1945 in association football

The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1945 throughout the world.

Events

 * 2 April – The Austrian First Division is abandoned after 9 rounds due to the final stages of the war.
 * The communist authorities in Yugoslavia ban major football clubs Građanski Zagreb, SK Jugoslavija, HAŠK, HŠK Concordia, FK Slavija and SAŠK Sarajevo among others.
 * 25 July – At the annual meeting of The Football League in London, it is agreed to continue regional leagues for a further season despite the end of World War II, as clubs feel unable to cope with the demands of a full League season.
 * 26 August – French professional football is resumed for the first time since 1938–39.

Winners club national championship

 * Argentina: River Plate
 * Chile: Green Cross
 * Costa Rica: Alajuelense
 * Hungary: Újpest FC
 * Ireland: Cork United
 * Paraguay: Libertad
 * Scotland:
 * Scottish Cup: No competition
 * Spain: Barcelona
 * Sweden: IFK Norrköping
 * Turkey: Fenerbahçe, Harb Okulu
 * Uruguay: Peñarol
 * Soviet Union Dynamo Moscow

Births

 * 20 January – Børge Bach, Danish international footballer (died 2016)
 * 14 February – Ladislao Mazurkiewicz, Uruguayan international footballer and manager (died 2013)
 * 24 March – Dumitru Antonescu, Romanian international footballer (died 2016)
 * 3 April – Gary Sprake, Welsh international footballer (died 2016)
 * 1 March – Fidel Uriarte, Spanisch international footballer (died 2016)
 * 14 March – Jimmy Tugman, English former professional footballer
 * 12 May – Alan Ball, English international footballer (died 2007)
 * 14 May – Yochanan Vollach, Israeli international footballer
 * 12 June – Pat Jennings, Northern Irish international footballer
 * 14 July – Pablo Forlán, Uruguayan international footballer
 * 17 July – Nibaldo Alegre, Chilean former football player
 * 13 August – Les Barratt, English former professional footballer
 * 11 September – Franz Beckenbauer, German international footballer and manager (died 2024)
 * 20 October – Romeo Benetti, Italian international footballer
 * 11 November – Odd Iversen, Norwegian international footballer (died 2014)
 * 6 December – Chris Dekker, Dutch footballer and manager
 * 22 December – David Kydd, English former footballer

Deaths

 * 13 March: Guus van Hecking Colenbrander, Dutch international footballer (born 1887)
 * 26 March: Dennis Hodgetts, English international footballer (born 1863)
 * 27 March: Ángel Melogno, Uruguayan international midfielder, winner of the 1930 FIFA World Cup. (40)