1942 in association football

Last updated August 14, 2025

The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1942 throughout the world.

Winners club national championship

Births

January 22: Mimis Domazos, Greek footballer (died 2025)
January 25: Eusébio, Portuguese international footballer (died 2014)
February 27: Klaus-Dieter Sieloff, German international footballer (died 2011)
February 28: Dino Zoff, Italian international footballer and coach
April 19: Javier Fragoso, Mexican international footballer (died 2014)
May 18: Nobby Stiles, English international footballer (died 2020)
July: Shidrak Yousif, Iraqi international footballer (died 2025)
July 2: Juan Cutillas, Spanish football player and manager (died 2025)
July 5: Hannes Löhr, German international footballer and coach (died 2016)
July 18: Giacinto Facchetti, Italian international footballer (died 2006)
August 2
- Leo Beenhakker, Dutch footballer and coach (died 2025)
- Ilija Pantelić, Serbian Yugoslav international footballer (died 2014)
August 7: Sigfried Held, German international footballer and coach
October 1: Constantin Frățilă, Romanian international footballer (died 2016)
October 3: Roberto Perfumo, Argentine international footballer (died 2016)
October 7: Arthur Wilkie, English former footballer^[2]
November 9: Nobby Upton, English former professional footballer^[3]
December 3: Pedro Rocha, Uruguayan international footballer and manager (died 2013)
December 17: Roy Thurnham, English former professional footballer^[4]

References

↑ "Scottish Cup Past Winners | Scottish Cup | Scottish FA". www.scottishfa.co.uk. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
↑ "1942 in association football". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Archived from the original on 8 June 2024. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
↑ "1942 in association football". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Archived from the original on 8 June 2024. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
↑ "1942 in association football". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Archived from the original on 8 June 2024. Retrieved 16 July 2019.

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[1] "Scottish Cup Past Winners | Scottish Cup | Scottish FA". www.scottishfa.co.uk. Retrieved 17 December 2022.

[2] "1942 in association football". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Archived from the original on 8 June 2024. Retrieved 4 May 2019.

[3] "1942 in association football". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Archived from the original on 8 June 2024. Retrieved 19 September 2018.

[4] "1942 in association football". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Archived from the original on 8 June 2024. Retrieved 16 July 2019.

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1942 in association football

Contents

Winners club national championship

Births

References