1954 in association football

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Overview of the events of 1954 in association football

Years in association football

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1954 in sports

* Air sports
* American football
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* Athletics
* Australian rules football
* Badminton
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* Field hockey
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* Golf
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* Handball
* Ice hockey
* Ice sports
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* Mind sports
* Modern pentathlon
* Motorsport
* Orienteering
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* Shooting
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* Sailing
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* Rugby league‎
* Rugby union
* Snooker
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* Strength sports
* Weightlifting
* Squash
* Table tennis
* Tennis
* Triathlon
* Volleyball

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

## Events

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* May 8 – The Asian Football Confederation is founded in Manila, Philippines.
* June 15 – UEFA is founded in Basel, Switzerland.

## Winners club national championship

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* 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

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* 1954 British Home Championship (October 10, 1953 - April 2, 1954)

England

* FIFA World Cup in Switzerland (June 16 - July 4, 1954)
1. West Germany
2. Hungary
3. Austria

## Births

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* 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 4 -- Claudio Cavalieri, Italian professional football (died 1977)[1]
* 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

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* January 31 - Vivian Woodward, English footballer (born 1879)[2]

## References

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1. ^ "Claudio Cavalieri". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
2. ^ Mallon, Bill; Buchanan, Ian (2015). The 1908 Olympic Games: Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary. McFarland. p. 447\. ISBN 9781476609522.

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