The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1944 throughout the world.

Winners club national championship

Boca Juniors Club Atlético Boca Juniors () is an Argentine sports club headquartered in La Boca, a neighbourhood of Buenos Aires. The club is mostly known for its professional football team which, since its promotion in 1913, has always played in the A ...

* Austria: First Vienna * Belgium:

R. Antwerp F.C. Royal Antwerp Football Club, often referred to as Royal Antwerp or simply Antwerp, is a Belgian football club based in the city of Antwerp. Founded around 1880 as ''Antwerp Cricket Club'' by English students residing in Antwerp, 15 years before ...

* Czechoslovakia: Sparta Prague * Denmark: Boldklubben Frem * Finland:

VIFK Vaasa Vasa IFK (VIFK) is a Finnish football club, located in Vaasa. It was founded in 1900. The club changed its name in 1988 after a merger with another club, BK-48, and was called BK-IFK during the late 1900s. The name was changed back to VIFK in ye ...

* Germany: Dresdner SC * Iceland:

Valur Valur may refer to: People * Birkir Valur Jónsson (born 1998), Icelandic football player * Björn Valur Gíslason (born 1959), Icelandic politician * Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson (born 1979), Icelandic handball player * Guðni Valur Guðnason (born ...

* Ireland: Shelbourne * Israel:

Hapoel Tel Aviv Hapoel Tel Aviv ( he, הפועל תל אביב) is a sports club in Israel, founded in the 1920s, and part of the Hapoel association. It runs several sports clubs and teams in Tel Aviv which have competed in a variety of sports over the years, suc ...

* Italy:

Spezia Calcio Spezia Calcio is a professional Association football, football club based in La Spezia, Liguria, Italy. Spezia Calcio was founded in 1906 by the Swiss banker Hermann Hurni (or Hurny in some documents), who played for the early Crystal Palace am ...

* Mexico: Real Club España * Portugal:

Sporting Clube de Portugal Sporting Clube de Portugal, founded Sporting Club de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP, often known abroad as Sporting Lisbon , is a Portuguese professional sports club based in Lisbon. It is best known for the professional fo ...

* Romania: Nagyváradi AC * Peru: Sucre FC * Scotland: ** Scottish Cup: No competition * Spain: Valencia CF *

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...

: Malmö FF *

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

: Lausanne Sports * Turkey: Fenerbahçe

Births

* March 15 –

Gérard Farison Gérard Farison (15 March 1944 – 8 September 2021) was a French professional footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association footba ...

, French international footballer (died 2021) * April 4 –

Ronnie Rees Ronald Raymond Rees (born 4 April 1944) is a former Welsh international footballer. He played predominantly as a winger and was able to play down either flank. Rees was a graduate of the Coventry City youth team, and was given his debut for th ...

, Welsh international footballer * April 15 – Kunishige Kamamoto, Japanese international footballer * May 6 – Hugo Bravo, Chilean footballer (died 2020) * June 28 – Georgi Hristakiev, Bulgarian international footballer (died 2016) * July 7 – Jürgen Grabowski, German international footballer (died 2022) * July 14 –

Juan Carlos Touriño Juan Carlos Touriño Cancela (14 July 1944 – 7 March 2017) was a professional footballer who played as a defender. After starting his career in Argentina, he won two La Liga titles and two Spanish Cups with Real Madrid, and made one appearan ...

, Spanish international footballer (died 2017) * July 17 – Carlos Alberto Torres, Brazilian international footballer (died 2016) * August 23 –

Augustin Deleanu Augustin Pax "Coco" Deleanu (23 August 1944 – 27 March 2014) was a Romanian footballer, who played as a left back. Club career Augustin Pax Deleanu, nicknamed "Coco" was born on 23 August 1944 in Măgurele, Romania and started to play footbal ...

, Romanian international footballer (died 2014) * September 30 – Jimmy Johnstone, Scottish international footballer (died 2006) * November 9 – Herbert Wimmer, German international footballer * December 17 – Ferenc Bene, Hungarian international footballer (died 2006) * December 25 –

Jairzinho Jair Ventura Filho (born 25 December 1944), better known as Jairzinho (), is a Brazilian former footballer. A quick, skillful, and powerful right winger known for his finishing ability and eye for goal, he was a key member and top scorer of th ...

, Brazilian international footballer

Deaths

* April 11 –

Alejandro Villanueva Carlos Alejandro Villanueva Martínez (4 June 1908 – 11 April 1944) was a Peruvian association football, footballer who played for Alianza Lima and the Peru national football team. He is considered one of the most important Alianza strikers i ...

(35), Peruvian footballer (born 1908) * July 18 – Wim Anderiesen (40), Dutch footballer (born 1903)

References

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