Football at the 1984 Summer Olympics

1984 Olympic Football Tournament

Games of the XXIII Olympiad - Los Angeles 1984
Tournament details
Host country	USA
Dates	July 29 – August 11
Teams	16 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)	4 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	France (1st title)
Runners-up	Brazil
Third place	Yugoslavia
Fourth place	Italy
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	84 (2.63 per match)
Attendance	1,425,181 (44,537 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Daniel Xuereb Borislav Cvetković 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 (Boston, Massachusetts)
• Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium (Annapolis, Maryland)
• Stanford Stadium (Palo Alto, California)
• Rose Bowl, (Pasadena, California)

Contents 1 Qualification 2 Men's competition 2.1 Medalists 3 Match Officials 4 Squads 5 Final tournament 5.1 First round 5.1.1 Group A 5.1.2 Group B 5.1.3 Group C 5.1.4 Group D 5.2 Knockout stages 5.2.1 Quarter-finals 5.2.2 Semi-finals 5.2.3 Bronze medal match 5.2.4 Gold medal match 6 Topscorers 7 External links

Qualification

Sixteen teams qualified for the Olympic tournament after continental qualifying rounds. Three Warsaw Pact countries had qualified but withdrew as part of the Soviet-led boycott. They were replaced as follows:

• East Germany won UEFA Group 2. They were replaced by Norway, who came third; second-place Poland were also boycotting.
• USSR won UEFA Group 1. They were replaced by West Germany, second in Group 4. Hungary and Bulgaria, second and third in Group 1, were also boycotting.
• Czechoslovakia qualified as 1980 champions. They were replaced by Italy, third in UEFA Group 3.

Africa (CAF)  Cameroon  Egypt  Morocco Asia (AFC)  Iraq  Saudi Arabia  Qatar North and Central America (CONCACAF)  Canada  Costa Rica

South America (CONMEBOL)  Brazil  Chile Europe (UEFA)  France  Italy (replaces  Czechoslovakia)  Norway (replaces  East Germany)  West Germany (replaces  Soviet Union)  Yugoslavia Hosting nation  United States

Men's competition

Medalists

Gold Medal –  France 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 –  Brazil 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 –  Yugoslavia 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

Squads

Final tournament

First round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
France	3	1	2	0	5	4	+1	4
Chile	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	4
Norway	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1	3
Qatar	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	1

July 29, 1984 19:30	Norway	0 – 0	Chile	Harvard Stadium, Boston Attendance: 25.000 Referee: Socha (USA)
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July 29, 1984 19:30	France	2 – 2	Qatar	Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, Annapolis Attendance: 29.240 Referee: Filho (BRA)
	Garande  43' Xuereb  61'	Report	Al-Muhannadi  55',  60'

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July 31, 1984 19:00	Norway	1 – 2	France	Harvard Stadium, Boston Attendance: 27.832 Referee: Roth (FRG)
	Ahlsen  33'	Report	Brisson  5',  56'

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July 31, 1984 19:00	Chile	1 – 0	Qatar	Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, Annapolis Attendance: 14.508 Referee: Siles (CRC)
	Baeza  52'	Report

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August 2, 1984 19:00	Qatar	0 – 2	Norway	Harvard Stadium, Boston Attendance: 17.529 Referee: Kalombo (MWI)
		Report	Vaadal  21',  52'

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August 2, 1984 19:00	Chile	1 – 1	France	Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, Annapolis Attendance: 28.114 Referee: Keizer (NED)
	Santis  9'	Report	Lemoult  50'

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Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Yugoslavia	3	3	0	0	7	3	+4	6
Canada	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	3
Cameroon	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	2
Iraq	3	0	1	2	3	6	−3	1

July 30, 1984 19:30	Canada	1 – 1	Iraq	Harvard Stadium, Boston Attendance: 16.730 Referee: Díaz (COL)
	Gray  70'	Report	Saeed  83'

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July 30, 1984 19:00	Yugoslavia	2 – 1	Cameroon	Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, Annapolis Attendance: 15.010 Referee: Keizer (NED)
	Nikolić  39' Cvetković  70'	Report	Milla  32'

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August 1, 1984 19:00	Cameroon	1 – 0	Iraq	Harvard Stadium, Boston Attendance: 20.000 Referee: Socha (USA)
	Bahoken  7'	Report

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August 1, 1984 19:00	Yugoslavia	1 – 0	Canada	Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, Annapolis Attendance: 20.000 Referee: Hossameldin (EGY)
	Nikolić  76'	Report

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August 3, 1984 19:00	Cameroon	1 – 3	Canada	Harvard Stadium, Boston Attendance: 27.621 Referee: Barbaresco (ITA)
	Mfédé  76'	Report	Mitchell  43',  82' Vrablic  72'

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August 3, 1984 19:00	Iraq	2 – 4	Yugoslavia	Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, Annapolis Attendance: 24.430 Referee: Sano (JPN)
	Saeed  17' Shihab  43'	Report	Deverić  55',  76',  87' Nikolić  86'

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Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	3	3	0	0	6	1	+5	6
West Germany	3	2	0	1	8	1	+7	4
Morocco	3	1	0	2	1	4	−3	2
Saudi Arabia	3	0	0	3	1	10	−9	0

July 30, 1984 19:30	West Germany	2 – 0	Morocco	Stanford Stadium, Palo Alto Attendance: 23.228 Referee: Evangelista (CAN)
	Rahn  43' Brehme  52'	Report

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July 30, 1984 19:00	Brazil	3 – 1	Saudi Arabia	Rose Bowl, Pasadena Attendance: 40.799 Referee: McGinlay (GBR)
	Gilmar Popoca  12' Silvinho  50' Dunga  59'	Report	Abdullah  69'

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August 1, 1984 19:00	Brazil	1 – 0	West Germany	Stanford Stadium, Palo Alto Attendance: 75.239 Referee: Cha (KOR)
	Gilmar Popoca  86'	Report

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August 1, 1984 19:00	Morocco	1 – 0	Saudi Arabia	Rose Bowl, Pasadena Attendance: 36.909 Referee: Sostarić (YUG)
	Merry  72'	Report

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August 3, 1984 19:00	Saudi Arabia	0 – 6	West Germany	Stanford Stadium, Palo Alto Attendance: 26.242 Referee: Igna (ROU)
		Report	Schreier  8',  66' Bommer  22',  72' Rahn  24' Mill  32'

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August 3, 1984 19:00	Morocco	0 – 2	Brazil	Rose Bowl, Pasadena Attendance: 49.355 Referee: Sánchez (ESP)
		Report	Dunga  64' Kita  70'

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Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Italy	3	2	0	1	2	1	+1	4
Egypt	3	1	1	1	5	3	+2	3
United States	3	1	1	1	4	2	+2	3
Costa Rica	3	1	0	2	2	7	−5	2

July 29, 1984 19:30	United States	3 – 0	Costa Rica	Stanford Stadium, Palo Alto Attendance: 78.000 Referee: Quiniou (FRA)
	Davis  23',  86' Willrich  35'	Report

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July 29, 1984 19:30	Italy	1 – 0	Egypt	Rose Bowl, Pasadena Attendance: 37.430 Referee: Castro (CHI)
	Serena  63'	Report

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July 31, 1984 19:00	Egypt	4 – 1	Costa Rica	Stanford Stadium, Palo Alto Attendance: 20.645 Referee: Ramírez (MEX)
	Khatib  32' Sayed  35' Soliman  62' Gadallah  71'	Report	Coronado  87'

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July 31, 1984 19:00	Italy	1 – 0	United States	Rose Bowl, Pasadena Attendance: 63.624 Referee: Al-Salmi (KUW)
	Baresi  58'	Report

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August 2, 1984 19:00	Egypt	1 – 1	United States	Stanford Stadium, Palo Alto Attendance: 54.973 Referee: Romero (ARG)
	Soliman  27'	Report	Thompson  8'

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August 2, 1984 19:00	Costa Rica	1 – 0	Italy	Rose Bowl, Pasadena Attendance: 41.291 Referee: Tesfaye (ETH)
	Rivers  33'	Report

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Knockout stages

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	August 5 - Pasadena, CA
	France	2
					August 8 - Pasadena, CA
	Egypt	0
					France (aet)	4
	August 6 - Pasadena, CA
					Yugoslavia	2
	Yugoslavia	5
									August 11 – Pasadena, CA
	West Germany	2
									France	2
	August 5 – Palo Alto, CA
									Brazil	0
	Italy (aet)	1
					August 8 – Palo Alto, CA
	Chile	0
					Italy	1			Third place
	August 6 - Palo Alto, CA
					Brazil (aet)	2
	Brazil (pen)	1 (5)							Yugoslavia	2
	Canada	1 (3)							Italy	1
									August 10 - Pasadena, CA

Quarter-finals

August 5, 1984 15:00	Italy	1 – 0 (aet)	Chile	Stanford Stadium, Palo Alto Attendance: 67.349 Referee: McGinlay (GBR)
	Vignola  95'	Report

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August 5, 1984 19:00	France	2 – 0	Egypt	Rose Bowl, Pasadena Attendance: 66.228 Referee: Cha (KOR)
	Xuereb  29',  52'	Report

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August 6, 1984 17:00	Brazil	1 – 1 (aet) (5 – 3 pen.)	Canada	Stanford Stadium, Palo Alto Attendance: 36.150 Referee: Siles (CRC)
	Gilmar Popoca  72'	Report	Mitchell  58'

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August 6, 1984 19:00	Yugoslavia	5 – 2	West Germany	Rose Bowl, Pasadena Attendance: 58.439 Referee: Romero (ARG)
	Cvetković  21',  58',  70' Radanović  27' Gračan  46' (pen)	Report	Bommer  1' Bockenfeld  28'

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Semi-finals

August 8, 1984 18:15	France	4 – 2 (aet)	Yugoslavia	Rose Bowl, Pasadena Attendance: 97.451 Referee: Ramírez (MEX)
	Bijotat  7' Jeannol  15' Lacombe  106' Xuereb  119'	Report	Cvetković  63' Deverić  74'

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August 8, 1984 20:30	Italy	1 – 2 (aet)	Brazil	Stanford Stadium, Palo Alto Attendance: 83.642 Referee: Socha (USA)
	Fanna  62'	Report	Gilmar [http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popoca_(apellido) Popoca]  53' Ronaldo  95'

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Bronze medal match

August 10, 1984 19:00	Yugoslavia	2 – 1	Italy	Rose Bowl, Pasadena Attendance: 100.374 Referee: McGinlay (SCO)
	Baljić  59' Deverić  81'	Report	Vignola  27' (pen)

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Gold medal match

August 11, 1984 19:00	France	2 – 0	Brazil	Rose Bowl, Pasadena Attendance: 101.799 Referee: Keizer (NED)
	Brisson  55' Xuereb  60'	Report

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1984 Olympic Champions
France First title

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

• FIFA Match Reports
• RSSSF Archive

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