1939 in association football
The following are the football 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.- 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
- 1939 South American Championship
Movies
- The Arsenal Stadium Mystery
Births
- January 6: Valeri Lobanovsky, Soviet/Ukrainian international footballer and coach
- January 25: Horst Nemec, Austrian international footballer
- January 30: Jovan Miladinović, Serbian footballer
- February 3: Dezső Novák, Hungarian international footballer
- February 10: Emilio Álvarez, Uruguayan footballer
- February 12: Walter Glechner, Austrian international footballer
- February 27: José Cardona, Honduran international footballer
- March 8: Paride Tumburus, Italian international footballer
- 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
- April 25
- * Ahmad Basri Akil, Malaysian football manager
- *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
- July 11: Mick Brown, England football scout
- July 13: John Danielsen, Danish midfielder
- July 18: Eduard Mudrik, Soviet Russian international footballer
- July 21
- *Helmut Haller, German international footballer
- *Bogusław Hajdas, Polish footballer, coach
- August 7: Willie Penman, Scottish footballer
- October 14: Ramón Barreto, Uruguayan football referee
- October 27: Marino Perani, Italian international footballer
- November 3: Frits Flinkevleugel, Dutch international footballer
Deaths
- February 13 - Caius Welcker, Dutch international footballer
- March 29 – Fausto dos Santos, Brazilian midfielder, Brazilian squad member at the 1930 FIFA World Cup and active player of Flamengo.
- October 20 - Otto Siffling, German international footballer
