1938 in association football

The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1938 throughout the world.

Winners club national championship

• Argentina: Independiente
• France: FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
• Germany: Hannover 96
• Italy: Internazionale Milano F.C.
• Netherlands: Feyenoord Rotterdam
• Paraguay: Olimpia Asunción
• Poland: Ruch Chorzów
• Turkey: Güneş SK

Manchester City F.C. become the only team in history to be relegated the year after being champions of England.

International tournaments

• 1938 British Home Championship (October 23, 1937 – April 9, 1938)

 England

• FIFA World Cup in France (June 4 – 19 1938)
  1.  Italy
  2.  Hungary
  3.  Brazil
• 1938 Bolivarian Games
  1.  Peru
  2.  Bolivia
  3.  Ecuador

Births

• 7 June: Armando Tobar, Chilean international footballer (died 2016)
• 2 July: Marcel Artelesa, French international footballer (died 2016)
• 28 July: Luis Aragonés, Spanish international football player and manager (died 2014)
• 28 August: Đorđe Pavlić, Yugoslavian international footballer (died 2015)
• 9 December: Nikola Kotkov, Bulgarian international footballer (died 1971)

Deaths

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