1984 Summer Olympics / Football

Football at the 1984 Summer Olympics
information
venue	Annapolis , Boston , Stanford , Pasadena
Competition venue	Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium , Harvard Stadium , Stanford Stadium , Rose Bowl Stadium
Teams	16
Nations	16
Athletes	246 (246 )
date	July 29 - August 11, 1984
decisions	1
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At the XXIII. At the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles , a soccer competition was held. For the first time professional players were allowed to take part in these games. The prerequisite was that none of these players had participated in a previous soccer World Cup . An exception was made for Africa and Asia.

For the first time in the history of the Olympic soccer tournament, there were no games in the actual Olympic Stadium in Los Angeles, but in Harvard Stadium in Boston, the Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis, Stanford Stadium in Stanford and the Rose Bowl Stadium in Pasadena.

When France won the title, a Western European team became Olympic champion for the first time since 1948 and, with Brazil, a South American team was able to reach the final again since 1928. It was also the first and so far only time that a country has become European and Olympic champions in one year.

The more than 1.4 million viewers at the 32 games meant a record for an Olympic football tournament up to the 2012 tournament in London. The tournament is also considered to be the international birth of La Ola , two years before the 1986 World Cup in Mexico.

qualification

There were four qualification groups in Europe. The winners of qualification groups 1-3 qualified directly for the Olympic Games. The six teams were initially divided into two sub-groups, the two group winners determined the participants in the first and second legs. The Soviet Union, the GDR, Yugoslavia and France qualified. Then there was the defending champion Czechoslovakia.

Due to the Olympic boycott of the Eastern Bloc states, the GDR, the ČSSR and the USSR decided not to participate. The unqualified teams of the FRG, Norway and Italy were invited in their place.

In South America, initially two groups with 3 teams each were played, the two best groups moved into the last group, where the two best teams qualified again. Participants were: Brazil and Chile. Argentina withdrew their team before qualifying began.

In North America, the three best teams were initially determined in three rounds, and the two participants were determined in a group in two-way legs. Canada and Costa Rica qualified.

The entire African qualification was played in cup mode. Here Egypt, Morocco and Cameroon prevailed.

In Asia there were initially five qualifying groups, the two group best qualified for the final tournament in Singapore. There they played in two groups of 5 teams, the two group winners qualified directly for the Olympic Games, the two runners-up played a play-off game. Qatar and Saudi Arabia qualified as group winners. Iraq defeated South Korea 1-0 and also qualified for the final tournament in the USA.

5 from Europe	Soviet Union →BR Germany		GDR →Norway
	Czechoslovakia →Italy	France	Yugoslavia
2 from South America	Brazil	Chile
3 from Africa	Egypt	Cameroon	Morocco
3 from Asia	Iraq	Qatar	Saudi Arabia
3 from North America	Costa Rica	Canada	United States (hosts)

West German squad

Trainer: Erich Ribbeck

position	player	birthday	Age	society
1	Bernd Franke	Feb 12, 1948	36	Eintracht Braunschweig
2	Manfred Bockenfeld	Jul 23, 1960	24	Fortuna Dusseldorf
3	Roland Dickgießer	Nov 9, 1960	23	SV Waldhof Mannheim
4th	Dieter Bast	Aug 28, 1951	32	Bayer 04 Leverkusen
5	Bernd Wehmeyer	Jun 6, 1952	32	Hamburger SV
6th	Guido Buchwald	Jan. 24, 1961	23	VfB Stuttgart
7th	Jürgen Groh	Jul 17, 1956	28	Hamburger SV
8th	Rudi Bommer	Aug 19, 1957	26th	Fortuna Dusseldorf
9	Dieter Schatzschneider	Apr 26, 1958	26th	Hamburger SV
10	Andreas Brehme	Nov 9, 1960	23	1. FC Kaiserslautern
11	Frank Mill	Jul 23, 1958	26th	Borussia Monchengladbach
12	Walter Junghans	Oct 26, 1958	25th	FC Schalke 04
13	Alfred Schön	Jan. 13, 1962	22nd	SV Waldhof Mannheim
14th	Peter Lux	Oct. 4, 1962	21st	Eintracht Braunschweig
15th	Uwe Rahn	May 21, 1962	22nd	Borussia Monchengladbach
16	Christian Schreier	Feb. 4, 1959	25th	VfL Bochum
17th	Dieter Schlindwein	Feb 7, 1961	23	SV Waldhof Mannheim

Olympic tournament

Olympic football tournament 1984
Number of nations	16
Olympic champion	France (1st title)
venue	Annapolis , Cambridge , Palo Alto , Pasadena
Opening game	July 29, 1984
Endgame	August 11, 1984
Games	32
Gates	84  (⌀: 2.63 per game)
spectator	1,425,181  (⌀: 44,537 per game)
Top scorer	Borislav Cvetković Stjepan Deverić Daniel Xuereb (5 goals each)
yellow cards	72  (⌀: 2.25 per game)
Red cards	12  (⌀: 0.38 per game)

Group stage

Group 1

July 29, 1984 in Cambridge Chile - Norway 0-0 July 29, 1984 in Annapolis Qatar - France 2: 2 (1: 0) July 31, 1984 in Cambridge Norway - France 1: 2 (1: 1) July 31, 1984 in Annapolis Chile - Qatar 1: 0 (0: 0) August 2, 1984 in Annapolis Chile - France 1: 1 (1: 0) August 2, 1984 in Cambridge Qatar - Norway 0: 2 (0: 2)

rank country Gates Points 1 France 5: 4 4: 2 2 Chile 2: 1 4: 2 3 Norway 3: 2 3: 3 4th Qatar 2: 5 1: 5

Group 2

July 30, 1984 in Cambridge Canada - Iraq 1: 1 (0: 0) July 30, 1984 in Annapolis Yugoslavia - Cameroon 2: 1 (1: 1) August 1, 1984 in Cambridge Cameroon - Iraq 1: 0 (1: 0) August 1, 1984 in Annapolis Yugoslavia - Canada 1: 0 (0: 0) August 3, 1984 in Annapolis Iraq - Yugoslavia 2: 4 (0: 2) August 3, 1984 in Cambridge Cameroon - Canada 1: 3 (0: 1)

rank country Gates Points 1 Yugoslavia 7: 3 6-0 2 Canada 4: 3 3: 3 3 Cameroon 3: 5 2: 4 4th Iraq 3: 6 1: 5

Group 3

July 30, 1984 in Palo Alto BR Germany - Morocco 2: 0 (1: 0) July 30, 1984 in Pasadena Brazil - Saudi Arabia 3: 1 (1: 0) August 1, 1984 in Palo Alto Brazil - BR Germany 1: 0 (0: 0) August 1, 1984 in Pasadena Morocco - Saudi Arabia 1: 0 (0: 0) August 3, 1984 in Palo Alto BR Germany - Saudi Arabia 6: 0 (4: 0) August 3, 1984 in Pasadena Brazil - Morocco 2: 0 (0: 0)

rank country Gates Points 1 Brazil 6: 1 6-0 2 BR Germany 8: 1 4: 2 3 Morocco 1: 4 2: 4 4th Saudi Arabia 1:10 0: 6

The Olympic selection of the DFB was able to qualify due to the Olympic boycott of the Eastern Bloc countries. The team coached by Erich Ribbeck included players like Andreas Brehme , Uwe Rahn , Bernd Franke (goal), Guido Buchwald , Rudi Bommer , Frank Mill , Dieter Bast , Dieter Schatzschneider , Bernd Wehmeyer and Peter Lux . In the first game against Morocco, a victory was achieved through goals from Rahn and Brehme. They lost the game against Brazil 1-0 with a goal from Augilmar Oliveira. In the 6-0 victory over Saudi Arabia, Schreier (twice), Bommer (twice), Rahn and Mill met.

Group 4

July 29, 1984 in Cambridge United States - Costa Rica 3: 0 (2: 0) July 29, 1984 in Pasadena Italy - Egypt 1: 0 (0: 0) July 31, 1984 in Palo Alto Egypt - Costa Rica 4: 1 (1: 0) July 31, 1984 in Pasadena Italy - United States 1: 0 (0: 0) August 2, 1984 in Palo Alto Egypt - United States 1: 1 (1: 1) August 2, 1984 in Cambridge Costa Rica - Italy 1: 0 (1: 0)

rank country Gates Points 1 Italy 2: 1 4: 2 2 Egypt 5: 3 3: 3 3 United States 4: 2 3: 3 4th Costa Rica 2: 7 2: 4

Hosts USA were eliminated due to a less goal scored against the Egyptians. In the last game, the USA took the lead in the 7th minute, but Emad Soliman was able to equalize the Egyptians, who thus qualify for the quarter-finals.

Quarter finals

August 5, 1984 in Palo Alto
Italy	-	Chile	1: 0 a.d.
August 5, 1984 in Pasadena
France	-	Egypt	2: 0 (1: 0)
August 6, 1984 in Palo Alto
Brazil	-	Canada	1: 1 n.V. (1: 1, 0: 0), 4: 2 i. E.
August 6, 1984 in Pasadena
Yugoslavia	-	BR Germany	5: 2 (2: 2)

Germany clearly lost the quarter-final match against Yugoslavia 2: 5. Cvetković (three times), Radanović and Gračan scored for Yugoslavia and Bommer and Rahn for Germany.

Semifinals

August 8, 1984 in Palo Alto
Italy	-	Brazil	1: 2 a.d. (1: 1, 0: 0)
August 8, 1984 in Pasadena
France	-	Yugoslavia	4: 2 n.V. (2: 2, 2: 0)

Bronze game

August 10, 1984 in Pasadena
Italy	-	Yugoslavia	1: 2 (1: 0)

final

France		Brazil
	August 11, 1984 in Pasadena ( Rose Bowl Stadium ) Result: 2: 0 (0: 0) Spectators: 101,799 Referee: Jan Keizer ( Netherlands )
	Albert Rust - Philippe Jeannol , Michel Bibard , Jean-Louis Zanon , William Ayache - Guy Lacombe , Dominique Bijotat , Jean-Philippe Rohr - Jean-Claude Lemoult , François Brisson (79th Patrice Garande ), Daniel Xuereb (87th Patrick Cubaynes ) Trainer: Henri Michel	Gilmar - Ronaldo Silva , Pinga , Mauro Galvão , André Luís Ferreira - Carlos Dunga , Ademir , Tonho , (58th Milton Cruz ) - Silvinho , Gilmar Popoca , João Leiehart Neto (58th Chicão ) Trainer: Jair Picerni
	1-0 François Brisson (55th) 2-0 Daniel Xuereb (60th)

Medal ranks

rank	Medalist
Gold france	William Ayache , Michel Bensoussan (TW), Michel Bibard , Dominique Bijotat , François Brisson , Patrick Cubaynes , Patrice Garande , Philippe Jeannol , Guy Lacombe , Jean-Claude Lemoult , Jean-Philippe Rohr , Albert Rust (TW), Didier Sénac , Jean -Christophe Thouvenel , José Touré , Daniel Xuereb , Jean-Louis Zanon Trainer: Henri Michel
Silver brazil	Ademir , Milton Cruz , Luiz Henrique Dias (TW), André Luís Ferreira , Mauro Galvão , Tonho , Gilmar (TW), João Leiehart Neto , Gilmar Popoca , Silvinho , Pinga , David Cortez Silva , Paulo Santos , Ronaldo Silva , Carlos Dunga , Chicão , Luiz Carlos Winck Coach: Jair Picerni
Bronze Yugoslavia	Mirsad Baljić , Mehmet Baždarević , Vlado Čapiljić , Borislav Cvetković , Stjepan Deverić , Milko Đurovski , Marko Elsner , Nenad Gračan , Tomislav Ivković (TW), srečko katanec , Branko Miljuš , Mitar Mrkela , Jovica Nikolic , Ivan Pudar (TW), ljubomir radanović , Admir Smajić , Dragan Stojković Coach: Ivan Toplak

Best goal scorers

rank	player	Gates
1	Borislav Cvetković	5
	Stjepan Deveric	5
	Daniel Xuereb	5
4th	Gilmar Popoca	4th
5	Rudi Bommer	3
	Jovica Nikolić	3
	Dale Mitchell	3
	François Brisson	3
9	Uwe Rahn	2
	Christian Schreier	2
...
17th	Andreas Brehme	1
	Manfred Bockenfeld	1
	Frank Mill	1

Web links

• Official website of FIFA
• Detailed data on rsssf.com (English)