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 Koln, . 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 Espana, Honduras)
Feburary 13: Dominique Bathenay, French footballer (Saint-Etienne, Paris Saint-Germain, France) and manager (Stade de Reims, United Arab Emirates)
February 19: Socrates, Brazilian footballer (Botafogo-SP, Corinthians, Fiorentina, Brazil) - died 2011
April
April 1: Giancarlo Antognoni, Italian footballer (Fiorentina, Lausanne-Sport, Italy)
April 14: Laszlo Fekete, Hungarian footballer (Ujpest Dozsa, 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 Liege, PSV, Belgium)
June
June 6: Wladyslaw Zmuda, Polish footballer (Slask Wroclaw, Widzew Lodz, Cremonese, Poland)
June 26: Luis Arconada, Spanish footballer (San Sebastian, 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. Polten, 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: Ramon 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: Francois 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: Jozef Garbien, Polish footballer (Pogon Lwow, Poland)