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 | |
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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 ) | |||
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- | Soviet Union | 0: 3 (0: 1) |
final
July 10, 1960 in Paris ( Prinzenparkstadion ) | |||
Soviet Union | - |
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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.