- 1994 in association football
yearbox
in?=in football (soccer)
cp=19th Century
c=20th Century
cf=21st Centuryyp1=1991
yp2=1992
yp3=1993
year=1994
ya1=1995
ya2=1996
ya3=1997
dp3=1960s
dp2=1970s
dp1=1980s
d=1990s
dn1=2000s
dn2=2010s
dn3=2020sThe following are the
football (soccer) events of the year1994 throughout the world.Events
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January 15 – ManagerIssy ten Donkelaar is fired by Dutch clubFC Twente , and replaced byHans Meyer fromGermany .
*January 19 –Erwin Koeman plays his last international match for the Dutch national team, replacingDennis Bergkamp in the second half of the friendly match in and against Tunisia (2-2). It's the 500th match in history of the Dutch national team.
*April 20 –Edgar Davids makes his debut for the Dutch national team in the friendly match against the Republic of Ireland (0-1) inTilburg .
*May 14 – Manchester United wins 4-0 over Chelsea to claim theFA Cup .
*May 18 –AC Milan beatBarcelona 4-0, in the Champions League Final to claim their fifth crown .
*May 27 –Ruud Gullit plays his last and 66th international match for the Dutch national team. Afterwards the striker declares he doesn't want to go to the1994 FIFA World Cup under coachDick Advocaat .
*July 9 – The Dutch national team is eliminated in the quarterfinals of the1994 FIFA World Cup by eventual winners Brazil. Branco scores the decisive goal in the 3-2 win for the South Americans.Ronald Koeman (78th cap),Frank Rijkaard (73th) andJan Wouters (70th) play their last international match for the Dutch.
*July 17 –Brazil wins its record fourth World Cup, defeatingItaly on penalties in the final of the1994 FIFA World Cup inPasadena, California . SuperstarDiego Maradona was suspended from Cup competition for doping onEphedrine .
*August 21 –Ajax Amsterdam claims the Dutch Super Cup, the annual opening of the new season in theEredivisie , by a 3-0 win overFeyenoord Rotterdam in the Olympisch Stadion.
*November 16 – Ajax-strikerPatrick Kluivert makes his debut for the Dutch national team, replacingYouri Mulder in the 70th minuten of the Euro qualifier against the Czech Republic (0-0) inRotterdam .
*December 1 – Vélez Sársfield wins the Intercontinental Cup inTokyo, Japan by defeatingItaly 'sAC Milan (2-0).
*December 14 –Clarence Seedorf scores the fifth and last goal during his debut for the Dutch national team againstLuxembourg .Pierre van Hooijdonk also earns his first cap for the Dutch.
*Copa Libertadores 1994 : Won by Vélez Sársfield after defeating São Paulo FC 5-3 on a penalty shootout after a final aggregate score of 1-1.
*Scottish League Cup :Raith Rovers F.C. defeatCeltic F.C. 6-5 on penalties after the match finished 2-2.Winners club national championship
Europe
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Denmark –Silkeborg IF
*England –Manchester United
*France –Paris Saint-Germain
*Germany –Bayern Munich
*Italy –A.C. Milan
*Germany –FC Bayern München
*Greece –AEK Athens F.C.
*Netherlands
**Eredivisie –Ajax Amsterdam
**Eerste Divisie – Dordrecht '90
*Portugal –SL Benfica
*Turkey –Galatasaray S.K. outh America
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Argentina
**Clausura – Independiente
**Apertura – River Plate
*Brazil – Palmeiras
*Chile – Universidad de Chile
*Paraguay –Cerro Porteño International tournaments
* African Cup of Nations in
Tunisia (March 26 –April 10 ,1994 ):# fb|NGA:# fb|ZAM:# fb|CIV* FIFA World Cup in the
United States (June 17 –July 17 ,1994 ):# fb|BRA:# fb|ITA:# fb|SWEDeaths
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January 20 –Matt Busby , Scottish footballer and manager
*April 18 –Dener , Brazilian footballer
*July 2 –Andrés Escobar , Colombian footballer (murdered)
*July 4 –Ştefan Dobay , Romanian footballer
*September 10 –Max Morlock , German footballer
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