1946 in association football
The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1946 throughout the world.
Events
League and Cup competitions resume in the United Kingdom for the first time since the start of the Second World War in 1939.
- November 13 – Walter Winterbottom makes his debut as the manager of England.
Winners club national championship
- Argentina: San Lorenzo de Almagro
- Austria: Rapid Vienna
- Chile: Audax Italiano
- Costa Rica: La Libertad
- England: North Division - Sheffield United, South Division - Birmingham City
- Hungary: Újpest FC
- Iceland: Fram
- Italy: Torino
- Mexico: Veracruz
- Sweden: IFK Norrköping
- Switzerland: Servette FC
- Turkey: Fenerbahçe, Gençlerbirliği
- Uruguay: Nacional
- USSR: CSKA Moscow
Births
- January 26 – Mansour Pourheidari, Iranian international footballer, coach and manager (died 2016)
- February 2 – Gerrie Mühren, Dutch international footballer (died 2013)
- February 17 – Tahar Chaïbi, Tunisian international footballer (died 2014)
- February 22 – Kresten Bjerre, Danish international footballer (died 2014)
- April 3 – Pedro García Barros, Chilean footballer and manager
- May 22 – George Best, Northern Ireland international footballer (died 2005)
- May 29 – Héctor Yazalde, Argentinian footballer (died 1997)
- June 18 – Ray Treacy, Irish international footballer (died 2015)
- July 1 – Slobodan Santrač, Yugoslavian international footballer and manager (died 2016)
- August 27 – Carlos Veglio, Argentine international footballer
- September 3 – Dirceu Lopes, Brazilian international footballer
- September 11 – John Roberts, Welsh international footballer (died 2016)
- September 18 – Joel Camargo, Brazilian international footballer (died 2014)
Deaths
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