- 1960 in association football
yearbox
in?=in football (soccer)
cp=19th Century
c=20th Century
cf=21st Centuryyp1=1957
yp2=1958
yp3=1959
year=1960
ya1=1961
ya2=1962
ya3=1963
dp3=1920s
dp2=1930s
dp1=1940s
d=1950s
dn1=1960s
dn2=1970s
dn3=1980sThe following are the
football (soccer) events of the year1960 throughout the world.Events
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April 3 –Humphrey Mijnals becomes the first player fromSuriname se descent who makes his debut for theNetherlands national football team when Holland defeats Bulgaria (4-2) in a friendly.Winners club national championship
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Argentina :Club Atlético Independiente
*England :Burnley Football Club
*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 )
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Rome, Italy (August 26 –September 10 ,1960 )
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1960 British Home Championship (October 3 ,1959 –April 15 ,1960 )Shared by fb|ENG, fb|SCO and fb|WAL*
Copa Libertadores 1960
**Won byPeñarol after defeatingOlimpia Asunción on an aggregate score of 2-1.
*European Cup 1959-60
**Real Madrid beatEintracht Frankfurt 7-3 in the final atHampden Park
*Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1958-60
**FC Barcelona defeatedBirmingham City in the final 4-1 on aggregateBirths
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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 footballerDeaths
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June 25 –Charlie Buchan (68), English footballer (b.1891 )
*September 15 –Héctor Castro (55), Uruguayan footballer (b.1904 )
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