# 1974 in association football

The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1974 throughout the world.

## Events

* The FIFA World Cup is held from June 12 to July 7 in West Germany. West Germany wins its second title, defeating much favored Netherlands 2–1 in the final. Surprisingly, Poland take 3rd after defeating Brazil 1–0.
* European Cup: Bayern Munich beats Atlético Madrid 4–0 in the final. This was the first German EC win.
* UEFA Cup: Feyenoord wins 2–1 (Away) and 2–0 (Home) in the final against Tottenham Hotspur, winning the cup for the first time.
* UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 1. FC Magdeburg wins 2–0 over AC Milan, winning the cup for the first time. This also marks the only instance of an East German club winning a European title.
* Copa Libertadores 1974: Won by Independiente after defeating São Paulo Futebol Clube on an aggregate score of 1–0.
* February 17 – Zamalek disaster, that occurred in Cairo, before a friendly match between Zamalek SC & Dukla Prague.
* May 1 – PSV Eindhoven claims the Dutch Cup by defeating title holders NAC Breda: 6–0.
* September 18 – Dutch club FC Amsterdam makes its European debut by defeating Malta's Hibernians F.C. 5–0 in the first round of the UEFA Cup, with two goals from Nico Jansen.

## Winners club national championship
### Asia

* Qatar: Al-Sadd SC

### Europe

* East Germany: Magdeburg
* England: Leeds United
* France: AS Saint-Étienne
* Hungary: Újpest FC
* Italy: Lazio
* Netherlands: Feyenoord
* Poland: Ruch Chorzów
* Spain: Barcelona
* Turkey: Fenerbahçe
* West Germany: Bayern Munich
* Yugoslavia: Hajduk Split

### North America

* Mexico: Cruz Azul
* United States / Canada:
** Los Angeles Aztecs (NASL)

### South America

* Argentina
** Metropolitano – Newell's Old Boys
** Nacional – San Lorenzo
* Brazil – Vasco da Gama

## International tournaments

* African Cup of Nations in Egypt (March 1 – 14 1974)
** Zaire
** Zambia
** Egypt
* 1974 British Home Championship (May 11–18, 1974)
       Shared by England and Scotland
* FIFA World Cup in West Germany (June 13 – July 7, 1974)
** West Germany
** Netherlands
** Poland

## Births

* January 2 – Jason de Vos, Canadian soccer player and sportscaster
* January 6 – Daniel Cordone, Argentinian striker
* January 10 – Bob Peeters, Belgian footballer
* January 11 – Jens Nowotny, German footballer
* January 13 – Marios Kyriakou, retired Cypriot footballer
* January 20 – David Dei, Italian club footballer and coach
* January 22 – Jörg Böhme, German footballer
* January 31 – Bob Mulder, Dutch footballer
* February 8 – Mariusz Krzywda, Polish former professional footballer
* March 5 – Jens Jeremies, German footballer
* March 9 – Franz Calustro, Bolivian footballer
* March 14 – Mark Fish, South-African footballer
* March 30 – Tomislav Butina, Croatian footballer
* March 31 – Charis Nicolaou, Cypriot footballer
* April 6 – Robert Kovač, Croatian footballer
* May 19 – Leszek Pokładowski, Polish former professional footballer
* May 28 – Hans-Jörg Butt, German footballer
* May 31 – René Soller, retired Swiss footballer
* June 1 – Mirko Andrić, Serbian former professional footballer
* June 26 – Pablo Galdames, Chilean footballer
* July 27 – Alfonso Sánchez, Andorran footballer
* August 27 – Adriano da Cruz, retired Brazilian footballer
* August 28 – Oliver Glasner, Austrian football player and manager
* August 29 – Denis Caniza, Paraguayan footballer
* September 5 – Ivo Ulich, Czech footballer
* September 7 – Macamito (Paulo "Macamito" Macamo), Mozambican footballer
* September 16 – Fricson George, Ecuadorian footballer
* September 21 – Ruslan Shumskikh, former Russian professional footballer
* October 5 – Jeff Strasser, Luxembourgish footballer
* November 4 – Jérôme Leroy, French footballer
* November 9 – Alessandro Del Piero, Italian footballer
* November 10 – Igor Sypniewski, Polish footballer (died 2022)
* November 12 – Raúl Pareja, retired Spanish footballer
* November 16 – Paul Scholes, English footballer
* December 3 – Damiën Hertog, Dutch footballer
* December 12 – Franklin Anangonó, Ecuadorian footballer
* December 20 – Paul Linger, English club footballer
* December 22
** Michael Barron, English club footballer, coach, and manager
** Dani García, Spanish international
* December 24 – Marcelo Salas, Chilean footballer
* December 29 – Nikolai Korovkin, Russian football coach and former player

## Deaths
### March

* March 26 – Werner Kohlmeyer, West-German defender, winner of the 1954 FIFA World Cup. (49, heart failure)

### June

* June 8 – Anfilogino Guarisi, Brazilian/Italian striker, winner of the 1934 FIFA World Cup and first ever Italian player to score in a FIFA World Cup qualification match. (68)
* June 13 – Ernesto Vidal, Uruguayan striker, winner of the 1950 FIFA World Cup. (52)

### July

* July 1 – Kick Smit, Dutch footballer. (62)

### September

* 7 September – Juan Antonio Ipiña (62), Spanish footballer
* 24 September – Canhoteiro (41), Brazilian striker, winner of the Pequena Taça do Mundo of 1955.

### October

* October 28 – Everaldo, Brazilian left back, winner of the 1970 FIFA World Cup and active player of Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense . (30 ; car crash)