# 1947 in association football

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The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1947 throughout the world.

## Events

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## Winners club national championship
### Argentina

* River Plate

### Austria

* SC Wacker Wien

### Chile

* Colo-Colo

### Costa Rica

* C.S. Herediano

### England

for fuller coverage see 1946–47 in English football
* First Division: Liverpool
* Second Division: Manchester City
* Third Division: Doncaster Rovers
* Fourth Division: Cardiff City
* FA Cup: Charlton Athletic

### France

* CO Roubaix-Tourcoing

### Hungary

* Újpest FC

### Italy

* Torino

### Ireland

* Shelbourne

### Mexico

* Atlante

### Netherlands

* Ajax Amsterdam

### Paraguay

* Olimpia Asunción

### Romania

* Divizia A: ITA Arad
* Divizia B: Unirea Tricolor București, Ploiești, Dermata Cluj
* Divizia C: Concordia Ploiești, BNR București, Astra Română Câmpina, PCA Constanța, Ripensia Timișoara, Sanitas Satu Mare, CFR Cluj, Șoimii Sibiu, Doljul Craiova, Aninoasa, Danubiana Roman, Astra Română Moreni

### Scotland

for fuller coverage see 1946–47 in Scottish football
* League Division A: Rangers
* League Division B: Dundee
* League Division C: Stirling Albion
* Scottish Cup: Aberdeen
* Scottish League Cup: Rangers

### Spain

* Valencia

### Sweden

* IFK Norrköping

### Switzerland

* FC Biel-Bienne

### Turkey

* Ankara Demirspor

### Uruguay

* Nacional

### USSR

* First Group: CDKA Moscow
* Second Group: Lokomotiv Moscow
* Soviet Cup: Spartak Moscow

### Yugoslavia

* Partizan Beograd

## International tournaments

* 1947 British Home Championship (28 September 1946 – 12 April 1947)
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## Births

* 15 January – Peter Nogly, German international Footballer
* 25 January – Tostão, Brazilian international footballer
* 20 February – Peter Osgood, English international footballer (died 2006)
* 24 February – Fernando Barrachina, Spanish international footballer (died 2016)
* 3 March – Óscar Tabárez, Uruguayan football player and manager
* 24 March – Archie Gemmill, Scottish international footballer
* 30 March – Henry Perales, Peruvian footballer (died 2021)
* 3 April – Ladislav Kuna, Slovak football player and manager (died 2012)
* 24 April – Aldo Anzuini, Italian retired football player and coach
* 25 April – Johan Cruijff, Dutch international footballer and manager (died 2016)
* 8 May – Sef Vergoossen, Dutch football manager
* 19 June – Alan Woodward, English former professional footballer
* 3 July – Rob Rensenbrink, Dutch international footballer (died 2020)
* 10 August – Laurent Pokou, Ivorian international footballer (died 2016)
* 28 August – Emlyn Hughes, English international footballer (died 2004)
* 15 October – Laszlo Fazekas, Hungarian international footballer
* 16 October – Ken Woodward, English former professional footballer
* 23 October – Kazimierz Deyna, Polish international footballer (died 1989)
* 2 November – Allan Michaelsen, Danish international footballer (died 2016)
* 26 December – Dominique Baratelli, French international footballer

## Deaths

* 8 May – Attilio Ferraris, Italian midfielder, winner of the 1934 FIFA World Cup. (43, heart attack during a friendly match between former stars in Montecatini Terme)
* 12 June – Cosme Damião, Portuguese football player and manager, 61