The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1949 throughout the world.
Events
Winners club national championship
for fuller coverage see 1948-49 in English football
for fuller coverage see 1948-49 in Scottish football
International tournaments
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Births
- January 1 – Ali Kadhim, Iraqi international striker (d. 2018)
- January 4 – Mick Mills, English footballer and manager
- January 5 – Dick Huntley, English professional footballer
- January 16 – Len Tomkins, English former footballer
- January 27 – Per Røntved, Danish international footballer
- February 18 – Petre Varodi, Romanian former footballer
- April 16 – Claude Papi, French international footballer (died 1983)
- June 7 – Lou Macari, Scottish international footballer
- June 21 – John Taylor, English club footballer
- August 26 – Alberto Cardaccio, Uruguayan international footballer (died 2015)
- September 5 – Ray Booth, Welsh former professional footballer
- September 18 – Peter Shilton, English international footballer
- September 25 – Jean Petit, French international footballer
- November 11 – Safet Berisha, Albanian international footballer (died 2016)
- November 22 – Reiner Geye, German international footballer (died 2002)
- December 19 – Christian Dalger, French international footballer
Deaths
References