1939 in association football

The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1939 around the world.

1939 in association football

Events

September

• September 1:
  • The Second World War officially starts.
  • The 1939 Ekstraklasa season is cancelled. This is due to the German & Soviet invasion of Poland
• September 2: The 1939–40 Football League season is suspended. It would not return until 1946.

November

• Unknown: The The Arsenal Stadium Mystery movie is released. It is one of the first movies where football is a major part of the plot.

Tournament Winners

International

Tournament	Confederation	Host Country(s)	Winner	Runner-Up	Finals Stadium
1938–39 British Home Championship	Home Nations	United Kingdom	England, Wales, and Scotland		-
1939 South American Championship	CONMEBOL	Peru	Peru	Uruguay	-

Continental

Tournament	Continent	Previous Winner	Winner	Runner-Up	Finals Stadium
1939 Mitropa Cup	Europe	Slavia Prague (1938)	Újpest	Ferencváros	2-legged final
1939 Copa Aldao	South America	Independiente (1938)	Independiente	Nacional	San Lorenzo de Almagro, Argentina

Europe

Nation	League	Champion	Cup	Winner	Runner-Up
Belgium	1938–39 Belgian First Division	Beerschot	No Cup
Bulgaria	1938–39 Bulgarian National Football Division	Slavia Sofia	1939 Bulgarian Cup	Shipka Sofia	Levski Ruse
Czechoslovakia	1938–39 Czechoslovak First League	Sparta Prague	No Cup
Cyprus	1938–39 Cypriot First Division	APOEL	1938–39 Cypriot Cup	AEL	APOEL
Denmark	1938–39 Danish Championship League	Boldklubben af 1893	No Cup
England	1938–39 Football League First Division	Everton	1938–39 FA Cup	Portsmouth	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Estonia	1938–39 Estonian Football Championship	JS Estonia Tallinn	1939 Estonian Cup	Tallinna Jalgpalliklubi	ESS Kalev Tallinn
Finland	1939 Mestaruussarja	TPS Turku	No Cup
France	1938–39 French Division 1	FC Sète	1938–39 Coupe de France	RC Paris	Olympique Lillois
Germany	1938–39 Gauliga	18 Teams	1939 Tschammerpokal	1. FC Nürnberg	Waldhof Mannheim
	1939 German football championship	Schalke 04
Greece	1938–39 Panhellenic Championship	AEK Athens	No Cup
Hungary	1938–39 Nemzeti Bajnokság I	Újpest FC	No Cup
Iceland	1939 Úrvalsdeild	Knattspyrnufélagið Fram	No Cup
Italy	1938–39 Serie A	Bologna	1938–39 Coppa Italia	Ambrosiana-Inter	Novara FC
Latvia	1939 Latvian Top League	Olimpia Liepaja	1939 Latvian Football Cup	RFK	Olimpia Liepaja
Lithuania	1938–39 LFF Lyga	LGSF Kaunas	No Cup
Luxembourg	1938–39 Luxembourg National Division	Stade Dudelange	1938–39 Luxembourg Cup	US Dudelange	Stade Dudelange
Malta	1938–39 Maltese Premier League	Sliema Wanderers	1938–39 Maltese FA Trophy	Melita	Sliema Wanderers
Netherlands	1938–39 Netherlands Football League Championship	Ajax	1938–39 KNVB Cup	FC Wageningen	PSV Eindhoven
Northern Ireland	1938–39 Irish League	Belfast Celtic	1938–39 Irish Cup	Linfield	Ballymena United
Norway	1938–39 League of Norway	Fredrikstad	1939 Norwegian Football Cup	Sarpsborg	Skeid
Poland	1939 Ekstraklasa	Abandoned due to World War II	No Cup
Portugal	1938–39 Primeira Divisão	FC Porto	1938–39 Taça de Portugal	Académica	Benfica
Republic of Ireland	1938–39 League of Ireland	Shamrock Rovers	1938–39 FAI Cup	Shelbourne	Sligo Rovers
Romania	1938–39 Divizia A	Venus București	1938–39 Cupa României	Rapid București	Sportul Studențesc București
Scotland	1938–39 Scottish Division One	Rangers	1938–39 Scottish Cup	Clyde	Motherwell
Soviet Union	1939 Soviet Top League	Spartak Moscow	1939 Soviet Cup	Spartak Moscow	Stalinets Leningrad
Sweden	1938–39 Allsvenskan	IF Elfsborg	No Cup
Switzerland	1938–39 Nationalliga	Grasshopper Club Zurich	1938–39 Swiss Cup	Lausanne-Sport	FC Nordstern Basel
Turkey	1938–39 Istanbul Football League 1938–39 Çukurova Football League 1938–39 Eskişehir Football League	Beşiktaş Adana İdman Yurdu Eskişehir Demirspor	1938–39 Istanbul Shield	Fenerbahçe	Hilal
	1939 Turkish National Division	Galatasaray
Yugoslavia	1938–39 Yugoslav Football Championship	BSK Belgrade	1939 Yugoslav Cup	SK Jugoslavija	Slavija Sarajevo
Wales	No League		1938–39 Welsh Cup	South Liverpool	Cardiff City

North America

Nation	League	Champion	Cup	Winner	Runner-Up
Costa Rica	1939 Primera División de Costa Rica	Alajuelense	No Cup
Cuba	1939 Campeonato Nacional de Fútbol de Cuba	Deportivo Centro Gallego	No Cup
Dominion of Canada	1939 Canadian National Soccer League	Montréal Royal Victoria Hospital	No Cup
Haiti	1939 Ligue Haïtienne	Violette AC	1938–39 Coupe Vincent	Violette AC	Unknown
Guatemala	1939 Liga Capitalina	Tipografía Nacional	No Cup
El Salvador	1939 Central Zone	Club Deportivo 33	No Cup
Mexico	1938–39 Primera Fuerza	Asturias	1938–39 Copa Mexico	Asturias	Club España
United States	1938–39 American Soccer League	Scots-Americans (Metropolitan Division) Lusitania Recreation (New England Division)	1939 National Challenge Cup	Brooklyn St. Mary's Celtic	Manhattan Beer (IL)

South America

Nation	League	Champion	Cup	Winner	Runner-Up
Argentina	1939 Argentine Primera División	Independiente	1939 Copa Ibarguren	Independiente	Central Córdoba
Bolivia	1939 Primera División de la L.P.F.A.	Bolívar	No Cup
Brazil	1939 State championships	19 winners	No National Cup
Chile	1939 Primera División de Chile	Colo-Colo	No Cup
Paraguay	1939 Paraguayan Primera División	Cerro Porteño	No Cup
Peru	1939 Peruvian Primera División	Universitario	No Cup
Uruguay	1939 Uruguayan Primera División	Nacional	No Cup
Venezuela	1939 Venezuelan Primera División	Unión	No Cup

Asia & Oceania

Nation	League	Champion	Cup	Winner	Runner-Up
Australia	No League		1939 Football SA Federation Cup 1939 Dockerty Cup 1939 Challenge Cup and Shield	West Torrens Imperial Chemical Industries Caledonians	Birkalla Rovers Unknown Unknown
British Malaya	No League		1939 Malaysia Cup	Singapore	Selangor
British India	No League		1939 Rovers Cup	28th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery	Howrah District XI
			1939 IFA Shield	Kolkata Police	Calcutta Customs Club
Dutch East Indies	1939 Inlandsche Stedenwedstrijden	PERSIS	No Cup
Greater Lebanon	No League		1938–39 Lebanese FA Cup	Hilmi-Sport	Homenetmen
Hong Kong	1938–39 Hong Kong First Division League	South China	1938–39 Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield	South China	Police
Iran	1938–1939 Tehran Province League	Tofan	No Cup
Japan	No League		1939 Emperor's Cup	Keio BRB	Waseda University
Mandatory Palestine	1938–39 Palestine League	Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C.	1939 Palestine Cup	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Maccabi Avshalom Petah Tikva
	1939 Palestine League	Maccabi Tel Aviv (Tel Aviv) Beitar Netanya (Samaria) Maccabi Rehovot (Southern)

Africa

Nation	League	Champion	Cup	Winner	Runner-Up
French Algeria	1938-1939 Algiers Championship 1938-1939 Constantine Championship 1938-1939 Oranie Championship	RU Alger JBAC Bône CDJ Oran	No Cup
Egypt	1938–39 Alexandria Zone League 1938–39 Cairo League 1938–39 Canal Zone League	El Ittihad Alexandria Al Ahly Al-Masry	1938–39 Egypt Cup	Al Teram	Police
French Morocco	1938-1939 Moroccan football league	US Marocaine	1939 Coupe Djebari	US Marocaine	Stade Marocain
French North Africa	1939 North African Championship	RU Alger	No Cup
French Tunisia	1938–39 Tunisian National Championship	CS Gabésien	1938–39 Tunisian Cup	ES Tunis	Étoile du Sahel

Clubs

Clubs Founded

Date Founded	Club	Country	Current League	Notes
January 1	Alianza Universidad	Peru	Liga 2
	KFUM-Kameratene Oslo	Norway	Eliteserien
	F.C. Vizela	Portugal	Liga Portugal 2
January 11	Club Paysandú Bella Vista	Uruguay	Copa Nacional de Clubes
January 18	Rio Ave F.C.	Portugal	Primeira Liga
February 17	VV Katwijk	Netherlands	Tweede Divisie
February 20	Boston River	Uruguay	Uruguayan Primera División
February 22	AS Marsa	Tunisia French Tunisia	Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 2
March 5	Næstved Boldklub	Denmark	Danish 2nd Division
March 31	Safa SC	Lebanon	Lebanese Premier League
April 1	Mjällby AIF	Sweden	Allsvenskan
April 3	Comercial Futebol Clube	Brazil	Folded in 1979
April 8	Asser Christelijke Voetbalvereniging	Netherlands	Tweede Divisie
April 10	Stal Mielec	Poland	Ekstraklasa
April 15	Santa Cruz Recreativo Esporte Clube	Brazil	Unknown	Last known league: Campeonato Paraibano Second Division
May 16	A.O. Nea Ionia F.C.	Greece	Gamma Ethniki
May 17	G.D. Estoril Praia	Portugal	Primeira Liga
June 8	Barra Futebol Clube	Brazil	Folded in 1996
July 5	Albacete Balompié	Spain	Segunda División
	Boavista FC	Cape Verde Portuguese Cape Verde (formerly)	Santiago Island League (South)
August 2	América (AM)	Brazil	Folded in 2012
August 25	C.S.D. Macará	Ecuador	Ecuadorian Serie A
September 1	F.C. Alverca	Portugal	Liga Portugal 2
September 3	Sport Loreto	Peru	Copa Perú
September 18	C.D. Dragón	El Salvador	Primera División
October 12	Club Atlético Puerto Nuevo	Argentina	Primera C Metropolitana
October 19	SK Haugar	Norway	5. divisjon
November 21	América de Quito	Ecuador	Serie B
November 28	TP Mazembe	DR Congo Belgian Congo (formerly)	Linafoot	5-time CAF Champions League winner 2010 FIFA Club World Cup runner-up
December 15	MO Constantine	Algeria French Algeria (formerly)	Algerian Ligue 2
1939	Acharnaikos F.C.	Greece	East Attica FCA First Division
1939	UD Amistad	Spain	Liga Nacional Juvenil	Youth football club. Former farm team of Real Zaragoza
1939	CD Antequerano	Spain	Folded in 1992
1939	NSTG Asch	Nazi Germany (Czechoslovakia)	Folded in 1945
1939	NSTG Aussig	Nazi Germany (Czechoslovakia)	Folded in 1945
1939	Barmbecker SG	Nazi Germany	Folded in 1945
1939	Beitar Haifa F.C.	Israel Mandatory Palestine (formerly)	Liga Bet North B
1939	Beitar Nes Tubruk F.C.	Israel Mandatory Palestine (formerly)	Liga Gimel Sharon
1939	Beitar Ramat Gan F.C.	Israel Mandatory Palestine (formerly)	Liga Bet South A
1939	Blackhall Colliery Welfare F.C.	England	Folded in 1992
1939	C.V.V. Inter Willemstad	Curacao Territory of Curaçao (formerly) Netherlands Antilles (formerly)	Curaçao Sekshon Pagá
1939	Carrick Rangers F.C.	Northern Ireland	NIFL Premiership
1939	SC Cilu	DR Congo Belgian Congo (formerly)	Linafoot
1939	Corinthian-Casuals F.C.	England	Combined Counties Football League Premier Division South	Merger between Corinthian and Casuals
1939	CS Metalurgistul Cugir	Romania	Liga III
1939	EHA Tánger	Spanish protectorate in Morocco	Folded in 1941
1939	Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar	Iceland	Besta deild karla
1939	Grombalia Sports	Tunisia French Tunisia (formerly)	Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 2
1939	Haddington Athletic F.C.	Scotland	East of Scotland League Premier Division
1939	Hakoah Sydney City East	Australia	NSW League One
1939	Hyderabad City Police FC	India British Raj (formerly)	Folded in 1963
1939	CF Igualada	Spain	Primera Catalana
1939	CD Iruña	Spain	Primera Autonómica
1939	Libertad de Trujillo	Peru	Copa Perú
1939	UE Lleida	Spain	Folded in 2011
1939	Maccabi Ramat Gan F.C.	Israel Mandatory Palestine (formerly)	Folded in 1968
1939	New Delhi Heroes FC	India British Raj (formerly)	Delhi Football League
1939	RD Oriamendi	Spain	Folded in 1944
1939	Otago University AFC	New Zealand	Southern Premier League
1939	Palliniakos F.C.	Greece	East Attica FCA
1939	FC Saint-Éloi Lupopo	DR Congo Belgian Congo (formerly)	Linafoot
1939	SKCF Sevastopol	Soviet Union (Ukrainian SSR)	Folded in 1971
1939	Vale of Leven F.C.	Scotland	West of Scotland Third Division	Reformation of club founded in 1872
1939	Westland Sports F.C.	England	Dorset Premier League
1939	Yokogawa Musashino FC	Japan	Japan Football League

Clubs Folded

Date Folded	Date Founded	Club	Country	Note
1939	1938	Bethlehem Hungarian	United States
1939	1914	Brașovia Brașov	Romania
1939	1938	C.D. Euzkadi	Mexico	Basque Country national team competiting in the Primera Fuerza
1939	1882	Casuals F.C.	England	Merged to form Corinthian-Casuals F.C.
	1882	Corinthian F.C.	England
1939	1909	Gimnástico FC	Spain	Merged with Levante FC to form Levante UD
1939	1884	Gordon Highlanders F.C.	United Kingdom	Footballing side of the British Army's Gordon Highlanders regiment.
1939	1909	Levante FC	Spain	Merged with Gimnástico FC to form Levante UD
1939	1886	London Caledonians F.C.	England
1939	1924	CD Nacional de Madrid	Spain
1939	May 25, 1886	DFC Prag	Nazi Germany (Czechoslovakia) Austria-Hungary (formerly)	Reformed in 2016
1939	1921	Rutherglen Ladies F.C.	Scotland	Women's football club
1939	1930	Savoia SC	Australia
1939	1926	Walker Celtic F.C.	England
1939	October 14, 1928	Club Femení i d'Esports de Barcelona	Spain	Women's football club

Clubs Folded due to World War II

Date Folded	Date Founded	Club	Country	Former Country	Note
1939	1903	Czarni Lwów	Soviet Union	Austria-Hungary Poland
1939	August 15, 1922	Gedania Danzig	Nazi Germany	Poland	Reformed in 1945 as Gedania 1922 Gdańsk
1939	1910	Jutrzenka Kraków	Nazi Germany	Austria-Hungary Poland
1939	February 13, 1905	Diana Kattowitz	Nazi Germany	German Empire Poland
1939	1907	Kresy Tarnopol	Soviet Union	Austria-Hungary Poland
1939	1903	Lechia Lwów	Soviet Union	Austria-Hungary Poland	First professional football club in Poland
1939	Unknown	Ognisko Pińsk	Soviet Union	Poland
1939	1908	Rewera Stanisławów	Soviet Union	Austria-Hungary Poland
1939	1929	Sian Przemyśl	Soviet Union	Poland	Reformed in 1942, dissolved again in 1944
1939	1933	Śmigły Wilno	Soviet Union	Poland
1939	1910	Sparta Lwów	Soviet Union	Austria-Hungary Poland
1939	1910	TMRF Widzew Łódź	Nazi Germany	Russian Empire Poland	Reformed in 2014, dissolved again in 2016
1939	1911	Ukraina Lwów	Soviet Union	Austria-Hungary Poland	Reformed in 1942, dissolved again in 1944
1939	1907	Union Riga	Latvia	Russian Empire
1939	1932	Union Touring Łódź	Nazi Germany	Poland
1939	1934	WKS Grodno	Soviet Union	Poland

Births & Deaths

Births

Date of Birth	Player	Nationality	Played For	Managed	Date of Death	Other Notes
January 4	Igor Chislenko	Soviet Union Russia	Dynamo Moscow		September 22, 1994	1964 European Nations' Cup runner-up
	Joseph Bonnel	France	Montpellier, Valenciennes, Marseille, AS Béziers	Marseille, AS Béziers	February 13, 2018
January 6	Valeriy Lobanovskyi	Soviet Union Ukraine	Dynamo Kyiv, Chornomorets Odesa, Shakhtar Donetsk	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, Dynamo Kyiv, Soviet Union, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Ukraine	May 13, 2002	Bronze medalist at the 1976 Summer Olympics UEFA Euro 1988 runner-up
January 9	Lev Burchalkin	Soviet Union Russia	Zenit Leningrad	Victory Sports Club, FC Shakhter Karagandy, FC Luch Vladivostok, Lokomotiv Saint Petersburg, Zenit 2	September 7, 2004
January 22	Luigi Simoni	Italy	Mantova, Napoli, Torino, Juventus, Brescia, Genoa	Genoa, Brescia, Pisa, Lazio, Empoli, Cosenza, Carrarese, Cremonese, Napoli, Inter Milan, Piacenza, Torino, CSKA Sofia, Ancona, Siena, Lucchese	May 22, 2020	Member of the Italian Football Hall of Fame
January 25	Horst Nemec	Austria	Austria Wien, First Vienna FC		June 29, 1984	3-time Austrian football championship top scorer (1960–61, 1961–62, 1963–64)
January 30	Jovan Miladinović	Yugoslavia	Partizan	Partizan, 1. FC Nürnberg	September 11, 1982	1960 European Nations' Cup runner-up
February 3	Dezső Novák	Hungary	Szombathelyi Haladás, Ferencváros	Ferencváros, Dunaújvárosi Kohász, Volán SC, Al-Ittihad	February 26, 2014	2-time Olympics gold medalist (1964, 1968) Bronze medalist at the 1960 Summer Olympics
February 10	Emilio Álvarez	Uruguay	Nacional		April 22, 2010
February 12	Walter Glechner	Austria	SK Rapid Wien		January 29, 2015
February 22	Leif Iwarsson	Sweden	Hallstahammars SK, IK Sirius, AIK, IK Brage, Surahammars IF (player-manager)	Surahammars IF (player-manager), Hallstahammars SK
February 27	José Cardona	Honduras	Lusitano Évora, Elche, Atlético Madrid, Real España	January 30, 2013
March 1	Claudio Lostaunau	Peru	Deportivo Municipal, Monterrey, Deportivo Toluca, CF Laguna	Tigres UANL, Atlas, Monterrey	November 21, 2016
March 8	Paride Tumburus	Italy	Bologna, Lanerossi Vicenza	Pordenone	October 24, 2015
March 16	Carlos Bilardo	Argentina	San Lorenzo, Deportivo Español, Estudiantes	Estudiantes, ColombiaDeportivo Cali, San Lorenzo, Colombia, Argentina, Sevilla, Boca Juniors, Guatemala, Libya		3-time Copa Libertadores winner (1968, 1969, 1970) 1968 Intercontinental Cup winner 1986 FIFA World Cup winner 1990 FIFA World Cup runner-up
March 17	Giovanni Trapattoni	Italy	AC Milan, Varese	AC Milan, Juventus, Inter Milan, Bayern Munich, Cagliari, Fiorentina, Italy, Benfica, VfB Stuttgart, Red Bull Salzburg, Republic of Ireland, Vatican City		3-time European Cup winner (1962–63, 1968–69, 1984–85) 1985 Intercontinental Cup winner
March 18	Ron Atkinson	England	Oxford United	Kettering Town, Cambridge United, West Bromwich Albion, Manchester United, Atlético Madrid, Sheffield Wednesday, Aston Villa, Coventry City, Nottingham Forest
March 23	Terry Paine	England	Southampton, Hereford United, Cheltenham Town	Cheltenham Town		1966 FIFA World Cup winner Member of the Football League 100 Legends
March 30	Robert Herbin	France	Saint-Étienne	Saint-Étienne, Lyon, Al Nassr, Strasbourg, Red Star	April 27, 2020	1975–76 European Cup runner-up
March 31	Karl-Heinz Schnellinger	West Germany Germany	1. FC Köln, Mantova, AS Roma, AC Milan		May 20, 2024	1966 FIFA World Cup runner-up 1968–69 European Cup winner 1969 Intercontinental Cup winner Finished third in the 1962 Ballon d'Or
April 4	Oscar Fulloné	Argentina	Independiente Medellín, Real Oviedo, Aston Villa	FC Sion, ASEC Mimosas, Raja Casablanca, Al Masry, Burkina Faso, Wydad AC, ES Tunis, Mamelodi Sundowns, USM Alger, Kénitra AC	May 22, 2017	2-time CAF Champions League winner (1998, 1999)
April 6	Eugeniusz Faber	Poland	Ruch Chorzów, Lens		September 24, 2021
April 23	Fritz Pott	West Germany Germany	1. FC Köln	Viktoria Köln	January 11, 2015
April 25	Ahmad Basri Akil	Malaysia		Kedah FA, Malaysia	July 15, 2008
April 27	Tarcisio Burgnich	Italy	Udinese, Juventus, Palermo, Inter Milan, Napoli	Livorno, Catanzaro, Bologna, Como, Genoa, Vicenza, Cremonese, Salernitana, Foggia, Lucchese, Pescara	May 26, 2021	2-time European Cup winner (1963–64, 1964–65) 2-time Intercontinental Cup winner (1964, 1965) UEFA Euro 1968 winner 1970 FIFA World Cup runner-up
May 13	Johnny Byrne	England	Crystal Palace, West Ham United, Fulham, Durban City		October 27, 1999
June 23	Syed Shahid Hakim	India	Indian Air Force, Hyderabad City Police	Mahindra United, Salgaocar, Bengal Mumbai	August 22, 2021	Refereed at the 1988 AFC Asian Cup
June 27	Ilija Dimoski	Yugoslavia Macedonia	Pobeda, Radnički Niš, Proleter Novi Sad	Priština, Radnički Niš, Vardar, GOŠK-Jug, Pobeda, Rabotnički	November 3, 2008
June 30	Renzo Rovatti	Italy	Inter Milan, Palermo, Pro Patria, Lugano
July 1	Graham Beighton	England	Stockport County, Wrexham
July 4	Abdelmajid Chetali	Tunisia	Étoile du Sahel	Étoile du Sahel, Tunisia, Al Ain, Al Wehda, Bahrain		1965 African Cup of Nations runner-up
	Kim Bong-hwan	North Korea	Kikwancha Pyongyang		Unknown, before 2002
July 7	Armand Sahadewsing	Dutch Guiana Suriname	Transvaal, DWS	Suriname	February 22, 2019	1965 Surinamese Footballer of the Year
July 10	Reg Stratton	England	Woking, Fulham, Colchester United, Vancouver Royals		May 21, 2018
July 11	Mick Brown	England	Hull City, Lincoln City, Cambridge United	Oxford United, West Bromwich Albion (assistant), Manchester United (assistant), Bolton Wanderers (assistant)
July 13	John Danielsen	Denmark	B1909, Werder Bremen, Chiasso		Silver medalist at the 1960 Summer Olympics
July 16	Lido Vieri	Italy	Torino, Inter Milan, Pistoiese	Pistoiese, Siracusa, Massese, Juve Stabia, Carrarese, Torino		UEFA Euro 1968 winner 1970 FIFA World Cup runner-up
July 18	Carlos Monín	Paraguay	Cerro Porteño, Flamengo, Toulouse, Red Star	Red Star, CA Mantes	January 6, 2023
	Eduard Mudrik	Soviet Union Ukraine	Dynamo Moscow		March 27, 2017	1964 European Nations' Cup runner-up
July 21	Helmut Haller	West Germany Germany	BC Augsburg, Bologna, Juventus, FC Augsburg		October 11, 2012	1966 FIFA World Cup runner-up
	Bogusław Hajdas	Poland	Warta Zawiercie, Lotnik Warsaw, AZS-AWF Warsaw	Gwardia Warsaw, Pogoń Szczecin, KuPS, Poland U21, Wisła Kraków, VPS, Raków Częstochowa		1977 Polish Coach of the Year
July 29	Amarildo	Brazil	Flamengo, Botafogo, AC Milan, Fiorentina, AS Roma, Vasco da Gama	Sorso, ES Tunis, Rondinella, Pontedera, America		1962 FIFA World Cup winner
July 31	Ignacio Zoco	Spain	Oberena, Osasuna, Real Madrid		September 28, 2015	1964 European Nations' Cup winner 1965–66 European Cup winner
August 7	Willie Penman	Scotland	Rangers, Newcastle United, Swindon Town, Walsall, Dundalk, Seattle Sounders		December 2017
August 26	Robert Waseige	Belgium	FC Liège, RW Brussels, Winterslag	Winterslag, Standard Liège, Lokeren, FC Liège, Charleroi, Sporting CP, Belgium, Algeria	July 17, 2009
August 28	Alfie Hale	Republic of Ireland	Waterford, Aston Villa, Doncaster Rovers, Newport County, Cork Celtic, St Patrick's Athletic, Limerick, Thurles Town	Cork Celtic, Thurles Town, Waterford United, Cobh Ramblers, Kilkenny City
August 29	Gerard Bergholtz	Netherlands	MVV, Feyenoord, Anderlecht, RWD Molenbeek	Sint-Truidense, Patro Eisden, Diest, Gent
September 7	Clive Bircham	England	Sunderland, Hartlepool United, Boston United		June 6, 2020
September 14	Ramón Barreto	Uruguay			April 4, 2015	2-time FIFA World Cup final Assistant referee (1974, 1978) Refereed the 1976 Summer Olympics gold medal match
September 20	Ryszard Grzegorczyk	POL	Polonia Bytom, RC Lens	Szombierki Bytom, Naprzód Lipiny, Polonia Bytom II	November 5, 2021
September 21	Abdallah Zhar	Morocco	Wydad AC, Racing AC, Raja CA, Stade de Reims, Grenoble Foot 38		December 13, 2015
October 3	Velibor Vasović	Yugoslavia FR Yugoslavia	Partizan, Red Star Belgrade, Ajax	Partizan, Angers SCO, Paris Saint-Germain, Zamalek, Red Star Belgrade	March 4, 2002	1970–71 European Cup winner
October 16	Amancio	Spain	Deportivo La Coruña, Real Madrid	Real Madrid Castilla, Real Madrid	February 21, 2023	1964 European Nations' Cup winner 1965–66 European Cup winner Finished third in the 1964 Ballon d'Or
October 22	George Cohen	England	Fulham		December 23, 2022	1966 FIFA World Cup winner Member of the English Football Hall of Fame
October 27	Jean Djorkaeff	France	Lyon, Marseille, Paris Saint-Germain, Paris FC	Grenoble, Saint-Étienne		Father of Micha and Youri Djorkaeff
	Marino Perani	Italy	Atalanta, Bologna, Padova, Toronto Metros-Croatia		October 18, 2017	1961 Mitropa Cup winner
November 2	Enrico Albertosi	Italy	Fiorentina, Cagliari, AC Milan			UEFA Euro 1968 winner 1970 FIFA World Cup runner-up
November 3	Frits Flinkevleugel	Netherlands	DWS, FC Amsterdam		April 10, 2020
November 29	Sandro Salvadore	Italy	AC Milan, Juventus		January 4, 2007	UEFA Euro 1968 winner
December 8	Fahrudin Jusufi	Yugoslavia Kosovo	Partizan, Eintracht Frankfurt, Germania Wiesbaden	FC Dornbirn, Schalke 04, Wattenscheid 09, 1860 Munich, Partizan, Čelik Zenica	August 9, 2019	1960 Summer Olympics gold medalist 1960 European Nations' Cup runner-up
	Zvezdan Čebinac	Yugoslavia Serbia	Partizan, Red Star Belgrade, PSV Eindhoven, 1. FC Nürnberg, Hannover 96, FC Nordstern Basel	FC Nordstern Basel, FC Grenchen, FC Aarau, FC Wohlen, BSC Old Boys	February 18, 2012
December 18	Pedro Jirón	Nicaragua	Diriangén		September 7, 2018
1939	Astratijs Roškovs	Soviet Union Lithuania Latvia	Baltika Kaliningrad, FC Daugava Riga	Celtnieks Rīga, FK Jūrnieks, Spartak Moscow (womens)

Deaths

Note: Players in Italics were killed due to the Second World War.

Date of Death	Player	Nationality	Played For	Managed	Notable For
January 23	Matthias Sindelar	Germany (Austria)	Austria Wien	Austria Wien	1931–32 Central European International Cup winner
February 13	Caius Welcker	Netherlands	Quick Den Haag		Bronze medalist at the 1908 Summer Olympics
March 28	Fausto dos Santos	Brazil	Bangu, Vasco da Gama, Barcelona, Nacional, Flamengo
August 20	Jan Vos	Netherlands	Sparta Rotterdam	PSV Eindhoven	Bronze medalist at the 1912 Summer Olympics
September	Stanisław Ptak	Soviet Union (Poland)	KS Cracovia, Unia Sosnowiec
October 20	Otto Siffling	Germany	Waldhof Mannheim		1934 German football championship top scorer Finished third at the 1934 FIFA World Cup