1945 in association football

The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1945 throughout the world.

Events

• 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.

Winners club national championship

• 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

Births

• 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

Deaths

• 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)

References

1. "Austria 1944/45". RSSSF. Retrieved 23 August 2012.
2. ‘Association Football – Plans for Next Season’; The Times, 26 July 1945, p. 8
3. "Scottish Cup Past Winners | Scottish Cup | Scottish FA". www.scottishfa.co.uk. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
4. "Jimmy Tugman". barryhugmansfootballers.com. Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
5. "Nibaldo ALEGRE". memoriawanderers.cl (in Spanish). Memoria Wanderers. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
6. "Les Barratt". barryhugmansfootballers.com. Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 26 February 2024.