1949 in association football

Overview of the events of 1949 in association football

1949 in sports
Years in association football
← 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 →
Air sports American football Aquatic sports Association football Athletics Badminton Baseball Basketball Canadian football Chess Climbing Combat sports Sumo Cricket 1948–49 1949 1949–50 Cycling Dance sports Darts Equestrianism Esports Field hockey Flying disc Golf Gymnastics Handball Ice hockey Ice sports Korfball Lumberjack sports Mind sports Modern pentathlon Motorsport Orienteering Paralympic sports Precision sports Shooting Racquetball Roller sports Sailing Skiing Speedway Rugby league‎ Rugby union Snooker 1948–49 1949–50 Strength sports Weightlifting Squash Table tennis Tennis Triathlon Volleyball

The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1949 throughout the world.

Events

March 31 - The 1948/49 Albanian First Division championship is annulled by the Albanian Sports Federation.^[1]

January 1 – Ali Kadhim, Iraqi international striker (d. 2018)^{[citation needed]}
January 4 – Mick Mills, English footballer and manager
January 27 – Per Røntved, Danish international footballer
February 18 – Petre Varodi, Romanian former footballer^[2]
April 16 – Claude Papi, French international footballer (died 1983)
June 7 – Lou Macari, Scottish international footballer
June 21 – John Taylor, English club footballer
August 26 – Alberto Cardaccio, Uruguayan international footballer (died 2015)
September 18 – Peter Shilton, English international footballer
September 25 – Jean Petit, French international footballer
November 11 – Safet Berisha, Albanian international footballer (died 2016)
November 22 – Reiner Geye, German international footballer (died 2002)
December 19 – Christian Dalger, French international footballer