1941 in association football

Events

• January 19 - FK Austria Wien defeat LASK Linz 21-0 in the Gauliga Ostmark.
• 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 and Germany: Rapid Vienna
• Chile: Colo-Colo
• Costa Rica: Alajuelense
• Croatia: Hajduk Split
• Iceland: KR
• Italy: Bologna
• Mexico: Atlante
• Spain: Atlético Aviación
• Switzerland: Lugano
• Turkey: Gençlerbirliği
• Uruguay: Nacional

  International tournaments

Births

• January 11 - Gérson, Brazilian international footballer
• February 1 - Teofil Codreanu, Romanian international footballer
• March 2 - Bert Jacobs, Dutch footballer and manager
• April 12 - Bobby Moore, English international footballer. England captain and World cup winner
• May 21 - Anton Pronk, Dutch international footballer
• June 2 - Dinko Dermendzhiev, Bulgarian footballer and manager
• July 10 - Henk Bosveld, Dutch footballer
• July 22 - Harry Bähre, German footballer
• July 26 - Hans Dorjee, Dutch footballer and manager
• August 2 - Jean Cornelis, Belgian international footballer
• August 20 - Marian Szeja, Polish international footballer
• August 24 - Jean Plaskie, Belgian international footballer
• September 15 - Flórián Albert, Hungarian international footballer
• October 9 - Giancarlo Bercellino, Italian international footballer
• October 28 - David Sloan, Northern Irish international footballer
• November 23 - Alan Mullery, English international footballer and manager

  Deaths