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
 * Romania: Ripensia Timișoara
 * Scotland:
 * Scottish Cup: East Fife
 * Turkey: Güneş SK
 * Soviet Union: Spartak Moscow

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)
 * 🇮🇹 italy
 * 🇭🇺 hungary
 * 🇧🇷 brazil
 * 1938 Bolivarian Games
 * 🇵🇪 peru
 * 🇧🇴 bolivia
 * 🇪🇨 ecuador

Births

 * 1 February: Michael Collins, English former professional footballer
 * 6 February: Graham Reed, English former professional footballer
 * 14 March: Árpád Orbán, Hungarian footballer (died 2008)
 * 17 March: Adolf Knoll, Austrian football player (died 2018)
 * 24 March: Alan Collier, English former professional footballer
 * 19 April: Stanko Poklepović, Croatian football player and manager (died 2018)
 * 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
 * 29 June:
 * József 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
 * 6 July:
 * Uli Maslo, German football player and manager
 * Oleh Bazylevych, Ukrainian footballer, coach, and sport administrator (died 2018)
 * 8 July: Vojtech Masný, Slovak football player
 * 12 July: Lin Shllaku, Albanian footballer (died 2016)
 * 28 July: Luis Aragonés, Spanish international football player and manager (died 2014)
 * 28 August: Đorđe Pavlić, Yugoslavian international footballer (died 2015)
 * 22 October: César Luis Menotti, Argentine football player and manager (died 2024)
 * 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)