1954 in association football

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

Events

April

April 19: The 1954 FIFA Youth Tournament Under-18 Final was played. Spain drew 2-2 with West Germany in Köln, West Germany. Spain would win due to a better goal average.
April 24: Wolverhampton Wanderers win the Football League First Division for the first time.

May

May 8: The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) is founded. It was founded by 14 countries in Manila, Philippines
May 8: The Gold medal match at the 1954 Asian Games is played. Taiwan beats South Korea 5-2. The match is played at the Rizal Memorial Stadium in Manila, Philippines.

June

June 15: The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) is founded. It was founded by 30 countries in Basel, Switzerland. At that time, the headquarters of UEFA was based in Paris, France.
June 16: The opening 4 matches of the 1954 FIFA World Cup were played. In Group 1, Brazil beat Mexico 5-0, and Yugoslavia beat France 1-0. In Group 3, Uruguay beat Czechoslovakia 2-0, and Austria beat Scotland 1-0.

July

July 4: The 1954 FIFA World Cup Final was played. West Germany beat Hungary 3-2. It was played at the Wankdorf Stadium in Bern, Switzerland

Tournament winners

International

Tournament	Tournament Organizer	Host Country(s)	Winner	Runner-Up	Finals Stadium
1953–54 British Home Championship	Home Nations	United Kingdom	England	Scotland	-
1954 FIFA World Cup	FIFA	Switzerland	West Germany	Hungary	Wankdorf Stadium, Bern

Youth International

Tournament	Tournament Organizer	Host Country(s)	Winner	Runner-Up
1954 CCCF Youth Championship	Confederación Centroamericana y del Caribe de Fútbol (CCCF)	Costa Rica	Costa Rica	Panama
1954 South American U-20 Championship	CONMEBOL	Venezuela	Uruguay	Brazil
1954 FIFA Youth Tournament Under-18	FIFA	West Germany	Spain	West Germany

Europe

Nation	League	Champion	Cup	Winner	Runner-Up
Albania	1954 Albanian National Championship	Partizani	1954 Albanian Cup	Dinamo Tirana	Partizani
Austria	1953–54 Austrian Football Championship	Rapid Wein	No Cup
Belgium	1953–54 Belgian First Division	Anderlecht	1953–54 Belgian Cup	Standard Liège	RC Mechelen
Bulgaria	1954 A Group	CSKA Sofia	1954 Bulgarian Cup	CSKA Sofia	Slavia Sofia
Czechoslovakia	1954 Czechoslovak First League	Spartak Praha Sokolovo	No Cup
Cyprus	1953–54 Cypriot First Division	Pezoporikos Larnaca	1953–54 Cypriot Cup	Çetinkaya Türk	Pezoporikos Larnaca
Denmark	1953–54 Danish 1st Division	Køge BK	No Cup
East Germany	1953–54 DDR-Oberliga	BSG Turbine Erfurt	1952–54 FDGB-Pokal	ZSK Vorwärts Berlin	BSG Motor Zwickau
England	1953–54 Football League First Division	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1953-54 FA Cup	West Bromwich Albion	Preston North End
England	1953–54 Football League First Division	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1954 FA Charity Shield	Shared between Wolverhampton Wanderers and West Bromwich Albion
Faroe Islands	1954 Meistaradeildin	KÍ Klaksvík	No Cup
Finland	1954 Mestaruussarja	Pyrkivä Turku	No Cup
France	1953–54 French Division 1	Lille OSC	1953–54 Coupe de France	OGC Nice	Olympique Marseille
Greece	1953–54 Panhellenic Championship	Olympiacos	1953–54 Greek Football Cup	Olympiacos	Doxa Drama
Hungary	1954 Nemzeti Bajnokság I	Budapest Honvéd	No Cup
Iceland	1954 Úrvalsdeild	ÍA	No Cup
Italy	1953–54 Serie A	Internazionale	No Cup
Liechtenstein	No League		1953-54 Liechtenstein Cup	FC Vaduz	FC Triesen
Luxembourg	1953–54 Luxembourg National Division	Jeunesse Esch	1953-54 Luxembourg Cup	Jeunesse Esch	CS Grevenmacher
Malta	1953–54 Maltese Premier League	Sliema Wanderers	1953-54 Maltese FA Trophy	Floriana	Rabat Ajax
Netherlands	1953–54 Netherlands Football League Championship	FC Eindhoven	No Cup
Northern Ireland	1953–54 Irish League	Linfield	1953-54 Irish Cup	Derry City	Glentoran
Norway	1953–54 Norwegian Main League	Fredrikstad	1954 Norwegian Football Cup	Skeid	Fredrikstad
Poland	1954 Ekstraklasa	Polonia Bytom	1953-54 Polish Cup	Gwardia Warsaw	Unknown
Portugal	1953–54 Primeira Divisão	Sporting CP	1953–54 Taça de Portugal	Sporting CP	Vitória
Republic of Ireland	1953–54 League of Ireland	Shamrock Rovers	1953–54 FAI Cup	Drumcondra	St Patrick's Athletic
Romania	1954 Divizia A	Flamura Roșie Arad	1954 Cupa României	Metalul Reșița	Dinamo București
San Marino	No League		1953-54 Coppa Titano	Libertas	Unknown
Scotland	1953–54 Scottish Division A	Celtic	1953–54 Scottish Cup	Celtic	Aberdeen
Scotland	1953–54 Scottish Division A	Celtic	1953–54 Scottish League Cup	East Fife	Partick Thistle
Soviet Union	1954 Soviet Top League	Dynamo Moscow	1954 Soviet Cup	Dinamo Kiev	Spartak Yerevan
Spain	1953–54 La Liga	Real Madrid	1954 Copa del Generalísimo	Valencia	CF Barcelona
Sweden	1953–54 Allsvenskan	GAIS	No Cup
Switzerland	1953–54 Nationalliga A	FC La Chaux-de-Fonds	1953-54 Swiss Cup	FC La Chaux-de-Fonds	FC Fribourg
West Germany	1953–54 Oberliga	5 Teams	1953–54 DFB-Pokal	VfB Stuttgart	FC Köln
West Germany	1954 German football championship	Hannover 96	1953–54 DFB-Pokal	VfB Stuttgart	FC Köln
Yugoslavia	1953–54 Yugoslav First League	Dinamo Zagreb	1954 Yugoslav Cup	Partizan	Red Star Belgrade
Wales	No League		1953–54 Welsh Cup	Flint Town United	Chester City

Clubs

Clubs Founded

Date Founded	Club	Country	Current League	Notes
January 26	Unión La Calera	Chile	Chilean Primera División
February 1	De Graafschap	Netherlands	Eerste Divisie
February 5	CO Médenine	Tunisia	Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 2
February 7	Celaya Fútbol Club	Mexico	Liga de Expansión MX
March 19	Clube Atlético Patrocinense	Brazil	Campeonato Brasileiro Série D Campeonato Mineiro
April 11	Persijap Jepara	Indonesia	Liga 2
April 14	Apollon Limassol	Cyprus British Cyprus (formerly)	Cypriot First Division
June 5	Hungaritos Agustinos	Peru	Copa Perú
June	Guangzhou F.C.	China	Folded in 2025	Formerly known as Guangzhou Evergrande
July 3	C.D. Necaxa	Honduras	Folded in 2012
July 8	Wuppertaler SV	Germany West Germany (formerly)	Regionalliga West	Merger between TSG Vohwinkel and SSV Wuppertal
August 2	Club Universidad Nacional	Mexico	Liga MX
August 6	Córdoba CF	Spain	Segunda División
August 10	Deportivo Merlo	Argentina	Primera B Metropolitana
August 17	Sport Boys Warnes	Bolivia	Folded in 2019
September 23	The Cong-Viettel	Vietnam North Vietnam (formerly)	V.League 1
October 1	SC Dynamo Berlin	Germany East Germany (formerly)	Folded in 1991	Reorganized to form Berliner FC Dynamo in 1966
October 2	TRAU FC	India	I-League 2
October 26	Al Tahaddy	Libya	Libyan Premier League
November 9	Floresta Esporte Clube	Brazil	Campeonato Brasileiro Série C Campeonato Cearense
December 18	Deportes Tolima	Colombia	Categoría Primera A
1954	Accra Great Olympics	Ghana Gold Coast (formerly)	Ghana Premier League
1954	Adanaspor	Turkey	TFF First League
1954	Al-Nasr Benghazi	Libya	Libyan Premier League
1954	Al-Wahda San'a	Yemen North Yemen	Yemeni League
1954	Al Raed	Saudi Arabia	Saudi Pro League
1954	Al Faisaly	Saudi Arabia	Saudi First Division League
1954	Baltika Kaliningrad	Russia Soviet Union (formerly)	Russian First League
1954	MO Béjaïa	Algeria French Algeria (formerly)	Inter-Régions Division
1954	CF Damm	Spain	División de Honor Juvenil	Youth football team
1954	Club 31 de Octubre	Bolivia	Bolivian Football Regional Leagues
1954	Doxa Katokopias	Cyprus British Cyprus (formerly)	Cypriot Second Division
1954	Finn Harps	Ireland	League of Ireland First Division
1954	Foresta Fălticeni	Romania	Folded in 2003
1954	İnegölspor	Turkey	TFF Second League
1954	FC Kairat	Kazakhstan Soviet Union (formerly)	Kazakhstan Premier League
1954	FC Khimik-Arsenal	Russia Soviet Union (formerly)	Russian Second League
1954	F.C. Maia	Portugal	Folded in 2008
1954	Markaz Balata	Palestine	West Bank Premier League
1954	Metalul Buzău	Romania	Liga II
1954	FC Minsk-2	Belarus Soviet Union (formerly)	Folded in 2015	Former farm team of FC Minsk
1954	Nairi SC	Armenia Soviet Union (formerly)	Folded in 2000
1954	PWD Sports Club	Bangladesh East Pakistan (formerly)	Bangladesh Championship League
1954	Sankata Club	Nepal	Martyr's Memorial A-Division League
1954	Shabab Al-Hussein	Jordan	Jordanian Pro League
1954	Shamkir FC	Azerbaijan Soviet Union (formerly)	Folded in 2017
1954	TOT S.C.	Thailand	Folded in 2016
1954	Turriff United	Scotland	Highland League
1954	Tuzlaspor	Turkey	TFF First League
1954	FC Unirea Urziceni	Romania	Folded in 2011
1954	US Bénédictine	France ( Réunion)	Réunion Premier League

Clubs Folded

Date Folded	Date Founded	Club	Country	Note
July 30	August 28, 1934	RCD Córdoba	Spain
1954	November 21, 1935	Esporte Clube Alexandria	Brazil
1954	1886	Leith Athletic	Scotland	Reformed in 1996
1954	April 10, 1900	Santiago National F.C.	Chile	Founding member of the Liga Profesional de Football de Santiago
1954	1921	SD Escoriaza	Spain
1954	1945	Spartaks Rīga	Soviet Union ( Latvian SSR)

Births and deaths

Births

Date of Birth	Player	Nationality	Played For	Managed	Date of Death	Other Notes
January 15	Jan Everse	Netherlands	Feyenoord, Ajax	FC Zwolle, Sparta Rotterdam, SC Heerenveen
January 15	Tarak Dhiab	Tunisia	ES Tunis, Al-Ahli SC
January 20	Daniela Sogliani	Italy	ACF Milan			Women's footballer
January 28	Bruno Metsu	France	Valenciennes, Lille OSC, Nice	Lille OSC, Guinea, Senegal, Al Ain, Al-Gharafa, UAE, Qatar	October 15, 2013
February 7	Jimmy Bailey	Honduras	Real España
February 13	Dominique Bathenay	France	Saint-Étienne, Paris Saint-Germain	Stade de Reims, Saint-Étienne, Seychelles, UAE
February 19	Sócrates	Brazil	Botafogo-SP, Corinthians, Fiorentina	Botafogo-SP, LDU Quito	December 4, 2011	Member of the FIFA 100 1983 South American Footballer of the Year winner
February 25	Gerardo Pelusso	Uruguay	Nacional, LDU Quito	Club Atlético Florida, Cerro, Danubio, Alianza Lima, Nacional, Club Olimpia, Paraguay, Santa Fe, Al-Arabi SC, Deportivo Cali
March 6	Toni Schumacher	Germany	1. FC Köln, FC Schalke 04, Fenerbahçe, Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund	Fortuna Köln
March 11	Nicolae Manea	Romania	Rapid București, Gloria Bistrița	Unirea Dej, Rapid București, Romania U-21	December 15, 2014
April 1	Giancarlo Antognoni	Italy	Fiorentina, Lausanne-Sport			1982 FIFA World Cup winner Member of the Italian Football Hall of Fame
April 14	László Fekete	Hungary	Újpest Dózsa		March 4, 2014
April 19	Trevor Francis	England	Birmingham City, Nottingham Forest, Sampdoria	Queens Park Rangers, Sheffield Wednesday, Birmingham City, Crystal Palace	July 24, 2023
May 18	Eric Gerets	Belgium	Standard Liège, Milan, PSV	Lierse, Club Brugge, PSV, Kaiserslautern, Wolfsburg, Galatasaray, Olympique Marseille
June 6	Władysław Żmuda	Poland	Śląsk Wrocław, Widzew Łódź, Cremonese
June 26	Luis Arconada	Spain	Real Sociedad			UEFA Euro 1984 runner-up
July 10	José González Ganoza	Peru	Alianza Lima		December 8, 1987	Died in the 1987 Alianza Lima plane crash
July 12	Wolfgang Dremmler	Germany	Eintracht Braunschweig, Bayern Munich			1982 FIFA World Cup runner-up
July 15	Mario Kempes	Argentina	Rosario Central, Valencia, River Plate, St. Pölten			1978 FIFA World Cup winner Member of the FIFA 100
July 24	Jorge Jesus	Portugal	Sporting CP, Belenenses, UD Leiria, Vitória Setúbal, Farense	Braga, Benfica, Sporting CP, Al Hilal, Flamengo, Fenerbahçe		2019 Copa Libertadores winner
August 4	Claudio Cavalieri	Italy	AS Roma		June 9, 1977
August 18	Jan Peters	Netherlands	NEC Nijmegen, AZ '67, Genoa	De Treffers
August 22	Emilio Campos	Venezuela			September 18, 2022
August 24	Heini Otto	Netherlands	FC Twente, Middlesbrough, ADO Den Haag
September 5	Danny Masterton	Scotland	Ayr United, Clyde		January 5, 2020
October 30	Ramón Maradiaga	Honduras	Motagua, Tenerife, Real España	Motagua, Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador
November 5	Alejandro Sabella	Argentina	River Plate, Sheffield United, Leeds United, Estudiantes (LP), Grêmio	Qatar U-20, Estudiantes (LP), Argentina	December 8, 2020	2009 Copa Libertadores winner
November 14	Robert Alberts	Netherlands	Vancouver Whitecaps, Clermont Foot, Hittarps IK	Hittarps IK, Kedah FA, Home United, Sarawak FA, Arema Indonesia, Persib Bandung
November 18	Adrie Koster	Netherlands	Roda JC, PSV	Willem II, Roda JC, Excelsior, Ajax, Club Brugge, Saudi Arabia U-23
December 1	François Van der Elst	Belgium	Anderlecht, New York Cosmos, West Ham United, Lokeren		January 11, 2017

Deaths

Date of Death	Player	Nationality	Played For	Managed	Notes
January 6	Pedrosa	Brazil	Botafogo CA Estudantes Paulista São Paulo		4-time Campeonato Carioca winner Played at the 1934 FIFA World Cup
January 10	Oscar Brockmeyer	United States	Christian Brothers Cadets Missouri Tigers		Silver medalist at the 1904 Summer Olympics
January 20	Kees Oldenburg	Netherlands	Stormvogels
January 28	Christiaan Groothoff	Netherlands			Refereed at the 1912 Summer Olympics
January 31	Vivian Woodward	England	Clacton Tottenham Hotspur Chelsea Football League XI		1900–01 FA Cup winner 7-time British Home Championship winner Won a gold medal at the 1908 and 1912 Olympics.
February 4	Henri Scharry	Luxembourg	Jeunesse Esch		Played at the 1928 Summer Olympics
February 17	Erik Bergqvist	Sweden	AIK IFK Stockholm		Played at the 1912 Summer Olympics Won two Olympic medals in water polo (Silver in 1912, Bronze in 1920)
February 19	Herman Hesselink	Netherlands	Vitesse		Co-founder of SBV Vitesse Brother of former Dutch footballer Willem Hesselink
February 25	Juan Cilley	Argentina	Estudiantes San Isidro		Finished third at the 1919 South American Championship
March 14	Štefan Biró	Czechoslovakia Slovakia	SK Baťa Zlín ŠK Bratislava		4-time Slovenská liga winner
March 15	Benito Mosso	Argentina Italy	Torino Palestra Itália		Brother of Argentine Italian footballers Eugenio, Francisco, and Julio Mosso
April 1	Ramón Guzmán	Spain	Barcelona Mallorca	Barcelona	1929 La Liga winner 5-time Catalan football championship winner 2-time Copa del Rey/Copa del Generalísimo winner (1928, 1942)
April 1	Jan Thomée	Netherlands	DSV Concordia		Bronze medalist at the 1908 Summer Olympics
April 3	Jalmari Holopainen	Finland	HJK Helsinki		2-time Finnish champion (1911, 1912) Played at the 1912 Summer Olympics
April 4	Jerzy Piec	Poland	Naprzód Lipiny/TuS 1883 Lipine AKS Chorzów		Played at the 1936 Summer Olympics and 1938 FIFA World Cup
April 12	Pim Mulier	Netherlands			Co-founder of Koninklijke HFC Founder of the Nederlandse Voetbal en Athletiek Bond Organized the first football
April 14	Gino Ferrer Callegari	Italy	Padova AS Roma Sampdoria Lucchese Liguria Entella	Entella
April 18	George Kay	England	Bolton Wanderers Lisburn Distillery West Ham United Stockport County	Luton Town Southampton Liverpool	1913–14 Gold Cup winner 1946–47 Football League First Division winner
April 30	René Démaret	France	US Valenciennes-Anzin Montpellier RC Strasbourg AS Monaco		1950–51 Coupe de France winner
May 1	Pentti Larvo	Finland	HPS Helsinki		5-time Mestaruussarja winner Played at the 1936 Summer Olympics
May 3	Józef Garbień	Poland	Pogoń Lwów		4-time Polish Football Championship winner
May 26	Sverre Berg-Johannesen	Norway	Stavanger IF
May 28	Algoth Niska	Finland	Unitas HIFK Fotboll		Played at the 1912 Summer Olympics Was also a bootlegger and adventurer Grandfather of Finnish singer Ilkka Lipsanen
June 1	Jimmy Settle	England	Bolton Wanderers Bury Everton Stockport County		1901–02 Football League First Division top scorer Member of the Gwladys Street's Hall of Fame
June 2	Franz Scheu	Austria Austria-Hungary	Wiener AC
June 8	Fritz Fürst	Germany	Bayern Munich		2-time Kreisliga Bayern winner (1910, 1911)
June 11	André Poullain	France	CA Paris		1919–20 Coupe de France winner
June 25	Alfred Chalk	England	Upton Park		Gold medalist at the 1900 Summer Olympics
June 29	Thorsten Svensson	Sweden	GAIS		3-time Swedish champion (1923–24, 1924–25, 1926–27) Bronze medalist at the 1924 Summer Olympics
July 21	Ernie Hart	England	Leeds United Mansfield Town		1929 FA Charity Shield winner
July 26	Arthur Bridgett	England	Stoke City Sunderland South Shields Port Vale	South Shields North Shields	3-time British Home Championship winner (1904–05, 1907–08, 1908–09)
July 30	Hans Nobiling	Germany Brazil	SC Germania Hamburg		Founder of SC Germânia
September 6	Alfred Berghausen	Germany	Preußen Duisburg
September 7	Armando Reyes	Argentina	Racing Club	Racing Club	8-time Argentine Primera División winner 4-time Copa de Honor MCBA winner 5-time Copa Ibarguren winner 2-time Copa Aldao winner (1917, 1918 Copa Aldao) Played at the 1916, 1917, 1919 South American Championships
September 10	René Rossignol	France	Nîmes Olympique Grenoble Foot 38
October 27	Harry Tate	United States	St. Rose Parish		Bronze medalist at the 1904 Summer Olympics
November 12	Alec Smith	Scotland	Rangers Scottish League XI		8-time Scottish Division One winner 3-time Scottish Cup winner (1896–97, 1897–98, 1902–03)
November 20	Gino De Biasi	Italy	Treviso
November 23	Louis Schubart	France	Olympique Lillois		Played at the 1908 Summer Olympics
November 25	Enrico Crotti	Italy	Inter Milan Torino	Cagliari Fanfulla Legnano Empoli
November 27	Egil Lærum	Norway	Vålerenga Larvik Turn		1950 Egebergs Ærespris winner Was also a ski jumper
December 2	Egidio Turchi	Italy	Pistoiese Ambrosiana-Inter Livorno Lazio Lucchese Napoli Prato Palermo	Colleferro Pistoiese
December 13	Karl Neubauer	Austria	Favoritner AC Rapid Wien
December 20	Roland Schmitt	France	Racing Club de France FC Sète 34 Toulouse Olympique Lyon		2-time French Division 1 winner (1935–36, 1938–39) 1935–36 Coupe de France winner
1954	Marcel Henneberg	Switzerland	Servette		1906–07 Swiss Serie A winner
1954	Nikolai Korotkov	Russia Soviet Union	Novogireyevo Moscow Mamontovka Moscow
1954	Rūdolfs Kundrāts	Latvia Soviet Union	LSB Rīga Riga Vanderer		1932 Baltic Cup winner
1954	Jimmy McIntyre	England	Walsall Notts County Reading Coventry City	Southampton Coventry City Fulham
1954	Cayetano Saporiti	Uruguay	Montevideo Wanderers		2-time Uruguayan Primera División winner (1906, 1909) 2-time South American Championship winner (1916, 1917)
1954	Voldemārs Viņķis	Latvia Soviet Union	RFK Riga	Played at the 1924 Summer Olympics