| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | July 1960 |
| Teams | 30 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Hungary |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 30 |
| Goals scored | 104 (3.47 per match) |
The 1960 Mitropa Cup was the 20th season of the Mitropa football club tournament. It was contested as a competition between countries and there was no elimination. The five competing countries each sent six teams each to the competition, which was won by Hungary.
Matches played in July 1960.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Wiener SK  | 3–3 |  Dukla Prague | 2–1 | 1–2 |
| Linzer ASK | 2–6 | Sparta Prague | 1–3 | 1–3 |
| First Vienna FC | 3–6 | Vasas SC | 2–3 | 1–3 |
| Ferencváros | 6–3 | 1. Simmeringer SC | 1–2 | 5–1 |
Udinese  | 4–4 | FK Austria | 2–0 | 2–4 |
Vojvodina Novi Sad  | 7–2 | Wiener AC | 2–2 | 5–0 |
| Tatabányai Bányász | 5–4 | Ruda Hvezda Bratislava | 2–1 | 3–3 |
| Spartak Trnava | 2–1 | Roma | 2–0 | 0–1 |
| Baník Ostrava | 4–4 | OFK Beograd | 2–1 | 2–3 |
| Partizan Belgrade | 3–5 | Slovan Bratislava | 2–1 | 1–4 |
| Palermo | 3–2 | Diósgyőri VTK | 1–2 | 2–0 |
| Újpesti Dózsa | 2–1 | Fiorentina | 0–1 | 2–0 |
| FK Sarajevo | 2–4 | MTK Budapest | 1–2 | 1–2 |
| Velez Mostar | 6–2 | Alessandria | 4–1 | 2–1 |
| Hajduk Split | 4–1 | Bologna | 3–1 | 1–0 |
| # | Country | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungary | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 16 | 17 |
| 2 | Yugoslavia | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 18 | 15 |
| 3 | Czechoslovakia | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 24 | 18 | 13 |
| 4 | Italy | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 8 |
| 5 | Austria | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 32 | 7 |
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