Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics
International football competition
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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]
Host countryItaly
Dates26 August – 10 September
Teams16
Venue7 (in 7 host cities)
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Italy |
| Dates | 26 August – 10 September |
| Teams | 16 |
| Venue | 7 (in 7 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Yugoslavia (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Denmark |
| Third place |  Hungary |
| Fourth place |  Italy |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 28 |
| Goals scored | 120 (4.29 per match) |
| Top scorer | Milan Galić (7 goals) |
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Competition schedule
The match schedule of the tournament.[2]
| 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 |
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| G | G | G | ½ | ½ | B | F |
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
Teams
First round
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
| Yugoslavia | 6–1 | United Arab Republic |
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| Bulgaria | 2–0 | United Arab Republic |
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| United Arab Republic | 3–3 | Turkey |
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Referee: Lucien van Nuffel (Belgium)
Group 2
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 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 |
Referee: Leo Helge (Denmark)
Referee: Josef Kandlbinder (West Germany)
| Brazil | 5–0 | Taiwan |
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Referee: Emil Erlich (Yugoslavia)
Referee: Lucien van Nuffel (Belgium)
Referee: Pierre Schwinte (France)
| Great Britain | 3–2 | Taiwan |
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Referee: Josef Kandlbinder (West Germany)
Group 3
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 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
Referee: István Zsolt (Hungary)
| Denmark | 3–1 | Tunisia |
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Group 4
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 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
Referee: Bahri Ben Said (Tunisia)
Referee: Emil Erlich (Yugoslavia)
Referee: Raymond Morgan (Canada)
Referee: Piero Bonetto (Italy)
Referee: Vincenzo Orlandini (Italy)
Referee: Hussein Imam (United Arab Republic)
Knockout stage
Bracket
| Semi-finals | Gold medal match | |||||
| 5 September – Naples | ||||||
| Italy | 1 | |||||
| 10 September – Rome | ||||||
| Yugoslavia | 1 | |||||
| Yugoslavia | 3 | |||||
| 5 September – Rome | ||||||
| Denmark | 1 | |||||
| Denmark | 2 | |||||
| Hungary | 0 | |||||
| Bronze medal match | ||||||
| 9 September – Rome | ||||||
| Hungary | 2 | |||||
| Italy | 1 | |||||
Semi-finals
Yugoslavia declared winners by lot.
Bronze medal match
Referee: Reginald Leafe (Great Britain)
Gold medal match
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
- China (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)
- Waldir (Brazil)
- Wanderley (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)
- Tomás Iwasaki (Peru)
- Ángel Uribe (Peru)
- Zygmunt Gadecki (Poland)
- Stanisław Hachorek (Poland)
- Mok Chun-wah (Republic of China)
- Moncef Chérif (Tunisia)
Uğur Köken (Turkey)- Bilge Tahran (Turkey)
- İbrahim Yalçınkaya (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 | Yugoslavia |
5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 6 | +11 | 8 |
| 2 |  Denmark |
5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 8 |
| 3 | Hungary |
5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 6 | +11 | 8 |
| 4 | Italy |
5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 6 |
| 5 | Bulgaria |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 5 |
| 6 | Brazil |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 4 |
| 7 |  Argentina |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 4 |
| 8 |  Great Britain |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 |  France |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 3 |
| 10 | Poland |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 2 |
| 11 |  Peru |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 2 |
| 12 | United Arab Republic |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | −7 | 1 |
| 13 | India |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 1 |
| 14 | Turkey |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 1 |
| 15 | Tunisia |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | −8 | 0 |
| 16 | Formosa |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | −9 | 0 |
Source: FIFA
