Football at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Infobox International Football Competition
tourney_name = Olympic Football Tournament
year = 1984
other_titles = Games of the XXIII Olympiad - Los Angeles 1984


size = 200px
caption = 1984 Olympic Games official logo
country = USA
dates = July 29 – August 11
confederations = 5
num_teams = 16
venues = 4
cities = 3
champion = France
count = 1
second = Brazil
third = Yugoslavia
fourth = Italy
matches = 32
goals = 84
attendance = 1425181
top_scorer = flagicon|FRA Daniel Xuereb
flagicon|YUG Borislav Cvetković
flagicon|YUG Stjepan Deverić (5 goals)

The football tournament at the 1984 Summer Olympics started on July 29 and ended on August 11. It featured only a men's tournament, as women's football had yet to become an Olympic event. It was the first Olympic football competition in which professionals were allowed. Until then, the amateur-only rule had heavily favored socialist countries from Eastern Europe whose players were professionals in all but name. However, as agreed with FIFA to preserve the primacy of the World Cup, the Olympic competition was restricted to players with no more than five "A" caps at tournament start, regardless of age.

The football tournament was held in four venues:
* Harvard Stadium (Allston, MA)
* Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium (Annapolis, MD)
* Stanford Stadium (Palo Alto, CA)
* Rose Bowl, (Pasadena, CA)

Qualification

Sixteen teams qualified for the Olympic tournament after continental qualifying rounds. Three Warsaw Pact countries (Czechoslovakia, East Germany, USSR) had qualified on the field but withdrew as part of the Soviet-led boycott. They were replaced with runners-up Italy, Norway, and West Germany.

*Africa (CAF)
**fb|CMR
**fb|EGY
**fb|MAR
*Asia (AFC)
**fb|IRQ|1963
**fb|KSA
**fb|QAT
*North and Central America (CONCACAF)
**fb|CAN
**fb|CRC
*South America (CONMEBOL)
**fb|BRA
**fb|CHI
*Europe (UEFA)
**fb|FRA
**fb|ITA (replaces fb|TCH)
**fb|NOR (replaces fb|GDR)
**fb|FRG (replaces fb|URS)
**fb|YUG
*Hosting nation
**fb|USA

Men's Competition

Medalists

Gold Medal – fb|FRA

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William Ayache
Michel Bensoussan
Michel Bibard
Dominique Bijotat
François Brisson
Patrick Cubaynes
Patrice Garande
Philippe Jeannol
Guy Lacombe
Jean-Claude Lemoult
Jean Philippe Rohr
Albert Rust
Didier Sénac
Jean-Christophe Thouvenel
José Touré
Daniel Xuereb
Jean-Louis Zanon
Coach: Henri Michel Silver Medal – fb|BRA

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Pinga
David Cortez Silva
Milton Cruz
Luís Henrique Dias
Andre Luiz Ferreira
Mauro Galvão
Antonio José Gil
João Leiehart Neto
Gilmar Popoca
Silvinho
Gilmar
Ademir
Paulo Santos
Ronaldo Silva
Dunga
Francisco Vidal
Luiz Carlos Winck
Coach: Jair Picerni Bronze Medal – fb|YUG

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Mirsad Baljić
Mehmed Baždarević
Vlado Čapljić
Borislav Cvetković
Stjepan Deverić
Milko Đurovski
Marko Elsner
Nenad Gračan
Tomislav Ivković
Srečko Katanec
Branko Miljuš
Mitar Mrkela
Jovica Nikolić
Ivan Pudar
Ljubomir Radanović
Admir Smajić
Dragan Stojković
Coach: Ivan Toplak

Match Officials

;Africa
* Mohamed Hossameldin
* Gebreyesus Tesfaye
* Bester Kalombo
;Asia
* Abdul Aziz Al-Salmi
* Kyung-Bok Cha
* Toshikazu Sano
;North and Central America
* Tony Evangelista
* Antonio Márquez Ramírez
* Jesus Paulino Siles Calderón
* David Socha;South America
* Romualdo Arppi Filho
* Gastón Castro
* Jesús Díaz
* Jorge Eduardo Romero
;Europe
* Enzo Barbaresco
* Ioan Igna
* Jan Keizer
* Brian McGinlay
* Joël Quiniou
* Volker Roth
* Victoriano Sánchez Arminio
* Edvard Sostarić

quads

Tournament details

Group Stages

Group A

footballbox
date = July 30, 1984
19:30
team1 = fb-rt|FRG
score = 2–0
report = [http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=512/edition=3330/matches/match=12690/report.html Report]
team2 = fb|MAR
goals1 = Rahn goal|43
Brehme goal|52
goals2 =
stadium = Stanford Stadium, Palo Alto
Attendance: 23.228
Referee: Evangelista (CAN)----footballbox
date = July 30, 1984 19:00
team1 = fb-rt|BRA
score = 3–1
report = [http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=512/edition=3330/matches/match=12691/report.html Report]
team2 = fb|KSA
goals1 = Gilmar Popoca goal|12
Silvinho goal|50
Dunga goal|59
goals2 = Abdullah goal|69
stadium = Rose Bowl, Pasadena
Attendance: 40.799
Referee: McGinlay (SCO)----footballbox
date = August 1, 1984
19:00
team1 = fb-rt|BRA
score = 1–0
report = [http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=512/edition=3330/matches/match=12692/report.html Report]
team2 = fb|FRG
goals1 = Gilmar Popoca goal|86
goals2 =
stadium = Stanford Stadium, Palo Alto
Attendance: 75.239
Referee: Cha (KOR)----footballbox
date = August 1, 1984
19:00
team1 = fb-rt|MAR
score = 1–0
report = [http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=512/edition=3330/matches/match=12693/report.html Report]
team2 = fb|KSA
goals1 = Merry goal|72
goals2 =
stadium = Rose Bowl, Pasadena
Attendance: 36.909
Referee: Sostarić (YUG)----footballbox
date = August 3, 1984 19:00
team1 = fb-rt|KSA
score = 0–6
report = [http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=512/edition=3330/matches/match=12694/report.html Report]
team2 = fb|FRG
goals1 =
goals2 = Schreier goal|8, goal|66
Bommer goal|22, goal|72
Rahn goal|24
Mill goal|32
stadium = Stanford Stadium, Palo Alto
Attendance: 26.242
Referee: Igna (ROU)----footballbox
date = August 3, 1984 19:00
team1 = fb-rt|MAR
score = 0–2
report = [http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=512/edition=3330/matches/match=12695/report.html Report]
team2 = fb|BRA
goals1 =
goals2 = Dunga goal|64
Kita goal|70
stadium = Rose Bowl, Pasadena
Attendance: 49.355
Referee: Sánchez (ESP)----

Group D

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date = July 29, 1984 19:30
team1 = fb-rt|USA
score = 3–0
report = [http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=512/edition=3330/matches/match=12696/report.html Report]
team2 = fb|CRC
goals1 = Davis goal|23, goal|86
Willrich goal|35
goals2 =
stadium = Stanford Stadium, Palo Alto
Attendance 78.000 Referee: Quiniou (FRA)----footballbox
date = July 29, 1984 19:30
team1 = fb-rt|ITA
score = 1–0
report = [http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=512/edition=3330/matches/match=12697/report.html Report]
team2 = fb|EGY
goals1 = Serena goal|63
goals2 =
stadium = Rose Bowl, Pasadena
Attendance: 37.430 Referee: Castro (CHI)----footballbox
date = July 31, 1984 19:00
team1 = fb-rt|EGY
score = 4–1
report = [http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=512/edition=3330/matches/match=12698/report.html Report]
team2 = fb|CRC
goals1 = Khatib goal|32
Sayed goal|35
Soliman goal|62
Gadallah goal|71
goals2 = Coronado goal|87
stadium = Stanford Stadium, Palo Alto
Attendance: 20.645 Referee: Ramírez (MEX}----footballbox
date = July 31, 1984 19:00
team1 = fb-rt|ITA
score = 1–0
report = [http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=512/edition=3330/matches/match=12699/report.html Report]
team2 = fb|USA
goals1 = Baresi goal|58
goals2 =
stadium = Rose Bowl, Pasadena
Attendance: 63.624 Referee: Al-Salmi (KUW)----footballbox
date = August 2, 1984 19:00
team1 = fb-rt|EGY
score = 1–1
report = [http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=512/edition=3330/matches/match=12700/report.html Report]
team2 = fb|USA
goals1 = Soliman goal|27
goals2 = Thompson goal|8
stadium = Stanford Stadium, Palo Alto
Attendance: 54.973 Referee: Romero (ARG)----footballbox
date = August 2, 1984
19:00
team1 = fb-rt|CRC
score = 1–0
report = [http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=512/edition=3330/matches/match=12701/report.html Report]
team2 = fb|ITA
goals1 = Rivers goal|33
goals2 =
stadium = Rose Bowl, Pasadena
Attendance: 41.291 Referee: Tesfaye (ETH)----

Knockout stages

Round8-with third
August 5 - Pasadena, CA|fb|FRA|2|fb|EGY"'|0
August 6 - Pasadena, CA|fb|YUG|5|fb|FRG"'|2
August 5 – Palo Alto, CA|fb|ITA (aet)|1|fb|CHI|0
August 6 - Palo Alto, CA|fb|BRA (pen)|1 (5)|fb|CAN|1 (3)
August 8 - Pasadena, CA|fb|FRA (aet)|4|fb|YUG|2
August 8 – Palo Alto, CA|fb|ITA|1|fb|BRA (aet)|2
August 11 – Pasadena, CA|fb|FRA|2|fb|BRA|0
August 10 - Pasadena, CA|fb|YUG|2|fb|ITA|1

Quarter-finals

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date = August 5, 1984
15:00
team1 = fb-rt|ITA
score = 1–0 (aet)
report = [http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=512/edition=3330/matches/match=12702/report.html Report]
team2 = fb|CHI
goals1 = Vignola goal|95
goals2 =
stadium = Stanford Stadium, Palo Alto
Attendance: 67.349
Referee: McGinlay (SCO)----footballbox
date = August 5, 1984
19:00
team1 = fb-rt|FRA
score = 2–0
report = [http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=512/edition=3330/matches/match=12703/report.html Report]
team2 = fb|EGY
goals1 = Xuereb goal|29, goal|52
goals2 =
stadium = Rose Bowl, Pasadena
Attendance: 66.228
Referee: Cha (KOR)----footballbox
date = August 6, 1984
17:00
team1 = fb-rt|BRA
score = 1–1 (aet)
(5-3 pen.)
report = [http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=512/edition=3330/matches/match=12704/report.html Report]
team2 = fb|CAN
goals1 = Gilmar Popoca goal|72
goals2 = Mitchell goal|58
stadium = Stanford Stadium, Palo Alto
Attendance: 36.150
Referee: Siles (CRC)----footballbox
date = August 6, 1984
19:00
team1 = fb-rt|YUG
score = 5–2
report = [http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=512/edition=3330/matches/match=12705/report.html Report]
team2 = fb|FRG
goals1 = Cvetković goal|21, goal|58, goal|70
Radanović goal|27
Gračan goal|46 (pen)
goals2 = Bommer goal|1
Bockenfeld goal|28
stadium = Rose Bowl, Pasadena
Attendance: 58.439
Referee: Romero (ARG)----

emi-finals

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date = August 8, 1984
18:15
team1 = fb-rt|FRA
score = 4–2 (aet)
report = [http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=512/edition=3330/matches/match=12706/report.html Report]
team2 = fb|YUG
goals1 = Bijotat goal|7
Jeannol goal|15
Lacombe goal|106
Xuereb goal|119
goals2 = Cvetković goal|63
Deverić goal|74
stadium = Rose Bowl, Pasadena
Attendance: 97.451
Referee: Ramírez (MEX)----footballbox
date = August 8, 1984
20:30
team1 = fb-rt|ITA
score= 1–2 (aet)
report = [http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=512/edition=3330/matches/match=12707/report.html Report]
team2 = fb|BRA
goals1 = Fanna goal|62
goals2 = Gilmar Popoca goal|53
Ronaldo goal|95
stadium = Stanford Stadium, Palo Alto
Attendance: 83.642
Referee: Socha (USA)----

Bronze medal match

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date = August 10, 1984
19:00
team1 = fb-rt|YUG
score= 2–1
report = [http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=512/edition=3330/matches/match=12708/report.html Report]
team2 = fb|ITA
goals1 = Baljić goal|59
Deverić goal|81
goals2 = Vignola goal|27 (pen)
stadium = Rose Bowl, Pasadena
Attendance: 100.374
Referee: McGinlay (SCO)----

Gold medal match

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date = August 11, 1984
19:00
team1 = fb-rt|FRA
score= 2–0
report = [http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=512/edition=3330/matches/match=12709/report.html Report]
team2 = fb|BRA
goals1 = Brisson goal|55
Xuereb goal|60
goals2 =
stadium = Rose Bowl, Pasadena
Attendance: 101.799
Referee: Keizer (NED)----

Topscorers

;5 goals
* Daniel Xuereb
* Borislav Cvetković
* Stjepan Deverić
;4 goals
* Gilmar Popoca
;3 goals
* François Brisson
* Jovica Nikolić
* Rudolf Bommer
* Uwe Rahn
* Dale Mitchell

External links

* [http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=512/edition=3330/results/index.html FIFA Match Reports]
* [http://www.rsssf.com/tableso/ol1984f-det.html RSSSF Archive]