1942 in association football

The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1942 throughout the world.

Winners club national championship

• Argentina: River Plate
• Austria: Vienna
• Chile: Santiago Morning
• Costa Rica: CS La Libertad
• Croatia: Concordia Zagreb
• Germany: FC Schalke 04
• Italy: A.S. Roma
• Mexico: Spain (Mexican football team)
• Netherlands: ADO Den Haag
• Spain: Valencia C.F.
• Switzerland: Grasshoppers
• Turkey: Harb Okulu
• Uruguay: Nacional

Births

• January 25: Eusébio, Portuguese international footballer (died 2014)
• February 27: Klaus-Dieter Sieloff, German international footballer (died 2011)
• February 28: Dino Zoff, Italian international footballer and coach
• April 19: Javier Fragoso, Mexican international footballer (died 2014)
• May 18: Nobby Stiles, English international footballer (died 2020)
• July 5: Hannes Löhr, German international footballer and coach (died 2016)
• July 18: Giacinto Facchetti, Italian international footballer (died 2006)
• August 2: Ilija Pantelić, Serbian Yugoslav international footballer (died 2014)
• August 7: Sigfried Held, German international footballer and coach
• October 1: Constantin Frățilă, Romanian international footballer (died 2016)
• October 3: Roberto Perfumo, Argentine international footballer (died 2016)
• December 3: Pedro Rocha, Uruguayan international footballer and manager (died 2013)