1938 in association football

The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1938 around the world.

• May 7: Manchester City lose 1-0 against Huddersfield Town, and are relegated to the Football League Second Division. This makes Manchester City the only team in history to be relegated the year after becoming English champions.

• June 19: The 1938 FIFA World Cup Final is played.  Italy beat  Hungary 4–2 at the Stade Olympique de Colombes in Paris, France.

• July 3: Hannover 96 wins their first German football championship.

Tournament	Confederation	Host Country(s)	Winner	Runner-Up	Finals Stadium
1937–38 British Home Championship	Home Nations	United Kingdom	England	Scotland	-
1938 Baltic Cup	Baltic states	Estonia	Estonia	Latvia	-
1938 Bolivarian Games	ODEBO	Colombia	Peru	Bolivia	-
1938 FIFA World Cup	FIFA	France	Italy	Hungary	Stade Olympique de Colombes, Paris

Tournament	Continent	Previous Winner	Winner	Runner-Up	Finals Stadium
1938 Mitropa Cup	Europe	Ferencváros (1937)	Slavia Prague	Ferencváros	2-legged final
1938 Copa Aldao	South America	River Plate (1937)	Independiente	Peñarol	Estadio Centenario,  Uruguay

Nation	League	Champion	Cup	Winner	Runner-Up
Austria	1937–38 Austrian football championship	Rapid Wein	1937–38 Austrian Cup	Schwarz-Rot Wien	Wiener Sport-Club
Belgium	1937–38 Belgian First Division	Beerschot	No Cup
Bulgaria	1937–38 Bulgarian National Football Division	Ticha Varna	1938 Bulgarian Cup	FK 13 Sofia	Levski Ruse
Czechoslovakia	1937–38 Czechoslovak First League	Sparta Prague	No Cup
Cyprus	1937–38 Cypriot First Division	APOEL	1937–38 Cypriot Cup	Enosis Neon Trust	AEL
Denmark	1937–38 Danish Championship League	Boldklubben 1903	No Cup
England	1937–38 Football League First Division	Arsenal	1937–38 FA Cup	Preston North End	Huddersfield Town
			1938 FA Charity Shield	Arsenal	Preston North End
Estonia	1937–38 Estonian Football Championship	JS Estonia Tallinn	1938 Estonian Cup	VS Sport Tallinn	Tallinna Jalgpalliklubi
Finland	1938 Mestaruussarja	HJK Helsinki	No Cup
France	1937–38 French Division 1	Sochaux	1937–38 Coupe de France	Olympique Marseille	Metz
Germany	1937–38 Gauliga	16 Teams	1938 Tschammerpokal	Rapid Wein	FSV Frankfurt
	1938 German football championship	Hannover 96
Greece	1937–38 Panhellenic Championship	Olympiacos	No Cup
Hungary	1937–38 Nemzeti Bajnokság I	Ferencváros	No Cup
Iceland	1938 Úrvalsdeild	Valur	No Cup
Italy	1937–38 Serie A	Ambrosiana-Inter	1937–38 Coppa Italia	Juventus	Torino
Latvia	1938 Latvian Top League	Olimpia Liepaja	1938 Latvian Football Cup	Rīgas Vilki	ASK
Lithuania	1937–38 LFF Lyga	KSS Klaipėda	1938 Lithuanian National Olympics	KSS Klaipėda	LGSF Kaunas
Luxembourg	1937–38 Luxembourg National Division	CA Spora Luxembourg	1937–38 Luxembourg Cup	Stade Dudelange	National Schifflange
Malta	1937–38 Maltese Premier League	Sliema Wanderers	1937–38 Maltese FA Trophy	Floriana	Sliema Wanderers
Netherlands	1937–38 Netherlands Football League Championship	Feyenoord	1937–38 KNVB Cup	VSV	AGOVV
Northern Ireland	1937–38 Irish League	Belfast Celtic	1937–38 Irish Cup	Belfast Celtic	Bangor
Norway	1937–38 League of Norway	Fredrikstad	1938 Norwegian Football Cup	Fredrikstad	Mjøndalen
Poland	1938 Ekstraklasa	Ruch Chorzów	No Cup
Portugal	1937–38 Campeonato da Liga	Benfica	1937–38 Campeonato de Portugal	Sporting CP	Benfica
Republic of Ireland	1937–38 League of Ireland	Shamrock Rovers	1937–38 FAI Cup	St James's Gate	Dundalk
Romania	1937–38 Divizia A	Ripensia Timișoara	1937–38 Cupa României	Rapid București	CAM Timișoara
Scotland	1937–38 Scottish Football League	Celtic	1937–38 Scottish Cup	East Fife	Kilmarnock
Soviet Union	1938 Soviet Top League	Spartak Moscow	1938 Soviet Cup	Spartak Moscow	Elektrik Leningrad
Sweden	1937–38 Allsvenskan	IK Sleipner	No Cup
Switzerland	1937–38 Nationalliga	FC Lugano	1937–38 Swiss Cup	Grasshopper Club Zürich	Servette
Turkey	1937–38 Istanbul Football League 1937–38 Çukurova Football League 1937–38 Eskişehir Football League	Güneş S.K. Adana İdman Yurdu Eskişehir Demirspor	1937–38 Istanbul Shield	Fenerbahçe	Beşiktaş
	1938 Turkish National Division	Güneş S.K.
Yugoslavia	1937–38 Yugoslav Football Championship	HAŠK Zagreb	1938 Yugoslav Cup	Građanski Zagreb	BSK Belgrade
Wales	No League		1937–38 Welsh Cup	Shrewsbury Town	Swansea Town

Nation	League	Champion	Cup	Winner	Runner-Up
Costa Rica	1938 Primera División de Costa Rica	Orión	No Cup
Cuba	1938 Campeonato Nacional de Fútbol de Cuba	Deportivo Centro Gallego	No Cup
Dominion of Canada	1938 Canadian National Soccer League	Montréal Royal Victoria Hospital	No Cup
Haiti	1937–38 Ligue Haïtienne	Racing CH	1937–38 Coupe Vincent	AS Capoise	Unknown
Guatemala	1938 Liga Capitalina	Tipografía Nacional	No Cup
El Salvador	1938 Salvadoran Football Championship	Club Deportivo 33	1937-38 Copa Presidente	Unknown
Mexico	1937–38 Primera Fuerza	Necaxa	1937–38 Copa Mexico	Club América	Club España
United States	1937–38 American Soccer League	Scots-Americans (Metropolitan Division) Providence S.C. (New England Division)	1938 National Challenge Cup	Sparta Garden City	St. Mary's Celtic

Nation	League	Champion	Cup	Winner	Runner-Up
Argentina	1938 Argentine Primera División	Independiente	1938 Copa Ibarguren	Independiente	Rosario Central
Bolivia	1938 Primera División de la L.P.F.A.	Unknown	No Cup
Brazil	1938 State championships	22 winners	No National Cup
Chile	1938 Primera División de Chile	Magallanes	1938 Campeonato de Apertura	Colo-Colo	Audax Italiano
Paraguay	1938 Paraguayan Primera División	Club Olimpia	No Cup
Peru	1938 Peruvian Primera División	Deportivo Municipal	No Cup
Uruguay	1938 Uruguayan Primera División	Peñarol	No Cup
Venezuela	1938 Venezuelan Primera División	Dos Caminos	1938 Copa Venezuela	Unión	Dos Caminos

Nation	League	Champion	Cup	Winner	Runner-Up
Australia	No League		1938 Football SA Federation Cup 1938 Dockerty Cup 1938 Challenge Cup and Shield	Birkalla Rovers Nobels Victoria Park	Kingswood Unknown Unknown
British Malaya	No League		1938 Malaysia Cup	Selangor	Singapore
British India	No League		1938 Rovers Cup	Bangalore Muslims	2nd Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
			1938 IFA Shield	East Yorkshire Regiment	Mohammedan
Dutch East Indies	1938 Inlandsche Stedenwedstrijden	VIJ Batavia	No Cup
Greater Lebanon	No League		1937–38 Lebanese FA Cup	Al Nahda	Hilmi-Sport
Hong Kong	1937–38 Hong Kong First Division League	South China B	1937–38 Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield	South China A	South China B
Iran	1938 Tehran Province League	Tehran Club	No Cup
Japan	No League		1938 Emperor's Cup	Waseda University	Keio University
Mandatory Palestine	League interrupted due to an Arab revolt		1938 Palestine Cup	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Maccabi Tel Aviv

Nation	League	Champion	Cup	Winner	Runner-Up
French Algeria	1937-1938 Algiers Championship 1937-1938 Constantine Championship 1937-1938 Oranie Championship	AS Boufarik CS Constantine CDJ Oran	No Cup
Egypt	1937–38 Alexandria Zone League 1937–38 Cairo League 1937–38 Canal Zone League	El Ittihad Alexandria Al Ahly Al-Masry	1937–38 Egypt Cup	Zamalek	Al Ahly
			1937–38 Sultan Hussein Cup	Al Ahly	Unknown
French Morocco	1938 Moroccan football league	OM Rabat	1938 Coupe Djebari	US Marocaine	SA Marrakech
French North Africa	1938 North African Championship	JAC Bône	No Cup
French Tunisia	1937–38 Tunisian National Championship	Savoia de la Goulette	1937–38 Tunisian Cup	Sporting Club	Racing Club de Tunis

Date Founded	Club	Country	Current League	Notes
January 31	Fluminense Esporte Clube	Brazil	Campeonato Brasileiro Série D Campeonato Piauiense
February 20	Esporte Clube São Luiz	Brazil	Campeonato Brasileiro Série D Campeonato Gaúcho
April 14	VfL Bochum II	Germany  West Germany (formerly)	Folded in 2015	Reserve team of VfL Bochum
June 21	Blauw Geel '38	Netherlands	Derde Divisie B
July 5	Goiânia Esporte Clube	Brazil	Campeonato Goiano
July 10	Associação Olímpica de Itabaiana	Brazil	Campeonato Brasileiro Série D Campeonato Sergipano
August 21	Operário Futebol Clube	Brazil	Campeonato Brasileiro Série D Campeonato Sul-Mato-Grossense
August 30	Independiente de Cañete	Peru	Copa Perú
October 17	Olímpico Clube	Brazil	Campeonato Amazonense (last known league)
November 1	Moreirense F.C.	Portugal	Primeira Liga
1938	S.U. 1º Dezembro	Portugal	Liga 3	Sport club originally founded in 1880
1938	AS Central Sport	France ( Tahiti)	Tahiti Ligue 1
1938	Beith Juniors F.C.	Scotland	West of Scotland Premier Division
1938	Sport Dili e Benfica	East Timor  Portuguese Timor (formerly)  Indonesia (formerly)	LFA2
1938	VfL Bergen	Germany  East Germany (formerly)	Landesliga Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Nord
1938	Bethlehem Hungarian	United States	Folded in 1939
1938	NK Bled	Slovenia  Yugoslavia (formerly)	Upper Carniolan League
1938	C.D. Euzkadi	Mexico	Folded in 1939	Basque Country national team competiting in the Primera Fuerza
1938	Chelmsford City F.C.	England	National League South	Reformation of Chelmsford F.C.
1938	Cork City F.C.	Ireland	Folded in 1940	Not to be confused with the current club named Cork City F.C.
1938	FK Crvena Stijena	Montenegro  Yugoslavia (formerly)  FR Yugoslavia (formerly)	Montenegrin Third League
1938	Dahle IL	Norway	Norwegian Third Division
1938	S.F. Damaiense	Portugal	Liga BPI	Women's football club
1938	Debed FC	Armenia  Soviet Union (formerly)	Folded in 1993
1938	Defence Force S.C.	Ethiopia	Ethiopian Premier League
1938	NK Dekani	Slovenia  Yugoslavia (formerly)	Slovenian Second League
1938	Deveronvale F.C.	Scotland	Highland League
1938	AS Dragons	DR Congo  Belgian Congo (formerly)	Linafoot Ligue 2
1938	FC Chikhura Sachkhere	Georgia  Soviet Union (formerly)	Liga 4
1938	FC Meshakhte Tkibuli	Georgia  Soviet Union (formerly)	Liga 3
1938	FK Vardar Negotino	North Macedonia  Yugoslavia (formerly)	Macedonian Second League
1938	Hapoel Ra'anana A.F.C.	Israel  Mandatory Palestine (formerly)	Liga Leumit
1938	Kénitra AC	Morocco French Protectorate in Morocco (formerly)	Botola 2
1938	Kırıkhanspor	Turkey	Folded in 2022
1938	NK Krajišnik Velika Kladuša	Bosnia and Herzegovina  Yugoslavia (formerly)	Second League of FBiH – West
1938	Merelinense F.C.	Portugal	Campeonato de Portugal
1938	Moulins Yzeure Foot	France	Championnat National 3 Group J	Founded as AS Yzeure
1938	Nadroga F.C.	Fiji	Fiji Premier League
1938	Newton Abbot Spurs A.F.C.	England	South West Peninsula League Premier Division East
1938	F.C. Oliveira do Hospital	Portugal	Liga 3
1938	Paget Rangers F.C.	England	Midland League Division One	Reformed in 2011
1938	Perst Tabanan	Indonesia  Dutch East Indies (formerly)	Liga 3
1938	Pike Rovers F.C.	Ireland	Limerick & District League
1938	Pilkington F.C.	England	North West Counties League Premier Division
1938	FC Porto Taibesse	East Timor  Portuguese Timor (formerly)  Indonesia (formerly)	Liga Futebol Amadora Primeira Divisão
1938	Prestwich Heys A.F.C.	England	North West Counties League Premier Division
1938	FK Radnički Svilajnac	Serbia  Yugoslavia (formerly)  FR Yugoslavia (formerly)	Serbian League East
1938	Réveil Sportif	France ( Martinique)	Martinique Promotion d'Honneur
1938	Rothes F.C.	Scotland	Highland League	Founded as junior team in 1907
1938	Rutgers Scarlet Knights men's soccer	United States	Big Ten Conference	College soccer team
1938	Spartak Chernihiv	Soviet Union ( Ukrainian SSR)	Folded, date unknown	Existed as late as 1965
1938	Sporting Clube de Timor	East Timor  Portuguese Timor (formerly)  Indonesia (formerly)	Liga Futebol Amadora Primeira Divisão
1938	Stal Stalowa Wola	Poland	I liga
1938	FC Steel Trans Ličartovce	Slovakia  Czechoslovakia (formerly)	Folded in 2005	Merged with 1. FC Košice to form FC VSS Košice
1938	SV Trupial	Aruba	Aruban Division Uno (last known league)
1938	CS Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol	Moldova  Soviet Union (formerly)	Folded in 2009
1938	F.C. Tirsense	Portugal	Campeonato de Portugal Serie A
1938	Trojans F.C.	Northern Ireland	Northern Ireland Intermediate League (last known league)
1938	Tromsdalen UIL	Norway	2. divisjon
1938	Ümraniyespor	Turkey	TFF First League
1938	FK Varnsdorf	Czech Republic  Czechoslovakia (formerly)	Czech National Football League
1938	NK Vrapče	Croatia  Yugoslavia (formerly)	Treća HNL West

Date Folded	Date Founded	Club	Country	Note
April 14	1906	Germania Bochum	Germany	Forced to merge into VfL Bochum
	1908	TuS Bochum
1938	1893	Bathgate	Scotland	Played their last match in 1932
1938	1921	Cork FC	Ireland	Founded as Fords F.C.
1938	1924	Enosis Neon Trust	British Cyprus
1938	June 10, 1913	Colțea București	Romania
1938	1933	Güneş SK	Turkey
1938	1909	Hakoah Vienna	Austria  Germany	Reformed in 1945
1938	1931	Stix, Baer and Fuller	United States

Date of Birth	Player	Nationality	Played For	Managed	Date of Death	Other Notes
January 2	Nodar Akhalkatsi	Georgia  Soviet Union	Lokomotivi Tbilisi	Lokomotivi Tbilisi Dinamo Tbilisi	January 24, 1998
January 5	Piet Kruiver	Netherlands	PSV Eindhoven Feyenoord DWS		March 18, 1989	1965–66 Eredivisie top scorer
January 8	Bobby Ferguson	England	Newcastle United Derby County Cardiff City Barry Town Newport County	Barry Town Newport County Ipswich Town Al-Arabi	March 8, 2018
January 13	Tord Grip	Sweden	Degerfors AIK KB Karlskoga	KB Karlskoga Örebro  Sweden women's Malmö FF Campobasso  Norway Young Boys  Indonesia U23		Assistant manager to Sven-Göran Eriksson (1998-2009, 2010)
January 15	Chuni Goswami	India	Mohun Bagan	India	April 30, 2020
January 20	Derek Dougan	Northern Ireland	Distillery Blackburn Rovers Aston Villa Peterborough United Leicester City Wolverhampton Wanderers		June 24, 2007
January 21	Romano Fogli	Italy	Torino Bologna AC Milan Catania	Reggiana Foggia Livorno Siena	September 21, 2021	Member of the Italian Football Hall of Fame
January 22	Altair	Brazil	Fluminense	Fluminense (interim)	August 9, 2019
February 1	Heinz Steinmann	West Germany  Germany	Schwarz-Weiß Essen 1. FC Saarbrücken Werder Bremen		March 18, 2023
February 7	Cayetano Ré	Paraguay	Cerro Porteño Elche Barcelona Espanyol	Eldense AD Almería Onteniente Córdoba Guaraní Cerro Porteño  Paraguay Club Necaxa Real Betis	November 26, 2013	1964–65 La Liga top scorer
February 9	Park Jong-hwan	South Korea	Korea Tungsten Company	Seoul City  South Korea U20  South Korea Ilhwa Chunma Daegu FC	October 7, 2023
February 17	Saul Malatrasi	Italy	SPAL Fiorentina AS Roma Internazionale AC Milan	Legnago Salus Pescara		2-time European Cup winner (1964–65, 1968–69) 3-time Intercontinental Cup winner (1964, 1965, 1969)
February 20	Mahmoud El-Gohary	Egypt	Al Ahly	Al-Ittihad Al Ahly Al-Sharjah Al-Ahli Jeddah  Egypt Zamalek Al Wahda  Oman  Jordan	August 31, 2012	2-time African Cup of Nations winner (1959, 1998) 2-time African Cup of Champions Clubs winner (1982, 1993)
March 6	Nikolai Manoshin	Soviet Union  Russia	Torpedo Moscow CSKA Moscow	CSKA Moscow (assistant)  Somalia  Yemen  Mali	February 10, 2022
March 8	Milan Galić	Yugoslavia  Serbia	Partizan Standard Liège Stade de Reims		September 13, 2014	Gold medalist at the 1960 Summer Olympics 1960 European Nations' Cup runner-up 1965–66 European Cup runner-up Top scorer at the 1960 Summer Olympics and 1960 European Nations' Cup Finished 8th in the 1962 Ballon d'Or
March 14	Árpád Orbán[1]	Hungary	Győri ETO FC		April 26, 2008	1964 Summer Olympics gold medalist[2]
March 17	Adolf Knoll[3]	Austria	Wiener Sport-Club Austria Wien		September 21, 2018
March 23	Bertie Auld	Scotland	Celtic Birmingham City	Partick Thistle Hibernian Hamilton Academical	November 14, 2021	1967 European Cup Final winner Member of the Scottish Football Hall of Fame
April 19	Stanko Poklepović	Yugoslavia  Croatia	RNK Split	RNK Split Solin Hajduk Split Budućnost Podgorica Borac Banja Luka APOEL  Croatia  Iran Persepolis Publikum Celje Osijek Ferencváros	December 24, 2018
April 22	Henk Groot	Netherlands	Ajax Feyenoord		May 11, 2022
May 5	Adolf Scherer	Czechoslovakia  Slovakia	CH Bratislava/Slovnaft Bratislava VSS Košice Nîmes Olympique Olympique Avignonais		July 22, 2023	Finished second at the 1962 FIFA World Cup
May 24	Jean-Claude Suaudeau	France	FC Nantes	FC Nantes
May 29	Guy Calleja	France	Bordeaux Gazélec Ajaccio	Gazélec Ajaccio AS Cannes	August 29, 2023
June 1	Dieter Klaußner	West Germany  Germany	Karlsruher SC FC Phönix Bellheim
June 7	Armando Tobar	Chile	Santiago Wanderers Universidad Católica	Huachipato O'Higgins Audax Italiano Rangers de Talca Everton Santiago Wanderers	November 18, 2016	Finished third at the 1962 FIFA World Cup
	Ian St John	Scotland	Motherwell Liverpool Hellenic	Motherwell Portsmouth	March 1, 2021	Member of the Scottish Football Hall of Fame
June 15	Chus Pereda	Spain	Real Madrid Sevilla Barcelona Mallorca	Spain U18  Spain U20  Spain U19  Spain U16  Spain U17  Spain U21 Xerez CD	September 27, 2011	1957–58 European Cup winner 1964 European Nations' Cup winner 1964 European Nations' Cup top scorer
June 22	Virginio De Paoli	Italy	Varese Pisa Venezia Brescia Juventus		August 24, 2009
June 29	József Gelei	Hungary	MTK Vasas SC Tatabánya	Tatabánya  India		1964 Summer Olympics gold medalist Finished third at the 1964 European Nations' Cup
	Giampaolo Menichelli	Italy	AS Roma Sambenedettese Parma Juventus Brescia Cagliari
June 30	Mike Hellawell	England	Queens Park Rangers Birmingham City Sunderland Huddersfield Town		July 18, 2023

Date of Birth	Player	Nationality	Played For	Managed	Date of Death	Other Notes
July 2	Marcel Artelesa	France	AS Troyes-Savinienne AS Monaco Marseille Nice		September 23, 2016
July 3	Sjaak Swart	Netherlands	Ajax			3-time European Cup winner (1971, 1972, 1973) 1972 Intercontinental Cup winner
July 6	Marquitos II	Spain	Plus Ultra Cádiz Excelsior Rotterdam Blauw-Wit Amsterdam		July 20, 2019	Brother of Marquitos
	Oleh Bazylevych	Soviet Union  Ukraine	Dynamo Kyiv Chornomorets Odesa Shakhtar Donetsk	Desna Chernihiv Shakhtar Donetsk Dinamo Minsk Pakhtakor  Soviet Union CSKA Moscow Slavia Sofia  Ukraine  Kuwait Olympics	October 16, 2018
	Uli Maslo	West Germany  Germany	Rot-Weiss Essen Racing Club Heemstede	Schalke 04 Borussia Dortmund Eintracht Braunschweig Bahrain Riffa Club Qatar SC  Qatar FC St. Pauli Fortuna Düsseldorf
July 8	Vojtech Masný	Czechoslovakia  Slovakia	Jednota Trenčín First Vienna			Silver medalist at the 1964 Summer Olympics
July 12	Lin Shllaku	Albania	Partizani Tirana	Partizani Tirana (assistant) Besëlidhja	August 8, 2016
July 18	John Connelly	England	Burnley Manchester United Blackburn Rovers Bury		October 25, 2012	1966 FIFA World Cup winner
July 20	Roger Hunt	England	Liverpool Bolton Wanderers		September 27 2021	1965–66 Football League First Division top scorer 1966 FIFA World Cup winner
July 24	José Altafini (Mazzola)	Brazil  Italy	Palmeiras AC Milan Napoli Juventus Chiasso Mendrisiostar			1958 FIFA World Cup winner 1962–63 European Cup winner
July 28	Luis Aragonés	Spain	Plus Ultra Real Betis Atlético Madrid	Atlético Madrid Real Betis Barcelona Espanyol Sevilla Valencia Mallorca  Spain Fenerbahçe	February 1, 2014	1974 Intercontinental Cup winner UEFA Euro 2008
August 2	Friedhelm Konietzka	West Germany  Germany	Borussia Dortmund 1860 Munich FC Winterthur	FC Zürich BSC Young Boys Grasshoppers Hessen Kassel Bayer Uerdingen Borussia Dortmund FC Luzern	March 12, 2012
August 9	Otto Rehhagel	West Germany  Germany	TuS Helene Altenessen Rot-Weiss Essen Hertha BSC 1. FC Kaiserslautern	Saarbrücken Kickers Offenbach Werder Bremen Borussia Dortmund Arminia Bielefeld Fortuna Düsseldorf Bayern Munich 1. FC Kaiserslautern  Greece Hertha BSC		UEFA Euro 2004 winning manager
August 14	Bennie Muller	Netherlands	Ajax SVV Scheveningen		January 17, 2024
August 28	Đorđe Pavlić	Yugoslavia  Serbia	Vojvodina MSV Duisburg Schwarz-Weiß Essen		May 9, 2015
September 2	John Angus	England	Burnley		June 8, 2021
September 8	José Torres	Portugal	Benfica Vitória Setúbal Estoril	Estoril Estrela Amadora Varzim  Portugal Boavista Portimonense	September 3, 2010	1964–65 European Cup top scorer Finished third at the 1966 FIFA World Cup
September 28	Peter Grosser	West Germany  Germany	Bayern Munich 1860 Munich Austria Salzburg	SpVgg Unterhaching	March 2, 2021
October 1	Les Scheinflug	Australia	Sydney Prague	Marconi Fairfield Western Suburbs Adelaide City  Australia Blacktown City  Fiji		Member of the Football Australia Hall of Fame
October 7	Carlos Contreras	Chile	Universidad de Chile Antofagasta Portuario Ferroviarios	Deportes Aviación Rangers de Talca Unión La Calera Santiago Morning	April 17, 2020	Finished third at the 1962 FIFA World Cup
	Mal Lucas	Wales	Leyton Orient Norwich City Torquay United	Gorleston	March 2024
October 10	Pierre Mwana Kasongo	Belgian Congo  DR Congo  Zaire	Saint-Éloi Lupopo RCS Verviétois Gent SC Imana	SC Imana Saint-Éloi Lupopo TP Mazembe US Bilombe SM Sanga Balende	January 13, 1986	1968 African Cup of Nations winner
October 23	Eugenio Fascetti	Italy	Bologna Juventus Messina Lazio Savona FBC	Varese Lecce Lazio Torino Hellas Verona Lucchese Bari Fiorentina Como
October 18	Guy Roux	France	Auxerre Limoges	Auxerre Lens		2000 UEFA President's Award winner
October 22	Alan Gilzean	Scotland	Dundee Tottenham Hotspur		July 8, 2018	Member of the Scottish Football Hall of Fame
	César Luis Menotti	Argentina	Rosario Central Racing Club Boca Juniors New York Generals Santos	Huracán  Argentina  Argentina U20 Barcelona Boca Juniors Atlético Madrid River Plate Peñarol  Mexico Independiente Sampdoria Rosario Central Club Puebla	May 5, 2024[4]	1978 FIFA World Cup winner
November 13	Rolando Serrano	Colombia	Cúcuta Deportivo América de Cali Unión Magdalena Millonarios Atlético Junior	Cúcuta Deportivo	June 13, 2022
November 18	Giancarlo Danova	Italy	AC Milan Torino Catania Atalanta Fiorentina		June 15, 2014
November 29	Johnny Crossan	Northern Ireland	Derry City Sparta Rotterdam Standard Liège Sunderland Manchester City Middlesbrough KSK Tongeren
December 2	Luis Artime	Argentina	Atlanta River Plate Independiente Palmeiras Nacional Fluminense	Atlético Tucumán Atlanta		1971 Copa Libertadores winner 1971 Intercontinental Cup winner 1967 South American Championship top scorer
December 9	Nikola Kotkov	Bulgaria	Lokomotiv Sofia Levski Sofia		June 30, 1971	1964 Bulgarian Footballer of the Year 2-time A Group winner (1963–64, 1969–70)

Date of Death	Player	Nationality	Played For	Managed	Notable For
January 9	David Calderhead	Scotland	Notts County	Lincoln City Chelsea
January 10	Jimmy Hampson	England	Nelson Blackpool		1930–31 British Home Championship winner
January 17	Eduard Garonne	Switzerland	Grasshopper Club Zurich		1904–05 Swiss Serie A winner
January 18	Luis Carvallo	Chile	Colo-Colo		1933 Primera División de Chile top scorer
January 28	Jack Sharp	England	Aston Villa Everton		Also played 3 Cricket test matches for the England cricket team
February 6	Giuseppe Collino	Italy	Juventus
February 9	Gustaf Bergström	Sweden	Örgryte IS		Brother of Swedish Olympic footballer Erik Bergström
February 13	Enrico Bottazzi	Italy	Reggiana
March 7	Henry Jameson	United States	St. Rose Parish		Bronze medalist at the 1904 Summer Olympics
	Robert Ogilvie	England	Upton Park Clapham Rovers		1879–80 FA Cup winner
March 17	Alfredo France	Chile	Estrella del Mar Gold Cross
March 27	Charlie Shaw	Scotland	Queens Park Rangers Celtic New Bedford Whalers	New Bedford Whalers
April 12	Karl-Erik Roslund	Finland	HIFK Fotboll
April 16	Steve Bloomer	England	Derby County Middlesbrough	Britannia Berlin 92 Derby County Real Unión	Member of the Football League 100 Legends Member of the English Football Hall of Fame
April 22	James Reid	Scotland	Airdrieonians		2-time Scottish Division One top scorer (1912–13, 1913–14)
April 25	Giuseppe Lubatti	Italy	Internazionale Torino Torinese
May 17	Wilhelm Brekke	Norway	Mercantile		1907 Norwegian Football Cup winner
	William Quash	England	Upton Park		Gold medalist at the 1900 Summer Olympics
May 21	Frank Jefferis	England	Southampton Everton Preston North End Southport		1914–15 Football League First Division winner
May 22	Víctor Morales	Chile	Colo-Colo		Played at the 1928 Summer Olympics
May 23	Gordon McDonald	Canada	Galt F.C.		Gold medalist at the 1904 Summer Olympics
June 24	Tommy Dunn	Scotland	Wolverhampton Wanderers Burnley Thames Ironworks
July 16	Trygve Aasen	Norway	Moss
August 21	Adolf Fischera	Germany ( Austria)	Wiener AC Wiener AF Borussia Neunkirchen First Vienna	Borussia Neunkirchen
August 26	Colin Veitch	England	Newcastle United	Bradford City	3-time Football League First Division winner (1904–05, 1906–07, 1908–09) 1909–10 FA Cup winner
September 2	Ángel Arocha	Spain	Tenerife Barcelona Atlético Madrid		1929 La Liga winner
September 14	Dionys Schönecker	Germany ( Austria)	Rapid Wien Wiener Sport-Club	Rapid Wien  Austria	12-time Austrian Bundesliga winner 3-time Austrian Cup winner (1918–19, 1919–20, 1926–27) 1930 Mitropa Cup winner
September 19	Floriano	Brazil	Internacional Grêmio Fluminense Santos Atlético Mineiro	Atlético Mineiro	1925 South American Championship runner-up 1937 Torneio dos Campeões winner
September 23	Ernst-Alfred Thalmann	Switzerland	FC Basel		Member of the Grand Council of Basel-Stadt (1911–1937)
October 27	Ingolf Olsen	Norway	Mjøndalen IF
October 30	Esteban Cifuentes	Spain	FC Barcelona Levante RCD Espanyol Strasbourg Nîmes Olympique
November 10	Santos Iriarte	Uruguay	Racing Montevideo Peñarol		1930 FIFA World Cup winner
November 16	Agustín Ojeda	Mexico	Club América		Played at the 1928 Summer Olympics
November 28	Svend Aage Castella	Denmark	KB		5-time Landsfodboldturneringen winner Silver medalist at the 1912 Summer Olympics
December 9	Paul Eichelmann	Germany	BFC Germania 1888 Union 92 Berlin
	Albert Eschenlohr	Germany	FC Wacker München Tennis Borussia Berlin FSV Frankfurt	Dresdner SC SV Polizei Lübeck Phönix Lübeck
December 27	Ferruccio Corradino Squarcia	Italy	Ascoli		Awarded the Medal of Military Valor during the Spanish Civil War
1938	Juan Carlos Bertone	Uruguay	Montevideo Wanderers Americano Comercial-SP	Chile
1938	Isidor Gansl	Romania	Wiener AF Ferencváros Hakoah Vienna	US Tunisienne	3-time Tunisian championship winner (1929–30, 1930–31, 1932–33)