1938 in association football

The following are the association football events of the year 1938 throughout the world.

Winners club national championship

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

1 February: Michael Collins, English former professional footballer^[1]
6 February: Graham Reed, English former professional footballer^[2]
14 March: ÃrpÃ¡d OrbÃ¡n, Hungarian footballer (died 2008)^[3]
17 March: Adolf Knoll, Austrian football player (died 2018)^[4]
24 March: Alan Collier, English former professional footballer^[5]
19 April: Stanko PoklepoviÄ, Croatian football player and manager (died 2018)
1 June: Dieter KlauÃner, German former professional footballer^[6]
7 June: Armando Tobar, Chilean international footballer (died 2016)
25 June: Enver Yulgushov, Russian professional footballer and coach (died 2022)
26 June:
- Gene Gaines, American football (soccer) player
- John Leiper, Scottish former footballer^[7]
29 June:
- JÃ³zsef Gelei, Hungarian football player and manager
- Giampaolo Menichelli, Italian winger
2 July: Marcel Artelesa, French international footballer (died 2016)
3 July: Sjaak Swart, Dutch footballer^[8]
6 July:
- Uli Maslo, German football player and manager
- Oleh Bazylevych, Ukrainian footballer, coach, and sport administrator (died 2018)
8 July: Vojtech MasnÃ½, Slovak football player
12 July: Lin Shllaku, Albanian footballer (died 2016)
28 August: ÄorÄe PavliÄ, Yugoslavian international footballer (died 2015)
2 December: Luis Artime, Argentine international footballer
9 December: Nikola Kotkov, Bulgarian international footballer (died 1971)
14 December: Willie Purvis, English professional footballer (died 2012)^[10]