Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Tournament details
Host countryItaly
Dates26 August – 10 September 1960
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)
Top scorer(s)Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Milan Galić (7 goals)

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 10 September 1960.[1]

Competition schedule

The match schedule of the tournament.[2]

Legend
GGroup stage¼Quarterfinals½SemifinalsBBronze medal matchFGold medal match
26 Fri27 Sat28 Sun29 Mon30 Tue31 Wed1 Thu2 Fri3 Sat4 Sun5 Mon6 Tue7 Wed8 Thu9 Fri10 Sat
GGG½½BF

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

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: FIFA
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'
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'
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
 Formosa 3 0 0 3 3 12 −9 0
Source: FIFA
Brazil 4–3 Great Britain
Gérson 2'
China 61', 72'
Wanderley 64'		 Report Brown 32', 87'
Lewis 47'
Referee: Josef Kandlbinder (FRG)
Italy 4–1 Formosa
Rivera 10', 33'
Fanello 49'
Tomeazzi 67'		 Report Mok Chun Wah 29'
Referee: Leo Helge (DNK)
Brazil 5–0 Formosa
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 Waldir 4'
Referee: Pierre Schwinte (FRA)
Great Britain 3–2 Formosa
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: FIFA
Denmark 3–2 Argentina
Sørensen 31'
H. Nielsen 46', 85'		 Report Oleniak 20'
Bilardo 88'
Attendance: 7,100
Referee: Liverani (ITA)
Poland 6–1 Tunisia
Pohl 7', 40', 42', 84', 89'
Hachorek 67'		 Report Kerrit 3'
Attendance: 5,800
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'
Attendance: 4,600
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: FIFA
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 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

1960 Summer Olympics Football Final
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

Goal scorers

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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