The following are thefootball (soccer) events of the year1939 throughout the world.

Many football leagues throughout Europe are suspended or abandoned following the start of theSecond World War.^[1][2]

• Argentina:Independiente
• France:FC Sète
• Germany:FC Schalke 04
• Hungary:Újpest FC
• Iceland:Fram
• Italy: [[Bologna F.C.}Bologna]]
• Netherlands:Ajax Amsterdam
• Poland - not finished due toSecond World War. As for August 31, 1939, the leading team wasRuch Chorzów
• Romania:Venus București
• Scotland:Rangers
• Soviet Union: see1939 in Soviet football

• 1939 British Home Championship (October 8, 1938 – April 15, 1939)

Shared by England, Wales and Scotland

• 1939 South American Championship (January 15, 1939 – February 12, 1939)

 Peru

• The Arsenal Stadium Mystery (UK)

• January 6:Valeri Lobanovsky, Soviet/Ukrainian international footballer and coach (died 2002)
• January 25:Horst Nemec, Austrian international footballer (died 1984)
• January 29:Peter Laverick, English professional footballer (died 2013)^[3]
• January 30:Jovan Miladinović, Serbian footballer (died 1982)
• February 3:Dezső Novák, Hungarian international footballer (died 2014)
• February 10:Emilio Álvarez, Uruguayan footballer (died 2010)
• February 12:Walter Glechner, Austrian international footballer (died 2015)
• February 22:Leif Iwarsson, Swedish footballer^[4]
• February 27:José Cardona, Honduran international footballer (died 2013)
• March 8:Paride Tumburus, Italian international footballer (died 2015)
• March 17:Giovanni Trapattoni, Italian international footballer and coach
• March 31:Karl-Heinz Schnellinger, German footballer
• April 23:Fritz Pott, German international footballer and coach (died 2015)
• April 25
  • Ahmad Basri Akil, Malaysian football manager (died 2008)
  • Tarcisio Burgnich, Italian international footballer (died 2021)
• April 30:Tony Bratley, English retired professional footballer^[5]
• June 23:Syed Shahid Hakim, Indian former Olympic footballer and manager (died 2021)
• June 24:John Burnett, English professional footballer (died 2021)^[6]
• June 27:Ilija Dimovski, Macedonian footballer and manager
• July 1:Graham Beighton, English former professional footballer^[7]
• July 3:Brian Bades, English footballer
• July 4:Kim Bong-hwan, North Korean footballer
• July 7:Armand Sahadewsing, Surinamese football player and manager
• July 10:Reg Stratton, English footballer (died 2018)
• July 11:Mick Brown, England football scout
• July 13:John Danielsen, Danish midfielder
• July 18:Eduard Mudrik, Soviet Russian international footballer (died 2017)
• July 21
  • Helmut Haller, German international footballer (died 2012)
  • Bogusław Hajdas, Polish footballer, coach
• August 7:Willie Penman, Scottish footballer (died 2017)
• September 7:Clive Bircham, English professional footballer (died 2020)^[8]
• October 14:Ramón Barreto, Uruguayan football referee (died 2015)
• October 27:Marino Perani, Italian international footballer (died 2017)
• November 3:Frits Flinkevleugel, Dutch international footballer (died 2020)
• December 26:Malcolm Bogie, Scottish professional footballer^[9]

• February 13 -Caius Welcker, Dutch international footballer (born 1885)
• March 29 –Fausto dos Santos, Brazilian midfielder, Brazilian squad member at the1930 FIFA World Cup and active player ofFlamengo. (34;tuberculosis)
• October 20 -Otto Siffling, German international footballer (born 1912)

• 1939 in association football
• Association football by year

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