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football (soccer) Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

events of the year 1939 throughout the world.

Events

Many football leagues throughout Europe are suspended or abandoned following the start of the

Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposi ...

Winners club national championship

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France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...

FC Sète FC may refer to: Businesses, organisations, and schools * Fergusson College, a science and arts college in Pune, India * Finncomm Airlines (IATA code) * FranklinCovey company, NYSE stock symbol FC * Frontier Corps, a paramilitary force in Pakist ...

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwee ...

FC Schalke 04 Fußballclub Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04 e. V., commonly known as FC Schalke 04 (), Schalke 04 (), or abbreviated as S04 (), is a professional German football and multi-sports club originally from the Schalke district of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhi ...

Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Cr ...

Újpest FC Újpest Football Club () is a Hungarian professional football club, based in Újpest, Budapest, that competes in Nemzeti Bajnokság I. Formed in 1885, Újpest reached the first division of the Hungarian League in 1905 and has been relegat ...

Iceland Iceland ( is, Ísland; ) is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic Ocean and in the Arctic Ocean. Iceland is the most sparsely populated country in Europe. Iceland's capital and largest city is Reykjavík, which (along with its ...

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Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...

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Ajax Amsterdam Amsterdamsche Football Club Ajax (), also known as AFC Ajax, Ajax Amsterdam, or simply Ajax, is a Dutch professional football club based in Amsterdam, that plays in the , the top tier in Dutch football. Historically, Ajax (named after the le ...

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ...

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. As for August 31, 1939, the leading team was

Ruch Chorzów Ruch Chorzów () is a Polish association football club based in Chorzów, Upper Silesia. It is one of the most successful football teams in Poland: fourteen-time national champions, and three-time winners of the Polish Cup. Currently the team play ...

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...

Venus București Venus is the second planet from the Sun. It is sometimes called Earth's "sister" or "twin" planet as it is almost as large and has a similar composition. As an interior planet to Earth, Venus (like Mercury) appears in Earth's sky never fa ...

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International tournaments

1939 British Home Championship This year also marks the start of the Second World War, the largest and deadliest conflict in human history. Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 ** Third Reich *** Jews are forbidden to ...

(October 8, 1938 – April 15, 1939) ::Shared by , and * 1939 South American Championship (January 15, 1939 – February 12, 1939) ::

Movies

* The Arsenal Stadium Mystery (UK)

Births

* January 6:

Valeri Lobanovsky Valeriy Vasylyovych Lobanovskyi ( uk, Вале́рій Васи́льович Лобано́вський ; russian: Вале́рий Васи́льевич Лобано́вский; 6 January 1939 – 13 May 2002) was а Ukrainian football playe ...

, Soviet/Ukrainian international footballer and coach (died 2002) * January 25:

Horst Nemec Horst Nemec (25 January 1939 – 23 June 1984) is an Austrian football forward who played for Austria in the 1960 European Nations' Cup. He also played for FK Austria Wien Fußballklub Austria Wien AG (; known in English as Austria Vienna ...

, Austrian international footballer (died 1984) * 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 27: José Cardona, Honduran international footballer (died 2013) * March 8:

Paride Tumburus Paride Tumburus (; 8 March 1939 – 23 October 2015) was an Italian footballer who played as a defender. Club career Born in Aquileia, Tumburus played club football for Bologna F.C. 1909 and Vicenza Calcio, before retiring after a season with R ...

, Italian international footballer (died 2015) * March 17:

Giovanni Trapattoni Giovanni Trapattoni (; born 17 March 1939), sometimes popularly known as "Trap" or "Il Trap", is an Italian football manager and former player, considered the most successful club coach of Italian football. A former defensive midfielder, as a p ...

, Italian international footballer and coach * March 31:

Karl-Heinz Schnellinger Karl-Heinz Schnellinger (born 31 March 1939) is a German former footballer who played as a defender. An athletic and hard-tackling player, with a strong physique, he was nicknamed the " Volkswagen" for his continuity of performance, both in q ...

, 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 Tarcisio Burgnich (; 25 April 1939 – 26 May 2021) was an Italian football manager and player, who played as a defender. Throughout his career, Burgnich played for Udinese, Juventus, Palermo, Internazionale, and Napoli; although he won title ...

, Italian international footballer (died 2021) * June 23: Syed Shahid Hakim, Indian former Olympic footballer and manager (died 2021) * June 27: Ilija Dimovski, Macedonian footballer and manager * 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 John Danielsen (born 13 July 1939) is a Danish former footballer who played as a midfielder. During his club career he played for Boldklubben 1909. He earned 27 caps for the Denmark national team, won a silver medal in football at the 1960 Su ...

, Danish midfielder * July 18: Eduard Mudrik, Soviet Russian international footballer (died 2017) * July 21 **

Helmut Haller Helmut Haller (; 21 July 1939 – 11 October 2012) was a German footballer who played as a forward. At international level, he represented West Germany at three World Cups. At club level, he played in both Germany and Italy, and won Italian l ...

, German international footballer (died 2012) ** Bogusław Hajdas, Polish footballer, coach * August 7: Willie Penman, Scottish footballer (died 2017) * October 14:

Ramón Barreto Ramón Ivanoes Barreto Ruiz (14 September 1939 – 4 April 2015) was a Uruguayan professional association football referee. He is the only referee in the history of the FIFA World Cup to have been appointed to two consecutive Final matches: in 1 ...

, Uruguayan football referee (died 2015) * October 27:

Marino Perani Marino Perani (; 27 October 1939 – 18 October 2017) was an Italians, Italian Association football, football manager and player, who played as a Forward (association football), forward, usually as a Forward (association football)#Winger, winger. ...

, Italian international footballer (died 2017) * November 3: Frits Flinkevleugel, Dutch international footballer (died 2020)

Deaths

* February 13 -

Caius Welcker Jan Herman "Caius" Welcker (9 July 1885 – 13 February 1939) was a Dutch football (soccer) player who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics. He was born in Alkmaar and died in Schiedam Schiedam () is a city and municipality in the wes ...

, Dutch international footballer (born 1885) * March 29 –

Fausto dos Santos Fausto dos Santos (28 January 1905 – 29 March 1939), sometimes known as just Fausto, was a football (soccer) player, considered one of the best defensive midfielders of Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama, Vasco da Gama of the first half of past c ...

, Brazilian midfielder, Brazilian squad member at the

1930 FIFA World Cup The 1930 FIFA World Cup was the inaugural FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national football teams. It took place in Uruguay from 13 to 30 July 1930. FIFA, football's international governing body, selected Uruguay as host nati ...

and active player of

Flamengo Clube de Regatas do Flamengo (; English: ''Flamengo Rowing Club''), more commonly referred to as simply Flamengo, is a Brazilian sports club based in Rio de Janeiro, in the neighborhood of Gávea, best known for their professional football t ...

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tuberculosis Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease usually caused by '' Mycobacterium tuberculosis'' (MTB) bacteria. Tuberculosis generally affects the lungs, but it can also affect other parts of the body. Most infections show no symptoms, ...

) * October 20 -

Otto Siffling Otto Siffling (3 August 1912 – 20 October 1939) was a German footballer who played as a forward for SV Waldhof Mannheim and the Germany national team. As Germany international, he made 31 appearances scoring 17 goals between 1934 and 1938 and ...

, German international footballer (born 1912)

References

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