1945 in association football

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. 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. 26 August – French professional football is resumed for the first time since 1938–39. == Winners club national championship == Argentina: River Plate Chile: Green Cross Costa Rica: Alajuelense Hungary: Újpest FC Ireland: Cork United Paraguay: Libertad Scotland: Scottish Cup: No competition Spain: Barcelona Sweden: IFK Norrköping Turkey: Fenerbahçe, Harb Okulu Uruguay: Peñarol Soviet Union Dynamo Moscow == Births == 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 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 == Deaths == 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) == References ==