The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1942 throughout the world. Winners club national championship Argentina: River Plate Austria: Vienna Chile: Santiago Morning Costa Rica: CS La Libertad Croatia: Concordia Zagreb Germany: FC Schalke 04 Italy: A.S. Roma Mexico: Spain (Mexican football team) Netherlands: ADO Den Haag Scotland: Scottish Cup: No competition Spain: Valencia C.F. Switzerland: Grasshoppers Turkey: Harb Okulu Uruguay: Nacional Births January 25: Eusébio, Portuguese international footballer (died 2014) February 27: Klaus-Dieter Sieloff, German international footballer (died 2011) February 28: Dino Zoff, Italian international footballer and coach April 19: Javier Fragoso, Mexican international footballer (died 2014) May 18: Nobby Stiles, English international footballer (died 2020) July 5: Hannes Löhr, German international footballer and coach (died 2016) July 18: Giacinto Facchetti, Italian international footballer (died 2006) August 2: Ilija Pantelić, Serbian Yugoslav international footballer (died 2014) August 7: Sigfried Held, German international footballer and coach October 1: Constantin Frățilă, Romanian international footballer (died 2016) October 3: Roberto Perfumo, Argentine international footballer (died 2016) December 3: Pedro Rocha, Uruguayan international footballer and manager (died 2013) References Association football by year