Group 2 of the 1960 Summer Olympics football tournament took place from 26 August to 1 September 1960. The group consisted of Italy, Great Britain, Brazil and Formosa. The top team, Italy, advanced to the semi-finals.
Teams Team Region Method ofqualification Date ofqualification Finalsappearance Lastappearance Previous bestperformance Europe Hosts 15 June 1955 8th 1952 Gold medal (1936) Europe Europe Group 5 winners 2 April 1960 9th 1956 Gold medal (1900, 1908, 1912) Americas Americas second round third place 27 April 1960 2nd 1952 Quarter-finals (1952) Asia Asia second round winner 30 April 1960 1st – –
Standings
In the semi-finals, the winners of Group 2, Italy, advanced to play the winner of Group 1, Yugoslavia.
Matches All times listed are local, CET (UTC+1).
Italy vs Formosa
1 Luciano Alfieri 2 Gilberto Noletti 3 Mario Trebbi 4 Giorgio Ferrini 5 Sandro Salvadore 6 Giovanni Trapattoni 7 Gianni Rivera 8 Giovanni Fanello 9 Ugo Tomeazzi 10Giacomo Bulgarelli 11Luciano MagistrelliSubstitutions: Gian Domenico Baldisserri Tarcisio Burgnich Giancarlo Cella Armando Favalli Ambrogio Pelagalli Orazio Rancati Giorgio Rossano Paride TumburusManager: Giuseppe Viani 1 Lau Kin-chung 5 Kwok Kam-hung 6 Chan Fai Hung 7 Law Pak 8 Lau Tim 9 Lam Sheung Yee 10Kwok Yau 11Wong Chi-keung 13Chow Shiu-hung 16Yiu Cheuk Yin 17Mok Chun WahSubstitutions: Cheung Chi Doy Yee Lau Kwok Tai Lo Ng Wai Man Szeto Man Man Wai Wong Wai Too Yeung Yong Poi DorManager: Lee Wai Tong
Assistant referees: Suhli Garan (Turkey) Piero Angelini (France)
Brazil vs Great Britain
1 Carlos Alberto 2 Nonô 3 Rubens 4 Décio 5 Dary 6 Wanderley 9 China 10Gérson 11Waldir 15Roberto Dias 18Paulo FerreiraSubstitutions: Brandão Maranhão Edmar Gil Jonas Jurandir ChiquinhoManager: Vicente Feola 1 Mike Pinner 2 Tommy Thompson 3 David Holt 4 Ron McKinven 5 Leslie Brown 6 Roy Sleap 7 Jim Lewis 8 Bobby Brown 9 Paddy Hasty 10Hugh Lindsay 11John DevineSubstitutions: Hugh Barr Laurie Brown Arnold Coates Hugh Forde Michael Greenwood Terence Howard Billy Neil John WakefieldManager: Norman Creek
Assistant referees: István Zsolt (Hungary) Mahmoud Hussein Imam (Egypt)
Brazil vs Formosa
1 Carlos Alberto 2 Nonô 6 Dary 7 Wanderley 10Gérson 11Waldir 14Jurandir 15Roberto Dias 16Maranhão 18Paulo Ferreira 19ChiquinhoSubstitutions: Brandão China Décio Edmar Gil Jonas RubensManager: Vicente Feola 1 Lau Kin-chung 2 Law Pak 3 Kwok Kam-hung 4 Chan Fai Hung 5 Lau Tim 6 Lam Sheung Yee 7 Wong Chi-keung 8 Kwok Yau 9 Chow Shiu-hung 10Yiu Cheuk Yin 11Mok Chun WahSubstitutions: Cheung Chi Doy Kwok Tai Lo Yee Lau Ng Wai Man Szeto Man Man Wai Wong Wai Too Yeung Yong Poi DorManager: Lee Wai Tong
Assistant referees: Mahmoud Hussein Imam (Egypt) Bahri Ben Saïd (Tunisia)
Italy vs Great Britain
1 Luciano Alfieri 3 Mario Trebbi 5 Sandro Salvadore 6 Giovanni Trapattoni 7 Gianni Rivera 9 Ugo Tomeazzi 10Giacomo Bulgarelli 13Tarcisio Burgnich 15Paride Tumburus 18Giorgio Rossano 19Giancarlo CellaSubstitutions: Gian Domenico Baldisserri Giovanni Fanello Armando Favalli Giorgio Ferrini Luciano Magistrelli Gilberto Noletti Ambrogio Pelagalli Orazio RancatiManager: Giuseppe Viani 1 Mike Pinner 2 Billy Neil 3 David Holt 4 Ron McKinven 5 Leslie Brown 6 Roy Sleap 7 Jim Lewis 8 Bobby Brown 9 Paddy Hasty 10Hugh Lindsay 11John DevineSubstitutions: Hugh Barr Laurie Brown Arnold Coates Hugh Forde Michael Greenwood Terence Howard Tommy Thompson John WakefieldManager: Norman Creek
Assistant referees: Suhli Garan (Turkey) Bahri Ben Saïd (Tunisia)
Italy vs Brazil
1 Luciano Alfieri 3 Mario Trebbi 4 Giorgio Ferrini 5 Sandro Salvadore 6 Giovanni Trapattoni 7 Gianni Rivera 8 Giovanni Fanello 13Tarcisio Burgnich 15Paride Tumburus 16 Orazio Rancati 18Giorgio RossanoSubstitutions: Gian Domenico Baldisserri Giacomo Bulgarelli Giancarlo Cella Armando Favalli Luciano Magistrelli Gilberto Noletti Ambrogio Pelagalli Ugo TomeazziManager: Giuseppe Viani 1 Carlos Alberto 2 Nonô 3 Rubens 4 Décio 5 Roberto Dias 6 Dary 7 Wanderley 8 Paulo Ferreira 9 China 10Gérson 11WaldirSubstitutions: Brandão Chiquinho Maranhão Edmar Gil Jonas JurandirManager: Vicente Feola
Assistant referees: Raymond Morgan (Canada) Leo Helge (Denmark)
Great Britain vs Formosa
1 Mike Pinner 2 Michael Greenwood 3 David Holt 4 Ron McKinven 5 Leslie Brown 6 Hugh Forde 7 Jim Lewis 8 Bobby Brown 9 Paddy Hasty 10Hugh Lindsay 11 Terence HowardSubstitutions: Hugh Barr Laurie Brown Arnold Coates John Devine Billy Neil Roy Sleap Tommy Thompson John WakefieldManager: Norman Creek 1 Lau Kin-chung 2 Law Pak 3 Kwok Yau 4 Chan Fai Hung 5 Lau Tim 6 Man Wai Wong 7 Wong Chi-keung 8 Lam Sheung Yee 9 Chow Shiu-hung 10Yiu Cheuk Yin 11Mok Chun WahSubstitutions: Cheung Chi Doy Kwok Kam-hung Yee Lau Kwok Tai Lo Ng Wai Man Szeto Man Wai Too Yeung Yong Poi DorManager: Lee Wai Tong
Assistant referees: E. Elrich Bahri Ben Saïd (Netherlands Antilles)
See also Italy at the Olympics Great Britain at the Olympics Brazil at the Olympics Chinese Taipei at the Olympics
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