The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1942 throughout the world.
Winners club national championship Argentina: River Plate Austria: Vienna Chile: Santiago Morning Costa Rica: CS La Libertad Croatia: Concordia Zagreb Germany: FC Schalke 04 Italy: A.S. Roma Mexico: Spain (Mexican football team) Netherlands: ADO Den Haag Scotland: Scottish Cup: No competition Spain: Valencia C.F. Switzerland: Grasshoppers Turkey: Harb Okulu Uruguay: Nacional
Births January 22: Mimis Domazos, Greek footballer (died 2025) January 25: Eusébio, Portuguese international footballer (died 2014) February 27: Klaus-Dieter Sieloff, German international footballer (died 2011) February 28: Dino Zoff, Italian international footballer and coach April 19: Javier Fragoso, Mexican international footballer (died 2014) May 18: Nobby Stiles, English international footballer (died 2020) July: Shidrak Yousif, Iraqi international footballer (died 2025) July 2: Juan Cutillas, Spanish football player and manager (died 2025) July 5: Hannes Löhr, German international footballer and coach (died 2016) July 18: Giacinto Facchetti, Italian international footballer (died 2006) August 2 Leo Beenhakker, Dutch footballer and coach (died 2025) Ilija Pantelić, Serbian Yugoslav international footballer (died 2014) August 7: Sigfried Held, German international footballer and coach October 1: Constantin Frățilă, Romanian international footballer (died 2016) October 3: Roberto Perfumo, Argentine international footballer (died 2016) October 7: Arthur Wilkie, English former footballer November 9: Nobby Upton, English former professional footballer December 3: Pedro Rocha, Uruguayan international footballer and manager (died 2013) December 17: Roy Thurnham, English former professional footballer
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