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1964 UEFA EUROPEAN FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP

The 1964 UEFA European Football Championship, then called the European Nations Cup, was the second edition of the quadrennial European Football Championship, endorsed by UEFA. The final tournament was held in Spain. It was won by the hosts 2-1 over defending champions Soviet Union.

The tournament was a knockout competition; 29 teams entered (Greece withdrew after being drawn with Albania). The Soviet Union, Austria, and Luxembourg received byes into the second round. The teams played home-and-away matches until the semi-finals; the final four teams would move on to the final tournament, whose host was selected after the teams became known.

Luxembourg proved to be the giant killers of the qualifying rounds; they beat the Netherlands 3-2 on aggregate (1-1 and 2-1), and then drew with Denmark 3-3 and 2-2, before losing the replay 1-0. Denmark thus became the most surprising of the qualifiers for the final tournament, joining the Soviet Union, Spain, and Hungary.

The Spaniards line up ahead of the 1964 European Championship Final in Madrid.

In the semi-finals, the Soviet Union defeated the Danes 3-0 in Barcelona and Spain beat Hungary 2-1 in extra time in Madrid, the winning goal being scored by Amancio. Spain had withdrawn from the tournament in 1960 rather than play the Soviet Union, but on this occasion Generalisimo Francisco Franco let his team play the Soviets. In front of more than 79,000 at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, the hosts won 2-1 after a late goal from Marcelino.

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Spain win in the rain

For the 1964 Championship, all but three of the then 32 UEFA registered nations entered the competition, the final stages of which were due to take place in Spain.

The Soviet Union qualified once again - they impressed in their group - and they won their semi-final against surprise qualifiers Denmark 3-0. Hungary played and lost to the hosts, which set up a Spain v Soviet Union Final in Madrid.

General Franco allowed the game against the Soviets to go ahead (he had refused to allow Spain to play the USSR four years earlier) and in heavy rain the hosts won 2-1 in front of a crowd of 79,000.

Pereda opened the scoring after six minutes but two minutes later the defending champions were level, Khusainov finishing off a well-worked team goal.

Spain made sure of the match when Marcelino's diving header flew past Yashin with seven minutes left on the clock.

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1964 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFYING

First Round

21/06/1962                Norway   0 - 2   Sweden                (0-1)   
04/11/1962                Sweden   1 - 1   Norway                (0-0)

28/06/1962               Denmark   6 - 1   Malta                 (3-0)   
08/12/1962                 Malta   1 - 3   Denmark               (1-2)

12/08/1962               Ireland   4 - 2   Iceland               (2-1)   
02/09/1962               Iceland   1 - 1   Ireland               (0-1)

03/10/1962               England   1 - 1   France                (0-1)   
27/02/1963                France   5 - 2   England               (3-0)

10/10/1962                Poland   0 - 2   Northern_Ireland      (0-1)   
28/11/1962      Northern_Ireland   2 - 0   Poland                (1-0)

01/11/1962                 Spain   6 - 0   Romania               (4-0)   
25/11/1962               Romania   3 - 1   Spain                 (2-0)

04/11/1962            Yugoslavia   3 - 2   Belgium               (2-2)   
31/03/1963               Belgium   0 - 1   Yugoslavia            (0-1)

07/11/1962              Bulgaria   3 - 1   Portugal              (0-0)   
16/12/1962              Portugal   3 - 1   Bulgaria              (2-0)   
23/01/1963              Bulgaria   1 - 0   Portugal              (0-0)  *

07/11/1962               Hungary   3 - 1   Wales                 (2-1)   
20/03/1963                 Wales   1 - 1   Hungary               (1-0)

11/11/1962           Netherlands   3 - 1   Switzerland           (1-1)   
31/03/1963           Switzerland   1 - 1   Netherlands           (0-1)

21/11/1962          East_Germany   2 - 1   Czechoslovakia        (0-0)   
31/03/1963        Czechoslovakia   1 - 1   East_Germany          (0-0)

02/12/1962                 Italy   6 - 0   Turkey                (4-0)   
27/03/1963                Turkey   0 - 1   Italy                 (0-0)

Albania walkover Greece. Austria, Luxembourg and U.S.S.R. given byes.

Second Round

30/05/1963                 Spain   1 - 1   Northern_Ireland      (0-0)   
30/10/1963      Northern_Ireland   0 - 1   Spain                 (0-0)

19/06/1963            Yugoslavia   0 - 0   Sweden                (0-0)   
18/09/1963                Sweden   3 - 2   Yugoslavia            (1-1)

29/06/1963               Denmark   4 - 0   Albania               (3-0)   
30/10/1963               Albania   1 - 0   Denmark               (1-0)

11/09/1963           Netherlands   1 - 1   Luxembourg            (1-1)   
30/10/1963            Luxembourg   2 - 1   Netherlands           (1-1)

25/09/1963               Austria   0 - 0   Ireland               (0-0)   
13/10/1963               Ireland   3 - 2   Austria               (1-1)

29/09/1963              Bulgaria   1 - 0   France                (1-0)   
26/10/1963                France   3 - 1   Bulgaria              (1-0)

13/10/1963              U.S.S.R.   2 - 0   Italy                 (2-0)   
10/11/1963                 Italy   1 - 1   U.S.S.R.              (0-1)

20/10/1963          East_Germany   1 - 2   Hungary               (0-1)   
03/11/1963               Hungary   3 - 3   East_Germany          (2-2)

Quarter Finals

04/12/1963            Luxembourg   3 - 3   Denmark               (2-2)   
10/12/1963               Denmark   2 - 2   Luxembourg            (1-1)   
18/12/1963               Denmark   1 - 0   Luxembourg            (1-0)  *

11/03/1964                 Spain   5 - 1   Ireland               (4-1)   
08/04/1964               Ireland   0 - 2   Spain                 (0-1)

25/04/1964                France   1 - 3   Hungary               (0-2)   
23/05/1964               Hungary   2 - 1   France                (1-1)

13/05/1964                Sweden   1 - 1   U.S.S.R.              (0-0)   
27/05/1964              U.S.S.R.   3 - 1   Sweden                (1-0)

Statistics

    Team                      P     W     D     L    GF    GA  GDIF   PTS      %
1   Denmark                   7     4     2     1    19     8   +11    10   71.4
2   Hungary                   6     4     2     0    14     8    +6    10   83.3
3   Spain                     6     4     1     1    16     5   +11     9   75.0
4   Sweden                    6     2     3     1     8     7    +1     7   58.3
5   U.S.S.R.                  4     2     2     0     7     3    +4     6   75.0
6   Bulgaria                  5     3     0     2     7     7     0     6   60.0
7   Ireland                   6     2     2     2     9    12    -3     6   50.0
8   Italy                     4     2     1     1     8     3    +5     5   62.5
9   Northern_Ireland          4     2     1     1     5     2    +3     5   62.5
10  France                    6     2     1     3    11    10    +1     5   41.7
11  Yugoslavia                4     2     1     1     6     5    +1     5   62.5
12  Luxembourg                5     1     3     1     8     8     0     5   50.0
13  Netherlands               4     1     2     1     6     5    +1     4   50.0
14  East_Germany              4     1     2     1     7     7     0     4   50.0
15  Portugal                  3     1     0     2     4     5    -1     2   33.3
16  Albania                   2     1     0     1     1     4    -3     2   50.0
17  Romania                   2     1     0     1     3     7    -4     2   50.0
18  Austria                   2     0     1     1     2     3    -1     1   25.0
19  Czechoslovakia            2     0     1     1     2     3    -1     1   25.0
20  Iceland                   2     0     1     1     3     5    -2     1   25.0
21  Switzerland               2     0     1     1     2     4    -2     1   25.0
22  Wales                     2     0     1     1     2     4    -2     1   25.0
23  Norway                    2     0     1     1     1     3    -2     1   25.0
24  England                   2     0     1     1     3     6    -3     1   25.0
25  Belgium                   2     0     0     2     2     4    -2     0    0.0
26  Poland                    2     0     0     2     0     4    -4     0    0.0
27  Malta                     2     0     0     2     2     9    -7     0    0.0
28  Turkey                    2     0     0     2     0     7    -7     0    0.0

1964 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP - FRANCE

Semi Finals

17/06/1964                 Spain   2 - 1   Hungary               (1-0)    AET (FT: 1-1)

17/06/1964              U.S.S.R.   3 - 0   Denmark               (2-0)

3rd/4th Playoff

20/06/1964               Hungary   3 - 1   Denmark               (1-0)    AET (FT: 1-1)

Final

21/06/1964                 Spain   2 - 1   U.S.S.R.              (1-1)


1 Spain
2 U.S.S.R.
3 Hungary
4 Denmark

Statistics

    Team                      P     W     D     L    GF    GA  GDIF   PTS      %
1   Spain                     2     2     0     0     4     2    +2     4  100.0
2   U.S.S.R.                  2     1     0     1     4     2    +2     2   50.0
3   Hungary                   2     1     0     1     4     3    +1     2   50.0
4   Denmark                   2     0     0     2     1     6    -5     0    0.0

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Tournament Statistics

Top goalscorers
2 Goals: Jesus Maria Pereda (Spain), Ferenc Bene (Hungary), Dezso Novak (Hungary)

Fastest goal
6 Minutes: Jesus Maria Pereda (Spain vs USSR)

Average goals
3.25 per game

EURO' 1964 LEGENDS


Jose Angel Iribar Spain	Ferenc Bene Hungary	Florian Albert Hungary	Valery Voronin U.S.S.R.	Amaro V. Amancio Spain

Luis Suarez Spain	Valentin Ivanov U.S.S.R.

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