1956 Summer Olympics / Football / Games

sport	Soccer
discipline	competition
gender	Men
Attendees	143 athletes from 11 countries
Competition location	Olympia Park Stadium , Melbourne Cricket Ground
Competition phase	November 24th to December 8th, 1956
Medalist  Soviet Union  Yugoslavia  Bulgaria
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This page contains all the matches of the 1956 Olympic football tournament in Melbourne with all statistical details. In the event of a tie after extra time, a replay was played.

Round of 16

Only three out of eight games were played. The games that were not played were:

United States	-	Yugoslavia
Bulgaria	-	Egypt
People's Republic of China	-	Turkey
South Vietnam	-	Indonesia
India	-	Hungary

The teams in bold made it to the quarter-finals. Egypt did not take part due to the Suez crisis . China canceled because the Republic of China had also been admitted to the games. Hungary stayed away from the Games because of the invasion of the Soviet Union . Turkey and South Vietnam canceled for financial reasons. The game between the USA and Yugoslavia was moved to the quarter-finals.

Soviet Union - Germany 2: 1 (1: 0)

Soviet Union		Germany
	November 24, 1956 at 2:30 p.m. in Melbourne ( Olympic Park Stadium ) Spectators: 11,999 Referee: Robert Mann
	Lev Yashin - Nikolai Tishchenko , Mikhail Ogonkow - Alexei Paramonow , Anatoly Bashashkin , Igor Netto - Boris Tatuschin , Anatoly Issajew , Eduard Strelzow , Valentin Ivanov , Vladimir Ryschkin Trainer: Gavriil Katschalin	Albert Görtz - Willi Gerdau , Hermann Höfer - Karl Hoffmann , Rudolf Hoffmann , Fritz Semmelmann - Matthias Mauritz , Rolf Geiger , Herbert Schäfer , Johann Zeitler , Ernst-Günter Habig Trainer: Sepp Herberger
	1: 0 Issajew (23rd) 2: 0 Strelzow (86th)	2: 1 Habig (89.)
	Warning: Ivanov

Great Britain - Thailand 9: 0 (4: 0)

Great Britain		Thailand
	November 26, 1956 at 4:30 p.m. in Melbourne ( Olympic Park Stadium ) Spectators: 3,693 Referee: Nikolai Latyshev
	Harold Sharratt - Donald Stoker , Leslie Farrer - Lawrence Topp , Stanley Prince , Henry Dodkins - Jim Lewis , John Hardisty , Jack Laybourne , George Bromilow , Charles Twissell	Kasem Baikam - Prateep Chermudhai , Surapong Chutimawong - Prasan Suvannasith , Nophon Hayachanta , Wanchai Suvaree - Sukit Chitranukhroh , Laevivathana Milinthachinda , Bumphen Luttimol , Suchart Mutugun , Samruay Chaiyonk
	1-0 Twissell (12th) 2-0 Twissell (20th) 3-0 Lewis (21st) Penalty 4-0 Laybourne (30th) 5-0 Bromilow (75th) 6-0 Bromilow (78th) 7th : 0 Laybourne (82.) 8: 0 Laybourne (85.) 9: 0 Topp (90.)

Australia - Japan 2: 0 (1: 0)

Australia		Japan
	November 27, 1956 at 4:30 p.m. in Melbourne ( Olympic Park Stadium ) Spectators: 3,568 Referee: Reginald Lund
	Ronald Lord - Bob Bignall , John Pettigrew - George Arthur , Cliff Sander , Bruce Morrow - Frank Loughran , Jack Lennard , Graham McMillan , Edward Arthur Smith , Alwyn Warren Trainers: Richard Telfer	Yoshio Furukawa - Ryūzō Hiraki , Yasuo Takamori - Hiroaki Satō , Michihiro Ozawa , Waichirō Ōmura - Masanori Tokita , Masao Uchino , Shigeo Yaegashi , Tadao Kobayashi , Isao Iwabuchi Trainer: Takenokoshi Shigemaru
	1-0 McMillan (26th) Penalty 2-0 Loughran (61st)

Quarter finals

Yugoslavia - United States 9: 1 (5: 1)

Yugoslavia		United States
	November 28, 1956 at 4:30 p.m. in Melbourne ( Olympic Park Stadium ) Spectators: 5,292 Referee: Maurice Swain
	Petar Radenković - Mladen Koščak , Nikola Radović - Ivan Šantek , Ljubiša Spajić , Dobroslav Krstić - Dragoslav Šekularac , Zlatko Papec , Sava Antić , Todor Veselinović , Muhamed Mujić Coach: Milovan Ćirić	Svend Engedal - Herman Wecke , William Conterio - Zenon Snylyk , Harry Keogh , James Dorrian - Edward Murphy , Ruben Michael Mendoza , Albert Zerhusen , Lloyd Monsen , Bill Looby Trainer: James Mills
	1: 0 Veselinović (10th) 2: 0 Antić (12th) 3: 0 Mujić (16th) 4: 0 Papec (20th) 5: 0 Mujić (35th) 6: 1 Mujić (56th) 7: 1 Antić (73.) 8: 1 Veselinović (84.) 9: 1 Veselinović (90.)	5: 1 Zerhusen (42nd)

Soviet Union - Indonesia 0-0 aet (0-0, 0-0)

Soviet Union		Indonesia
	November 29, 1956 at 4:30 p.m. in Melbourne ( Olympic Park Stadium ) Spectators: 3,228 Referee: Takenokoshi Shigemaru
	Lev Yashin - Nikolai Tishchenko , Boris Kuznetsov - Josip Betsa , Anatoli Baschaschkin , Igor Netto - Boris Tatuschin , Anatoli Isayev , Eduard Streltsov , Sergei Salnikov , Vladimir Ryschkin Coach: Gavriil Katschalin	Maulwi Saelan - Mohamed Rashjid , Chairuddin Siregar - Ramlan Yatin , Kwee Kiat Sek , Tan Ling Houw - Oros Witarsa , Phwa Sian Liong , Ashari Danoe , Thio Him Tjiang , Rusli Ramang Trainer: Toni Pogačnik ( Yugoslavia )
	Warning: Strelzow

Bulgaria - Great Britain 6: 1 (3: 1)

Bulgaria		Great Britain
	November 30, 1956 at 4:30 p.m. in Melbourne ( Olympic Park Stadium ) Spectators: 6,748 Referee: Ronald Wright
	Georgi Naidenow - Kiril Rakarow , Miko Goranow - Stefan Bojkow , Manol Manoloff , Nikola Kowatschew - Gawril Stojanow , Georgi Dimitrov , Panajot Panajotow , Iwan Kolew , Krum Janew Trainer: Stojan Ormandijew	Harold Sharratt - Donald Stoker , Leslie Farrer - Lawrence Topp , Stanley Prince , Henry Dodkins - Jim Lewis , Derek Lewin , Jack Laybourne , George Bromilow , Charles Twissell
	1: 0 Nikolow (6th) 2: 1 Kolew (40th) Penalty 3: 1 Stojanow (45th) 4: 1 Stojanow (75th) 5: 1 Stojanow (80th) 6: 1 Kolew (85th)	1: 1 Lewis (30.)

Replay Soviet Union - Indonesia 4-0 (3-0)

Soviet Union		Indonesia
	December 1, 1956 at 10:30 a.m. in Melbourne ( Olympic Park Stadium ) Spectators: 6,735 Referee: Reginald Lund
	Boris Rasinski - Nikolai Tishchenko , Boris Kuznetsov - Anatoli Masljonkin , Anatoli Baschaschkin , Igor Netto - Boris Tatuschin , Valentin Ivanov , Eduard Streltsov , Sergei Salnikov , Anatoli Ilyin Coach: Gavriil Katschalin	Maulwi Saelan - Mohamed Rashjid , Chairuddin Siregar - Ramlan Yatin , Kwee Kiat Sek , Tan Ling Houw - Oros Witarsa , Rusli Ramang , Achad Arifin , Thio Him Tjiang , Jasrin Jusron Trainer: Toni Pogačnik ( Yugoslavia )
	1: 0 Salnikov (17th) 2: 0 Ivanov (19th) 3: 0 net (43rd) 4: 0 Salnikov (59th)
	Warning: Strelzow

Australia - India 2: 4 (2: 2)

Australia		India
	December 1, 1956 at 2:30 p.m. in Melbourne ( Olympic Park Stadium ) Spectators: 7,413 Referee: Indonesia
	Ronald Lord - Bob Bignall , John Pettigrew - George Arthur , Cliff Sander , Bruce Morrow - Frank Loughran , Jack Lennard , Graham McMillan , Edward Arthur Smith , Alwyn Warren Trainers: Richard Telfer	Peter Thangaraj - Sayed Aziz-ud-Din , Abdul Rehman - Mariappa Kempaiah , Muhammad Salaam , Muhammad Noor - Pradip Kumar Banerjee , Samar Banerjee , Neville D'Souza , Krishna Kittu , Muhammad Kannayan Trainer: Abdul Rahim Syed
	1: 1 Morrow (17th) 2: 2 Morrow (41.)	0: 1 D'Souza (9th) 1: 2 D'Souza (33.) 2: 3 D'Souza (50.) 2: 4 Kittu (80.)

Semifinals

Yugoslavia - India 4: 1 (0: 0)

Yugoslavia		India
	December 4, 1956 at 4:30 p.m. in Melbourne ( Olympic Park Stadium ) Spectators: 16,626 Referee: Nikolai Latyshev
	Blagoja Vidinić - Mladen Koščak , Ibrahim Biogradlić - Ivan Šantek , Ljubiša Spajić , Dobroslav Krstić - Luka Liposinović , Zlatko Papec , Sava Antić , Todor Veselinović , Muhamed Mujić Trainer: Milovan Ćirić	Subramaniam Narayan - Sheikh Abdul Latif , Abdul Rehman - Mariappa Kempaiah , Muhammad Salaam , Muhammad Noor - Pradip Kumar Banerjee , Nikhil Nandy , Neville D'Souza , Krishna Kittu , Tulasidas Balaraman Trainer: Abdul Rahim Syed
	1: 1 Papec (54th) 2: 1 Veselinović (57th) 3: 1 Papec (65th) 4: 1 Salaam (78th) own goal	0: 1 D'Souza (52nd)

Soviet Union - Bulgaria 2: 1 aet (0: 0, 0: 0)

Soviet Union		Bulgaria
	December 5, 1956 at 4:30 p.m. in Melbourne ( Olympic Park Stadium ) Spectators: 21,079 Referee: Robert Mann
	Lev Yashin - Nikolai Tishchenko , Mikhail Ogonkow - Alexei Paramonov , Anatoli Baschaschkin , Igor Netto - Boris Tatuschin , Valentin Ivanov , Eduard Streltsov , Sergei Salnikov , Vladimir Ryschkin Coach: Gavriil Kachalin	Georgi Naidenow - Kiril Rakarow , Miko Goranow - Stefan Bojkow , Manol Manoloff , Nikola Kowatschew - Gawril Stojanow , Georgi Dimitrov , Panajot Panajotow , Iwan Kolew , Krum Janew Trainer: Stojan Ormandijew
	1: 1 Strelzow (112.) 2: 1 Tatuschin (116.)	0: 1 Kolew (95th)

Bronze game

Bulgaria		India
	Game for the bronze medal December 7, 1956 in Melbourne ( Olympic Park Stadium ) Result: 3: 0 (2: 0) Spectators: 21,236 Referee: Nikolai Latyshev
	Jordan Jossifow - Kiril Rakarow , Nikola Kowatschew - Stefan Bojkow , Manol Manoloff , Dimitar Milanow - Gawril Stojanow , Georgi Dimitrov , Panajot Panajotow , Iwan Kolew , Todor Dijew Trainer: Stojan Ormandijew	Subramaniam Narayan - Sheikh Abdul Latif , Sayed Aziz-ud-Din - Mariappa Kempaiah , Hussain Ahmed , Muhammad Noor - Muhammad Kannayan , Nikhil Nandy , Neville D'Souza , Krishna Pal , Krishna Kittu Trainer: Abdul Rahim Syed
	1-0 Dijew (37th) 2-0 Milanov (42nd) 3-0 Dijew (60th)

final

Soviet Union		Yugoslavia
	final December 8, 1956 at Melbourne Cricket Ground Result: 1: 0 (0: 0) Spectators: 86,716 spectators Referee: Ronald Wright
	Lev Yashin - Boris Kuznetsov , Mikhail Ogonkow - Anatoly Masljonkin , Anatoli Bashashkin , Igor Netto - Boris Tatuschin , Anatoli Issajew , Nikita Simonjan , Sergei Salnikow , Anatoli Ilyin Trainer: Gavriil Katschalin	Petar Radenković - Mladen Koščak , Nikola Radović - Ivan Šantek , Ljubiša Spajić , Dobroslav Krstić - Dragoslav Šekularac , Zlatko Papec , Sava Antić , Todor Veselinović , Muhamed Mujić Coach: Milovan Ćirić
	1-0 Ilyin (48th)

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