1960 in association football

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 in a friendly.

  Winners club national championship

• : Club Atlético Independiente
• : Palmeiras
• : Burnley
• : Stade de Reims
• : Újpest FC
• : Juventus
• : Chivas Guadalajara
• : Ajax Amsterdam
• : Olimpia Asunción
• : Torpedo Moscow
• : Barcelona
• : IFK Norrköping
• : Beşiktaş

  International tournaments

• UEFA European Football Championship in France
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• Olympic Games in Rome, Italy
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• 1960 British Home Championship

Births

• January 3 - Washington César Santos, Brazilian international 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 16 - Pierre Littbarski, German international footballer and manager
• April 18 - Zvjezdan Cvetković, Yugoslavian international footballer und Croatian Serb manager
• April 29 - Ron de Groot, Dutch footballer and manager
• August 24 - Jimmy Montanero, Ecuadorian international footballer
• August 28 - Julio César Romero, Paraguayan footballer
• October 30 - Diego Maradona, Argentine international footballer
• November 26 - Rémy Vogel, French international footballer
• December 20 - Piet Keur, Dutch footballer

  Deaths

June

• June 25 - Charlie Buchan, English international footballer

  September

• September 15 - Héctor Castro, Uruguayan striker, winner of the 1930 FIFA World Cup.