1974 in association football

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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

Qatar: Al-Sadd SC

Europe

North America

Mexico: Cruz Azul
United States / Canada:
- Los Angeles Aztecs (NASL)

South America

Argentina
- Metropolitano – Newell's Old Boys
- Nacional – San Lorenzo
Brazil – Vasco da Gama

International tournaments

African Cup of Nations in Egypt (March 1 – 14 1974)
1. Zaire
2. Zambia
3. Egypt
1974 British Home Championship (May 11–18, 1974)

Shared by

England and

FIFA World Cup in West Germany (June 13 – July 7, 1974)
1. West Germany
2. Netherlands
3. Poland

Births

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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 20 – David Dei, Italian club footballer and coach
January 22 – Jörg Böhme, German footballer
January 31 – Bob Mulder, Dutch footballer
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 footballer^[1]
April 6 – Robert Kovač, Croatian footballer
May 28 – Hans-Jörg Butt, German footballer
June 1 – Mirko Andrić, Serbian former professional footballer^[2]
June 26 – Pablo Galdames, Chilean footballer
July 27 – Alfonso Sánchez, Andorran footballer^[3]
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 footballer^[4]
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 footballer^[5]
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 player^[6]

Deaths

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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

^ "Charis Nicolaou". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
^ "Mirko Andric". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
^ "Alfonso Sánchez Miguez". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
^ Ruslan Shumskikh at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)
^ "Raúl Pareja". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
^ "Nikolai Korovkin". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 23 October 2023.

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