Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Group 3

Group 3 of the 1960 Summer Olympics football tournament took place from 26 August to 1 September 1960. The group consisted of Denmark, Poland, Tunisia and Argentina. The top team, Denmark, advanced to the semi-finals.

Teams

Team	Region	Method of qualification	Date of qualification	Finals appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance
							Denmark	Europe	Europe Group 1 winners	21 August 1959	6th	1952	Silver medal (1908, 1912, 1960)
Poland	Europe	Europe Group 2 winners	24 November 1959	4th	1952	Fourth place (1936)
Tunisia	Africa	Africa second round runners-up	17 April 1960	1st	—	—
Argentina	Americas	Americas second round winners	24 April 1960	2nd	1928	Silver medal (1928)

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Denmark	3	3	0	0	8	4	+4	6	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Argentina	3	2	0	1	6	4	+2	4
3	Poland	3	1	0	2	7	5	+2	2
4	Tunisia	3	0	0	3	3	11	−8	0

Source: RSSSF

In the semi-finals, the winners of Group 3, Denmark, advanced to play the winner of Group 4, Hungary.

Matches

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

Poland vs Tunisia

26 August 1960

16:00

Poland	6–1	Tunisia
Pohl 7', 40', 42', 84', 89' Hachorek 67'	Report	Kerrit 3'

Stadio Flaminio, Rome

Attendance: 5,873

Referee: Concetto Lo Bello (Italy)

1 Edward Szymkowiak 2 Hubert Pala 3 Jerzy Woźniak 4 Marceli Strzykalski 5 Henryk Szczepański 6 Edmund Zientara (c) 7 Zygmunt Gadecki 8 Lucjan Brychczy 9 Stanisław Hachorek 10 Ernest Pohl 11 Roman Lentner Substitutions: Tomasz Stefaniszyn Eugeniusz Faber Stefan Florenski Stanisław Fołtyn Ryszard Grzegorczyk Henryk Grzybowski Engelbert Jarek Marian Norkowski Manager: Jean Prouff

1 Khalled Loualid 2 Moncef Chérif 3 Noureddine Diwa 4 Rached Meddeb 5 Brahim Kerrit 7 Ridha Rouatbi 8 Taoufik Ben Othman 9 Larbi Touati 12 Abdel Majid Naji 13 Mohamed Zguir 17 Abdelmajid Chetali Substitutions: Mohamed Ayachi Abderrahman Ben Azzedine Hamadi Dhaou Ali Larbi Hanachi Mahmoud Kanoun Ali Kelibi Ahmed Sghaïer Hassen Tasco Manager: Milan Kristić

Assistant referees: Fiorenzo Annoscia (Italy) Gennaro Marchese (Italy)

Denmark vs Argentina

26 August 1960

21:00

Denmark	3–2	Argentina
Sørensen 31' H. Nielsen 46', 85'	Report	Oleniak 20' Bilardo 88'

Stadio Flaminio, Rome

Attendance: 7,154

Referee: Francesco Liverani (Italy)

1 Henry From 2 Poul Andersen 3 Poul Jensen (c) 4 Bent Hansen 5 Hans Christian Nielsen 6 Flemming Nielsen 7 Poul Pedersen 8 John Danielsen 9 Harald Nielsen 10 Henning Enoksen 11 Jørn Sørensen Substitutions: Erik Gaardhøje Jørgen Hansen Henning Helbrandt Bent Krog Erling Linde Larsen Poul Mejer Finn Sterobo Tommy Troelsen Manager: Arne Sørensen

1 Marwell Periotti 2 Juan Stauskas 3 Salvador Ginel 4 Roberto Blanco 5 Pedro de Ciancio 6 José Díaz 7 Carlos Bilardo 8 Hugo Zarich 9 Mario Desiderio 10 Juan Oleniak 11 Raúl Pérez Substitutions: Roberto Bonnano Carlos Grudiña Domingo Lejona Guillermo Lorenzo Julio Mattos Alberto Rendo Carlos Saldías Manager: Ernesto Duchini

Assistant referees: Giulio Campanati (Italy) Vincenzo Orlandini (Italy)

Tunisia vs Argentina

29 August 1960

21:00

Tunisia	1–2	Argentina
Kerrit 25'	Report	Oleniak 15', 82'

Stadio Adriatico, Pescara

Referee: István Zsolt (Hungary)

1 Khalled Loualid 4 Rached Meddeb 5 Brahim Kerrit 7 Ridha Rouatbi 8 Taoufik Ben Othman 9 Larbi Touati 10 Hamadi Dhaou 12 Abdel Majid Naji 16 Abderrahman Ben Azzedine 17 Abdelmajid Chetali Substitutions: Mohamed Ayachi Noureddine Diwa Moncef Chérif Ali Larbi Hanachi Mahmoud Kanoun Ali Kelibi Hassen Tasco Mohamed Zguir 14 Ahmed Sghaïer Manager: Milan Kristić

1 Marwell Periotti 2 Juan Stauskas 3 Salvador Ginel 4 Roberto Blanco 5 Pedro de Ciancio 6 José Díaz 7 Carlos Bilardo 8 Hugo Zarich 9 Mario Desiderio 10 Juan Oleniak 11 Raúl Pérez Substitutions: Roberto Bonnano Carlos Grudiña Domingo Lejona Guillermo Lorenzo Julio Mattos Alberto Rendo Carlos Saldías Manager: Ernesto Duchini

Assistant referees: Giuseppe Adami (Italy) Carlo Babini (Italy)

Denmark vs Poland

29 August 1960

21:00

Denmark	2–1	Poland
H. Nielsen 15' Pedersen 86'	Report	Gadecki 62'

Stadio di Ardenza, Livorno

Attendance: 5,574

Referee: Concetto Lo Bello (Italy)

1 Henry From 2 Poul Andersen 3 Poul Jensen (c) 4 Bent Hansen 5 Hans Christian Nielsen 6 Flemming Nielsen 7 Poul Pedersen 8 John Danielsen 9 Harald Nielsen 10 Henning Enoksen 11 Jørn Sørensen Substitutions: Erik Gaardhøje Jørgen Hansen Henning Helbrandt Bent Krog Erling Linde Larsen Poul Mejer Finn Sterobo Tommy Troelsen Manager: Arne Sørensen

1 Edward Szymkowiak 2 Hubert Pala 4 Jerzy Woźniak 5 Marceli Strzykalski 6 Edmund Zientara (c) 7 Zygmunt Gadecki 8 Lucjan Brychczy 9 Stanisław Hachorek 10 Ernest Pohl 11 Roman Lentner 17 Henryk Grzybowski Substitutions: Tomasz Stefaniszyn Eugeniusz Faber Stefan Florenski Stanisław Fołtyn Ryszard Grzegorczyk Engelbert Jarek Marian Norkowski Henryk Szczepański Manager: Jean Prouff

Assistant referees: Giulio Campanati (Italy) Walter van Rosberg (Netherlands Antilles)

Denmark vs Tunisia

1 September 1960

21:00

Denmark	3–1	Tunisia
F. Nielsen 24' H. Nielsen 27', 88'	Report	Cherif 48'

Stadio Tommaso Fattori, L'Aquila

Attendance: 1,204

Referee: Giulio Campanati (Italy)

1 Henry From 2 Poul Andersen 3 Poul Jensen (c) 4 Bent Hansen 5 Hans Christian Nielsen 6 Flemming Nielsen 7 Poul Pedersen 8 Tommy Troelsen 9 Harald Nielsen 10 John Danielsen 11 Jørn Sørensen Substitutions: Henning Enoksen Erik Gaardhøje Jørgen Hansen Henning Helbrandt Bent Krog Erling Linde Larsen Poul Mejer Finn Sterobo Manager: Arne Sørensen

1 Khalled Loualid 2 Moncef Chérif 4 Rached Meddeb 5 Brahim Kerrit 7 Ridha Rouatbi 8 Taoufik Ben Othman 9 Larbi Touati 10 Hamadi Dhaou 12 Abdel Majid Naji 13 Mohamed Zguir 17 Abdelmajid Chetali Substitutions: Mohamed Ayachi Abderrahman Ben Azzedine Noureddine Diwa Ali Larbi Hanachi Mahmoud Kanoun Ali Kelibi Ahmed Sghaïer Hassen Tasco Manager: Milan Kristić

Assistant referees: Concetto Lo Bello (Italy) Francesco Liverani (Italy)

Argentina vs Poland

1 September 1960

21:00

Argentina	2–0	Poland
Oleniak 38' Pérez 55'	Report

Stadio San Paolo, Naples

Referee: Sulhi Garan (Turkey)

1 Marwell Periotti 2 Juan Stauskas 3 Salvador Ginel 4 Roberto Blanco 5 Pedro de Ciancio 6 José Díaz 7 Alberto Rendo 8 Hugo Zarich 9 Roberto Bonnano 10 Juan Oleniak 11 Raúl Pérez Substitutions: Carlos Bilardo Mario Desiderio Carlos Grudiña Domingo Lejona Guillermo Lorenzo Julio Mattos Carlos Saldías Manager: Ernesto Duchini

16 Tomasz Stefaniszyn 2 Hubert Pala 4 Jerzy Woźniak 5 Marceli Strzykalski 6 Edmund Zientara 7 Zygmunt Gadecki 8 Lucjan Brychczy 9 Stanisław Hachorek 10 Ernest Pohl 11 Roman Lentner 17 Henryk Grzybowski Substitutions: Edward Szymkowiak Eugeniusz Faber Stefan Florenski Stanisław Fołtyn Ryszard Grzegorczyk Engelbert Jarek Marian Norkowski Henryk Szczepański Manager: Jean Prouff

Assistant referees: Fiorenzo Annoscia (Italy) Alfeo Grignani (Netherlands Antilles)

See also

• Denmark at the Olympics
• Poland at the Olympics
• Tunisia at the Olympics
• Argentina at the Olympics