Winners club national championship
* Argentina: Club Atlético Independiente, Independiente * France: FC Sochaux-Montbéliard * Germany: Hannover 96 * Italy: Internazionale Milano F.C. * Netherlands: Feyenoord Rotterdam * Paraguay: Olimpia Asunción * Poland: Ruch Chorzów * Romania: FC Ripensia Timișoara, Ripensia Timișoara * Scotland: **1937-1938 Scottish Cup, Scottish Cup: East Fife F.C., East Fife * Turkey: Güneş SK * Soviet Union: FC Spartak Moscow, Spartak Moscow Manchester City F.C. become the only team in history to be relegated the year after being champions of England.International tournaments
*1938 British Home Championship (October 23, 1937 – April 9, 1938) :: * 1938 FIFA World Cup, FIFA World Cup in France (June 4 – 19 1938) *# *# *# * 1938 Bolivarian Games *# *# *#Births
* 14 March: Árpád Orbán, Hungarian footballer (died 2008) * 17 March: Adolf Knoll, Austrian football player (died 2018) * 19 April: Stanko Poklepović, Croatian football player and manager (died 2018) * 7 June: Armando Tobar, Chilean international footballer (died 2016) * 25 June: Enver Yulgushov, Russian professional footballer and coach (died 2022) * 26 June: Gene Gaines, American football (soccer) player * 29 June: ** József Gelei, Hungarian football player and manager ** Giampaolo Menichelli, Italian winger * 2 July: Marcel Artelesa, French international footballer (died 2016) * 3 July: Sjaak Swart, Dutch footballer * 6 July: ** Uli Maslo, German football player and manager ** Oleh Bazylevych, Ukrainian footballer, coach, and sport administrator (died 2018) * 8 July: Vojtech Masný, Slovak football player * 12 July: Lin Shllaku, Albanian footballer (died 2016) * 28 July: Luis Aragonés, Spanish international football player and manager (died 2014) * 28 August: Đorđe Pavlić, Yugoslavian international footballer (died 2015) * 2 December: Luis Artime, Argentine internationalfootballer * 9 December: Nikola Kotkov, Bulgarian international footballer (died 1971)Deaths
References
{{Football (soccer) chronology 1938 in association football, Association football by year