1988 Summer Olympics / Football

Football at the 1988 Olympic Games
information
venue	Seoul , Busan , Daegu , Daejeon , Gwangju
Competition venue	Olympic Stadium , Dongdaemun Stadium , Busan Gudeok Stadium , Daegu Stadium , Daejeon Hanbat Stadium , Gwangju Mudeung Stadium
Teams	16
Nations	16
Athletes	270 (270 )
date	September 17 - October 1, 1988
decisions	1
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A football tournament for men's teams was held at the XXIV Olympic Games in Seoul in 1988 . After a group of countries boycotted the last three Olympic Games, this was the first Olympic football tournament since 1972 in which all athletically qualified teams took part.

The venues were the Olympic Stadium and the Dongdaemun Stadium in Seoul, the Stadium in Daegu , the Stadium in Daejeon , the Gwangju Mudeung Stadium in Gwangju and the Busan Gudeok Stadium in Busan .

Germany was represented by an Olympic selection made up of experienced players who had only played sporadically in the senior national team , as well as younger players such as Jürgen Klinsmann or Thomas Häßler , who only later played a key role in the senior national team .

In the final, the USSR and Brazil faced each other. Both had reached the Olympic final for the second time. The USSR was able to win this final after 1956, Brazil only got the silver medal for the second time in a row. With the victory of the USSR, the dominance of the Eastern European state amateurs , who had agreed on all titles among themselves since 1952, ended only in 1984 because of the Olympic boycott of the Eastern Bloc countries .

qualification

In Europe , the 25 participating teams competed against each other in five groups of 5 teams each. The West German team qualified for the first time in a sporting way for the Olympic Games as group winners in Group 1 ahead of Poland and Denmark (in 1972 they qualified as hosts and in 1984 the team moved up with the boycott of the Eastern Bloc teams ). In group 2, the GDR was eliminated from the qualification for the first time since 1968 (in 1984 the GDR team was qualified, but did not compete), as they could only take second group place behind Italy. Switzerland failed in group 4 against the Soviet Union, Austria in group 5 against Yugoslavia. Defending champions France finished last in group 3 with just one win, from which Sweden qualified.

The South American qualification was held in Santa Cruz , Bolivia , the ten participants initially played against each other in a first group phase with two groups of five teams, from each group the group winner and the group runner-up qualify for the final round. This was played from April 29 to May 3, 1987 in La Paz . Brazil and Argentina qualified for the final tournament, hosts Bolivia only failed because of the worse goal difference compared to Argentina.

In North America , two rounds were initially held in the knockout system, before the two participants were played out through a group stage. The USA and Mexico qualified. Since the Mexicans had withdrawn from the final tournament, Guatemala qualified for the final tournament instead.

The qualification in Africa was carried out entirely in the knockout system, Tunisia, Zambia and Nigeria qualified for the finals.

In Asia , the teams were divided into two group zones (West Asia was Group 1, Southeast Asia and East Asia Group 2), of which two teams qualified alongside hosts South Korea. First, group matches were played in both zones to determine the four teams for the final groups. In West Asia , Iraq prevailed against Kuwait, Qatar and Saudi Arabia. China won the East Asian qualifiers against Japan and Thailand.

Oceania got a safe final place for the first time after Melbourne in 1956. In addition to the two oceanic participants Australia and New Zealand, Israel and Taiwan were added, who did not compete in Asia due to political conflicts. Australia qualified for the Olympic tournament in the finals before Israel.

Olympic tournament

Olympic football tournament 1988
Number of nations	16
Olympic champion	USSR (2nd title)
venue	Seoul ( Busan , Daegu , Daejeon and Gwangju )
Opening game	September 14, 1988
Endgame	October 1, 1988
Games	32
Gates	95  (⌀: 2.97 per game)
spectator	733,712  (⌀: 22,929 per game)
Top scorer	Romário (7 goals)
yellow cards	84  (⌀: 2.63 per game)
Red cards	6  (⌀: 0.19 per game)

Group stage

Group A

September 17, 1988 in Busan BR Germany - China 3: 0 (1: 0) September 17, 1988 in Daegu Sweden - Tunisia 2: 2 (2: 2) September 19, 1988 in Busan BR Germany - Tunisia 4: 1 (1: 1) September 19, 1988 in Daegu Sweden - China 2: 0 (1: 0) September 21, 1988 in Daegu BR Germany - Sweden 1: 2 (0: 0) September 21, 1988 in Busan Tunisia - China 0-0

rank country Gates Points 1  Sweden 6: 3 5: 1 2  BR Germany 8: 3 4: 2 3  Tunisia 3: 6 2: 4 4th  China 0: 5 1: 5

The Olympic team trained by Hannes Löhr won their first two group games confidently and qualified ahead of time for the quarter-finals. Wolfram Wuttke and Frank Mill scored twice against China. Roland Grahammer, Holger Fach, Frank Mill and Wolfram Wuttke scored against Tunisia, while Nabil Maaloul scored the Tunisian consolation goal. However, they lost the table lead by a 1: 2 defeat against Sweden. In that game, Germany had taken the lead thanks to a goal by Fritz Walter, but Leif Engqvist and Peter Lönn had turned the game around. The Swedes competed with some talented players like Martin Dahlin , but failed to convince in their first game against Tunisia. Only the victories over China and Germany secured the quarter-finals. Tunisia and China could not prevail in this group.

Group B

September 17, 1988 in Daejeon Zambia - Iraq 2: 2 (1: 1) September 17, 1988 in Gwangju Italy - Guatemala 5: 2 (4: 1) September 19, 1988 in Daejeon Iraq - Guatemala 3: 0 (0: 0) September 19, 1988 in Gwangju Zambia - Italy 4: 0 (1: 0) September 21, 1988 in Gwangju Zambia - Guatemala 4: 0 (0: 0) September 21, 1988 in Seoul (Tong Da Mun Stadium) Italy - Iraq 2: 0 (0: 0)

rank country Gates Points 1  Zambia 10: 2 5: 1 2  Italy 7: 6 4: 2 3  Iraq 5: 4 3: 3 4th  Guatemala 2:12 0: 6

In the preliminary round, the Zambians turned out to be a big surprise of the tournament. Italy won their last game against Iraq with goals from Ruggiero Rizzitelli and Massimo Mauro 2-0 and also qualified for the quarter-finals. Guatemala was eliminated after three defeats.

Group C

September 18, 1988 in Busan South Korea - USSR 0-0 September 18, 1988 in Daegu Argentina - United States 1: 1 (0: 0) September 20, 1988 in Busan South Korea - United States 0-0 September 20, 1988 in Daegu USSR - Argentina 2: 1 (2: 0) September 22, 1988 in Busan Argentina - South Korea 2: 1 (1: 1) September 22, 1988 in Daegu United States - USSR 2: 4 (0: 3)

rank country Gates Points 1  USSR 6: 3 5: 1 2  Argentina 4: 4 3: 3 3  South Korea 1: 2 2: 4 4th  United States 3: 5 2: 4

The USA and the USSR met for the first time during the Olympic Games. The Soviet selection prevailed in this game with 4: 2 and were group winners ahead of Argentina.

Group D

September 18, 1988 in Daejeon Brazil - Nigeria 4: 0 (0: 0) September 18, 1988 in Gwangju Australia - Yugoslavia 1: 0 (0: 0) September 20, 1988 in Daejeon Yugoslavia - Nigeria 3: 1 (1: 0) September 20, 1988 in Seoul (Tong Da Mun Stadium) Brazil - Australia 3: 0 (1: 0) September 22, 1988 in Daejeon Brazil - Yugoslavia 2: 1 (1: 0) September 22, 1988 in Seoul (Tong Da Mun Stadium) Australia - Nigeria 1: 0 (0: 0)

rank country Gates Points 1  Brazil 9: 1 6-0 2  Australia 2: 3 4: 2 3  Yugoslavia 4: 4 2: 4 4th  Nigeria 1: 8 0: 6

The Brazilians won this group easily with three wins, Australia came second in the group ahead of Yugoslavia in the quarter-finals. Frank Farina and John Kosmina , who scored the winning goals in the victories over Yugoslavia and Nigeria, played a major role in the progress of the Australians .

Quarter finals

September 25, 1988 in Daegu
Sweden	-	Italy	1: 2 a.d. (1: 1, 0: 0)
September 25, 1988 in Kwangju
Zambia	-	BR Germany	0: 4 (0: 3)
September 25, 1988 in Busan
USSR	-	Australia	3: 0 (0: 0)
September 25, 1988 in Seoul (Tong Da Mun Stadium)
Brazil	-	Argentina	1: 0 (0: 0)

Germany drove a sovereign 4-0 win against Zambia with a goal from Wolfgang Funkel and three goals from Jürgen Klinsmann.

Semifinals

September 27, 1988 in Busan
USSR	-	Italy	3: 2 n.V. (1: 1, 0: 0)
September 27, 1988 in Seoul (Olympic Stadium)
Brazil	-	BR Germany	1: 1 n.V. (1: 1, 0: 0), 3: 2 i. E.

Holger Fach had put Germany in the lead in the 50th minute. Romario equalized 11 minutes from time. Only two minutes later, Germany received a penalty for a foul on Klinsmann. But Wolfgang Funkel failed with the penalty kick against Brazil's goalkeeper Taffarel. After 120 minutes it was still 1-1 and Germany lost to Brazil on penalties.

• Penalty Shootout :
  • Taffarel holds Olaf Janssen's shot
  • Joao Paolo scores 1-0
  • Jürgen Klinsmann shoots
  • Luis Carlos Winck scores to 2-0
  • Gerhard Kleppinger scores 2-1
  • Romario scores to 3-1
  • Holger Fach scores 3-2
  • Uwe Kamps holds Andre Cruz's shot
  • Taffarel holds Wolfram Wuttke's shot

Bronze game

September 30, 1988 in Seoul (Olympic Stadium)
BR Germany	-	Italy	3: 0 (2: 0)

In the last game, the German Olympic football team defeated Italy 3-0 ( Klinsmann , Kleppinger , Schreier ) and won an Olympic medal for the first time in football.

final

Soviet Union		Brazil
	Sat, October 1, 1988 at 7:00 p.m. (12:00 p.m. CEST) in Seoul ( Olympic Stadium ) Result: 2: 1 n.v. (1: 1, 0: 1) Spectators: 74,000 Referee: Gérard Biguet  Match report
	Dmitry Charin - Gela Ketaschwili , Yevgeny Jarowenko , Sergei Gorlukowitsch , Viktor Losev - Yevgeny Kuznetsov , Igor Dobrovolsky , Alexei Michailitschenko , Vladimir Tatartschuk - Vladimir Liutyi (115. Igor Skljarow ), Arminas Narbekovas (46. Yuri Sawitschew ) Coach: Anatoli Byschowez	Cláudio Taffarel - Luiz Carlos Winck , André Cruz , Aloísio , Jorginho - Andrade , Milton , Neto (73rd Edmar ) - Careca , Bebeto (75th João Paulo ), Romário Trainer: Carlos Alberto Silva
	1: 1 Dobrowolski (60th penalty kick) 2: 1 Sawitschew (103rd)	0: 1 Romário (29.)
	Ketashvili (42nd), Tatarschuk (78th), Gorlukowitsch (91st)	Careca (42.), Winck (72.), Aloísio (115.)
	Tatarchuk (110.)	Edmar (112.)

Medal ranks

rank	Medalist
Gold USSR	Alexander Borodjuk , Dmitry Charin (TW), Igor Dobrovolsky , Sergei Fokin , Sergei Gorlukowitsch , Arvydas Janonis , Yevgeny Jarowenko , Gela Ketaschwili , Yevgeny Kuznetsov , Volodymyr Lyutyi , Viktor Losev , Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko , Arminas Narbekovas , Igor Ponomarev , Alexei Prudnikow (TW) , Yuri Sawitschew , Igor Skljarow , Vladimir Tatartschuk , Oleksiy Tscheredynk , Vadim Tishchenko , coach: Anatoli Byschowez
Silver brazil	Ademir , Aloísio , Batista , Bebeto , Valdo , Careca , Ze Carlos (TW), André Cruz , Edmar , Milton , Jorginho , Mazinho , Neto , Ricardo Gomes , João Paulo , Romário , Andrade , Geovani Silva , Cláudio Taffarel (TW), Luiz Carlos Winck Coach: Carlos Alberto Silva
Bronze BR Germany	Rudi Bommer , Holger Fach , Wolfgang Funkel , Armin Görtz , Roland Grahammer , Thomas Häßler , Thomas Hörster , Olaf Janßen , Uwe Kamps (TW), Gerhard Kleppinger , Jürgen Klinsmann , Frank Mill , Oliver Reck (TW), Karl-Heinz Riedle , Gunnar Sauer , Christian Schreier , Michael Schulz , Ralf Sievers , Fritz Walter , Wolfram Wuttke , trainer: Hannes Löhr

Best goal scorers

rank	player	Gates
1	Romario	7th
2	Kalusha Bwalya	6th
	Igor Dobrowolski	6th
4th	Alexei Mikhailichenko	5
5	Jürgen Klinsmann	4th
6th	Frank Mill	3
	Pietro Paolo Virdis	3
	Carlos Alfaro Moreno	3
	Jan Hellström	3
10	Holger Fach	2
	Wolfram Wuttke	2
...
21st	Gerhard Kleppinger	1
	Christian Schreier	1
	Fritz Walter	1
	Wolfgang Sparkle	1
	Roland Grahammer	1

The best storm had the Olympic team of the Federal Republic of Germany, which scored a total of 16 goals.

literature

• Volker Kluge : Summer Olympic Games. Chronicle IV. Seoul 1988 - Atlanta 1996. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-328-00830-6 .

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ FIFA database