1908 Summer Olympics / Football / Games

sport	Soccer
discipline	competition
gender	Men
Attendees	72 athletes from 7 nations in 8 teams
Competition location	White City Stadium
Competition phase	October 19-24, 1908
Medalist  Great Britain  Denmark  Netherlands
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This page contains all the matches of the 1908 London Olympic football tournament with all statistical details.

Quarter finals

The Netherlands and France A reached the semi-finals without a fight, as Hungary and Bohemia were not allowed to compete as independent associations within the Danube Monarchy for sport-political reasons.

Denmark - France B 9: 0 (4: 0)

Denmark		France B
	19 October 1908 in London ( White City Stadium ) Spectators: 2,000 Referee: Thomas Kyle ( England )
	Ludwig Drescher - Charles Buchwald , Harald Hansen - Harald Bohr , Kristian Middelboe , Nils Middelboe - Oscar Nielsen , August Lindgren , Sophus Nielsen , Vilhelm Wolfhagen , Peter Marius Andersen Trainer: Charlie Williams ( England )	Fernand Desrousseaux - Joseph Verlet , Charles Bilot - Sadi Dastarac , Raoul Gressier , Justin Vialaret - Pierre Six , Albert Jenicot , Henri Holgard , Paul Mathaux , Adrien Filez Coach: without
	1: 0 N. Middelboe (10th) 2: 0 Wolfhagen (15th) 3: 0 Wolfhagen (17th) 4: 0 Bohr (25th) 5: 0 Bohr (47th) 6: 0 N. Middelboe (49th) .) 7: 0 Wolfhagen (67.) 8: 0 Wolfhagen (72.) 9: 0 S. Nielsen (78.)

Great Britain - Sweden 12: 1 (7: 0)

Great Britain		Sweden
	October 20, 1908 in London ( White City Stadium ) Spectators: 2,000 Referee: John Ibbotson ( England )
	Horace Bailey - Walter Corbett , Herbert Smith - Kenneth Hunt , Frederick Chapman , Robert Hawkes - Arthur Berry , Vivian Woodward , Harold Stapley , Claude Purnell , Harold Hardman Trainers: none	Oskar Bengtsson - Åke Fjästad , Theodor Malm - Sven Olsson , Hans Lindman , Olof Ohlsson - Sune Almkvist , Gustaf Bergström , Karl Gustafsson , Sven Ohlsson , Karl Ansén Trainer: none
	1: 0 Stapley (15.) 2: 0 Woodward (?.) 3: 0 Berry (?.) 4: 0 Chapman (?.) 5: 0 Purnell (?.) 6: 0 Stapley (?.) 7: 0 Woodward (?.) 8: 1 Purnell (?.) 9: 1 Purnell (?.) 10: 1 Hawkes (?.) 11: 1 Hawkes (?.) 12: 1 Purnell (?.)	7: 1 Bergström (65th)

Semifinals

Denmark - France A 17: 1 (6: 1)

Denmark		France A
	22 October 1908 in London ( White City Stadium ) Spectators: 1,000 Referee: Thomas Campbell ( England )
	Ludwig Drescher - Charles Buchwald , Harald Hansen - Harald Bohr , Kristian Middelboe , Nils Middelboe - Johannes Gandl , August Lindgren , Sophus Nielsen , Vilhelm Wolfhagen , Bjørn Rasmussen Trainer: Charlie Williams ( England )	Maurice Tillette - Ursule Wibaut , Jean Dubly - Georges Bayrou , Charles Renaux , Louis Schubart - Emile Sartorius , Georges-Henri Albert , André François , Gaston Cyprès , René Fenouillere Trainers: none
	1: 0 S. Nielsen (3rd) 2: 0 S. Nielsen (4th) 3: 0 S. Nielsen (6th) 4: 1 Lindgren (18th) 5: 1 Lindgren (37th) 6: 1 S. Nielsen (39.) 7: 1 S. Nielsen (46.) 8: 1 S. Nielsen (48.) 9: 1 S. Nielsen (52.) 10: 1 Wolfhagen (60.) 11: 1 S. Nielsen (64.) 12: 1 S. Nielsen (66.) 13: 1 N. Middelboe (68.) 14: 1 Wolfhagen (72.) 15: 1 S. Nielsen (76.) 16: 1 Wolfhagen (82.) 17: 1 Wolfhagen (89.)	3: 1 Sartorius (16.)

Great Britain - Netherlands 4: 0 (1: 0)

Great Britain		Netherlands
	22 October 1908 in London ( White City Stadium ) Spectators: 6,000 Referee: John Howcroft ( England )
	Horace Bailey - Walter Corbett , Herbert Smith - Kenneth Hunt , Frederick Chapman , Robert Hawkes - Arthur Berry , Vivian Woodward , Harold Stapley , Claude Purnell , Harold Hardman Trainers: none	Reinier Beeuwkes - Karel Heijting , Louis Otten - Ed Sol , Bok de Korver , Miel Mundt - Caius Welcker , Jops Reeman , Jan Thomée , Edu Snethlage , Frans de Bruyn Kops Trainer: Edgar Wallace Chadwick ( England )
	1-0 Stapley (37th) 2-0 Stapley (60th) 3-0 Stapley (64th) 4-0 Stapley (75th)

Bronze game

Netherlands - Sweden 2: 0 (1: 0)

Netherlands		Sweden
	23 October 1908 in London ( White City Stadium ) Spectators: 1,000 Referee: John Hargreaves Pearson ( England )
	Reinier Beeuwkes - Karel Heijting , Louis Otten - Ed Sol , Bok de Korver , Jan Kok - Caius Welcker , Edu Snethlage , Jops Reeman , Jan Thomée , Frans de Bruyn Kops Trainer: Edgar Wallace Chadwick ( England )	Oskar Bengtsson - Åke Fjaestad , Nils Andersson - Sven Olsson , Hans Lindman , Valter Lidén - Arvid Fagrell , Gustaf Bergström , Olof Ohlsson , Karl Gustafsson , Karl Ansén Coach: without
	1: 0 Reeman (6th) 2: 0 Snethlage (58th)

1. ↑ Sweden played as the quarterfinal loser for bronze, as France A withdrew due to their high semi-final defeat against Denmark.

final

Great Britain - Denmark 2: 0 (1: 0)

Great Britain		Denmark
	October 24, 1908 in London ( White City Stadium ) Spectators: 8,000 Referee: John Lewis ( England )
	Horace Bailey - Walter Corbett , Herbert Smith - Kenneth Hunt , Frederick Chapman , Robert Hawkes - Arthur Berry , Vivian Woodward , Harold Stapley , Claude Purnell , Harold Hardman Trainers: none	Ludwig Drescher - Charles Buchwald , Harald Hansen - Harald Bohr , Kristian Middelboe , Nils Middelboe - Oscar Nielsen , August Lindgren , Sophus Nielsen , Vilhelm Wolfhagen , Bjørn Rasmussen Trainer: Charlie Williams ( England )
	1-0 Chapman (20th) 2-0 Woodward (46th)

Web links

• Statistics on the 1908 tournament on iffhs.de