Argentina edit

• River Plate

Austria edit

• SC Wacker Wien

Chile edit

• Colo-Colo

Costa Rica edit

• C.S. Herediano

England edit

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 edit

• CO Roubaix-Tourcoing

Hungary edit

• Újpest FC

Italy edit

• Torino

Ireland edit

• Shelbourne

Mexico edit

• Atlante

Netherlands edit

• Ajax Amsterdam

Paraguay edit

• Olimpia Asunción

Romania edit

• 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 edit

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 edit

• Valencia

Sweden edit

• IFK Norrköping

Switzerland edit

• FC Biel-Bienne

Turkey edit

• Ankara Demirspor

Uruguay edit

• Nacional

USSR edit

• First Group: CDKA Moscow
• Second Group: Lokomotiv Moscow
• Soviet Cup: Spartak Moscow

Yugoslavia edit

• Partizan Beograd

• 1947 British Home Championship (28 September 1946 – 12 April 1947)

  England

• 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)^[1]
• 3 April – Ladislav Kuna, Slovak football player and manager (died 2012)
• 25 April – Johan Cruijff, Dutch international footballer and manager (died 2016)
• 8 May – Sef Vergoossen, Dutch football manager
• 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^[2]
• 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

• 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^[3]