1960 European Nations' Cup

Infobox International Football Competition
tourney_name = UEFA European Nations Cup
year = 1960
other_titles = UEFA Championnat Européen du Football France 1960


size = 120px
caption = UEFA Euro 1960 official logo
country = France
dates = 6 July – 10 July
num_teams = 4
venues = 2
cities = 2
champion = USSR
count = 1
second = Yugoslavia
third = Czechoslovakia
fourth = France
matches = 4
goals = 17
attendance =
top_scorer = flagicon|URS|1955 Valentin Ivanov flagicon|URS|1955 Viktor Ponedelnik flagicon|YUG Milan Galić flagicon|YUG Dražan Jerković
flagicon|FRA François Heutte
(2 goals)
player = The 1960 UEFA European Nations Cup was the first European Football Championship, held every four years and endorsed by UEFA. The final tournament was held in France. It was won by the Soviet Union, who beat Yugoslavia 2–1 in Paris after extra time.

The tournament was a knockout competition; just 17 teams entered with some notable absences, West Germany, Italy and England among them. The teams would play home-and-away matches until the semi-finals; the final four teams would move on to the final tournament, whose host was selected after the teams became known.

Spain, still under Francisco Franco's far-right dictatorship, refused to travel to the Soviet Union, the main supporter of the Second Spanish Republic in the Spanish Civil War, and withdrew from the tournament, so the final four had three Communist countries: USSR, Czechoslovakia, and Yugoslavia, to go with hosts France. In the semi-finals, the Soviets made easy work of the Czechoslovaks in Marseille, beating them 3–0. The other match saw a nine-goal thriller as Yugoslavia came on top 5–4, coming back from a two-goal deficit twice. Czechoslovakia beat the demoralized French 2–0 for third place.

In the final, Yugoslavia scored first, but the Soviet Union, led by legendary goalkeeper Lev Yashin, equalized in the 49th minute. After 90 minutes the score was 1–1, and Viktor Ponedelnik scored with seven minutes left in extra time to give the Soviets the inaugural European Championship.

quads

See: 1960 European Nations' Cup squads

Qualifying rounds

Preliminary round

footballbox
date=1959-04-05
time=15:30
team1=fb-rt|IRL
score=2 – 0
team2=fb|TCH
goals1=Tuohy goal|22
Cantwell goal|42|pen.
goals2=
stadium=Dalymount Park, Dublin
attendance=37,500
referee=Lucien Van Nuffel (Belgium) ----footballbox
date=1959-05-10
time=16:00
team1=fb-rt|TCH
score=4 – 0
team2=fb|IRL
goals1=Stacho goal|3|pen.
Buberník goal|57
Pavlovič goal|67
Dolinský goal|75
goals2=
stadium=Tehelné pole, Bratislava
attendance=41,691
referee=Joseph Barbéran (France) "Czechoslovakia won 4–2 on aggregate."

Round of 16

First leg

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date=1958-09-28
time=19:00
team1=fb-rt|URS|1955
score=3 – 1
team2=fb|HUN|1957
goals1=Ilyin goal|4
Metreveli goal|20
Ivanov goal|32
goals2=Göröcs goal|84
stadium=Central Lenin Stadium, Moscow
attendance=100,572
referee=Alfred Grill (Austria) ----footballbox
date=1958-10-01
time=20:30
team1=fb-rt|FRA
score=7 – 1
team2=fb|GRE|old
goals1=Kopa goal|23
Fontaine goal|25 goal|85
Cisowski goal|29 goal|68
Vincent goal|61 goal|87
goals2=Yfantis goal|48
stadium=Parc des Princes, Paris
attendance=37,590
referee=Gottfried Dienst (Switzerland) ----footballbox
date=1958-11-02
team1=fb-rt|ROU|1952
score=3 – 0
team2=fb|TUR
goals1=Oaida goal|62
Constantin goal|77
Dinulescu goal|81
goals2=
stadium=Stadionul 23 August, Bucharest
attendance=67,200
referee=Gottfried Dienst (Switzerland) ----footballbox
date=1959-05-20
time=19:00
team1=fb-rt|NOR
score=0 – 1
team2=fb|AUT
goals1=
goals2=Hof goal|32
stadium=Ullevål, Oslo
attendance=27,566
referee=Werner Bergmann (Germany) ----footballbox
date=1959-05-31
team1=fb-rt|YUG
score=2 – 0
team2=fb|BUL|1946
goals1=Galić goal|1
Tasić goal|87
goals2=
stadium=Stadion JNA, Belgrade
attendance=23,418
referee=Mihai Popa (Romania) ----footballbox
date=1959-06-21
team1=fb-rt|GDR
score=0 – 2
team2=fb|POR
goals1=
goals2=Matateu goal|12
Coluna goal|67
stadium=Walter-Ulbricht-Stadion, Berlin
attendance=25,000
referee=Alois Obtulovic (Czechoslovakia) ----footballbox
date=1959-06-28
team1=fb-rt|POL
score=2 – 4
team2=fb|ESP|1939
goals1=Pol goal|34
Brychczy goal|62
goals2=Suárez goal|40 goal|52
Di Stéfano goal|41 goal|56
stadium=Stadion Śląski, Chorzów
attendance=71,469
referee=Ángel Rodríguez Mendizábal (Spain) ----footballbox
date=1959-09-23
time=19:00
team1=fb-rt|DEN
score=2 – 2
team2=fb|TCH
goals1=Pedersen goal|17
Hansen goal|19
goals2=Kačáni goal|29
Dolinský goal|42
stadium=Idrætsparken, Copenhagen
attendance=32,000
referee=Johan Bronkhorst (Netherlands)

econd leg

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date=1958-12-03
time=15:00
team1=fb-rt|GRE|old
score=1 – 1
team2=fb|FRA
goals1=Marche goal|85|o.g.
goals2=Bruey goal|71
stadium=Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium, Athens
attendance=18,833
referee=Vincenzo Orlandini (Italy) "France won 8–2 on aggregate."----footballbox
date=1959-04-26
team1=fb-rt|TUR
score=2 – 0
team2=fb|ROU|1952
goals1=Küçükandonyadis goal|13|pen. goal|54
goals2=
stadium=Beşiktaş İnönü Stadı, Istanbul
attendance=23,567
referee=Borge Nedelkovski (Yugoslavia) "Romania won 3–2 on aggregate."----footballbox
date=1959-06-28
team1=fb-rt|POR
score=3 – 2
team2=fb|GDR
goals1=Coluna goal|45 goal|62
Cavém goal|68
goals2=Vogt goal|47
Kohle goal|72
stadium=Estádio das Antas, Porto
attendance=19,124
referee=Juan Garay Gardeazábal (Spain) "Portugal won 5–2 on aggregate."----footballbox
date=1959-09-23
time=19:00
team1=fb-rt|AUT
score=5 – 2
team2=fb|NOR
goals1=Hof goal|2 goal|25|pen.
Nemec goal|21 goal|73
Skerlan goal|60
goals2=Ødegaard goal|19 goal|35
stadium=Praterstadion, Vienna
attendance=34,989
referee=Dimosthemis Stathatos (Greece)"Austria won 6–2 on aggregate."----footballbox
date=1959-09-27
time=15:30
team1=fb-rt|HUN|1957
score=0 – 1
team2=fb|URS|1955
goals1=
goals2=Voinov 58'
stadium=Népstadion, Budapest
attendance=78,481
referee=Jozef Kowal (Poland) "Soviet Union won 4–1 on aggregate."----footballbox
date=1959-10-14
team1=fb-rt|ESP|1939
score=3 – 0
team2=fb|POL
goals1=Di Stéfano goal|30
Gensana goal|69
Gento goal|85
goals2=
stadium=Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid
attendance=62,070
referee=Karoly Balla (Hungary) "Spain won 7–2 on aggregate."----footballbox
date=1959-10-18
time=14:15
team1=fb-rt|TCH
score=5 – 1
team2=fb|DEN
goals1=Buberník goal|39 goal|56
Scherer goal|47 goal|86
Dolinský goal|63
goals2=Kramer goal|33
stadium=Stadión Za Lužánkami, Brno
attendance=31,217
referee=Helmut Köhler (Germany) "Czechoslovakia won 7–3 on aggregate."----footballbox
date=1959-10-25
team1=fb-rt|BUL|1946
score=1 – 1
team2=fb|YUG
goals1=Diev goal|55
goals2=Mujić goal|57
stadium=Vasil Levski Stadium, Sofia
attendance=27,560
referee=Kurt Tschenscher (Germany) "Yugoslavia won 3–1 on aggregate."

Quarter-finals

Spain refused to travel to the Soviet Union for their quarter-final, so the USSR were awarded a walkover victory.

First leg

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date=1959-12-13
time=14:30
team1=fb-rt|FRA
score=5 – 2
team2=fb|AUT
goals1=Fontaine goal|6 goal|18 goal|70
Vincent goal|38 goal|82
goals2=Horak goal|40
Pichler goal|65
stadium=Stade Olympique de Colombes, Colombes
attendance=43,775
referee=Manuel Martín Asensi (Spain) ----footballbox
date=1960-05-08
team1=fb-rt|POR
score=2 – 1
team2=fb|YUG
goals1=Santana goal|30
Matateu goal|70
goals2=Kostić goal|81
stadium=Estádio Nacional, Oeiras
attendance=39,978
referee=Joseph Barbéran (France) ----footballbox
date=1960-05-22
time=15:00
team1=fb-rt|ROU|1952
score=0 – 2
team2=fb|TCH
goals1=
goals2=Masopust goal|8
Bubník goal|45
stadium=Stadionul 23 August, Bucharest
attendance=61,306
referee=Andor Dorogi (Hungary)

econd leg

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date=1960-03-27
time=15:00
team1=fb-rt|AUT
score=2 – 4
team2=fb|FRA
goals1=Nemec goal|26
Probst goal|64
goals2=Marcel goal|46
Rahis goal|59
Heutte goal|77
Kopa goal|83|pen.
stadium=Praterstadion, Vienna
attendance=39,229
referee=Leo Helge (Denmark) "France won 9–4 on aggregate."----footballbox
date=1960-05-22
team1=fb-rt|YUG
score=5 – 1
team2=fb|POR
goals1=Šekularac goal|8
Čebinac goal|45
Kostić goal|50 goal|88
Galić goal|79
goals2=Cavém goal|29
stadium=Stadion JNA, Belgrade
attendance=43,000
referee=Alfred Stoll (Austria) "Yugoslavia won 6–3 on aggregate."----footballbox
date=1960-05-29
time=16:30
team1=fb-rt|TCH
score=3 – 0
team2=fb|ROU|1952
goals1=Buberník goal|1 goal|15
Bubník goal|18
goals2=
stadium=Tehelné pole, Bratislava
attendance=31,057
referee=Leif Gulliksen (Norway) "Czechoslovakia won 5–0 on aggregate."

Final tournament

Round4-with third
6 July – Marseille (Stade Vélodrome)|fb|TCH|0|fb|URS|1955|3
6 July - Paris (Parc des Princes)|fb|FRA|4|fb|YUG|5
10 July – Paris (Parc des Princes)|fb|URS|1955 (a.e.t.)|(1) 2|fb|YUG|(1) 1
9 July - Marseille (Stade Vélodrome)|fb|TCH|2|fb|FRA |0

emi-finals

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date=1960-07-06
time=20:00
team1=fb-rt|FRA
score=4 – 5
team2=fb|YUG
goals1=Vincent goal|12
Heutte goal|43 goal|62
Wisnieski goal|53
goals2=Galić goal|11
Žanetić goal|55
Knez goal|75
Jerković goal|78 goal|79
stadium=Parc des Princes, Paris
attendance=26,370
referee=Gaston Grandain (Belgium) ----footballbox
date=1960-07-06
time=20:30
team1=fb-rt|TCH
score=0 – 3
team2=fb|USSR|1955
goals1=
goals2=Ivanov goal|34 goal|56
Ponedelnik goal|66
stadium=Vélodrome, Marseille
attendance=25,184
referee=Cesare Jonni (Italy)

Third place play-off

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date=1960-07-09
time=18:00
team1=fb-rt|TCH
score=2 – 0
team2=fb|FRA
goals1=Bubník goal|58
Pavlovič goal|88
goals2=
stadium=Vélodrome, Marseille
attendance=9,438
referee=Cesare Jonni (Italy)

Final

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date=1960-07-10
time=21:30
team1=fb-rt|USSR|1955
score=2 – 1 (a.e.t.)
team2=fb|YUG
goals1=Metreveli goal|49
Ponedelnik goal|113
goals2=Galić goal|43
stadium=Parc des Princes, Paris
attendance=17,966
referee=Arthur Edward Ellis (England)

tatistics

Top goalscorers

;2 goals
*flagicon|FRA François Heutte
*flagicon|USSR Valentin Ivanov
*flagicon|USSR Viktor Ponedelnik
*flagicon|YUG Milan Galić
*flagicon|YUG Dražan Jerković

1 goal
*flagicon|USSR Slava Metreveli
*flagicon|YUG Tomislav Knez
*flagicon|YUG Ante Žanetić
*flagicon|CZE Vlastimil Bubník
*flagicon|CZE Ladislav Pavlovič
*flagicon|FRA Jean Vincent
*flagicon|FRA Maryan Wisnieski

Fastest goal

11 minutes: Milan Galić (Yugoslavia vs France)

External links

* [http://www.football-shirts.co.uk/euro1960.html 1960 Nations Cup Review] with images and video from the tournament