1952 in association football
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The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1952 throughout the world.
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Events
- September 21 – East Germany plays its first ever international match, losing 3-0 to Poland in Warsaw.
Winners club national championship
Albania: KS Dinamo Tirana
Argentina: River Plate
Austria: Rapid Vienna
Belgium: RFC Liégeois
Bulgaria: PFC CSKA Sofia
Czechoslovakia: Sparta CKD Sokolovo
Denmark: AB
East Germany: ZSG Union Halle
England: Manchester United F.C.
Faroe Islands: KÍ Klaksvík
Finland: KTP
France: OGC Nice
Greece: tournament not held
Hungary: Budapest Honvéd FC
Iceland: KR
Ireland: St Patrick's Athletic F.C.
Italy: Juventus F.C.
Luxembourg: National Schifflange
Netherlands: Willem II
Northern Ireland: Glenavon F.C.
Norway: FK Sparta Sarpsborg
Poland: Ruch Chorzów
Portugal: Sporting CP
Romania: CCA Bucureşti
Scotland: Hibernian F.C.- 23x15px Spain: FC Barcelona
Sweden: IFK Norrköping
Switzerland: Grasshopper Club Zürich
West Germany: VfB Stuttgart
USSR: FC Spartak Moscow
Yugoslavia: Hajduk Split
International tournaments
- 1952 British Home Championship (October 6, 1951 – April 5, 1952)
- Olympic Games in Helsinki, Finland (July 15 – August 2, 1952)
Births
- February 2 – Fernando Morena, Uruguayan international footballer
- February 8 – Marinho Chagas, Brazilian international footballer (died 2014)
- March 20 – Steve Whitworth, English footballer
- May 2 – Martin Haar, Dutch footballer and assistant-coach
- May 17 – Jorge Olguin, Argentine international footballer
- May 19 – Bert van Marwijk, Dutch footballer and coach
- May 22 – Waldemar Victorino, Uruguayan international footballer
- August 2 – Alain Giresse, French international footballer and coach
- August 3 – Osvaldo Ardiles, Argentinian international footballer and coach
- August 7 – Kees Kist, Dutch international footballer
- November 5 – Harry Schellekens, Dutch footballer
- November 17 – Roman Ogaza, Polish footballer
- November 25 – Gabriele Oriali, Italian international footballer
- December 15 – Allan Simonsen, Danish international footballer
Deaths
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