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The following are thefootball (soccer) events of the year1974 throughout the world.

• TheFIFA World Cup is held from June 12 to July 7 inWest Germany.West Germany wins its second title, defeating much favoredNetherlands 2–1 in thefinal. Surprisingly,Poland take 3rd after defeatingBrazil 1–0.
• European Cup:Bayern Munich beatsAtlético Madrid 4–0 in thefinal. 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 anEast German club winning a European title.
• Copa Libertadores1974: Won byIndependiente after defeatingSão 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 theDutch Cup by defeating title holdersNAC Breda: 6–0.
• September 18 – Dutch clubFC Amsterdam makes itsEuropean debut by defeating Malta'sHibernians F.C. 5–0 in the first round of theUEFA Cup, with two goals fromNico Jansen.

• Qatar:Al-Sadd SC

•  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

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

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

• African Cup of Nations inEgypt (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 inWest Germany (June 13 – July 7, 1974)
  1.  West Germany
  2.  Netherlands
  3.  Poland

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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 13 –Marios Kyriakou, retired Cypriot footballer^[1]
• January 20 –David Dei, Italian club footballer and coach
• January 22 –Jörg Böhme, German footballer
• January 31 –Bob Mulder, Dutch footballer
• February 8 –Mariusz Krzywda, Polish former professional footballer^[2]
• 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^[3]
• April 6 –Robert Kovač, Croatian footballer
• May 19 –Leszek Pokładowski, Polish former professional footballer^[4]
• May 28 –Hans-Jörg Butt, German footballer
• May 31 –René Soller, retired Swiss footballer^[5]
• June 1 –Mirko Andrić, Serbian former professional footballer^[6]
• June 26 –Pablo Galdames, Chilean footballer
• July 27 –Alfonso Sánchez, Andorran footballer^[7]
• August 27 –Adriano da Cruz, retired Brazilian footballer^[8]
• 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^[9]
• 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^[10]
• 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^[11]

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• March 26 –Werner Kohlmeyer, West-German defender, winner of the1954 FIFA World Cup. (49, heart failure)

• June 8 –Anfilogino Guarisi, Brazilian/Italian striker, winner of the1934 FIFA World Cup and first ever Italian player to score in aFIFA World Cup qualification match. (68)
• June 13 –Ernesto Vidal, Uruguayan striker, winner of the1950 FIFA World Cup. (52)

• July 1 –Kick Smit, Dutch footballer. (62)

• 7 September –Juan Antonio Ipiña (62), Spanish footballer
• 24 September –Canhoteiro (41), Brazilian striker, winner of thePequena Taça do Mundo of 1955.

• October 28 –Everaldo, Brazilian left back, winner of the1970 FIFA World Cup and active player ofGrêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense . (30 ; car crash)

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