1960 Merdeka Tournament

The 1960 Merdeka Tournament was the fourth edition of the annual football tournament hosted by Malaya. It took place from August 5 to August 14 with nine participating nations. Malaya and South Korea shared the trophy after finishing the final match by 0–0.^[1]

1960 Merdeka Tournament

Malaya vs Pakistan on 12 August 1960
Tournament details
Host country	Federation of Malaya
Dates	5 August – 14 August
Teams	9
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Malaya  South Korea
Third place	Indonesia
Fourth place	Pakistan
Tournament statistics
Matches played	18
Goals scored	80 (4.44 per match)
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Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
South Korea	4	2	2	0	8	4	+2	6
Indonesia	4	3	0	1	16	9	+7	6
Hong Kong	4	2	0	2	8	9	−1	4
South Vietnam	4	1	1	2	6	9	−3	3
Singapore	4	0	1	3	9	16	−7	1

6 August 1960

Hong Kong	3–1	South Vietnam

Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

Referee: Oei Poh Hwa (Malaya)

6 August 1960

South Korea	2–0	Indonesia
Cha Tae-Sung 33', 64'

Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

Referee: Bahadur Khan (Pakistan)

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7 August 1960

South Vietnam	2–1	Singapore

Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

Referee: S. Hayakawa (Japan)

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8 August 1960

Indonesia	8–3	Singapore
Timisela 27', 28', 46', 49' Soehendar 38', 75' Tee San Liong 53', 80'		Quah Kim Swee 20', 56' Hassan 67'

Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

Referee: Boonsong Sam La-Or (Thailand)

8 August 1960

South Korea	3–1	Hong Kong
Yoo Pan-soon 41' Woo Sang-kwon 60' Yoo Gwang-jun 64' (pen.)		Lau Chi-lam 9'

Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

Referee: Haji Ibrahim (Malaya)

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10 August 1960

South Korea	0–0	South Vietnam

Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

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11 August 1960

South Korea	3–3	Singapore
Woo Sang-kwon 11', 69' Moon Jung-sik 76'		Sahar 20', 61' Ibrahim 57'

Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

Referee: T. Nadarajah (Malaya)

11 August 1960

Indonesia	3–1	Hong Kong

Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

Referee: S. Hayakawa (Japan)

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13 August 1960

Hong Kong	3–2	Singapore

Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

13 August 1960

Indonesia	5–3	South Vietnam
Suratmo 6' (pen.) Tee San Liong 22' Timisela 60', 76'		Trần Văn Đôn 31' Lâm Văn Bốn 51' Tạ Vinh Trạch 67'

Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Malaya	3	3	0	0	12	2	+10	6
Pakistan	3	2	0	1	10	2	+8	4
Japan	3	1	0	2	4	7	−3	2
Thailand	3	0	0	3	3	18	−15	0

5 August 1960

Malaya	3–0	Japan

Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

Referee: Lee Pak Jong (South Korea)

5 August 1960

Pakistan	7–0	Thailand
Moosa 16', 70', 72' Umer 31', 35' Changezi 33' (pen.) Jehan 78'	Report

Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

Referee: Hong Deok-young (South Korea)

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7 August 1960

Malaya	8–2	Thailand

Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

Referee: Mak Yeung Fai (Hong Kong)

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10 August 1960

Pakistan	3–1	Japan
Moosa 46' Sugiyama 70' (o.g.) Jehan 75'	Report	Miyamoto 11'

Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

Referee: Mak Yeung Fai (Hong Kong)

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12 August 1960

Japan	3–1	Thailand

Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

12 August 1960

Malaya	1–0	Pakistan
Gabrielle 60'	Report

Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

Third place play-off

14 August 1960

Indonesia	4–0	Pakistan
Suratmo 51' (pen.), 69', 73' Timisela 64'	Report

Merdeka Tournament

Final

14 August 1960

Malaya	0–0	South Korea
	Report

Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

Referee: Bahadur Khan (Pakistan)

Squads

Players sorted by jersey numbers.^[2]

Malaya

Head coach:

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1		Sexton Lourdes	1931 (aged 29)
2		Yee Seng Choy
3		Ng Mun Keal
4		Mok Wai Hong
5		Pang Siang Teik
6		Edwin C. Dutton (captain)	(1928-03-30)30 March 1928 (aged 32)
7		Govindarajoo
8		Arthur Koh	1936 (aged 24)
9		Robert Choe	(1940-01-13)13 January 1940 (aged 20)
10		Abdul Ghani Minhat	(1935-11-23)23 November 1935 (aged 24)
11		Stanley Gabrielle
12		Abdullah Yeop Noordin	(1941-03-07)7 March 1941 (aged 19)
13		Wong Kim Seng
14		Nordin
15		M. Joseph
16		Ng Boon Bee	(1937-12-17)17 December 1937 (aged 22)
17		P.A. Gunasegaran
18		Teh Cheng Lee

Japan

Head coach:

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1		Tsukasa Hosaka	(1937-03-03)3 March 1937 (aged 23)
2		N. Nishigaki
3		Mitsuo Kamata	(1937-12-16)16 December 1937 (aged 22)
4		Seishiro Shimatani	(1938-11-06)6 November 1938 (aged 21)
5		Y. Yoshida
6		H. Sato
7		H. Suzuki
8		Kosaku Sugimura	(1936-08-08)8 August 1936 (aged 23)
9		M. Mukoyama
10		Hiroshi Saeki	(1936-05-26)26 May 1936 (aged 24)
11		J. Ando
12		S. Chida
13		O. Kanda
14		Teruki Miyamoto	(1940-12-26)26 December 1940 (aged 19)
15		H. Oshima
16		Ryūichi Sugiyama	(1941-07-04)4 July 1941 (aged 19)

Pakistan

Head coach: Sheikh Shaheb Ali

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1		Mohammad Siddiq	1933 (aged 27)
2		Mohammad Irshad
3		Qayyum Changezi (captain)	(1935-12-25)25 December 1935 (aged 24)
4		Abid Ghazi	1934 (aged 26)
5		Masoodul Hassan Butt	1933 (aged 27)
6		Abdul Ghafoor	(1938-08-03)3 August 1938 (aged 22)
7		Ghulam Rabbani	(1936-12-12)12 December 1936 (aged 24)
8		Kabir Ahmed	(1935-02-02)2 February 1935 (aged 25)
9		Muhammad Umer	1935 (aged 25)
10		Abdullah Rahi	1938 (aged 22)
11		Moosa Ghazi	1937 (aged 23)
12		Ghulam Hussain
13		Niamatullah Durrani
14		Mohammad Hussain
15		Ghulam Sabir
16		M.N. Jehan	(1940-04-11)11 April 1940 (aged 20)
17		Mohammad Haroon

Thailand

Head coach:

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1		Lek Amaruktanond
2		Suebswasdi Chanvicha-Sena
3		Suraphol Chaicharoen
4		Suphot Phanich
5		Luen Phan-Ngam
6		Asdang Phanikbutr
7		Vichit Yam-Boonruang
8		Prakob Rasmee-Mala
9		Pipop Singh-Tongvan
10		Suchat Mutukan
11		Tonglor Jaroendej
12		Yanyong Nilpirom
13		Sanong Phakdiphol
14		Parroj Vanichaka
15		Prathet Sutabutr
16		Swang Changchuen
17		Prasith Chaya-Taveep

Hong Kong

Head coach:

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1		Wong Shau Wo
2		Seto You
3		Lee Kwoh Wah
4		J.H. Toledo
5		Kung Wah Kit
6		Chan Chi Kong
7		Au Pang Nin
8		Lau Chi Lam
9		Lau Kai Chiu
10		Ho Cheng Yau (captain)	1933 (aged 27)
11		Leung Wai Hung
12		Kwok Chow Ming
13		Ng Tim Loy
14		Lok Tak Hing
15		Tse Ping Kung
16		Fung Kee Wan
17		Lee Tak Wai

South Vietnam

Head coach:

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1		Duc
2		Ngoc
3		Ti
4		Cut
5		Ty
6		Hiew
7		Ho Tu Myo
8		Thanh
9		Bon
10		Lang
11		Manh
12		Ha-Tam ti Ha
13		Cam
14		Nhung
15		Don Tu Kane
16		Thach
17		Vinh
18		Ron
18		Ngau

South Korea

Head coach:

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1		Ham Heung-chul	(1930-11-17)17 November 1930 (aged 29)
2		Pak Sang Hoon
3		Kim Chong Seark
4		Kim Hong-bok	(1935-03-04)4 March 1935 (aged 25)
5		Sim Keun Taik
6		Son Myung Sup
7		Yoo Kwan Jun
8		Kim Chan-ki	(1931-12-30)30 December 1931 (aged 28)
9		Oum Kyun Jin
10		Yoo Pan Soon
11		Moon Jung-sik	(1930-06-23)23 June 1930 (aged 30)
12		Cha Tae-sung	(1934-10-08)8 October 1934 (aged 25)
13		Woo Sang-kwon	(1926-02-02)2 February 1926 (aged 34)
14		Choi Chung-min	(1930-08-30)30 August 1930 (aged 29)
15		Pak Kyung Hwa
16		Yoo Chung Suk
17		Chung Soon Chun

Indonesia

Head coach:

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1		Joe Etek
4		Phwa Sian Liong	(1931-01-26)26 January 1931 (aged 29)
5		Il Jas
6		Sanpara
7		Fattah Hidajat
8		Idris Mapakaja
9		Rukma Sudjana
10		Zulkifli
12		Omo Suratmo	(1931-02-11)11 February 1931 (aged 29)
13		Manan
14		Piet Timisela
15		Isak Udin
16		Henky Timisela	(1937-11-22)22 November 1937 (aged 22)
17		Soenarto
18		Muslim
19		Hoesein
20		Kaelani
21		Suhendar

Singapore

Head coach:

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1		Wilfred Skinner	(1934-05-31)31 May 1934 (aged 26)
2		Lee Wah Chin
3		Matmoon Sudasee
4		M. Sutton
5		Lee Kok Seng (captain)
6		Osman Johan
7		Ibrahim Hassan
8		Rahim Omar	1934 (aged 26)
9		Mahat Ambu
10		Quah Kim Swee
11		Ibrahim Mansoor
12		Idros Albar
13		Majid Ariff	(1937-06-02)2 June 1937 (aged 23)
14		Ali Samijan
15		Lazlo Toth
16		Umar Rahmat
17		Sahar Hussein
18		Mokhtar Tabri