1960 European Nations' Cup

1960 UEFA European Nations' Cup
UEFA Championnat Européen du Football
France 1960
UEFA Euro 1960 official logo
Tournament details
Host country France
Dates 6–10 July
Teams 4
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 played 4
Goals scored 17 (4.25 per match)
Attendance 78,958 (19,740 per match)
Top scorer(s) France François Heutte
Soviet Union Valentin Ivanov
Soviet Union Viktor Ponedelnik
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Milan Galić
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dražan Jerković
(2 goals each)

The 1960 UEFA European Nations' Cup was the first European Football Championship, held every four years and endorsed by UEFA. The first 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 then move on to the final tournament, whose host was selected after the teams became known.

In the quarter-finals, Spain, who were under Francisco Franco's far-right dictatorship at the time, refused to travel to the Soviet Union (the main supporter of the Second Spanish Republic in the Spanish Civil War) for the first leg. Spain were disqualified and, accordingly, three of the final four teams were from communist countries: USSR, Czechoslovakia, and SFR 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 after 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.[1]

Qualification

Qualified teams

Team Qualified as Qualified on
 France (host)Second round winner27 March 1960
 YugoslaviaSecond round winner22 May 1960
 CzechoslovakiaSecond round winner29 May 1960
 Soviet UnionSecond round winner[upper-alpha 1]29 May 1960
  1. ↑ The Soviet Union advanced to the main tournament as Spain were disqualified after they refused to travel to the Soviet Union for the first leg of their quarter-final.

Venues

Paris Marseille
Parc des Princes Stade Vélodrome
Capacity: 40,000 Capacity: 40,000

Squads

Match officials

Country Referee
England England Arthur Ellis
Belgium Belgium Gaston Grandain
Italy Italy Cesare Jonni

Final tournament

1960 European Nations' Cup finalists.

In all matches but the final, extra time and a coin toss were used to decide the winner if necessary. If the final remained level after extra time, a replay would be used to determine the winner.

All times are local, CET (UTC+1).

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
6 July – Marseille
 
 
 Czechoslovakia0
 
10 July – Paris
 
 Soviet Union3
 
 Soviet Union (a.e.t.)2
 
6 July – Paris
 
 Yugoslavia1
 
 France4
 
 
 Yugoslavia5
 
Third place play-off
 
 
9 July – Marseille
 
 
 Czechoslovakia2
 
 
 France0

Semi-finals

France  4–5  Yugoslavia
 Report
Attendance: 26,370
Czechoslovakia  0–3  Soviet Union
Report
Attendance: 25,184
Referee: Cesare Jonni (Italy)

Third place play-off

Czechoslovakia  2–0  France
 Report
Attendance: 9,438
Referee: Cesare Jonni (Italy)

Final

Soviet Union  2–1 (a.e.t.)  Yugoslavia
 Report Galić  43'
Attendance: 17,966[2]

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 17 goals scored in 4 matches, for an average of 4.25 goals per match.

2 goals

1 goal

Awards

UEFA Team of the Tournament[3]
Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards
Soviet Union Lev Yashin Czechoslovakia Ladislav Novák
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Vladimir Durković		 Czechoslovakia Josef Masopust
Soviet Union Valentin Ivanov
Soviet Union Igor Netto		 Soviet Union Slava Metreveli
Soviet Union Viktor Ponedelnik
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Milan Galić
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Bora Kostić
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dragoslav Šekularac

References

  1. ↑ Rostance, Tom (21 May 2012). "BBC Sport - Euro 1960: Lev Yashin leads Soviets to glory in France". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
  2. ↑ "Soviet Union 2–1 Yugoslavia". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Archived from the original on 17 August 2000. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
  3. ↑ "1960 team of the tournament". Union of European Football Associations. 1 February 2011. Retrieved 2 October 2012.
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