The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1939 throughout the world.

Contents

• Events
• Winners club national championship
• International tournaments
• Movies
• Births
• Deaths
• References

Events

Many football leagues throughout Europe are suspended or abandoned following the start of the Second World War. ^{[1] [2]}

Winners club national championship

• Argentina: Independiente
• France: FC Sète
• Germany: FC Schalke 04
• Hungary: Újpest FC
• Iceland: Fram
• Italy: [[Bologna F.C.}Bologna]]
• Netherlands: Ajax Amsterdam
• Poland - not finished due to Second World War. As for August 31, 1939, the leading team was Ruch Chorzów
• Romania: Venus București
• Scotland: Rangers
• Soviet Union: see 1939 in Soviet football

International tournaments

• 1939 British Home Championship (October 8, 1938 – April 15, 1939)

Shared by   England ,   Wales and   Scotland

• 1939 South American Championship (January 15, 1939 – February 12, 1939)

  Peru

Movies

• The Arsenal Stadium Mystery (UK)

Births

• January 6: Valeri Lobanovsky, Soviet/Ukrainian international footballer and coach (died 2002)
• January 25: Horst Nemec, Austrian international footballer (died 1984)
• January 29: Peter Laverick, English professional footballer (died 2013) ^[3]
• 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 22: Leif Iwarsson, Swedish footballer ^[4]
• 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 (died 2021)
• April 30: Tony Bratley, English retired professional footballer ^[5]
• June 23: Syed Shahid Hakim, Indian former Olympic footballer and manager (died 2021)
• June 24: John Burnett, English professional footballer (died 2021) ^[6]
• June 27: Ilija Dimovski, Macedonian footballer and manager
• July 1: Graham Beighton, English former professional footballer ^[7]
• 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)
• September 7: Clive Bircham, English professional footballer (died 2020) ^[8]
• October 14: Ramón Barreto, Uruguayan football referee (died 2015)
• October 27: Marino Perani, Italian international footballer (died 2017)
• November 3: Frits Flinkevleugel, Dutch international footballer (died 2020)
• December 26: Malcolm Bogie, Scottish professional footballer ^[9]

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)

References