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1945 in association football

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The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1945 throughout the world.

Events

  • 2 April – The Austrian First Division is abandoned after 9 rounds due to the final stages of the war.
  • The communist authorities in Yugoslavia ban major football clubs Građanski Zagreb, SK Jugoslavija, HAŠK, HŠK Concordia, FK Slavija and SAŠK Sarajevo among others.
  • 25 July – At the annual meeting of The 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.
  • 26 August – French professional football is resumed for the first time since 1938–39.

Winners club national championship

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

Births

  • 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
  • 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
  • 13 August – Les Barratt, English former professional footballer
  • 11 September – Franz Beckenbauer, German international footballer and manager (died 2024)
  • 6 October – Graham Bent, Welsh professional footballer (died 2002)
  • 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

Deaths

  • 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 the 1930 FIFA World Cup. (40)

References

References

  1. "Austria 1944/45". [[RSSSF]].
  2. ‘Association Football – Plans for Next Season’; ''[[The Times]]'', 26 July 1945, p. 8
  3. "Scottish Cup Past Winners {{!}} Scottish Cup {{!}} Scottish FA".
  4. {{Hugman. 19917. Jimmy Tugman
  5. "Nibaldo ALEGRE". Memoria Wanderers.
  6. {{Hugman. 1026. Les Barratt
  7. {{Hugman. 1426
  8. {{Hugman. 11233. David Kydd
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