1960 in association football

The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1960 throughout the world.

Clubs founded

 * NK Maribor

Events

 * Copa Libertadores 1960
 * Won by Peñarol after defeating Olimpia Asunción on an aggregate score of 2–1.
 * European Cup 1959-60
 * Real Madrid beat Eintracht Frankfurt, 7–3, in the final at Hampden Park
 * Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1958-60
 * FC Barcelona defeated Birmingham City in the final, 4–1, on aggregate
 * 1960 International Soccer League
 * Bangu beat Kilmarnock F.C., 2–0, in the final at the Polo Grounds
 * April 3 – Humphrey Mijnals becomes the first player from Surinamese descent who makes his debut for the Netherlands national football team when Holland defeats Bulgaria (4–2) in a friendly.

Winners club national championship

 * 🇦🇷: Club Atlético Independiente
 * $\langle1960|$: Palmeiras
 * 🇪🇬: Zamalek
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿: Burnley
 * 🇫🇷: Stade de Reims
 * 🇭🇺: Újpest FC
 * 🇮🇱: Hapoel Petah Tikva F.C.
 * 🇮🇹: Juventus
 * 🇲🇽: Chivas Guadalajara
 * : Ajax Amsterdam
 * : Olimpia Asunción
 * : Torpedo Moscow
 * 🇪🇸: Barcelona
 * 🇸🇪: IFK Norrköping
 * 🇹🇷: Beşiktaş

International tournaments
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 * UEFA European Football Championship in France (July 6 – 10 1960)
 * Olympic Games in Rome, Italy (August 26 – September 10, 1960)
 * 🇭🇺 hungary
 * 1960 British Home Championship (October 3, 1959 – April 15, 1960)
 * Olympic Games in Rome, Italy (August 26 – September 10, 1960)
 * 🇭🇺 hungary
 * 1960 British Home Championship (October 3, 1959 – April 15, 1960)
 * 🇭🇺 hungary
 * 1960 British Home Championship (October 3, 1959 – April 15, 1960)

Births

 * January 3 – Washington César Santos, Brazilian international footballer (died 2014)
 * January 27 – Ryszard Rybak, Polish footballer
 * February 10 – Miguel Bossio, Uruguayan international footballer
 * February 27 – Jan van Grinsven, Dutch footballer
 * March 27 – Hans Pflügler, German international footballer
 * April 4 – Marvin Obando, Costa Rican footballer
 * April 11 – Marko Elsner, Slovenian international footballer (died 2020)
 * April 14 – Gian Piero Ventrone, Italian coach and athletic trainer (died 2022)
 * April 16 – Pierre Littbarski, German international footballer and manager
 * April 18 – Zvjezdan Cvetković, Yugoslavian international footballer and Croatian Serb manager (died 2017)
 * April 29 – Ron de Groot, Dutch footballer and manager
 * June 16 – Cándido Martínez, Spanish footballer
 * June 25 – Craig Johnston, Australian footballer
 * July 20 – Lauren Gregg, American soccer coach
 * August 9 – Viorel Turcu, Romanian international footballer (died 2020)
 * August 24 – Jimmy Montanero, Ecuadorian international footballer
 * August 28 – Julio César Romero, Paraguayan footballer
 * October 30 – Diego Maradona, Argentine international footballer (died 2020)
 * November 26 – Rémy Vogel, French international footballer (died 2016)
 * November 27 – Martin van Geel, Dutch footballer
 * November 30 – Gary Lineker, English international footballer and TV presenter
 * December 20 – Piet Keur, Dutch footballer
 * December 31 – Steve Bruce, English international

June

 * June 25 - Charlie Buchan (68), English international footballer (born 1891)

September

 * September 15 - Héctor Castro, Uruguayan striker, winner of the 1930 FIFA World Cup. (55, Heart attack)