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The following are thefootball (soccer) events of the year1945 throughout the world.

• 2 April – TheAustrian First Division is abandoned after 9 rounds due to the final stages of thewar.^[1]
• The communist authorities in Yugoslavia ban major football clubsGrađanski Zagreb,SK Jugoslavija,HAŠK,HŠK Concordia,FK Slavija andSAŠK Sarajevo among others.
• 25 July – At the annual meeting ofThe Football League in London, it is agreed to continue regional leagues for a further season despite the end of World War II, as clubs feel unable to cope with the demands of a full League season.^[2]
• 26 August –French professional football is resumed for the first time since1938–39.

• Argentina:River Plate
• Chile:Green Cross
• Costa Rica:Alajuelense
• Hungary:Újpest FC
• Ireland:Cork United
• Paraguay:Libertad
• Scotland:
  • Scottish Cup: No competition^[3]
• Spain:Barcelona
• Sweden:IFK Norrköping
• Turkey:Fenerbahçe,Harb Okulu
• Uruguay:Peñarol
• Soviet UnionDynamo Moscow

• 20 January –Børge Bach, Danish international footballer (died 2016)
• 14 February –Ladislao Mazurkiewicz, Uruguayan international footballer and manager (died 2013)
• 24 March –Dumitru Antonescu, Romanian international footballer (died 2016)
• 3 April –Gary Sprake, Welsh international footballer (died 2016)
• 1 March –Fidel Uriarte, Spanisch international footballer (died 2016)
• 14 March –Jimmy Tugman, English former professional footballer^[4]
• 12 May –Alan Ball, English international footballer (died 2007)
• 14 May –Yochanan Vollach, Israeli international footballer
• 12 June –Pat Jennings, Northern Irish international footballer
• 14 July –Pablo Forlán, Uruguayan international footballer
• 17 July –Nibaldo Alegre, Chilean former football player^[5]
• 13 August –Les Barratt, English former professional footballer^[6]
• 11 September –Franz Beckenbauer, German international footballer and manager (died 2024)
• 6 October –Graham Bent, Welsh professional footballer (died 2002)^[7]
• 20 October –Romeo Benetti, Italian international footballer
• 11 November –Odd Iversen, Norwegian international footballer (died 2014)
• 6 December –Chris Dekker, Dutch footballer and manager
• 22 December –David Kydd, English former footballer^[8]

• 13 March:Guus van Hecking Colenbrander, Dutch international footballer (born 1887)
• 26 March:Dennis Hodgetts, English international footballer (born 1863)
• 27 March:Ángel Melogno, Uruguayan international midfielder, winner of the1930 FIFA World Cup. (40)

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