Football at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Football at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Tournament details
Host country South Korea
Dates September 17-October 1
Teams 16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s) 6 (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Soviet Union
Runners-up  Brazil
Third place  West Germany
Tournament statistics
Matches played 32
Goals scored 95 (2.97 per match)
Top scorer(s) Brazil Romário (7 goals)

Football tournament was played as part of the 1988 Summer Olympics. The tournament features 16 men's national teams from six continental confederations. The 16 teams are drawn into four groups of four and each group plays a round-robin tournament. At the end of the group stage, the top two teams advanced to the knockout stage, beginning with the quarter-finals and culminating with the gold medal match at Olympic Stadium on October 1, 1988.

Medal summary

Gold Silver Bronze
 Soviet Union (URS)
Aleksandr Borodyuk
Oleksiy Cherednyk
Igor Dobrovolski
Sergei Fokin
Sergei Gorlukovich
Arvydas Janonis
Gela Ketashvili
Dmitry Kharin
Yevgeni Kuznetsov
Viktor Losev
Volodymyr Lyuty
Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko
Arminas Narbekovas
Igor Ponomarev
Yury Savichev
Igor Sklyarov
Volodymyr Tatarchuk
Yevgeny Yarovenko
Alexei Prudnikov
Vadym Tyshchenko
 Brazil (BRA)
Ademir
Aloísio
Andrade
Batista
Bebeto
Careca
André Cruz
Edmar
Geovani
João Paulo
Jorginho
Milton
Neto
Romário
Cláudio Taffarel
Luiz Carlos Winck
Ricardo Gomes
Mazinho
Valdo Filho
Zé Carlos
 West Germany (FRG)
Rudi Bommer
Holger Fach
Wolfgang Funkel
Armin Görtz
Roland Grahammer
Thomas Häßler
Thomas Hörster
Olaf Janßen
Uwe Kamps
Gerhard Kleppinger
Jürgen Klinsmann
Frank Mill
Karl-Heinz Riedle
Christian Schreier
Michael Schulz
Ralf Sievers
Fritz Walter
Wolfram Wuttke
Oliver Reck
Gunnar Sauer

Note: The players above the line played at least one game in this tournament, the players below the line were only squad members. Nevertheless the International Olympic Committee medal database credits them all as medalists.

Qualification

The following sixteen teams qualified for the 1988 Olympics football tournament:






Participating nations

Each country was allowed to enter a team of 20 players and they all were eligible for participation. A total number of 314 footballers were entered.

A total of 268(*) footballers from 16 nations competed at the Seoul Games:

(*) NOTE: There are only players counted, which participated in one game at least.


Final tournament

First round

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Sweden 321063+35
 West Germany 320183+54
 Tunisia 30213632
 China PR 30120551

September 17, 1988
China PR  03  West Germany
Busan Gudeok Stadium, Busan

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September 17, 1988
Sweden  22  Tunisia
Daegu Civic Stadium, Daegu

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September 19, 1988
Tunisia  14  West Germany
Busan Gudeok Stadium, Busan

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September 19, 1988
China PR  02  Sweden
Daegu Civic Stadium, Daegu

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September 21, 1988
China PR  00  Tunisia
Busan Gudeok Stadium, Busan

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September 21, 1988
Sweden  21  West Germany
Daegu Civic Stadium, Daegu

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Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Zambia 3210102+85
 Italy 320176+14
 Iraq 311154+13
 Guatemala 3003212100

September 17, 1988
Italy  52  Guatemala
Gwangju Mudeung Stadium, Gwangju

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September 17, 1988
Zambia  22  Iraq
Daejeon Hanbat Stadium, Daejeon

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September 19, 1988
Zambia  40  Italy
Gwangju Mudeung Stadium, Gwangju

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September 19, 1988
Iraq  30  Guatemala
Daejeon Hanbat Stadium, Daejeon

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September 21, 1988
Zambia  40  Guatemala
Gwangju Mudeung Stadium, Gwangju

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September 21, 1988
Iraq  02  Italy
Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul

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Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Soviet Union 321063+35
 Argentina 31114403
 South Korea 30211212
 United States 30213522

September 18, 1988
South Korea  00  Soviet Union
Busan Gudeok Stadium, Busan

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September 18, 1988
United States  11  Argentina
Daegu Civic Stadium, Daegu

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September 20, 1988
South Korea  00  United States
Busan Gudeok Stadium, Busan

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Argentina  12  Soviet Union
Daegu Civic Stadium, Daegu

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September 22, 1988
South Korea  12  Argentina
Busan Gudeok Stadium, Busan

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September 22, 1988
United States  24  Soviet Union
Daegu Civic Stadium, Daegu

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Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Brazil 330091+86
 Australia 32012314
 Yugoslavia 31024402
 Nigeria 30031870

September 18, 1988
Australia  10  Yugoslavia
Gwangju Mudeung Stadium, Gwangju

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Brazil  40  Nigeria
Daejeon Hanbat Stadium, Daejeon

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September 20, 1988
Nigeria  13  Yugoslavia
Daejeon Hanbat Stadium, Daejeon

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September 20, 1988
Australia  03  Brazil
Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul

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September 22, 1988
Brazil  21  Yugoslavia
Daejeon Hanbat Stadium, Daejeon

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September 22, 1988
Australia  10  Nigeria
Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul

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Knockout stage

Quarter finals Semi-finals Gold medal match
                   
September 25 - Daegu        
  Sweden  1
September 27 - Busan
  Italy (aet)  2  
  Italy  2
September 25 - Busan
      Soviet Union (aet)  3  
  Soviet Union  3
October 1 - Seoul
  Australia  0  
  Soviet Union (aet)  2
September 25 - Gwangju    
    Brazil  1
  Zambia  0
September 27 - Seoul
  West Germany  4  
  West Germany  1 (2) Bronze medal match
September 25 - Seoul
      Brazil  1 (3)   September 30 - Seoul
  Brazil  1
  Italy  0
  Argentina  0  
  West Germany  3
 

Quarter-finals

September 25, 1988
Sweden  12 (aet)  Italy
Daegu Civic Stadium, Daegu

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September 25, 1988
Soviet Union  30  Australia
Busan Gudeok Stadium, Busan

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September 25, 1988
West Germany  40  Zambia
Gwangju Mudeung Stadium, Gwangju

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September 25, 1988
Brazil  10  Argentina
Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul

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Semi-finals

September 27, 1988
Soviet Union  32 (aet)  Italy
Busan Gudeok Stadium, Busan

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Attendance: 10,000

September 27, 1988
Brazil  11 (3-2p)  West Germany
Olympic Stadium, Seoul

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Attendance: 65,000

Bronze Medal match

September 30, 1988
Italy  03  West Germany
Olympic Stadium, Seoul

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Gold Medal match

October 1, 1988
Soviet Union  21 (aet)  Brazil
Olympic Stadium, Seoul

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Final ranking

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Rank Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Soviet Union (URS) 6510146+811
2  Brazil (BRA) 6411124+89
3  West Germany (FRG) 6411164+129
4  Italy (ITA) 63031113–26
5  Zambia (ZAM) 4211106+45
6  Sweden (SWE) 421175+25
7  Australia (AUS) 420226–44
8  Argentina (ARG) 411245–13
9  Iraq (IRQ) 311154+13
10  Yugoslavia (YUG) 31024402
11  South Korea (KOR) 302112–12
12  United States (USA) 302135−22
13  Tunisia (TUN) 302136−32
14  China (CHN) 301205–51
15  Nigeria (NGR) 300318–70
16  Guatemala (GUA) 3003212–100

Venues

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South America

North and Central America


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Oceania

Goalscorers

With seven goals, Romário of Brazil is the top scorer in the tournament. In total, 95 goals were scored by 53 different players, with only one of them credited as own goal.

7 goals
6 goals
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1 goal

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References

  1. http://www.rsssf.com/tableso/ol1988f-det.html

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