1954 in association football
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The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1954 throughout the world.
Events
[edit]- May 8 – The Asian Football Confederation is founded in Manila, Philippines.
- June 15 – UEFA is founded in Basel, Switzerland.
Winners club national championship
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Albania: KF Partizani Tirana
Argentina: Boca Juniors
Austria: Rapid Vienna
Belgium: R.S.C. Anderlecht
Bulgaria: CSKA Sofia
Czechoslovakia: Spartak Prague Sokolovo
Denmark: Køge BK
East Germany: BSG Turbine Erfurt
England: Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.
Faroe Islands: KÍ Klaksvík
Finland: Pyrkivä Turku
France: Lille OSC
Greece: Olympiacos F.C.
Hungary: Budapest Honvéd FC
Iceland: ÍA
Ireland: Shamrock Rovers F.C.
Italy: Internazionale Milano F.C.
Luxembourg: Jeunesse Esch
Netherlands: FC Eindhoven
Northern Ireland: Linfield F.C.
Norway: Skeid
Poland: Polonia Bytom
Portugal: Sporting CP
Romania: Flamura Roșie Arad
Scotland: Celtic F.C.
Spain: Real Madrid
Sweden: GAIS
Switzerland: FC La Chaux-de-Fonds
USSR: Dynamo Moscow- West Germany: Hannover 96
Yugoslavia: Dinamo Zagreb
International tournaments
[edit]- 1954 British Home Championship (October 10, 1953 – April 2, 1954)
- FIFA World Cup in Switzerland (June 16 – July 4, 1954)
Births
[edit]- January 5 — Jan Everse, Dutch footballer and manager
- January 20 — Daniela Sogliani
- February 7 — Jimmy Bailey, Honduran international footballer
- February 13 — Dominique Bathenay, French international footballer
- February 19 — Sócrates, Brazilian international footballer (died 2011)
- April 1 — Giancarlo Antognoni, Italian international footballer
- April 14 — László Fekete, Hungarian international footballer (died 2014)
- April 19 — Trevor Francis, English international footballer and manager
- May 18 — Eric Gerets, Belgian international footballer and manager
- May 12 — Wolfgang Dremmler, German international footballer
- June 26 — Luis Arconada, Spanish international footballer
- July 15 — Mario Kempes, Argentinian international footballer
- August 4 — Claudio Cavalieri, Italian professional football (died 1977)[1]
- August 18 — Jan Peters, Dutch international footballer
- August 22 — Emilio Campos, Venezuelan international footballer
- August 24 — Heini Otto, Dutch footballer and manager
- October 30 — Ramón Maradiaga, Honduran footballer and manager
- November 18 — Adrie Koster, Dutch footballer and manager
- December 1 — François Van der Elst, Belgian international footballer (died 2017)
Deaths
[edit]- January 31 – Vivian Woodward, English footballer (born 1879)[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Claudio Cavalieri". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
- ^ Mallon, Bill; Buchanan, Ian (2015). The 1908 Olympic Games: Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary. McFarland. p. 447. ISBN 9781476609522.