
Cuba	1938 Campeonato Nacional de Fútbol de Cuba	Deportivo Centro Gallego	No Cup
Dominion of Canada	1938 Canadian National Soccer League	Montréal Royal Victoria Hospital	No Cup
Haiti	1937–38 Ligue Haïtienne	Racing CH	1937–38 Coupe Vincent	AS Capoise	Unknown
Guatemala	1938 Liga Capitalina	Tipografía Nacional	No Cup
El Salvador	1938 Salvadoran Football Championship	Club Deportivo 33	1937-38 Copa Presidente	Unknown
Mexico	1937–38 Primera Fuerza	Necaxa	1937–38 Copa Mexico	Club América	Club España
United States	1937–38 American Soccer League	Scots-Americans (Metropolitan Division) Providence S.C. (New England Division)	1938 National Challenge Cup	Sparta Garden City	St. Mary's Celtic

South America

Nation	League	Champion	Cup	Winner	Runner-Up
Argentina	1938 Argentine Primera División	Independiente	1938 Copa Ibarguren	Independiente	Rosario Central
Bolivia	1938 Primera División de la L.P.F.A.	Unknown	No Cup
Brazil	1938 State championships	22 winners	No National Cup
Chile	1938 Primera División de Chile	Magallanes	1938 Campeonato de Apertura	Colo-Colo	Audax Italiano
Paraguay	1938 Paraguayan Primera División	Club Olimpia	No Cup
Peru	1938 Peruvian Primera División	Deportivo Municipal	No Cup
Uruguay	1938 Uruguayan Primera División	Peñarol	No Cup
Venezuela	1938 Venezuelan Primera División	Dos Caminos	1938 Copa Venezuela	Unión	Dos Caminos

Asia & Oceania

Nation	League	Champion	Cup	Winner	Runner-Up
Australia	No League		1938 Football SA Federation Cup 1938 Dockerty Cup 1938 Challenge Cup and Shield	Birkalla Rovers Nobels Victoria Park	Kingswood Unknown Unknown
British Malaya	No League		1938 Malaysia Cup	Selangor	Singapore
British India	No League		1938 Rovers Cup	Bangalore Muslims	2nd Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
			1938 IFA Shield	East Yorkshire Regiment	Mohammedan
Dutch East Indies	1938 Inlandsche Stedenwedstrijden	VIJ Batavia	No Cup
Greater Lebanon	No League		1937–38 Lebanese FA Cup	Al Nahda	Hilmi-Sport
Hong Kong	1937–38 Hong Kong First Division League	South China B	1937–38 Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield	South China A	South China B
Iran	1938 Tehran Province League	Tehran Club	No Cup
Japan	No League		1938 Emperor's Cup	Waseda University	Keio University
Mandatory Palestine	League interrupted due to an Arab revolt		1938 Palestine Cup	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Maccabi Tel Aviv

Africa

Nation	League	Champion	Cup	Winner	Runner-Up
French Algeria	1937-1938 Algiers Championship 1937-1938 Constantine Championship 1937-1938 Oranie Championship	AS Boufarik CS Constantine CDJ Oran	No Cup
Egypt	1937–38 Alexandria Zone League 1937–38 Cairo League 1937–38 Canal Zone League	El Ittihad Alexandria Al Ahly Al-Masry	1937–38 Egypt Cup	Zamalek	Al Ahly
			1937–38 Sultan Hussein Cup	Al Ahly	Unknown
French Morocco	1938 Moroccan football league	OM Rabat	1938 Coupe Djebari	US Marocaine	SA Marrakech
French North Africa	1938 North African Championship	JAC Bône	No Cup
French Tunisia	1937–38 Tunisian National Championship	Savoia de la Goulette	1937–38 Tunisian Cup	Sporting Club	Racing Club de Tunis

Clubs

Clubs Founded

Date Founded	Club	Country	Current League	Notes
January 31	Fluminense Esporte Clube	Brazil	Campeonato Brasileiro Série D Campeonato Piauiense
February 20	Esporte Clube São Luiz	Brazil	Campeonato Brasileiro Série D Campeonato Gaúcho
April 14	VfL Bochum II	Germany West Germany (formerly)	Folded in 2015	Reserve team of VfL Bochum
June 21	Blauw Geel '38	Netherlands	Derde Divisie B
July 5	Goiânia Esporte Clube	Brazil	Campeonato Goiano
July 10	Associação Olímpica de Itabaiana	Brazil	Campeonato Brasileiro Série D Campeonato Sergipano
August 21	Operário Futebol Clube	Brazil	Campeonato Brasileiro Série D Campeonato Sul-Mato-Grossense
August 30	Independiente de Cañete	Peru	Copa Perú
October 17	Olímpico Clube	Brazil	Campeonato Amazonense (last known league)
November 1	Moreirense F.C.	Portugal	Primeira Liga
1938	S.U. 1º Dezembro	Portugal	Liga 3	Sport club originally founded in 1880
1938	AS Central Sport	France (Tahiti)	Tahiti Ligue 1
1938	Beith Juniors F.C.	Scotland	West of Scotland Premier Division
1938	Sport Dili e Benfica	East Timor Portuguese Timor (formerly) Indonesia (formerly)	LFA2
1938	VfL Bergen	Germany East Germany (formerly)	Landesliga Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Nord
1938	Bethlehem Hungarian	United States	Folded in 1939
1938	NK Bled	Slovenia Yugoslavia (formerly)	Upper Carniolan League
1938	C.D. Euzkadi	Mexico	Folded in 1939	Basque Country national team competiting in the Primera Fuerza
1938	Chelmsford City F.C.	England	National League South	Reformation of Chelmsford F.C.
1938	Cork City F.C.	Ireland	Folded in 1940	Not to be confused with the current club named Cork City F.C.
1938	FK Crvena Stijena	Montenegro Yugoslavia (formerly) FR Yugoslavia (formerly)	Montenegrin Third League
1938	Dahle IL	Norway	Norwegian Third Division
1938	S.F. Damaiense	Portugal	Liga BPI	Women's football club
1938	Debed FC	Armenia Soviet Union (formerly)	Folded in 1993
1938	Defence Force S.C.	Ethiopia	Ethiopian Premier League
1938	NK Dekani	Slovenia Yugoslavia (formerly)	Slovenian Second League
1938	Deveronvale F.C.	Scotland	Highland League
1938	AS Dragons	DR Congo Belgian Congo (formerly)	Linafoot Ligue 2
1938	FC Chikhura Sachkhere	Georgia Soviet Union (formerly)	Liga 4
1938	FC Meshakhte Tkibuli	Georgia Soviet Union (formerly)	Liga 3
1938	FK Vardar Negotino	North Macedonia Yugoslavia (formerly)	Macedonian Second League
1938	Hapoel Ra'anana A.F.C.	Israel Mandatory Palestine (formerly)	Liga Leumit
1938	Kénitra AC	Morocco French Protectorate in Morocco (formerly)	Botola 2
1938	Kırıkhanspor	Turkey	Folded in 2022
1938	NK Krajišnik Velika Kladuša	Bosnia and Herzegovina Yugoslavia (formerly)	Second League of FBiH – West
1938	Merelinense F.C.	Portugal	Campeonato de Portugal
1938	Moulins Yzeure Foot	France	Championnat National 3 Group J	Founded as AS Yzeure
1938	Nadroga F.C.	Fiji	Fiji Premier League
1938	Newton Abbot Spurs A.F.C.	England	South West Peninsula League Premier Division East
1938	F.C. Oliveira do Hospital	Portugal	Liga 3
1938	Paget Rangers F.C.	England	Midland League Division One	Reformed in 2011
1938	Perst Tabanan	Indonesia Dutch East Indies (formerly)	Liga 3
1938	Pike Rovers F.C.	Ireland	Limerick & District League
1938	Pilkington F.C.	England	North West Counties League Premier Division
1938	FC Porto Taibesse	East Timor Portuguese Timor (formerly) Indonesia (formerly)	Liga Futebol Amadora Primeira Divisão
1938	Prestwich Heys A.F.C.	England	North West Counties League Premier Division
1938	FK Radnički Svilajnac	Serbia Yugoslavia (formerly) FR Yugoslavia (formerly)	Serbian League East
1938	Réveil Sportif	France (Martinique)	Martinique Promotion d'Honneur
1938	Rothes F.C.	Scotland	Highland League	Founded as junior team in 1907
1938	Rutgers Scarlet Knights men's soccer	United States	Big Ten Conference	College soccer team
1938	Spartak Chernihiv	Soviet Union (Ukrainian SSR)	Folded, date unknown	Existed as late as 1965
1938	Sporting Clube de Timor	East Timor Portuguese Timor (formerly) Indonesia (formerly)	Liga Futebol Amadora Primeira Divisão
1938	Stal Stalowa Wola	Poland	I liga
1938	FC Steel Trans Ličartovce	Slovakia Czechoslovakia (formerly)	Folded in 2005	Merged with 1. FC Košice to form FC VSS Košice
1938	SV Trupial	Aruba	Aruban Division Uno (last known league)
1938	CS Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol	Moldova Soviet Union (formerly)	Folded in 2009
1938	F.C. Tirsense	Portugal	Campeonato de Portugal Serie A
1938	Trojans F.C.	Northern Ireland	Northern Ireland Intermediate League (last known league)
1938	Tromsdalen UIL	Norway	2. divisjon
1938	Ümraniyespor	Turkey	TFF First League
1938	FK Varnsdorf	Czech Republic Czechoslovakia (formerly)	Czech National Football League
1938	NK Vrapče	Croatia Yugoslavia (formerly)	Treća HNL West

Clubs Folded

Date Folded	Date Founded	Club	Country	Note
April 14	1906	Germania Bochum	Germany	Forced to merge into VfL Bochum
	1908	TuS Bochum
1938	1893	Bathgate	Scotland	Played their last match in 1932
1938	1921	Cork FC	Ireland	Founded as Fords F.C.
1938	1924	Enosis Neon Trust	British Cyprus
1938	June 10, 1913	Colțea București	Romania
1938	1933	Güneş SK	Turkey
1938	1909	Hakoah Vienna	Austria Germany	Reformed in 1945
1938	1931	Stix, Baer and Fuller	United States

Births & Deaths

Births

January–June

Date of Birth	Player	Nationality	Played For	Managed	Date of Death	Other Notes
January 2	Nodar Akhalkatsi	Georgia Soviet Union	Lokomotivi Tbilisi	Lokomotivi Tbilisi, Dinamo Tbilisi	January 24, 1998
January 5	Piet Kruiver	Netherlands	PSV Eindhoven, Feyenoord, DWS		March 18, 1989	1965–66 Eredivisie top scorer
January 8	Bobby Ferguson	England	Newcastle United, Derby County Cardiff City, Barry Town, Newport County	Barry Town, Newport County, Ipswich Town, Al-Arabi	March 8, 2018
January 13	Tord Grip	Sweden	Degerfors, AIK, KB Karlskoga (player-manager)	KB Karlskoga (player-manager), Örebro, Sweden women's, Malmö FF, Campobasso, Norway, Young Boys, Indonesia U23		Assistant manager to Sven-Göran Eriksson (1998-2009, 2010)
January 15	Chuni Goswami	India	Mohun Bagan	India	April 30, 2020
January 20	Derek Dougan	Northern Ireland	Distillery, Blackburn Rovers, Aston Villa, Peterborough United, Leicester City, Wolverhampton Wanderers		June 24, 2007
January 21	Romano Fogli	Italy	Torino, Bologna, AC Milan, Catania	Reggiana, Foggia, Livorno, Siena	September 21, 2021	Member of the Italian Football Hall of Fame
January 22	Altair	Brazil	Fluminense	Fluminense (interim)	August 9, 2019
February 1	Heinz Steinmann	West Germany Germany	Schwarz-Weiß Essen, 1. FC Saarbrücken, Werder Bremen		March 18, 2023
February 7	Cayetano Ré	Paraguay	Cerro Porteño, Elche, Barcelona, Espanyol	Eldense, AD Almería, Onteniente, Córdoba, Guaraní, Cerro Porteño, Paraguay, Club Necaxa, Real Betis	November 26, 2013	1964–65 La Liga top scorer
February 9	Park Jong-hwan	South Korea	Korea Tungsten Company	Seoul City, South Korea U20, South Korea, Ilhwa Chunma, Daegu FC	October 7, 2023
February 17	Saul Malatrasi	Italy	SPAL, Fiorentina, AS Roma, Internazionale, AC Milan	Legnago Salus, Pescara		2-time European Cup winner (1964–65, 1968–69) 3-time Intercontinental Cup winner (1964, 1965, 1969)
February 20	Mahmoud El-Gohary	Egypt	Al Ahly	Al-Ittihad, Al Ahly, Al-Sharjah, Al-Ahli Jeddah, Egypt, Zamalek, Al Wahda, Oman, Jordan	August 31, 2012	2-time African Cup of Nations winner (1959, 1998) 2-time African Cup of Champions Clubs winner (1982, 1993)
March 6	Nikolai Manoshin	Soviet Union Russia	Torpedo Moscow, CSKA Moscow	CSKA Moscow (assistant), Somalia, Yemen, Mali	February 10, 2022
March 8	Milan Galić	Yugoslavia Serbia	Partizan, Standard Liège, Stade de Reims		September 13, 2014	Gold medalist at the 1960 Summer Olympics 1960 European Nations' Cup runner-up 1965–66 European Cup runner-up Top scorer at the 1960 Summer Olympics and 1960 European Nations' Cup Finished 8th in the 1962 Ballon d'Or
March 14	Árpád Orbán	Hungary	Győri ETO FC		April 26, 2008	1964 Summer Olympics gold medalist
March 17	Adolf Knoll	Austria	Wiener Sport-Club, Austria Wien		September 21, 2018
March 23	Bertie Auld	Scotland	Celtic, Birmingham City	Partick Thistle, Hibernian, Hamilton Academical	November 14, 2021	1967 European Cup Final winner Member of the Scottish Football Hall of Fame
April 19	Stanko Poklepović	Yugoslavia Croatia	RNK Split	RNK Split, Solin, Hajduk Split, Budućnost Podgorica, Borac Banja Luka, APOEL, Croatia, Iran, Persepolis, Publikum Celje, Osijek, Ferencváros	December 24, 2018
April 22	Henk Groot	Netherlands	Ajax, Feyenoord		May 11, 2022
May 5	Adolf Scherer	Czechoslovakia Slovakia	CH Bratislava/Slovnaft Bratislava, VSS Košice, Nîmes Olympique, Olympique Avignonais		July 22, 2023	Finished second at the 1962 FIFA World Cup
May 24	Jean-Claude Suaudeau	France	FC Nantes	FC Nantes
May 29	Guy Calleja	France	Bordeaux, Gazélec Ajaccio	Gazélec Ajaccio, AS Cannes	August 29, 2023
June 1	Dieter Klaußner	West Germany Germany	Karlsruher SC, FC Phönix Bellheim
June 7	Armando Tobar	Chile	Santiago Wanderers, Universidad Católica	Huachipato, O'Higgins, Audax Italiano, Rangers de Talca, Everton, Santiago Wanderers	November 18, 2016	Finished third at the 1962 FIFA World Cup
	Ian St John	Scotland	Motherwell, Liverpool, Hellenic	Motherwell, Portsmouth	March 1, 2021	Member of the Scottish Football Hall of Fame
June 15	Chus Pereda	Spain	Real Madrid, Sevilla, Barcelona, Mallorca	Spain U18, Spain U20, Spain U19, Spain U17, Spain U21, Xerez CD	September 27, 2011	1957–58 European Cup winner 1964 European Nations' Cup winner 1964 European Nations' Cup top scorer
June 22	Virginio De Paoli	Italy	Varese, Pisa, Venezia, Brescia, Juventus		August 24, 2009
June 29	József Gelei	Hungary	MTK, Vasas SC, Tatabánya	Tatabánya, India		1964 Summer Olympics gold medalist Finished third at the 1964 European Nations' Cup
	Giampaolo Menichelli	Italy	AS Roma, Sambenedettese, Parma, Juventus, Brescia, Cagliari
June 30	Mike Hellawell	England	Queens Park Rangers, Birmingham City, Sunderland, Huddersfield Town		July 18, 2023

July–December

Date of Birth	Player	Nationality	Played For	Managed	Date of Death	Other Notes
July 2	Marcel Artelesa	France	AS Troyes-Savinienne, AS Monaco, Marseille, Nice		September 23, 2016
July 3	Sjaak Swart	Netherlands	Ajax			3-time European Cup winner (1971, 1972, 1973) 1972 Intercontinental Cup winner
July 6	Marquitos II	Spain	Plus Ultra, Cádiz, Excelsior Rotterdam, Blauw-Wit Amsterdam		July 20, 2019	Brother of Marquitos
	Oleh Bazylevych	Soviet Union Ukraine	Dynamo Kyiv, Chornomorets Odesa, Shakhtar Donetsk	Desna Chernihiv, Shakhtar Donetsk, Dinamo Minsk, Pakhtakor, Soviet Union, CSKA Moscow, Slavia Sofia, Ukraine, Kuwait U23	October 16, 2018
	Uli Maslo	West Germany Germany	Rot-Weiss Essen, Racing Club Heemstede	Schalke 04, Borussia Dortmund, Eintracht Braunschweig, Bahrain Riffa Club, Qatar SC, Qatar, FC St. Pauli, Fortuna Düsseldorf
July 8	Vojtech Masný	Czechoslovakia Slovakia	Jednota Trenčín, First Vienna			Silver medalist at the 1964 Summer Olympics
July 12	Lin Shllaku	Albania	Partizani Tirana	Partizani Tirana (assistant), Besëlidhja	August 8, 2016
July 18	John Connelly	England	Burnley, Manchester United, Blackburn Rovers, Bury		October 25, 2012	1966 FIFA World Cup winner
July 20	Roger Hunt	England	Liverpool, Bolton Wanderers		September 27 2021	1965–66 Football League First Division top scorer 1966 FIFA World Cup winner
July 24	José Altafini (Mazzola)	Brazil Italy	Palmeiras, AC Milan, Napoli, Juventus, Chiasso, Mendrisiostar			1958 FIFA World Cup winner 1962–63 European Cup winner
July 28	Luis Aragonés	Spain	Plus Ultra, Real Betis, Atlético Madrid	Atlético Madrid, Real Betis, Barcelona, Espanyol, Sevilla, Valencia, Mallorca, Spain, Fenerbahçe	February 1, 2014	1974 Intercontinental Cup winner UEFA Euro 2008
August 2	Friedhelm Konietzka	West Germany Germany	Borussia Dortmund, 1860 Munich, FC Winterthur	FC Zürich, BSC Young Boys, Grasshoppers, Hessen Kassel, Bayer Uerdingen, Borussia Dortmund, FC Luzern	March 12, 2012
August 9	Otto Rehhagel	West Germany Germany	TuS Helene Altenessen, Rot-Weiss Essen, Hertha BSC, 1. FC Kaiserslautern	Saarbrücken, Kickers Offenbach, Werder Bremen, Borussia Dortmund, Arminia Bielefeld, Fortuna Düsseldorf, Bayern Munich, 1. FC Kaiserslautern, Greece, Hertha BSC		UEFA Euro 2004 winning manager
August 14	Bennie Muller	Netherlands	Ajax, SVV Scheveningen		January 17, 2024
August 28	Đorđe Pavlić	Yugoslavia Serbia	Vojvodina, MSV Duisburg, Schwarz-Weiß Essen		May 9, 2015
September 2	John Angus	England	Burnley		June 8, 2021
September 8	José Torres	Portugal	Benfica, Vitória Setúbal, Estoril	Estoril, Estrela Amadora, Varzim, Portugal, Boavista, Portimonense	September 3, 2010	1964–65 European Cup top scorer Finished third at the 1966 FIFA World Cup
September 28	Peter Grosser	West Germany Germany	Bayern Munich, 1860 Munich, Austria Salzburg	SpVgg Unterhaching	March 2, 2021
October 1	Les Scheinflug	Australia	Sydney Prague	Marconi Fairfield, Western Suburbs, Adelaide City, Australia, Blacktown City, Fiji		Member of the Football Australia Hall of Fame
October 7	Carlos Contreras	Chile	Universidad de Chile, Antofagasta Portuario, Ferroviarios	Deportes Aviación, Rangers de Talca, Unión La Calera, Santiago Morning	April 17, 2020	Finished third at the 1962 FIFA World Cup
	Mal Lucas	Wales	Leyton Orient, Norwich City, Torquay United	Gorleston	March 2024
October 10	Pierre Mwana Kasongo	Belgian Congo DR Congo Zaire	Saint-Éloi Lupopo, RCS Verviétois, Gent, SC Imana	SC Imana, Saint-Éloi Lupopo, TP Mazembe, US Bilombe, SM Sanga Balende	January 13, 1986	1968 African Cup of Nations winner
October 23	Eugenio Fascetti	Italy	Bologna, Juventus, Messina, Lazio, Savona FBC	Varese, Lecce, Lazio, Torino, Hellas Verona, Lucchese, Bari, Fiorentina, Como
October 18	Guy Roux	France	Auxerre, Limoges	Auxerre, Lens		2000 UEFA President's Award winner
October 22	Alan Gilzean	Scotland	Dundee, Tottenham Hotspur		July 8, 2018	Member of the Scottish Football Hall of Fame
	César Luis Menotti	Argentina	Rosario Central, Racing Club, Boca Juniors, New York Generals, Santos	Huracán, Argentina, Argentina U20, Barcelona, Boca Juniors, Atlético Madrid, River Plate, Peñarol, Mexico, Independiente, Sampdoria, Rosario Central, Club Puebla	May 5, 2024	1978 FIFA World Cup winner
November 13	Rolando Serrano	Colombia	Cúcuta Deportivo, América de Cali, Unión Magdalena, Millonarios, Atlético Junior	Cúcuta Deportivo	June 13, 2022
November 18	Giancarlo Danova	Italy	AC Milan, Torino, Catania, Atalanta, Fiorentina		June 15, 2014
November 29	Johnny Crossan	Northern Ireland	Derry City, Sparta Rotterdam, Standard Liège, Sunderland, Manchester City, Middlesbrough, KSK Tongeren
December 2	Luis Artime	Argentina	Atlanta, River Plate, Independiente, Palmeiras, Nacional, Fluminense	Atlético Tucumán, Atlanta		1971 Copa Libertadores winner 1971 Intercontinental Cup winner 1967 South American Championship top scorer
December 9	Nikola Kotkov	Bulgaria	Lokomotiv Sofia, Levski Sofia		June 30, 1971

Deaths

Date of Death	Player	Nationality	Played For	Managed	Notable For
January 28	Jack Sharp	England	Aston Villa, Everton		Also played 3 Cricket test matches for the England cricket team
March 27	Charlie Shaw	Scotland	Queens Park Rangers, Celtic, New Bedford Whalers	New Bedford Whalers
April 16	Steve Bloomer	England	Derby County, Middlesbrough	Britannia Berlin 92, Derby County, Real Unión	Member of the Football League 100 Legends Member of the English Football Hall of Fame
April 22	James Reid	Scotland	Airdrieonians		2-time Scottish Division One top scorer (1912–13, 1913–14)
May 22	Víctor Morales	Chile	Colo-Colo		Played at the 1928 Summer Olympics
July 16	Trygve Aasen	Norway	Moss
September 19	Floriano	Brazil	Internacional, Grêmio, Fluminense, Santos, Atlético Mineiro	Atlético Mineiro	1925 South American Championship runner-up
November 16	Agustín Ojeda	Mexico	Club América		Played at the 1928 Summer Olympics