The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1931 throughout the world. Events Winners club national championship Argentina: Boca Juniors Belgium: R. Antwerp F.C. England: Arsenal F.C. Greece: Olympiacos Hungary: Újpest FC Iceland: KR Ireland: League of Ireland: Shelbourne Italy: Juventus Netherlands: Ajax Amsterdam Paraguay: Olimpia Asunción Poland: Garbarnia Kraków Scotland: Scottish Cup: Celtic Soviet Union: Russia Spain: Athletic Bilbao International tournaments 1931 British Home Championship (October 20, 1930 – April 22, 1931) Shared by and Baltic Cup 1931 in Estonia (August 30 - September 1, 1931) 1929-32 Nordic Football Championship (June 14, 1929 – September 25, 1932)1931: (May 25 - October 11, 1931) (1931) (1929-1932) Balkan Cup 1929-31 (October 6, 1929 – November 29, 1931) Balkan Cup 1931 in Bulgaria (September 30 - October 4, 1931) Births January 9: Ángel Berni, Paraguayan footballer (died 2017) January 18: André Piters, Belgian international footballer (died 2014) February 9: Josef Masopust, Czechoslovak international footballer and manager (died 2015) February 14: Newton de Sordi, Brazilian international footballer (died 2013) February 16: Bobby Collins, Scottish international footballer (died 2014) March 1: Arne Pedersen, Norwegian international footballer (died 2013) May 16: Vujadin Boškov, Yugoslav international football player and coach (died 2014) June 13: Jean-Jacques Marcel, French international footballer (died 2014) June 28: Aleksandar Ivoš, Serbian footballer (died 2020) July 5: Gerd Lauck, German footballer (died 2005) August 2: Yuri Kuznetsov, Soviet international footballer (died 2016) August 5: Billy Bingham, Northern Irish international footballer and manager (died 2022) September 19: Hiroto Muraoka, Japanese football player (died 2017) October 13: Raymond Kopa, French international footballer (died 2017) November 6: Pál Várhidi, Hungarian international footballer and manager (died 2015) December 27: John Charles, Welsh international footballer (died 2004) Deaths 5 September: John Thomson, Scottish international footballer (born 1909) References Association football by year