1946 in association football

Overview of the events of 1946 in association football

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1946 in sports

* Air sports
* American football
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* Australian rules football
* Badminton
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* Mind sports
* Modern pentathlon
* Motorsport
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* Shooting
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* Sailing
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* Snooker
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* Strength sports
* Weightlifting
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* Table tennis
* Tennis
* Triathlon
* Volleyball

The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1946 throughout the world.

## Events

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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.

## National leagues winners

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* Argentina: San Lorenzo de Almagro
* Austria: Rapid Wien
* Chile: Audax Italiano
* Costa Rica: La Libertad
* England: Sheffield United \- North Division, Birmingham City \- South Division
* France: Lille
* Hungary: Újpest FC
* Iceland: Fram
* Italy: Torino
* Mexico: Veracruz
* Spain: Sevilla
* Sweden: IFK Norrköping
* Switzerland: Servette FC
* Turkey: Fenerbahçe, Gençlerbirliği
* Uruguay: Nacional
* Soviet Union: CSKA Moscow

## Domestic cups winners

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* Argentina: Boca Juniors (Copa Británica)[1]
* Austria: Rapid Wien (Austrian Cup)
* England: Derby County (FA Cup)
* France: Lille (Coupe de France)
* Mexico: Atlas (Copa México)
* Spain: Real Madrid (Copa del Rey)
* Sweden: Malmö (Svenska Cupen)
* Switzerland: Grasshoppers (Swiss Cup)
* Soviet Union: Spartak Moscow (Soviet Cup)

## Births

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* January 26 - Mansour Pourheidari, Iranian international footballer, coach and manager (died 2016)
* February 2 - Gerrie Mühren, Dutch international footballer (died 2013)
* February 4 - Chris Kronshorst, Dutch former professional footballer[2]
* 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
* Loek Cohen, Dutch former professional footballer[3]
* May 8 - Haydn Jones, Welsh professional footballer (died 2010)[4]
* 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)
* October 5 - Mick Harrity, English former footballer[5]
* October 6 - Lothar Prehn, German footballer[6]

## References

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1. ^ "Argentina - Torneo Competencia "George VI" - 1946". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 2023-05-12.
2. ^ "Chris Kronshorst". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
3. ^ "Loek Cohen". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
4. ^ "1946 in association football". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Archived from the original on 8 June 2024. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
5. ^ "Mick Harrity". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Archived from the original on 8 June 2024. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
6. ^ 1946 in association football at WorldFootball.net

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