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.
Winners club national championship
Argentina Racing Club
Austria Austria Vienna
Chile Universidad Católica
Colombia Millonarios
Costa Rica Alajuelense
Egypt Al Ahly
England for fuller coverage see 1948-49 in English football First Division: Portsmouth Second Division: Fulham Third Division North: Hull City Third Division South: Swansea City FA Cup: Wolves
France Stade de Reims
Hong Kong South China AA
Iceland KR
Italy Torino F.C.
Mexico León
Paraguay Club Guaraní
Romania Divizia A: ICO Oradea Divizia B: CFR Sibiu, Dinamo B București Cupa României: CSCA București
Scotland for fuller coverage see 1948-49 in Scottish football League Division A: Rangers League Division B: Raith Rovers League Division C: Stirling Albion Scottish Cup: Rangers Scottish League Cup: Rangers
Spain U.D. Las Palmas
Switzerland FC Lugano
Turkey Ankaragücü
Uruguay Peñarol
USSR Dynamo Moscow
West-Germany VfR Mannheim
International tournaments 1949 British Home Championship (October 9, 1948 – April 9, 1949)
1949 South American Championship (April 3 – May 11, 1949)
Births January 1 – Ali Kadhim, Iraqi international striker (d. 2018) January 4 – Mick Mills, English footballer and manager January 5 – Dick Huntley, English professional footballer January 16 – Len Tomkins, English former footballer January 27 – Per Røntved, Danish international footballer February 18 – Petre Varodi, Romanian former footballer 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 5 – Ray Booth, Welsh former professional footballer 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
Deaths May 4 – Valerio Bacigalupo, Italian goalkeeper (born 1924) May 12 – Walter Berg, German footballer (born 1916)
References