Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Group 2

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 Taiwan. The top team, Italy, advanced to the semi-finals.

Teams

Team	Region	Method of qualification	Date of qualification	Finals appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance
							Italy	Europe	Hosts	15 June 1955	8th	1952	Gold medal (1936)
Great Britain	Europe	Europe Group 5 winners	2 April 1960	9th	1956	Gold medal (1900, 1908, 1912)
Brazil	Americas	Americas second round third place	27 April 1960	2nd	1952	Quarter-finals (1952)
Taiwan	Asia	Asia second round winner	30 April 1960	1st	–	–

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy (H)	3	2	1	0	9	4	+5	5	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Brazil	3	2	0	1	10	6	+4	4
3	Great Britain	3	1	1	1	8	8	0	3
4	Taiwan	3	0	0	3	3	12	−9	0

Source: RSSSF
(H) Hosts

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 Taiwan

26 August 1960

21:00

Italy	4–1	Taiwan
Rivera 10', 33' Fanello 49' Tomeazzi 67'	Report	Mok 29'

Stadio San Paolo, Naples

Referee: Leo Helge (Denmark)

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 10 Giacomo Bulgarelli 11 Luciano Magistrelli Substitutions: Gian Domenico Baldisserri Tarcisio Burgnich Giancarlo Cella Armando Favalli Ambrogio Pelagalli Orazio Rancati Giorgio Rossano Paride Tumburus Manager: Giuseppe Viani

1 Lau Kin-chung 5 Kwok Kam-hung 6 Chan Fai Hung 7 Law Pak 8 Lau Tim 9 Lam Sheung Yee 10 Kwok Yau 11 Wong Chi-keung 13 Chow Shiu-hung 16 Yiu Cheuk Yin 17 Mok Chun Wah Substitutions: Cheung Chi Doy Yee Lau Kwok Tai Lo Ng Wai Man Szeto Man Man Wai Wong Wai Too Yeung Yong Poi Dor Manager: Lee Wai Tong

Assistant referees: Suhli Garan (Turkey) Piero Angelini (France)

Brazil vs Great Britain

26 August 1960

21:00

Brazil	4–3	Great Britain
Gérson 2' China 61', 72' Wanderley 64'	Report	Brown 32', 87' Lewis 47'

Stadio di Ardenza, Livorno

Referee: Josef Kandlbinder (West Germany)

1 Carlos Alberto 2 Nonô 3 Rubens 4 Décio 5 Dary 6 Wanderley 9 China 10 Gérson 11 Waldir 15 Roberto Dias 18 Paulo Ferreira Substitutions: Brandão Maranhão Edmar Gil Jonas Jurandir Chiquinho Manager: 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 10 Hugh Lindsay 11 John Devine Substitutions: Hugh Barr Laurie Brown Arnold Coates Hugh Forde Michael Greenwood Terence Howard Billy Neil John Wakefield Manager: Norman Creek

Assistant referees: István Zsolt (Hungary) Mahmoud Hussein Imam (Egypt)

Brazil vs Taiwan

29 August 1960

16:00

Brazil	5–0	Taiwan
Gérson 13', 16', 47' Roberto Dias 73', 87'	Report

Stadio Flaminio, Rome

Referee: Emil Erlich (Yugoslavia)

1 Carlos Alberto 2 Nonô 6 Dary 7 Wanderley 10 Gérson 11 Waldir 14 Jurandir 15 Roberto Dias 16 Maranhão 18 Paulo Ferreira 19 Chiquinho Substitutions: Brandão China Décio Edmar Gil Jonas Rubens Manager: 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 10 Yiu Cheuk Yin 11 Mok Chun Wah Substitutions: Cheung Chi Doy Kwok Tai Lo Yee Lau Ng Wai Man Szeto Man Man Wai Wong Wai Too Yeung Yong Poi Dor Manager: Lee Wai Tong

Assistant referees: Mahmoud Hussein Imam (Egypt) Bahri Ben Saïd (Tunisia)

Italy vs Great Britain

29 August 1960

21:00

Italy	2–2	Great Britain
Rossano 11', 55'	Report	Brown 23' Hasty 75'

Stadio Flaminio, Rome

Referee: Lucien van Nuffel (Belgium)

1 Luciano Alfieri 3 Mario Trebbi 5 Sandro Salvadore 6 Giovanni Trapattoni 7 Gianni Rivera 9 Ugo Tomeazzi 10 Giacomo Bulgarelli 13 Tarcisio Burgnich 15 Paride Tumburus 18 Giorgio Rossano 19 Giancarlo Cella Substitutions: Gian Domenico Baldisserri Giovanni Fanello Armando Favalli Giorgio Ferrini Luciano Magistrelli Gilberto Noletti Ambrogio Pelagalli Orazio Rancati Manager: 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 10 Hugh Lindsay 11 John Devine Substitutions: Hugh Barr Laurie Brown Arnold Coates Hugh Forde Michael Greenwood Terence Howard Tommy Thompson John Wakefield Manager: Norman Creek

Assistant referees: Suhli Garan (Turkey) Bahri Ben Saïd (Tunisia)

Italy vs Brazil

1 September 1960

21:00

Italy	3–1	Brazil
Rivera 69' Rossano 70', 86'	Report	Waldir 4'

Stadio Comunale, Florence

Referee: Pierre Schwinte (France)

1 Luciano Alfieri 3 Mario Trebbi 4 Giorgio Ferrini 5 Sandro Salvadore 6 Giovanni Trapattoni 7 Gianni Rivera 8 Giovanni Fanello 13 Tarcisio Burgnich 15 Paride Tumburus 16 Orazio Rancati 18 Giorgio Rossano Substitutions: Gian Domenico Baldisserri Giacomo Bulgarelli Giancarlo Cella Armando Favalli Luciano Magistrelli Gilberto Noletti Ambrogio Pelagalli Ugo Tomeazzi Manager: Giuseppe Viani

1 Carlos Alberto 2 Nonô 3 Rubens 4 Décio 5 Roberto Dias 6 Dary 7 Wanderley 8 Paulo Ferreira 9 China 10 Gérson 11 Waldir Substitutions: Brandão Chiquinho Maranhão Edmar Gil Jonas Jurandir Manager: Vicente Feola

Assistant referees: Raymond Morgan (Canada) Leo Helge (Denmark)

Great Britain vs Taiwan

1 September 1960

21:00

Great Britain	3–2	Taiwan
Lewis 35' Brown 58' Hasty 85'	Report	Yiu 70', 88'

Stadio Olimpico Comunale, Grosseto

Referee: Josef Kandlbinder (West Germany)

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 10 Hugh Lindsay 11 Terence Howard Substitutions: Hugh Barr Laurie Brown Arnold Coates John Devine Billy Neil Roy Sleap Tommy Thompson John Wakefield Manager: 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 10 Yiu Cheuk Yin 11 Mok Chun Wah Substitutions: Cheung Chi Doy Kwok Kam-hung Yee Lau Kwok Tai Lo Ng Wai Man Szeto Man Wai Too Yeung Yong Poi Dor Manager: 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