1937 in association football

The following are the football events of 1937 throughout the world.

Events

 * May 2 – Puck van Heel becomes Holland's most capped player when he plays his 57th match for the Netherlands national football team against Belgium. Van Heel earned 64 caps during his career.
 * Foundation of Air Force Central F.C.
 * Sunderland AFC win the FA cup final.

Winners club national championship

 * Argentina: River Plate
 * France: Olympique de Marseille
 * Italy: Bologna
 * Netherlands: Ajax Amsterdam
 * Paraguay: Olimpia Asunción
 * Poland: Cracovia
 * Romania: Venus București
 * Scotland:
 * Scottish Cup: Celtic
 * Soviet Union: see 1937 in Soviet football
 * Turkey: Fenerbahçe
 * Kingdom of Yugoslavia: Građanski Zagreb

International tournaments

 * 1937 British Home Championship (October 31, 1936 – April 17, 1937)
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 * 1937 South American Championship (December 27, 1936 – February 1, 1937)
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Births

 * January 1 – Vlatko Marković, Yugoslavian international footballer (died 2013)
 * February 3 – Alex Young Scottish international footballer (died 2017)
 * March 13 – Antonio Betancort, Spanish international footballer (died 2015)
 * May 16 – Antonio Rattín, Argentine international footballer
 * June 1 – Ezio Pascutti, Italian international footballer (died 2017)
 * June 27 – Jules Accorsi, French football player and manager
 * June 29 – Yair Nossovsky, Israeli footballer
 * July 6 – Ernesto Figueiredo, Portuguese footballer
 * July 9 – Josef Vacenovský, Czech forward
 * July 12
 * Fritz Kehl, Swiss football defender
 * František Valošek, Czech football player
 * July 20 – Ilie Datcu, Romanian goalkeeper and coach
 * August 9 – Hans Nowak, German international footballer (died 2012)
 * August 19 – Richard Møller Nielsen, Danish international footballer and manager (died 2014)
 * August 22 – Gennadi Matveyev, Soviet international footballer (died 2014)
 * October 14 – Ron Routledge, English professional footballer
 * November 8
 * Peter Brabrook, English international footballer (died 2016)
 * Dragoslav Šekularac, Serbian footballer and manager (d. 2019)
 * November 10 – Zdeněk Zikán, Czech football player (d. 2013)
 * November 20 – Pim van de Meent, Dutch footballer and manager
 * December 6 – Alberto Spencer, Ecuadorian-Uruguayan footballer (died 2006)
 * December 20 – Gordon Banks, English international footballer (died 2019)