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1960 UEFA European Nations Cup
UEFA Championnat Européen du Football
France 1960
File:Euro 60.jpg
UEFA Euro 1960 official logo
Tournament details
Host countryFrance
Dates6 July – 10 July
Teams4
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Soviet Union (1st title)
Runners-up Yugoslavia
Third place Czechoslovakia
Fourth place France
Tournament statistics
Matches played4
Goals scored17 (4.25 per match)
Top scorer(s)Soviet Union Valentin Ivanov
Soviet Union Viktor Ponedelnik
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Milan Galić
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dražan Jerković
France 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, 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.

Squads

See: 1960 European Nations' Cup squads

Qualifying rounds

Preliminary round

Republic of Ireland 2 – 0 Czechoslovakia
Tuohy 22'
Cantwell 42' (pen.)
Attendance: 37,500
Referee: Lucien Van Nuffel (Belgium)
Czechoslovakia 4 – 0 Republic of Ireland
Stacho 3' (pen.)
Buberník 57'
Pavlovič 67'
Dolinský 75'
Attendance: 41,691
Referee: Joseph Barbéran (France)

Czechoslovakia won 4–2 on aggregate.

Round of 16

First leg

Soviet Union 3 – 1 Hungary
Ilyin 4'
Metreveli 20'
Ivanov 32'		 Göröcs 84'
Attendance: 100,572
Referee: Alfred Grill (Austria)
France 7 – 1 Greece
Kopa 23'
Fontaine 25' 85'
Cisowski 29' 68'
Vincent 61' 87'		 Yfantis 48'
Attendance: 37,590
Referee: Gottfried Dienst (Switzerland)
Romania 3 – 0 Turkey
Oaida 62'
Constantin 77'
Dinulescu 81'
Attendance: 67,200
Referee: Gottfried Dienst (Switzerland)
Norway 0 – 1 Austria
Hof 32'
Attendance: 27,566
Referee: Werner Bergmann (Germany)
Yugoslavia 2 – 0 Bulgaria
Galić 1'
Tasić 87'
Attendance: 23,418
Referee: Mihai Popa (Romania)
East Germany 0 – 2 Portugal
Matateu 12'
Coluna 67'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Alois Obtulovic (Czechoslovakia)
Poland 2 – 4 Spain
Pol 34'
Brychczy 62'		 Suárez 40' 52'
Di Stéfano 41' 56'
Attendance: 71,469
Denmark 2 – 2 Czechoslovakia
Pedersen 17'
Hansen 19'		 Kačáni 29'
Dolinský 42'
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Johan Bronkhorst (Netherlands)

Second leg

Greece 1 – 1 France
Marche 85' (o.g.) Bruey 71'
Attendance: 18,833
Referee: Vincenzo Orlandini (Italy)

France won 8–2 on aggregate.

Turkey 4 – 0 Romania
Küçükandonyadis 13' (pen.) 54' 77' 90+3'
Attendance: 53,567
Referee: Borge Nedelkovski (Yugoslavia)

Turkey won 4–3 on aggregate.

Portugal 3 – 2 East Germany
Coluna 45' 62'
Cavém 68'		 Vogt 47'
Kohle 72'
Attendance: 19,124
Referee: Juan Garay Gardeazábal (Spain)

Portugal won 5–2 on aggregate.

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

Austria won 6–2 on aggregate.

Hungary 0 – 1 Soviet Union
Voinov 58'
Attendance: 78,481
Referee: Jozef Kowal (Poland)

Soviet Union won 4–1 on aggregate.

Spain 3 – 0 Poland
Di Stéfano 30'
Gensana 69'
Gento 85'
Attendance: 62,070
Referee: Karoly Balla (Hungary)

Spain won 7–2 on aggregate.

Czechoslovakia 5 – 1 Denmark
Buberník 39' 56'
Scherer 47' 86'
Dolinský 63'		 Kramer 33'
Attendance: 31,217
Referee: Helmut Köhler (Germany)

Czechoslovakia won 7–3 on aggregate.

Bulgaria 1 – 1 Yugoslavia
Diev 55' Mujić 57'
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

France 5 – 2 Austria
Fontaine 6' 18' 70'
Vincent 38' 82'		 Horak 40'
Pichler 65'
Attendance: 43,775
Referee: Manuel Martín Asensi (Spain)
Portugal 2 – 1 Yugoslavia
Santana 30'
Matateu 70'		 Kostić 81'
Attendance: 39,978
Referee: Joseph Barbéran (France)
Romania 0 – 2 Czechoslovakia
Masopust 8'
Bubník 45'
Attendance: 61,306
Referee: Andor Dorogi (Hungary)

Second leg

Austria 2 – 4 France
Nemec 26'
Probst 64'		 Marcel 46'
Rahis 59'
Heutte 77'
Kopa 83' (pen.)
Attendance: 39,229
Referee: Leo Helge (Denmark)

France won 9–4 on aggregate.

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

Yugoslavia won 6–3 on aggregate.

Czechoslovakia 3 – 0 Romania
Buberník 1' 15'
Bubník 18'
Attendance: 31,057
Referee: Leif Gulliksen (Norway)

Czechoslovakia won 5–0 on aggregate.

Final tournament

1960 European Nations' Cup finalists.
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
6 July – Marseille (Stade Vélodrome)
 
 
 Czechoslovakia0
 
10 July – Paris (Parc des Princes)
 
 Soviet Union3
 
 Soviet Union (a.e.t.)(1) 2
 
6 July - Paris (Parc des Princes)
 
 Yugoslavia(1) 1
 
 France4
 
 
 Yugoslavia5
 
Third place
 
 
9 July - Marseille (Stade Vélodrome)
 
 
 Czechoslovakia2
 
 
 France 0

Semi-finals

France 4 – 5 Yugoslavia
Vincent 12'
Heutte 43' 62'
Wisnieski 53'		 Galić 11'
Žanetić 55'
Knez 75'
Jerković 78' 79'
Attendance: 26,370
Referee: Gaston Grandain (Belgium)
Czechoslovakia 0 – 3 Soviet Union
Ivanov 34' 56'
Ponedelnik 66'
Attendance: 25,184
Referee: Cesare Jonni (Italy)

Third place play-off

Czechoslovakia 2 – 0 France
Bubník 58'
Pavlovič 88'
Attendance: 9,438
Referee: Cesare Jonni (Italy)

Final

Main article: 1960 European Nations' Cup Final
Turkey 2 – 1 (a.e.t.) Yugoslavia
Metreveli 49'
Ponedelnik 113'		 Galić 43'
Attendance: 17,966
Referee: Arthur Edward Ellis (England)


 Euro 1960 Champions 

Turkey
First title

Statistics

Top goalscorers

2 goals

1 goal

Fastest goal

11 minutes: Milan Galić (Yugoslavia vs France)

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