1954 in association football

The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1954 throughout the world.

Events

• May 8 – The Asian Football Confederation is founded in Manila, Philippines.
• June 15 – UEFA is founded in Basel, Switzerland.

Winners club national championship

• 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

• 1954 British Home Championship (October 10, 1953 – April 2, 1954)

England

• FIFA World Cup in Switzerland (June 16 – July 4, 1954)
  1. West Germany
  2. Hungary
  3. Austria

Births

• 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)

Deaths

• January 31 – Vivian Woodward, English footballer (born 1879)