European Football Championship 1960 / Yugoslavia

This article covers the Yugoslav 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 home and away legs) determined. These preliminary rounds began after the 1958 World Cup and dragged on until June 1960.

In the round of 16, Yugoslavia eliminated Bulgaria . In the first leg, the Yugoslavs won 2-0 and played the second leg away in Bulgaria 1-1. In the quarter-finals, the opponent was Portugal . In the first leg in Lisbon they lost just 1: 2, but the Yugoslavs won the home game with 5: 1. So Yugoslavia was qualified for the finals in France .

Yugoslav contingent

Number / name		Association at the time	birthday
goalkeeper
	Milutin Šoškić	FK Partizan Belgrade	December 31, 1937
	Blagoja Vidinić	FK Radnički Belgrade	06/11/1934
Defense
	Vladimir Durković	FK Red Star Belgrade	11/06/1937
	Fahrudin Jusufi	FK Partizan Belgrade	December 8, 1939
Outrunner
	Bora Kostic	FK Red Star Belgrade	06/14/1930
	Željko Matuš	Dinamo Zagreb	08/09/1935
	Jovan Miladinović	FK Partizan Belgrade	01/30/1939
	Željko Perušić	Dinamo Zagreb	03/23/1936
	Ante Žanetić	Hajduk Split	11/18/1936
	Branko Zebec	FK Red Star Belgrade	05/17/1929
striker
	Milan Galic	FK Partizan Belgrade	03/08/1938
	Dražan Jerković	Dinamo Zagreb	08/06/1936
	Tomislav Knez	FK Borac Banja Luka	March 24, 1931
	Dragoslav Šekularac	FK Red Star Belgrade	11/08/1937
Trainer
	Ljubomir Lovrić		05/28/1920

Games of the Yugoslav team

Semifinals

July 6, 1960 in Paris ( Prinzenparkstadion )
France	-	Yugoslavia	4: 5 (2: 1)

final

July 10, 1960 in Paris ( Prinzenparkstadion )
Soviet Union	-	Yugoslavia	2: 1 n.V. (1: 1, 0: 1)

The Yugoslavs lost the final just in extra time after a goal from Ponedelnik, despite a 1-0 lead. Nevertheless, the Yugoslavs can call themselves vice European champions after this game. Their players Milan Galic and Drazan Jerkovic were together with three other players top scorer with two goals.