# 1939 in association football

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

## Events

Many football leagues throughout Europe are suspended or abandoned following the start of the Second World War.

## Winners club national championship

* Argentina: Independiente
* France: FC Sète
* Germany: FC Schalke 04
* Hungary: Újpest FC
* Iceland: Fram
* Italy: Bologna F.C.
* Netherlands: Ajax Amsterdam
* Poland - not finished due to Second World War. As for August 31, 1939, the leading team was Ruch Chorzów
* Romania: Venus București
* Scotland:
** Scottish Cup: Clyde
* Soviet Union: see 1939 in Soviet football

## International tournaments

* 1939 British Home Championship (October 8, 1938 – April 15, 1939)
       Shared by England, Wales and Scotland
* 1939 South American Championship (January 15, 1939 – February 12, 1939)
       Peru

## Movies

* The Arsenal Stadium Mystery (UK)

## Births

* January 6: Valeri Lobanovsky, Soviet/Ukrainian international footballer and coach (died 2002)
* January 25: Horst Nemec, Austrian international footballer (died 1984)
* January 29: Peter Laverick, English professional footballer (died 2013)
* January 30: Jovan Miladinović, Serbian footballer (died 1982)
* February 3: Dezső Novák, Hungarian international footballer (died 2014)
* February 10: Emilio Álvarez, Uruguayan footballer (died 2010)
* February 12: Walter Glechner, Austrian international footballer (died 2015)
* February 22: Leif Iwarsson, Swedish footballer
* February 27: José Cardona, Honduran international footballer (died 2013)
* March 8: Paride Tumburus, Italian international footballer (died 2015)
* March 17: Giovanni Trapattoni, Italian international footballer and coach
* March 31: Karl-Heinz Schnellinger, German footballer
* April 23: Fritz Pott, German international footballer and coach (died 2015)
* April 25
** Ahmad Basri Akil, Malaysian football manager (died 2008)
** Tarcisio Burgnich, Italian international footballer (died 2021)
* April 30: Tony Bratley, English retired professional footballer
* June 23: Syed Shahid Hakim, Indian former Olympic footballer and manager (died 2021)
* June 24: John Burnett, English professional footballer (died 2021)
* June 27: Ilija Dimovski, Macedonian footballer and manager
* July 1: Graham Beighton, English former professional footballer
* July 3: Brian Bades, English footballer
* July 4: Kim Bong-hwan, North Korean footballer
* July 7: Armand Sahadewsing, Surinamese football player and manager
* July 10: Reg Stratton, English footballer (died 2018)
* July 11: Mick Brown, England football scout
* July 13: John Danielsen, Danish midfielder
* July 18: Eduard Mudrik, Soviet Russian international footballer (died 2017)
* July 21
** Helmut Haller, German international footballer (died 2012)
** Bogusław Hajdas, Polish footballer, coach
* August 7: Willie Penman, Scottish footballer (died 2017)
* September 7: Clive Bircham, English professional footballer (died 2020)
* October 14: Ramón Barreto, Uruguayan football referee (died 2015)
* October 27: Marino Perani, Italian international footballer (died 2017)
* November 3: Frits Flinkevleugel, Dutch international footballer (died 2020)
* December 26: Malcolm Bogie, Scottish professional footballer

## Deaths

* February 13 - Caius Welcker, Dutch international footballer (born 1885)
* March 29 – Fausto dos Santos, Brazilian midfielder, Brazilian squad member at the 1930 FIFA World Cup and active player of Flamengo . (34 ; tuberculosis)
* October 20 - Otto Siffling, German international footballer (born 1912)