1944 in association football

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The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1944 throughout the world.

Winners club national championship[]

• Argentina: Boca Juniors
• Austria: First Vienna
• Belgium: R. Antwerp F.C.
• Czechoslovakia: Sparta Prague
• Denmark: Boldklubben Frem
• Finland: VIFK Vaasa
• Germany: Dresdner SC
• Iceland: Valur
• Ireland: Shelbourne
• Israel: Hapoel Tel Aviv
• Italy: Spezia Calcio
• Mexico: Real Club España
• Portugal: Sporting Clube de Portugal
• Romania: Nagyváradi AC
• Peru: Sucre FC
• Spain: Valencia CF
• Sweden: Malmö FF
• Switzerland: Lausanne Sports
• Turkey: Fenerbahçe

Births[]

• March 15 – Gérard Farison, French international footballer
• April 4 – Ronnie Rees, Welsh international footballer
• April 15 – Kunishige Kamamoto, Japanese international footballer
• June 28 – Georgi Hristakiev, Bulgarian international footballer (died 2016)
• July 7 – Jürgen Grabowski, German international footballer
• July 14 – Juan Carlos Touriño, Spanish international footballer (died 2017)
• July 17 – Carlos Alberto Torres, Brazilian international footballer (died 2016)
• August 23 – Augustin Deleanu, Romanian international footballer (died 2014)
• September 30 – Jimmy Johnstone, Scottish international footballer
• November 9 – Herbert Wimmer, German international footballer
• December 17 – Ferenc Bene, Hungarian international footballer (died 2006)
• December 25 – Jairzinho, Brazilian international footballer

Deaths[]

• April 11 – Alejandro Villanueva (35), Peruvian footballer (born 1908)
• July 18 – Wim Anderiesen (40), Dutch footballer (born 1903)