1945 in association football
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Years in football (soccer): | 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 |
Centuries: | 19th century · 20th century · 21st century |
Decades: | 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s |
Years: | 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 |
The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1945 throughout the world.
Events[]
- 2 April – The Austrian First Division is abandoned after 9 rounds due to the final stages of the war.[1]
- The communist authorities in Yugoslavia ban major football clubs Građanski Zagreb, SK Jugoslavija, HAŠK, HŠK Concordia, FK Slavija and SAŠK Sarajevo among others.
- 25 July – At the annual meeting of The Football League in London, it is agreed to continue regional leagues for a further season despite the end of World War II, as clubs feel unable to cope with the demands of a full League season.[2]
- 26 August – French professional football is resumed for the first time since 1938–39.
Winners club national championship[]
Argentina: River Plate
Chile: Green Cross
Costa Rica: Alajuelense
Hungary: Újpest FC
Ireland: Cork United
Paraguay: Libertad
Spain: Barcelona
Sweden: IFK Norrköping
Turkey: Fenerbahçe,
Uruguay: Peñarol
Soviet Union: Dynamo Moscow
International tournaments[]
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Births[]
- 20 January – Børge Bach, Danish international footballer (died 2016)
- 14 February – Ladislao Mazurkiewicz, Uruguayan international footballer and manager (died 2013)
- 24 March – Dumitru Antonescu, Romanian international footballer (died 2016)
- 3 April – Gary Sprake, Welsh international footballer (died 2016)
- 1 March – Fidel Uriarte, Spanisch international footballer (died 2016)
- 12 May – Alan Ball, English international footballer
- 14 May – Yochanan Vollach, Israeli international footballer
- 12 June – Pat Jennings, Northern Irish international footballer
- 14 July – Pablo Forlán, Uruguayan international footballer
- 11 September – Franz Beckenbauer, German international footballer and manager
- 20 October – Romeo Benetti, Italian international footballer
- 11 November – Odd Iversen, Norwegian international footballer (died 2014)
- 6 December – Chris Dekker, Dutch footballer and manager
Deaths[]
- 13 March: Guus van Hecking Colenbrander, Dutch international footballer (born 1887)
- 26 March: Dennis Hodgetts, English international footballer (born 1863)
- 27 March: Ángel Melogno, Uruguayan international midfielder, winner of the 1930 FIFA World Cup. (40)
References[]
- ^ "Austria 1944/45". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 23 August 2012.
- ^ ‘Association Football – Plans for Next Season’; The Times, 26 July 1945, p. 8
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