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