1974 in association football

none April 2023 1974 association football sports The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1974 throughout the world. Events The FIFA World Cup is held from June 12 to July 7 in West Germany. West Germany wins its second title, defeating much favored Netherlands 2–1 in the final. Surprisingly, Poland take 3rd after defeating Brazil 1–0. European Cup: Bayern Munich beats Atlético Madrid 4–0 in the final. This was the first German EC win. UEFA Cup: Feyenoord wins 2–1 (Away) and 2–0 (Home) in the final against Tottenham Hotspur, winning the cup for the first time. UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 1. FC Magdeburg wins 2–0 over AC Milan, winning the cup for the first time. This also marks the only instance of an East German club winning a European title. Copa Libertadores 1974: Won by Independiente after defeating São Paulo Futebol Clube on an aggregate score of 1–0. February 17 – Zamalek disaster, that occurred in Cairo, before a friendly match between Zamalek SC & Dukla Prague. May 1 – PSV Eindhoven claims the Dutch Cup by defeating title holders NAC Breda: 6–0. September 18 – Dutch club FC Amsterdam makes its European debut by defeating Malta's Hibernians F.C. 5–0 in the first round of the UEFA Cup, with two goals from Nico Jansen. Winners club national championship Asia QAT Qatar: Al-Sadd SC Europe : Magdeburg : Leeds United : AS Saint-Étienne : Újpest FC : Lazio : Feyenoord : Ruch Chorzów : Celtic ESP 1945: Barcelona : Fenerbahçe : Bayern Munich 1945: Hajduk Split North America : Cruz Azul / : Los Angeles Aztecs (NASL) South America ARG Argentina Metropolitano – Newell's Old Boys Nacional – San Lorenzo BRA 1968 Brazil – Vasco da Gama International tournaments African Cup of Nations in Egypt (March 1 – 14 1974) Zaire Zambia 1964 Egypt 1972 1974 British Home Championship (May 11–18, 1974) Shared by England and Scotland FIFA World Cup in West Germany (June 13 – July 7, 1974) West Germany Netherlands Poland Births August 2022 January 2 – Jason de Vos, Canadian soccer player and sportscaster January 6 – Daniel Cordone, Argentinian striker January 10 – Bob Peeters, Belgian footballer January 11 – Jens Nowotny, German footballer January 13 – Marios Kyriakou, retired Cypriot footballerMarios Kyriakou https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe54131/marios-kyriakou/ worldfootball.net HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG 3 July 2024 en January 20 – David Dei, Italian club footballer and coach January 22 – Jörg Böhme, German footballer January 31 – Bob Mulder, Dutch footballer February 8 – Mariusz Krzywda, Polish former professional footballerMariusz Krzywda https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe244758/mariusz-krzywda/ worldfootball.net HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG 3 July 2024 en March 5 – Jens Jeremies, German footballer March 9 – Franz Calustro, Bolivian footballer March 14 – Mark Fish, South-African footballer March 30 – Tomislav Butina, Croatian footballer March 31 – Charis Nicolaou, Cypriot footballerCharis Nicolaou https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe47742/charis-nicolaou/ worldfootball.net HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG 9 April 2024 en April 6 – Robert Kovač, Croatian footballer May 19 – Leszek Pokładowski, Polish former professional footballerLeszek Pokładowski https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe352494/leszek-pokladowski/ worldfootball.net HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG 20 August 2024 en May 28 – Hans-Jörg Butt, German footballer May 31 – René Soller, retired Swiss footballerRené Soller https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe481409/rene-soller/ worldfootball.net HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG 2 July 2024 en June 1 – Mirko Andrić, Serbian former professional footballerMirko Andric https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe12298/mirko-andric/ worldfootball.net HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG 13 June 2024 en June 26 – Pablo Galdames, Chilean footballer July 27 – Alfonso Sánchez, Andorran footballerAlfonso Sánchez Miguez https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe46848/alfonso-sanchez-miguez/ worldfootball.net HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG 10 April 2024 en August 27 – Adriano da Cruz, retired Brazilian footballerAdriano da Cruz https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe94184/adriano-da-cruz/ worldfootball.net HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG 4 July 2024 en August 28 – Oliver Glasner, Austrian football player and manager August 29 – Denis Caniza, Paraguayan footballer September 5 – Ivo Ulich, Czech footballer September 7 – Macamito (Paulo "Macamito" Macamo), Mozambican footballer September 16 – Fricson George, Ecuadorian footballer September 21 – Ruslan Shumskikh, former Russian professional footballerRuslan Shumskikh at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian) October 5 – Jeff Strasser, Luxembourgish footballer November 4 – Jérôme Leroy, French footballer November 9 – Alessandro Del Piero, Italian footballer November 10 – Igor Sypniewski, Polish footballer (died 2022) November 12 – Raúl Pareja, retired Spanish footballerRaúl Pareja https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe474216/raul-pareja/ worldfootball.net HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG 29 February 2024 en November 16 – Paul Scholes, English footballer December 3 – Damiën Hertog, Dutch footballer December 12 – Franklin Anangonó, Ecuadorian footballer December 20 – Paul Linger, English club footballer December 22 Michael Barron, English club footballer, coach, and manager Dani García, Spanish international December 24 – Marcelo Salas, Chilean footballer December 29 – Nikolai Korovkin, Russian football coach and former playerNikolai Korovkin https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe677946/nikolai-korovkin/ worldfootball.net HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG 23 October 2023 en Deaths August 2022 March March 26 – Werner Kohlmeyer, West-German defender, winner of the 1954 FIFA World Cup. (49, heart failure) June June 8 – Anfilogino Guarisi, Brazilian/Italian striker, winner of the 1934 FIFA World Cup and first ever Italian player to score in a FIFA World Cup qualification match. (68) June 13 – Ernesto Vidal, Uruguayan striker, winner of the 1950 FIFA World Cup. (52) July July 1 – Kick Smit, Dutch footballer. (62) September 7 September – Juan Antonio Ipiña (62), Spanish footballer 24 September – Canhoteiro (41), Brazilian striker, winner of the Pequena Taça do Mundo of 1955. October October 28 – Everaldo, Brazilian left back, winner of the 1970 FIFA World Cup and active player of Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense . (30; car crash) References Category:Association football by year