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]
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Italy |
Dates | August 26 – September 10 |
Teams | 16 (from 4 confederations) |
Venue(s) | 7 (in 7 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 28 |
Goals scored | 120 (4.29 per match) |
Venues
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
Qualification
Squads
First round
Group A
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 4 | +9 | 5 |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 5 |
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | −7 | 1 |
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 1 |
Source:
Yugoslavia ![]() | 6–1 | ![]() |
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Rifai ![]() Galić ![]() Kostić ![]() Knez ![]() |
Report | Attia ![]() |
Referee: Reginald Leafe (GBR)
Bulgaria ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Naidenov Yordanov ![]() Diev ![]() |
Report |
Yugoslavia ![]() | 4–0 | ![]() |
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Kostić ![]() Galić ![]() Tomislav Knez ![]() |
Report |
Referee: Vincenzo Orlandini (ITA)
United Arab Republic ![]() | 3–3 | ![]() |
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Attia ![]() Qotb ![]() |
Report | Tahran ![]() Koken ![]() Yalcinkaya ![]() |
Referee: Lucien van Nuffel (BEL)
Group B
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 5 |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 4 |
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 3 |
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | −9 | 0 |
Source:
Brazil ![]() | 4–3 | ![]() |
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Gérson ![]() China ![]() Wanderley ![]() |
Report | Brown ![]() Lewis ![]() |
Referee: Josef Kandlbinder (FRG)
Italy ![]() | 4–1 | ![]() |
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Rivera ![]() Fanello ![]() Tomeazzi ![]() |
Report | Mok Chun Wah ![]() |
Referee: Leo Helge (DNK)
Brazil ![]() | 5–0 | ![]() |
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Gérson ![]() Roberto Dias ![]() |
Report |
Referee: E. Erlich (YUG)
Italy ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() |
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Rossano ![]() |
Report | Brown ![]() Hasty ![]() |
Referee: Lucien van Nuffel (BEL)
Great Britain ![]() | 3–2 | ![]() |
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Lewis ![]() Brown ![]() Hasty ![]() |
Report | Yiu Cheuk Yin ![]() |
Referee: Josef Kandlbinder (FRG)
Group C
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 6 |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 4 |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 2 |
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | −8 | 0 |
Source:
Denmark ![]() | 3–2 | ![]() |
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Sørensen ![]() H. Nielsen ![]() |
Report | Oleniak ![]() Bilardo ![]() |
Referee: Liverani (ITA)
Denmark ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
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F. Nielsen ![]() H. Nielsen ![]() |
Report | Cherif ![]() |
Group D
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | +12 | 6 |
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 3 |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 2 |
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 1 |
Source:
Hungary ![]() | 6–2 | ![]() |
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Albert ![]() Rákosi ![]() Göröcs ![]() Dunai ![]() |
Report | Ramirez ![]() |
Referee: Bonetto (ITA)
Semi-finals
(Yugoslavia declared winners by lot)
Bronze Medal match
Gold Medal match
Yugoslavia ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
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Galić ![]() Matuš ![]() Kostić ![]() |
Report 1 Report 2 |
F. Nielsen ![]() |
Team details
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Semi-final bracket
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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
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
José Ricardo da Silva (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)
Didi (Brazil)
Luiz Machado da Silva (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
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | ![]() |
5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 6 | +11 | 8 |
2 | ![]() |
5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 8 |
3 | ![]() |
5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 6 | +11 | 8 |
4 | ![]() |
5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 6 |
5 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 5 |
6 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 4 |
7 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 4 |
8 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 3 |
9 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 3 |
10 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 2 |
11 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 2 |
12 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | −7 | 1 |
13 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 1 |
14 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 1 |
15 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | −8 | 0 |
16 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | −9 | 0 |
Source:
References
- "Football at the 1960 Rome Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
External links
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