1960 Merdeka Tournament

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1960 Merdeka Tournament
Malaya vs Pakistan on 12 August 1960
Tournament details
Host countryFederation of Malaya
Dates5 August – 14 August
Teams9
Venue1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Malaya
 South Korea
Third place Indonesia
Fourth place Pakistan
Tournament statistics
Matches played18
Goals scored80 (4.44 per match)
← 1959
1961 →

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]

Group stage

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 South Korea 422084+26
 Indonesia 4301169+76
 Hong Kong 420289−14
 South Vietnam 411269−33
 Singapore 4013916−71
Hong Kong 3–1 South Vietnam
Lau Chi Lam 11'
Pang Nin 47'
Wong 65'		 Report Vinh 68'
Referee: Oei Poh Hwa (Malaya)
South Vietnam 2–1 Singapore
Nhung 7'
Vinh 		Report Toth 21' (pen.)
Referee: S. Hayakawa (Japan)
Indonesia 8–3 Singapore
Referee: Boonsong Sam La-Or (Thailand)
South Korea 3–1 Hong Kong
  • Lau Chi-lam 9'
Referee: Haji Ibrahim (Malaya)
South Korea 3–3 Singapore
Referee: T. Nadarajah (Malaya)
Indonesia 3–1 Hong Kong
14'
Sian Liong 33'
Suhendar 52'		 Report Ho Cheng Yau 64'
Referee: S. Hayakawa (Japan)
Hong Kong 3–2 Singapore
Lee Tak Wai 12'
Lau Chi Lam 27'
Samad Abdullah red-colored football 50' (o.g.)		 Report Toth 30'
Rahim 90' (pen.)

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Malaya 3300122+106
 Pakistan 3201102+84
Japan Japan B[a] 310247−32
 Thailand 3003318−150
Malaya 3–0Japan Japan B
Ghani 33', 60'
Arthur 69'		 Report
Referee: Lee Pak Jong (South Korea)
Pakistan 7–0 Thailand
Moosa 16', 70', 72'
Umer 31', 35'
Changezi 33' (pen.)
Jehan 78'		 Report
Malaya 8–2 Thailand
Ghani 14', 24', 50'
Choe 37', 41', 59'
Arthur 66'
Gabrielle 68'		 Report Prathet 13', 75' (pen.)
Referee: Mak Yeung Fai (Hong Kong)
Pakistan 3–1Japan Japan B
 Report
Referee: Mak Yeung Fai (Hong Kong)
Japan B Japan3–1 Thailand
Miyamoto (?)
Sugiyama (?)
Oshima (?)		 Report Phakdiphol (?)
Malaya 1–0 Pakistan
Gabrielle 60' Report

Third place play-off

Indonesia 4–0 Pakistan
 Report

Final

Squads

Players sorted by jersey numbers.[5]

Malaya

Head coach:

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 Sexton Lourdes 1931 (aged 29) Selangor FA
2 Yee Seng Choy Selangor FA
3 Ng Mun Keal Selangor FA
4 Mok Wai Hong Negeri Sembilan FA
5 Pang Siang Teik Penang FA
6 Edwin C. Dutton (captain) (1928-03-30)30 March 1928 (aged 32) Selangor FA
7 Govindarajoo Selangor FA
8 Arthur Koh 1936 (aged 24) Selangor FA
9 Robert Choe (1940-01-13)13 January 1940 (aged 20) Malacca FA
10 Abdul Ghani Minhat (1935-11-23)23 November 1935 (aged 24) Selangor FA
11 Stanley Gabrielle Selangor FA
12 Abdullah Yeop Noordin (1941-03-07)7 March 1941 (aged 19) Selangor FA
13 Wong Kim Seng Perak FA
14 Nordin Armed Forces FA
15 M. Joseph 1934 (age 26) Negeri Sembilan FA
16 Ng Boon Bee (1937-12-17)17 December 1937 (aged 22) Perak FA
17 P.A. Gunasegaran Perak FA
18 Teh Cheng Lee Selangor FA

Japan B

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: Pakistan Sheikh Shaheb Ali

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Muhammad Siddiq Pakistan Balochistan
12 1GK Ghulam Hussain Pakistan Karachi
2 2DF Muhammad Irshad Pakistan Pakistan Army
3 2DF Qayyum Changezi (captain) Pakistan Balochistan
13 2DF Niamat Ullah Durrani Pakistan Punjab
4 3MF Abid Hussain Ghazi Pakistan Karachi
5 3MF Masoodul Hassan Butt Pakistan Punjab
6 3MF Abdul Ghafoor Pakistan Karachi
14 3MF Hussain Killer Pakistan Karachi
15 3MF Ghulam Sabir Pakistan Pakistan Railways
7 4FW Ghulam Rabbani Pakistan East Pakistan
8 4FW Kabir Ahmed Pakistan East Pakistan
9 4FW Muhammad Umer Pakistan Karachi
10 4FW Abdullah Rahi Pakistan East Pakistan
11 4FW Moosa Ghazi Pakistan Karachi
16 4FW M.N. Jehan Pakistan Punjab
17 4FW Muhammad Haroon Pakistan Karachi

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

Post-tournament

After the conclusion of the tournament. The AFC conducted a trial match to form a proposed Asian All-Stars XI which was to tour Europe, which ultimately never materialised.[6]

  • Central Zone:

Duc (South Vietnam) and Sexton Lourdes (Malaya), Yee Seng Choy (Malaya), Cut (South Vietnam), Ti (South Vietnam), Bon (South Vietnam), Lee Kok Seng (Singapore), Fattah Hidajat (Singapore), Edwin C. Dutton (Malaya), Vichit Yam-Boonruang (Thailand), Stanley Gabrielle (Malaya), Abdul Ghani Minhat (Malaya), Vinh (South Vietnam), Ron (South Vietnam), Quah Kim Swee (Singapore), Phwa Sian Liong (Indonesia), Omo Suratmo (Indonesia), Suchat (Thailand)

  • Eastern/Western Zone:

Pak Sang Hoon (South Korea), Tsukasa Hosaka (Japan), Sim Keun Taik (South Korea), Qayyum Changezi (Pakistan), Lee Kwoh Wah (Hong Kong), Oum Kyun Jin (South Korea), Kung Wah Kit (Hong Kong), Abid Hussain Ghazi (Pakistan), Hussain Killer (Pakistan), Hiroshi Saeki (Japan), Ghulam Rabbani (Pakistan, Lau Chi Lam (Hong Kong) Pak Kyung Hwa (South Korea), Chung Soon Chun (South Korea), Leung Wai Hung (Hong Kong), Ho Cheng Yau (Hong Kong), Ryūichi Sugiyama (Japan), Moosa Ghazi (Pakistan)

References

  1. "Merdeka Tournament 1960". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 2024-09-21.
  2. The Japan Times 1960-08-17: Iss 22111. Internet Archive. The Japan Times, Ltd. 1960-08-17.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  3. "代表TIMELINE | SAMURAI BLUE サッカー日本代表| 日本サッカー協会". samuraiblue.jp. Retrieved 2026-03-22.
  4. "Soccer D.B. 歴代日本代表 1960年試合結果・選手出場記録". Soccer D.B. JAPAN (in Japanese). Retrieved 2026-03-22.
  5. "MERDEKA SCCER: THE FULL PROGRAMME AND TEAMS The Straits Times, 5 August 1960, Page 15". eresources.nlb.gov.sg.
  6. "The Straits Times, 11 August 1960, Page 13".

Notes

  1. Japan did not send their main national team, which departed for a European tour at the same time.[2][3][4]