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.

Contents

1 Venues
2 Medalists
3 Squads
4 First round
5 Semifinals
6 Bronze medal match
7 Gold Medal match
8 External links

Venues

City	Stadium
Rome	Stadio Flaminio
Florence	Stadio Comunale
Grosseto	Stadio Comunale
Livorno	Stadio Ardenza
Pescara	Stadio Adriatico
L'Aquila	Stadio Comunale
Naples	Stadio Fuorigrotta

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 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 Arne Kurtzweil Erling Linde Larsen Poul Mejer Flemming Nielsen Hans 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

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

August 26, 1960 12:00	Bulgaria	3 – 0	Turkey	Grosseto Referee: Jonni (ITA) Attendance: 3.000
	Diev 13', 58' Hristov 67'	Report		Grosseto Referee: Jonni (ITA) Attendance: 3.000

August 26, 1960 12:00	Yugoslavia	6 – 1	United Arab Republic	Pescara Referee: Leafe (GBR) Attendance:
	Rifai 3' (o.g.) Galić 30' (pen.) Kostić 32', 61', 63' Knez 49'	Report	Attia 72'	Pescara Referee: Leafe (GBR) Attendance:

August 29, 1960 12:00	Bulgaria	2 – 0	United Arab Republic	L'Aquila Referee: Helge (DNK) Attendance: 3.500
	Naidenov Yordanov 42' Diev 88'	Report		L'Aquila Referee: Helge (DNK) Attendance: 3.500

August 29, 1960 12:00	Yugoslavia	4 – 0	Turkey	Florence Referee: Orlandini (ITA) Attendance:
	Kostić 10', 89' Galić 46' Knez 61'	Report		Florence Referee: Orlandini (ITA) Attendance:

September 1, 1960 12:00	United Arab Republic	3 – 3	Turkey	Livorno Referee: van Nuffel (BEL) Attendance:
	Attia 10' Kottb 58', 65'	Report	Tahran 15' Koken 30' Yalcinkaya 69'	Livorno Referee: van Nuffel (BEL) Attendance:

September 1, 1960 12:00	Yugoslavia	3 – 3	Bulgaria	Rome Referee: Jonni (ITA) Attendance: 15.000
	Galić 50', 57', 69'	Report	Kovachev 59' Debarski 81', 89'	Rome Referee: 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

August 26, 1960 12:00	Brazil	4 – 3	Great Britain	Livorno Referee: Kandelbinder (FRG) Attendance:
	Gérson 2' China 61', 72' Wanderley 64'	Report	Brown 32', 87' Lewis 47'	Livorno Referee: Kandelbinder (FRG) Attendance:

August 26, 1960 12:00	Italy	4 – 1	Republic of China	Napoli Referee: Helge (DNK) Attendance:
	Rivera 10', 33' Fanello 49' Tomeazzi 67'	Report	Chun Wa Mok 29'	Napoli Referee: Helge (DNK) Attendance:

August 29, 1960 12:00	Brazil	5 – 0	Republic of China	Rome Referee: Erlich (YUG) Attendance:
	Gérson 13', 16', 47' Roberto Dias 73', 87'	Report		Rome Referee: Erlich (YUG) Attendance:

August 29, 1960 13:00	Italy	2 – 2	Great Britain	Rome Referee: van Nuffel (BEL) Attendance:
	Rossano 11', 55'	Report	Brown 23' Hasty 75'	Rome Referee: van Nuffel (BEL) Attendance:

September 1, 1960 12:00	Italy	3 – 1	Brazil	Florence Referee: Schwinte (FRA) Attendance:
	Rivera 69' Rossano 70', 86'	Report	Waldir 4'	Florence Referee: Schwinte (FRA) Attendance:

September 1, 1960 12:00	Great Britain	3 – 2	Republic of China	Grosseto Referee: Kandelbinder (FRG) Attendance:
	Lewis 35' Brown 58' Hasty 85'	Report	Chuk Yin Yiu 70', 88'	Grosseto Referee: Kandelbinder (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

August 26, 1960 12:00	Denmark	3 – 2	Argentina	Rome Referee: Liverani (ITA) Attendance:
	Sørensen 31' Harald Nielsen 46', 85'	Report	Oleniak 20' Bilardo 88'	Rome Referee: Liverani (ITA) Attendance:

August 26, 1960 13:00	Poland	6 – 1	Tunisia	Rome Referee: Lo Bello (ITA) Attendance: 3.000
	Pohl 7', 40', 42', 84', 89' Hachorek 67'	Report	Kerrit 3'	Rome Referee: Lo Bello (ITA) Attendance: 3.000

August 29, 1960 12:00	Denmark	2 – 1	Poland	Livorno Referee: Lo Bello (ITA) Attendance: 3.700
	Harald Nielsen 15' Pedersen 86'	Report	Gadecki 62'	Livorno Referee: Lo Bello (ITA) Attendance: 3.700

August 29, 1960 12:00	Argentina	2 – 1	Tunisia	Pescara Referee: Zsolt (HUN) Attendance:
	Oleniak 15', 82'	Report	Kerrit 25'	Pescara Referee: Zsolt (HUN) Attendance:

September 1, 1960 12:00	Argentina	2 – 0	Poland	Napoli Referee: S. Garan (TUR) Attendance: 10.000
	Oleniak 38' Pérez 55'	Report		Napoli Referee: S. Garan (TUR) Attendance: 10.000

September 1, 1960 12:00	Denmark	3 – 1	Tunisia	L'Aquila Referee: Campanati (ITA) Attendance: 2.000
	F. Nielsen 24' Harald 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

August 26, 1960 12:00	France	2 – 1	Peru	Florence Referee: Erlich (YUG) Attendance:
	Giamarchi 67' Quédec 90'	Report	Uribe 1'	Florence Referee: Erlich (YUG) Attendance:

August 26, 1960 12:00	Hungary	2 – 1	India	L'Aquila Referee: Ben Said (TUN) Attendance:
	Göröcs 23' Albert 56'	Report	Balamaran 79'	L'Aquila Referee: Ben Said (TUN) Attendance:

August 29, 1960 12:00	France	1 – 1	India	Grosseto Referee: Morgan (CAN) Attendance:
	Coinçon 82'	Report	Banerjee 71'	Grosseto Referee: Morgan (CAN) Attendance:

August 29, 1960 12:00	Hungary	6 – 2	Peru	Napoli Referee: Bonetto (ITA) Attendance:
	Albert 17', 87' Rákosi 27' Göröcs 33' Dunai 46', 63'	Report	Ramirez 25', 79'	Napoli Referee: Bonetto (ITA) Attendance:

September 1, 1960 12:00	Peru	3 – 1	India	Pescara Referee: Imam (UAE) Attendance:
	Nieri 27', 53' Iwasaki 85'	Report	Balamaran 88'	Pescara Referee: Imam (UAE) Attendance:

September 1, 1960 13:00	Hungary	7 – 0	France	Rome Referee: Orlandini (ITA) Attendance:
	Albert 12', 85' Göröcs 34', 59', 77' Dunai 41', 79'	Report		Rome Referee: Orlandini (ITA) Attendance:

Semifinals

September 5, 1960 12:00	Italy	1 – 1	Yugoslavia	Napoli Referee: Kandlbinder (FRG) Attendance:
	Tumburus 109'	Report	Galić 107'	Napoli Referee: Kandlbinder (FRG) Attendance:

(Yugoslavia declared winners by lot)

September 6, 1960 12:00	Denmark	2 – 0	Hungary	Rome Referee: Leafe (GBR) Attendance: 10.000
	Harald Nielsen 19' Enoksen 81'	Report		Rome Referee: Leafe (GBR) Attendance: 10.000

Bronze medal match

September 9, 1960 12:00	Hungary	2 – 1	Italy	Rome Referee: Leafe (ENG) Attendance:
	Orosz 32' Dunai 69'	Report	Tomeazzi 84'	Rome Referee: Leafe (ENG) Attendance:

Gold Medal match

September 10, 1960 12:00	Yugoslavia	3 – 1	Denmark	Rome Referee: Lo Bello (ITA) Attendance: 40.000
	Galić 1' Matuš 11' Kostić 69'	Report	F. Nielsen 90'	Rome Referee: Lo Bello (ITA) Attendance: 40.000

External links

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