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

 * 🇦🇱: KF Partizani Tirana
 * 🇦🇷: Boca Juniors
 * 🇦🇹: Rapid Vienna
 * 🇧🇪: R.S.C. Anderlecht
 * 🇧🇬 Bulgaria: CSKA Sofia
 * Spartak Prague Sokolovo
 * Denmark: Køge BK
 * East Germany: BSG Turbine Erfurt
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England: Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.
 * 🇫🇴 Faroe Islands: KÍ Klaksvík
 * 🇫🇮 Finland: Pyrkivä Turku
 * 🇫🇷: Lille OSC
 * Greece: Olympiacos F.C.
 * 🇭🇺 Hungary: Budapest Honvéd FC
 * 🇮🇸: ÍA
 * 🇮🇪: Shamrock Rovers F.C.
 * 🇮🇹: Internazionale Milano F.C.
 * 🇱🇺: Jeunesse Esch
 * FC Eindhoven
 * Linfield F.C.
 * 🇳🇴: Skeid
 * 🇵🇱: Polonia Bytom
 * Sporting CP
 * 🇷🇴 Romania: Flamura Roșie Arad
 * Celtic F.C.
 * 🇪🇸 Spain: Real Madrid
 * 🇸🇪: GAIS
 * Switzerland: FC La Chaux-de-Fonds
 * USSR: Dynamo Moscow
 * Hannover 96
 * 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)
 * 🇭🇺 hungary
 * 🇦🇹 austria
 * 🇦🇹 austria

Births

 * January 5 &mdash; Jan Everse, Dutch footballer and manager
 * January 20 &mdash; Daniela Sogliani
 * February 7 &mdash; Jimmy Bailey, Honduran international footballer
 * February 13 &mdash; Dominique Bathenay, French international footballer
 * February 19 &mdash; Sócrates, Brazilian international footballer (died 2011)
 * April 1 &mdash; Giancarlo Antognoni, Italian international footballer
 * April 14 &mdash; László Fekete, Hungarian international footballer (died 2014)
 * April 19 &mdash; Trevor Francis, English international footballer and manager
 * May 18 &mdash; Eric Gerets, Belgian international footballer and manager
 * May 12 &mdash; Wolfgang Dremmler, German international footballer
 * June 26 &mdash; Luis Arconada, Spanish international footballer
 * July 15 &mdash; Mario Kempes, Argentinian international footballer
 * August 18 &mdash; Jan Peters, Dutch international footballer
 * August 22 &mdash; Emilio Campos, Venezuelan international footballer
 * August 24 &mdash; Heini Otto, Dutch footballer and manager
 * October 30 &mdash; Ramón Maradiaga, Honduran footballer and manager
 * November 18 &mdash; Adrie Koster, Dutch footballer and manager
 * December 1 &mdash; François Van der Elst, Belgian international footballer (died 2017)

Deaths

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