The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1947 throughout the world.
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- 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
- 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)
- 24 April – Aldo Anzuini, Italian retired football player and coach[2]
- 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]
- 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[4]
- 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
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"Aldo Anzuini". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
"Ken Woodward". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 13 September 2016.