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The following is a list offootball (soccer) events of the year1943 throughout the world.

• Cartagines defeatEspanola by the extraordinary score of 9-8 in theCosta Rican First Division.^[1]

• Argentina:Boca Juniors
• Austria:Vienna
• Chile:Unión Española
• Costa Rica:Universidad de Costa Rica
• Croatia:Građanski Zagreb
• Germany:Dresdner SC
• Italy:Torino F.C.
• Mexico:Mars
• Paraguay:Libertad
• Scotland
• Scottish Cup: No competition^[2]
• Spain:Athletic Bilbao
• Sweden:IFK Norrköping
• Switzerland:Grasshoppers
• Turkey:Fenerbahçe
• Uruguay:Nacional

• 24 January –Manuel Velázquez, Spanish international footballer (died 2016)
• 19 February –Gert Wünsche, former German footballer^[3]
• 13 March –Giancarlo De Sisti, Italian international footballer
• 20 March –Billy Howells, English professional footballer^[4]
• 25 April –Angelo Anquilletti, Italian international footballer (died 2015)
• 4 May –Georgi Asparuhov, Bulgarian international footballer (died 1971)
• 16 May –Ove Kindvall, Swedish international footballer
• 3 June –Werner Lihsa, East German international footballer
• 14 June –Piet Keizer, Dutch international footballer (died 2017)
• 18 August –Gianni Rivera, Italian international footballer
• 10 September –Horst-Dieter Höttges, German international footballer
• 29 September –Wolfgang Overath, German international footballer
• 26 October –Tommy Gemmell, Scottish international footballer and manager (died 2017)
• 28 October –Pim Doesburg, Dutch international footballer (died 2020)
• 6 November –Roberto Telch, Argentine international footballer (died 2014)
• 7 December –Akbar Eftekhari, Iranian international footballer (died 2017)
• 22 December –Juan Mujica, Uruguayan international footballer and manager (died 2016)

• 9 March –Franz Krumm (33), German international footballer (born 1909)
• 30 April –Eddy Hamel, (40), American footballer (born 1902; killed in Auschwitz)
• 10 October –Frits Kuipers (44), Dutch footballer (born 1899)

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