1938 in association football
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The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1938 throughout the world.
Winners club national championship[edit]
- Argentina: Independiente
- France: FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
- Germany: Hannover 96
- Italy: Internazionale Milano F.C.
- Netherlands: Feyenoord Rotterdam
- Paraguay: Olimpia Asunción
- Poland: Ruch Chorzów
- Romania: Ripensia Timișoara
- Scotland:
- Turkey: Güneş SK
- Soviet Union: Spartak Moscow
Manchester City F.C. become the only team in history to be relegated the year after being champions of England.
International tournaments[edit]
- 1938 British Home Championship (October 23, 1937 – April 9, 1938)
- FIFA World Cup in France (June 4 – 19 1938)
- 1938 Bolivarian Games
Births[edit]
- 1 February: Michael Collins, English former professional footballer[2]
- 6 February: Graham Reed, English former professional footballer[3]
- 14 March: Árpád Orbán, Hungarian footballer (died 2008)[4][5]
- 17 March: Adolf Knoll, Austrian football player (died 2018)[6]
- 24 March: Alan Collier, English former professional footballer[7]
- 19 April: Stanko Poklepović, Croatian football player and manager (died 2018)
- 7 June: Armando Tobar, Chilean international footballer (died 2016)
- 25 June: Enver Yulgushov, Russian professional footballer and coach (died 2022)
- 26 June: Gene Gaines, American football (soccer) player
- 29 June:
- József Gelei, Hungarian football player and manager
- Giampaolo Menichelli, Italian winger
- 2 July: Marcel Artelesa, French international footballer (died 2016)
- 3 July: Sjaak Swart, Dutch footballer[8]
- 6 July:
- Uli Maslo, German football player and manager
- Oleh Bazylevych, Ukrainian footballer, coach, and sport administrator (died 2018)
- 8 July: Vojtech Masný, Slovak football player
- 12 July: Lin Shllaku, Albanian footballer (died 2016)
- 28 July: Luis Aragonés, Spanish international football player and manager (died 2014)
- 28 August: Đorđe Pavlić, Yugoslavian international footballer (died 2015)
- 2 December: Luis Artime, Argentine internationalfootballer
- 9 December: Nikola Kotkov, Bulgarian international footballer (died 1971)
- 14 December: Willie Purvis, English professional footballer (died 2012)[9]
Deaths[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Scottish Cup Past Winners | Scottish Cup | Scottish FA". www.scottishfa.co.uk. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
- ^ "Mike Collins". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
- ^ "Graham Reed". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- ^ "Arpad ORBAN - Olympic Football | Hungary". International Olympic Committee. June 13, 2016.
- ^ "Arpad Orban - Stats - titles won". www.footballdatabase.eu.
- ^ Wir trauern um Helmut Köglberger, Adolf Knoll und Alois Weinrich Archived 2019-02-22 at the Wayback Machine (in German)
- ^ "Alan Collier". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
- ^ Geert-Jan Jacobs (August 15, 2018). "Sjaak Swart wil niet dood, hij wil voetballen". www.vi.nl.
- ^ "1938 in association football". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 5 March 2017.