1947 in association football
Appearance
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
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
International tournaments
- 1947 British Home Championship (28 September 1946 – 12 April 1947)
Births
- 15 January – Peter Nogly, German footballer
- 25 January – Tostão, Brazilian footballer
- 20 February – Peter Osgood, English footballer
- 24 March – Archie Gemmill, Scottish footballer
- 3 April – Ladislav Kuna, Slovak football player and manager (died 2012)
- 25 April – Johan Cruijff, Dutch footballer and manager
- 8 May – Sef Vergoossen, Dutch football manager
- 3 July – Rob Rensenbrink, Dutch footballer
- 28 August – Emlyn Hughes, English footballer
- 15 October – Laszlo Fazekas, Hungarian footballer
- 23 October – Kazimierz Deyna, Polish footballer (died 1989)
- 26 December – Dominique Baratelli, French footballer
Deaths
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