The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1960 throughout the world.
Clubs founded NK Maribor
Events 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 May 8 – Franco Baresi, Italian footballer (died 2026) May 24 – Packie Bonner, Irish footballer 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)
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