1945 in association football

Events

• 2 April – The Austrian First Division is abandoned after 9 rounds due to the final stages of the war.
• The communist authorities in Yugoslavia ban major football clubs Građanski Zagreb, SK Jugoslavija, HAŠK, HŠK Concordia, FK Slavija and SAŠK Sarajevo among others.
• 25 July – At the annual meeting of The Football League in London, it is agreed to continue regional leagues for a further season despite the end of World War II, as clubs feel unable to cope with the demands of a full League season.
• 26 August – French professional football is resumed for the first time since 1938–39.

  Winners club national championship

• : River Plate
• : Green Cross
• : Alajuelense
• : Újpest FC
• : Cork United
• : Libertad
• : Barcelona
• : IFK Norrköping
• : Fenerbahçe, Harb Okulu
• : Peñarol
• : Dynamo Moscow

  International tournaments

Births

• January 20 - Børge Bach, Danish international footballer
• February 14 - Ladislao Mazurkiewicz, Uruguayan international footballer and manager
• March 25 - Dumitru Antonescu, Romanian international footballer
• April 3 - Gary Sprake, Welsh international footballer
• March 1 - Fidel Uriarte, Spanisch international footballer
• May 12 - Alan Ball, English international footballer
• May 14 - Yochanan Vollach, Israeli international footballer
• June 12 - Pat Jennings, Northern Irish international footballer
• July 14 - Pablo Forlán, Uruguayan international footballer
• September 11 - Franz Beckenbauer, German international footballer and manager
• October 20 - Romeo Benetti, Italian international footballer
• November 11 - Odd Iversen, Norwegian international footballer
• December 6 - Chris Dekker, Dutch footballer and manager

  Deaths

March

• March 13: Guus van Hecking Colenbrander, Dutch international footballer
• March 26: Dennis Hodgetts, English international footballer
• March 27: Ángel Melogno, Uruguayan international midfielder, winner of the 1930 FIFA World Cup.