1960 in association football

• 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 • : Palmeiras • : Zamalek • : Burnley • : Stade de Reims • : Újpest FC • : Hapoel Petah Tikva F.C. • : Juventus • : Chivas Guadalajara • : Ajax Amsterdam • : Olimpia Asunción • : Hearts • : Torpedo Moscow • : Barcelona • : IFK Norrköping • : Beşiktaş ==International tournaments==

• UEFA European Football Championship in France (July 6 – 10 1960) • • • • Olympic Games in Rome, Italy (August 26 – September 10, 1960) • • • • 1960 British Home Championship (October 3, 1959 – April 15, 1960) Shared by , and ==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 ==Deaths==

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) ==References==