1945_in_association_football
1945 in association football
Overview of the events of 1945 in association football
The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1945 throughout the world.
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- 2 April – The Austrian First Division is abandoned after 9 rounds due to the final stages of the war.[1]
- 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.[2]
- 26 August – French professional football is resumed for the first time since 1938–39.
- Argentina: River Plate
- Chile: Green Cross
- Costa Rica: Alajuelense
- Hungary: Újpest FC
- Ireland: Cork United
- Paraguay: Libertad
- Scotland:
- Scottish Cup: No competition[3]
- Spain: Barcelona
- Sweden: IFK Norrköping
- Turkey: Fenerbahçe, Harb Okulu
- Uruguay: Peñarol
- Soviet Union Dynamo Moscow
- 20 January – Børge Bach, Danish international footballer (died 2016)
- 14 February – Ladislao Mazurkiewicz, Uruguayan international footballer and manager (died 2013)
- 24 March – Dumitru Antonescu, Romanian international footballer (died 2016)
- 3 April – Gary Sprake, Welsh international footballer (died 2016)
- 1 March – Fidel Uriarte, Spanisch international footballer (died 2016)
- 14 March – Jimmy Tugman, English former professional footballer[4]
- 12 May – Alan Ball, English international footballer (died 2007)
- 14 May – Yochanan Vollach, Israeli international footballer
- 12 June – Pat Jennings, Northern Irish international footballer
- 14 July – Pablo Forlán, Uruguayan international footballer
- 17 July – Nibaldo Alegre, Chilean former football player[5]
- 13 August – Les Barratt, English former professional footballer[6]
- 11 September – Franz Beckenbauer, German international footballer and manager (died 2024)
- 20 October – Romeo Benetti, Italian international footballer
- 11 November – Odd Iversen, Norwegian international footballer (died 2014)
- 6 December – Chris Dekker, Dutch footballer and manager
- 13 March: Guus van Hecking Colenbrander, Dutch international footballer (born 1887)
- 26 March: Dennis Hodgetts, English international footballer (born 1863)
- 27 March: Ángel Melogno, Uruguayan international midfielder, winner of the 1930 FIFA World Cup. (40)
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- "Scottish Cup Past Winners | Scottish Cup | Scottish FA". www.scottishfa.co.uk. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
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- "Nibaldo ALEGRE". memoriawanderers.cl (in Spanish). Memoria Wanderers. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
- "Les Barratt". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 26 February 2024.