European Football Championship 1960

European Football Championship 1960
UEFA EURO 60
Number of nations	4  (of 17 applicants)
European champion	Soviet Union (1st title)
venue	France
Opening game	July 6, 1960 in Paris
Endgame	July 10, 1960 in Paris
Games	4th
Gates	17  (⌀: 4.25 per game)
spectator	78,958  (⌀: 19,740 per game)
Top scorer	5 players with 2 goals each

The tournament, often referred to in the press as the First European Football Championship , was held as the European Cup of Nations or the European Cup of Countries from September 28, 1958 to July 10, 1960. A total of 17 teams took part, four of which played the finals, which took place in France from 6 to 10 July 1960 . The decision for France was made after the four semi-finalists had been determined. The entire competition was played in the knockout system .

Since big football nations like England, the Federal Republic of Germany or Italy did not take part, the media and in some places also the spectators paid relatively little attention to the event. Sepp Herberger , the West German national coach at the time, didn't want to "waste" the time between the world championships. The GDR played unsuccessfully at the first European championship, because it failed in the first round to Portugal. The Federal Republic of Germany first took part in the tournament in 1968 after UEFA declared the competitions to be the European Football Championship in 1966.

History and qualifications

→ Main article : European Football Championship 1960 / qualification

In 1957, after controversial discussions, it was decided to hold a tournament for the European national teams. Entry deadline for participants was February 15, 1958. 15 nations had registered for this date and ten (including Germany) canceled; However, as at least 16 nations had to take part in order to hold the competition, as had been decided by UEFA and seven nations had not yet made a decision, the registration deadline was extended again to June 4th of that year. By then there were 17 nations that wanted to take part, and the tournament, which was then called the European Cup of Nations, could take place. Spain and France were envisaged as potential hosts for the finals.

Due to the small number of participants, the round of 16 was unofficially referred to as qualification, in other sources only the preliminary matches between Ireland and Czechoslovakia or all games up to and including the quarter-finals are referred to as qualifications. In contrast to today, the host, here France, was not automatically qualified; rather, the applicants for the finals had to reach the semi-finals. If France had not reached the semi-finals, a new host would have been selected from among the semi-finalists. All encounters up to and including the quarter-finals were decided in the first and second legs.

Venues

Football stadiums of the European Football Championship 1960 ¹

Paris	Paris Marseille Venues in 1960 in France	Marseille
Prince Park		Stade Velodrome
Capacity: 40,000 (stock)		Capacity: 40,000 (stock)
Opening: July 18, 1897		Opening: June 13, 1937
1 semi-final, final		1 semi-final, game for 3rd place

¹ Name, capacity and condition of the stadiums at the time of the European Championship, July 1960

Attendees

Teams
France ( squad )
Yugoslavia ( squad )
Soviet Union ( squad )
Czechoslovakia ( squad )

Finals

Semifinals

July 6, 1960 in Paris ( Prinzenpark )
France	-	Yugoslavia	4: 5 (2: 1)
July 6, 1960 in Marseille ( Stade Vélodrome )
Czechoslovakia	-	Soviet Union	0: 3 (0: 1)

France led 2-1 at halftime and 4-2 up to the 75th minute. Within just three minutes, Knez and Jerkovič then made the final score 5-4 for Yugoslavia. To this day, this semi-final is considered one of the legendary games in the history of football. In the Yugoslav team were later in the Bundesliga as coach famously Branko Zebec and Fahrudin Jusufi , who in the 1960s for Eintracht Frankfurt played in the Bundesliga.

Czechoslovakia could not prevail against the Soviet Union, although one of the best players in Europe at the time was Josef Masopust in their ranks . Coach Vytlacil had to do without the regular players Jozef Bomba and Svatopluk Pluskal . In the team of coach Katschalin, the outside runners Yuri Woinow and Igor Netto excelled . Center forward Wiktor Ponedelnik became the match winner . He prepared the two goals for Valentin Ivanov and in the 65th minute he scored the final score of 3-0.

3rd place match

July 9, 1960 in Marseille ( Stade Vélodrome )
Czechoslovakia	-	France	2: 0 (0: 0)

The goals for the ČSSR came by Bubník in the 55th minute and by Pavlovič in the 88th minute. Only 9,438 spectators watched the match for third place in the Stade Velodrome. As in the semifinals, coach Batteux started without his full internal storm with Raymond Kopa , Just Fontaine and Roger Piantoni and gave the reservist Jean Taillandier from Racing Paris a chance in goal . In the storm, Maryan Wisnieski was overwhelmed with organizing the offensive game alone. In the team of coach Rudolf Vytlačil , goalkeeper Viliam Schrojf and field players Ján Popluhár , Ladislav Novák , Svatopluk Pluskal , Josef Masopust and Andrej Kvašňák were already six players who were supposed to reach the final at the 1962 World Cup in Chile.

final

Soviet Union - Yugoslavia 2: 1 a.d. (1: 1, 0: 1)

Soviet Union		Yugoslavia
	Sunday, July 10th, 1960 at 9:30 p.m. in Paris ( Prinzenpark ) Spectators: 17,966 Referee: Arthur Edward Ellis ( England )
	Lev Yashin - Giwi Tschocheli , Anatoli Krutikow - Yuri Voinow , Anatoli Masljonkin , Igor Netto - Slava Metreweli , Wiktor Ponedelnik , Valentin Bubukin , Valentin Ivanov , Micheil Meschi Trainer: Gavriil Katschalin	Blagoja Vidinić - Vladimir Durković , Fahrudin Jusufi - Ante Žanetić , Jovan Miladinović , Željko Perušić - Željko Matuš , Dražan Jerković , Milan Galić , Dragoslav Šekularac , Bora Kostić Coach: Aleksandar Tirnanić
	1: 1 Slava Metreweli (49th) 2: 1 Wiktor Ponedelnik (114th)	0: 1 Milan Galić (41.)

Disappointing about the departure of the French hosts, only 18,000 spectators came to the final. They saw a dramatic final in which the Yugoslavs led 1-0 through Milan Galić at halftime. Shortly after the break, Slawa Metreweli equalized, but it was only in extra time (114th minute) that Wiktor Ponedelnik let the Soviets cheer for their first European title in history. The Russian goalkeeper legend Lev Yashin stood in the gate of the Soviet Union .

The European champions

(The games and goals are given in brackets)

Soviet Union

Goal : Lev Yashin (2 / no goal), Vladimir Maslachenko (0 / -) Defense : Vladimir Kessarew (0 / -), Anatoli Krutikow (2 / -), Giwi Tschocheli (2 / -), Viktor Zarjow (2 / -) Runners : Anatoly Masljonkin (2 / -), Igor Netto (2 / -), Juri Woinow (2 / -) Storm : German Apuchtin (0 / -), Walentin Bubukin (2 / -), Valentin Iwanow (2/2), Juri Kowaljow (0 / -), Micheil Meschi (2 / -), Slawa Metreweli (2/1), Wiktor Ponedelnik (2/2) Coach : Gavriil Katschalin

Vice European champion

Coach: Aleksandar Tirnanić
Goalkeepers: Blagoja Vidinic , milutin šoškić
defense: Vladimir Durković , Fahrudin Jusufi , Jovan Miladinović , Branko Zebec
Midfielders: Ante Žanetić , Željko Matuš , Željko Perušić , Tomislav Knez
attack: Milan Galic , Dražan Jerković , Bora Kostic , Dragoslav Šekularac

All-Star Team

An official UEFA All-Star team of the most valuable players in a tournament was first elected at the 1996 European Championship in England. The following team was selected by UEFA to compile the best players from the Euro 1960

goalkeeper	Defense	midfield	striker
Lev Yashin	Vladimir Durković Igor Netto Slawa Metreweli Ladislav Novák	Josef Masopust Milan Galić Valentin Ivanov Wiktor Ponedelnik	Dragoslav Šekularac Bora Kostić

List of goalscorers (final round)

rank	player	Gates
1	Milan Galic	2
	François Today	2
	Valentin Ivanov	2
	Dražan Jerković	2
	Viktor Ponedelnik	2
6th	Vlastimil Bubník	1
	Tomislav Knez	1
	Slava Metreweli	1
	Ladislav Pavlovič	1
	Jean Vincent	1
	Maryan Wisnieski	1
	Ante Žanetić	1

The top scorer of the entire competition was the Czechoslovak Titus Buberník and the French Just Fontaine and Jean Vincent with 5 goals each.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Kicker special EM 2008, page 192
2. ↑ Kicker Fußball Almanach 2006, p. 384
3. ↑ Kicker Fußball-Almanach 2006, page 384
4. ^ European Football Championship 1960 Final. In: uefa.com. August 17, 2000, archived from the original on August 17, 2000 ; accessed on June 28, 2016 . 
5. ↑ of the tournament

Web links

• Euro 1960 on uefa.com
• All information about the tournament on rsssf.com (Engl.)