1950 in association football

The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1950 throughout the world.

Events

 * Olympique Lyon is founded
 * RoPS Rovaniemi is founded

Winners club national championship

 * 🇦🇷: Racing Club
 * 🇫🇷: Bordeaux
 * : VfB Stuttgart
 * 🇮🇸: KR
 * 🇮🇹: Juventus
 * 🇷🇴: Flamura Roșie Arad
 * 🇪🇸: Atlético Madrid
 * 🇹🇷: Fenerbahçe, Göztepe

International tournaments

 * 1950 British Home Championship (October 1, 1949 – May 25, 1950)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 england


 * FIFA World Cup in Brazil (June 24 – July 16, 1950)
 * 🇧🇷 brazil
 * 🇸🇪 sweden
 * 🇪🇸 spain
 * 🇪🇸 spain

Births

 * January 1 – Tony Currie, English footballer
 * January 2 – Anatoli Ushanov, Russian footballer and coach (died 2017)
 * January 13 – Gholam Hossein Mazloumi, Iranian international footballer and manager (died 2014)
 * January 23 – Tom Vansittart, English retired professional footballer
 * February 28 – Gerdo Hazelhekke, Dutch footballer
 * April 3 – Petar Nikezić, Yugoslavian-Serbian international footballer (died 2014)
 * April 8 – Grzegorz Lato, Polish international footballer
 * April 20 – Tommy Berggren, Swedish footballer (died 2012)
 * May 1 – Danny McGrain, Scottish international footballer
 * May 5 – Brian Alderson, Scottish footballer (died 1997)
 * May 23 – Ken Tiler, English former professional footballer
 * July 1 – Steve Mackreth, Welsh former professional footballer
 * July 5 – Carlos Caszely, Chilean international footballer
 * September 7 – Mário Sérgio Pontes de Paiva, Brazilian international footballer and manager (died 2016)
 * October 3 – Luděk Macela, Czech international footballer (died 2016)
 * October 24 – Asa Hartford, Scottish international footballer
 * November 29 – Dietmar Danner, German international footballer.

October

 * October 5 – Juan Botasso, Argentine Goalkeeper, runner-up of the 1930 FIFA World Cup. (41)