1931 in association football
The following are the football events of the year 1931 throughout the world.Events
- Argentina: Boca Juniors
- Belgium: R. Antwerp F.C.
- England: Arsenal F.C.
- Iceland: KR
- Ireland: Shelbourne
- Italy: Juventus
- Netherlands: Ajax Amsterdam
- Paraguay: Olimpia Asunción
- Poland: Garbarnia Kraków
- Spain: Athletic Bilbao
- Greece: Olympiacos
- Hungary: Újpest FC
International tournaments
- 1931 British Home Championship
- Baltic Cup 1931 in Estonia
- 1929-32 Nordic Football Championship
1931: - Balkan Cup 1929-31
- Balkan Cup 1931 in Bulgaria
Births
- January 9: Ángel Berni, Paraguayan footballer
- January 18: André Piters, Belgian international footballer
- February 9: Josef Masopust, Czechoslovak international footballer and manager
- February 14: Newton de Sordi, Brazilian international footballer
- February 16: Bobby Collins, Scottish international footballer
- March 1: Arne Pedersen, Norwegian international footballer
- May 16: Vujadin Boškov, Yugoslav international football player and coach
- June 13: Jean-Jacques Marcel, French international footballer
- June 28: Aleksandar Ivoš, Serbian footballer
- July 5: Gerd Lauck, German footballer
- August 2: Yuri Kuznetsov, Soviet international footballer
- August 5: Billy Bingham, Northern Irish international footballer and manager
- September 19: Hiroto Muraoka, Japanese football player
- October 13: Raymond Kopa, French international footballer
- November 6: Pál Várhidi, Hungarian international footballer and manager
- December 27: John Charles, Welsh international footballer
Deaths
- 5 September: John Thomson, Scottish international footballer