1938 in association football
Appearance
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The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1938 throughout the world.
Winners club national championship
- Argentina: Independiente
- France: FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
- Germany: Hannover 96
- Italy: Internazionale Milano F.C.
- Netherlands: Feyenoord Rotterdam
- Paraguay: Olimpia Asunción
- Poland: Ruch Chorzów
- Turkey: Güneş SK
Manchester City F.C. become the only team in history to be relegated the year after being champions of England.
International tournaments
- 1938 British Home Championship (October 23, 1937 – April 9, 1938)
- FIFA World Cup in France (June 4 – 19 1938)
- 1938 Bolivarian Games
Births
- 17 March: Adolf Knoll, Austrian football player (died 2018)[1]
- 19 April: Stanko Poklepović, Croatian football player and manager (died 2018)
- 7 June: Armando Tobar, Chilean international footballer (died 2016)
- 25 June: Enver Yulgushov, Russian professional footballer and coach
- 26 June: Gene Gaines, American football (soccer) player
- 29 June:
- József Gelei, Hungarian football player and manager
- Giampaolo Menichelli, Italian winger
- 2 July: Marcel Artelesa, French international footballer (died 2016)
- 3 July: Sjaak Swart, Dutch footballer
- 6 July:
- Uli Maslo, German football player and manager
- Oleh Bazylevych, Ukrainian footballer, coach, and sport administrator
- 8 July: Vojtech Masný, Slovak football player
- 12 July: Lin Shllaku, Albanian footballer
- 28 July: Luis Aragonés, Spanish international football player and manager (died 2014)
- 28 August: Đorđe Pavlić, Yugoslavian international footballer (died 2015)
- 9 December: Nikola Kotkov, Bulgarian international footballer (died 1971)
Deaths
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