title: 1994 in association football
text: The following are the association football events of the year 1994 throughout the world.
  
  Events
  January 15 – Manager Issy ten Donkelaar is fired by Netherlands club FC Twente, and replaced by Hans Meyer from Germany.
  January 19 – Erwin Koeman plays his last international match for the Netherlands national team, replacing Dennis Bergkamp in the second half of the friendly match in and against Tunisia (2–2). It is the 500th match in history of the Netherlands national team.
  April 20 – Edgar Davids makes his debut for the Netherlands national team in the friendly match against the Republic of Ireland (0–1) in Tilburg.
  May 14 – Manchester United wins 4–0 over Chelsea to claim the FA Cup.
  May 18 – AC Milan beat Barcelona 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 Netherlands national team. Afterwards the striker declares he doesn't want to go to the 1994 FIFA World Cup under coach Dick Advocaat.
  July 9 – The Netherlands national team is eliminated in the quarterfinals of the 1994 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 (73rd) and Jan Wouters (70th) play their last international match for the Netherlands.
  July 17 – Brazil wins its record fourth World Cup, defeating Italy on penalties in the final of the 1994 FIFA World Cup in Pasadena, California. Superstar Diego Maradona was suspended from Cup competition for doping on Ephedrine.
  August 21 – Ajax Amsterdam claims the Dutch Super Cup, the annual opening of the new season in the Eredivisie, by a 3–0 win over Feyenoord Rotterdam in the Olympisch Stadion.
  November 16 – Ajax-striker Patrick Kluivert makes his debut for the Netherlands national team, replacing Youri Mulder in the 70th minute of the Euro qualifier against the Czech Republic (0–0) in Rotterdam.
  December 1 – Vélez Sársfield wins the Intercontinental Cup in Tokyo, Japan by defeating Italy's AC Milan (2–0).
  December 14 – Clarence Seedorf scores the fifth and last goal during his debut for the Netherlands national team against Luxembourg. Pierre van Hooijdonk also earns his first cap for the Netherlands.
  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. defeat Celtic F.C. 6–5 on penalties after the match finished 2–2.
  Malaysian football is involved in one of the largest match-fixing scandals in the sport's history.
  
  Winners club national championship
  
  Asia
   Japan – Verdy Kawasaki
   Qatar – Al-Arabi
   South Korea – Ilhwa Chunma
  
  Europe
   Austria – SV Salzburg
   Belgium – R.S.C. Anderlecht
   Croatia – Hajduk Split
   Denmark – Silkeborg IF
   England – Manchester United
   France – Paris Saint-Germain
   Germany – Bayern Munich
   Greece – AEK Athens
   Israel – Maccabi Haifa
   Italy – A.C. Milan
   Netherlands – Ajax Amsterdam
   Norway – Rosenborg
   Poland – Legia Warszawa
   Portugal – Benfica
   Romania – Steaua Bucharest
   Russia – Spartak Moscow
   Scotland – Rangers
   Spain – Barcelona
   Sweden – IFK Göteborg
   Turkey – Galatasaray S.K.
   Ukraine – Dynamo Kyiv
   Wales – Bangor City
   FR Yugoslavia – Partizan
  
  North America
   Mexico – Tecos UAG
   /  – Montreal Impact (APSL)
  
  South America
   Argentina
  Clausura – Independiente
  Apertura – River Plate
   Bolivia – Bolivia – Bolívar
   Brazil – Palmeiras
   Chile – Universidad de Chile
   Paraguay – Cerro Porteño
   – Sporting Cristal
  
  International tournaments
   African Cup of Nations in Tunisia (March 26 – April 10, 1994)
   
   
   
   Baltic Cup in Vilnius, Lithuania (July 29 – 31 1994)
   
   
   
   FIFA World Cup in the United States (June 17 – July 17, 1994)
  
  National team results
  
  Europe
  
  
  
  Births
  
  January 6 – Denis Suárez, Spanish footballer
  January 15
  Jordy Croux, Belgian footballer
  Eric Dier, English footballer
  January 17 – Ricardinho Costa, Portuguese footballer
  January 23 – Fábio Oliveira, Portuguese footballer
  January 24 – Juanpi, Venezuelan footballer  
  January 27 – Jack Stephens, English footballer
  February 12 – Lukáš Mihálik, Slovak footballer
  March 4 – Žiga Kočevar, Slovenian footballer
  March 6
  Wesley Hoedt, Dutch footballer
  Nathan Redmond, English footballer
  March 13 – Gerard Deulofeu, Spanish footballer
  March 17 – Marcel Sabitzer, Austrian footballer
  March 27 – Yoan Cardinale, French goalkeeper
  April 2 – Dmytro Zaika, Ukrainian professional footballer
   April 4 – Rafael Soromenho, Portuguese footballer
  April 8 – Chico Fernandes, Portuguese footballer
  April 13 – Kahraba, Egyptian footballer 
  April 27
   Mario Machado Meireles, Swiss footballer
   Joy Schoonhoven, Dutch former professional footballer
  May 5 – Javier Manquillo, Spanish footballer
  May 10 – Jamar Loza, Jamaican footballer
   May 27
   Maximilian Arnold, German footballer  
   João Cancelo, Portuguese footballer
   Aymeric Laporte, French-Spanish footballer  
  June 9 – Viktor Fischer, Danish footballer 
  June 15
   Vincent Janssen, Dutch footballer
   Iñaki Williams, Spanish footballer
   July 10 – Iuri Medeiros, Portuguese footballer
   July 11 – Lucas Ocampos, Argentine footballer
   July 25 – Jordan Lukaku, Belgian footballer 
   July 29 – Daniele Rugani, Italian footballer 
   July 30 – Riccardo Cretella, Italian professional footballer
   August 3 – Corentin Tolisso, French footballer  
   August 10 – Bernardo Silva, Portuguese footballer
   August 18 – Morgan Sanson, French footballer
   August 19 – Marc Mucha, Portuguese footballer
   August 28 – Junior Malanda, Belgian footballer (d. 2015)
   August 31 – Can Aktav, Turkish footballer 
   September 8 – Bruno Fernandes, Portuguese footballer 
   September 23 – Yerry Mina, Colombian footballer
   October 3 – Kepa Arrizabalaga, Spanish footballer  
   October 24 – Bruma, Portuguese footballer
   November 10 – Óliver Torres, Spanish footballer
   November 21 – Saúl Ñíguez, Spanish footballer  
   November 28 – Filipe Soares, Portuguese footballer
   December 2 – Cauley Woodrow, English club footballer
   December 5 – Grant Ward, English club footballer
   December 10 – Matti Klinga, Finnish youth international  
   December 29 – Louis Schaub, Austrian footballer
  
  Deaths
  
  January
   January 20 – Matt Busby, Scottish footballer and manager
  
  March
   March 20 – Alfonso Rodríguez 'Foncho', Spanish footballer
  
  April
   April 18 – Dener, Brazilian forward, 2 times capped for the Brazil national football team and active player of CR Vasco da Gama. (23 ; in a car crash)
  
  May
   May 30 – Agostino Di Bartolomei, Italian footballer
  
  July
   July 2 – Andrés Escobar, Colombian footballer (murdered)
   July 4 – Ştefan Dobay, Romanian footballer
  
  September
   September 10 – Max Morlock, German international footballer (born 1925)
  
  December
   December 31 – Bruno Pezzey, Austrian footballer (born 1955)
  
  References
  
   
  Association football by year