1945 in association football explained

The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1945 throughout the world.

Events

2 April – The Austrian First Division is abandoned after 9 rounds due to the final stages of the war.^[1]
The communist authorities in Yugoslavia ban major football clubs Građanski Zagreb, SK Jugoslavija, HAŠK, HŠK Concordia, FK Slavija and SAŠK Sarajevo among others.
25 July – At the annual meeting of The Football League in London, it is agreed to continue regional leagues for a further season despite the end of World War II, as clubs feel unable to cope with the demands of a full League season.^[2]
26 August – French professional football is resumed for the first time since 1938–39.

No competition^[3]

20 January - Børge Bach, Danish international footballer (died 2016)
14 February - Ladislao Mazurkiewicz, Uruguayan international footballer and manager (died 2013)
24 March - Dumitru Antonescu, Romanian international footballer (died 2016)
3 April - Gary Sprake, Welsh international footballer (died 2016)
1 March - Fidel Uriarte, Spanisch international footballer (died 2016)
14 March - Jimmy Tugman, English former professional footballer
12 May - Alan Ball, English international footballer (died 2007)
14 May - Yochanan Vollach, Israeli international footballer
12 June - Pat Jennings, Northern Irish international footballer
14 July - Pablo Forlán, Uruguayan international footballer
17 July - Nibaldo Alegre, Chilean former football player^[4]
13 August - Les Barratt, English former professional footballer
11 September - Franz Beckenbauer, German international footballer and manager (died 2024)
6 October - Graham Bent, Welsh professional footballer (died 2002)
20 October - Romeo Benetti, Italian international footballer
11 November - Odd Iversen, Norwegian international footballer (died 2014)
6 December - Chris Dekker, Dutch footballer and manager
22 December - David Kydd, English former footballer

13 March: Guus van Hecking Colenbrander, Dutch international footballer (born 1887)
26 March: Dennis Hodgetts, English international footballer (born 1863)
27 March: Ángel Melogno, Uruguayan international midfielder, winner of the 1930 FIFA World Cup. (40)

Web site: Austria 1944/45. RSSSF. 23 August 2012.
‘Association Football – Plans for Next Season’; The Times, 26 July 1945, p. 8
Web site: Scottish Cup Past Winners Scottish Cup Scottish FA . www.scottishfa.co.uk . 17 December 2022.
Web site: Nibaldo ALEGRE . memoriawanderers.cl . Memoria Wanderers . 1 November 2023 . es-CL.