Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics

The football tournament at the 1960 Summer Olympics was held from 26 August to 10 September in 1960 throughout Italy. The tournament featured 16 men's national teams from four continental confederations. The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four and each group played a round-robin tournament. At the end of the group stage, the first-ranked teams of each group advanced to the semi-finals, and culminating with the gold medal match in Rome on 10 September 1960.[1]

Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Tournament details
Host countryItaly
Dates26 August – 10 September
Teams16
Venue(s)7 (in 7 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Yugoslavia (1st title)
Runners-up Denmark
Third place Hungary
Fourth place Italy
Tournament statistics
Matches played28
Goals scored120 (4.29 per match)
Top scorer(s)Yugoslavia national football team Milan Galić (7 goals)
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1964

Competition schedule

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The match schedule of the tournament.[2]

Legend
G Group stage ¼ Quarter-finals ½ Semi-finals B Bronze medal match F Gold medal match
26 Fri 27 Sat 28 Sun 29 Mon 30 Tue 31 Wed 1 Thu 2 Fri 3 Sat 4 Sun 5 Mon 6 Tue 7 Wed 8 Thu 9 Fri 10 Sat
G G G ½ ½ B F

Venues

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Rome Florence
Stadio Flaminio Stadio Comunale
Capacity: 32,000 Capacity: 47,920
   
Grosseto Livorno
Stadio Olimpico Comunale Stadio Ardenza
Capacity: 10,200 Capacity: 19,238
   
Pescara Naples L'Aquila
Stadio Adriatico Stadio Fuorigrotta Stadio Comunale
Capacity: 24,400 Capacity: 60,240 Capacity: 9,285
     

Medalists

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Gold Silver Bronze
  Yugoslavia   Denmark   Hungary
Andrija Anković
Zvonko Bego
Vladimir Durković
Milan Galić
Fahrudin Jusufi
Tomislav Knez
Borivoje Kostić
Aleksandar Kozlina
Dušan Maravić
Željko Matuš
Žarko Nikolić
Željko Perušić
Novak Roganović
Velimir Sombolac
Milutin Šoškić
Silvester Takač
Blagoje Vidinić
Ante Žanetić
Poul Andersen
John Danielsen
Henning Enoksen
Henry From
Erik Gaardhøje
Bent Hansen
Jørgen Hansen
Henning Hellbrandt
Poul Jensen
Bent Krog
Erling Linde Larsen
Poul Mejer
Flemming Nielsen
Hans Chr. Nielsen
Harald Nielsen
Poul Pedersen
Jørn Sørensen
Finn Sterobo
Tommy Troelsen
Flórián Albert
Jenő Dalnoki
Zoltán Dudás
János Dunai
Lajos Faragó
János Göröcs
Ferenc Kovács
Dezső Novák
Pál Orosz
Tibor Pál
Gyula Rákosi
Imre Sátori
Ernő Solymosi
Gábor Török
Pál Várhidi
Oszkár Vilezsál

Teams

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Qualification

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Squads

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First round

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Group 1

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Yugoslavia 3 2 1 0 13 4 +9 5 Advanced to knockout stage
2   Bulgaria 3 2 1 0 8 3 +5 5
3   United Arab Republic 3 0 1 2 4 11 −7 1
4   Turkey 3 0 1 2 3 10 −7 1
Source: RSSSF
Bulgaria  3–0  Turkey
  • Diev   13', 58'
  • Hristov   67'
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Yugoslavia  6–1  United Arab Republic
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Attendance: 9,211

Bulgaria  2–0  United Arab Republic
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Attendance: 1,634
Referee: Leo Helge (Denmark)
Yugoslavia  4–0  Turkey
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Attendance: 1,858

Yugoslavia  3–3  Bulgaria
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Attendance: 7,994
Referee: Cesare Jonni (Italy)
United Arab Republic  3–3  Turkey
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Group 2

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Italy (H) 3 2 1 0 9 4 +5 5 Advanced to knockout stage
2   Brazil 3 2 0 1 10 6 +4 4
3   Great Britain 3 1 1 1 8 8 0 3
4   Taiwan 3 0 0 3 3 12 −9 0
Source: RSSSF
(H) Hosts
Italy  4–1  Taiwan
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Brazil  4–3  Great Britain
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Brazil  5–0  Taiwan
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Italy  2–2  Great Britain
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Italy  3–1  Brazil
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Great Britain  3–2  Taiwan
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  • Yiu   70', 88'

Group 3

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Denmark 3 3 0 0 8 4 +4 6 Advanced to knockout stage
2   Argentina 3 2 0 1 6 4 +2 4
3   Poland 3 1 0 2 7 5 +2 2
4   Tunisia 3 0 0 3 3 11 −8 0
Source: RSSSF
Poland  6–1  Tunisia
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Attendance: 5,873
Denmark  3–2  Argentina
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Attendance: 7,154

Tunisia  1–2  Argentina
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Denmark  2–1  Poland
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Attendance: 5,574

Denmark  3–1  Tunisia
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Argentina  2–0  Poland
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Group 4

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Hungary 3 3 0 0 15 3 +12 6 Advanced to knockout stage
2   France 3 1 1 1 3 9 −6 3
3   Peru 3 1 0 2 6 9 −3 2
4   India 3 0 1 2 3 6 −3 1
Source: RSSSF
Hungary  2–1  India
Report Balaram   79'
France  2–1  Peru
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France  1–1  India
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Hungary  6–2  Peru
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Hungary  7–0  France
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Peru  3–1  India
Report Balaram   88'

Knockout stage

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Bracket

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Semi-finalsGold medal match
 
      
 
5 September – Naples
 
 
  Italy1
 
10 September – Rome
 
  Yugoslavia1
 
  Yugoslavia3
 
5 September – Rome
 
  Denmark1
 
  Denmark2
 
 
  Hungary0
 
Bronze medal match
 
 
9 September – Rome
 
 
  Hungary2
 
 
  Italy1

Semi-finals

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Italy  1–1 (a.e.t.)  Yugoslavia
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Yugoslavia declared winners by lot.


Denmark  2–0  Hungary
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Attendance: 14,237

Bronze medal match

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Hungary  2–1  Italy
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Gold medal match

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Yugoslavia  3–1  Denmark
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Attendance: 23,042

Goalscorers

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With seven goals, Milan Galić of Yugoslavia is the top scorer in the tournament. In total, 120 goals were scored by 56 different players, with only one of them credited as own goal.

7 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goals

Final ranking

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Yugoslavia (YUG) 5 3 2 0 17 6 +11 8
2   Denmark (DEN) 5 4 0 1 11 7 +4 8
3   Hungary (HUN) 5 4 0 1 17 6 +11 8
4   Italy (ITA) 5 2 2 1 11 7 +4 6
5   Bulgaria (BUL) 3 2 1 0 8 3 +5 5
6   Brazil (BRA) 3 2 0 1 10 6 +4 4
7   Argentina (ARG) 3 2 0 1 6 4 +2 4
8   Great Britain (GBR) 3 1 1 1 8 8 0 3
9   France (FRA) 3 1 1 1 3 9 −6 3
10   Poland (POL) 3 1 0 2 7 5 +2 2
11   Peru (PER) 3 1 0 2 6 9 −3 2
12   United Arab Republic (UAR) 3 0 1 2 4 11 −7 1
13   India (IND) 3 0 1 2 3 6 −3 1
14   Turkey (TUR) 3 0 1 2 3 10 −7 1
15   Tunisia (TUN) 3 0 0 3 3 11 −8 0
16   Formosa (ROC) 3 0 0 3 3 12 −9 0
Source: FIFA

References

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  1. ^ "Football at the 1960 Rome Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
  2. ^ "Match Schedule for Olympic Football Tournament Rome 1960". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
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