1960 Summer Olympics / Football

Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics
information
venue	Rome , Florence , Grosseto , L'Aquila , Livorno , Naples , Pescara
Competition venue	Stadio Olimpico , Stadio Flaminio , Stadio Comunale Firenze , Stadio Comunale Grosseto , Stadio Comunale L'Aquila , Stadio Ardenza , Stadio Fuorigrotta , Stadio Adriatico
Teams	16
Nations	16
Athletes	235 (235 )
date	August 26 - September 10, 1960
decisions	1
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At the XVII. At the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome , a football competition was held. Yugoslavia reached the final for the fourth time in a row and won for the first time after three defeats. For Germany, a German selection took part, which was able to prevail in an internal German elimination against the team from the GDR. In the qualification for the group stage, which was carried out for the first time at the Olympic football tournament, the Germans failed against Poland. For the first time, the preliminary round was played in the form of a group stage with four groups of four teams. In contrast to the mode used in World Cup tournaments, however, the knockout round in this tournament began with the semi-finals; a quarter-final was not played, so that only the winners of the four preliminary round groups could qualify. In addition to Rome, the venues were the Stadio Olimpico , where only the final took place, and the Stadio Flaminio , Florence , Grosseto , L'Aquila , Livorno , Naples and Pescara .

Host Italy could not use the home bonus and only finished fourth.

Denmark's silver medal was overshadowed by an airplane accident: on the way to a preparation game for the tournament, eight players, including three already nominated for the Olympic tournament, fell to their deaths with a De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide shortly after the start in Copenhagen .

qualification

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Stages

In addition to the Stadio Olimpico as the final venue, seven stadiums were selected.

city	Stadion	Places
Rome	Flaminio Stadium	30,000
Naples	Fuorigrotta stadium	76,824
Florence	Stadio Comunale	47,282
L'Aquila	Stadio Comunale	20,000
Livorno	Ardenza stadium	19,238
Pescara	Stadio Adriatico	19,500
Grosseto	Stadio Comunale	10,200

The tournament

Olympic football tournament 1960
Number of nations	16  (of 36 applicants)
Olympic champion	Yugoslavia (1st title)
venue	Rome ( Florence , Grosseto , L'Aquila , Livorno , Naples , Pescara )
Opening game	August 26, 1960
Endgame	September 10, 1960
Games	28
Gates	120  (⌀: 4.29 per game)
Top scorer	Milan Galić (7 goals)
Warnings	18  (⌀: 0.64 per game)
References	2  (⌀: 0.07 per game)

Group stage

Group A

August 26, 1960 in Grosseto Bulgaria - Turkey 3: 0 (1: 0) August 26, 1960 in Pescara Yugoslavia - VA Republic 6: 1 (3: 0) August 29, 1960 in L'Aquila Bulgaria - VA Republic 2: 0 (1: 0) August 29, 1960 in Florence Yugoslavia - Turkey 4: 0 (1: 0) September 1, 1960 in Rome (Stadio Flaminio) Yugoslavia - Bulgaria 3: 3 (0: 0) September 1, 1960 in Livorno Turkey - VA Republic 3: 3 (2: 1)

rank country Gates Points 1  Yugoslavia 13: 4 5: 1 2  Bulgaria 8: 3 5: 1 3  VA Republic 4:11 1: 5 4th  Turkey 3:10 1: 5

Group B

August 26, 1960 in Livorno Brazil - Great Britain 4: 3 (1: 1) August 26, 1960 in Naples Italy - Taiwan 4: 1 (2: 1) 29 August 1960 in Rome (Stadio Flaminio) Italy - Great Britain 2: 2 (1: 1) 29 August 1960 in Rome (Stadio Flaminio) Brazil - Taiwan 5: 0 (2: 0) September 1, 1960 in Grosseto Great Britain - Taiwan 3: 2 (1: 0) September 1, 1960 in Florence Italy - Brazil 3: 1 (0: 1)

rank country Gates Points 1  Italy 9: 4 5: 1 2  Brazil 10: 6 4: 2 3  Great Britain 8: 8 3: 3 4th  Taiwan 3:12 0: 6

Group C

August 26, 1960 in Rome (Stadio Flaminio) Poland - Tunisia 6: 1 (3: 1) August 26, 1960 in Rome (Stadio Flaminio) Denmark - Argentina 3: 2 (1: 1) August 29, 1960 in Livorno Denmark - Poland 2: 1 (1: 0) 29 August 1960 in Pescara Tunisia - Argentina 1: 2 (1: 1) September 1, 1960 in L'Aquila Denmark - Tunisia 3: 1 (2: 0) September 1, 1960 in Naples Argentina - Poland 2: 0 (1: 0)

rank country Gates Points 1  Denmark 8: 4 6-0 2  Argentina 6: 4 4: 2 3  Poland 7: 5 2: 4 4th  Tunisia 3:11 0: 6

Group D

August 26, 1960 in L'Aquila Hungary - India 2: 1 (1: 0) August 26, 1960 in Florence France - Peru 2: 1 (0: 1) August 29, 1960 in Grosseto France - India 1: 1 (0: 0) August 29, 1960 in Naples Hungary - Peru 6: 2 (3: 1) September 1, 1960 in Rome (Stadio Flaminio) Hungary - France 7: 0 (3: 0) September 1, 1960 in Pescara Peru - India 3: 1 (1: 0)

rank country Gates Points 1  Hungary 15: 3 6-0 2  France 3: 9 3: 3 3  Peru 6: 9 2: 4 4th  India 3: 6 1: 5

Semifinals

September 5, 1960 in Naples
Italy	-	Yugoslavia ( 1 )	1: 1 (0: 0) n. V.
September 6, 1960 in Rome (Stadio Flaminio)
Denmark	-	Hungary	2: 0 (1: 0)

¹ Yugoslavia won by drawing of lots.

Bronze game

Hungary		Italy
	September 9, 1960 in Rome ( Stadio Flaminio ) Result: 2: 1 (1: 0) Spectators: 18,972 Referee: Reg Leafe ( United Kingdom )
	Gábor Török - Zoltán Dudás , Jenő Dalnoki - Ernő Solymosi , Pál Várhidi , Ferenc Kovács - Imre Sátori , János Göröcs , Flórián Albert , Pál Orosz , Janos Dunai Trainer: Lajos Baróti	Luciano Alfieri - Tarcisio Burgnich , Mario Trebbi - Paride Tumburus , Sandro Salvadore , Giovanni Trapattoni - Giancarlo Cella , Gianni Rivera , Ugo Tomeazzi , Giacomo Bulgarelli , Giorgio Rossano Trainer: Giuseppe Vani
	1-0 Orosz (32nd) 2-0 Dunai (69th)	2: 1 Tomeazzi (84th)
	Warnings : Orosz, Dalnoki

final

Yugoslavia		Denmark
	September 10, 1960 in Rome (Olympic Stadium) Result: 3: 1 (2: 0) Spectators: 23,042 Referee: Concetto Lo Bello ( Italy )
	Blagoja Vidinić - Novak Roganović , Fahrudin Jusufi - Ante Žanetić , Vladimir Durković , Željko Perušić - Andrija Anković , Željko Matuš , Milan Galić , Tomislav Knez , Bora Kostić Coach: Ljubomir Lovrić	Henry From - Poul Andersen , Poul Jensen - Bent Hansen , Hans Christian Nielsen , Flemming Nielsen - Poul Pedersen , Thomas Troelsen , Harald Nielsen , Henning Enoksen , Jørn Sørensen Trainer: Arne Sørensen
	1-0 Galić (1st) 2-0 Matuš (11th) 3-0 Kostić (69th)	3: 1 F.Nielsen (90.)
	Warnings : Durković Expelled : Galić (84.)	Warnings : H. Nielsen

Medal ranks

rank	Medalist
Gold Yugoslavia	Andrija Anković , Vladimir Durković , Milan Galić , fahrudin jusufi , Tomislav Knez , Aleksandar Kozlina , Bora Kostic , Dusan Maravić , Zeljko Matuš , željko perušić , Novak Roganović , Velimir Sombolac , milutin šoškić (TW), Silvester Takač , Blagoja Vidinic (TW) , Ante Žanetić Coach: Ljubomir Lovrić
Silver Denmark	Poul Andersen , John Danielsen , Henning Enoksen , Henry From (TW), Bent Hansen , Poul Jensen , Hans Christian Nielsen , Flemming Nielsen , Harald Nielsen , Poul Ebbesen Pedersen , John Sørensen , Thomas Troelsen Trainer: Arne Sørensen
Bronze Hungary	Flórián Albert , jenő dalnoki , Zoltán Dudás , Janós Dunai , Lagos Faragó (TW), János Göröcs , Ferenc Kovacs III, Dezső Novak , Pál Orosz , Tibor Pál , Gyula Rákosi , Imre Sátori , Ernö Solymosi , Gábor Török (TW), Pál Várhidi , Oszkár Vilezsál Coach: Lajos Baróti

Best goal scorers

rank	player	Gates
1	Milan Galic	7th
2	Harald Nielsen	6th
	Bora Kostic	6th
4th	Ernst Pohl	5
	Janós Dunai	5
	Flórián Albert	5
	János Göröcs	5
8th	Gerson	4th
	Juan Carlos Oleniak	4th
	Robert Brown	4th
	Giorgio Rossano	4th

Web links

• Rome 1960 on the FIFA website
• Detailed data on rsssf.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Flyulykken 1960 ( Memento of the original from April 5, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Section on the website of the Danish Aircraft Accident Association (Danish) .