The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1947 throughout the world.
Events
Winners club national championship
Argentina
River Plate
Austria
SC Wacker Wien
Chile
Colo-Colo
Costa Rica
C.S. Herediano
England
for fuller coverage see 1946–47 in English football
First Division: Liverpool
Second Division: Manchester City
Third Division: Doncaster Rovers
Fourth Division: Cardiff City
FA Cup: Charlton Athletic
France
CO Roubaix-Tourcoing
Hungary
Újpest FC
Italy
Torino
Ireland
Shelbourne
Mexico
Atlante
Netherlands
Ajax Amsterdam
Paraguay
Olimpia Asunción
Romania
Divizia A: ITA Arad
Divizia B: Unirea Tricolor București, Ploiești, Dermata Cluj
Divizia C: Concordia Ploiești, BNR București, Astra Română Câmpina, PCA Constanța, Ripensia Timișoara, Sanitas Satu Mare, CFR Cluj, Șoimii Sibiu, Doljul Craiova, Aninoasa, Danubiana Roman, Astra Română Moreni
Scotland
for fuller coverage see 1946–47 in Scottish football
League Division A: Rangers
League Division B: Dundee
League Division C: Stirling Albion
Scottish Cup: Aberdeen
Scottish League Cup: Rangers
Spain
Valencia
Sweden
IFK Norrköping
Switzerland
FC Biel-Bienne
Turkey
Ankara Demirspor
Uruguay
Nacional
USSR
First Group: CDKA Moscow
Second Group: Lokomotiv Moscow
Soviet Cup: Spartak Moscow
Yugoslavia
Partizan Beograd
International tournaments
1947 British Home Championship (28 September 1946 – 12 April 1947)
England
Births
15 January – Peter Nogly, German international Footballer
25 January – Tostão, Brazilian international footballer
20 February – Peter Osgood, English international footballer (died 2006)
24 February – Fernando Barrachina, Spanish international footballer (died 2016)
3 March – Óscar Tabárez, Uruguayan football player and manager
24 March – Archie Gemmill, Scottish international footballer
30 March – Henry Perales, Peruvian footballer (died 2021)
3 April – Ladislav Kuna, Slovak football player and manager (died 2012)
24 April – Aldo Anzuini, Italian retired football player and coach
25 April – Johan Cruijff, Dutch international footballer and manager (died 2016)
8 May – Sef Vergoossen, Dutch football manager
19 June – Alan Woodward, English former professional footballer
3 July – Rob Rensenbrink, Dutch international footballer (died 2020)
10 August – Laurent Pokou, Ivorian international footballer (died 2016)
28 August – Emlyn Hughes, English international footballer (died 2004)
15 October – Laszlo Fazekas, Hungarian international footballer
16 October – Ken Woodward, English former professional footballer
23 October – Kazimierz Deyna, Polish international footballer (died 1989)
2 November – Allan Michaelsen, Danish international footballer (died 2016)
26 December – Dominique Baratelli, French international footballer
Deaths
8 May – Attilio Ferraris, Italian midfielder, winner of the 1934 FIFA World Cup. (43, heart attack during a friendly match between former stars in Montecatini Terme)
12 June – Cosme Damião, Portuguese football player and manager, 61