1960 in association football

Overview of the events of 1960 in association football

1960 in sports
Years in association football
← 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 →
Air sports American football Aquatic sports Association football Athletics Badminton Baseball Basketball Canadian football Chess Climbing Combat sports Sumo Cricket 1959–60 1960 1960–61 Cycling Dance sports Darts Equestrianism Esports Field hockey Flying disc Golf Gymnastics Handball Ice hockey Ice sports Korfball Lumberjack sports Mind sports Modern pentathlon Motorsport Orienteering Paralympic sports Precision sports Shooting Racquetball Roller sports Sailing Skiing Speedway Rugby league‎ Rugby union Snooker 1959–60 1960–61 Strength sports Weightlifting Squash Table tennis Tennis Triathlon Volleyball

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.^[1]

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^[2]
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)

^ NTR. "De omhaal van Humphrey Mijnals". Andere Tijden (in Dutch). Retrieved 2023-05-12.
^ "England Players - Gary Lineker". www.englandfootballonline.com. Retrieved 2023-05-12.
^ "Charlie Buchan". Spartacus Educational. Retrieved 2023-05-12.