1939 in association football
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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.
Winners club national championship
- Argentina: Independiente
- France: FC Sète
- Germany: FC Schalke 04
- Hungary: Újpest FC
- Iceland: Fram
- Italy: Bologna F.C.
- Netherlands: Ajax Amsterdam
- Poland - not finished due to Second World War. As for August 31, 1939, the leading team was Ruch Chorzów
International tournaments
- 1939 British Home Championship (October 8, 1938 – April 15, 1939)
- 1939 South American Championship (January 15, 1939 – February 12, 1939)
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)