1954 FIFA World Cup

Association football tournament in Switzerland June 2018 FIFA World Cup 1954 de Fussball-WeltmeisterschaftSchweiz 1954fr Championnat du Monde de FootballSuisse 1954it Campionato mondiale di calcioSvizzera 1954rm Campiunadis mundials da ballapeSvizra 1954 1954 World Cup.svg 220px Switzerland 16 June – 4 July 4 16 6 6 West Germany 1 Hungary 1949 Austria Uruguay 26 140 main 1-4 HUN 1949 Sándor Kocsis (11 goals) 1950 1958 The 1954 FIFA World Cup was the fifth edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football tournament for senior men's national teams of the nations affiliated to FIFA. It was held in Switzerland from 16 June to 4 July. Switzerland was selected as the host country in July 1946.https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/mencompwc/51/97/81/ip-201_13a_fwc-host.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20120117104450/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/mencompwc/51/97/81/ip-201_13a_fwc-host.pdf dead 17 January 2012 Host announcement decision FIFA 14 June 2014 At the tournament, several all-time records for goalscoring were set, including the highest average number of goals scored per game. The tournament was won by West Germany, who defeated tournament favourites Hungary 3–2 in the final for their first World Cup title. Uruguay, the defending champions, were eliminated by Hungary in the semi-finals and would lose to Austria in the match for third place. The highest scoring match of a men’s World Cup happened in the quarter-finals of this tournament, when Austria defeated hosts Switzerland 7–5. Host selection Switzerland was awarded the tournament unopposed at a meeting in Luxembourg City on 22 July 1946, the same day Brazil was selected to host the 1950 World Cup. Qualification 1954 FIFA World Cup qualification The hosts (Switzerland) and the defending champions (Uruguay) qualified automatically. Of the remaining 14 places, 11 were allocated to Europe (including Egypt, Turkey, and Israel), two to the Americas, and one to Asia. Scotland, Turkey, and South Korea made their World Cup debuts at this tournament (Turkey and Scotland had qualified for the 1950 competition but both withdrew). South Korea became the first independent Asian country to participate in a World Cup tournament. Austria appeared following a hiatus from 1934. Several teams, such as Hungary and Czechoslovakia were back into the tournament after missing out the 1950 World Cup. German teams as well as Japan were allowed to qualify again, after having been banned from the 1950 FIFA World Cup. West Germany qualified against fellow Germans from the Saarland (which then was a French protectorate), while East Germany did not enter, having cancelled international football matches after the East German uprising of 1953. Argentina declined to participate for the third successive World Cup. List of qualified teams The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament. start Asia (1) KOR 1949 (debut) break North America (1) MEX 1934 South America (2) BRA 1889 URU (holders) break Europe (12) AUT BEL TCH ENG FRA 1830 HUN 1949 ITA 1946 SCO 1970 (debut) SUI (hosts) TUR (debut) FRG YUG end Summary Format Group stage The 1954 tournament used a unique format. The sixteen qualified teams were divided into four groups of four teams each. Each group contained two seeded teams and two unseeded teams. Only four matches were scheduled for each group, each pitting a seeded team against an unseeded team. This contrasts with the usual round-robin in which every team plays every other team: six matches in each group. Another oddity was that extra time, which in most tournaments is not employed at the group stage, was played in the group games if the score was level after 90 minutes, with the result being a draw if the scores were still level after 120 minutes.Journal du Jura 1954-06-16 5 Aujourd'hui commence le tour final de la Coupe du Monde de football https://www.e-newspaperarchives.ch/?a=d&d=JDJ19540616-01.2.22 Bienne, Switzerland French e-newspaperarchives.ch 30 November 2024 5 September 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20241130051306/https://www.e-newspaperarchives.ch/?a=d&d=JDJ19540616-01.2.22 live Two points were awarded for a win and one for a draw. The two teams with the most points from each group progressed to the knockout stage. In the case of a tie between two teams for second place, the two tied teams competed in a play-off to decide which team would progress to the next stage, with extra time and drawing of lots if necessary.Soccer Stories: Anecdotes, Oddities, Lore, and Amazing Feats Donn Risolo University of Nebraska Press 2010 978-0-8032-3014-9 83 Had all four teams in a group been tied on points, there would have been two further play-offs – one play-off between the two seeded teams, and the other between the two unseeded teams, again with extra time and drawing of lots if necessary – with the winner of each play-off progressing to the quarter-finals. thumb|400px|Qualified countries Two of the four groups ended up requiring play-offs – one between Switzerland and Italy, and the other between Turkey and West Germany. In each match, the unseeded team (Switzerland and West Germany) repeated an earlier victory against the seeded team (Italy and Turkey) to progress. The fact that two group matches were played twice, while other group opponents never faced each other at all, attracted criticism; newly elected FIFA President Rodolphe Seeldrayers declared that this group format would be abandoned in future world cups.La Coupe du Monde 1954-06-25 Nouvelliste Valaisan St Maurice, Switzerland 6 https://www.e-newspaperarchives.ch/?a=d&d=NVE19540625-01.2.78 Quarter-finals For each of the first two quarter-finals, one team progressing from group 1 was drawn against one team progressing from group 2. For the remaining two quarter-finals, this procedure was repeated for groups 3 and 4. Before the tournament, it was stated that in the event of a quarter-final being tied after 90 minutes, 30 minutes of extra time would be played, followed by drawing of lots if necessary. Later, it was stated that a quarter-final could be replayed in this situation.https://www.e-newspaperarchives.ch/?a=d&d=NZZ19540626-01.2.26 Die Fußball-Weltmeisterschaft Neue Zürcher Zeitung 1954-06-26 7 German Zürich, Switzerland 30 November 2024 5 September 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20241130045805/https://www.e-newspaperarchives.ch/?a=d&d=NZZ19540626-01.2.26 live The draw was scheduled to be held on Sunday 20 June, though in fact it was delayed into the early morning of Monday 21 June.Der Bund 1954-06-21 4 Der neue Spielplan https://www.e-newspaperarchives.ch/?a=d&d=DBB19540621-02.2.26.1 Bern, Switzerland German 30 November 2024 5 September 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20241130050241/https://www.e-newspaperarchives.ch/?a=d&d=DBB19540621-02.2.26.1 live Semi-finals For the semi-finals, a further draw was held, with each semi-final featuring one team from groups 1–2 against one team from groups 3–4. In the event of a semi-final being tied after extra time, it would be replayed once, followed by drawing of lots if necessary. The draw for the semi-finals, held on Sunday 27 June, was delayed by a complaint from the Hungarian team concerning the manner in which their quarter-final against Brazil had been played.La Liberté 1954-06-28 7 Tirage au sort des demi-finales https://www.e-newspaperarchives.ch/?a=d&d=LLE19540628-01.2.30 Fribourg, Switzerland French 3 December 2024 5 September 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20241203052624/https://www.e-newspaperarchives.ch/?d=LLE19540628-01.2.30&a=d live Final The final would be replayed if scores were level after extra-time. If the replay was also tied, the winner would be decided by the tournament organising committee, or by drawing of lots.9783897842182 Fußballweltmeisterschaft 1954 Schweiz: Das Wunder von Bern Kassel Agon-Sportverlag 2003 27ff Christian Jessen Volker Stahl Erik Eggers Johann-Günther Schlüper Seeding Before qualification was complete, the eight seeded teams were determined by FIFA. They were Austria, Brazil, England, France, Hungary, Italy, Spain, and Uruguay. These seedings were thrown into disarray when, in an unexpected result, Turkey eliminated Spain in qualification. FIFA resolved this situation by giving Turkey the seeding that had previously been allocated to Spain.https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/mcwc/ip-201_10e_fwcdraw-history_8842.pdf History of the World Cup Final Draw 2 March 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20130723113048/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/mcwc/ip-201_10e_fwcdraw-history_8842.pdf 2013-07-23 Notable results The Germany national football team, then limited to the area of West Germany only, had been reinstated as full FIFA members only in late 1950, had played only 18 games since, and were unseeded. When meeting the seeded Turkish side at Wankdorf stadium in Berne, the Turks scored early, but the Germans convincingly won the encounter, which would turn out as the first of two within six days. The South Koreans, the other unseeded team, lost 7–0 and 9–0 against the seeded sides of Hungary and Turkey. West Germany, being denied the chance to play such an easy opponent, had to face the seeded team of Hungary, a favourite to win the World Cup. Sepp Herberger, the West German coach, did not want his A-squad to suffer a possible defeat against a strong opponent while trying to qualify for a rather meaningless first place, and gambled by going the easier route into the play-offs and sending in a reserve side which lost 8–3 in Basel. A benefit was that the Hungarians did not get to know the best German players in case both teams would meet again - which they did, in the final, along with referee William Ling. Now two teams were tied for second place on 2 points, and with no tie breaking procedures in effect, even though West Germany had beaten Turkey head-to-head, they had to play-off against each other, a match-up that West Germany easily won for the second time within six days, this time in Zürich. Hungary's team captain Ferenc Puskás, considered by many as the best player in the world in that time, was injured by West German defender Werner Liebrich, and had to miss Hungary's next two matches. Puskás played for Hungary in the final, despite still being in a questionable condition.http://www.ifhof.com/hof/puskas.asp FERENC PUSKAS – International Football Hall of Fame Ifhof.com 2 April 1927 2 March 2012 1 June 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200601223413/http://www.ifhof.com/hof/puskas.asp live In the quarter-finals, the favourites Hungary beat Brazil 4–2 in one of the most violent matches in football history, which became infamous as the Battle of Berne. Meanwhile, the World Cup holders Uruguay sent England out of the tournament, also by 4–2. West Germany dispatched Yugoslavia 2–0, and Austria beat the host nation Switzerland in the game with the most goals in any World Cup match, 7–5. In the first semi-final, West Germany beat Austria 6–1. In the other semi-final, one of the most exciting games of the tournament, Hungary led Uruguay 1–0 at halftime, but the game went to extra time with a 2–2 score after 90 minutes. The deadlock was broken by Sándor Kocsis with two late goals to take Hungary through to the final, with Uruguay finally losing their unbeaten record in World Cup Final matches. Uruguay then went on to be beaten for a second time as Austria secured third place. Final: "The Miracle of Bern" 1954 FIFA World Cup Final At the Wankdorf Stadion in Berne, 60,000 people watched the final between West Germany and Hungary, a rematch of a first-round game, which Hungary had won 8–3 against the reserves of the German team. The Golden Team of the Hungarians were favourites, as they were unbeaten for a record of 32 consecutive matches, but they had had two tough knockout matches. It started raining on match day–in Germany this was dubbed Fritz-Walter-Wetter ("Fritz Walter's weather") because the West German team captain Fritz Walter was said to play his best in the rain, a result of having contracted malaria during the war. Adi Dassler of Adidas provided the West German team with a new kind of shoes, with exchangeable studs that were replaced during halftime. thumb|Card autographed by coach Sepp Herberger and the 11 German players that appeared in the final Hungary's Ferenc Puskás played again in the final, even though he was not fully fit. Despite this he put his team ahead after only six minutes and with Zoltán Czibor adding another two minutes later it seemed that the pre-tournament favourites would take the title. However, with a quick goal from Max Morlock in the 10th minute and an equaliser by Helmut Rahn in the 19th, the tide began to turn. The second half featured telling misses by the Hungarian team. Barely six minutes before the end of the match, the popular German radio reporter Herbert Zimmermann delivered the most famous line in the German commentary, recommending that "Rahn should shoot from deep", which he did. The second goal from Rahn gave West Germany a 3–2 lead while the Hungarian reporter György Szepesi burst into tears. Later, Zimmermann called Puskás offside before he kicked the ball into Toni Turek's net with 2 minutes left. While referee William Ling pointed to the centre spot, linesman Griffiths signalled offside. After a one-minute consultation, Ling disallowed the claimed equaliser. The West Germans were handed the Jules Rimet Trophy as World Cup winners, while the crowd sang along to the tune of the national anthem of Germany – there was disquiet in the stadium as the Germans fans decided to sing the anthem's first stanza Deutschland über alles,German Anthem -1954 Soccer Worldcup 8 October 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXSL3gAmQH8&t=15s https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211111/iXSL3gAmQH8 2021-11-11 live en 2021-06-23 instead of the uncontroversial third Unity and Justice and Freedom which was supposed to be sung at official events according to a 1952 decree. In Germany the success is known as the "Miracle of Bern" (Das Wunder Von Bern), and was memorialised in a 2003 film of the same name. For the Hungarians, the defeat was a disaster, and remains controversial for apparent refereeing errors and claims of doping. One controversy concerns the 2–2 equaliser. Hungarian goalie Gyula Grosics jumped to catch Fritz Walter's corner shot, but Hans Schäfer obstructed him (in plain sight of TV cameras), allowing the ball to reach Rahn, who then scored. Another controversy concerns allegations of doping. Though teammates steadfastly denied this rumour, German historian Guido Knopp claimed in a 2004 documentary for German public channel ZDFhttp://www.broadview.tv/Das-Wunder-von-Bern-Die-wahre-Geschichte.63.0.html Das Wunder von Bern – Die wahre Geschichte broadview.tv de https://web.archive.org/web/20080420180618/http://www.broadview.tv/Das-Wunder-von-Bern-Die-wahre-Geschichte.63.0.html 20 April 2008 15 March 2012 that the players were injected with shots of vitamin C at half-time, using a needle earlier taken from a Soviet sports doctor. This resulted in both the better condition of the West German team in the second half and the wave of jaundice among their players following the tournament. A Leipzig University study in 2010 posited that the West German players had been injected with the banned substance methamphetamine.https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gPwTouH5fV8OIKT0j17mvny-CgAA?docId=CNG.51aad93441791ba0a0064b851a86144e.421 https://web.archive.org/web/20110430173029/https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gPwTouH5fV8OIKT0j17mvny-CgAA?docId=CNG.51aad93441791ba0a0064b851a86144e.421 30 April 2011 Germany's 1954 World Cup winners 'were doped' Agence France-Presse 6 October 2010 16 June 2011 Most controversial was the offside ruling for Puskás's intended 87th-minute equaliser. The camera filming the official footage was in a bad position to judge the situation, but eyewitnesses claimed that the referee was wrong, including West German substitute player Alfred Pfaff.Ewiger Knaben Wunderhorn https://web.archive.org/web/20110427060516/http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/d-30612555.html?name=Ewiger+Knaben+Wunderhorn 27 April 2011 (DER SPIEGEL, 18/2004) In 2004, North German regional public channel NDR aired unofficial footage appearing to show that Puskás was onside.http://www.ndrtv.de/kulturreport/traumavonbern.html Das Trauma von Bern: Die unbekannte Seite des legendären Endspiels Wndrtv 2 March 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20080605180906/http://www.ndrtv.de/kulturreport/traumavonbern.html 5 June 2008 Venues The tournament was played in six venues across six host cities. St. Jakob Stadium in Basel was used the most, staging nearly a quarter of all matches. Elsewhere, Bern, Lausanne, and Zurich each hosted five fixtures, with four games also in Geneva and one in Lugano. Host cities and stadiums 1 350 350 right 46.818188 8.227512 6 circle 8 11,background,outline west Locations of the 1954 FIFA World Cup host cities Basel 47.5584 7.5733 #DA291C Basel west Bern 46.9481 7.44744 #DA291C Bern west Geneva 46.2022 6.1457 #DA291C Genova west Lausanne 46.516 6.63282 #DA291C Lausanne west Lugano 46.0050 8.9525 #DA291C Lugano east Zurich 47.3667 8.55 #DA291C Zurich east +List of host cities and stadiumsCityStadiumCapacityImageBaselSt. Jakob Stadium 54,800200pxBernWankdorfstadion 64,600200pxGenevaStade des Charmilles 35,997200pxLausanneStade Olympique de la Pontaise 50,300200pxLuganoStadio di Cornaredo 35,800200pxZurichHardturm Stadium 34,800200px Squads 1954 FIFA World Cup squads The 16 finalists named squads of 22 for the finals, though South Korea only named 20 players in their squad. Unlike recent tournaments, there were no requirements for teams to name three goalkeepers; most teams did, but 6 did not. Some teams also chose to leave some of their named squad at home, only bringing them to Switzerland if necessary. Match officials 20em SUI Raymon Wyssling WAL 1953 Benjamin Griffiths SCO Charlie Faultless ESP 1945 Manuel Asensi POR José Vieira da Costa FRA 1830 Raymond Vincenti ENG William Ling URU Esteban Marino ENG Arthur Ellis BEL Laurent Franken ITA 1946 Vincenzo Orlandini YUG Vasa Stefanović BRA 1889 Mário Vianna FRG Emil Schmetzer AUT Carl Erich Steiner HUN 1949 István Zsolt Group stage All times listed are local time (CET, UTC+1). Group 1 1954 FIFA World Cup Group 1 Standings no_hide_class_rules 1-1 1-2 1-3 1-4 Group 2 1954 FIFA World Cup Group 2 Standings no_hide_class_rules 2-1 2-2 2-3 2-4 Play-off 2-PO Group 3 1954 FIFA World Cup Group 3 Standings no_hide_class_rules 3-1 3-2 3-3 3-4 Group 4 1954 FIFA World Cup Group 4 Standings no_hide_class_rules 4-1 4-2 4-3 4-4 Play-off 4-PO Knockout stage 1954 FIFA World Cup knockout stage Bracket Bracket Quarter-finals Austria v Switzerland (1954 FIFA World Cup) QF1 QF2 QF3 Battle of Berne (1954 FIFA World Cup) QF4 Semi-finals SF1 SF2 Match for third place TPP Final 1954 FIFA World Cup final Final Statistics Goalscorers With 11 goals, Sándor Kocsis was the top scorer in the tournament. In total, 140 goals were scored by 63 players, with four of them credited as own goals. 11 goals 35em yes HUN 1949 Sándor Kocsis 6 goals 35em yes AUT Erich Probst SUI Josef Hügi FRG Max Morlock 4 goals 35em yes HUN 1949 Nándor Hidegkuti HUN 1949 Ferenc Puskás SUI Robert Ballaman URU Carlos Borges FRG Helmut Rahn FRG Hans Schäfer FRG Ottmar Walter 3 goals 35em yes AUT Ernst Stojaspal AUT Theodor Wagner BEL Léopold Anoul ENG Nat Lofthouse HUN 1949 Zoltán Czibor TUR Burhan Sargun TUR Suat Mamat URU Juan Hohberg URU Óscar Míguez FRG Fritz Walter 2 goals 35em yes AUT Alfred Körner AUT Ernst Ocwirk BRA 1889 Didi BRA 1889 Julinho BRA 1889 Pinga ENG Ivor Broadis HUN 1949 Mihály Lantos HUN 1949 Péter Palotás TUR Lefter Küçükandonyadis URU Julio Abbadie URU Juan Alberto Schiaffino 1 goal 35em yes BEL Henri Coppens BRA 1889 Baltazar BRA 1889 Djalma Santos ENG Tom Finney ENG Jimmy Mullen ENG Dennis Wilshaw FRA 1830 Raymond Kopa FRA 1830 Jean Vincent HUN 1949 József Tóth ITA 1946 Giampiero Boniperti ITA 1946 Amleto Frignani ITA 1946 Carlo Galli ITA 1946 Benito Lorenzi ITA 1946 Fulvio Nesti ITA 1946 Egisto Pandolfini MEX 1934 Tomás Balcázar MEX 1934 José Luis Lamadrid SUI Jacques Fatton TUR Mustafa Ertan TUR Erol Keskin URU Javier Ambrois URU Obdulio Varela FRG Richard Herrmann FRG Bernhard Klodt FRG Alfred Pfaff YUG Miloš Milutinović YUG Branko Zebec 1 own goal 35em yes ENG Jimmy Dickinson (playing against Belgium) MEX 1934 Raúl Cárdenas (playing against France) URU Luis Cruz (playing against Austria) YUG Ivica Horvat (playing against West Germany) Team of the Tournament FIFA selected the following players for the 1954 FIFA World Cup All-Star Team.https://fbref.com/en/awards/wc_all_star/FIFA-World-Cup-All-Star-Team FIFA World Cup All-Star Team Winners FBref 31 August 2026 GoalkeeperDefendersMidfieldersForwardsHUN Gyula GrosicsBRA Djalma SantosAUT Ernst OcwirkURU José SantamaríaHUN József BozsikHUN Zoltán CziborHUN Nándor HidegkutiGER Fritz WalterHUN Sándor KocsisHUN Ferenc PuskásGER Helmut Rahn Tournament ranking In 1986, FIFA published a report that ranked all teams in each World Cup up to and including 1986, based on progress in the competition and overall results (not counting play-off results).FIFA World Cup — Mexico '86; Official Report FIFA Technical Study Group https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/2bb4308f4d418319/original/pfnhnhmqhdwqvp62pm27-pdf.pdf#page=45 live https://web.archive.org/web/20100614213621/https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/afdeveloping/technicaldevp/50/09/00/fwc_mexico_1986_en_part4_279.pdf#page=45 230 Permanent table 14 June 2010 8 July 2021 FIFA The rankings for the 1954 tournament were as follows: Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses. Per FIFA's ranking, the results of play-offs are not considered in the tournament ranking. main WDL 2 complete FIFAhttps://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/587cb8e67646ba42/original/knfuogw4prnsdacl3ozx-pdf.pdf Milestones & Superlatives, Statistical Kit for the FIFA World Cup – FIFA World Cup final rankings by tournament FIFA 23 6 April 2018 20 August 2026 live https://web.archive.org/web/20220325073347/https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/587cb8e67646ba42/original/knfuogw4prnsdacl3ozx-pdf.pdf 25 March 2022 H FRG, HUN, AUT, URU, BRA, ENG, YUG, SUI, TUR, ITA, FRA, BEL, MEX, TCH, SCO, KOR Italy's record including the play-off: 3 pld, 1 won, 0 drawn, 2 lost, 6 GF, 7 GA, −1 GD, 2 pts. Switzerland's record including the play-off: 4 pld, 2 won, 0 drawn, 2 lost, 11 GF, 11 GA, 0 GD, 4 pts. Turkey's record including the play-off: 3 pld, 1 won, 0 drawn, 2 lost, 10 GF, 11 GA, −1 GD, 2 pts. West Germany's record including the play-off: 6 pld, 5 won, 0 drawn, 1 lost, 25 GF, 14 GA, +11 GD, 10 pts. 4 0 1 17 12 0 1 1 5 8 1 1 1 8 5 0 0 2 0 7 1 1 1 8 8 1 0 1 3 3 4 0 1 27 10 1 0 1 5 3 0 0 2 2 8 0 0 2 0 8 0 0 2 0 16 1 0 2 7 10 1 0 1 8 4 3 0 2 16 9 4 0 1 18 12 1 1 1 2 3 T AUT 3 BEL 4 BRA 1889 1 TCH 3 ENG 4 FRA 1830 1 FRG 2 HUN 1949 2 ITA 1946 4 MEX 1934 1 SCO 3 KOR 1949 2 SUI 4 TUR 2 URU 3 YUG 1 Final result #FFD700 Champions #C0C0C0 Runners-up #CD7F32 Third place Fourth place Eliminated inquarter-finals Eliminated ingroup stage yes yes 1st 2nd 3rd 4th QF QF QF QF GS GS GS GS GS GS GS GS In film The final scene of Rainer Werner Fassbinder's 1979 film The Marriage of Maria Braun takes place during the finals of the 1954 World Cup; in the scene's background, the sports announcer is celebrating West Germany's victory and shouting "Deutschland ist wieder was!" (Germany is something again); the film uses this as the symbol of Germany's recovery from the ravages of the Second World War. Sönke Wortmann's 2003 German box-office hit The Miracle of Bern (in German: Das Wunder von Bern) re-tells the story of the German team's route to victory through the eyes of a young boy who admires the key player of the final, Helmut Rahn. References Match reports Report External links World Cup 1954 1954 FIFA World Cup 1954 FIFA World Cup Switzerland , FIFA.com Details at RSSSF 1950s Association football Switzerland 1954 World Cup Category:1953–54 in Swiss football Category:1954–55 in Swiss football 1954 Category:June 1954 sports events in Europe Category:July 1954 sports events in Europe