The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1949 throughout the world.

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• March 31 - The 1948/49 Albanian First Division championship is annulled by the Albanian Sports Federation.^[1]

• 1949 British Home Championship (October 9, 1948 – April 9, 1949)

 Scotland

• 1949 South American Championship (April 3 – May 11, 1949)

 Brazil

• January 1 – Ali Kadhim, Iraqi international striker (d. 2018)^{[citation needed]}
• January 4 – Mick Mills, English footballer and manager
• January 27 – Per Røntved, Danish international footballer
• February 18 – Petre Varodi, Romanian former footballer^[2]
• April 16 – Claude Papi, French international footballer (died 1983)
• June 7 – Lou Macari, Scottish international footballer
• June 21 – John Taylor, English club footballer
• August 26 – Alberto Cardaccio, Uruguayan international footballer (died 2015)
• September 18 – Peter Shilton, English international footballer
• September 25 – Jean Petit, French international footballer
• November 11 – Safet Berisha, Albanian international footballer (died 2016)
• November 22 – Reiner Geye, German international footballer (died 2002)
• December 19 – Christian Dalger, French international footballer