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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)
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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

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Group A

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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
Hong Kong 3–1 South Vietnam
Referee: Oei Poh Hwa (Malaya)
South Korea 2–0 Indonesia
Referee: Bahadur Khan (Pakistan)
South Vietnam 2–1 Singapore
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 0–0 South Vietnam
South Korea 3–3 Singapore
Referee: T. Nadarajah (Malaya)
Indonesia 3–1 Hong Kong
Referee: S. Hayakawa (Japan)
Hong Kong 3–2 Singapore
Indonesia 5–3 South Vietnam

Group B

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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
Malaya 3–0 Japan
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
Referee: Mak Yeung Fai (Hong Kong)
Pakistan 3–1 Japan
 Report
Referee: Mak Yeung Fai (Hong Kong)
Japan 3–1 Thailand
Malaya 1–0 Pakistan
Gabrielle 60' Report

Third place play-off

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Indonesia 4–0 Pakistan
 Report
Merdeka Tournament

Final

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 Malaya0–0 South Korea
Report
Referee: Bahadur Khan (Pakistan)

Squads

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Players sorted by jersey numbers.[2]

Malaya

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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

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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

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Head coach: Pakistan Sheikh Shaheb Ali

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 Muhammad Siddiq 1933 (aged 27)
2 Muhammad Irshad Pakistan Pakistan Army
3 Qayyum Changezi (captain) (1935-12-25)25 December 1935 (aged 24)
4 Abid Hussain 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 (1936-12-31)31 December 1936 (aged 23)
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 Hussain Killer
15 Ghulam Sabir
16 M.N. Jehan (1940-04-11)11 April 1940 (aged 20)
17 Muhammad Haroon

Thailand

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.[3]

  • 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)

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