1954 in association football

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

Events

February
Feburary 1: De Graafschap is founded.

April
April 14: Apollon Limassol FC is founded.
April 19: The 1954 FIFA Youth Tournament Under-18 Final was played.  drew 2-2 with  in Köln, .  would win due to a better goal average.

May
May 8: The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) is founded. It was founded by 14 countries in Manila, 
May 8: The Football at the 1954 Asian Games Gold-Medal match is played. The  beats  5-2. The match is played at the Rizal Memorial Stadium in Manila, .

June
June 15: The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) is founded. It was founded by 30 countries in Basel, . At that time, the headquarters of UEFA was based in Paris, .
June 16: The opening 4 matches of the 1954 FIFA World Cup was played. In Group 1,  beat  5-0, and  beat  1-0. In Group 3,  beat  2-0, and  beat  1-0.
Date Unknown: Guangzhou Football Team is founded. They would later be known as Guangzhou Evergrande F.C. and Guangzhou F.C.

July
July 4: The 1954 FIFA World Cup Final was played.  beat  3-2. It was played at the Wankdorf Stadium in Bern,

December
December 18: Deportes Tolima is founded.

Date unknown
Finn Harps F.C. is founded.
Al Raed FC is founded.
Santiago National F.C. folded. They were a founding member of the Liga Profesional de Football de Santiago, which is the top division of football in .

Tournament winners

International

Youth International

Europe

Notes

Births and deaths

Births

January
January 15: Jan Everse, Dutch footballer (Feyenoord, Ajax, Netherlands) and manager (FC Zwolle), Sparta Rotterdam)
January 28: Bruno Metsu, French footballer (Valenciennes, Lille OSC, Nice) and manager (Senegal, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates, Qatar) - died 2013

February
February 7: Jimmy Bailey, Honduran footballer (Real España, Honduras)
Feburary 13: Dominique Bathenay, French footballer (Saint-Étienne, Paris Saint-Germain, France) and manager (Stade de Reims, United Arab Emirates)
February 19: Sócrates, Brazilian footballer (Botafogo-SP, Corinthians, Fiorentina, Brazil) - died 2011

April
April 1: Giancarlo Antognoni, Italian footballer (Fiorentina, Lausanne-Sport, Italy)
April 14: László Fekete, Hungarian footballer (Újpest Dózsa, Hungary) - died 2014
April 19: Trevor Francis, English footballer (Birmingham City, Nottingham Forest, Sampdoria, England) and manager (Queens Park Rangers, Sheffield Wednesday, Birmingham City, Crystal Palace)

May
May 18: Eric Gerets, Belgian footballer (Standard Liège, PSV, Belgium)

June
June 6: Władysław Żmuda, Polish footballer (Śląsk Wrocław, Widzew Łódź, Cremonese, Poland)
June 26: Luis Arconada, Spanish footballer (San Sebastián, Real Sociedad, Spain)

July
July 12: Wolfgang Dremmler, German footballer (Eintracht Braunschweig, Bayern Munich, West Germany)
July 15: Mario Kempes, Argentine footballer (Rosario Central, Valencia CF, River Plate, SKN St. Pölten, Argentina) and manager.

August
August 18: Jan Peters, Dutch footballer (NEC Nijmegen, AZ, Genoa, Netherlands)
August 22: Emilio Campos, Venezuelan footballer (Venezuela)
August 24: Heini Otto, Dutch footballer (FC Twente, Middlesbrough, ADO Den Haag, Netherlands)

October
October 30: Ramón Maradiaga, Honduran footballer (Motagua, Tenerife, Honduras) and manager (Motagua, Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador)

November
November 18: Adrie Koster, Dutch footballer (Roda JC, PSV,  Netherlands) and manager (Roda JC, Excelsior, Ajax, Club Brugge, Saudi Arabia U-23, Willem II)

December
December 1: François Van der Elst, Belgian footballer (Anderlecht, New York Cosmos, West Ham United, Belgium) - died 2017

Deaths

January
January 31: Vivian Woodward, English footballer (Tottenham Hotspur, Chelsea, England, England amateurs)

May
May 3: Józef Garbień, Polish footballer (Pogoń Lwów, Poland)

 
Years in association football