1939 in association football

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Years in football (soccer): 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942
Centuries: 19th century · 20th century · 21st century
Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s
Years: 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942

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.[1][2]

Winners club national championship[]

International tournaments[]

  • 1939 British Home Championship (October 8, 1938 – April 15, 1939)
Shared by  England,  Wales and  Scotland
 Peru

Movies[]

Births[]

  • January 6: Valeri Lobanovsky, Soviet/Ukrainian international footballer and coach (died 2002)
  • January 25: Horst Nemec, Austrian international footballer (died 1984)
  • 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 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
  • June 23: Syed Shahid Hakim, Indian former Olympic footballer and manager
  • June 27: Ilija Dimovski, Macedonian footballer and manager
  • 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)
  • October 14: Ramón Barreto, Uruguayan football referee (died 2015)
  • October 27: Marino Perani, Italian international footballer
  • November 3: Frits Flinkevleugel, Dutch international 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)

References[]

  1. ^ Hawkins, Billy (2020-03-28). "Liverpool win title and monkey testicle injections: When WWII cancelled football". talkSPORT. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
  2. ^ Taylor, Matthew (2015). "The People's Game and the People's War: Football, Class and Nation in Wartime Britain, 1939-1945". Historical Social Research / Historische Sozialforschung. 40 (4 (154)): 270–297. ISSN 0172-6404.
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