1944 in association football
The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1944 throughout the world.
Winners club national championship
- Argentina: Boca Juniors
- Austria: First Vienna
- Belgium: R. Antwerp F.C.
- Czechoslovakia: Sparta Prague
- Denmark: Boldklubben Frem
- Finland: VIFK Vaasa
- Germany: Dresdner SC
- Iceland: Valur
- Ireland: Shelbourne
- Israel: Hapoel Tel Aviv
- Italy: Spezia Calcio
- Mexico: Real Club España
- Portugal: Sporting Clube de Portugal
- Romania: Nagyváradi AC
- Peru: Sucre FC
- Spain: Valencia CF
- Sweden: Malmö FF
- Switzerland: Lausanne Sports
- Turkey: Fenerbahçe
Births
- March 15 – Gérard Farison, French international footballer
- April 4 – Ronnie Rees, Welsh footballer
- April 15 – Kunishige Kamamoto, Japanese footballer
- June 28 – Georgi Hristakiev, Bulgarian international footballer (died 2016)
- July 7 – Jürgen Grabowski, German international footballer
- July 17 – Carlos Alberto Torres, Brazilian international footballer (died 2016)
- August 23 – Augustin Deleanu, Romanian international footballer (died 2014)
- September 30 – Jimmy Johnstone, Scottish international footballer
- November 9 – Herbert Wimmer, German international footballer
- December 17 – Ferenc Bene, Hungarian international footballer (died 2006)
- December 25 – Jairzinho, Brazilian international footballer
Deaths
- April 11 – Alejandro Villanueva (35), Peruvian footballer (born 1908)
- July 18 – Wim Anderiesen (40), Dutch footballer (born 1903)
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