Football at the 1980 Summer Olympics

      1980 Men's Olympic football tournament
      Tournament details
      Host country USSR
      Dates 20 July - 2 August
      Teams 16 (from 6 confederations)
      Venue(s) 6 (in 5 host cities)
      Final positions
      Champions  Czechoslovakia (1st title)
      Runners-up  East Germany
      Third place  Soviet Union
      Fourth place  Yugoslavia
      Tournament statistics
      Matches played 32
      Goals scored 82 (2.56 per match)
      Top scorer(s) Soviet Union Sergey Andreyev (5 goals)
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      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. 16 teams were divided into 4 groups:

      Venues

      The football tournament was held in five venues:

      The final was held at the Grand Arena of the Central Lenin Stadium and the match for the 3rd place was held at the Grand Arena of the Dynamo Stadium. The football tournament was the most attended event on these Olympics: 1,821,624 spectators watched 32 matches of it at the stadiums.

      Final:Czechoslovakia - GDR, Luzsnyiki Stadium
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      Qualification

      Main article: Football at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

      Due to the American-led political boycott, some countries (in brackets) who qualified did not enter the Final Tournament. The following 16 teams qualified for the 1980 Olympics football tournament:



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      Match Officials

      Africa
      Asia
      North and Central America
      • Costa Rica Luis Siles Calderón
      • Cuba Ramón Calderón Castro
      • Mexico Mario Rubio Vázquez
      South America
      Europe
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      Squads

      Main article: Football at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads
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      Final tournament

      First round

      Group A

      Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
       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 Kirov Stadium, Leningrad
      Attendance: 100.000
      Referee: Marijan Raus Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
      Roldán Goal 58' Report
      July 20, 1980
      12:00
      		 Soviet Union  4 – 0  Venezuela Lenin Stadium, Moscow
      Referee: Franz Woehrer Austria
      Andreyev Goal 3'
      Cherenkov Goal 25'
      Gavrilov Goal 34'
      Hovhannisyan Goal 51'      		 Report
      July 22, 1980
      12:00
      		 Cuba  2 – 1  Venezuela Kirov Stadium, Leningrad
      Attendance: 70.000
      Referee: Emilio Guruceta-Muro Spain
      Hernández Goal 49'
      Núñez Goal 71'      		 Report Zubizarreta Goal 68'
      July 22, 1980
      12:00
      		 Soviet Union  3 – 1  Zambia Lenin Stadium, Moscow
      Referee: Marwan Arafat Syria
      Khidiyatullin Goal 9' Goal 51'
      Cherenkov Goal 87'      		 Report Chitalu Goal 13'
      July 24, 1980
      12:00
      		 Soviet Union  8 – 0  Cuba Dinamo Stadium, Moscow
      Referee: Bob Valentine United Kingdom
      Andreyev Goal 8' Goal 27' Goal 44'
      Romantsev Goal 20'
      Shavlo Goal 43'
      Cherenkov Goal 55'
      Gavrilov Goal 75'
      Bessonov Goal 77'      		 Report
      July 24, 1980
      12:00
      		 Venezuela  2 – 1  Zambia Kirov Stadium, Leningrad
      Attendance: 80.000
      Referee: Jésus Paulino Siles Costa Rica
      Zubizarreta Goal 86'
      Elie Goal 90' (p.k.)      		 Report Chitalu Goal 73'

      Group B

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

      Group C

      Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
       East Germany 3 2 1 0 7 1 +6 5
       Algeria 3 1 1 1 4 2 +2 3
       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 – 1  Spain Republican Stadium, Kiev
      Attendance: 100.000
      Referee: Ulf Eriksson Sweden
      Kühn Goal 49' Report Marcos Goal 50'
      July 20, 1980
      12:00
      		 Algeria  3 – 0  Syria Dinamo Stadium, Minsk
      Referee: Vojtech Christov Czechoslovakia
      Belloumi Goal 36'
      Madjer Goal 48'
      Merzekane Goal 73' (p.k.)      		 Report
      July 22, 1980
      12:00
      		 East Germany  1 – 0  Algeria Republican Stadium, Kiev
      Attendance: 70.000
      Referee: Romualdo Arppi Filho Brazil
      Terletzki Goal 61' Report
      July 22, 1980
      12:00
      		 Spain  0 – 0  Syria Dinamo Stadium, Minsk
      Referee: José Castro Lozada Venezuela
      Report
      July 24, 1980
      12:00
      		 Spain  1 – 1  Algeria Dinamo Stadium, Minsk
      Referee: Eldar Azim Zade Soviet Union
      Rincón Goal 38' Report Belloumi Goal 63'
      July 24, 1980
      12:00
      		 East Germany  5 – 0  Syria Republican Stadium, Kiev
      Attendance: 80.000
      Referee: Ulf Eriksson Sweden
      Hause Goal 6'
      Netz Goal 25' Goal 45'
      Peter Goal 75'
      Terletzki Goal 82'      		 Report

      Group D

      Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
       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 Dinamo Stadium, Minsk
      Referee: Mario Rubio Vázquez Mexico
      Šećerbegović Goal 56'
      Šestić Goal 58'      		 Report
      July 21, 1980
      12:00
      		 Iraq  3 – 0  Costa Rica Republican Stadium, Kiev
      Referee: Nyirenda Chayu Zambia
      Basheer Goal 45'
      Saeed Goal 49'
      Hassan Goal 75'      		 Report
      July 23, 1980
      12:00
      		 Yugoslavia  3 – 2  Costa Rica Dinamo Stadium, Minsk
      Referee: Bassey Eyo-Honesty Nigeria
      Zlatko Vujović Goal 6' Goal 54'
      Primorac Goal 24'      		 Report White Goal 35'
      Arroyo Goal 90'
      July 23, 1980
      12:00
      		 Finland  0 – 0  Iraq Republican Stadium, Kiev
      Attendance: 40.000
      Referee: Ramón Calderón Castro Cuba
      Report
      July 25, 1980
      12:00
      		 Finland  3 – 0  Costa Rica Republican Stadium, Kiev
      Referee: Ali Albannai Abdulwahab Kuwait
      Tissari Goal 18'
      Alila Goal 58'
      Soini Goal 88'      		 Report
      July 25, 1980
      12:00
      		 Yugoslavia  1 – 1  Iraq Dinamo Stadium, Minsk
      Referee: André Daina Switzerland
      Zoran Vujović Goal 63' Report Hassan Goal 61'

      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 Third place
      July 27 - Minsk
          Yugoslavia  0  
        Yugoslavia  3   Soviet Union  2
        Algeria  0     Yugoslavia  0
      August 1 - Moscow

      Quarter-finals

      July 27, 1980
      12:00
      		 Yugoslavia  3 – 0  Algeria Dinamo Stadium, Minsk
      Referee: Klaus Scheurell East Germany
      Miročević Goal 5'
      Šestić Goal 19'
      Zoran Vujović Goal 70'      		 Report
      July 27, 1980
      12:00
      		 Soviet Union  2 – 1  Kuwait Dinamo Stadium, Moscow
      Attendance: 48.000
      Referee: Mario Rubio Vazquez Mexico
      Cherenkov Goal 30'
      Gavrilov Goal 51'      		 Report Yaqoub Goal 59'
      July 27, 1980
      12:00
      		 Czechoslovakia  3 – 0  Cuba Kirov Stadium, Leningrad
      Referee: Enrique Labo Revoredo Peru
      Vízek Goal 29' Goal 59'
      Pokluda Goal 90'      		 Report
      July 27, 1980
      12:00
      		 East Germany  4 – 0  Iraq Republican Stadium, Kiev
      Attendance: 48.000
      Referee: Romualdo Arppi Filho Brazil
      Schnuphase Goal 4' (p.k.)
      Netz Goal 11'
      Steinbach Goal 17'
      Terletzki Goal 22'      		 Report

      Semi-finals

      July 29, 1980
      12:00
      		 Soviet Union  0 – 1  East Germany Lenin Stadium, Moscow
      Attendance: 95.000
      Referee: Ulf Eriksson Sweden
      Report Netz Goal 16'
      July 29, 1980
      13:00
      		 Czechoslovakia  2 – 0  Yugoslavia Dinamo Stadium, Moscow
      Attendance: 48.000
      Referee: Franz Woehrer Austria
      Lička Goal 4'
      Sreiner Goal 18'      		 Report

      Bronze Medal match

      August 1, 1980
      12:00
      		 Soviet Union  2 – 0  Yugoslavia Dinamo Stadium, Moscow
      Attendance: 45.000
      Referee: Bob Valentine United Kingdom
      Hovhannisyan Goal 67'
      Andreyev Goal 82'      		 Report

      Gold Medal match

      August 2, 1980
      12:00
      		 Czechoslovakia  1 – 0  East Germany Lenin Stadium, Moscow
      Attendance: 70.000
      Referee: Eldar Azim Zade Soviet Union
      Svoboda Goal 77' Report
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      Medalists

      Gold: Silver: Bronze:
       Czechoslovakia

      Stanislav Seman
      Luděk Macela
      Josef Mazura
      Libor Radimec
      Zdeněk Rygel
      Petr Němec
      Ladislav Vízek
      Jan Berger
      Jindřich Svoboda
      Lubomír Pokluda
      Werner Lička
      Rostislav Václavíček
      Jaroslav Netolička
      Oldřich Rott
      František Štambacher
      František Kunzo

      		  East Germany

      Bodo Rudwaleit
      Arthur Ullrich
      Lothar Hause
      Frank Uhlig
      Frank Baum
      Rüdiger Schnuphase
      Frank Terletzki
      Wolfgang Steinbach
      Jürgen Bähringer
      Werner Peter
      Dieter Kühn
      Norbert Trieloff
      Matthias Müller
      Matthias Liebers
      Bernd Jakubowski
      Wolf-Rüdiger Netz

      		  Soviet Union

      Rinat Dasaev
      Tengiz Sulakvelidze
      Alexandre Chivadze
      Vagiz Khidiyatullin
      Oleg Romantsev
      Sergey Shavlo
      Sergey Andreev
      Vladimir Bessonov
      Yuri Gavrilov
      Fyodor Cherenkov
      Valeri Gazzaev
      Vladimir Pilguj
      Sergej Baltacha
      Sergei Nikulin
      Khoren Hovhannisyan
      Alexandr Prokopenko
      Revaz Chelebadze

      Remark:country names are given in the form they were used in the official documents of the IOC in 1980.

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      Goalscorers

      5 goals
      4 goals
      3 goals
      2 goals
      1 goal
      Own goals
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