The 1960 Summer Olympics football tournament gold medal match was the final match of the 1960 Summer Olympics football tournament, the 13th edition of Olympic competition for men's national football teams. The match was played at Stadio Flaminio in Rome, Italy, on 10 September 1960, and was contested by Yugoslavia and Denmark.

The tournament comprised hosts Italy and 15 other teams who emerged victorious from the qualification phase, The 16 teams competed in a group stage in the first round, from which eight teams qualified for the knockout stage. En route to the final, Yugoslavia finished first in Group 1 with two wins and one draw, first winning against United Arab Republic 6–1 and Turkey 4–0, then drawing against Bulgaria 3–3. They then beat hosts Italy in the semi-finals by lots after a 1–1 draw. Denmark finished first in Group 3 with three wins, defeating Argentina 3–2, Poland 2–1 and Tunisia 3–1), and defeating Hungary 2–0 in the semi-finals. The final took place in front of 23,042 spectators and was refereed by Concetto Lo Bello.

Yugoslavia took the lead in the first minute through Milan Galić in the first minute before Željko Matuš further increased their lead in the 11th minute. A third goal was scored for Yugoslavia through Bora Kostić in the 69th minute, only then Denmark scored a consolation goal in the 90th minute by Flemming Nielsen, until Yugoslavia won the match and became gold medalists for 1960.

Route to the final

Yugoslavia + Yugoslavia's route to the final Opponent Result 6–1 4–0 3–3 1–1

Denmark + Denmark's route to the final Opponent Result 3–2 2–1 3–1 2–0

Match

Details

GK 12Blagoje VidinićRB 14Novak RoganovićLB 3 Fahrudin JusufiRH 6 Željko PerušićCH 2 Vladimir Durković LH 4 Ante ŽanetićOR 7 Andrija AnkovićIR 8 Željko MatušCF 9 Milan Galić IL 10Tomislav KnezOL 11Borivoje KostićSubstitutions: Milutin Šoškić Zvonko Bego Aleksandar Kozlina Dušan Maravić Žarko Nikolić Velimir Sombolac Silvester TakačManager: Selection Committee GK 1 Henry FromRB 2 Poul AndersenLB 3 Poul JensenRH 4 Bent HansenCH 5 Hans NielsenLH 6 Flemming Nielsen OR 7 Poul PedersenIR 8 Tommy TroelsenCF 9 Harald NielsenIL 10Henning EnoksenOL 11Jørn SørensenSubstitutions: John Danielsen Erik Gaardhøje Jørgen Hansen Henning Helbrandt Bent Krog Erling Linde Larsen Poul Mejer Finn SteroboManager: Arne Sørensen

Assistant referees: Francesco Liverani (Italy) Piero Bonetto (Italy)

See also Yugoslavia at the Olympics Denmark at the Olympics

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