1938 in association football explained

The following are the football (soccer) 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)

• FIFA World Cup in France (June 4  - 19 1938)
  1. • 1. • 1. • 1938 Bolivarian Games

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] [5]}
• 17 March: Adolf Knoll, Austrian football player (died 2018)^[6]
• 24 March: Alan Collier, English former professional footballer^[7]
• 19 April: Stanko Poklepović, Croatian football player and manager (died 2018)
• 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
• 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^[8]
• 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)^[9]
• 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)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Scottish Cup Past Winners Scottish Cup Scottish FA . www.scottishfa.co.uk . 17 December 2022.
2. Web site: Mike Collins . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 15 January 2024 . en.
3. Web site: Graham Reed . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 9 April 2024 . en.
4. Web site: Arpad ORBAN - Olympic Football | Hungary. June 13, 2016. International Olympic Committee.
5. Web site: Arpad Orban - Stats - titles won. www.footballdatabase.eu.
6. http://www.fk-austria.at/de/n/news/2018/09/wir-trauern-um-helmut-koeglberger-und-alois-weinrich/ Wir trauern um Helmut Köglberger, Adolf Knoll und Alois Weinrich
7. Web site: Alan Collier . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 15 January 2024 . en.
8. Web site: Sjaak Swart wil niet dood, hij wil voetballen. August 15, 2018. Geert-Jan Jacobs. www.vi.nl.
9. https://www.theguardian.com/football/2024/may/06/cesar-luis-menotti-obituary César Luis Menotti obituary