1961 INTERNATIONAL MATCHES Matches are sorted by continent, and then chronologically; if both teams were from the same continent, the match is listed in the section for that continent. If the teams were from different continents, the match is listed in the 'Intercontinental' section. Also, there is a section of unofficial international matches, named 'Other Matches'. Tournaments (with link to relevant RSSSF page): Tournaments | Intercontinental | Africa | Asia | Europe | North and Central America and Caribbean |
Oceania | South America | Other Matches. Adam Shield 1961 (Faroe Islands, 20/08/1961) African Nations Cup 1962 Qualifying (??/??/1961 - 10/12/1961) Aga Khan Gold Cup 1961 (East Pakistan, ??/10/1961 - ??/10/1961) Arab Games 1961 (Morocco, 03/09/1961 - 10/09/1961) Bolivarian Games 1961 (Colombia, 03/12/1961 - 16/12/1961) British Championship 1960-1961 (08/10/1960 - 15/04/1961) British Championship 1961-1962 (07/10/1961 - 14/04/1962) CCCF Championship 1961 (Costa Rica, 02/03/1961 - 19/03/1961) Copa Bernardo O'Higgins 1961 (Chile, 07/05/1961 - 11/05/1961) Copa Oswaldo Cruz 1961 (Paraguay, 30/04/1961 - 03/05/1961) Gossage Cup 1961 (Kenya, ??/??/1961 - ??/??/1961) Jeux de l'Amitié 1961 (Ivory Coast, 24/12/1961 - 31/12/1961) Merdeka Tournament 1961 (Malaya, 02/08/1961 - 13/08/1961) Nordic Championship 1960-1963 (26/05/1960 - 06/10/1963) South East Asian Peninsula Games 1961 (Burma, 11/12/1961 - 16/12/1961) World Cup 1962 Qualifying (16/07/1960 - 16/12/1961)
INTERCONTINENTAL Tournaments | Intercontinental | Africa | Asia | Europe | North and Central America and Caribbean |
Oceania | South America | Other Matches. Details. Date Venue Team 1 Score Team 2 Competition Notes 05/02/1961 Bogotá Colombia 2-0 USA 17/02/1961 Cairo UAR 0-2 Hungary 14/03/1961 Ramat-Gan Israel 1-0 Ethiopia World Cup Qual 19/03/1961 Ramat-Gan Ethiopia 2-3 Israel World Cup Qual 19/03/1961 Ciudad de Panamá Panama 0-0 Paraguay 26/03/1961 Santiago Chile 3-1 West Germany 19/04/1961 Amsterdam Netherlands 1-2 Mexico 29/04/1961 Ostrava Czechoslovakia 2-1 Mexico 10/05/1961 London England 8-0 Mexico 13/05/1961 Kuala Lumpur Malaya 2-4 England FA XI 16/05/1961 Bergen Norway 1-1 Mexico 17/05/1961 Singapore Singapore 0-9 England FA XI 21/05/1961 Hong Kong Hong Kong 2-4 England FA XI 04/06/1961 Oeiras Portugal 0-2 Argentina 05/06/1961 Wellington New Zealand 0-8 England XI 10/06/1961 Auckland New Zealand 1-6 England XI 11/06/1961 Sevilla Spain 2-0 Argentina 15/06/1961 Firenze Italy 4-1 Argentina 18/06/1961 Beograd Yugoslavia 3-2 Morocco 19/06/1961 Brno Czechoslovakia 3-3 Argentina 21/06/1961 Erfurt East Germany 1-2 Morocco 24/06/1961 Moskva USSR 0-0 Argentina 03/09/1961 Casablanca UAR 13-0 Saudi Arabia Arab Games 03/09/1961 Casablanca Morocco 1-0 Lebanon Arab Games 03/09/1961 Casablanca Libya 2-2 Kuwait Arab Games 04/09/1961 Casablanca UAR 8-0 Kuwait Arab Games 06/09/1961 Casablanca Morocco 13-1 Saudi Arabia Arab Games 08/09/1961 Casablanca Morocco 3-1 Kuwait Arab Games 08/09/1961 Casablanca UAR 4-0 Lebanon Arab Games 08/09/1961 Casablanca Libya 5-1 Saudi Arabia Arab Games 10/09/1961 Casablanca Lebanon 2-3 Libya Arab Games 08/10/1961 Beograd Yugoslavia 5-1 South Korea World Cup Qual 11/10/1961 Lausanne Switzerland XI 8-1 Morocco 15/10/1961 Ramat-Gan Israel 2-4 Italy World Cup Qual 18/10/1961 Ankara Turkey 1-0 South Korea 22/10/1961 Ramat-Gan Israel 1-1 South Korea 29/10/1961 Ciudad de México Mexico 1-0 Paraguay World Cup Qual 04/11/1961 Torino Italy 6-0 Israel World Cup Qual 05/11/1961 Asunción Paraguay 0-0 Mexico World Cup Qual 09/11/1961 Leeds England U23 7-1 Israel 12/11/1961 Casablanca Morocco 0-1 Spain World Cup Qual 18/11/1961 Buenos Aires Argentina 1-2 USSR 22/11/1961 Santiago Chile 0-1 USSR 23/11/1961 Madrid Spain 3-2 Morocco World Cup Qual 26/11/1961 Seoul South Korea 1-3 Yugoslavia World Cup Qual 28/11/1961 Tokyo Japan 0-1 Yugoslavia or 29/11 ? 29/11/1961 Montevideo Uruguay 1-2 USSR 02/12/1961 Hong Kong Hong Kong 1-2 Yugoslavia 04/12/1961 Barranquilla Venezuela 6-2 Panama Bolivarian G 07/12/1961 Jakarta Indonesia 1-5 Yugoslavia 09/12/1961 Santiago Chile 5-1 Hungary 10/12/1961 Casablanca Morocco 2-0 East Germany 12/12/1961 Barranquilla Venezuela 3-0 Panama Bolivarian G 13/12/1961 Santiago Chile 0-0 Hungary 14/12/1961 Ramat-Gan Israel 0-2 Yugoslavia 23/12/1961 Montevideo Uruguay 1-1 Hungary 31/12/1961 Abidjan Ivory Coast 2-3 France Amateur Jeux Amitié or 30/12 ?
AFRICA Tournaments | Intercontinental | Africa | Asia | Europe | North and Central America and Caribbean |
Oceania | South America | Other Matches. Details. Date Venue Team 1 Score Team 2 Competition Notes ??/??/1961 Mombasa Kenya 10-0 Zanzibar Gossage or 11-0 ? ??/??/1961 Mombasa Kenya 2-1 Uganda Gossage ??/??/1961 Ethiopia 6-1 Kenya ANC 1962 Qual ??/??/1961 Kenya 5-4 Ethiopia ANC 1962 Qual ??/??/1961 Zanzibar 1-2 Uganda ANC 1962 Qual ??/??/1961 Uganda 2-0 Zanzibar ANC 1962 Qual 22/01/1961 Palermo Morocco 1-1 Tunisia World Cup Qual Morocco won on coin toss 02/04/1961 Accra Ghana 0-0 Morocco World Cup Qual 08/04/1961 Nigeria 0-0 Ghana ANC 1962 Qual 30/04/1961 Ghana 2-2 Nigeria ANC 1962 Qual Nigeria won on lots 28/05/1961 Casablanca Morocco 1-0 Ghana World Cup Qual 01/06/1961 Ghana 3-0 Nigeria ??/??/1961 Kenya 0-1 Uganda ANC 1962 Qual ??/??/1961 Uganda 0-1 Kenya ANC 1962 Qual Uganda won on lots 04/09/1961 Casablanca Morocco 6-2 Libya Arab Games 06/09/1961 Casablanca UAR 2-1 Libya Arab Games 10/09/1961 Casablanca Morocco 2-2 UAR Arab Games Match abandoned 28/11/1961 Lagos Nigeria 2-1 Tunisia ANC 1962 Qual 10/12/1961 Tunis Tunisia 2-2 Nigeria ANC 1962 Qual Match abandoned 17/12/1961 Accra Ghana 5-1 Nigeria or 15/12 ? 31/12/1961 Abidjan Dahomey 4-3 Senegal Jeux Amitié
ASIA Tournaments | Intercontinental | Africa | Asia | Europe | North and Central America and Caribbean |
Oceania | South America | Other Matches. Details. Date Venue Team 1 Score Team 2 Competition Notes 28/05/1961 Tokyo Japan 3-2 Malaya 11/06/1961 Tokyo Japan 0-2 South Korea World Cup Qual 02/08/1961 Malaya 3-2 Japan Merdeka 02/08/1961 Indonesia 1-0 Singapore Merdeka 03/08/1961 South Vietnam 2-1 India Merdeka 03/08/1961 South Korea XI 3-1 Thailand Merdeka 04/08/1961 Indonesia 2-2 Hong Kong Merdeka 05/08/1961 Malaya 3-1 South Vietnam Merdeka 05/08/1961 Singapore 1-0 South Korea XI Merdeka 06/08/1961 Japan 3-1 India Merdeka 06/08/1961 Hong Kong 2-1 Thailand Merdeka 08/08/1961 South Korea XI 1-1 Hong Kong Merdeka 09/08/1961 Malaya 1-2 India Merdeka 09/08/1961 Indonesia 2-1 Thailand Merdeka 10/08/1961 South Vietnam 3-2 Japan Merdeka 10/08/1961 Singapore 4-3 Hong Kong Merdeka 11/08/1961 Singapore 5-3 Thailand Merdeka 12/08/1961 Indonesia 1-1 South Korea XI Merdeka 13/08/1961 South Vietnam 2-1 Singapore Merdeka 13/08/1961 Malaya 1-2 Indonesia Merdeka 15/08/1961 Singapore Indonesia 2-0 Japan 04/09/1961 Casablanca Lebanon 7-1 Saudi Arabia Arab Games 06/09/1961 Casablanca Lebanon 4-0 Kuwait Arab Games 10/09/1961 Casablanca Kuwait 0-1 Saudi Arabia Arab Games 28/10/1961 Burma 0-3 South Korea 04/11/1961 Thailand 1-4 South Korea 11/12/1961 Rangoon South Vietnam 0-0 Thailand SEAP Games 11/12/1961 Rangoon Burma 4-0 Cambodia SEAP Games 12/12/1961 Rangoon South Vietnam 7-0 Laos SEAP Games 12/12/1961 Rangoon Malaya 4-0 Cambodia SEAP Games 13/12/1961 Rangoon Thailand 5-2 Laos SEAP Games 13/12/1961 Rangoon Burma 1-2 Malaya SEAP Games 14/12/1961 Rangoon Malaya 2-2 Thailand SEAP Games Malaya won on lots 14/12/1961 Rangoon Burma 2-1 South Vietnam SEAP Games 16/12/1961 Rangoon South Vietnam 1-1 Thailand SEAP Games 16/12/1961 Rangoon Burma 0-2 Malaya SEAP Games
EUROPE Tournaments | Intercontinental | Africa | Asia | Europe | North and Central America and Caribbean |
Oceania | South America | Other Matches. Details. Date Venue Team 1 Score Team 2 Competition Notes 22/02/1961 Enschede Netherlands 4-0 Romania XI 08/03/1961 Frankfurt West Germany 1-0 Belgium 09/03/1961 Jambes Belgium B 3-0 Luxembourg 15/03/1961 Paris France 1-1 Belgium 19/03/1961 Oeiras Portugal 6-0 Luxembourg World Cup Qual 22/03/1961 Rotterdam Netherlands 6-2 Belgium 26/03/1961 Praha Czechoslovakia 2-1 Sweden 02/04/1961 Madrid Spain 2-0 France 12/04/1961 Belfast Northern Ireland 1-5 Wales British 60-61 12/04/1961 Basel Switzerland XI 0-5 Austria 15/04/1961 London England 9-3 Scotland British 60-61 16/04/1961 Budapest Hungary 2-0 East Germany World Cup Qual 19/04/1961 Cardiff Wales 1-2 Spain World Cup Qual 25/04/1961 Bologna Italy 3-2 Northern Ireland 30/04/1961 Rotterdam Netherlands 0-3 Hungary World Cup Qual 30/04/1961 Luxembourg Luxembourg 1-2 Italy Semi-Pro 03/05/1961 Athinai Greece 2-1 Northern Ireland World Cup Qual 03/05/1961 Glasgow Scotland 4-1 Ireland World Cup Qual 07/05/1961 Dublin Ireland 0-3 Scotland World Cup Qual 07/05/1961 Beograd Yugoslavia 2-4 Hungary 10/05/1961 West-Berlin West Germany 2-1 Northern Ireland World Cup Qual 11/05/1961 Longwyhaut France Amateur 4-1 Luxembourg 14/05/1961 Leipzig East Germany 1-1 Netherlands World Cup Qual 14/05/1961 Bratislava Czechoslovakia 4-0 Scotland World Cup Qual 14/05/1961 Ankara Turkey 0-1 Romania 18/05/1961 Madrid Spain 1-1 Wales World Cup Qual 20/05/1961 Lausanne Switzerland 2-1 Belgium World Cup Qual 21/05/1961 Oeiras Portugal 1-1 England World Cup Qual 21/05/1961 Warszawa Poland 1-0 USSR 24/05/1961 Roma Italy 2-3 England 27/05/1961 Wien Austria 3-1 England 28/05/1961 Stockholm Sweden 4-0 Switzerland World Cup Qual 28/05/1961 København Denmark 1-1 East Germany 28/05/1961 Budapest Hungary 3-2 Wales 28/05/1961 Luzern Switzerland B 4-2 Luxembourg 01/06/1961 Oslo Norway 0-1 Turkey World Cup Qual 04/06/1961 Beograd Yugoslavia 2-1 Poland World Cup Qual 10/06/1961 Modena Italy Semi-Pro 1-0 Luxembourg 11/06/1961 Budapest Hungary 1-2 Austria 16/06/1961 Helsinki Finland 0-2 Bulgaria World Cup Qual 18/06/1961 Moskva USSR 1-0 Turkey World Cup Qual 18/06/1961 København Denmark 1-2 Sweden Nordic 18/06/1961 Gzira Malta 0-3 Italy C 19/06/1961 Reykjavík Iceland 4-3 Netherlands Amat. 25/06/1961 Chorzów Poland 1-1 Yugoslavia World Cup Qual 27/06/1961 Helsinki Finland 4-1 Norway Nordic 01/07/1961 Moskva USSR 5-2 Norway World Cup Qual 09/08/1961 Norrköping Sweden 4-0 Finland Nordic 23/08/1961 Oslo Norway 0-3 USSR World Cup Qual 06/09/1961 Wuppertal West Germany B 3-0 Luxembourg 10/09/1961 Ost-Berlin East Germany 2-3 Hungary World Cup Qual 10/09/1961 Moskva USSR 0-1 Austria 16/09/1961 High Wycombe England Amateur 1-0 Iceland 17/09/1961 Oslo Norway 0-4 Denmark Nordic 20/09/1961 Düsseldorf West Germany 5-1 Denmark 26/09/1961 Glasgow Scotland 3-2 Czechoslovakia World Cup Qual 28/09/1961 Paris France 5-1 Finland World Cup Qual 28/09/1961 London England 4-1 Luxembourg World Cup Qual 04/10/1961 Bruxelles-Ville Belgium 0-2 Sweden World Cup Qual 07/10/1961 Belfast Northern Ireland 1-6 Scotland British 61-62 08/10/1961 Luxembourg Luxembourg 4-2 Portugal World Cup Qual 08/10/1961 Dublin Ireland 1-3 Czechoslovakia World Cup Qual 08/10/1961 Wien Austria 2-1 Hungary 08/10/1961 Warszawa Poland 0-2 West Germany 08/10/1961 Bucureşti Romania 4-0 Turkey 14/10/1961 Cardiff Wales 1-1 England British 61-62 15/10/1961 København Denmark 9-1 Finland Nordic 17/10/1961 Belfast Northern Ireland 2-0 Greece World Cup Qual 18/10/1961 Bruxelles-Ville Belgium 3-0 France 22/10/1961 Augsburg West Germany 2-1 Greece World Cup Qual 22/10/1961 Budapest Hungary 3-3 Netherlands World Cup Qual 22/10/1961 Göteborg Sweden 2-0 Norway Nordic 22/10/1961 Wrocław Poland 3-1 East Germany 25/10/1961 London England 2-0 Portugal World Cup Qual 29/10/1961 Bern Switzerland 3-2 Sweden World Cup Qual 29/10/1961 Sofiya Bulgaria 3-1 Finland World Cup Qual 29/10/1961 İstanbul Turkey 2-1 Norway World Cup Qual 29/10/1961 Praha Czechoslovakia 7-1 Ireland World Cup Qual 05/11/1961 Gzira Malta 1-1 Norway 05/11/1961 Chorzów Poland 5-0 Denmark 08/11/1961 Glasgow Scotland 2-0 Wales British 61-62 12/11/1961 West-Berlin Switzerland 2-1 Sweden World Cup Qual 12/11/1961 Sofiya Bulgaria 1-0 France World Cup Qual 12/11/1961 İstanbul Turkey 1-2 USSR World Cup Qual 12/11/1961 Amsterdam Netherlands 0-4 Belgium 12/11/1961 Turnhout Belgium B 2-1 Luxembourg 19/11/1961 Zagreb Yugoslavia 2-1 Austria 22/11/1961 London England 1-1 Northern Ireland British 61-62 29/11/1961 Bruxelles-Ville Czechoslovakia 4-2 Scotland World Cup Qual AET 10/12/1961 Paris France 1-1 Spain 10/12/1961 Esch-sur-Alzette Luxembourg 0-2 France B 16/12/1961 Milano Bulgaria 1-0 France World Cup Qual 24/12/1961 Bruxelles-Ville Belgium 4-0 Bulgaria
NORTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN Tournaments | Intercontinental | Africa | Asia | Europe | North and Central America and Caribbean |
Oceania | South America | Other Matches. Details. Date Venue Team 1 Score Team 2 Competition Notes ??/??/1961 Jamaica 5-0 Dutch Guiana 14/01/1961 Cd. de Guatemala Costa Rica 1-0 Honduras World Cup Qual 02/03/1961 San José Haiti 2-1 Cuba CCCF 03/03/1961 San José Netherlands Antil. 2-1 Nicaragua CCCF 05/03/1961 San José Costa Rica 4-1 Cuba CCCF 06/03/1961 San José Guatemala 2-0 Panama CCCF 06/03/1961 San José El Salvador 0-0 Netherlands Antil. CCCF 07/03/1961 San José Haiti 3-1 Panama CCCF 08/03/1961 San José Costa Rica 6-1 Panama CCCF 08/03/1961 San José Guatemala 2-0 Cuba CCCF 09/03/1961 San José Honduras 4-2 Netherlands Antil. CCCF 10/03/1961 San José El Salvador 10-2 Nicaragua CCCF 11/03/1961 San José Costa Rica 3-0 Haiti CCCF 11/03/1961 San José Panama 1-0 Cuba CCCF 12/03/1961 San José El Salvador 1-0 Honduras CCCF 13/03/1961 San José Honduras 6-0 Nicaragua CCCF 14/03/1961 San José Haiti 3-1 Guatemala CCCF 14/03/1961 San José Costa Rica 4-2 Guatemala CCCF 15/03/1961 San José Costa Rica 3-0 Honduras CCCF 15/03/1961 San José El Salvador 2-0 Haiti CCCF 17/03/1961 San José Costa Rica 4-0 El Salvador CCCF 17/03/1961 San José Honduras 2-0 Haiti CCCF 19/03/1961 San José El Salvador 5-1 Honduras CCCF 19/03/1961 San José Costa Rica 8-0 Haiti CCCF 22/03/1961 San José Costa Rica 1-0 Mexico World Cup Qual 22/03/1961 Ciudad de Panamá Panama 0-3 Haiti 23/03/1961 Ciudad de Panamá Panama 0-2 Haiti 29/03/1961 San José Costa Rica 6-0 Netherlands Antil. World Cup Qual ??/04/1961 Martinique 2-2 Guadeloupe 05/04/1961 Ciudad de México Mexico 7-0 Netherlands Antil. World Cup Qual 12/04/1961 Ciudad de México Mexico 4-1 Costa Rica World Cup Qual 23/04/1961 Willemstad Netherlands Antil. 2-0 Costa Rica World Cup Qual ??/05/1961 Guadeloupe 3-1 Martinique 21/05/1961 Willemstad Netherlands Antil. 0-0 Mexico World Cup Qual
OCEANIA Tournaments | Intercontinental | Africa | Asia | Europe | North and Central America and Caribbean |
Oceania | South America | Other Matches. Details. Date Venue Team 1 Score Team 2 Competition Notes ??/09/1961 New Caledonia 3-0 Tahiti ??/09/1961 New Caledonia 2-2 Tahiti ??/09/1961 New Caledonia 2-1 Tahiti
SOUTH AMERICA Tournaments | Intercontinental | Africa | Asia | Europe | North and Central America and Caribbean |
Oceania | South America | Other Matches. Details. Date Venue Team 1 Score Team 2 Competition Notes 19/03/1961 Chile 5-2 Peru 30/04/1961 Bogotá Colombia 1-0 Peru World Cup Qual 30/04/1961 Asunción Paraguay 0-2 Brazil Oswaldo Cruz 03/05/1961 Asunción Paraguay 2-3 Brazil Oswaldo Cruz 07/05/1961 Lima Peru 1-1 Colombia World Cup Qual 07/05/1961 Santiago Chile 1-2 Brazil O'Higgins 11/05/1961 Santiago Chile 0-1 Brazil O'Higgins 17/05/1961 Paraguay 0-0 Argentina 29/06/1961 Brazil 3-2 Paraguay 16/07/1960 La Paz Bolivia 1-1 Uruguay World Cup Qual 30/07/1960 Montevideo Uruguay 2-1 Bolivia World Cup Qual 12/10/1961 Argentina 5-1 Paraguay 12/10/1961 Chile 2-3 Uruguay 06/12/1961 Barranquilla Peru XI 2-1 Venezuela Bolivarian G 09/12/1961 Barranquilla Colombia XI 2-2 Venezuela Bolivarian G 10/12/1961 Barranquilla Peru XI 1-0 Venezuela Bolivarian G 14/12/1961 Barranquilla Colombia XI 2-1 Venezuela Bolivarian G
OTHER MATCHES Tournaments | Intercontinental | Africa | Asia | Europe | North and Central America and Caribbean |
Oceania | South America | Other Matches. Details. Date Venue Team 1 Score Team 2 Competition Notes ??/??/1961 Buenos Aires CA Atlanta 1-2 Argentina ??/??/1961 CS Herediano 0-1 Mexico ??/02/1961 Sài Gòn South Vietnam 3-1 BSC Young Boys 15/02/1961 Israel 0-0 Galatasaray SK 17/02/1961 Municipal 2-1 El Salvador 23/02/1961 USSR 1-1 Lokomotiv Tbilisi 01/03/1961 USSR 2-1 Spartak Yerevan 09/03/1961 Feyenoord 2-1 USSR 14/03/1961 GVAV 1-1 USSR 16/03/1961 Sportclub Enschede 1-2 USSR 29/03/1961 Beograd Yugoslavia XI 1-6 Algeria FLN 01/04/1961 South Korea 2-4 Madureira EC 02/04/1961 South Korea 0-2 Madureira EC ??/05/1961 Budapest Hungary XI 2-2 Algeria FLN 04/05/1961 Israel 0-2 Chelsea FC 14/05/1961 USSR 1-0 Lokomotiv Moskva 17/05/1961 USSR 0-1 Aston Villa FC 20/05/1961 Auckland New Zealand 2-1 Auckland XI 25/05/1961 Buenos Aires Argentina 2-0 Foreigners XI 11/06/1961 USSR 2-0 Grêmio FBPA 28/06/1961 Milan Internazionale FC 1-1 Argentina ??/08/1961 Haiti 2-3 AS Monaco 12/08/1961 London Tottenham Hotspur 3-2 England 18/08/1961 USSR 1-3 Leningrad XI 20/08/1961 Tórshavn Faroe Islands 6-1 Shetland Islands Adam Shield 30/08/1961 Moskva Lokomotiv Moskva 6-2 Mali 05/09/1961 Israel 3-3 Juventus FC 20/09/1961 Rotterdam Netherlands 5-0 Saar ??/10/1961 Dhaka Victoria SC 0-2 Indonesia Aga Khan ??/10/1961 Dhaka Indonesia 6-2 Karachi Mun. Cor. Aga Khan ??/10/1961 Dhaka Indonesia 5-0 Pakistan Railways Aga Khan 06/11/1961 USSR 8-0 Armenia XI 03/12/1961 Conakry Guinea 3-3 Lokomotiv Moskva