European Football Championship 1960 / Czechoslovakia

This article covers the Czechoslovak national team at the 1960 European Football Championship .

qualification

Besides Ireland, Czechoslovakia was the only team to prove themselves in the preliminary round. On April 5, 1959, the qualification for the Czechoslovaks began. They lost the away game against Ireland 2-0, but the second leg was won 4-0 just under a month later in Bratislava and the team qualified for the round of 16.

In the second round, Czechoslovakia eliminated Denmark . The first leg ended 2: 2, but the Czechoslovaks again won the second leg with 5: 1.

In the quarter-finals, the opponent was Romania . In the first leg in Bucharest they won 2-0. In the second leg, the team was able to play their home strength again and won 3-0 in Bratislava, which meant that Czechoslovakia qualified for the finals in France .

Czechoslovak contingent

Number / name		former club	birthday
goalkeeper
	Viliam Schrojf	Slovan Bratislava	10/12/1933
Defense
	Ladislav Novák	Dukla Prague	December 05, 1931
	Ján Popluhár	Slovan Bratislava	08/12/1935
	František Šafránek	Dukla Prague	01/02/1931
Outrunner
	Titus Buberník	Inter Bratislava	10/12/1933
	Josef Masopust	Dukla Prague	02/09/1931
	Anton Moravčík	Slovan Bratislava	06/03/1931
	Svatopluk Pluskal	Dukla Prague	10/28/1930
striker
	Vlastimil Bubník	Rudá Hvězda Brno	03/18/1931
	Milan Dolinsky	Inter Bratislava	07/14/1935
	Andrej Kvašňák	Sparta Prague	05/19/1936
	Pavol Molnár	Inter Bratislava	02/13/1936
	Ladislav Pavlovič	1. FC Tatran Prešov	04/08/1926
	Josef Vojta	Sparta Prague	04/19/1935
Trainer
	Rudolf Vytlačil		02/09/1912

Czechoslovak team matches

Semifinals

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

Game for third place

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

This made the Czechoslovaks third in this first European Championship after beating hosts France after they had to play the longest qualification of all countries.