Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics

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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 →

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. Starting with this edition, the competition's format was changed: rather than a knockout tournament like in the previous Olympic Games, the 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four and each group played a round-robin tournament, in a similar format to that instituted in the 1958 FIFA World Cup, which persists to the present day. 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]

Competition schedule

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

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

Teams

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 1

Main article: Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Group 1
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'
 Report
Attendance: 3,760
Referee: Cesare Jonni (Italy)
Yugoslavia 6–1 United Arab Republic
 Report
Attendance: 9,211
Bulgaria 2–0 United Arab Republic
 Report
Attendance: 1,634
Referee: Leo Helge (Denmark)
Yugoslavia 4–0 Turkey
 Report
Attendance: 1,858
Yugoslavia 3–3 Bulgaria
 Report
Attendance: 7,994
Referee: Cesare Jonni (Italy)
United Arab Republic 3–3 Turkey
 Report

Group 2

Main article: Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Group 2
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
 Report
Referee: Leo Helge (Denmark)
Brazil 4–3 Great Britain
 Report
Brazil 5–0 Taiwan
 Report
Italy 2–2 Great Britain
 Report
Italy 3–1 Brazil
 Report
Great Britain 3–2 Taiwan
 Report

Group 3

Main article: Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Group 3
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
 Report
Attendance: 5,873
Denmark 3–2 Argentina
 Report
Attendance: 7,154
Tunisia 1–2 Argentina
 Report
Denmark 2–1 Poland
 Report
Attendance: 5,574
Denmark 3–1 Tunisia
 Report
Attendance: 1,204
Argentina 2–0 Poland
 Report
Referee: Sulhi Garan (Turkey)

Group 4

Main article: Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Group 4
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
 Report
France 1–1 India
 Report
Hungary 6–2 Peru
 Report
Referee: Piero Bonetto (Italy)
Hungary 7–0 France
 Report
Peru 3–1 India
 Report Balaram 88'

Knockout stage

Main article: Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Knockout stage

Bracket

 
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

Italy 1–1 (a.e.t.) Yugoslavia
 Report
Attendance: 16,568

Yugoslavia declared winners by lot.

Denmark 2–0 Hungary
 Report
Attendance: 14,237

Bronze medal match

Hungary 2–1 Italy
 Report

Gold medal match

Main article: Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics – final
Yugoslavia 3–1 Denmark
 Report
Attendance: 23,042

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

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  Formosa (ROC) 3 0 0 3 3 12 −9 0
Source: FIFA

References

  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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