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.^[1]
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.^[2]
26 August – French professional football is resumed for the first time since 1938–39.

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^[4]
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^[5]
13 August – Les Barratt, English former professional footballer^[6]
11 September – Franz Beckenbauer, German international footballer and manager (died 2024)
6 October – Graham Bent, Welsh professional footballer (died 2002)^[7]
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^[8]

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)

^ "Austria 1944/45". RSSSF. Retrieved 23 August 2012.
^ ‘Association Football – Plans for Next Season’; The Times, 26 July 1945, p. 8
^ "Scottish Cup Past Winners | Scottish Cup | Scottish FA". www.scottishfa.co.uk. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
^ "Jimmy Tugman". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
^ "Nibaldo ALEGRE". memoriawanderers.cl (in Spanish). Memoria Wanderers. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
^ "Les Barratt". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
^ "1945 in association football". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
^ "David Kydd". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 15 February 2019.