1954 in association football

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

Events
April
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.
April 24: Wolverhampton Wanderers win the Football League First Division for the first time. 

May
May 8: The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) is founded. It was founded by 14 countries in Manila, 
May 8: The Gold medal match at the 1954 Asian Games is played.  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 were played. In Group 1,  beat  5-0, and  beat  1-0. In Group 3,  beat  2-0, and  beat  1-0.

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

Tournament winners
International
 Tournament Tournament Organizer Host Country(s) Winner Runner-Up Finals Stadium 1953–54 British Home Championship  Home Nations         - 1954 FIFA World Cup  FIFA        Wankdorf Stadium, Bern

Youth International
 Tournament Tournament Organizer Host Country(s) Winner Runner-Up 1954 CCCF Youth Championship  Confederación Centroamericana y del Caribe de Fútbol (CCCF)       1954 South American U-20 Championship  CONMEBOL       1954 FIFA Youth Tournament Under-18  FIFA      

Europe
NationLeagueChampionCupWinnerRunner-Up1954 Albanian National ChampionshipPartizani1954 Albanian CupDinamo TiranaPartizani1953–54 Austrian Football ChampionshipRapid WeinNo Cup1953–54 Belgian First DivisionAnderlecht1953–54 Belgian CupStandard LiègeRC Mechelen1954 A GroupCSKA Sofia1954 Bulgarian CupCSKA SofiaSlavia Sofia1954 Czechoslovak First LeagueSpartak Praha SokolovoNo Cup1953–54 Cypriot First DivisionPezoporikos Larnaca1953–54 Cypriot CupÇetinkaya TürkPezoporikos Larnaca1953–54 Danish 1st DivisionKøge BKNo Cup1953–54 DDR-OberligaBSG Turbine Erfurt1952–54 FDGB-PokalZSK Vorwärts BerlinBSG Motor Zwickau1953–54 Football League First DivisionWolverhampton Wanderers1953-54 FA CupWest Bromwich AlbionPreston North End1954 FA Charity ShieldShared between Wolverhampton Wanderers and West Bromwich Albion1954 MeistaradeildinKÍ KlaksvíkNo Cup1954 MestaruussarjaPyrkivä TurkuNo Cup1953–54 French Division 1Lille OSC1953–54 Coupe de FranceOGC NiceOlympique Marseille1953–54 Panhellenic ChampionshipOlympiacos1953–54 Greek Football CupOlympiacosDoxa Drama1954 Nemzeti Bajnokság IBudapest HonvédNo Cup1954 ÚrvalsdeildÍANo Cup1953–54 Serie AInternazionaleNo CupNo League1953-54 Liechtenstein CupFC VaduzFC Triesen1953–54 Luxembourg National DivisionJeunesse Esch1953-54 Luxembourg CupJeunesse EschCS Grevenmacher1953–54 Maltese Premier LeagueSliema Wanderers1953-54 Maltese FA TrophyFlorianaRabat Ajax1953–54 Netherlands Football League ChampionshipFC EindhovenNo Cup1953–54 Irish LeagueLinfield1953-54 Irish CupDerry CityGlentoran1953–54 Norwegian Main LeagueFredrikstad1954 Norwegian Football CupSkeidFredrikstad1954 EkstraklasaPolonia Bytom1953-54 Polish CupGwardia WarsawUnknown1953–54 Primeira DivisãoSporting CP1953–54 Taça de PortugalSporting CPVitória1953–54 League of IrelandShamrock Rovers1953–54 FAI CupDrumcondraSt Patrick's Athletic1954 Divizia AFlamura Roșie Arad1954 Cupa RomânieiMetalul ReșițaDinamo BucureștiNo League1953-54 Coppa TitanoLibertasUnknown1953–54 Scottish Division ACeltic1953–54 Scottish CupCelticAberdeen1953–54 Scottish League CupEast FifePartick Thistle1954 Soviet Top LeagueDynamo Moscow1954 Soviet CupDinamo KievSpartak Yerevan1953–54 La LigaReal Madrid1954 Copa del GeneralísimoValenciaCF Barcelona1953–54 AllsvenskanGAISNo Cup1953–54 Nationalliga AFC La Chaux-de-Fonds1953-54 Swiss CupFC La Chaux-de-FondsFC Fribourg1953–54 Oberliga5 Teams1953–54 DFB-PokalVfB StuttgartFC Köln1954 German football championshipHannover 96 1953–54 Yugoslav First LeagueDinamo Zagreb1954 Yugoslav CupPartizanRed Star BelgradeNo League1953–54 Welsh CupFlint Town UnitedChester City

Clubs
Clubs Founded
 Date Founded Club Country Current League Notes January 26  Unión La Calera    Chilean Primera División   February 1  De Graafschap    Eerste Divisie  February 5  CO Médenine    Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 2  February 7  Celaya Fútbol Club    Liga de Expansión MX  March 19  Clube Atlético Patrocinense    Campeonato Brasileiro Série DCampeonato Mineiro  April 11  Persijap Jepara    Liga 2   April 14  Apollon Limassol   British Cyprus (formerly)  Cypriot First Division  June 5  Hungaritos Agustinos    Copa Perú June  Guangzhou F.C.    Folded in 2025  Formerly known as Guangzhou Evergrande July 3  C.D. Necaxa    Folded in 2012  July 8  Wuppertaler SV   (formerly)  Regionalliga West  Merger between TSG Vohwinkel and SSV Wuppertal August 2  Club Universidad Nacional    Liga MX  August 6  Córdoba CF    Segunda División  August 10  Deportivo Merlo    Primera B Metropolitana  August 17  Sport Boys Warnes    Folded in 2019  September 23  The Cong-Viettel   (formerly)  V.League 1  October 1  SC Dynamo Berlin   (formerly)  Folded in 1991  Reorganized to form Berliner FC Dynamo in 1966 October 2  TRAU FC    I-League 2  October 26  Al Tahaddy    Libyan Premier League   November 9  Floresta Esporte Clube    Campeonato Brasileiro Série CCampeonato Cearense  December 18  Deportes Tolima    Categoría Primera A  1954  Accra Great Olympics   (formerly)  Ghana Premier League  1954  Adanaspor    TFF First League  1954  Al-Nasr Benghazi    Libyan Premier League   1954  Al-Wahda San'a    Yemeni League 1954  Al Raed    Saudi Pro League  1954  Al Faisaly    Saudi First Division League  1954  Baltika Kaliningrad   (formerly)  Russian First League  1954  MO Béjaïa   (formerly)  Inter-Régions Division  1954  CF Damm    División de Honor Juvenil  Youth football team 1954  Club 31 de Octubre    Bolivian Football Regional Leagues 1954  Doxa Katokopias   British Cyprus (formerly)  Cypriot Second Division  1954  Finn Harps    League of Ireland First Division  1954  Foresta Fălticeni    Folded in 2003  1954  İnegölspor    TFF Second League  1954  FC Kairat   (formerly)  Kazakhstan Premier League  1954  FC Khimik-Arsenal   (formerly)  Russian Second League  1954  F.C. Maia    Folded in 2008  1954  Markaz Balata    West Bank Premier League  1954  Metalul Buzău    Liga II  1954  FC Minsk-2   (formerly)  Folded in 2015  Former farm team of FC Minsk 1954  Nairi SC   (formerly)  Folded in 2000  1954  PWD Sports Club   East Pakistan (formerly)  Bangladesh Championship League  1954  Sankata Club    Martyr's Memorial A-Division League  1954  Shabab Al-Hussein    Jordanian Pro League  1954  Shamkir FC    (formerly)  Folded in 2017  1954  TOT S.C.    Folded in 2016  1954  Turriff United    Highland League  1954  Tuzlaspor    TFF First League  1954  FC Unirea Urziceni    Folded in 2011  1954  US Bénédictine   ()  Réunion Premier League 

Clubs Folded
 Date Folded Date Founded Club Country Note July 30  August 28, 1934  RCD Córdoba    1954  November 21, 1935  Esporte Clube Alexandria    1954  1886  Leith Athletic    Reformed in 1996 1954  April 10, 1900  Santiago National F.C.    Founding member of the Liga Profesional de Football de Santiago 1954  1921  SD Escoriaza    1954  1945  Spartaks Rīga   () 

Births and deaths
Births
 Date of Birth Player Nationality Played For Managed Date of Death Other NotesJanuary 15  Jan Everse    Feyenoord, Ajax  FC Zwolle, Sparta Rotterdam, SC Heerenveen   Tarak Dhiab    ES Tunis, Al-Ahli SC    January 20  Daniela Sogliani    ACF Milan    Women's footballer January 28  Bruno Metsu   Valenciennes, Lille OSC, Nice  Lille OSC, , , Al Ain, Al-Gharafa, ,   October 15, 2013  February 7  Jimmy Bailey    Real España    February 13  Dominique Bathenay    Saint-Étienne, Paris Saint-Germain  Stade de Reims, Saint-Étienne, ,    February 19  Sócrates    Botafogo-SP, Corinthians, Fiorentina  Botafogo-SP, LDU Quito  December 4, 2011  Member of the FIFA 1001983 South American Footballer of the Year winner February 25  Gerardo Pelusso    Nacional, LDU Quito  Club Atlético Florida, Cerro, Danubio, Alianza Lima, Nacional, Club Olimpia, , Santa Fe, Al-Arabi SC, Deportivo Cali   March 6  Toni Schumacher    1. FC Köln, FC Schalke 04, Fenerbahçe, Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund  Fortuna Köln   March 11  Nicolae Manea    Rapid București, Gloria Bistrița  Unirea Dej, Rapid București, Romania U-21  December 15, 2014  April 1  Giancarlo Antognoni    Fiorentina, Lausanne-Sport    1982 FIFA World Cup winnerMember of the Italian Football Hall of Fame April 14  László Fekete    Újpest Dózsa   March 4, 2014  April 19  Trevor Francis    Birmingham City, Nottingham Forest,Sampdoria  Queens Park Rangers, Sheffield Wednesday, Birmingham City, Crystal Palace  July 24, 2023  May 18  Eric Gerets    Standard Liège, Milan, PSV  Lierse, Club Brugge, PSV, Kaiserslautern, Wolfsburg, Galatasaray, Olympique Marseille   June 6  Władysław Żmuda    Śląsk Wrocław, Widzew Łódź, Cremonese    June 26  Luis Arconada    Real Sociedad    UEFA Euro 1984 runner-up July 10  José González Ganoza    Alianza Lima   December 8, 1987  Died in the 1987 Alianza Lima plane crash July 12  Wolfgang Dremmler    Eintracht Braunschweig, Bayern Munich    1982 FIFA World Cup runner-up July 15  Mario Kempes    Rosario Central, Valencia, River Plate, St. Pölten    1978 FIFA World Cup winnerMember of the FIFA 100 July 24  Jorge Jesus    Sporting CP, Belenenses, UD Leiria, Vitória Setúbal, Farense  Braga, Benfica, Sporting CP, Al Hilal, Flamengo, Fenerbahçe   2019 Copa Libertadores winner August 4  Claudio Cavalieri    AS Roma   June 9, 1977  August 18  Jan Peters    NEC Nijmegen, AZ '67, Genoa  De Treffers   August 22  Emilio Campos      September 18, 2022  August 24  Heini Otto    FC Twente, Middlesbrough, ADO Den Haag    September 5  Danny Masterton    Ayr United, Clyde   January 5, 2020  October 30  Ramón Maradiaga    Motagua, Tenerife, Real España  Motagua, , ,    November 5  Alejandro Sabella    River Plate, Sheffield United, Leeds United, Estudiantes (LP), Grêmio  , Estudiantes (LP), Argentina  December 8, 2020  2009 Copa Libertadores winner November 14  Robert Alberts    Vancouver Whitecaps, Clermont Foot, Hittarps IK  Hittarps IK, Kedah FA, Home United, Sarawak FA, Arema Indonesia, Persib Bandung   November 18  Adrie Koster    Roda JC, PSV  Willem II, Roda JC, Excelsior, Ajax, Club Brugge,    December 1  François Van der Elst    Anderlecht, New York Cosmos, West Ham United, Lokeren   January 11, 2017 

Deaths
 Date of Death Player Nationality Played For Managed Notes January 6  Pedrosa     Botafogo CA Estudantes Paulista São Paulo   4-time Campeonato Carioca winnerPlayed at the 1934 FIFA World Cup January 10  Oscar Brockmeyer     Christian Brothers Cadets Missouri Tigers   Silver medalist at the 1904 Summer Olympics January 20  Kees Oldenburg     Stormvogels    January 28  Christiaan Groothoff      Refereed at the 1912 Summer Olympics January 31  Vivian Woodward     Clacton Tottenham Hotspur Chelsea Football League XI   1900–01 FA Cup winner7-time British Home Championship winnerWon a gold medal at the 1908 and 1912 Olympics. February 4  Henri Scharry     Jeunesse Esch   Played at the 1928 Summer Olympics February 17  Erik Bergqvist     AIK IFK Stockholm   Played at the 1912 Summer OlympicsWon two Olympic medals in water polo (Silver in 1912, Bronze in 1920) February 19  Herman Hesselink     Vitesse   Co-founder of SBV VitesseBrother of former Dutch footballer Willem Hesselink February 25  Juan Cilley     Estudiantes San Isidro   Finished third at the 1919 South American Championship March 14  Štefan Biró     SK Baťa Zlín ŠK Bratislava   4-time Slovenská liga winner March 15  Benito Mosso     Torino Palestra Itália   Brother of Argentine Italian footballers Eugenio, Francisco, and Julio MossoApril 1  Ramón Guzmán     Barcelona Mallorca   Barcelona  1929 La Liga winner5-time Catalan football championship winner2-time Copa del Rey/Copa del Generalísimo winner (1928, 1942) Jan Thomée     DSV Concordia   Bronze medalist at the 1908 Summer Olympics April 3  Jalmari Holopainen     HJK Helsinki   2-time Finnish champion (1911, 1912)Played at the 1912 Summer Olympics April 4  Jerzy Piec     Naprzód Lipiny/TuS 1883 Lipine AKS Chorzów   Played at the 1936 Summer Olympics and 1938 FIFA World Cup April 12  Pim Mulier      Co-founder of Koninklijke HFCFounder of the Nederlandse Voetbal en Athletiek BondOrganized the first football  April 14  Gino Ferrer Callegari     Padova AS Roma Sampdoria Lucchese Liguria Entella   Entella  April 18  George Kay     Bolton Wanderers Lisburn Distillery West Ham United Stockport County   Luton Town Southampton Liverpool  1913–14 Gold Cup winner1946–47 Football League First Division winner April 30  René Démaret     US Valenciennes-Anzin Montpellier RC Strasbourg AS Monaco   1950–51 Coupe de France winner May 1  Pentti Larvo     HPS Helsinki   5-time Mestaruussarja winnerPlayed at the 1936 Summer Olympics May 3  Józef Garbień     Pogoń Lwów   4-time Polish Football Championship winner May 26  Sverre Berg-Johannesen     Stavanger IF   May 28  Algoth Niska     Unitas HIFK Fotboll   Played at the 1912 Summer OlympicsWas also a bootlegger and adventurerGrandfather of Finnish singer Ilkka Lipsanen June 1  Jimmy Settle     Bolton Wanderers Bury Everton Stockport County   1901–02 Football League First Division top scorerMember of the Gwladys Street's Hall of Fame June 2  Franz Scheu     Wiener AC    June 8  Fritz Fürst     Bayern Munich   2-time Kreisliga Bayern winner (1910, 1911) June 11  André Poullain     CA Paris   1919–20 Coupe de France winner June 25  Alfred Chalk     Upton Park   Gold medalist at the 1900 Summer Olympics June 29  Thorsten Svensson     GAIS   3-time Swedish champion (1923–24, 1924–25, 1926–27)Bronze medalist at the 1924 Summer Olympics July 21  Ernie Hart     Leeds United Mansfield Town   1929 FA Charity Shield winner July 26  Arthur Bridgett     Stoke City Sunderland South Shields Port Vale   South Shields North Shields  3-time British Home Championship winner (1904–05, 1907–08, 1908–09) July 30  Hans Nobiling     SC Germania Hamburg   Founder of SC Germânia September 6  Alfred Berghausen     Preußen Duisburg    September 7  Armando Reyes     Racing Club   Racing Club  8-time Argentine Primera División winner4-time Copa de Honor MCBA winner5-time Copa Ibarguren winner2-time Copa Aldao winner (1917, 1918 Copa Aldao)Played at the 1916, 1917, 1919 South American Championships September 10  René Rossignol     Nîmes Olympique Grenoble Foot 38    October 27  Harry Tate     St. Rose Parish   Bronze medalist at the 1904 Summer Olympics November 12  Alec Smith     Rangers Scottish League XI   8-time Scottish Division One winner3-time Scottish Cup winner (1896–97, 1897–98, 1902–03) November 20  Gino De Biasi     Treviso    November 23  Louis Schubart     Olympique Lillois   Played at the 1908 Summer Olympics November 25  Enrico Crotti     Inter Milan Torino   Cagliari Fanfulla Legnano Empoli  November 27  Egil Lærum     Vålerenga Larvik Turn   1950 Egebergs Ærespris winnerWas also a ski jumper December 2  Egidio Turchi     Pistoiese Ambrosiana-Inter Livorno Lazio Lucchese Napoli Prato Palermo   Colleferro Pistoiese   December 13  Karl Neubauer     Favoritner AC Rapid Wien    December 20  Roland Schmitt     Racing Club de France FC Sète 34 Toulouse Olympique Lyon   2-time French Division 1 winner (1935–36, 1938–39)1935–36 Coupe de France winner 1954  Marcel Henneberg     Servette   1906–07 Swiss Serie A winner 1954  Nikolai Korotkov     Novogireyevo Moscow Mamontovka Moscow    1954  Rūdolfs Kundrāts     LSB Rīga Riga Vanderer   1932 Baltic Cup winner 1954  Jimmy McIntyre     Walsall Notts County Reading Coventry City   Southampton Coventry City Fulham   1954  Cayetano Saporiti     Montevideo Wanderers   2-time Uruguayan Primera División winner (1906, 1909)2-time South American Championship winner (1916, 1917) 1954  Voldemārs Viņķis     RFK Riga  Played at the 1924 Summer Olympics