1947 in association football
The following are the football events of the year 1947 throughout the world.Events
- River Plate
- SC Wacker Wien
- Colo-Colo
- C.S. Herediano
for fuller coverage see 1946-47 in English football
for fuller coverage see 1946-47 in Scottish football
- League Division A: Rangers
- League Division B: Dundee
- League Division C: Stirling Albion
- Scottish Cup: Aberdeen
- Scottish League Cup: Rangers
- Valencia
- IFK Norrköping
- FC Biel-Bienne
- Ankara Demirspor
- Nacional
- CSKA Moscow
- Partizan Beograd
International tournaments
- 1947 British Home Championship
Births
- 15 January - Peter Nogly, German international Footballer
- 25 January - Tostão, Brazilian international footballer
- 20 February - Peter Osgood, English international footballer
- 24 February - Fernando Barrachina, Spanish international footballer
- 3 March - Óscar Tabárez, Uruguayan football player and manager
- 24 March - Archie Gemmill, Scottish international footballer
- 3 April - Ladislav Kuna, Slovak football player and manager
- 25 April - Johan Cruijff, Dutch international footballer and manager
- 8 May - Sef Vergoossen, Dutch football manager
- 3 July - Rob Rensenbrink, Dutch international footballer
- 10 August - Laurent Pokou, Ivorian international footballer
- 28 August - Emlyn Hughes, English international footballer
- 15 October - Laszlo Fazekas, Hungarian international footballer
- 23 October - Kazimierz Deyna, Polish international footballer
- 2 November - Allan Michaelsen, Danish international footballer
- 26 December - Dominique Baratelli, French international footballer
Deaths
May
