- 1974 in association football
yearbox
in?=in football (soccer)
cp=19th Century
c=20th Century
cf=21st Centuryyp1=1971
yp2=1972
yp3=1973
year=1974
ya1=1975
ya2=1976
ya3=1977
dp3=1940s
dp2=1950s
dp1=1960s
d=1970s
dn1=1980s
dn2=1990s
dn3=2000sThe following are the
football (soccer) events of the year1974 throughout the world.Events
*The
Football World Cup 1974 is held fromJune 12 toJuly 7 inWest 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 München beatsAtlético 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 againstTottenham Hotspur , winning the cup for the first time.
*UEFA Cup Winners Cup:1. FC Magdeburg wins 2-0 overAC 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 defeatingSão Paulo Futebol Clube on an aggregate score of 1-0.
*May 1 –PSV Eindhoven claims the Dutch Cup by defeating title holdersNAC Breda : 6-0.
*September 18 – Dutch clubFC Amsterdam makes itsEurope an debut by defeating Malta'sHibernians F.C. 5–0 in the first round of theUEFA Cup , with two goals fromNico Jansen .Winners club national championship
Europe
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East Germany :1. FC Magdeburg
*Netherlands
**Eredivisie – Feyenoord
**Eerste Divisie – Excelsior
*Poland :Ruch Chorzów
*West Germany :Bayern Munich outh America
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Argentina
**Metropolitano –Newell's Old Boys
**Nacional – San Lorenzo
*Brazil – Vasco da GamaInternational tournaments
* African Cup of Nations in
Egypt (March 1 – 14,1974 ):# fb|Zaire:# fb|Zambia:# fb|Egypt|1972*
1974 British Home Championship (May 11 –May 18 ,1974 )::Shared by fb|England and fb|Scotland* FIFA World Cup in
West Germany (June 13 –July 7 ,1974 ):# fb|West Germany:# fb|Netherlands:# fb|PolandBirths
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January 10 –Bob Peeters , Belgian footballer
*January 11 –Jens Nowotny , German footballer
*January 22 –Jörg Böhme , German footballer
*March 5 –Jens Jeremies , German footballer
*March 14 –Mark Fish , South-African footballer
*May 28 –Hans-Jörg Butt , German footballer
*August 29 –Denis Caniza , Paraguayan footballer
*September 5 –Ivo Ulich , Czech footballer
*October 5 –Jeff Strasser , Luxembourgish footballer
*November 16 –Paul Scholes , English Footballer
*December 24 –Marcelo Salas , Chilean footballerDeaths
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July 1 –Kick Smit (62), Dutch footballer
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