1936 in association football

Years in football (soccer):	1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939
Centuries:	19th century · 20th century · 21st century
Decades:	1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s
Years:	1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939

The following are the football events of the year 1936 throughout the world.

Events

• Foundation of Beitar Jerusalem F.C.

Winners club national championship

• Argentina: River Plate
• England: Sunderland F.C.
• Netherlands: Feyenoord Rotterdam
• Paraguay: Olimpia Asunción
• Poland: Ruch Chorzów
• Romania: Ripensia Timişoara
• Scotland: Celtic F.C.
• Spain: Athletic Bilbao

International tournaments

• 1936 British Home Championship (October 5, 1935 – April 4, 1936)

England

• Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany (August 3 – 15 1936)
  1. Italy
  2. Austria
  3. Norway

Births

• January 6 – Anton Allemann, Swiss international footballer (d. 2008)
• January 9 – Ion Nunweiller, Romanian international footballer (d. 2015)
• February 2 – Metin Oktay, Turkish footballer
• February 7 – Luis Santibañez, Chilean football manager
• February 14 – Horacio Troche, Uruguayan international footballer
• March 10 – Sepp Blatter, 8th President of FIFA
• April 25 – Leonel Sánchez, Chilean footballer
• November 5 – Uwe Seeler, German international footballer
• December 26 – Stevie Chalmers, Scottish footballer