1954_in_association_football
1954 in association football
Overview of the events of 1954 in association football
The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1954 throughout the world.
This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (March 2019) |
- May 8 – The Asian Football Confederation is founded in Manila, Philippines.
- June 15 – UEFA is founded in Basel, Switzerland.
- 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
- 1954 British Home Championship (October 10, 1953 – April 2, 1954)
- FIFA World Cup in Switzerland (June 16 – July 4, 1954)
- 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 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)
- January 31 – Vivian Woodward, English footballer (born 1879)[1]
- Mallon, Bill; Buchanan, Ian (2015). The 1908 Olympic Games: Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary. McFarland. p. 447. ISBN 9781476609522.