Football at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's European Qualifiers – Group 1

The 1964 Summer Olympics football qualification – Europe Group 1 was one of the five European groups in the Summer Olympics football qualification tournament to decide which teams would qualify for the 1964 Summer Olympics football finals tournament in Japan.^[1] Group 1 consisted of five teams: Albania, Bulgaria, Denmark, Luxembourg and Romania. The teams played home-and-away knockout matches. Romania qualified for the Summer Olympics football finals after defeating Bulgaria 3–1 on aggregate in the second round.

Summary

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Preliminary round
Albania	0–2	Bulgaria	0–1	0–1
First round
Bulgaria	w/o	Luxembourg	—	—
Denmark	5–5	Romania	2–3	3–2
First round play-off
Denmark	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Romania
Second round
Romania	3–1	Bulgaria	2–1	1–0

Preliminary round

2 June 1963

Albania	0–1	Bulgaria
	Report	Dimitrov 37'

Stadiumi Kombëtar Qemal Stafa, Tirana

Attendance: 15,000^[2]

Referee: Lajos Horváth (Hungary)

16 June 1963

Bulgaria	1–0	Albania
Kotkov 30'	Report

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 25,200^[3]

Referee: Dimosthenis Stathatos (Greece)

Bulgaria won 2–0 on aggregate and advanced to the first round.

First round

Bulgaria	Cancelled	Luxembourg

Luxembourg	Cancelled	Bulgaria

Bulgaria won on walkover and advanced to the second round.

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23 June 1963

13:30 UTC+1

Denmark	2–3	Romania
Bruun 17' Enoksen 59' (pen.)	Report

Københavns Idrætspark, Copenhagen

Attendance: 34,000^[4]

Referee: Albert Guinnard (Switzerland)

3 November 1963

14:15 UTC+2

Romania	2–3	Denmark
	Report	Thorst 1', 9' Bertelsen 17'

Stadionul 23 August, Bucharest

Attendance: 60,000^[5]

Referee: Konstantin Zečević (Yugoslavia)

Play-off

28 November 1963

14:30 UTC+1

Denmark	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Romania
Thorst 84'	Report

Stadio Comunale, Turin

Attendance: 3,000^[6]

Referee: Giulio Campanati (Italy)

Romania won the play-off and advanced to the second round.

Second round

3 May 1964

Romania	2–1	Bulgaria
	Report	Kotkov 87'

Stadionul 23 August, Bucharest

Attendance: 50,000^[7]

Referee: Michel Kitabdjian (France)

31 May 1964

Bulgaria	0–1	Romania
	Report

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 50,000^[8]

Referee: Dries van Leeuwen (Netherlands)

Romania won 3–1 on aggregate and qualified for the Summer Olympics.

Goalscorers

There were 19 goals scored in 7 matches, for an average of 2.71 goals per match.

3 goals

• Kjeld Thorst

2 goals

• Nikola Kotkov

1 goal

• Panteley Dimitrov
• Carl Bertelsen
• Palle Bruun
• Henning Enoksen

References

1. "Games of the XVII. Olympiad – Football Qualifying Tournament – (Tokyo, Japan, 1964): EUROPE". RSSSF. 27 July 2021.
2. "Albania vs Bulgaria international football match report". eu-football.info. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
3. "Bulgaria vs Albania international football match report". eu-football.info. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
4. "Denmark vs Romania* international football match report". eu-football.info. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
5. "Romania* vs Denmark international football match report". eu-football.info. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
6. "Denmark vs Romania* international football match report". eu-football.info. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
7. "Romania* vs Bulgaria international football match report". eu-football.info. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
8. "Bulgaria vs Romania* international football match report". eu-football.info. Retrieved 26 August 2024.