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 : 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: Flamura Roșie 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 (October 10, 1953 – April 2, 1954) FIFA World Cup in Switzerland (June 16 – July 4, 1954) Births January 5 — Jan Everse, Dutch footballer and manager 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) References Association football by year