1960 in association football

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

Clubs founded

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.

January 3 – Washington César Santos, Brazilian international footballer (died 2014)
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 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

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

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