# Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics

The football tournament at the 1960 Summer Olympics was held from 26 August to 10 September in 1960 throughout Italy. The tournament featured 16 men's national teams from four continental confederations. Starting with this edition, the competition's format was changed: rather than a knockout tournament like in the previous Olympic Games, the 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four and each group played a round-robin tournament, in a similar format to that instituted in the 1958 FIFA World Cup, which persists to the present day. At the end of the group stage, the first-ranked teams of each group advanced to the semi-finals, and culminating with the gold medal match in Rome on 10 September 1960.

## Competition schedule

The match schedule of the tournament.
| 26 Fri | 27 Sat | 28 Sun | 29 Mon | 30 Tue | 31 Wed | 1 Thu | 2 Fri | 3 Sat | 4 Sun | 5 Mon | 6 Tue | 7 Wed | 8 Thu | 9 Fri | 10 Sat |
| G | | | G | | | G | | | | ½ | ½ | | | B | F |

## Venues

| Rome | Stadio FlaminioStadio ComunaleStadio Olimpico ComunaleStadio ArdenzaStadio Adriatico Stadio ComunaleStadio Fuorigrotta | Florence |
| Stadio Flaminio | Stadio FlaminioStadio ComunaleStadio Olimpico ComunaleStadio ArdenzaStadio Adriatico Stadio ComunaleStadio Fuorigrotta | Stadio Comunale |
| Capacity: 32,000 | Stadio FlaminioStadio ComunaleStadio Olimpico ComunaleStadio ArdenzaStadio Adriatico Stadio ComunaleStadio Fuorigrotta | Capacity: 47,920 |
| Grosseto | Stadio FlaminioStadio ComunaleStadio Olimpico ComunaleStadio ArdenzaStadio Adriatico Stadio ComunaleStadio Fuorigrotta | Livorno |
| Stadio Olimpico Comunale | Stadio FlaminioStadio ComunaleStadio Olimpico ComunaleStadio ArdenzaStadio Adriatico Stadio ComunaleStadio Fuorigrotta | Stadio Ardenza |
| Capacity: 10,200 | Stadio FlaminioStadio ComunaleStadio Olimpico ComunaleStadio ArdenzaStadio Adriatico Stadio ComunaleStadio Fuorigrotta | Capacity: 19,238 |
| Pescara | Naples | L'Aquila |
| Stadio Adriatico | Stadio Fuorigrotta | Stadio Comunale |
| Capacity: 24,400 | Capacity: 60,240 | Capacity: 9,285 |

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Yugoslavia | Denmark | Hungary |
| Andrija Anković Zvonko Bego Vladimir Durković Milan Galić Fahrudin Jusufi Tomislav Knez Borivoje Kostić Aleksandar Kozlina Dušan Maravić Željko Matuš Žarko Nikolić Željko Perušić Novak Roganović Velimir Sombolac Milutin Šoškić Silvester Takač Blagoje Vidinić Ante Žanetić | Poul Andersen John Danielsen Henning Enoksen Henry From Erik Gaardhøje Bent Hansen Jørgen Hansen Henning Hellbrandt Poul Jensen Bent Krog Erling Linde Larsen Poul Mejer Flemming Nielsen Hans Chr. Nielsen Harald Nielsen Poul Pedersen Jørn Sørensen Finn Sterobo Tommy Troelsen | Flórián Albert Jenő Dalnoki Zoltán Dudás János Dunai Lajos Faragó János Göröcs Ferenc Kovács Dezső Novák Pál Orosz Tibor Pál Gyula Rákosi Imre Sátori Ernő Solymosi Gábor Török Pál Várhidi Oszkár Vilezsál |

## First round
### Group 1

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Yugoslavia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 4 | +9 | 5 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 2 | Bulgaria | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 5 | |
| 3 | United Arab Republic | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | −7 | 1 | |
| 4 | Turkey | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 1 | |

### Group 2

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Italy (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 5 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 2 | Brazil | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 4 | |
| 3 | Great Britain | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | Taiwan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | −9 | 0 | |

### Group 3

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Denmark | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 6 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 2 | Argentina | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 4 | |
| 3 | Poland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 2 | |
| 4 | Tunisia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | −8 | 0 | |

### Group 4

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Hungary | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | +12 | 6 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 2 | France | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 3 | |
| 3 | Peru | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 2 | |
| 4 | India | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 1 | |

## Knockout stage
### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Gold medal match | Gold medal match |
| 5 September – Naples | 5 September – Naples |
| Italy | 1 |
| Italy | 1 | 10 September – Rome | 10 September – Rome |
| Yugoslavia | 1 | 10 September – Rome | 10 September – Rome |
| Yugoslavia | 1 | Yugoslavia | 3 |
| 5 September – Rome | 5 September – Rome | | Yugoslavia | 3 |
| 5 September – Rome | 5 September – Rome | Denmark | 1 |
| Denmark | 2 | Denmark | 1 |
| Hungary | 0 | | |
| Hungary | 0 | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| | | 9 September – Rome | 9 September – Rome |
| | | Hungary | 2 |
| | | Italy | 1 |

### Semi-finals

Yugoslavia declared winners by lot.

### Gold medal match
## Goalscorers

With seven goals, Milan Galić of Yugoslavia is the top scorer in the tournament. In total, 120 goals were scored by 56 different players, with only one of them credited as own goal.

### 7 goals

* Milan Galić (Yugoslavia)

### 6 goals

* Bora Kostić (Yugoslavia)

### 5 goals

* Harald Nielsen (Denmark)
* Flórián Albert (Hungary)
* János Dunai (Hungary)
* János Göröcs (Hungary)
* Ernest Pohl (Poland)

### 4 goals

* Juan Carlos Oleniak (Argentina)
* Gérson (Brazil)
* Bobby Brown (Great Britain)
* Giorgio Rossano (Italy)

### 3 goals

* Todor Diev (Bulgaria)
* Gianni Rivera (Italy)

### 2 goals

* China (Brazil)
* Roberto Dias (Brazil)
* Spiro Debarski (Bulgaria)
* Flemming Nielsen (Denmark)
* Paddy Hasty (Great Britain)
* Jim Lewis (Great Britain)
* Tulsidas Balaram (India)
* Ugo Tomeazzi (Italy)
* Nicolas Nieri (Peru)
* Alberto Ramírez (Peru)
* Chuk Yin Yiu (Republic of China)
* Brahim Kerrit (Tunisia)
* Raafat Attia (United Arab Republic)
* Samir Qotb (United Arab Republic)
* Tomislav Knez (Yugoslavia)

### 1 goal

* Carlos Bilardo (Argentina)
* Raúl Adolfo Pérez (Argentina)
* Waldir (Brazil)
* Wanderley (Brazil)
* Hristo Hristov (Bulgaria)
* Georgi Naidenov Yordanov (Bulgaria)
* Henning Enoksen (Denmark)
* Poul Pedersen (Denmark)
* Jørn Sørensen (Denmark)
* Gérard Coinçon (France)
* André Giamarchi (France)
* Yvon Quédec (France)
* Pál Orosz (Hungary)
* Gyula Rákosi (Hungary)
* Pradip Kumar Banerjee (India)
* Giovanni Fanello (Italy)
* Paride Tumburus (Italy)
* Tomás Iwasaki (Peru)
* Ángel Uribe (Peru)
* Zygmunt Gadecki (Poland)
* Stanisław Hachorek (Poland)
* Mok Chun-wah (Republic of China)
* Moncef Chérif (Tunisia)
* Uğur Köken (Turkey)
* Bilge Tahran (Turkey)
* İbrahim Yalçınkaya (Turkey)
* Željko Matuš (Yugoslavia)

### Own goals

* El Sayed Rifai (United Arab Republic; playing against Yugoslavia)

## Final ranking

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Yugoslavia (YUG) | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 6 | +11 | 8 |
| 2 | Denmark (DEN) | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 8 |
| 3 | Hungary (HUN) | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 6 | +11 | 8 |
| 4 | Italy (ITA) | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 6 |
| 5 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 5 |
| 6 | Brazil (BRA) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 4 |
| 7 | Argentina (ARG) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 4 |
| 8 | Great Britain (GBR) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | France (FRA) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 3 |
| 10 | Poland (POL) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 2 |
| 11 | Peru (PER) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 2 |
| 12 | United Arab Republic (UAR) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | −7 | 1 |
| 13 | India (IND) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 1 |
| 14 | Turkey (TUR) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 1 |
| 15 | Tunisia (TUN) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | −8 | 0 |
| 16 | Formosa (ROC) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | −9 | 0 |