1940 in sports
Years in association football
← 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 →
Air sports American football Aquatic sports Association football Athletics Badminton Baseball Basketball Canadian football Chess Climbing Combat sports Sumo Cricket 1939–40 1940 1940–41 Cycling Dance sports Darts Equestrianism Esports Field hockey Flying disc Golf Gymnastics Handball Ice hockey Ice sports Korfball Lumberjack sports Mind sports Modern pentathlon Motorsport Orienteering Paralympic sports Precision sports Shooting Racquetball Roller sports Sailing Skiing Speedway Rugby league‎ Rugby union Snooker 1939–40 1940–41 Strength sports Weightlifting Squash Table tennis Tennis Triathlon Volleyball

The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1940 throughout the world.

Events

Winners club national championship

January 5 – Hans Eijkenbroek, Dutch international footballer and manager
January 14 – Terry Murphy, English former professional footballer (died 2019)^[2]
January 20 – Erik Dyreborg, Danish international footballer (died 2013)
January 23 – Werner Krämer, German international footballer (died 2010)
January 24 – Brian Labone, English international footballer (died 2006)
January 25 – Jürgen Sundermann, German international footballer and manager
January 30 – Roger Marklew, English professional footballer (died 2006)^[3]
February 24 – Wolfgang Solz, German international footballer (died 2017)
March 5 – Josef Piontek, German international footballer, manager and trainer of the Danish National Team
March 13 – Tony Knights, English professional footballer (died 2001)^[4]
March 28 – Luis Cubilla, Uruguayan footballer and manager (died 2013)
May 3 – Clemens Westerhof, Dutch football manager
May 10 – Vicente Miera, Spanish football manager
May 19 – Frans Bouwmeester, Dutch international footballer
June 2 – Gordon Harris, English international footballer (died 2014)
July 26 – Jürgen Kurbjuhn, German international footballer (died 2014)
October 4 – Silvio Marzolini, Argentine international footballer (died 2020)
October 17 – Harry Heijnen, Dutch international footballer (died 2015)
October 23 – Edson Arantes do Nascimento "Pelé", Brazilian international footballer
November 25 – Jan Jongbloed, Dutch footballer and coach

October 19 - Umberto Caligaris, Italian defender, winner of the 1934 FIFA World Cup, most capped player for Italy from 1932 until 1971 and active manager of Juventus FC (39; aneurysm)

^ "Scottish Cup Past Winners | Scottish Cup | Scottish FA". www.scottishfa.co.uk. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
^ "1940 in association football". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
^ "1940 in association football". Barry Hugman's Footballers.
^ "1940 in association football". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 2 April 2019.

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