1937 in association football
# 1937 in association football

The following are the football events of 1937 throughout the world.

## Events

* May 2 – Puck van Heel becomes Holland's most capped player when he plays his 57th match for the Netherlands national football team against Belgium. Van Heel earned 64 caps during his career.
* Foundation of Air Force Central F.C.
* Sunderland AFC win the FA cup final.

## Winners club national championship

* Argentina: River Plate
* France: Olympique de Marseille
* Italy: Bologna
* Netherlands: Ajax Amsterdam
* Paraguay: Olimpia Asunción
* Poland: Cracovia
* Romania: Venus București
* Scotland:
   * Scottish Cup: Celtic
* Soviet Union: see 1937 in Soviet football
* Turkey: Fenerbahçe
* Kingdom of Yugoslavia: Građanski Zagreb

## International tournaments

* 1937 British Home Championship (October 31, 1936 – April 17, 1937)

       Wales
* 1937 South American Championship (December 27, 1936 – February 1, 1937)

       Argentina

## Births

* January 1 – Vlatko Marković, Yugoslavian international footballer (died 2013)
* February 3 – Alex Young Scottish international footballer (died 2017)
* March 13 – Antonio Betancort, Spanish international footballer (died 2015)
* May 16 – Antonio Rattín, Argentine international footballer
* June 1 – Ezio Pascutti, Italian international footballer (died 2017)
* June 27 – Jules Accorsi, French football player and manager
* June 29 – Yair Nossovsky, Israeli footballer
* July 6 – Ernesto Figueiredo, Portuguese footballer
* July 9 – Josef Vacenovský, Czech forward
* July 12
   * Fritz Kehl, Swiss football defender
   * František Valošek, Czech football player
* July 20 – Ilie Datcu, Romanian goalkeeper and coach
* August 9 – Hans Nowak, German international footballer (died 2012)
* August 19 – Richard Møller Nielsen, Danish international footballer and manager (died 2014)
* August 22 – Gennadi Matveyev, Soviet international footballer (died 2014)
* November 8
   * Peter Brabrook, English international footballer (died 2016)
   * Dragoslav Šekularac, Serbian footballer and manager (d. 2019)
* November 10 – Zdeněk Zikán, Czech football player (d. 2013)
* November 20 – Pim van de Meent, Dutch footballer and manager
* December 6 – Alberto Spencer, Ecuadorian-Uruguayan footballer (died 2006)
* December 20 – Gordon Banks, English international footballer (died 2019)
