1954 in association football

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: UTA 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
• FIFA World Cup in Switzerland
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  Births

• January 5 — Jan Everse, Dutch footballer and manager
• February 7 — Jimmy Bailey, Honduran international footballer
• February 13 — Dominique Bathenay, French international footballer
• April 14 — László Fekete, Hungarian international footballer
• 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

  Deaths

• January 31 - Vivian Woodward, English footballer