{{Infobox International Football Competition | tourney_name = Merdeka Tournament | year = 1960 | othertitles = | image =File:Malaysia vs Pakistan, 1960 Merdeka Tournament.jpg | size = | caption =Malaya vs Pakistan on 12 August 1960 | country = Federation of Malaya | dates = 5 August &ndash; 14 August | num_teams = 9 | venues = 1 | cities = 1 | champion_other = {{fb|Malaya}}<br>{{fb|South Korea}} | count = | second = | third_other = {{fb|Indonesia}} | fourth_other = {{fb|Pakistan}} | matches = 18 | goals = 80 | attendance = | top_scorer = | player = | prevseason = 1959 | nextseason = 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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Merdeka Tournament 1960 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/merdeka60.html |access-date=2024-09-21 |website=www.rsssf.org}}</ref>

== Group stage == === Group A === {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !width=175|Team !width=20|Pld !width=20|W !width=20|D !width=20|L !width=20|GF !width=20|GA !width=20|GD !width=20|Pts |- bgcolor=ccffcc |style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|Korea Republic|1949}} |4||2||2||0||8||4||+2||'''6''' |- |style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|INA}} |4||3||0||1||16||9||+7||'''6''' |- |style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|Hong Kong|1910}} |4||2||0||2||8||9||&minus;1||'''4''' |- |style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|South Vietnam}} |4||1||1||2||6||9||&minus;3||'''3''' |- |style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|SIN}} |4||0||1||3||9||16||&minus;7||'''1''' |}

{{footballbox | date = 6 August 1960 | time = | team1 = {{fb-rt|Hong Kong|1910}} | score = 3&ndash;1 | report = https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19600807-1.2.128 | team2 = {{fb|South Vietnam}} | goals1 = Lau Chi Lam {{goal|11}}<br>Pang Nin {{goal|47}}<br>Wong {{goal|65}} | goals2 = Vinh {{goal|68}} | stadium = Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur | attendance = | referee = Oei Poh Hwa (Malaya) }} {{footballbox | date = 6 August 1960 | time = | team1 = {{fb-rt|Korea Republic|1949}} | score = 2&ndash;0 | report = https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19600807-1.2.121 | team2 = {{fb|INA}} | goals1 = *Cha Tae-Sung {{goal|33||64}} | goals2 = | stadium = Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur | attendance = | referee = Bahadur Khan (Pakistan) }} ---- {{footballbox | date = 7 August 1960 | time = | team1 = {{fb-rt|South Vietnam}} | score = 2&ndash;1 | report = https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19600808-1.2.117?qt=south,%20vietnam&q=South%20Vietnam | team2 = {{fb|SIN}} | goals1 = Nhung {{goal|7}}<br>Vinh {{goal}} | goals2 = Toth {{goal|21|pen.}} | stadium = Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur | attendance = | referee = S. Hayakawa (Japan) }} ---- {{footballbox | date = 8 August 1960 | time = | team1 = {{fb-rt|INA}} | score = 8&ndash;3 | report = | team2 = {{fb|SIN}} | goals1 = *Timisela {{goal|27||28||46||49}} *Soehendar {{goal|38||75}} *Tee San Liong {{goal|53||80}} | goals2 = *Quah Kim Swee {{goal|20||56}} *Hassan {{goal|67}} | stadium = Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur | attendance = | referee = Boonsong Sam La-Or (Thailand) }} {{footballbox | date = 8 August 1960 | time = | team1 = {{fb-rt|Korea Republic|1949}} | score = 3&ndash;1 | report = | team2 = {{fb|Hong Kong|1910}} | goals1 = *Yoo Pan-soon {{goal|41}} *Woo Sang-kwon {{goal|60}} *Yoo Gwang-jun {{goal|64|pen.}} | goals2 = *Lau Chi-lam {{goal|9}} | stadium = Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur | attendance = | referee = Haji Ibrahim (Malaya) }} ---- {{footballbox | date = 10 August 1960 | time = | team1 = {{fb-rt|Korea Republic|1949}} | score = 0&ndash;0 | report = | team2 = {{fb|South Vietnam}} | goals1 = | goals2 = | stadium = Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur | attendance = | referee = }} ---- {{footballbox | date = 11 August 1960 | time = | team1 = {{fb-rt|Korea Republic|1949}} | score = 3&ndash;3 | report = | team2 = {{fb|SIN}} | goals1 = *Woo Sang-kwon {{goal|11||69}} *Moon Jung-sik {{goal|76}} | goals2 = *Sahar {{goal|20||61}} *Ibrahim {{goal|57}} | stadium = Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur | attendance = | referee = T. Nadarajah (Malaya) }} {{footballbox | date = 11 August 1960 | time = | team1 = {{fb-rt|IDN}} | score = 3&ndash;1 | report = https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19600812-1.2.96?qt=indonesia&q=Indonesia | team2 = {{fb|Hong Kong|1910}} | goals1 = {{goal|14}}<br>Sian Liong {{goal|33}}<br>Suhendar {{goal|52}} | goals2 = Ho Cheng Yau {{goal|64}} | stadium = Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur | attendance = | referee = S. Hayakawa (Japan) }}

---- {{footballbox | date = 13 August 1960 | time = | team1 = {{fb-rt|Hong Kong|1910}} | score = 3&ndash;2 | report = https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19600814-1.2.131?qt=singapore&q=Singapore | team2 = {{fb|SIN}} | goals1 = Lee Tak Wai {{goal|12}}<br>Lau Chi Lam {{goal|27}}<br>Samad Abdullah {{goal|50|o.g}} | goals2 = Toth {{goal|30}}<br>Rahim {{goal|90|pen.}} | stadium = Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur | attendance = | referee = }} {{footballbox | date = 13 August 1960 | time = | team1 = {{fb-rt|IDN}} | score = 5&ndash;3 | report = | team2 = {{fb|South Vietnam}} | goals1 = *Suratmo {{goal|6|pen.||53}} *Tee San Liong {{goal|22}} *Timisela {{goal|60||76}} | goals2 = *Trần Văn Đôn {{goal|31}} *Lâm Văn Bốn {{goal|51}} *Tạ Vinh Trạch {{goal|67}} | stadium = Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur | attendance = | referee = }}

=== Group B === {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !width=175|Team !width=20|Pld !width=20|W !width=20|D !width=20|L !width=20|GF !width=20|GA !width=20|GD !width=20|Pts |- bgcolor=ccffcc |style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|Malaya}} |3||3||0||0||12||2||+10||'''6''' |- |style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|PAK}} |3||2||0||1||10||2||+8||'''4''' |- |style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|JPN|1947}} Japan B{{efn|Japan did not send their main national team, which departed for a European tour at the same time.<ref>{{Cite book |url=http://archive.org/details/sim_japan-times_1960-08-17_22111 |title=The Japan Times 1960-08-17: Iss 22111 |date=1960-08-17 |publisher=The Japan Times, Ltd |others=Internet Archive |language=English}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=代表TIMELINE {{!}} SAMURAI BLUE サッカー日本代表{{!}} 日本サッカー協会 |url=http://samuraiblue.jp/timeline/19600823/ |access-date=2026-03-22 |website=samuraiblue.jp}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Soccer D.B. 歴代日本代表 1960年試合結果・選手出場記録 |url=https://soccer-db.net/japan/index/1960 |access-date=2026-03-22 |website=Soccer D.B. JAPAN |language=ja}}</ref>|name=Japan}}

|3||1||0||2||4||7||&minus;3||'''2''' |- |style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|Thailand|}} |3||0||0||3||3||18||&minus;15||'''0''' |}

{{footballbox | date = 5 August 1960 | time = | team1 = {{fb-rt|Malaya}} | score = 3&ndash;0 | report = https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19600806-1.2.128?qt=merdeka,%20football&q=Merdeka%20Football | team2 = {{flagicon|JPN|1947}} Japan B | goals1 = Ghani {{goal|33||60}}<br>Arthur {{goal|69}} | goals2 = | stadium = Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur | attendance = | referee = Lee Pak Jong (South Korea) }} {{footballbox | date = 5 August 1960 | time = | team1 = {{fb-rt|PAK}} | score = 7&ndash;0 | report = [https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19600806-1.2.132?qt=moosa,%20pakistan&q=moosa%20pakistan Report] | team2 = {{fb|Thailand}} | goals1 = Moosa {{goal|16||70||72}} <br/> Umer {{goal|31||35}} <br/> Changezi {{goal|33|pen.}} <br/> Jehan {{goal|78}} | goals2 = | stadium = Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur | attendance = | referee = Hong Deok-young (South Korea) }} ---- {{footballbox | date = 7 August 1960 | time = | team1 = {{fb-rt|Malaya}} | score = 8&ndash;2 | report = https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19600808-1.2.118?qt=malaya&q=Malaya | team2 = {{fb|Thailand}} | goals1 = Ghani {{goal|14||24||50}}<br>Choe {{goal|37||41||59}}<br>Arthur {{goal|66}}<br>Gabrielle {{goal|68}} | goals2 = Prathet {{goal|13||75|pen.}}<br> | stadium = Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur | attendance = | referee = Mak Yeung Fai (Hong Kong) }} ---- {{footballbox | date = 10 August 1960 | time = | team1 = {{fb-rt|PAK}} | score = 3&ndash;1 | report = [https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19600811-1.2.106?qt=miyamoto,%20soccer,%20japan,%20pakistan&q=miyamoto%20soccer%20japan%20pakistan Report] | team2 = {{flagicon|JPN|1947}} Japan B | goals1 = *Moosa {{goal|46}} *Sugiyama {{goal|70|o.g.}} *Jehan {{goal|75}} | goals2 = *Miyamoto {{goal|11|}} | stadium = Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur | attendance = | referee = Mak Yeung Fai (Hong Kong) }} ---- {{footballbox | date = 12 August 1960 | time = | team1 = Japan B {{flagicon|JPN|1947}} | score = 3&ndash;1 | report = https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19600813-1.2.107?qt=merdeka,%20football&q=Merdeka%20Football | team2 = {{fb|Thailand}} | goals1 = Miyamoto {{goal|?}}<br> Sugiyama {{goal|?}}<br>Oshima {{goal|?}} | goals2 = Phakdiphol {{goal|?}} | stadium = Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur | attendance = | referee = }} {{footballbox | date = 12 August 1960 | time = | team1 = {{fb-rt|Malaya}} | score = 1&ndash;0 | report = [https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19600813-1.2.106?qt=gabrielle,%20pakistan&q=Gabrielle%20pakistan Report] | team2 = {{fb|PAK}} | goals1 = Gabrielle {{goal|60}} | goals2 = | stadium = Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur | attendance = | referee = }}

== Third place play-off == {{footballbox | date = 14 August 1960 | time = | team1 = {{fb-rt|IDN}} | score = 4–0 | report = https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003221/19600816/279/0008 | team2 = {{fb|PAK}} | goals1 = *Suratmo {{goal|51|pen.|69||73}} *Timisela {{goal|64}} | goals2 = | stadium = Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur | attendance = | referee = }}

== Final == {{footballbox | date = 14 August 1960 | time = | team1 = {{fb|Malaya}} | score = | report = https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003221/19600816/279/0008 | team2 = {{fb|Korea Republic|1949}} | goals1 = | goals2 = | stadium = Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur | attendance = | referee = Bahadur Khan (Pakistan) | event = | round = | score1 = 0 | score2 = 0 }}

== Squads == Players sorted by jersey numbers.<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |title=MERDEKA SCCER: THE FULL PROGRAMME AND TEAMS The Straits Times, 5 August 1960, Page 15 |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19600805-1.2.102?qt=moosa,%20miyamoto&q=moosa%20miyamoto |access-date= |website=eresources.nlb.gov.sg}}</ref>

=== Malaya === Head coach: {{nat fs start}} {{nat fs player|no=1|pos=|name=Sexton Lourdes|age=1931 (aged 29)|caps=|club=Selangor FA|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=2|pos=|name=Yee Seng Choy|age=|caps=|club=Selangor FA|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=3|pos=|name=Ng Mun Keal|age=|caps=|club=Selangor FA|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=4|pos=|name=Mok Wai Hong|age=|caps=|club=Negeri Sembilan FA|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=5|pos=|name=Pang Siang Teik|age=|caps=|club=Penang FA|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=6|pos=|name=Edwin C. Dutton|other=captain|age={{Birth date and age2|1960|8|5|1928|3|30|df=y}}|caps=|club=Selangor FA|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=7|pos=|name=Govindarajoo|age=|caps=|club=Selangor FA|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=8|pos=|name=Arthur Koh|age=1936 (aged 24)|caps=|club=Selangor FA|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=9|pos=|name=Robert Choe|age={{Birth date and age2|1960|8|5|1940|1|13|df=y}}|caps=|club=Malacca FA|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=10|pos=|name=Abdul Ghani Minhat|age={{Birth date and age2|1960|8|5|1935|11|23|df=y}}|caps=|club=Selangor FA|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=11|pos=|name=Stanley Gabrielle|age=|caps=|club=Selangor FA|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=12|pos=|name=Abdullah Yeop Noordin|age={{Birth date and age2|1960|8|5|1941|3|7|df=y}}|caps=|club=Selangor FA|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=13|pos=|name=Wong Kim Seng|age=|caps=|club=Perak FA|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=14|pos=|name=Nordin|age=|caps=|club=Armed Forces FA|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=15|pos=|name=M. Joseph|age=1934 (age 26)|caps=|club=Negeri Sembilan FA|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=16|pos=|name=Ng Boon Bee|age={{Birth date and age2|1960|8|5|1937|12|17|df=y}}|caps=|club=Perak FA|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=17|pos=|name=P.A. Gunasegaran|age=|caps=|club=Perak FA|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=18|pos=|name=Teh Cheng Lee|age=|caps=|club=Selangor FA|clubnat=}} {{nat fs end}}

=== Japan B === Head coach: {{nat fs start}} {{nat fs player|no=1|pos=|name=Tsukasa Hosaka|age={{Birth date and age2|1960|8|5|1937|3|3|df=y}}|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=2|pos=|name=N. Nishigaki|age=|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=3|pos=|name=Mitsuo Kamata|age={{Birth date and age2|1960|8|5|1937|12|16|df=y}}|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=4|pos=|name=Seishiro Shimatani|age={{Birth date and age2|1960|8|5|1938|11|6|df=y}}|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=5|pos=|name=Y. Yoshida|age=|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=6|pos=|name=H. Sato|age=|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=7|pos=|name=H. Suzuki|age=|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=8|pos=|name=Kosaku Sugimura|age={{Birth date and age2|1960|8|5|1936|8|8|df=y}}|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=9|pos=|name=M. Mukoyama|age=|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=10|pos=|name=Hiroshi Saeki|age={{Birth date and age2|1960|8|5|1936|5|26|df=y}}|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=11|pos=|name=J. Ando|age=|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=12|pos=|name=S. Chida|age=|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=13|pos=|name=O. Kanda|age=|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=14|pos=|name=Teruki Miyamoto|age={{Birth date and age2|1960|8|5|1940|12|26|df=y}}|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=15|pos=|name=H. Oshima|age=|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=16|pos=|name=Ryūichi Sugiyama|age={{Birth date and age2|1960|8|5|1941|7|4|df=y}}|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs end}}

=== Pakistan === Head coach: {{flagicon|PAK}} Sheikh Shaheb Ali {{nat fs start}} {{nat fs player|no=1|pos=GK|name=Muhammad Siddiq|age=|caps=|club=Balochistan|clubnat=PAK}} {{nat fs player|no=12|pos=GK|name=Ghulam Hussain|age=|caps=|club=Karachi|clubnat=PAK}} {{nat fs player|no=2|pos=DF|name=Muhammad Irshad|age=|caps=|club=Pakistan Army|clubnat=PAK}} {{nat fs player|no=3|pos=DF|name=Qayyum Changezi|other=captain|age=|caps=|club=Balochistan|clubnat=PAK}} {{nat fs player|no=13|pos=DF|name=Niamat Ullah Durrani|age=|caps=|club=Punjab|clubnat=PAK}} {{nat fs player|no=4|pos=MF|name=Abid Hussain Ghazi|age=|caps=|club=Karachi|clubnat=PAK}} {{nat fs player|no=5|pos=MF|name=Masoodul Hassan Butt|age=|caps=|club=Punjab|clubnat=PAK}} {{nat fs player|no=6|pos=MF|name=Abdul Ghafoor|age=|caps=|club=Karachi|clubnat=PAK}} {{nat fs player|no=14|pos=MF|name=Hussain Killer|age=|caps=|club=Karachi|clubnat=PAK}} {{nat fs player|no=15|pos=MF|name=Ghulam Sabir|age=|caps=|club=Pakistan Railways|clubnat=PAK}} {{nat fs player|no=7|pos=FW|name=Ghulam Rabbani|age=|caps=|club=East Pakistan|clubnat=PAK}} {{nat fs player|no=8|pos=FW|name=Kabir Ahmed|age=|caps=|club=East Pakistan|clubnat=PAK}} {{nat fs player|no=9|pos=FW|name=Muhammad Umer|age=|caps=|club=Karachi|clubnat=PAK}} {{nat fs player|no=10|pos=FW|name=Abdullah Rahi|age=|caps=|club=East Pakistan|clubnat=PAK}} {{nat fs player|no=11|pos=FW|name=Moosa Ghazi|age=|caps=|club=Karachi|clubnat=PAK}} {{nat fs player|no=16|pos=FW|name=M.N. Jehan|age=|caps=|club=Punjab|clubnat=PAK}} {{nat fs player|no=17|pos=FW|name=Muhammad Haroon|age=|caps=|club=Karachi|clubnat=PAK}} {{nat fs end}}

=== Thailand === Head coach: {{nat fs start}} {{nat fs player|no=1|pos=|name=Lek Amaruktanond|age=|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=2|pos=|name=Suebswasdi Chanvicha-Sena|age=|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=3|pos=|name=Suraphol Chaicharoen|age=|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=4|pos=|name=Suphot Phanich|age=|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=5|pos=|name=Luen Phan-Ngam|age=|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=6|pos=|name=Asdang Phanikbutr|age=|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=7|pos=|name=Vichit Yam-Boonruang|age=|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=8|pos=|name=Prakob Rasmee-Mala|age=|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=9|pos=|name=Pipop Singh-Tongvan|age=|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=10|pos=|name=Suchat Mutukan|age=|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=11|pos=|name=Tonglor Jaroendej|age=|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=12|pos=|name=Yanyong Nilpirom|age=|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=13|pos=|name=Sanong Phakdiphol|age=|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=14|pos=|name=Parroj Vanichaka|age=|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=15|pos=|name=Prathet Sutabutr|age=|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=16|pos=|name=Swang Changchuen|age=|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=17|pos=|name=Prasith Chaya-Taveep|age=|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs end}}

=== Hong Kong === Head coach: {{nat fs start}} {{nat fs player|no=1|pos=|name=Wong Shau Wo|age=|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=2|pos=|name=Seto You|age=|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=3|pos=|name=Lee Kwoh Wah|age=|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=4|pos=|name=J.H. Toledo|age=|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=5|pos=|name=Kung Wah Kit|age=|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=6|pos=|name=Chan Chi Kong|age=|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=7|pos=|name=Au Pang Nin|age=|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=8|pos=|name=Lau Chi Lam|age=|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=9|pos=|name=Lau Kai Chiu|age=|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=10|pos=|name=Ho Cheng Yau|other=captain|age=1933 (aged 27)|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=11|pos=|name=Leung Wai Hung|age=|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=12|pos=|name=Kwok Chow Ming|age=|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=13|pos=|name=Ng Tim Loy|age=|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=14|pos=|name=Lok Tak Hing|age=|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=15|pos=|name=Tse Ping Kung|age=|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=16|pos=|name=Fung Kee Wan|age=|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=17|pos=|name=Lee Tak Wai|age=|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs end}}

=== South Vietnam === Head coach: {{nat fs start}} {{nat fs player|no=1|pos=|name=Duc|age=|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=2|pos=|name=Ngoc|age=|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=3|pos=|name=Ti|age=|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=4|pos=|name=Cut|age=|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=5|pos=|name=Ty|age=|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=6|pos=|name=Hiew|age=|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=7|pos=|name=Ho Tu Myo|age=|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=8|pos=|name=Thanh|age=|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=9|pos=|name=Bon|age=|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=10|pos=|name=Lang|age=|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=11|pos=|name=Manh|age=|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=12|pos=|name=Ha-Tam ti Ha|age=|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=13|pos=|name=Cam|age=|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=14|pos=|name=Nhung|age=|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=15|pos=|name=Don Tu Kane|age=|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=16|pos=|name=Thach|age=|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=17|pos=|name=Vinh|age=|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=18|pos=|name=Ron|age=|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=18|pos=|name=Ngau|age=|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs end}}

=== South Korea === Head coach: {{nat fs start}} {{nat fs player|no=1|pos=|name=Ham Heung-chul|age={{Birth date and age2|1960|8|5|1930|11|17|df=y}}|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=2|pos=|name=Pak Sang Hoon|age=|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=3|pos=|name=Kim Chong Seark|age=|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=4|pos=|name=Kim Hong-bok|age={{Birth date and age2|1960|8|5|1935|3|4|df=y}}|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=5|pos=|name=Sim Keun Taik|age=|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=6|pos=|name=Son Myung Sup|age=|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=7|pos=|name=Yoo Kwan Jun|age=|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=8|pos=|name=Kim Chan-ki|age={{Birth date and age2|1960|8|5|1931|12|30|df=y}}|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=9|pos=|name=Oum Kyun Jin|age=|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=10|pos=|name=Yoo Pan Soon|age=|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=11|pos=|name=Moon Jung-sik|age={{Birth date and age2|1960|8|5|1930|6|23|df=y}}|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=12|pos=|name=Cha Tae-sung|age={{Birth date and age2|1960|8|5|1934|10|8|df=y}}|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=13|pos=|name=Woo Sang-kwon|age={{Birth date and age2|1960|8|5|1926|2|2|df=y}}|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=14|pos=|name=Choi Chung-min|age={{Birth date and age2|1960|8|5|1930|8|30|df=y}}|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=15|pos=|name=Pak Kyung Hwa|age=|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=16|pos=|name=Yoo Chung Suk|age=|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=17|pos=|name=Chung Soon Chun|age=|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs end}}

=== Indonesia === Head coach: {{nat fs start}} {{nat fs player|no=1|pos=|name=Joe Etek|age=|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=4|pos=|name=Phwa Sian Liong|age={{Birth date and age2|1960|8|5|1931|1|26|df=y}}|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=5|pos=|name=Il Jas|age=|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=6|pos=|name=Sanpara|age=|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=7|pos=|name=Fattah Hidajat|age=|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=8|pos=|name=Idris Mapakaja|age=|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=9|pos=|name=Rukma Sudjana|age=|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=10|pos=|name=Zulkifli|age=|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=12|pos=|name=Omo Suratmo|age={{Birth date and age2|1960|8|5|1931|2|11|df=y}}|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=13|pos=|name=Manan|age=|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=14|pos=|name=Piet Timisela|age=|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=15|pos=|name=Isak Udin|age=|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=16|pos=|name=Henky Timisela|age={{Birth date and age2|1960|8|5|1937|11|22|df=y}}|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=17|pos=|name=Soenarto|age=|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=18|pos=|name=Muslim|age=|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=19|pos=|name=Hoesein|age=|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=20|pos=|name=Kaelani|age=|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=21|pos=|name=Suhendar|age=|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs end}}

=== Singapore === Head coach: {{nat fs start}} {{nat fs player|no=1|pos=|name=Wilfred Skinner|age={{Birth date and age2|1960|8|5|1934|5|31|df=y}}|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=2|pos=|name=Lee Wah Chin|age=|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=3|pos=|name=Matmoon Sudasee|age=|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=4|pos=|name=M. Sutton|age=|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=5|pos=|name=Lee Kok Seng|other=captain|age=|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=6|pos=|name=Osman Johan|age=|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=7|pos=|name=Ibrahim Hassan|age=|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=8|pos=|name=Rahim Omar|age=1934 (aged 26)|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=9|pos=|name=Mahat Ambu|age=|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=10|pos=|name=Quah Kim Swee|age=|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=11|pos=|name=Ibrahim Mansoor|age=|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=12|pos=|name=Idros Albar|age=|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=13|pos=|name=Majid Ariff|age={{Birth date and age2|1960|8|5|1937|6|2|df=y}}|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=14|pos=|name=Ali Samijan|age=|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=15|pos=|name=Lazlo Toth|age=|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=16|pos=|name=Umar Rahmat|age=|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=17|pos=|name=Sahar Hussein|age=|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs player|no=18|pos=|name=Mokhtar Tabri|age=|caps=|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs end}}

== 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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Straits Times, 11 August 1960, Page 13 |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19600811-1.2.96}}</ref>

* 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 == {{Reflist}}

==Notes== {{notelist}}

== External links == *{{cite web |last=Morrison |first=Neil |website=RSSSF |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/merdeka60.html |title=Merdeka Tournament 1960 (Malaya)}} * http://wildstat.com/p/128/ch/ASI_MT_1960/stg/all/tour/all

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