1943 in association football

The following is a list of football (soccer) events of the year 1943 throughout the world.

Events

 * Cartagines defeat Espanola by the extraordinary score of 9-8 in the Costa Rican First Division.

Winners club national championship

 * Argentina: Boca Juniors
 * Austria: Vienna
 * Chile: Unión Española
 * Costa Rica: Universidad de Costa Rica
 * Croatia: Građanski Zagreb
 * Germany: Dresdner SC
 * Italy: Torino F.C.
 * Mexico: Mars
 * Paraguay: Libertad
 * Scotland
 * Scottish Cup: No competition
 * Spain: Athletic Bilbao
 * Sweden: IFK Norrköping
 * Switzerland: Grasshoppers
 * Turkey: Fenerbahçe
 * Uruguay: Nacional

Births

 * 24 January – Manuel Velázquez, Spanish international footballer (died 2016)
 * 19 February – Gert Wünsche, former German footballer
 * 13 March – Giancarlo De Sisti, Italian international footballer
 * 20 March – Billy Howells, English professional footballer
 * 25 April – Angelo Anquilletti, Italian international footballer (died 2015)
 * 4 May – Georgi Asparuhov, Bulgarian international footballer (died 1971)
 * 16 May – Ove Kindvall, Swedish international footballer
 * 3 June – Werner Lihsa, East German international footballer
 * 14 June – Piet Keizer, Dutch international footballer (died 2017)
 * 18 August – Gianni Rivera, Italian international footballer
 * 10 September – Horst-Dieter Höttges, German international footballer
 * 29 September – Wolfgang Overath, German international footballer
 * 26 October – Tommy Gemmell, Scottish international footballer and manager (died 2017)
 * 28 October – Pim Doesburg, Dutch international footballer (died 2020)
 * 6 November – Roberto Telch, Argentine international footballer (died 2014)
 * 7 December – Akbar Eftekhari, Iranian international footballer (died 2017)
 * 22 December – Juan Mujica, Uruguayan international footballer and manager (died 2016)

Deaths

 * 9 March – Franz Krumm (33), German international footballer (born 1909)
 * 10 October – Frits Kuipers (44), Dutch footballer (born 1899)