1939 in association football
The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1939 throughout the world.
| Years in football (soccer): | 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 |
| Centuries: | 19th century · 20th century · 21st century |
| Decades: | 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s |
| Years: | 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 |
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)
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- 1939 South American Championship (January 15, 1939 – February 12, 1939)
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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)
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