1949 in association football
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The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1949 throughout the world.
Events
[edit]- March 31 - The 1948/49 Albanian First Division championship is annulled by the Albanian Sports Federation.[1]
Winners club national championship
[edit]for fuller coverage see 1948-49 in English football
- First Division: Portsmouth
- Second Division: Fulham
- Third Division North: Hull City
- Third Division South: Swansea City
- FA Cup: Wolves
- Divizia A: ICO Oradea
- Divizia B: CFR Sibiu, Dinamo B București
- Cupa României: CSCA București
for fuller coverage see 1948-49 in Scottish football
- League Division A: Rangers
- League Division B: Raith Rovers
- League Division C: Stirling Albion
- Scottish Cup: Rangers
- Scottish League Cup: Rangers
International tournaments
[edit]- 1949 British Home Championship (October 9, 1948 – April 9, 1949)
- 1949 South American Championship (April 3 – May 11, 1949)
Births
[edit]- January 1 – Ali Kadhim, Iraqi international striker (d. 2018)[citation needed]
- January 4 – Mick Mills, English footballer and manager
- January 5 – Dick Huntley, English professional footballer[2]
- January 16 – Len Tomkins, English former footballer[3]
- January 27 – Per Røntved, Danish international footballer
- February 18 – Petre Varodi, Romanian former footballer[4]
- 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 5 – Ray Booth, Welsh former professional footballer[5]
- 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
Deaths
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Albania 1948/49". RSSSF. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
- ^ "Dick Huntley". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
- ^ "1949 in association football". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
- ^ 1949 in association football at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
- ^ "1949 in association football". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 15 September 2019.