1960 European Nations' Cup round of 16

The 1960 European Nations' Cup round of 16 was the second round of the qualifying competition for the 1960 European Nations' Cup. It was contested by Czechoslovakia, the preliminary round winners, along with fifteen other countries that had received a bye. The winners of each of eight home and away ties entered the quarter-finals. The matches were played between September 1958 and October 1959.

Qualification

Main article: 1960 European Nations' Cup qualifying preliminary round

The Republic of Ireland and Czechoslovakia faced each other in a two-legged tie, with Czechoslovakia winning and progressing to the round of 16.

Summary

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Soviet Union	4–1	Hungary	3–1	1–0
France	8–2	Greece	7–1	1–1
Romania	3–2	Turkey	3–0	0–2
Norway	2–6	Austria	0–1	2–5
Yugoslavia	3–1	Bulgaria	2–0	1–1
East Germany	2–5	Portugal	0–2	2–3
Poland	2–7	Spain	2–4	0–3
Denmark	3–7	Czechoslovakia	2–2	1–5

Matches

The eight matches took place over two legs, taking place in 1958 and 1959. All times are CET (UTC+1).

Soviet Union	3–1	Hungary
Ilyin 4' Metreveli 20' Ivanov 32'	Report	Göröcs 84'

28 September 1958

19:00

Central Lenin Stadium, Moscow

Attendance: 100,572

Referee: Alfred Grill (Austria)

Hungary	0–1	Soviet Union
	Report	Voynov 58'

27 September 1959

15:30

Népstadion, Budapest

Attendance: 78,481

Referee: Jozef Kowal (Poland)

Soviet Union won 4–1 on aggregate and advanced to the quarter-finals.

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France	7–1	Greece
Kopa 23' Fontaine 25', 85' Cisowski 29', 68' Vincent 61', 87'	Report	Yfantis 48'

1 October 1958

20:30

Parc des Princes, Paris

Attendance: 37,590

Referee: Gottfried Dienst (Switzerland)

Greece	1–1	France
Marche 85' (o.g.)	Report	Bruey 71'

3 December 1958

15:00

Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, Athens

Attendance: 18,833

Referee: Vincenzo Orlandini (Italy)

France won 8–2 on aggregate and advanced to the quarter-finals.

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Romania	3–0	Turkey
Oaidă 62' Constantin 77' Dinulescu 81'	Report

2 November 1958

Stadionul 23 August, Bucharest

Attendance: 67,200

Referee: Gottfried Dienst (Switzerland)

Turkey	2–0	Romania
Küçükandonyadis 13', 54' (pen.)	Report

26 April 1959

Beşiktaş İnönü Stadı, Istanbul

Attendance: 23,567

Referee: Borge Nedelkovski (Yugoslavia)

Romania won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the quarter-finals.

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Norway	0–1	Austria
	Report	Hof 32'

20 May 1959

19:00

Ullevål, Oslo

Attendance: 27,566

Referee: Werner Bergmann (East Germany)

Austria	5–2	Norway
Hof 2', 25' (pen.) Nemec 21', 73' Skerlan 60'	Report	Ødegaard 19', 35'

23 September 1959

19:00

Praterstadion, Vienna

Attendance: 34,989

Referee: Dimosthemis Stathatos (Greece)

Austria won 6–2 on aggregate and advanced to the quarter-finals.

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Yugoslavia	2–0	Bulgaria
Galić 1' Tasić 87'	Report

31 May 1959

Stadion JNA, Belgrade

Attendance: 23,418

Referee: Mihai Popa (Romania)

Bulgaria	1–1	Yugoslavia
Diev 50'	Report	Mujić 56'

25 October 1959

Vasil Levski Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 27,560

Referee: Kurt Tschenscher (West Germany)

Yugoslavia won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the quarter-finals.

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East Germany	0–2	Portugal
	Report	Matateu 12' Coluna 67'

21 June 1959

Walter-Ulbricht-Stadion, Berlin

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Alois Obtulovic (Czechoslovakia)

Portugal	3–2	East Germany
Coluna 45', 62' Cavém 68'	Report	Vogt 47' Kohle 72'

28 June 1959

Estádio das Antas, Porto

Attendance: 19,124

Referee: Juan Garay Gardeazábal (Spain)

Portugal won 5–2 on aggregate and advanced to the quarter-finals.

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Poland	2–4	Spain
Pohl 34' Brychczy 62'	Report	Suárez 40', 52' Di Stéfano 41', 56'

28 June 1959

Stadion Śląski, Chorzów

Attendance: 71,469

Referee: Arthur Edward Ellis (England)

Spain	3–0	Poland
Di Stéfano 30' Gensana 69' Gento 85'	Report

14 October 1959

Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid

Attendance: 62,070

Referee: Karoly Balla (Hungary)

Spain won 7–2 on aggregate and advanced to the quarter-finals.

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Denmark	2–2	Czechoslovakia
Pedersen 17' Hansen 19'	Report	Kačáni 29' Dolinský 42'

23 September 1959

19:00

Idrætsparken, Copenhagen

Attendance: 34,200

Referee: Johan Bronkhorst (Netherlands)

Czechoslovakia	5–1	Denmark
Buberník 39', 56' Scherer 47', 86' Dolinský 63'	Report	Kramer 33'

18 October 1959

14:15

Městský fotbalový stadion Srbská, Brno

Attendance: 31,217

Referee: Helmut Köhler (West Germany)

Czechoslovakia won 7–3 on aggregate and advanced to the quarter-finals.

Goalscorers

There were 58 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 3.62 goals per match.

3 goals

• Erich Hof
• Mário Coluna
• Alfredo Di Stéfano

2 goals

• Horst Nemec
• Titus Buberník
• Milan Dolinský
• Adolf Scherer
• Thadée Cisowski
• Just Fontaine
• Jean Vincent
• Ove Ødegaard
• Luis Suárez
• Lefter Küçükandonyadis

1 goal

• Karl Skerlan
• Todor Diev
• Ladislav Kačáni
• Bent Hansen
• John Kramer
• Poul Pedersen
• Horst Kohle
• Gerhard Vogt
• Stéphane Bruey
• Raymond Kopa
• Elias Yfantis
• János Göröcs
• Lucjan Brychczy
• Ernest Pohl
• Domiciano Cavém
• Matateu
• Gheorghe Constantin
• Constantin Dinulescu
• Nicolae Oaidă
• Anatoli Ilyin
• Valentin Ivanov
• Slava Metreveli
• Yuriy Voynov
• Enric Gensana
• Francisco Gento
• Milan Galić
• Muhamed Mujić
• Lazar Tasić

1 own goal

• Roger Marche (against Greece)