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Football at the 1984 Summer Olympics

The association football (soccer) tournament at the 1984 Summer Olympics started on July 29 and ended on August 11, taking place throughout the United States.[1] It was the first Olympic soccer competition in which officially professional players were allowed. Until then, the amateur-only rule had heavily favored socialist countries from the Eastern Bloc whose players were professionals in all but name. However, as agreed with FIFA to preserve the importance of the World Cup, the Olympic competition was restricted to players with no more than five "A" caps at tournament start, regardless of age. Specifically, they allowed teams from countries outside of UEFA and CONMEBOL to field their strongest sides, while restricting UEFA and CONMEBOL (the strongest confederations whose teams had played all finals and won every single World Cup title) countries to players who had not played in a World Cup.[2][3][4][5]

1984 Olympic Football Tournament
Tournament details
Host countryUnited States
DatesJuly 29 – August 11, 1984
Teams16 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions France (1st title)
Runners-up Brazil
Third place Yugoslavia
Fourth place Italy
Tournament statistics
Matches played32
Goals scored84 (2.63 per match)
Attendance1,425,181 (44,537 per match)
Top scorer(s)Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Borislav Cvetković
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Stjepan Deverić
France Daniel Xuereb
(5 goals each)
← 1980
1988 →

The soccer tournament was held in four venues:

The Gold medal game between France and Brazil at the Rose Bowl attracted an Olympic Games soccer attendance record of 101,799. This remained the record attendance for a soccer game in the United States until 2014, breaking the previous Olympic record attendance of 100,000 set at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Australia for the game of the 1956 Olympic Games played between the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia. The Rose Bowl attendance would remain the Olympic record until 104,098 attended the game of the 2000 Summer Olympics between Cameroon and Spain at the Stadium Australia in Sydney.

The attendance also stood as the highest for a soccer game in the United States until 109,318 saw Manchester United defeat Real Madrid during the 2014 International Champions Cup at the Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor.

Schedule

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G Group stage ¼ Quarterfinals ½ Semifinals B 3rd place play-off F Final
Event↓/Date → Sun 29 Mon 30 Tue 31 Wed 1 Thu 2 Fri 3 Sat 4 Sun 5 Mon 6 Tue 7 Wed 8 Thu 9 Fri 10 Sat 11
Men's tournament G G G G G G ¼ ¼ ½ B F

Qualifying

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Main article: Football at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 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:

Venues

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Pasadena Boston Annapolis Stanford
Rose Bowl Harvard Stadium Navy–Marine Corps Stadium Stanford Stadium
Capacity: 103,300 Capacity: 30,323 Capacity: 34,000 Capacity: 84,500
       

Medalists

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Match officials

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Squads

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Main article: Football at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads

Final tournament

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Group stage

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   France 3 1 2 0 5 4 +1 4 Qualified for quarter-finals
2   Chile 3 1 2 0 2 1 +1 4
3   Norway 3 1 1 1 3 2 +1 3
4   Qatar 3 0 1 2 2 5 −3 1
Source: FIFA
Norway  0–0  Chile
Report
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Socha (USA)
France  2–2  Qatar
Garande   43'
Xuereb   61'		 Report Al-Muhannadi   55', 60'
Attendance: 29,240
Referee: Filho (BRA)
Norway  1–2  France
Ahlsen   33' Report Brisson   5', 56'
Attendance: 27,832
Referee: Roth (FRG)
Chile  1–0  Qatar
Baeza   52' Report
Attendance: 14,508
Referee: Siles (CRC)
Qatar  0–2  Norway
Report Vaadal   21', 52'
Attendance: 17,529
Referee: Kalombo (MWI)
Chile  1–1  France
Santis   9' Report Lemoult   50'
Attendance: 28,114
Referee: Keizer (NED)

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Yugoslavia 3 3 0 0 7 3 +4 6 Qualified for quarter-finals
2   Canada 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 3
3   Cameroon 3 1 0 2 3 5 −2 2
4   Iraq 3 0 1 2 3 6 −3 1
Source: FIFA
Canada  1–1  Iraq
Gray   70' Report Saeed   83'
Attendance: 16,730
Referee: Díaz (COL)
Yugoslavia  2–1  Cameroon
Nikolić   39'
Cvetković   70'		 Report Milla   32'
Attendance: 15,010
Referee: Keizer (NED)
Cameroon  1–0  Iraq
Bahoken   7' Report
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Socha (USA)
Yugoslavia  1–0  Canada
Nikolić   76' Report
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Hossameldin (EGY)
Cameroon  1–3  Canada
Mfédé   76' Report Mitchell   43', 82'
Vrablic   72'
Attendance: 27,621
Referee: Barbaresco (ITA)
Iraq  2–4  Yugoslavia
Saeed   17'
Shihab   43'		 Report Deverić   55', 76', 87'
Nikolić   86'
Attendance: 24,430
Referee: Sano (JPN)

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Brazil 3 3 0 0 6 1 +5 6 Qualified for quarter-finals
2   West Germany 3 2 0 1 8 1 +7 4
3   Morocco 3 1 0 2 1 4 −3 2
4   Saudi Arabia 3 0 0 3 1 10 −9 0
Source: FIFA
West Germany  2–0  Morocco
Rahn   43'
Brehme   52'		 Report
Attendance: 23.228
Referee: Evangelista (CAN)
Brazil  3–1  Saudi Arabia
Gilmar Popoca   12'
Silvinho   50'
Dunga   59'		 Report Abdullah   69'
Attendance: 40,799
Referee: McGinlay (GBR)
Brazil  1–0  West Germany
Gilmar Popoca   86' Report
Attendance: 75,239
Referee: Cha (KOR)
Morocco  1–0  Saudi Arabia
Merry   72' Report
Attendance: 36,909
Referee: Šoštarič (YUG)
Saudi Arabia  0–6  West Germany
Report Schreier   8', 66'
Bommer   22', 72'
Rahn   24'
Mill   32'
Attendance: 26,242
Referee: Igna (ROU)
Morocco  0–2  Brazil
Report Dunga   64'
Kita   70'
Attendance: 49,355
Referee: Sánchez (ESP)

Group D

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Italy 3 2 0 1 2 1 +1 4 Qualified for quarter-finals
2   Egypt 3 1 1 1 5 3 +2 3
3   United States 3 1 1 1 4 2 +2 3
4   Costa Rica 3 1 0 2 2 7 −5 2
Source: FIFA
United States  3–0  Costa Rica
Davis   23', 86'
Willrich   35'		 Report
Attendance: 78,000
Referee: Quiniou (FRA)
Italy  1–0  Egypt
Serena   63' Report
Attendance: 37,430
Referee: Castro (CHI)
Egypt  4–1  Costa Rica
Khatib   32'
Abdelghani   35'
Soliman   62'
Gadallah   71'		 Report Coronado   87'
Attendance: 20,645
Referee: Ramírez (MEX)
Italy  1–0  United States
Baresi   58' Report
Attendance: 63.624
Referee: Al-Salmi (KUW)
Egypt  1–1  United States
Soliman   27' Report Thompson   8'
Attendance: 54,973
Referee: Romero (ARG)
Costa Rica  1–0  Italy
Rivers   33' Report
Attendance: 41,291
Referee: Tesfaye (ETH)

Knockout stage

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
August 5 – Pasadena, CA
 
 
  France2
 
August 8 – Pasadena, CA
 
  Egypt0
 
  France (a.e.t.)4
 
August 6 – Pasadena, CA
 
  Yugoslavia2
 
  Yugoslavia5
 
August 11 – Pasadena, CA
 
  West Germany2
 
  France2
 
August 5 – Stanford, CA
 
  Brazil0
 
  Italy (a.e.t.)1
 
August 8 – Stanford, CA
 
  Chile0
 
  Italy1
 
August 6 – Stanford, CA
 
  Brazil (a.e.t.)2 Bronze medal match
 
  Brazil (pen.)1 (4)
 
August 10 – Pasadena, CA
 
  Canada1 (2)
 
  Yugoslavia2
 
 
  Italy1
 

Quarter-finals

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Italy  1–0 (a.e.t.)  Chile
Vignola   95' Report
Attendance: 67,349
Referee: McGinlay (GBR)
France  2–0  Egypt
Xuereb   29', 52' Report
Attendance: 66,228
Referee: Cha (KOR)
Brazil  1–1 (a.e.t.)  Canada
Gilmar Popoca   72' Report Mitchell   58'
Penalties
Gilmar  
Kita  
Ademir  
André Luiz  		 4–2   Wilson
  Mitchell
  Bridge
  Gray
Attendance: 36,150
Referee: Siles (CRC)
Yugoslavia  5–2  West Germany
Cvetković   21', 58', 70'
Radanović   27'
Gračan   46' (pen.)		 Report Bommer   1'
Bockenfeld   28'
Attendance: 58,439
Referee: Romero (ARG)

Semi-finals

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France  4–2 (a.e.t.)  Yugoslavia
Bijotat   7'
Jeannol   15'
Lacombe   96'
Xuereb   119'		 Report Cvetković   63'
Deverić   74'
Attendance: 97,451
Referee: Ramírez (MEX)
Italy  1–2 (a.e.t.)  Brazil
Fanna   62' Report Gilmar Popoca   53'
Ronaldo   95'
Attendance: 83,642
Referee: Socha (USA)

Bronze Medal match

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Yugoslavia  2–1  Italy
Baljić   59'
Deverić   81'		 Report Vignola   27' (pen.)
Attendance: 100,374
Referee: McGinlay (GBR)

Gold Medal match

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France  2–0  Brazil
Brisson   55'
Xuereb   60'		 Report
Attendance: 101,799
Referee: Keizer (Netherlands)

Match rules

Final team rankings

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Note: As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Result
1   France (FRA) 6 4 2 0 13 6 +7 10
2   Brazil (BRA) 6 4 1 1 9 5 +4 9
3   Yugoslavia (YUG) 6 5 0 1 16 10 +6 10
4   Italy (ITA) 6 3 0 3 5 5 0 6
5   West Germany (FRG) 4 2 0 2 10 6 +4 4 Eliminated in the quarter-finals
6   Canada (CAN) 4 1 2 1 5 4 +1 4
7   Chile (CHI) 4 1 2 1 2 2 0 4
8   Egypt (EGY) 4 1 1 2 5 5 0 3
9   United States (USA) 3 1 1 1 4 2 +2 3 Eliminated in the group stage
10   Norway (NOR) 3 1 1 1 3 2 +1 3
11   Cameroon (CMR) 3 1 0 2 3 5 −2 2
12   Morocco (MAR) 3 1 0 2 1 4 −3 2
13   Costa Rica (CRC) 3 1 0 2 2 7 −5 2
14   Iraq (IRQ) 3 0 1 2 3 6 −3 1
15   Qatar (QAT) 3 0 1 2 2 5 −3 1
16   Saudi Arabia (KSA) 3 0 0 3 1 10 −9 0
Source: [citation needed]

Statistics

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Goalscorers

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With five goals, Daniel Xuereb of France, Borislav Cvetković and Stjepan Deverić of Yugoslavia are the top scorers in the tournament. In total, 84 goals were scored by 52 different players, with none of them credited as own goal.

5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

Discipline

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In the final tournament, a player was suspended for the subsequent match in the competition for getting a red card. The following twelve players were sent off and suspended during the final tournament:

Player Offences Date Suspensions
  Sebastiano Nela   in group D v Egypt July 29 Group D v United States
  Mohamed Sedky     in group D v Italy July 29 Group D v Costa Rica
  Morsy El Alaa     in group D v Italy July 29 Group D v Costa Rica
  Moustafa Ahmed Ismail     in group D v Italy July 29 Group D v Costa Rica
  Marko Elsner     in group B v Cameroon July 30 Group B v Canada
  Mustapha El Biyaz     in group C v West Germany July 30 Group C v Saudi Arabia
  Mubarak Al-Kaater     in group A v Norway August 2 None (Qatar eliminated)
  Issa Al-Mohammadi   in group A v Norway August 2 None (Qatar eliminated)
  Théophile Abega     in group B v Canada August 3 None (Cameroon eliminated)
  Sameer Abdulshaker     in group C v West Germany August 3 None (Saudi Arabia eliminated)
  Jovica Nikolić   in semi-final v France August 8 Bronze medal match v Italy
  Borislav Cvetković   in semi-final v France August 8 Bronze medal match v Italy

Trivia

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The wave was first broadcast internationally during the 1984 Olympic football final, when it was done among the 100,000 in attendance at the Rose Bowl, Pasadena.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Football at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved October 29, 2018.
  2. ^ Summer Olympics Football
  3. ^ "Olympics Define Soccer Eligibility". New York Times. July 16, 1983. p. 20, Section 1. Retrieved September 15, 2024.
  4. ^ Harvey, Randy (December 12, 1986). "IOC Takes Pro and Con Positions on Pros". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 15, 2024.
  5. ^ Litsky, Frank (March 30, 1986). "I.O.C. EXPECTED TO EASE AMATEUR POLICY". New York Times. p. 9, Section 5. Retrieved September 15, 2024.
  6. ^ José Touré: "It was at the Olympic Games that I realised I was an athlete" FIFA.com. Retrieved August 25, 2011
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