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 September 10, 1960.[1]

Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Tournament details
Host countryItaly
DatesAugust 26 – September 10
Teams16 (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 played28
Goals scored120 (4.29 per match)

Venues
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
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
See also: Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's 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
Source:
Bulgaria 3–0 Turkey
Diev  13', 58'
Hristov  67'		 Report
Attendance: 3.000
Referee: Cesare Jonni (ITA)
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)
Bulgaria 2–0 United Arab Republic
Naidenov Yordanov  42'
Diev  88'		 Report
Attendance: 3.500
Referee: Leo Helge (DNK)
Yugoslavia 4–0 Turkey
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'
Livorno, Stadio di Ardenza
Referee: Lucien van Nuffel (BEL)
Yugoslavia 3–3 Bulgaria
Galić  50', 57', 69' Report Kovachev  59'
Debarski  81', 89'
Attendance: 15.000
Referee: Cesare Jonni (ITA)

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
 Taiwan 3 0 0 3 3 12 −9 0
Source:
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)
Italy 4–1 Taiwan
Rivera  10', 33'
Fanello  49'
Tomeazzi  67'		 Report Mok Chun Wah  29'
Referee: Leo Helge (DNK)
Brazil 5–0 Taiwan
Gérson  13', 16', 47'
Roberto Dias  73', 87'		 Report
Referee: E. Erlich (YUG)
Italy 2–2 Great Britain
Rossano  11', 55' Report Brown  23'
Hasty  75'
Referee: Lucien van Nuffel (BEL)
Italy 3–1 Brazil
Rivera  69'
Rossano  70', 86'		 Report Didi  4'
Referee: Pierre Schwinte (FRA)
Great Britain 3–2 Taiwan
Lewis  35'
Brown  58'
Hasty  85'		 Report Yiu Cheuk Yin  70', 88'
Referee: Josef Kandlbinder (FRG)

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
Source:
Denmark 3–2 Argentina
Sørensen  31'
H. Nielsen  46', 85'		 Report Oleniak  20'
Bilardo  88'
Referee: Liverani (ITA)
Poland 6–1 Tunisia
Pohl  7', 40', 42', 84', 89'
Hachorek  67'		 Report Kerrit  3'
Attendance: 3.000
Referee: Lo Bello (ITA)
Denmark 2–1 Poland
H. Nielsen  15'
Pedersen  86'		 Report Gadecki  62'
Attendance: 3.700
Referee: Lo Bello (ITA)
Argentina 2–1 Tunisia
Oleniak  15', 82' Report Kerrit  25'
Referee: Zsolt (HUN)
Argentina 2–0 Poland
Oleniak  38'
Pérez  55'		 Report
Attendance: 10.000
Referee: S. Garan (TUR)
Denmark 3–1 Tunisia
F. Nielsen  24'
H. Nielsen  27', 88'		 Report Cherif  48'
Attendance: 2.000
Referee: Campanati (ITA)

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
Source:
France 2–1 Peru
Giamarchi  67'
Quédec  90'		 Report Uribe  1'
Referee: Erlich (YUG)
Hungary 2–1 India
Göröcs  23'
Albert  56'		 Report Balaram  79'
Referee: Ben Said (TUN)
France 1–1 India
Coinçon  82' Report P.K.Banerjee  71'
Referee: Morgan (CAN)
Hungary 6–2 Peru
Albert  17', 87'
Rákosi  27'
Göröcs  33'
Dunai  46', 63'		 Report Ramirez  25', 79'
Referee: Bonetto (ITA)
Peru 3–1 India
Nieri  27', 53'
Iwasaki  85'		 Report Balaram  88'
Referee: Imam (UAR)
Hungary 7–0 France
Albert  12', 85'
Göröcs  34', 59', 77'
Dunai  41', 79'		 Report
Referee: Orlandini (ITA)

Semi-finals
Italy 1–1 (a.e.t.) Yugoslavia
Tumburus  109' Report Galić  107'
Referee: Kandlbinder (FRG)

(Yugoslavia declared winners by lot)

Denmark 2–0 Hungary
H. Nielsen  19'
Enoksen  81'		 Report
Attendance: 10.000
Referee: Leafe (GBR)

Bronze Medal match
Hungary 2–1 Italy
Orosz  32'
Dunai  69'		 Report Tomeazzi  84'
Referee: Leafe (GBR)

Gold Medal match
Yugoslavia 3–1 Denmark
Galić  1'
Matuš  11'
Kostić  69'		 Report 1
Report 2		 F. Nielsen  90'
Attendance: 40.000
Referee: Lo Bello (Italy)
Team details

Semi-final bracket
  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

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
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  Republic of China (ROC) 3 0 0 3 3 12 −9 0
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References
  1. "Football at the 1960 Rome Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
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