1939 in association football

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

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 Arsenal Stadium Mystery is released. It is one of the first movies where football is an important part of the plot.

Tournament Winners
International
 Tournament Confederation Host Country(s) Winner Runner-Up Finals Stadium 1938–39 British Home Championship  Home Nations   , , and   - 1939 South American Championship  CONMEBOL        -

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, Buenos Aires

Europe
NationLeagueChampionCupWinnerRunner-Up1938–39 Belgian First DivisionBeerschotNo Cup1938–39 Bulgarian National Football DivisionSlavia Sofia1939 Bulgarian CupShipka SofiaLevski Ruse1938–39 Czechoslovak First LeagueSparta PragueNo Cup1938–39 Cypriot First DivisionAPOEL1938–39 Cypriot CupAELAPOEL1938–39 Danish Championship LeagueBoldklubben af 1893No Cup1938–39 Football League First DivisionEverton1938–39 FA CupPortsmouthWolverhampton Wanderers1938–39 Estonian Football ChampionshipJS Estonia Tallinn1939 Estonian CupTallinna JalgpalliklubiESS Kalev Tallinn1939 MestaruussarjaTPS TurkuNo Cup1938–39 French Division 1FC Sète1938–39 Coupe de FranceRC ParisOlympique Lillois1938–39 Gauliga18 Teams1939 Tschammerpokal1. FC NürnbergWaldhof Mannheim1939 German football championshipSchalke 04 1938–39 Panhellenic ChampionshipAEK AthensNo Cup1938–39 Nemzeti Bajnokság IÚjpest FCNo Cup1939 ÚrvalsdeildKnattspyrnufélagið FramNo Cup1938–39 Serie ABologna1938–39 Coppa ItaliaAmbrosiana-InterNovara FC1939 Latvian Top LeagueOlimpia Liepaja1939 Latvian Football CupRFKOlimpia Liepaja1938–39 LFF LygaLGSF KaunasNo Cup1938–39 Luxembourg National DivisionStade Dudelange1938–39 Luxembourg CupUS DudelangeStade Dudelange1938–39 Maltese Premier LeagueSliema Wanderers1938–39 Maltese FA TrophyMelitaSliema Wanderers1938–39 Netherlands Football League ChampionshipAjax1938–39 KNVB CupFC WageningenPSV Eindhoven1938–39 Irish LeagueBelfast Celtic1938–39 Irish CupLinfieldBallymena United1938–39 League of NorwayFredrikstad1939 Norwegian Football CupSarpsborgSkeid1939 EkstraklasaAbandoned due to World War IINo Cup1938–39 Primeira DivisãoFC Porto1938–39 Taça de PortugalAcadémicaBenfica1938–39 League of IrelandShamrock Rovers1938–39 FAI CupShelbourneSligo Rovers1938–39 Divizia AVenus București1938–39 Cupa RomânieiRapid BucureștiSportul Studențesc București1938–39 Scottish Division OneRangers1938–39 Scottish CupClydeMotherwell1939 Soviet Top LeagueSpartak Moscow1939 Soviet CupSpartak MoscowStalinets Leningrad1938–39 AllsvenskanIF ElfsborgNo Cup1938–39 NationalligaGrasshopper Club Zurich1938–39 Swiss CupLausanne-SportFC Nordstern Basel 1938–39 Istanbul Football League1938–39 Çukurova Football League1938–39 Eskişehir Football LeagueBeşiktaşAdana İdman YurduEskişehir Demirspor1938–39 Istanbul ShieldFenerbahçeHilal1939 Turkish National DivisionGalatasaray1938–39 Yugoslav Football ChampionshipBSK Belgrade1939 Yugoslav CupSK JugoslavijaSlavija SarajevoNo League1938–39 Welsh CupSouth LiverpoolCardiff City

North America
NationLeagueChampionCupWinnerRunner-Up   1939 Primera División de Costa Rica  Alajuelense  No Cup   1939 Campeonato Nacional de Fútbol de Cuba  Deportivo Centro Gallego  No Cup   1939 Canadian National Soccer League  Montréal Royal Victoria Hospital  No Cup   1939 Ligue Haïtienne  Violette AC  1938–39 Coupe Vincent  Violette AC  Unknown   1939 Liga Capitalina  Tipografía Nacional  No Cup   1939 Central Zone  Club Deportivo 33  No Cup   1938–39 Primera Fuerza  Asturias  1938–39 Copa Mexico  Asturias  Club España   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

NationLeagueChampionCupWinnerRunner-Up  1939 Argentine Primera División  Independiente  1939 Copa Ibarguren  Independiente  Central Córdoba  1939 Primera División de la L.P.F.A.  Bolívar No Cup  1939 State championships  19 winners No National Cup  1939 Primera División de Chile  Colo-Colo No Cup  1939 Paraguayan Primera División  Cerro Porteño No Cup  1939 Peruvian Primera División  Universitario No Cup  1939 Uruguayan Primera División  Nacional No Cup  1939 Venezuelan Primera División  Unión No Cup

Asia & Oceania

NationLeagueChampionCupWinnerRunner-Up   No League  1939 Football SA Federation Cup1939 Dockerty Cup1939 Challenge Cup and Shield  West TorrensImperial Chemical IndustriesCaledonians  Birkalla RoversUnknownUnknown British Malaya No League  1939 Malaysia Cup Singapore  Selangor No League  1939 Rovers Cup  28th Field Regiment,Royal Artillery  Howrah District XI 1939 IFA Shield  Kolkata Police  Calcutta Customs Club   1939 Inlandsche Stedenwedstrĳden  PERSIS  No Cup  No League  1938–39 Lebanese FA Cup  Hilmi-Sport  Homenetmen   1938–39 Hong Kong First Division League  South China  1938–39 Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield  South China  Police   1938–1939 Tehran Province League  Tofan   No Cup   No League  1939 Emperor's Cup  Keio BRB  Waseda University  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
NationLeagueChampionCupWinnerRunner-Up   1938-1939 Algiers Championship1938-1939 Constantine Championship1938-1939 Oranie Championship  RU AlgerJBAC BôneCDJ Oran  No Cup   1938–39 Alexandria Zone League1938–39 Cairo League1938–39 Canal Zone League  El Ittihad AlexandriaAl AhlyAl-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 NotesJanuary 1  Alianza Universidad    Liga 2  KFUM-Kameratene Oslo    Eliteserien  F.C. Vizela    Liga Portugal 2  January 11  Club Paysandú Bella Vista    Copa Nacional de Clubes  January 18  Rio Ave F.C.    Primeira Liga   February 17  VV Katwijk    Tweede Divisie  February 20  Boston River    Uruguayan Primera División  February 22  AS Marsa   French Tunisia  Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 2   March 5  Næstved Boldklub    Danish 2nd Division  March 31  Safa SC    Lebanese Premier League  April 1  Mjällby AIF    Allsvenskan  April 3  Comercial Futebol Clube    Folded in 1979   April 8  Asser Christelijke Voetbalvereniging    Tweede Divisie   April 10  Stal Mielec    Ekstraklasa   April 15  Santa Cruz Recreativo Esporte Clube    Unknown  Last known league: Campeonato Paraibano Second Division May 16  A.O. Nea Ionia F.C.    Gamma Ethniki  May 17  G.D. Estoril Praia    Primeira Liga  June 8  Barra Futebol Clube    Folded in 1996 July 5  Albacete Balompié    Segunda División  Boavista FC   (formerly)  Santiago Island League (South) August 2  América (AM)    Folded in 2012  August 25  C.S.D. Macará    Ecuadorian Serie A   September 1  F.C. Alverca    Liga Portugal 2   September 3  Sport Loreto    Copa Perú  September 18  C.D. Dragón    Primera División   October 12  Club Atlético Puerto Nuevo    Primera C Metropolitana  October 19  SK Haugar    5. divisjon  November 21  América de Quito    Serie B   November 28  TP Mazembe   (formerly)  Linafoot  5-time CAF Champions League winner2010 FIFA Club World Cup runner-up December 15  MO Constantine   (formerly)  Algerian Ligue 2  1939  Acharnaikos F.C.    East Attica FCA First Division  1939  UD Amistad    Liga Nacional Juvenil  Youth football club.Former farm team of Real Zaragoza 1939  CD Antequerano    Folded in 1992   1939  NSTG Asch  ()  Folded in 1945  1939  NSTG Aussig  ()  Folded in 1945  1939  Barmbecker SG    Folded in 1945   1939  Beitar Haifa F.C.   (formerly)  Liga Bet North B  1939  Beitar Nes Tubruk F.C.   (formerly)  Liga Gimel Sharon  1939  Beitar Ramat Gan F.C.   (formerly)   Liga Bet South A  1939  Blackhall Colliery Welfare F.C.    Folded in 1992  1939  C.V.V. Inter Willemstad   (formerly) (formerly)  Curaçao Sekshon Pagá   1939  Carrick Rangers F.C.    NIFL Premiership   1939  SC Cilu   (formerly)  Linafoot  1939  Corinthian-Casuals F.C.    Combined Counties Football LeaguePremier Division South  Merger between Corinthian and Casuals 1939  CS Metalurgistul Cugir    Liga III   1939  EHA Tánger    Folded in 1941   1939  Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar    Besta deild karla 1939  Grombalia Sports   French Tunisia (formerly)  Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 2  1939  Haddington Athletic F.C.    East of Scotland League Premier Division  1939  Hakoah Sydney City East    NSW League One  1939  Hyderabad City Police FC   (formerly)  Folded in 1963  1939  CF Igualada    Primera Catalana   1939  CD Iruña    Primera Autonómica  1939  Libertad de Trujillo    Copa Perú  1939  UE Lleida    Folded in 2011 1939  Maccabi Ramat Gan F.C.   (formerly)  Folded in 1968   1939  New Delhi Heroes FC   (formerly)  Delhi Football League  1939  RD Oriamendi    Folded in 1944  1939  Otago University AFC    Southern Premier League   1939  Palliniakos F.C.    East Attica FCA  1939  FC Saint-Éloi Lupopo   (formerly)  Linafoot  1939  SKCF Sevastopol   ()  Folded in 1971 1939  Vale of Leven F.C.    West of Scotland Third Division  Reformation of club founded in 1872 1939  Westland Sports F.C.    Dorset Premier League  1939  Yokogawa Musashino FC    Japan Football League 

Clubs Folded
 Date Folded Date Founded Club Country Note 1939  1938  Bethlehem Hungarian    1939  1914  Brașovia Brașov    1939  1938  C.D. Euzkadi    Basque Country national team competiting in the Primera Fuerza1939  1882  Casuals F.C.   Merged to form Corinthian-Casuals F.C. 1882  Corinthian F.C.   1939  1909  Gimnástico FC    Merged with Levante FC to form Levante UD 1939  1884  Gordon Highlanders F.C.    Footballing side of the British Army's Gordon Highlanders regiment. 1939  1909  Levante FC    Merged with Gimnástico FC to form Levante UD 1939  1886  London Caledonians F.C.    1939  1924  CD Nacional de Madrid    1939  May 25, 1886  DFC Prag   () (formerly)  Reformed in 2016 1939  1921  Rutherglen Ladies F.C.    Women's football club 1939  1930  Savoia SC    1939  1926  Walker Celtic F.C.    1939  October 14, 1928  Club Femení i d'Esports de Barcelona    Women's football club

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

Births & Deaths
Births
 Date of Birth Person Nationality Played For Managed Date of Death Other NotesJanuary 4  Igor Chislenko     Dynamo Moscow   September 22, 1994  Played at the 1962 and 1966 FIFA World Cups 1964 European Nations' Cup runner-up  Joseph Bonnel     Montpellier Valenciennes Marseille AS Béziers   Marseille AS Béziers  February 13, 2018  Played at the 1966 FIFA World Cup January 6  Valeriy Lobanovskyi     Dynamo Kyiv Chornomorets Odesa Shakhtar Donetsk   Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Dynamo Kyiv  May 13, 2002  9-time Soviet Top League winner7-time Soviet Cup winner2-time European Cup Winners' Cup winner 1974–75, 1985–86)Bronze medalist at the 1976 Summer OlympicsUEFA Euro 1988 runner-up January 9  Lev Burchalkin     Zenit Leningrad   Victory Sports Club FC Shakhter Karagandy FC Luch Vladivostok Lokomotiv Saint Petersburg Zenit 2  September 7, 2004   January 22  Luigi Simoni     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 winnerMember of the Italian Football Hall of Fame January 25  Horst Nemec     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     Partizan   Partizan 1. FC Nürnberg  September 11, 1982  4-time Yugoslav First League winner1960 European Nations' Cup runner-up February 3  Dezső Novák     Szombathelyi Haladás Ferencváros   Ferencváros Dunaújvárosi Kohász Volán SC Al-Ittihad  February 26, 2014  4-time Nemzeti Bajnokság I winner2-time Olympics gold medalist (1964, 1968)Bronze medalist at the 1960 Summer Olympics February 10  Emilio Álvarez     Nacional   April 22, 2010  4-time Uruguayan Primera División winnerPlayed at the 1962 and 1966 FIFA World Cups February 12  Walter Glechner     SK Rapid Wien   January 29, 2015  4-time Austrian Bundesliga winner February 22  Leif Iwarsson     Hallstahammars SK IK Sirius AIK IK Brage Surahammars IF   Surahammars IF Hallstahammars SK   February 27  José Cardona     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     Deportivo Municipal Monterrey Deportivo Toluca CF Laguna   Tigres UANL Atlas Monterrey  November 21, 2016   March 8  Paride Tumburus     Bologna Lanerossi Vicenza   Pordenone  October 24, 2015  March 17  Giovanni Trapattoni     AC Milan Varese   AC Milan Juventus Inter Milan Bayern Munich Cagliari Fiorentina Benfica VfB Stuttgart Red Bull Salzburg   9-time Serie A winner3-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     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     Southampton Hereford United Cheltenham Town   Cheltenham Town   1966 FIFA World Cup winnerMember of the Football League 100 Legends March 29  Wilfried Straub      May 2, 2016  Vice-president of the German Football Association March 30  Robert Herbin     Saint-Étienne   Saint-Étienne Lyon Al Nassr Strasbourg Red Star  April 27, 2020  9-time French Division 1 winner6-time Coupe de France winner1975–76 European Cup runner-upPlayed at the 1966 FIFA World Cup March 31  Karl-Heinz Schnellinger     1. FC Köln Mantova AS Roma AC Milan   May 20, 2024  1966 FIFA World Cup runner-up1968–69 European Cup winner1969 Intercontinental Cup winnerFinished third in the 1962 Ballon d'Or April 4  Oscar Fulloné     Independiente Medellín Real Oviedo Aston Villa   FC Sion ASEC Mimosas Raja Casablanca Al Masry 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     Ruch Chorzów Lens   September 24, 2021  2-time Ekstraklasa winner (1960, 1967–68)Played at the 1960 Summer Olympics April 23  Fritz Pott     1. FC Köln   Viktoria Köln  January 11, 2015  2-time German champion (1962, 1963–64 winner1967–68 DFB-Pokal winner April 25  Ahmad Basri Akil      Kedah FA  July 15, 2008   April 27  Tarcisio Burgnich     Udinese Juventus Palermo Inter Milan Napoli   Livorno Catanzaro Bologna Como, Genoa Vicenza Cremonese Salernitana Foggia Lucchese Pescara  May 26, 2021  5-time Serie A winner1975–76 Coppa Italia winner2-time European Cup winner (1963–64, 1964–65)2-time Intercontinental Cup winner (1964, 1965)UEFA Euro 1968 winner1970 FIFA World Cup runner-up May 13  Johnny Byrne     Crystal Palace West Ham United Fulham Durban City   October 27, 1999  1963–64 FA Cup winner June 23  Syed Shahid Hakim     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     Pobeda Radnički Niš Proleter Novi Sad   Radnički Niš Vardar GOŠK-Jug Priština Pobeda Rabotnički  November 3, 2008  June 30  Renzo Rovatti     Inter Milan Palermo Pro Patria Lugano    July 1  Graham Beighton     Stockport County Wrexham   July 4  Abdelmajid Chetali     Étoile du Sahel   Étoile du Sahel Al Ain Al Wehda   4-time Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 winner4-time Tunisian Cup winner1963 Arab Cup winner1965 African Cup of Nations runner-up2004 CAF Champions League runner-up Kim Bong-hwan     Kikwancha Pyongyang   Unknown, before 2002  Played at the 1966 FIFA World Cup July 7  Armand Sahadewsing     Transvaal DWS    February 22, 2019  2-time SVB Hoofdklasse winner (1962, 1965),br>1965 Surinamese Footballer of the Year July 10  Reg Stratton     Woking Fulham Colchester United Vancouver Royals   May 21, 2018  Great-uncle of former English footballer Tom Cleverley July 11  Mick Brown     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     B1909 Werder Bremen Chiasso    2-time Danish 1st Division winner (1959, 1964)Silver medalist at the 1960 Summer Olympics July 16  Lido Vieri     Torino Inter Milan Pistoiese   Pistoiese Siracusa Massese Juve Stabia Carrarese Torino   1970–71 Serie A winner1967–68 Coppa Italia winnerUEFA Euro 1968 winner1970 FIFA World Cup runner-upJuly 18  Carlos Monín     Cerro Porteño Flamengo Toulouse Red Star   Red Star CA Mantes  January 6, 2023  1961 Paraguayan Primera División winner Eduard Mudrik     Dynamo Moscow   March 27, 2017  2-time Soviet Top League winner (1959, 1963)1964 European Nations' Cup runner-upJuly 21  Helmut Haller     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-upUncle of former German footballer Christian Hochstätter Bogusław Hajdas     Warta Zawiercie Lotnik Warsaw AZS-AWF Warsaw   Gwardia Warsaw Pogoń Szczecin KuPS Wisła Kraków VPS Raków Częstochowa   1977 Polish Coach of the Year July 29  Amarildo     Flamengo Botafogo AC Milan Fiorentina AS Roma Vasco da Gama   Sorso ES Tunis Rondinella Pontedera America   1968–69 Serie A winner1974 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A winner1966–67 Coppa Italia winner1962 FIFA World Cup winner July 31  Ignacio Zoco     Oberena Osasuna Real Madrid   September 28, 2015  7-time La Liga winner2-time Copa del Generalísimo winner (1969–70, 1973–74)1965–66 European Cup winner1964 European Nations' Cup winner August 7  Willie Penman     Rangers Newcastle United Swindon Town Walsall DundalkSeattle Sounders   December 2017  1968–69 Football League Cup winner August 26  Robert Waseige     FC Liège RW Brussels Winterslag   Winterslag Standard Liège Lokeren FC Liège Charleroi Sporting CP  July 17, 2009  1989–90 Belgian Cup winner August 28  Alfie Hale     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 winner3-time Munster Senior Cup winner (1965–66, 1966–67, 1985–86) August 29  Gerard Bergholtz     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     Sunderland Hartlepool United Boston United   June 6, 2020  September 14  Ramón Barreto      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     Polonia Bytom RC Lens   Szombierki Bytom Naprzód Lipiny Polonia Bytom II  November 5, 2021  1962 Ekstraklasa winner1964–65 Intertoto Cup winnerPlayed at the 1960 Summer Olympics September 21  Abdallah Zhar     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     Partizan Red Star Belgrade Ajax   Partizan Angers SCOParis Saint-Germain Zamalek Red Star Belgrade  March 4, 2002  6-time Yugoslav First League winner3-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     Deportivo La Coruña Real Madrid   Real Madrid Castilla Real Madrid  February 21, 2023  9-time La Liga winner3-time Copa del Generalísimo winner (1969–70, 1973–74, 1974–751964 European Nations' Cup winner1965–66 European Cup winner2-time La Liga top goalscorer (1968–69, 1969–70)Finished third in the 1964 Ballon d'Or October 22  George Cohen     Fulham   December 23, 2022  1966 FIFA World Cup winnerMember of the English Football Hall of FameOctober 27  Jean Djorkaeff     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     Atalanta Bologna Padova Toronto Metros-Croatia   October 18, 2017  1963–64 Serie A winner2-time Coppa Italia winner (1969–70, 1973–74)1961 Mitropa Cup winner1971 Anglo-Italian League Cup winner November 2  Enrico Albertosi     Fiorentina Cagliari AC Milan    2-time Serie A winner (1969–70, 1978–79)3-time Coppa Italia winner (1960–61, 1965–66, 1976–771960–61 European Cup Winners' Cup winner1966 Mitropa Cup winnerUEFA Euro 1968 winner1970 FIFA World Cup runner-up November 3  Frits Flinkevleugel     DWS FC Amsterdam   April 10, 2020  1963–64 Eredivisie winner November 29  Sandro Salvadore     AC Milan Juventus   January 4, 2007  4-time Serie A winner1964–65 Coppa Italia winnerUEFA Euro 1968 winner December 8  Fahrudin Jusufi     Partizan Eintracht Frankfurt Germania Wiesbaden   FC Dornbirn Schalke 04 Wattenscheid 09 1860 Munich Partizan Čelik Zenica  August 9, 2019  4-time Yugoslav First League winner1966–67 Intertoto Cup winner1960 Summer Olympics gold medalist1960 European Nations' Cup runner-up Zvezdan Čebinac     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     Diriangén   September 7, 2018  3-time Primera División de Nicaragua winner (1959, 1969, 1970) 1939  Astratijs Roškovs     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 Person Nationality Played For Managed Notable For January 11  Eduard Engel     Vienna Cricket and Football-Club   January 23  Matthias Sindelar  ()   Austria Wien   Austria Wien  1931–32 Central European International Cup winner January 25  David Gould       Member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame January  Harold Stamper     Stockton   Gold medalist at the 1912 Summer Olympics Febraury 5  Cecil Wingfield-Stratford     Royal Engineers   Awarded a CB and a CMG after World War I February 12  George Harrison     Gresley Rovers Leicester Fosse Everton Rangers Preston North End Blackpool   February 13  Caius Welcker     Quick Den Haag   Bronze medalist at the 1908 Summer Olympics March 15  Julián Ruete     Madrid FC Athletic Bilbao Atlético Madrid    Club president of Atlético Madrid (1912–1919, 1921–1923) March 28  Fausto dos Santos     Bangu Vasco da Gama  Barcelona Nacional Flamengo   2-time Campeonato Carioca winner (1929, 1934) April 19  Jan de Vries     PEC Zwolle   Bronze medalist at the 1920 Summer OlympicsBronze medalist at the 1924 Summer Olympics (Men's 4 × 100 metres relay) April 22  Cesare Grossi     Bari    April 30  Marcel Triboulet     FEC Levallois Racing Club de France   May 16  Juan Montero     Green Cross Colo-Colo   1937 Primera División de Chile winnerPlayed at the 1937 and 1939 South American Championships June 4  Reginald Courtenay Welch     Old Harrovians/Harrow Chequers The Wanderers   June 5  Charlie Bell     Woolwich Arsenal Chesterfield Barrow Queens Park Rangers   Sporting CP Wigan Borough Padova Olympique Marseille OGC Nice Bournemouth  June 10  František Stehlík     FK Viktoria Žižkov   1927–28 Czechoslovak First League winner June 11  Curt von Paquet      Former FIFA-listed refereeRefereed the 1914 German football championship final July 3  Hubert Gad     Śląsk Świętochłowice   Played at the 1936 Summer OlympicsJuly 9  George Latham     Newtown Liverpool Stoke City Cardiff City    Awarded the Military Cross during World War I Juan Pratto     Huracán Genova 1893   1928 Argentine Primera División winner July 21  Béla Révész     MTK Budapest   Alessandria Derthona Holstein Kiel Hungária MTK Triestina III. Kerületi TVE  5-time Nemzeti Bajnokság I winner4-time Magyar Kupa winner August 7  Charlie Roberts     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 winnerMember of the English Football Hall of FameCousin of English footballer Harry HooperUncle of English footballers Bill, Carl, Danny, and Mark HooperGreat-grandfather of English women's footballer Lucy Roberts August 16  Jack Roscamp     Blackburn Rovers Bradford City   Shrewsbury Town  1927–28 FA Cup winner August 20  Jan Vos     Sparta Rotterdam   PSV Eindhoven  Bronze medalist at the 1912 Summer Olympics September 23  Jimmy Windridge     Small Heath/Birmingham City Chelsea Middlesbrough   Cousin of English footballer and cricketer Alex Leake September  Stanisław Ptak  ()   KS Cracovia Unia Sosnowiec   October 14  Óscar Alfaro     San Luis de Quillota Santiago Wanderers   Played at the 1928 Summer Olympics October 18  Casemiro do Amaral     America Corinthians Mackenzie College   Finished third at the 1916 and 1917 South American ChampionshipsOctober 20  Tom Alexander     Cliftonville   2-time Irish Cup winner (1896–97, 1899–1900) Otto Siffling     Waldhof Mannheim   1934 German football championship top scorerFinished third at the 1934 FIFA World Cup December 8  Robert De Veen     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     FC Winterthur FC Basel AC Milan   Father of Italian writer and journalist Camilla Cederna 1939  William Attrill     Standard Athletic Club   1894 French football champion 1939  Fred Beardsley     Nottingham Forest Royal Arsenal    1939  Ramón Eguiazábal     Real Unión Espanyol   2-time Copa del Ray winner (1918, 1924)Silver medalist at the 1920 Summer Olympics

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