1938 in association football

The following are the association football events of the year 1938 throughout the world.

Winners club national championship

• Argentina: Independiente
• France: FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
• Germany: Hannover 96
• Italy: Internazionale Milano F.C.
• Netherlands: Feyenoord Rotterdam
• Paraguay: Olimpia Asunción
• Poland: Ruch Chorzów
• Romania: Ripensia Timișoara
• Scotland:
  • Scottish Cup: East Fife^[1]
• Turkey: Güneş SK
• Soviet Union: 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)

 England

• FIFA World Cup in France (June 4 – 19 1938)
  1.  Italy
  2.  Hungary
  3.  Brazil
• 1938 Bolivarian Games
  1.  Peru
  2.  Bolivia
  3.  Ecuador

Births

• 1 February: Michael Collins, English former professional footballer^[2]
• 6 February: Graham Reed, English former professional footballer^[3]
• 14 March: Árpád Orbán, Hungarian footballer (died 2008)^[4]
• 17 March: Adolf Knoll, Austrian football player (died 2018)^[5]
• 24 March: Alan Collier, English former professional footballer^[6]
• 19 April: Stanko Poklepović, Croatian football player and manager (died 2018)
• 1 June: Dieter Klaußner, German former professional footballer^[7]
• 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
  • John Leiper, Scottish former footballer^[8]
• 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^[9]
• 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)
• 22 October: César Luis Menotti, Argentine football player and manager (died 2024)^[10]
• 2 December: Luis Artime, Argentine international footballer
• 9 December: Nikola Kotkov, Bulgarian international footballer (died 1971)
• 14 December: Willie Purvis, English professional footballer (died 2012)^[11]

Deaths

Main article: Deaths in 1938

Further information: Category:1938 deaths