1960 in association football explained

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]

UEFA European Football Championship in France (July 6 - 10 1960)
1. - 1. - Olympic Games in Rome, Italy (August 26 - September 10, 1960)
        
        1960 British Home Championship (October 3, 1959 - April 15, 1960)

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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)

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