1939 in association football

association football-related events during 1939

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

1939 in association football
1938
1940

Events

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September

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November

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Tournament Winners

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International

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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 Founded

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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

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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

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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

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Births

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Date of Birth Person Nationality Played For Managed Date of Death Other Notes
January 4 Igor Chislenko   Soviet Union
  Russia
  Dynamo Moscow September 22, 1994 Played at the 1962 and 1966 FIFA World Cups
1964 European Nations' Cup runner-up
Joseph Bonnel   France   Montpellier
  Valenciennes
  Marseille
  AS Béziers
  Marseille
  AS Béziers
February 13, 2018 Played at the 1966 FIFA World Cup
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 9-time Soviet Top League winner
7-time Soviet Cup winner
2-time European Cup Winners' Cup winner 1974–75, 1985–86)
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 1997–98 UEFA Cup winner
Member of the Italian Football Hall of Fame
January 25 Horst Nemec   Austria   Austria Wien
  First Vienna FC
June 29, 1984 3-time Austrian Bundesliga winner (1960–61, 1961–62, 1962–63)
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 4-time Yugoslav First League winner
1960 European Nations' Cup runner-up
February 3 Dezső Novák   Hungary    Szombathelyi Haladás
  Ferencváros
  Ferencváros
  Dunaújvárosi Kohász
  Volán SC
  Al-Ittihad
February 26, 2014 4-time Nemzeti Bajnokság I winner
2-time Olympics gold medalist (1964, 1968)
Bronze medalist at the 1960 Summer Olympics
February 10 Emilio Álvarez   Uruguay   Nacional April 22, 2010 4-time Uruguayan Primera División winner
Played at the 1962 and 1966 FIFA World Cups
February 12 Walter Glechner   Austria   SK Rapid Wien January 29, 2015 4-time Austrian Bundesliga winner
February 22 Leif Iwarsson   Sweden   Hallstahammars SK
  IK Sirius
  AIK
  IK Brage
  Surahammars IF
  Surahammars IF
  Hallstahammars SK
February 27 José Cardona   Honduras   Lusitano Évora
  Elche
  Atlético Madrid
  Real España
January 30, 2013 2-time La Liga winner (1965–66, 1969–70 La Liga)
1964–65 Copa del Generalísimo winner
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 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
9-time Serie A winner
3-time European Cup winner (1962–63, 1968–69, 1984–85)
2-time UEFA Cup Winners' Cup winner (1967–68, 1983–84 European Cup Winners' Cup)
3-time UEFA Cup winner (1976–77, 1990–91, 1992–93)
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
2-time FA Cup winner (1982–83, 1984–85)
2-time Football League Cup winner (1990–91, 1993–94)
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 9-time French Division 1 winner
6-time Coupe de France winner
1975–76 European Cup runner-up
Played at the 1966 FIFA World Cup
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 2-time Ekstraklasa winner (1960, 1967–68)
Played at the 1960 Summer Olympics
April 23 Fritz Pott   West Germany
  Germany
  1. FC Köln   Viktoria Köln January 11, 2015 2-time German champion (1962, 1963–64 winner
1967–68 DFB-Pokal winner
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 5-time Serie A winner
1975–76 Coppa Italia winner
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 1963–64 FA Cup winner
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
  Radnički Niš
  Vardar
  GOŠK-Jug
  Priština
  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
4-time Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 winner
4-time Tunisian Cup winner
1963 Arab Cup winner
1965 African Cup of Nations runner-up
2004 CAF Champions League runner-up
Kim Bong-hwan   North Korea   Kikwancha Pyongyang Unknown, before 2002 Played at the 1966 FIFA World Cup
July 7 Armand Sahadewsing   Dutch Guiana
  Suriname
  Transvaal
  DWS
  Suriname February 22, 2019 2-time SVB Hoofdklasse winner (1962, 1965),br>1965 Surinamese Footballer of the Year
July 10 Reg Stratton   England   Woking
  Fulham
  Colchester United
  Vancouver Royals
May 21, 2018 Great-uncle of former English footballer Tom Cleverley
July 11 Mick Brown   England   Hull City
  Lincoln City
  Cambridge United
  Oxford United Assistant manager to Ron Atkinson (1979–1986)
Assistant manager to Phil Neal (1987–1992)
July 13 John Danielsen   Denmark   B1909
  Werder Bremen
  Chiasso
2-time Danish 1st Division winner (1959, 1964)
Silver medalist at the 1960 Summer Olympics
July 16 Lido Vieri   Italy   Torino
  Inter Milan
  Pistoiese
  Pistoiese
  Siracusa
  Massese
  Juve Stabia
  Carrarese
  Torino
1970–71 Serie A winner
1967–68 Coppa Italia winner
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 1961 Paraguayan Primera División winner
Eduard Mudrik   Soviet Union
  Ukraine
  Dynamo Moscow March 27, 2017 2-time Soviet Top League winner (1959, 1963)
1964 European Nations' Cup runner-up
July 21 Helmut Haller   West Germany
  Germany
  BC Augsburg
  Bologna
  Juventus
  FC Augsburg
October 11, 2012 3-time Serie A winner (1963–64, 1971–72, 1972–73)
1966 FIFA World Cup runner-up
Uncle of former German footballer Christian Hochstätter
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
1968–69 Serie A winner
1974 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A winner
1966–67 Coppa Italia winner
1962 FIFA World Cup winner
July 31 Ignacio Zoco   Spain   Oberena
  Osasuna
  Real Madrid
September 28, 2015 7-time La Liga winner
2-time Copa del Generalísimo winner (1969–70, 1973–74)
1965–66 European Cup winner
1964 European Nations' Cup winner
August 7 Willie Penman   Scotland   Rangers
  Newcastle United
  Swindon Town
  Walsall
  Dundalk
 Seattle Sounders
December 2017 1968–69 Football League Cup winner
August 26 Robert Waseige   Belgium   FC Liège
  RW Brussels
  Winterslag
  Winterslag
  Standard Liège
  Lokeren
  FC Liège
  Charleroi
  Sporting CP
  Belgium
  Algeria
July 17, 2009 1989–90 Belgian Cup winner
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
6-time League of Ireland winner
3-time Munster Senior Cup winner (1965–66, 1966–67, 1985–86)
August 29 Gerard Bergholtz   Netherlands   MVV
  Feyenoord
  Anderlecht
  RWD Molenbeek
  Sint-Truidense
  Patro Eisden
  Diest
  Gent
2-time Eredivisie winner (1961–62, 1964–65)
3-time Belgian First Division winner (1965–66, 1966–67, 1967–68)
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   Poland   Polonia Bytom
  RC Lens
  Szombierki Bytom
  Naprzód Lipiny
  Polonia Bytom II
November 5, 2021 1962 Ekstraklasa winner
1964–65 Intertoto Cup winner
Played at the 1960 Summer Olympics
September 21 Abdallah Zhar   Morocco   Wydad AC
  Racing AC
  Raja CA
  Stade de Reims
  Grenoble Foot 38
December 13, 2015 2-time French Division 1 winner (1959–60, 1961–62)
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 6-time Yugoslav First League winner
3-time Eredivisie winner (1966–67, 1967–68, 1969–70)
3-time KNVB Cup winner (1966–67, 1969–70, 1970–71)
1970–71 European Cup winner
October 16 Amancio   Spain   Deportivo La Coruña
  Real Madrid
  Real Madrid Castilla
  Real Madrid
February 21, 2023 9-time La Liga winner
3-time Copa del Generalísimo winner (1969–70, 1973–74, 1974–75
1964 European Nations' Cup winner
1965–66 European Cup winner
2-time La Liga top goalscorer (1968–69, 1969–70)
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
2-time Coupe de France winner (1963–64, 1968–69)
Father of Micha and Youri Djorkaeff
Marino Perani   Italy   Atalanta
  Bologna
  Padova
  Toronto Metros-Croatia
October 18, 2017 1963–64 Serie A winner
2-time Coppa Italia winner (1969–70, 1973–74)
1961 Mitropa Cup winner
1971 Anglo-Italian League Cup winner
November 2 Enrico Albertosi   Italy   Fiorentina
  Cagliari
  AC Milan
2-time Serie A winner (1969–70, 1978–79)
3-time Coppa Italia winner (1960–61, 1965–66, 1976–77
1960–61 European Cup Winners' Cup winner
1966 Mitropa Cup winner
UEFA Euro 1968 winner
1970 FIFA World Cup runner-up
November 3 Frits Flinkevleugel   Netherlands   DWS
  FC Amsterdam
April 10, 2020 1963–64 Eredivisie winner
November 29 Sandro Salvadore   Italy   AC Milan
  Juventus
January 4, 2007 4-time Serie A winner
1964–65 Coppa Italia winner
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 4-time Yugoslav First League winner
1966–67 Intertoto Cup winner
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 3-time Yugoslav First League winner (1960–61, 1961–62, 1962–63)
1967–68 Bundesliga winner
December 18 Pedro Jirón   Nicaragua   Diriangén September 7, 2018 3-time Primera División de Nicaragua winner (1959, 1969, 1970)
1939 Astratijs Roškovs   Soviet Union
  Lithuania
  Latvia
  Baltika Kaliningrad
  FC Daugava Riga
  Celtnieks Rīga
  FK Jūrnieks
  Spartak Moscow (womens)

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

Date of Death Person Nationality Played For Managed Notable For
January 11 Eduard Engel   Austria-Hungary
  Austria
  Vienna Cricket and Football-Club
January 23 Matthias Sindelar   Germany
(  Austria)
   Austria Wien   Austria Wien 1931–32 Central European International Cup winner
January 25 David Gould   Scotland
  United States
  United States Member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame
January Harold Stamper   England   Stockton Gold medalist at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Febraury 5 Cecil Wingfield-Stratford   England   Royal Engineers Awarded a CB and a CMG after World War I
February 12 George Harrison   England   Gresley Rovers
  Leicester Fosse
  Everton
  Rangers
  Preston North End
  Blackpool
February 13 Caius Welcker   Netherlands   Quick Den Haag Bronze medalist at the 1908 Summer Olympics
March 15 Julián Ruete   Spain   Madrid FC
  Athletic Bilbao
  Atlético Madrid
  Spain Club president of Atlético Madrid (1912–1919, 1921–1923)
March 28 Fausto dos Santos   Brazil   Bangu
  Vasco da Gama
  Barcelona
  Nacional
  Flamengo
2-time Campeonato Carioca winner (1929, 1934)
April 19 Jan de Vries   Netherlands   PEC Zwolle Bronze medalist at the 1920 Summer Olympics
Bronze medalist at the 1924 Summer Olympics (Men's 4 × 100 metres relay)
April 22 Cesare Grossi   Italy   Bari
April 30 Marcel Triboulet   France   FEC Levallois
  Racing Club de France
May 16 Juan Montero   Chile   Green Cross
  Colo-Colo
1937 Primera División de Chile winner
Played at the 1937 and 1939 South American Championships
June 4 Reginald Courtenay Welch   England   Old Harrovians/Harrow Chequers
  The Wanderers
June 5 Charlie Bell   Scotland   Woolwich Arsenal
  Chesterfield
  Barrow
  Queens Park Rangers
  Sporting CP
  Wigan Borough
  Padova
  Olympique Marseille
  OGC Nice
  Bournemouth
June 10 František Stehlík   Austria-Hungary
  Czechoslovakia
  FK Viktoria Žižkov 1927–28 Czechoslovak First League winner
June 11 Curt von Paquet   Germany Former FIFA-listed referee
Refereed the 1914 German football championship final
July 3 Hubert Gad   Poland   Śląsk Świętochłowice Played at the 1936 Summer Olympics
July 9 George Latham   England   Newtown
  Liverpool
  Stoke City
  Cardiff City
  Great Britain Awarded the Military Cross during World War I
Juan Pratto   Argentina   Huracán
  Genova 1893
1928 Argentine Primera División winner
July 21 Béla Révész   Austria-Hungary
  Hungary
  MTK Budapest   Alessandria
  Derthona
  Holstein Kiel
  Hungária MTK
  Triestina
  III. Kerületi TVE
5-time Nemzeti Bajnokság I winner
4-time Magyar Kupa winner
August 7 Charlie Roberts   England   Bishop Auckland
  Grimsby Town
  Manchester United
  Oldham Athletic
  The Football League XI
  Oldham Athletic 2-time Football League First Division winner (1907–08, 1910–11)
1908–09 FA Cup winner
Member of the English Football Hall of Fame
Cousin of English footballer Harry Hooper
Uncle of English footballers Bill, Carl, Danny, and Mark Hooper
Great-grandfather of English women's footballer Lucy Roberts
August 16 Jack Roscamp   England   Blackburn Rovers
  Bradford City
  Shrewsbury Town 1927–28 FA Cup winner
August 20 Jan Vos   Netherlands   Sparta Rotterdam   PSV Eindhoven Bronze medalist at the 1912 Summer Olympics
September 23 Jimmy Windridge   England   Small Heath/Birmingham City
  Chelsea
  Middlesbrough
Cousin of English footballer and cricketer Alex Leake
September Stanisław Ptak   Soviet Union
(  Poland)
   KS Cracovia
  Unia Sosnowiec
October 14 Óscar Alfaro   Chile   San Luis de Quillota
  Santiago Wanderers
Played at the 1928 Summer Olympics
October 18 Casemiro do Amaral   Portugal
  Brazil
  America
  Corinthians
  Mackenzie College
Finished third at the 1916 and 1917 South American Championships
October 20 Tom Alexander   Northern Ireland   Cliftonville 2-time Irish Cup winner (1896–97, 1899–1900)
Otto Siffling   Germany     Waldhof Mannheim 1934 German football championship top scorer
Finished third at the 1934 FIFA World Cup
December 8 Robert De Veen   Belgium   FC Brugeois   Olympique Lillois
  Lens
  FC Nancy
  FC Brugeois
2-time Belgian First Division top scorer (1904–05, 1905–06)
1932–33 French Division 1 winner
December 24 Giulio Cederna   Italy   FC Winterthur
  FC Basel
  AC Milan
Father of Italian writer and journalist Camilla Cederna
1939 William Attrill   France   Standard Athletic Club 1894 French football champion
1939 Fred Beardsley   England   Nottingham Forest
  Royal Arsenal
1939 Ramón Eguiazábal   Spain   Real Unión
  Espanyol
2-time Copa del Ray winner (1918, 1924)
Silver medalist at the 1920 Summer Olympics

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