1939 in association football
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The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1939 throughout the world.
Contents
Events
Many football leagues throughout Europe are suspended or abandoned following the start of the Second World War.
Winners club national championship
- Argentina: Independiente
- Germany: FC Schalke 04
- Hungary: Újpest FC
- Iceland: Fram
- 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)
Movies
Births
- January 6: Valeri Lobanovsky, Soviet/Ukrainian international footballer and coach (died 2002)
- January 25: Horst Nemec, Austrian international footballer (died 1984)
- February 3: Dezső Novák, Hungarian international footballer (died 2014)
- February 12: Walter Glechner, Austrian international footballer (died 2015)
- March 8: Paride Tumburus, Italian international footballer (died 2015)
- March 17: Giovanni Trapattoni, Italian international footballer and coach
- April 23: Fritz Pott, German international footballer and coach (died 2015)
- April 25: Tarcisio Burgnich, Italian international footballer
- July 21: Helmut Haller, German international footballer (died 2012)
- 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)
