1947 in association football
The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1947 throughout the world.
Winners club national championship
Argentina
Austria
Chile
Costa Rica
England
for fuller coverage see 1946-47 in English football
- First Division: Liverpool
- Second Division: Manchester City
- Third Division: Doncaster Rovers
- Fourth Division: Cardiff City
- FA Cup: Charlton Athletic
Hungary
Italy
Ireland
Mexico
Netherlands
Paraguay
Scotland
for fuller coverage see 1946-47 in Scottish football
- League Division A: Rangers
- League Division B: Dundee
- League Division C: Stirling Albion
- Scottish Cup: Aberdeen
- Scottish League Cup: Rangers
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
Uruguay
USSR
Yugoslavia
International tournaments
- 1947 British Home Championship (28 September 1946 – 12 April 1947)
Births
- 15 January – Peter Nogly, German internationalfootballer
- 25 January – Tostão, Brazilian international footballer
- 20 February – Peter Osgood, English footballer
- 24 February – Fernando Barrachina, Spanish international footballer (died 2016)
- 3 March – Óscar Tabárez, Uruguayan football player and manager
- 24 March – Archie Gemmill, Scottish international footballer
- 3 April – Ladislav Kuna, Slovak football player and manager (died 2012)
- 25 April – Johan Cruijff, Dutch international footballer and manager (died 2016)
- 8 May – Sef Vergoossen, Dutch football manager
- 3 July – Rob Rensenbrink, Dutch international footballer
- 28 August – Emlyn Hughes, English international footballer
- 15 October – Laszlo Fazekas, Hungarian footballer
- 23 October – Kazimierz Deyna, Polish international footballer (died 1989)
- 2 November – Allan Michaelsen, Danish international footballer (died 2016)
- 26 December – Dominique Baratelli, French international footballer
Deaths
May
- 8 May - Attilio Ferraris, Italian midfielder, winner of the 1934 FIFA World Cup. (43, heart attack during a friendly match between former stars in Montecatini Terme)
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