The following is a list of football (soccer) events of the year 1943 throughout the world.

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• Cartagines defeat Espanola by the extraordinary score of 9-8 in the Costa Rican First Division.^[1]

• Argentina: Boca Juniors
• Austria: Vienna
• Chile: Unión Española
• Costa Rica: Universidad de Costa Rica
• Croatia: Građanski Zagreb
• Germany: Dresdner SC
• Italy: Torino F.C.
• Mexico: Mars
• Paraguay: Libertad
• Scotland
• Scottish Cup: No competition^[2]
• Spain: Athletic Bilbao
• Sweden: IFK Norrköping
• Switzerland: Grasshoppers
• Turkey: Fenerbahçe
• Uruguay: Nacional

• 24 January – Manuel Velázquez, Spanish international footballer (died 2016)
• 19 February – Gert Wünsche, former German footballer^[3]
• 13 March – Giancarlo De Sisti, Italian international footballer
• 20 March – Billy Howells, English professional footballer^[4]
• 25 April – Angelo Anquilletti, Italian international footballer (died 2015)
• 4 May – Georgi Asparuhov, Bulgarian international footballer (died 1971)
• 16 May – Ove Kindvall, Swedish international footballer
• 3 June – Werner Lihsa, East German international footballer
• 14 June – Piet Keizer, Dutch international footballer (died 2017)
• 18 August – Gianni Rivera, Italian international footballer
• 10 September – Horst-Dieter Höttges, German international footballer
• 29 September – Wolfgang Overath, German international footballer
• 26 October – Tommy Gemmell, Scottish international footballer and manager (died 2017)
• 28 October – Pim Doesburg, Dutch international footballer (died 2020)
• 6 November – Roberto Telch, Argentine international footballer (died 2014)
• 7 December – Akbar Eftekhari, Iranian international footballer (died 2017)
• 22 December – Juan Mujica, Uruguayan international footballer and manager (died 2016)

• 9 March – Franz Krumm (33), German international footballer (born 1909)
• 10 October – Frits Kuipers (44), Dutch footballer (born 1899)