Association football at the 1960 Summer Olympics
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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]
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Italy |
| Dates | 26 August – 10 September 1960 |
| Teams | 16 (from 4 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 7 (in 7 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Yugoslavia |
| Runners-up |  Denmark |
| Third place |  Hungary |
| Fourth place |  Italy |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 28 |
| Goals scored | 120 (4.29 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Milan Galić (7 goals) |
Competition schedule edit
The match schedule of the tournament.[2]
| G | Group stage | ¼ | Quarterfinals | ½ | Semifinals | 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 |
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| G | G | G | ½ | ½ | B | F |
Venues edit
| Rome | Florence | |
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| Stadio Flaminio | Stadio Comunale | |
| Capacity: 32,000 | Capacity: 47,920 | |
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| Grosseto | Livorno | |
| Stadio Olimpico Comunale | Stadio Ardenza | |
| Capacity: 10,200 | Capacity: 19,238 | |
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| Pescara | Naples | L'Aquila |
| Stadio Adriatico | Stadio Fuorigrotta | Stadio Comunale |
| Capacity: 24,400 | Capacity: 60,240 | Capacity: 9,285 |
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Medalists edit
Qualification edit
Squads edit
First round edit
Group A edit
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yugoslavia
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 4 | +9 | 5 |
 Bulgaria
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 5 |
 United Arab Republic
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | −7 | 1 |
 Turkey
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 1 |
Source: FIFA
| Yugoslavia | 6–1 | United Arab Republic |
|---|---|---|
Rifai  3' (o.g.)Galić 30' (pen.)Kostić 32', 61', 63'Knez 49' |
Report | Attia 72' |
Referee: Reginald Leafe (GBR)
| Bulgaria | 2–0 | United Arab Republic |
|---|---|---|
| Naidenov Yordanov 42' Diev 88' |
Report |
| Yugoslavia | 4–0 | Turkey |
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| Kostić 10', 89' Galić 46'Tomislav Knez 61' |
Report |
Referee: Vincenzo Orlandini (ITA)
| United Arab Republic | 3–3 | Turkey |
|---|---|---|
| Attia 10' Qotb 58', 65' |
Report | Tahran 15' Koken 30'Yalcinkaya 69' |
Referee: Lucien van Nuffel (BEL)
Group B edit
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Italy
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 5 |
 Brazil
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 4 |
 Great Britain
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 3 |
 Formosa
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | −9 | 0 |
Source: FIFA
| Brazil | 4–3 | Great Britain |
|---|---|---|
| Gérson 2' China 61', 72'Wanderley 64' |
Report | Brown 32', 87' Lewis 47' |
Referee: Josef Kandlbinder (FRG)
| Italy | 4–1 | Formosa |
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| Rivera 10', 33' Fanello 49'Tomeazzi 67' |
Report | Mok Chun Wah 29' |
Referee: Leo Helge (DNK)
| Italy | 2–2 | Great Britain |
|---|---|---|
| Rossano 11', 55' |
Report | Brown 23' Hasty 75' |
Referee: Lucien van Nuffel (BEL)
| Great Britain | 3–2 | Formosa |
|---|---|---|
| Lewis 35' Brown 58'Hasty 85' |
Report | Yiu Cheuk Yin 70', 88' |
Referee: Josef Kandlbinder (FRG)
Group C edit
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denmark
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 6 |
 Argentina
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 4 |
 Poland
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 2 |
 Tunisia
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | −8 | 0 |
Source: FIFA
| Denmark | 3–1 | Tunisia |
|---|---|---|
| F. Nielsen 24' H. Nielsen 27', 88' |
Report | Cherif 48' |
Group D edit
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hungary
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | +12 | 6 |
 France
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 3 |
 Peru
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 2 |
 India
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 1 |
Source: FIFA
Semi-finals edit
| Italy | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | Yugoslavia |
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| Tumburus 109' |
Report | Galić 107' |
Referee: Kandlbinder (FRG)
(Yugoslavia declared winners by lot)
Bronze Medal match edit
Gold Medal match edit
1960 Summer Olympics Football Final
| Yugoslavia | 3–1 | Denmark |
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| Galić 1' Matuš 11'Kostić 69' |
Report 1 Report 2 |
F. Nielsen 90' |
Team details
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Semi-final bracket edit
| Semi-finals | Gold Medal match | ||||||
| Italy
| 1 | ||||||
| Yugoslavia (a.e.t.)
| 1 | ||||||
| Yugoslavia
| 3 | ||||||
| Denmark
| 1 | ||||||
| Denmark
| 2 | ||||||
| Hungary
| 0 | Bronze Medal match | |||||
| Italy
| 1 | ||||||
| Hungary
| 2 | ||||||
Goal scorers edit
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
Milan Galić (Yugoslavia)
- 6 goals
- Bora Kostić (Yugoslavia)
- 5 goals
Harald Nielsen (Denmark)
Flórián Albert (Hungary)- János Dunai (Hungary)
- János Göröcs (Hungary)
Ernest Pohl (Poland)
- 4 goals
Juan Carlos Oleniak (Argentina)
Gérson (Brazil)
Bobby Brown (Great Britain)
Giorgio Rossano (Italy)
- 3 goals
Todor Diev (Bulgaria)- Gianni Rivera (Italy)
- 2 goals
- China (Brazil)
- Roberto Dias (Brazil)
- Spiro Debarski (Bulgaria)
- Flemming Nielsen (Denmark)
- Paddy Hasty (Great Britain)
- Jim Lewis (Great Britain)
Tulsidas Balaram (India)- Ugo Tomeazzi (Italy)
Nicolas Nieri (Peru)- Alberto Ramírez (Peru)
Chuk Yin Yiu (Republic of China)
Brahim Kerrit (Tunisia)
Raafat Attia (United Arab Republic)- Samir Qotb (United Arab Republic)
- Tomislav Knez (Yugoslavia)
- 1 goal
- Carlos Bilardo (Argentina)
- Raúl Adolfo Pérez (Argentina)
- Waldir (Brazil)
- Wanderley (Brazil)
- Hristo Hristov (Bulgaria)
- Georgi Naidenov Yordanov (Bulgaria)
- Henning Enoksen (Denmark)
- Poul Pedersen (Denmark)
- Jørn Sørensen (Denmark)
Gérard Coinçon (France)- André Giamarchi (France)
- Yvon Quédec (France)
- Pál Orosz (Hungary)
- Gyula Rákosi (Hungary)
- Pradip Kumar Banerjee (India)
- Giovanni Fanello (Italy)
- Paride Tumburus (Italy)
- Thomas Iwasaki (Peru)
- Ángel Uribe (Peru)
- Zygmunt Gadecki (Poland)
- Stanisław Hachorek (Poland)
- Mok Chun-wah (Republic of China)
- Mancef Cherif (Tunisia)
Uğur Köken (Turkey)- Bilge Tahran (Turkey)
- Ibrahim Yalcinkaya (Turkey)
- Željko Matuš (Yugoslavia)
- Own goals
- El Sayed Rifai (United Arab Republic; playing against Yugoslavia)
Final ranking edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| 1 |  Yugoslavia (YUG)
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5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 6 | +11 | 8 |
| 2 |  Denmark (DEN)
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5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 8 |
| 3 |  Hungary (HUN)
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5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 6 | +11 | 8 |
| 4 |  Italy (ITA)
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5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 6 |
| 5 |  Bulgaria (BUL)
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 5 |
| 6 | Brazil (BRA)
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 4 |
| 7 |  Argentina (ARG)
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 4 |
| 8 |  Great Britain (GBR)
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 |  France (FRA)
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 3 |
| 10 |  Poland (POL)
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 2 |
| 11 |  Peru (PER)
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 2 |
| 12 |  United Arab Republic (UAR)
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | −7 | 1 |
| 13 |  India (IND)
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 1 |
| 14 |  Turkey (TUR)
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 1 |
| 15 |  Tunisia (TUN)
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | −8 | 0 |
| 16 |  Formosa (ROC)
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | −9 | 0 |
Source: FIFA
References edit
- ^ "Football at the 1960 Rome Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
- ^ "Match Schedule for Olympic Football Tournament Rome 1960". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
External links edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Association football at the 1960 Summer Olympics.
- Olympic Football Tournament Rome 1960 at FIFA.com
- Summary at RSSSF
- Danish tournament squads Archived 26 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine (in Danish)
- Hungarian medalists – Rome 1960 (archived)