Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Tournament details
Host country	Italy
Dates	August 26-September 10
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)

The football tournament at the 1960 Summer Olympics was held from 26 August to 10 September in 1960 throughout Italy. The tournament features 16 men's national teams from four continental confederations. The 16 teams are drawn into four groups of four and each group plays 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 September 10, 1960.

Venues

Rome	Stadio Flaminio Stadio Comunale Stadio Olimpico Comunale Stadio Ardenza Stadio Adriatico Stadio Comunale Stadio Fuorigrotta Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics (Italy)					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						L'Aquila
Stadio Adriatico						Stadio Comunale
Capacity: 24,400						Capacity: 9,285
Naples
Stadio Fuorigrotta
Capacity: 60,240

Medalists

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

Qualification

Squads

• Main article: Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics - Men's team squads

First round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Yugoslavia	3	2	1	0	13	4	+9	5
Bulgaria	3	2	1	0	8	3	+5	5
United Arab Republic	3	0	1	2	4	11	−7	1
Turkey	3	0	1	2	3	10	−7	1

Bulgaria  v  Turkey

August 26, 1960 12:00

Bulgaria	3–0	Turkey
Diev  13', 58' Hristov  67'	Report

Grosseto, Stadio Olimpico Comunale Referee: Cesare Jonni (ITA) Attendance: 3.000

Yugoslavia  v  United Arab Republic

August 26, 1960 12:00

Yugoslavia	6–1	United Arab Republic
Rifai  3' (o.g.) Galić  30' (pen.) Kostić  32', 61', 63' Knez  49'	Report	Attia  72'

Pescara, Stadio Adriatico Referee: Reginald Leafe (GBR) Attendance:

Bulgaria  v  United Arab Republic

August 29, 1960 12:00

Bulgaria	2–0	United Arab Republic
Naidenov Yordanov  42' Diev  88'	Report

L'Aquila, Stadio Tommaso Fattori Referee: Leo Helge (DNK) Attendance: 3.500

Yugoslavia  v  Turkey

August 29, 1960 12:00

Yugoslavia	4–0	Turkey
Kostić  10', 89' Galić  46' Tomislav Knez  61'	Report

Florence, Stadio Comunale Referee: Vincenzo Orlandini (ITA) Attendance:

United Arab Republic  v  Turkey

September 1, 1960 12:00

United Arab Republic	3–3	Turkey
Attia  10' Qotb  58', 65'	Report	Tahran  15' Koken  30' Yalcinkaya  69'

Livorno, Stadio di Ardenza Referee: Lucien van Nuffel (BEL) Attendance:

Yugoslavia  v  Bulgaria

September 1, 1960 12:00

Yugoslavia	3–3	Bulgaria
Galić  50', 57', 69'	Report	Kovachev  59' Debarski  81', 89'

Rome, Stadio Flaminio Referee: Cesare Jonni (ITA) Attendance: 15.000

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Italy	3	2	1	0	9	4	+5	5
Brazil	3	2	0	1	10	6	+4	4
Great Britain	3	1	1	1	8	8	0	3
Republic of China	3	0	0	3	3	12	−9	0

Brazil  v  Great Britain

August 26, 1960 12:00

Brazil	4–3	Great Britain
Gérson  2' China  61', 72' Wanderley  64'	Report	Brown  32', 87' Lewis  47'

Livorno, Stadio di Ardenza Referee: Josef Kandlbinder (FRG) Attendance:

Italy  v  Republic of China

August 26, 1960 12:00

Italy	4–1	Republic of China
Rivera  10', 33' Fanello  49' Tomeazzi  67'	Report	Chun Wa Mok  29'

Napoli, Stadio San Paolo Referee: Leo Helge (DNK) Attendance:

Brazil  v  Republic of China

August 29, 1960 12:00

Brazil	5–0	Republic of China
Gérson  13', 16', 47' Roberto Dias  73', 87'	Report

Rome, Stadio Flaminio Referee: E. Erlich (YUG) Attendance:

Italy  v  Great Britain

August 29, 1960 13:00

Italy	2–2	Great Britain
Rossano  11', 55'	Report	Brown  23' Hasty  75'

Rome, Stadio Flaminio Referee: Lucien van Nuffel (BEL) Attendance:

Italy  v  Brazil

September 1, 1960 12:00

Italy	3–1	Brazil
Rivera  69' Rossano  70', 86'	Report	Didi  4'

Florence, Stadio Comunale Referee: Pierre Schwinte (FRA) Attendance:

Great Britain  v  Republic of China

September 1, 1960 12:00

Great Britain	3–2	Republic of China
Lewis  35' Brown  58' Hasty  85'	Report	Chuk Yin Yiu  70', 88'

Grosseto, Stadio Olimpico Comunale Referee: Josef Kandlbinder (FRG) Attendance:

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Denmark	3	3	0	0	8	4	+4	6
Argentina	3	2	0	1	6	4	+2	4
Poland	3	1	0	2	7	5	+2	2
Tunisia	3	0	0	3	3	11	−8	0

Denmark  v  Argentina

August 26, 1960 12:00

Denmark	3–2	Argentina
Sørensen  31' H. Nielsen  46', 85'	Report	Oleniak  20' Bilardo  88'

Rome Referee: Liverani (ITA) Attendance:

Poland  v  Tunisia

August 26, 1960 13:00

Poland	6–1	Tunisia
Pohl  7', 40', 42', 84', 89' Hachorek  67'	Report	Kerrit  3'

Rome Referee: Lo Bello (ITA) Attendance: 3.000

Denmark  v  Poland

August 29, 1960 12:00

Denmark	2–1	Poland
H. Nielsen  15' Pedersen  86'	Report	Gadecki  62'

Livorno Referee: Lo Bello (ITA) Attendance: 3.700

Argentina  v  Tunisia

August 29, 1960 12:00

Argentina	2–1	Tunisia
Oleniak  15', 82'	Report	Kerrit  25'

Pescara Referee: Zsolt (HUN) Attendance:

Argentina  v  Poland

September 1, 1960 12:00

Argentina	2–0	Poland
Oleniak  38' Pérez  55'	Report

Napoli Referee: S. Garan (TUR) Attendance: 10.000

Denmark  v  Tunisia

September 1, 1960 12:00

Denmark	3–1	Tunisia
F. Nielsen  24' H. Nielsen  27', 88'	Report	Cherif  48'

L'Aquila Referee: Campanati (ITA) Attendance: 2.000

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Hungary	3	3	0	0	15	3	+12	6
France	3	1	1	1	3	9	−6	3
Peru	3	1	0	2	6	9	−3	2
India	3	0	1	2	3	6	−3	1

France  v  Peru

August 26, 1960 12:00

France	2–1	Peru
Giamarchi  67' Quédec  90'	Report	Uribe  1'

Florence Referee: Erlich (YUG) Attendance:

Hungary  v  India

August 26, 1960 12:00

Hungary	2–1	India
Göröcs  23' Albert  56'	Report	Balaram  79'

L'Aquila Referee: Ben Said (TUN) Attendance:

France  v  India

August 29, 1960 12:00

France	1–1	India
Coinçon  82'	Report	Banerjee  71'

Grosseto, Stadio Olimpico Comunale Referee: Morgan (CAN) Attendance:

Hungary  v  Peru

August 29, 1960 12:00

Hungary	6–2	Peru
Albert  17', 87' Rákosi  27' Göröcs  33' Dunai  46', 63'	Report	Ramirez  25', 79'

Napoli Referee: Bonetto (ITA) Attendance:

Peru  v  India

September 1, 1960 12:00

Peru	3–1	India
Nieri  27', 53' Iwasaki  85'	Report	Balaram  88'

Pescara Referee: Imam (UAE) Attendance:

Hungary  v  France

September 1, 1960 13:00

Hungary	7–0	France
Albert  12', 85' Göröcs  34', 59', 77' Dunai  41', 79'	Report

Rome Referee: Orlandini (ITA) Attendance:

Semi-finals

Italy  v  Yugoslavia

September 5, 1960 12:00

Italy	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Yugoslavia
Tumburus  109'	Report	Galić  107'

Napoli Referee: Kandlbinder (FRG) Attendance:

(Yugoslavia declared winners by lot)

Denmark  v  Hungary

September 6, 1960 12:00

Denmark	2–0	Hungary
H. Nielsen  19' Enoksen  81'	Report

Rome Referee: Leafe (GBR) Attendance: 10.000

Bronze Medal match

Hungary  v  Italy

September 9, 1960 12:00

Hungary	2–1	Italy
Orosz  32' Dunai  69'	Report	Tomeazzi  84'

Rome Referee: Leafe (GBR) Attendance:

Gold Medal match

Yugoslavia  v  Denmark

September 10, 1960 12:00

Yugoslavia	3–1	Denmark
Galić  1' Matuš  11' Kostić  69'	Report	F. Nielsen  90'

Rome Referee: Lo Bello (ITA) Attendance: 40.000

Semi-final bracket

					Gold Medal match
	Italy	1
	Yugoslavia	1
					Yugoslavia	3
					Denmark	1
	Denmark	2
	Hungary	0			Bronze Medal match
					Italy	1
					Hungary	2

Goalscorers

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

• El Sayed Rifai (United Arab Republic; playing against Yugoslavia)

Final Ranking

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Yugoslavia (YUG)	5	3	2	0	17	6	+1	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 (EGY)	3	0	1	2	4	11	–7	1
13	India (IND)	3	0	1	2	3	6	–3	2
14	Turkey (TUR)	3	0	1	2	3	10	–7	2
15	Tunisia (TUN)	3	0	0	3	3	11	–8	1
16	Republic of China (ROC)	3	0	0	3	3	12	–9	1

External links

• Olympic Football Tournament Rome 1960, FIFA.com
• RSSSF summary
• Danish tournament squads
• Hungarian medalists - Rome 1960

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