1960 in association football

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

Clubs founded

• NK Maribor

Events

• 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

• Argentina: Club Atlético Independiente
• England: Burnley Football Club
• Hungary: Újpest FC
• Netherlands: Ajax Amsterdam
• Paraguay: Olimpia Asunción
• Soviet Union: Torpedo Moscow
• Sweden: IFK Norrköping

International tournaments

• UEFA European Football Championship in France (July 6 – 10 1960)
  1.  Soviet Union
  2.  Yugoslavia
  3.  Czechoslovakia

• Olympic Games in Rome, Italy (August 26 – September 10, 1960)
  1.  Yugoslavia
  2.  Denmark
  3.  Hungary

• 1960 British Home Championship (October 3, 1959 – April 15, 1960)

Shared by  England,  Scotland and  Wales

• 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

Births

• February 10 – Miguel Bossio, Uruguayan footballer
• February 27 – Jan van Grinsven, Dutch footballer
• March 27 – Hans Pflügler, German footballer
• April 4 – Marvin Obando, Costa Rican footballer
• April 16 – Pierre Littbarski, German footballer and manager
• April 29 – Ron de Groot, Dutch footballer and manager
• August 24 – Jimmy Montanero, Ecuadorian footballer
• August 28 – Julio César Romero, Paraguayan footballer
• October 30 – Diego Maradona, Argentine footballer
• December 20 – Piet Keur, Dutch footballer

Deaths

• June 25 – Charlie Buchan (68), English footballer (b. 1891)
• September 15 – Héctor Castro (55), Uruguayan footballer (b. 1904)