The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1941 throughout the world. Events January 19 – FK Austria Wien defeat LASK Linz 21–0 in the Gauliga Ostmark (Austrian First Division). June 24 – The USSR First Division championship is abandoned after the German invasion of the USSR. Alajuelense win the Costa Rican First Division with a 100% record – played 6, won 6, drew 0, lost 0. Nacional win the Uruguayan First Division with a 100% record – played 20, won 20, drew 0, lost 0. Two matches are not played in the final round of the Chilean First Division. They are Colo-Colo versus Badminton FC, and Unión Española versus Green Cross. Winners club national championship Argentina: River Plate Austria (Gauliga Ostmark) and Germany: Rapid Vienna Chile: Colo-Colo Costa Rica: Alajuelense Croatia: Hajduk Split Iceland: KR Italy: Bologna Mexico: Atlante Scotland: Scottish Cup: No competition Spain: Atlético Aviación (Atlético Madrid in Post-War) Switzerland: Lugano Romania: Unirea Tricolor București Turkey: Gençlerbirliği Uruguay: Nacional Births January 11 Gérson, Brazilian international footballer Pak Seung-zin, North Korean footballer (died 2011) January 20 – Allan Young, English club footballer (died 2009) January 28 – Fernando Serena, Spanish footballer (d. 2018) February 1 – Teofil Codreanu, Romanian international footballer (died 2016) March 2 – Bert Jacobs, Dutch footballer and manager (died 1999) April 12 – Bobby Moore, English international footballer. England captain and World cup winner (died 1993) May 21 – Anton Pronk, Dutch international footballer (died 2016) June 2 – Dinko Dermendzhiev, Bulgarian footballer and manager (died 2019) July 8 – Dario Gradi, Italian amateur football player, coach and manager known for his association with English club Crewe Alexandra July 10 – Henk Bosveld, Dutch footballer (died 1998) July 22 – Harry Bähre, German footballer July 26 – Hans Dorjee, Dutch footballer and manager (died 2002) August 2 – Jean Cornelis, Belgian international footballer (died 2016) August 20 – Marian Szeja, Polish international footballer (died 2015) August 24 – Jean Plaskie, Belgian international footballer (died 2017) September 15 – Flórián Albert, Hungarian international footballer (died 2011) October 9 – Giancarlo Bercellino, Italian international footballer October 28 – David Sloan, Northern Irish international footballer (died 2016) November 23 – Alan Mullery, English international footballer and manager References Association football by year