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HOW IT WORKS
1974 in association football
Summary
The following are the
football (soccer)
events of the year
1974
throughout the world.
Events
edit
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
edit
Asia
edit
Qatar
:
Al-Sadd SC
Europe
edit
East Germany
:
Magdeburg
England
:
Leeds United
France
:
AS Saint-Étienne
Hungary
:
Újpest FC
Italy
:
Lazio
Netherlands
:
Feyenoord
Poland
:
Ruch Chorzów
Spain
:
Barcelona
Turkey
:
Fenerbahçe
West Germany
:
Bayern Munich
Yugoslavia
:
Hajduk Split
North America
edit
Mexico
:
Cruz Azul
United States
/
Canada
:
Los Angeles Aztecs
(
NASL
)
South America
edit
Argentina
Metropolitano –
Newell's Old Boys
Nacional –
San Lorenzo
Brazil
–
Vasco da Gama
International tournaments
edit
African Cup of Nations
in
Egypt
(March 1 – 14 1974)
Zaire
Zambia
Egypt
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
edit
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
April 6 –
Robert Kovač
, Croatian footballer
May 28 –
Hans-Jörg Butt
, German footballer
June 26 –
Pablo Galdames
, Chilean footballer
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
[1]
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
[2]
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
[3]
Deaths
edit
March
edit
March 26 –
Werner Kohlmeyer
, West-German defender, winner of the
1954 FIFA World Cup
. (49, heart failure)
June
edit
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
edit
July 1 –
Kick Smit
, Dutch footballer. (62)
September
edit
7 September –
Juan Antonio Ipiña
(62), Spanish footballer
24 September –
Canhoteiro
(41), Brazilian striker, winner of the
Pequena Taça do Mundo
of 1955.
October
edit
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
edit
^
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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