1954 in association football
# 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

* Albania: KF Partizani Tirana
* Argentina: Boca Juniors
* Austria: Rapid Vienna
* Belgium: R.S.C. Anderlecht
* Bulgaria: CSKA Sofia
* Czechoslovakia: Spartak Prague Sokolovo
* Denmark: Køge BK
* East Germany: BSG Turbine Erfurt
* England: Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.
* Faroe Islands: KÍ Klaksvík
* Finland: Pyrkivä Turku
* France: Lille OSC
* Greece: Olympiacos F.C.
* Hungary: Budapest Honvéd FC
* Iceland: ÍA
* Ireland: Shamrock Rovers F.C.
* Italy: Internazionale Milano F.C.
* Luxembourg: Jeunesse Esch
* Netherlands: FC Eindhoven
* Northern Ireland: Linfield F.C.
* Norway: Skeid
* Poland: Polonia Bytom
* Portugal: Sporting CP
* Romania: Flamura Roșie Arad
* Scotland: Celtic F.C.
* Spain: Real Madrid
* Sweden: GAIS
* Switzerland: FC La Chaux-de-Fonds
* USSR: Dynamo Moscow
* West Germany: Hannover 96
* Yugoslavia: 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)
   * West Germany
   * Hungary
   * Austria

## Births

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

## Deaths

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