Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's European Qualifiers – Group 5
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The 1960 Summer Olympics football qualification – Europe Group 5 was one of the seven European groups in the Summer Olympics football qualification tournament to decide which teams would qualify for the Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics finals tournament in Italy.[1] Group 5 consisted of three teams: Great Britain, Republic of Ireland and Netherlands. The teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners, Great Britain, qualified directly for the Summer Olympics football finals.
Standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |  |
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| 1 | Great Britain |
4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 6 | +7 | 7 | Qualification for 1960 Summer Olympics | — | 3–2 | 2–2 | |
| 2 | Republic of Ireland |
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 1–3 | — | 6–3 | ||
| 3 | Netherlands |
4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | −7 | 2 | 1–5 | 0–0 | — |
Source: RSSSF
Matches
| Great Britain | 3–2 | Republic of Ireland |
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| Netherlands | 1–5 | Great Britain |
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| Great Britain | 2–2 | Netherlands |
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| Republic of Ireland | 6–3 | Netherlands |
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Goalscorers
There were 28 goals scored in 6 matches, for an average of 4.67 goals per match.
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
Alfie Hale
Paul Bouwman- Bart Hainje
1 goal
Arnold Coates- Tony Harding
- Hugh Lindsay
- Mick Aherne
- Frank McCarthy
- Sonny Rice
- Leo de Kleermaeker
- Theo Slijkhuis
1 own goal
- Frits van Ierland (against Republic of Ireland)