European Football Championship 1960 / Soviet Union

This article covers the Soviet 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 second round, the Soviet Union eliminated Hungary . In the first leg the Soviets won 3-1 and won the second leg away in Hungary 1-0. In the quarter-finals, the opponent was Spain . Due to the Cold War , Spain refused to play in the Soviet Union under the then fascist Franco government . The Soviet Union refused to play on neutral ground, so both games were decided 3-0 for the Soviet Union and Spain received a penalty. Thus, the Soviets were qualified for the finals in France .

Soviet contingent

Surname		former club	birthday	Games	Gates
goalkeeper
	Vladimir Maslachenko	Moscow locomotive	03/05/1936
	Lev Yashin	Dynamo Moscow	10/22/1929	2
Defense
	Giwi Tschocheli	Dinamo Tbilisi	06/27/1937	2
	Vladimir Kessarev	Dynamo Moscow	02/26/1930
	Anatoly Krutikov	Spartak Moscow	09/21/1933	2
	Anatoly Masljonkin	Spartak Moscow	06/29/1930	2
	Viktor Tsaryov	Dynamo Moscow	06/02/1931
Outrunner
	Igor Netto	Spartak Moscow	01/09/1930	2
	Yuri Voinov	Dynamo Kiev	11/29/1931	2
striker
	German Apuchtin	CSKA Moscow	06/12/1936
	Valentin Bubukin	Moscow locomotive	04/23/1933	2
	Saur Kalojew	Dinamo Tbilisi	March 24, 1931
	Yuri Kovalev	Dynamo Kiev	02/06/1934
	Micheil Meschi	Dinamo Tbilisi	01/12/1937	2
	Slava Metreweli	Torpedo Moscow	05/30/1936	2	1
	Viktor Ponedelnik	SKA Rostov	05/22/1937	2	2
	Valentin Ivanov	Torpedo Moscow	11/19/1934	2	2
Trainer
	Gavriil Kachalin		January 17, 1911

Soviet team games

Semifinals

July 6, 1960 in Marseille ( Stade Vélodrome )
Czechoslovakia	-	Soviet Union	0: 3 (0: 1)

final

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

The Soviets won the first European championship and could call themselves European champions. In addition, her two players, Valentin Ivanov and Wiktor Ponedelnik, were top scorers along with three other players.