1960 European Nations' Cup

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1960 UEFA European Nations Cup UEFA Championnat Européen du Football France 1960
Tournament details
Host country	France
Dates	6 July – 10 July
Teams	4
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	USSR (1st title)
Second place	Yugoslavia
Third place	Czechoslovakia
Fourth place	France
Tournament statistics
Matches played	4
Goals scored	17  (4.25 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Valentin Ivanov Viktor Ponedelnik Milan Galić Dražan Jerković François Heutte (2 goals)

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 refused to travel to the Soviet Union 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.

Contents 1 Squads 2 Qualifying rounds 2.1 Preliminary round 2.2 Round of 16 2.2.1 First leg 2.2.2 Second leg 2.3 Quarter-finals 2.3.1 First leg 2.3.2 Second leg 3 Final tournament 3.1 Semi-finals 3.2 Third place play-off 3.3 Final 4 Statistics 4.1 Top goalscorers 4.2 Fastest goal 5 External links

[edit] Squads

See: 1960 European Nations' Cup squads

[edit] Qualifying rounds

[edit] Preliminary round

1959-04-05 15:30	Republic of Ireland	2 – 0	Czechoslovakia	Dalymount Park, Dublin Attendance: 37,500 Referee: Lucien Van Nuffel (Belgium)
	Tuohy  22' Cantwell  42' (pen.)

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1959-05-10 16:00	Czechoslovakia	4 – 0	Republic of Ireland	Tehelné pole, Bratislava Attendance: 41,691 Referee: Joseph Barbéran (France)
	Stacho  3' (pen.) Buberník  57' Pavlovič  67' Dolinský  75'

Czechoslovakia won 4–2 on aggregate.

[edit] Round of 16

[edit] First leg

1958-09-28 19:00	USSR	3 – 1	Hungary	Central Lenin Stadium, Moscow Attendance: 100,572 Referee: Alfred Grill (Austria)
	Ilyin  4' Metreveli  20' Ivanov  32'		Göröcs  84'

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1958-10-01 20:30	France	7 – 1	Greece	Parc des Princes, Paris Attendance: 37,590 Referee: Gottfried Dienst (Switzerland)
	Kopa  23' Fontaine  25'  85' Cisowski  29'  68' Vincent  61'  87'		Yfantis  48'

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1958-11-02	Romania	3 – 0	Turkey	Stadionul 23 August, Bucharest Attendance: 67,200 Referee: Gottfried Dienst (Switzerland)
	Oaida  62' Constantin  77' Dinulescu  81'

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1959-05-20 19:00	Norway	0 – 1	Austria	Ullevål, Oslo Attendance: 27,566 Referee: Werner Bergmann (Germany)
			Hof  32'

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1959-05-31	Yugoslavia	2 – 0	Bulgaria	Stadion JNA, Belgrade Attendance: 23,418 Referee: Mihai Popa (Romania)
	Galić  1' Tasić  87'

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1959-06-21	East Germany	0 – 2	Portugal	Walter-Ulbricht-Stadion, Berlin Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Alois Obtulovic (Czechoslovakia)
			Matateu  12' Coluna  67'

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1959-06-28	Poland	2 – 4	Spain	Stadion Śląski, Chorzow Attendance: 71,469 Referee: Angel L. Rodriguez Mendizabal (Spain)
	Pol  34' Brychczy  62'		Suárez  40'  52' Di Stéfano  41'  56'

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1959-09-23 19:00	Denmark	2 – 2	Czechoslovakia	Idrætsparken, Copenhagen Attendance: 32,000 Referee: Johan Bronkhorst (Netherlands)
	Pedersen  17' Hansen  19'		Kačáni  29' Dolinský  42'

[edit] Second leg

1958-12-03 15:00	Greece	1 – 1	France	Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium, Athens Attendance: 18,833 Referee: Vincenzo Orlandini (Italy)
	Marche  85' (o.g.)		Bruey  71'

France won 8–2 on aggregate.

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1959-04-26	Turkey	2 – 0	Romania	Beşiktaş İnönü Stadı, Istanbul Attendance: 23,567 Referee: Borge Nedelkovski (Yugoslavia)
	Küçükandonyadis  13' (pen.)  54'

Romania won 3–2 on aggregate.

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1959-06-28	Portugal	3 – 2	East Germany	Estádio das Antas, Porto Attendance: 19,124 Referee: Juan Garay Gardeazabal (Spain)
	Coluna  45'  62' Cavém  68'		Vogt  47' Kohle  72'

Portugal won 5–2 on aggregate.

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1959-09-23 19:00	Austria	5 – 2	Norway	Praterstadion, Vienna Attendance: 34,989 Referee: Dimosthemis Stathatos (Greece)
	Hof  2'  25' (pen.) Nemec  21'  73' Skerlan  60'		Ødegaard  19'  35'

Austria won 6–2 on aggregate.

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1959-09-27 15:30	Hungary	0 – 1	USSR	Népstadion, Budapest Attendance: 78,481 Referee: Jozef Kowal (Poland)
			Voinov 58'

Soviet Union won 4–1 on aggregate.

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1959-10-14	Spain	3 – 0	Poland	Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid Attendance: 62,070 Referee: Karoly Balla (Hungary)
	Di Stéfano  30' Gensana  69' Gento  85'

Spain won 7–2 on aggregate.

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1959-10-18 14:15	Czechoslovakia	5 – 1	Denmark	Stadión Za Lužánkami, Brno Attendance: 31,217 Referee: Helmut Köhler (Germany)
	Buberník  39'  56' Scherer  47'  86' Dolinský  63'		Kramer  33'

Czechoslovakia won 7–3 on aggregate.

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1959-10-25	Bulgaria	1 – 1	Yugoslavia	Vasil Levski Stadium, Sofia Attendance: 27,560 Referee: Kurt Tschenscher (Germany)
	Diev  55'		Mujić  57'

Yugoslavia won 3–1 on aggregate.

[edit] Quarter-finals

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

[edit] First leg

1959-12-13 14:30	France	5 – 2	Austria	Stade Olympique de Colombes, Colombes Attendance: 43,775 Referee: Manuel Martin Asensi (Spain)
	Fontaine  6'  18'  70' Vincent  38'  82'		Horak  40' Pichler  65'

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1960-05-08	Portugal	2 – 1	Yugoslavia	Estádio Nacional, Oeiras Attendance: 39,978 Referee: Joseph Barbéran (France)
	Santana  30' Matateu  70'		Kostić  81'

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1960-05-22 15:00	Romania	0 – 2	Czechoslovakia	Stadionul 23 August, Bucharest Attendance: 61,306 Referee: Andor Dorogi (Hungary)
			Masopust  8' Bubník  45'

[edit] Second leg

1960-03-27 15:00	Austria	2 – 4	France	Praterstadion, Vienna Attendance: 39,229 Referee: Leo Helge (Denmark)
	Nemec  26' Probst  64'		Marcel  46' Rahis  59' Heutte  77' Kopa  83' (pen.)

France won 9–4 on aggregate.

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1960-05-22	Yugoslavia	5 – 1	Portugal	Stadion JNA, Belgrade Attendance: 43,000 Referee: Alfred Stoll (Austria)
	Šekularac  8' Čebinac  45' Kostić  50'  88' Galić  79'		Cavém  29'

Yugoslavia won 6–3 on aggregate.

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1960-05-29 16:30	Czechoslovakia	3 – 0	Romania	Tehelné pole, Bratislava Attendance: 31,057 Referee: Leif Gulliksen (Norway)
	Buberník  1'  15' Bubník  18'

Czechoslovakia won 5–0 on aggregate.

[edit] Final tournament

	Semi finals				Final
	6 July – Marseille (Stade Vélodrome)
	Czechoslovakia	0
	USSR	3
					10 July – Paris (Parc des Princes)
					USSR (a.e.t.)	(1) 2
					Yugoslavia	(1) 1
					Third place
	6 July - Paris (Parc des Princes)			9 July - Marseille (Stade Vélodrome)
	France	4		Czechoslovakia	2
	Yugoslavia	5			France	0

[edit] Semi-finals

1960-07-06 20:00	France	4 – 5	Yugoslavia	Parc des Princes, Paris Attendance: 26,370 Referee: Gaston Grandain (Belgium)
	Vincent  12' Heutte  43'  62' Wisnieski  53'		Galić  11' Žanetić  55' Knez  75' Jerković  78'  79'

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1960-07-06 20:30	Czechoslovakia	0 – 3	USSR	Vélodrome, Marseille Attendance: 25,184 Referee: Cesare Jonni (Italy)
			Ivanov  34'  56' Ponedelnik  66'

[edit] Third place play-off

1960-07-09 18:00	Czechoslovakia	2 – 0	France	Vélodrome, Marseille Attendance: 9,438 Referee: Cesare Jonni (Italy)
	Bubník  58' Pavlovič  88'

[edit] Final

1960-07-10 21:30	USSR	2 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Yugoslavia	Parc des Princes, Paris Attendance: 17,966 Referee: Arthur Edward Ellis (England)
	Metreveli  49' Ponedelnik  113'		Galić  43'

Euro 1960 Champions
USSR First title

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Top goalscorers

2 goals

• François Heutte
• Valentin Ivanov
• Viktor Ponedelnik
• Milan Galić
• Dražan Jerković

[edit] Fastest goal

11 minutes: Milan Galić (Yugoslavia vs France)

[edit] External links

• 1960 Nations Cup Review with images and video from the tournament

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