The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1947 throughout the world.

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• 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]