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.

Asia

 * 🇶🇦 Qatar: Al-Sadd SC

Europe

 * Magdeburg
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿: Leeds United
 * 🇫🇷: AS Saint-Étienne
 * 🇭🇺: Újpest FC
 * 🇮🇹: Lazio
 * Feyenoord
 * 🇵🇱: Ruch Chorzów
 * 🇪🇸 Spain: Barcelona
 * 🇹🇷: Fenerbahçe
 * Bayern Munich
 * Hajduk Split

North America

 * 🇲🇽: Cruz Azul
 * Los Angeles Aztecs (NASL)
 * 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)
 * 🇿🇲 zambia
 * 🇪🇬 egypt
 * 1974 British Home Championship (May 11–18, 1974)
 * Shared by 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 england and 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 scotland
 * Shared by 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 england and 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 scotland


 * FIFA World Cup in West Germany (June 13 – July 7, 1974)
 * 🇳🇱 netherlands
 * 🇵🇱 poland
 * 🇵🇱 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 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

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)