1947 in association football
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The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1947 throughout the world.
Events
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Winners club national championship
for fuller coverage see 1946–47 in English football
- First Division: Liverpool
- Second Division: Manchester City
- Third Division: Doncaster Rovers
- Fourth Division: Cardiff City
- FA Cup: Charlton Athletic
- Divizia A: ITA Arad
- Divizia B: Unirea Tricolor București, Ploiești, Dermata Cluj
- Divizia C: Concordia Ploiești, BNR București, Astra Română Câmpina, PCA Constanța, Ripensia Timișoara, Sanitas Satu Mare, CFR Cluj, Șoimii Sibiu, Doljul Craiova, Aninoasa, Danubiana Roman, Astra Română Moreni
for fuller coverage see 1946–47 in Scottish football
- League Division A: Rangers
- League Division B: Dundee
- League Division C: Stirling Albion
- Scottish Cup: Aberdeen
- Scottish League Cup: Rangers
- First Group: CDKA Moscow
- Second Group: Lokomotiv Moscow
- Soviet Cup: Spartak Moscow
International tournaments
- 1947 British Home Championship (28 September 1946 – 12 April 1947)
Births
- 15 January – Peter Nogly, German international Footballer
- 25 January – Tostão, Brazilian international footballer
- 20 February – Peter Osgood, English international footballer (died 2006)
- 24 February – Fernando Barrachina, Spanish international footballer (died 2016)
- 3 March – Óscar Tabárez, Uruguayan football player and manager
- 24 March – Archie Gemmill, Scottish international footballer
- 30 March – Henry Perales, Peruvian footballer (died 2021)[1]
- 3 April – Ladislav Kuna, Slovak football player and manager (died 2012)
- 24 April – Aldo Anzuini, Italian retired football player and coach[2]
- 25 April – Johan Cruijff, Dutch international footballer and manager (died 2016)
- 8 May – Sef Vergoossen, Dutch football manager
- 19 June – Alan Woodward, English former professional footballer[3]
- 3 July – Rob Rensenbrink, Dutch international footballer (died 2020)
- 10 August – Laurent Pokou, Ivorian international footballer (died 2016)
- 28 August – Emlyn Hughes, English international footballer (died 2004)
- 15 October – Laszlo Fazekas, Hungarian international footballer
- 16 October – Ken Woodward, English former professional footballer[4]
- 23 October – Kazimierz Deyna, Polish international footballer (died 1989)
- 2 November – Allan Michaelsen, Danish international footballer (died 2016)
- 26 December – Dominique Baratelli, French international footballer
Deaths
- 8 May – Attilio Ferraris, Italian midfielder, winner of the 1934 FIFA World Cup. (43, heart attack during a friendly match between former stars in Montecatini Terme)
- 12 June – Cosme Damião, Portuguese football player and manager, 61[5]
References
- ^ "Henry Perales". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
- ^ "Aldo Anzuini". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
- ^ "Alan Woodward". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
- ^ "Ken Woodward". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
- ^ Cosme Damião