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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 Atletico 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 Sao 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-Etienne
•   Hungary : Ujpest FC
•   Italy : Lazio
•   Netherlands : Feyenoord
•   Poland : Ruch Chorzow
•   Spain : Barcelona
•   Turkey : Fenerbahce
•   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)
  1.   Zaire
  2.   Zambia
  3.   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)
  1.   West Germany
  2.   Netherlands
  3.   Poland

Births [ edit ]

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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 ? Jorg Bohme , 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 Kova? , Croatian footballer
• May 28 ? Hans-Jorg Butt , German footballer
• June 1 ? Mirko Andri? , Serbian former professional footballer ^[2]
• June 26 ? Pablo Galdames , Chilean footballer
• July 27 ? Alfonso Sanchez , 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 ? Jerome Leroy , French footballer
• November 9 ? Alessandro Del Piero , Italian footballer
• November 10 ? Igor Sypniewski , Polish footballer (died 2022)
• November 12 ? Raul Pareja , retired Spanish footballer ^[5]
• November 16 ? Paul Scholes , English footballer
• December 3 ? Damien Hertog , Dutch footballer
• December 12 ? Franklin Anangono , Ecuadorian footballer
• December 20 ? Paul Linger , English club footballer
• December 22
  • Michael Barron , English club footballer, coach, and manager
  • Dani Garcia , Spanish international
• December 24 ? Marcelo Salas , Chilean footballer
• December 29 ? Nikolai Korovkin , Russian football coach and former player ^[6]

Deaths [ edit ]

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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 Ipina (62), Spanish footballer
• 24 September ? Canhoteiro (41), Brazilian striker, winner of the Pequena Taca do Mundo of 1955.

October [ edit ]

• October 28 ? Everaldo , Brazilian left back, winner of the 1970 FIFA World Cup and active player of Gremio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense . (30 ; car crash)

References [ edit ]

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