1952 in association football

The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1952 throughout the world.

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.
•  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)

Shared by  Wales and  England

• Olympic Games in Helsinki, Finland (July 15 – August 2, 1952)
  1.  Hungary
  2.  Yugoslavia
  3.  Sweden

Births

• February 2 – Fernando Morena, Uruguayan footballer
• March 20 – Steve Whitworth, English footballer
• May 2 – Martin Haar, Dutch footballer and assistant-coach
• May 17 – Jorge Olguin, Argentine footballer
• May 19 – Bert van Marwijk, Dutch footballer and coach
• August 2 – Alain Giresse, French footballer and coach
• August 3 – Osvaldo Ardiles, Argentinian footballer and coach
• August 7 – Kees Kist, Dutch footballer
• November 5 – Harry Schellekens, Dutch footballer
• November 17 – Roman Ogaza, Polish footballer
• November 25 – Gabriele Oriali, Italian footballer
• December 15 – Allan Simonsen, Danish footballer

Deaths