The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1949 throughout the world. Events March 31 - The 1948/49 Albanian First Division championship is annulled by the Albanian Sports Federation. Winners club national championship Argentina Racing Club Austria Austria Vienna Chile Universidad Católica Colombia Millonarios Costa Rica Alajuelense Egypt Al Ahly England for fuller coverage see 1948-49 in English football First Division: Portsmouth Second Division: Fulham Third Division North: Hull City Third Division South: Swansea City FA Cup: Wolves France Stade de Reims Hong Kong South China AA Iceland KR Italy Torino F.C. Mexico León Paraguay Club Guaraní Romania Divizia A: ICO Oradea Divizia B: CFR Sibiu, Dinamo B București Cupa României: CSCA București Scotland for fuller coverage see 1948-49 in Scottish football League Division A: Rangers League Division B: Raith Rovers League Division C: Stirling Albion Scottish Cup: Rangers Scottish League Cup: Rangers Spain U.D. Las Palmas Switzerland FC Lugano Turkey Ankaragücü Uruguay Peñarol USSR Dynamo Moscow West-Germany VfR Mannheim International tournaments 1949 British Home Championship (October 9, 1948 – April 9, 1949) 1949 South American Championship (April 3 – May 11, 1949) Births January 4 – Mick Mills, English footballer and manager January 27 – Per Røntved, Danish international footballer April 16 – Claude Papi, French international footballer (died 1983) June 7 – Lou Macari, Scottish international footballer August 26 – Alberto Cardaccio, Uruguayan international footballer (died 2015) September 18 – Peter Shilton, English international footballer September 25 – Jean Petit, French international footballer November 11 – Safet Berisha, Albanian international footballer (died 2016) November 22 – Reiner Geye, German international footballer (died 2002) December 19 – Christian Dalger, French international footballer Deaths References Association football by year