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1980 Summer Olympics - The Results (Football)

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Football at the 1980 Moscow Summer Games

 

Host City: Moskva, Soviet Union
Date Started: July 20, 1980
Date Finished: August 2, 1980
Events: 1

Participants: 256 (256 men and 0 women) from 16 countries
Youngest Participant: VEN Iker Zubizarreta (18 years, 64 days)
Oldest Participant: ZAM Dickson Makwanza (34 years, 160 days)
Most Medals (Athlete): 50 athletes with 1 medal
Most Medals (Country): 3 countries with 1 medal
  

Overview

With the US-led boycott of the 1980 Olympics, it was difficult to get a full field of 16 teams, as seven of the original qualifiers eventually withdrew. The original qualifiers were as follows – Soviet Union as the host nation; German Democratic Republic (GDR) [East] as the defending champion; four teams from a UEFA (Europe) Olympic Qualifying Tournament (Czechoslovakia, Norway, Spain, Yugoslavia); three teams from a CAF (Africa) Olympic Qualifying Tournament (Algeria, Ghana, Egypt); three teams from an AFC (Asia) Olympic Qualifying Tournament (Iran, Kuwait, Malaysia); two teams from a CONCACAF (North & Central America/Caribbean) Olympic Qualifying Tournament (Costa Rica, United States); and two teams from a CONMEBOL (South America) Olympic Qualifying Tournament (Colombia, Argentina). But due to withdrawals related to the boycott, the following replacements were made – Nigeria replaced Ghana, Zambia replaced Egypt, Iraq replaced Malaysia, Syria replaced Iran, Cuba replaced the United States, Venezuela replaced Argentina, and Finland replaced Norway.

The teams faced the now standard Olympic format, with the 16 teams separated into four four-team groups, that played a round-robin to determine the top two teams in each group, who advanced to the quarter-finals and the knock-out phase. The matches were played at five stadia in the Soviet Union, with three in Russia, one in the Ukraine, and one in what was then Byelorussia. The venues were Lenin Stadium and Dynamo Stadium in Moskva, Russia; Kirov Stadium in Leningraf (St. Peterburg), Russia; Republican Stadium in Kiev, Ukraine; and Dinamo Stadium in Minsk, Byelorussia.

Four Eastern Bloc nations made the semi-finals, with Czechoslovakia winning the gold medal, 1-0, over the GDR, and the Soviet Union defeating Yugoslavia, 2-0, for the bronze medal.

Summary

The Western boycott caused almost half of the qualified teams to withdraw: Argentina, Egypt, Ghana, Iran, Malaysia, Norway and the United States. Many of their replacements could not impress at Moscow, and the Cuban team even made it to the quarter-finals after a 0-8 loss to the host nation. The four teams from Eastern Europe, East Germany, the Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia, had no trouble defeating the non-European teams and all placed for the semi-finals.

East Germany reached its second consecutive final, but without the players that had taken the gold in Montreal, while Czechoslovakia played its third Olympic final, losing in 1920 and 1964. The rules required that all amateurs were allowed to compete in Moscow, with the exception of European or South American players who had contested the 1978 World Cup qualifiers or finals. Several of the Czechoslovakian players had, in fact, competed at the 1980 European Championships in Italy. The final remained goal-less until the 77th minute, when substitute [Svoboda] put in a header to decide the tournament.
  

The football tournament at the 1980 Summer Olympics started on July 20 and ended on August 2. Only one event, the men's tournament, was contested. Seven qualified countries did not participate joining the American-led boycott in protest of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.

Sixteen teams were divided into four groups:

  • Group A (USSR, Cuba, Venezuela, Zambia)
  • Group B (Colombia, Kuwait, Nigeria, Czechoslovakia)
  • Group C (Algeria, Spain, GDR, Syria)
  • Group D (Costa Rica, Finland, Iraq, Yugoslavia)
In the technical following the competition, FIFA ed that: "Compared with the 1979 World Youth Tournament in Japan and the 1978 World Cup finals in Argentina, the standard of football at the Olympic Football Tournament was generally of an inferior quality,"
  

Venues

Moscow
Central Lenin Stadium Dynamo Stadium
Capacity: 91,251 Capacity: 50,475
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Dynamo Stadium.jpg
MinskLeningradKiev
Dinamo Stadium Kirov Stadium Republican Stadium
Capacity: 50,125 Capacity: 74,000 Capacity: 100,169
Dinamo Stadium Minsk.jpg
Kirov stadium.jpg
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The football tournament was the most attended event on these Olympics: 1,821,624 spectators watched 32 matches of it at the stadiums.
  

Qualification

Due to the American-led boycott, countries (in brackets) who qualified did not enter the final tournament. Spain sent a team under the IOC flag. The following 16 teams qualified for the 1980 Olympics football tournament:

  • Africa (CAF)
    •  Algeria
    •  Nigeria (replaces  Ghana)
    •  Zambia (replaces  Egypt)
  • Asia (AFC)
    •  Iraq (replaces  Malaysia)
    •  Kuwait
    •  Syria (replaces  Iran)
  • North and Central America (CONCACAF)
    •  Costa Rica
    •  Cuba (replaces  United States)

 
  • South America (CONMEBOL)
    •  Colombia
    •  Venezuela (replaces  Argentina)
  • Europe (UEFA)
    •  Czechoslovakia
    •  Finland (replaces  Norway)
    •  East Germany
    • International Olympic Committee Spain
    •  Yugoslavia
  • Hosting nation
    •  Soviet Union

Match officials

Africa
  • Algeria Belaïd Lacarne
  • Nigeria Bassey Eyo-Honesty
  • Zambia Nyrenda Chayu
Asia
  • Iraq Salim Naji Al-Hachami
  • Kuwait Ali Al-Bannai Abdulwahab
  • Syria Marwan Arafat

 
North and Central America
  • Costa Rica Luis Paulino Siles
  • Cuba Ramón Calderón Castro
  • Mexico Mario Rubio Vázquez
South America
  • Brazil Romualdo Arppi Filho
  • Colombia Guillermo Velásquez
  • Peru Enrique Labo Revoredo
  • Venezuela José Castro Lozada

 
Europe
  • Austria Franz Wöhrer
  • Czechoslovakia Vojtěch Christov
  • Finland Anders Mattsson
  • Italy Riccardo Lattanzi
  • East Germany Klaus Scheurell
  • Scotland Bob Valentine
  • Spain Emilio Guruceta-Muro
  • Sweden Ulf Eriksson
  • Switzerland André Daina
  • Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Marjan Raus
  • Soviet Union Eldar Azimzade

Bracket

 
 Quarter-finals   Semi-finals   Final
 
                    
 
 July 27 - Moscow          
 
 
  Soviet Union 2
 
 July 29 - Moscow
 
  Kuwait 1  
 
  East Germany 1
 
 July 27 - Kiev
 
    Soviet Union 0  
 
  East Germany 4
 
   August 2 - Moscow
 
  Iraq 0  
 
  Czechoslovakia 1
 
 July 27 - Leningrad
 
    East Germany 0
 
  Czechoslovakia 3
 
 July 29 - Moscow  
 
  Cuba 0  
 
  Czechoslovakia 2
 
 July 27 - Minsk
 
    Yugoslavia 0   Bronze medal match
 
  Yugoslavia 3
 
   August 1 - Moscow
 
  Algeria 0  
 
  Soviet Union 2
 
  
 
  Yugoslavia 0

Gold Medal match

August 2, 1980
12:00
Czechoslovakia 1–0 East Germany
Svoboda Goal 77'    
Lenin Stadium, Moscow
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Eldar Azimzade Soviet Union

The final was played in a hard rain for the third straight Olympics. Both teams played with ten players after the 58th minute after one player from each team was red-carded.

Bronze Medal match

August 1, 1980
12:00
Soviet Union 2–0 Yugoslavia
Hovhannisyan Goal 67'
Andreyev Goal 82'		    
Dinamo Stadium, Moscow
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Bob Valentine Scotland

Semi-finals

July 29, 1980
12:00
Soviet Union 0–1 East Germany
    Netz Goal 16'
Lenin Stadium, Moscow
Attendance: 95,000
Referee: Ulf Eriksson Sweden
July 29, 1980
13:00
Czechoslovakia 2–0 Yugoslavia
Lička Goal 4'
Šreiner Goal 18'		    
Dinamo Stadium, Moscow
Attendance: 48,000
Referee: Franz Woehrer Austria

Quarter-finals

July 27, 1980
12:00
Yugoslavia 3–0 Algeria
Miročević Goal 5'
Šestić Goal 19'
Zoran Vujović Goal 70'		    
Dinamo Stadium, Minsk
Referee: Klaus Scheurell East Germany
July 27, 1980
12:00
Soviet Union 2–1 Kuwait
Cherenkov Goal 30'
Gavrilov Goal 51'		   Yaqoub Goal 59'
Dinamo Stadium, Moscow
Attendance: 48,000
Referee: Mario Rubio Vazquez Mexico
July 27, 1980
12:00
Czechoslovakia 3–0 Cuba
Vízek Goal 29' Goal 59'
Pokluda Goal 90'		    
Kirov Stadium, Leningrad
Referee: Enrique Labo Revoredo Peru
July 27, 1980
12:00
East Germany 4–0 Iraq
Schnuphase Goal 4' (p.k.)
Netz Goal 11'
Steinbach Goal 17'
Terletzki Goal 22'		    
Republican Stadium, Kiev
Attendance: 48,000
Referee: Romualdo Arppi Filho Brazil

First round

Group A

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
 Soviet Union 3 3 0 0 15 1 +14 6
 Cuba 3 2 0 1 3 9 −6 4
 Venezuela 3 1 0 2 3 7 −4 2
 Zambia 3 0 0 3 2 6 −4 0
July 20, 1980
12:00
Cuba 1–0 Zambia
Roldán Goal 58'    
Kirov Stadium, Leningrad
Attendance: 100,000
Referee: Marijan Raus Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
July 20, 1980
12:00
Soviet Union 4–0 Venezuela
Andreyev Goal 3'
Cherenkov Goal 25'
Gavrilov Goal 34'
Hovhannisyan Goal 51'		    
Lenin Stadium, Moscow
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Franz Woehrer Austria
July 22, 1980
12:00
Cuba 2–1 Venezuela
Hernández Goal 49'
Núñez Goal 71'		   Zubizarreta Goal 68'
Kirov Stadium, Leningrad
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Emilio Guruceta-Muro Spain
July 22, 1980
12:00
Soviet Union 3–1 Zambia
Khidiyatullin Goal 9' Goal 51'
Cherenkov Goal 87'		   Chitalu Goal 13'
Lenin Stadium, Moscow
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Marwan Arafat Syria
July 24, 1980
12:00
Soviet Union 8–0 Cuba
Andreyev Goal 8' Goal 27' Goal 44'
Romantsev Goal 20'
Shavlo Goal 43'
Cherenkov Goal 55'
Gavrilov Goal 75'
Bessonov Goal 77'		    
Dinamo Stadium, Moscow
Attendance: 52,000
Referee: Bob Valentine Scotland
July 24, 1980
12:00
Venezuela 2–1 Zambia
Zubizarreta Goal 86'
Elie Goal 90' (p.k.)		   Chitalu Goal 73'
Kirov Stadium, Leningrad
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Luis Paulino Siles Costa Rica

Group B

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
 Czechoslovakia 3 1 2 0 4 1 +3 4
 Kuwait 3 1 2 0 4 2 +2 4
 Colombia 3 1 1 1 2 4 −2 3
 Nigeria 3 0 1 2 2 5 −3 1
July 21, 1980
12:00
Czechoslovakia 3–0 Colombia
Pokluda Goal 14'
Berger Goal 18'
Vízek Goal 85'		    
Kirov Stadium, Leningrad
Referee: Belaid Lacarne Algeria
July 21, 1980
12:00
Kuwait 3–1 Nigeria
Al-Dakhil Goal 16' Goal 40' Goal 85' (p.k.)   Mubarak Goal 25' (o.g.)
Dinamo Stadium, Moscow
Referee: Klaus Scheurell East Germany
July 23, 1980
12:00
Colombia 1–1 Kuwait
Molinares Goal 73'   Yaqoub Goal 64'
Dinamo Stadium, Moscow
Referee: Anders Mattson Finland
July 23, 1980
12:00
Czechoslovakia 1–1 Nigeria
Vízek Goal 25'   Nwosu Goal 84'
Kirov Stadium, Leningrad
Referee: Enrique Labo Revoredo Peru
July 25, 1980
12:00
Colombia 1–0 Nigeria
Cardona Goal 55'    
Dinamo Stadium, Moscow
Referee: Salim Naji Al-Hachami Iraq
July 25, 1980
12:00
Czechoslovakia 0–0 Kuwait
     
Kirov Stadium, Leningrad
Referee: Riccardo Lattanzi Italy

Group C

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
 East Germany 3 2 1 0 7 1 +6 5
 Algeria 3 1 1 1 4 2 +2 3
Spain Spain 3 0 3 0 2 2 0 3
 Syria 3 0 1 2 0 8 −8 1
July 20, 1980
12:00
East Germany 1–1Spain Spain
Kühn Goal 49'   Marcos Goal 50'
Republican Stadium, Kiev
Attendance: 100,000
Referee: Ulf Eriksson Sweden
July 20, 1980
12:00
Algeria 3–0 Syria
Belloumi Goal 36'
Madjer Goal 48'
Merzekane Goal 73' (p.k.)		    
Dinamo Stadium, Minsk
Referee: Vojtech Christov Czechoslovakia
July 22, 1980
12:00
East Germany 1–0 Algeria
Terletzki Goal 61'    
Republican Stadium, Kiev
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Romualdo Arppi Filho Brazil
July 22, 1980
12:00
Spain Spain0–0 Syria
     
Dinamo Stadium, Minsk
Referee: José Castro Lozada Venezuela
July 24, 1980
12:00
Spain Spain1–1 Algeria
Rincón Goal 38'   Belloumi Goal 63'
Dinamo Stadium, Minsk
Referee: Eldar Azimzade Soviet Union
July 24, 1980
12:00
East Germany 5–0 Syria
Hause Goal 6'
Netz Goal 25' Goal 45'
Peter Goal 75'
Terletzki Goal 82'		    
Republican Stadium, Kiev
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Ulf Eriksson Sweden

Group D

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
 Yugoslavia 3 2 1 0 6 3 +3 5
 Iraq 3 1 2 0 4 1 +3 4
 Finland 3 1 1 1 3 2 +1 3
 Costa Rica 3 0 0 3 2 9 −7 0
July 21, 1980
12:00
Yugoslavia 2–0 Finland
Šećerbegović Goal 56'
Šestić Goal 58'		    
Dinamo Stadium, Minsk
Referee: Mario Rubio Vázquez Mexico
July 21, 1980
12:00
Iraq 3–0 Costa Rica
Basheer Goal 45'
Saeed Goal 49'
Hassan Goal 75'		    
Republican Stadium, Kiev
Referee: Nyirenda Chayu Zambia
July 23, 1980
12:00
Yugoslavia 3–2 Costa Rica
Zlatko Vujović Goal 6' Goal 54'
Primorac Goal 24'		   White Goal 35'
Arroyo Goal 90'
Dinamo Stadium, Minsk
Referee: Bassey Eyo-Honesty Nigeria
July 23, 1980
12:00
Finland 0–0 Iraq
     
Republican Stadium, Kiev
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Ramón Calderón Castro Cuba
July 25, 1980
12:00
Finland 3–0 Costa Rica
Tissari Goal 18'
Alila Goal 58'
Soini Goal 88'		    
Republican Stadium, Kiev
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Ali Albannai Abdulwahab Kuwait
July 25, 1980
12:00
Yugoslavia 1–1 Iraq
Zoran Vujović Goal 63'   Hassan Goal 61'
Dinamo Stadium, Minsk
Referee: André Daina Switzerland

Goalscorers

With five goals, Sergey Andreyev of Soviet Union is the top scorer in the tournament. In total, 82 goals were scored by 52 different players, with only one of them credited as own goal.

5 goals
  • Soviet Union Sergey Andreyev
4 goals
  • Czechoslovakia Ladislav Vízek

 
  • East Germany Wolf-Rüdiger Netz

 
  • Soviet Union Fyodor Cherenkov

 
3 goals
  • East Germany Frank Terletzki

 
  • Kuwait Faisal Al-Dakhil

 
  • Soviet Union Yuri Gavrilov

 
2 goals
  • Algeria Lakhdar Belloumi
  • Czechoslovakia Lubomír Pokluda
  • Iraq Falah Hassan
  • Kuwait Jasem Yaqoub

 
  • Soviet Union Vagiz Khidiyatullin
  • Soviet Union Khoren Hovhannisyan
  • Venezuela Iker Zubizarreta
  • Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Miloš Šestić

 
  • Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Zlatko Vujović
  • Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Zoran Vujović
  • Zambia Godfrey Chitalu

 
1 goal
  • Algeria Rabah Madjer
  • Algeria Chaabane Merzekane
  • Colombia Benjamin Cardona
  • Colombia Carlos Molinares
  • Costa Rica Omar Arroyo
  • Costa Rica Jorge White
  • Cuba Luis Hernández
  • Cuba Ramón Núñez
  • Cuba Andrés Roldán
  • Czechoslovakia Jan Berger
  • Czechoslovakia Werner Lička

 
  • Czechoslovakia Zdeněk Šreiner
  • Czechoslovakia Jindřich Svoboda
  • Finland Jouko Alila
  • Finland Jouko Soini
  • Finland Ari Tissari
  • East Germany Lothar Hause
  • East Germany Dieter Kühn
  • East Germany Werner Peter
  • East Germany Rüdiger Schnuphase
  • East Germany Wolfgang Steinbach
  • Iraq Hadi Ahmad Basheer

 
  • Iraq Hussein Saeed
  • Nigeria Henry Nwosu
  • Spain Marcos Alonso Peña
  • Spain Hipólito Rincón
  • Soviet Union Oleg Romantsev
  • Soviet Union Sergey Shavlo
  • Soviet Union Volodymyr Bessonov
  • Venezuela Robert Elie
  • Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dževad Šećerbegović
  • Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Boro Primorac
  • Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Ante Miročević

 
Own goals
  • Kuwait Mahboub Mubarak (playing against Nigeria)

Final ranking

Below the final ranking after the end of the tournament.

RankTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1  Czechoslovakia (TCH) 6 4 2 0 10 1 +9 10
2  East Germany (GDR) 6 4 1 1 12 2 +10 9
3  Soviet Union (URS) 6 5 0 1 19 3 +16 10
4  Yugoslavia (YUG) 6 3 1 2 9 7 +2 7
5  Kuwait (KUW) 4 1 2 1 5 4 +1 4
6  Iraq (IRQ) 4 1 2 1 4 5 -1 4
7  Cuba (CUB) 4 2 0 2 3 12 -9 4
8  Algeria (ALG) 4 1 1 2 4 5 -1 3
9  Finland (FIN) 3 1 1 1 3 2 +1 3
10  Spain (ESP) 3 0 3 0 2 2 0 3
11  Colombia (COL) 3 1 1 1 2 4 -2 3
12  Venezuela (VEN) 3 1 0 2 3 7 -4 2
13  Nigeria (NGR) 3 0 1 2 2 5 -3 1
14  Syria (SYR) 3 0 1 2 0 8 -8 1
15  Zambia (ZAM) 3 0 0 3 2 6 -4 0
16  Costa Rica (CRC) 3 0 0 3 2 9 -7 0

 

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