European Football Championship 1960 / France
This article covers the French national team at the 1960 European Football Championship .
qualification
There were no qualifying groups for this first edition of the European Championship, but the four participants in the final tournament were played in a preliminary round - in which Czechoslovakia prevailed against Ireland - as well as the subsequent round of 16 and quarter-finals in the knockout system (each with a return and return games). These preliminary rounds began after the 1958 World Cup and dragged on until June 1960.
In the round of 16, France eliminated Greece , making it 7-1 in the first leg in Paris (October 1958) - the Bleus scorers were Vincent , Fontaine , Cisowski (2 each) and Kopa - so that in Athens (December 1958 ) a 1: 1 (hit by Bruey ) was enough.
In the quarterfinals, the opponent was Austria . Again, France initially had home rights and won in December 1959 with 5: 2 (3 goals by Fontaine, 2 by Vincent). In March 1960 in Vienna, the Equipe tricolore retained the upper hand 4-2, with Marcel , Rahis , Heutte and Kopa successfully representing the missing scorers in the first leg. Thus, the host country of the final round was also involved in the sport.
French contingent
| Number / name | Association at the time | birthday | Games | Gates | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| goalkeeper | |||||
| Georges Lamia | OGC Nice | March 14, 1933 | 1 | 0 | |
| Jean Taillandier | Racing Paris | 01/22/1938 | 1 | 0 | |
| Defense | |||||
| André Chorda | OGC Nice | 02/20/1938 | 1 | 0 | |
| Robert Herbin | AS Saint-Etienne | 03/30/1939 | 1 | 0 | |
| Robert Jonquet | Stade Reims | 05/03/1925 | 1 | 0 | |
| Bruno Rodzik | Stade Reims | 05/29/1935 | 2 | 0 | |
| Jean Wendling | Stade Reims | 04/29/1934 | 1 | 0 | |
| Outrunner | |||||
| René Ferrier | AS Saint-Etienne | December 07, 1936 | 1 | 0 | |
| Jean-Jacques Marcel | SC Toulon | 06/13/1931 | 2 | 0 | |
| Robert Siatka | Stade Reims | 06/20/1934 | 1 | 0 | |
| striker | |||||
| Yvon Douis | Le Havre AC | May 16, 1935 | 1 | 0 | |
| Pierre Grillet | Racing Paris | 03/21/1932 | 0 | 0 | |
| François Today | Racing Paris | 02/21/1938 | 2 | 2 | |
| Lucien Muller | Stade Reims | 09/03/1934 | 1 | 0 | |
| Paul Sauvage | Limoges FC | 03/17/1939 | 0 | 0 | |
| Michel Stievenard | Racing Lens | 09/21/1937 | 2 | 0 | |
| Jean Vincent | Stade Reims | 11/29/1930 | 2 | 1 | |
| Maryan Wisnieski | Racing Lens | 02/01/1937 | 2 | 1 | |
| Trainer | |||||
| Albert Batteux | 07/02/1919 | ||||
| Georges Verriest (Sélectionneur) | 07/15/1909 | ||||
French team games
The French suffered numerous injured players, in particular the failure of its three former Reims striker Stars Kopa , Piantoni and the World Cup scorer Fontaine and the "tragic hero" Cisowski missed that after the World Cup 1958 and the European Championship 1960: "Instead of his Heldenelf from 1958 Batteux had to… send a hopeful rump team to the field ”.
Semifinals
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On July 6th at the Parc des Princes of Paris in front of 26,370 spectators; SR: Grandain (Belgium): 0: 1 Galić (11th), 1: 1 Vincent (12th), 2: 1 Today (43rd) - 3: 1 Wisnieski (52nd), 3: 2 Žanetić (55th) ), 4: 2 Heutte (62nd), 4: 3 Knez (75th), 4: 4 Jerković (78th), 4: 5 Jerković (79th)
3rd place match
France - Czechoslovakia 0: 2 (0: 0)
On July 9th at the Stade Vélodrome in Marseille in front of 9,440 spectators; SR: Jonni (Italy): 0: 1 Bubník (58th), 0: 2 Pavlovič (88th)
literature
- Hardy Greens : European Football Championship encyclopedia. 1960 - 2008. AGON Sportverlag, Kassel 2004, ISBN 3-89784-241-6 .
- L'Équipe / Gérard Ejnès: La belle histoire. L'équipe de France de football. L'Équipe, Issy-les-Moulineaux 2004 ISBN 2-951-96053-0
Remarks
- ↑ Greens, p. 28