1960 European Nations' Cup qualifying preliminary round

1960 European Nations' Cup
Preliminary round

Event	1960 European Nations' Cup qualifying
Republic of Ireland Czechoslovakia 2 4
Czechoslovakia advanced to the Round of 16
First leg
Republic of Ireland Czechoslovakia 2 0
Date	5 April 1959
Venue	Dalymount Park, Dublin
Referee	Lucien Van Nuffel (Belgium)
Attendance	37,500
Second leg
Czechoslovakia Republic of Ireland 4 0
Date	10 May 1959
Venue	Tehelné pole, Bratislava
Referee	Joseph Barbéran (France)
Attendance	41,691

The 1960 European Nations' Cup qualifying preliminary round was the first round of qualifying competition for 1960 European Nations' Cup. They tie was contested by the Republic of Ireland and Czechoslovakia, as they were selected to play each other. The first leg was played on 5 April 1959, and won by the Republic of Ireland 2–0. Czechoslovakia won the return leg 4–0 on 10 May 1959, and therefore Czechoslovakia won 4–2 on aggregate. As winners, Czechoslovakia entered the round of 16 with the fifteen nations that had received a bye.

Because some of the matches of the round of 16 had already taken place when the matches of the preliminary round did, Republic of Ireland vs Czechoslovakia was not actually the first ever European Championship qualifying match (Soviet Union vs Hungary was), nor was the Republic of Ireland the first team to ever be eliminated from a European Championship (Greece was).

Overview

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Republic of Ireland	2–4	Czechoslovakia	2–0	0–4

Czechoslovakia and the Republic of Ireland were randomly chosen to compete to enter the round of 16. The match was played over two legs, home and away, with the winner on aggregate advancing. The matches took place in April and May 1959.

First leg

Republic of Ireland  v  Czechoslovakia

5 April 1959 15:30 CET

Republic of Ireland	2–0	Czechoslovakia
Tuohy  22' Cantwell  42' (pen.)	Report

Dalymount Park, Dublin Attendance: 37,500 Referee: Lucien Van Nuffel (Belgium)

Republic of Ireland

Czechoslovakia

GK 1 Jimmy O'Neill RB 2 Brendan McNally LB 3 Noel Cantwell (c) RH 6 Pat Saward CH 5 Charlie Hurley LH 4 Mick McGrath OR 7 Alf Ringstead IR 8 Tommy Hamilton CF 9 Christy Doyle IR 10 George Cummins OL 11 Liam Tuohy Manager: Johnny Carey & Selection Committee

GK 1 Imrich Stacho RB 4 Gustáv Mráz  23' LB 2 Jiří Tichý RH 5 Svatopluk Pluskal (c) CH 3 Ján Popluhár LH 6 Titus Buberník OR 7 Jan Brumovský IR 8 Anton Moravčík CF 9 Ladislav Kačáni IL 10 Pavol Molnár OL 11 Tadeusz Kraus Substitutions: DF 12 Jiří Hildebrandt  23' Manager: Rudolf Vytlačil

Second leg

Czechoslovakia  v  Republic of Ireland

10 May 1959 16:00 CET

Czechoslovakia	4–0	Republic of Ireland
Stacho  3' (pen.) Buberník  57' Pavlovič  67' Dolinský  75'	Report

Tehelné pole, Bratislava Attendance: 41,691 Referee: Joseph Barbéran (France)

Czechoslovakia

Republic of Ireland

GK 1 Imrich Stacho RB 2 Jiří Tichý LB 4 Ladislav Novák (c) RH 5 Štefan Matlák CH 3 Ján Popluhár LH 6 Titus Buberník OR 7 Ladislav Pavlovič IR 8 Adolf Scherer CF 10 Ladislav Kačáni IL 9 Vlastimil Bubník OL 11 Milan Dolinský Manager: Rudolf Vytlačil

GK 1 Jimmy O'Neill RB 2 Dick Whittaker LB 3 Noel Cantwell (c) RH 4 Frank O'Farrell CH 5 Charlie Hurley LH 6 Mick McGrath OR 7 Alf Ringstead IR 8 Tommy Hamilton CF 9 Arthur Fitzsimons IR 10 George Cummins OL 11 Liam Tuohy Manager: Johnny Carey & Selection Committee

References

• "1960 European Nations' Cup". uefa.com. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
• "1960 European Nations' Cup". rsssf.com. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
• Robinson, J. (1996). The European Football Championships 1958-1996. Soccer Book Publishing. ISBN 0-947808-69-8.

External links

• 1960 European Nations' Cup qualifying preliminary round