Olympic football tournament 1980 / Costa Rica

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This article covers the Costa Rican Olympic soccer selection during the 1980 Summer Olympics .

Olympic qualification

In the preliminary group, Costa Rica clearly prevailed against Panama in the first round and defeated Guatemala in an additional play-off in the second round, which brought them into the decisive final round. In this one finished second behind the United States and thus qualified for the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow .

Preliminary round (group 2)

1 round

date place pairing To Back total
05/13/1979 Guatemala - El Salvador 2-0 0: 1 2: 1
05/20/1979
05/22/1979 Costa Rica - Panama 4-0 2-0 6-0
May 25, 1979

2nd round

date place pairing To Back total
07/25/1979 Costa Rica - Guatemala 1: 2 1-0 2: 2
08/05/1979
Playoff:
08/26/1979 San Salvador Guatemala - Costa Rica 0: 1

CONCACAF finals

Game results

03/12/1980 Costa Rica - Suriname 3: 2
03/20/1980 Costa Rica - United States 0: 1
03/25/1980 United States - Costa Rica 1: 1
03/30/1980 Suriname - Costa Rica 2: 3
04/02/1980 Suriname - United States 4: 4
March 16, 1980 United States - Suriname 2: 1

Closing table

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. United StatesUnited States United States  4th  2  2  0 008: 600  +2 06: 20
 2. Costa RicaCosta Rica Costa Rica  4th  2  1  1 007: 600  +1 05: 30
 3. SurinameSuriname Suriname  4th  0  1  3 009:120  −3 01: 70

Qualified for the next continental round.     Qualified for the 1980 Olympic Games

Olympic finals

Squad

N ° player Club before the start of the Olympics Date of birth Olympics 1980
games / goals		 Yellow card Red card
goalkeeper
01 Julio Morales CS Cartaginés 05/23/1957 3 - - -
17th Carlos Bismarck Duarte AD Municipal Puntarenas - - - -
Defense
02 Javier Masís CD Saprissa 04/16/1953 3 - - -
03 Ricardo García AD Municipal Puntarenas 07/31/1955 3 - - -
04th Carlos toppings AD Municipal Puntarenas 04/07/1953 3 - - -
05 Carlos Jiménez CS Cartaginés 06/27/1954 1 - - -
06th Dennis Marshall AD Limonense December 18, 1959 2 - - -
12 Minor Alpízar AD Ramonense 09/27/1954 2 - - -
midfield
07th Francisco Hernández (C)Captain of the crew CD Saprissa 07/11/1949 3 - - -
08th Tomás Velásquez AD Municipal Puntarenas December 16, 1957 3 - - -
10 Róger Alvarez CS Herediano 11/13/1952 3 - - -
13 William Avila AD San ​​Carlos 10/27/1956 1 - - -
16 Herberth Quesada CS Cartaginés 09/28/1959 2 - - -
attack
09 Jorge White LD Alajuelense 11/12/1957 3 1 - -
11 Marvin Obando CS Herediano 04/04/1960 3 - - -
14th Omar Arroyo AD Ramonense 05/22/1955 3 1 - -
15th Luis Fernández CD Saprissa 04/02/1960 1 - - -
Trainer
Antonio Moyano (ESP) __.__. 1928

Games

After two defeats against Iraq and Yugoslavia, Costa Rica could not reach the quarter-finals on the last day of the game. After the 3-0 defeat against Finland, the team finished fourth in the group and was eliminated from the tournament.

Preliminary round ( Group D )

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia Yugoslavia  3  2  1  0 006: 300  +3 05: 10
 2. Iraq 1963Iraq Iraq  3  1  2  0 004: 100  +3 04: 20
 3. FinlandFinland Finland  3  1  1  1 003: 200  +1 03: 30
 4th Costa RicaCosta Rica Costa Rica  3  0  0  3 002: 900  −7 00: 60
July 21, 1980 in Kiev (Stadium of the Republic)
Costa Rica - Iraq 0: 3 (0: 1)
July 23, 1980 in Minsk (Dinamo Stadium)
Yugoslavia - Costa Rica 3: 2 (2: 1)
July 25, 1980 in Kiev (Stadium of the Republic)
Finland - Costa Rica 3: 0 (2: 0)

literature

The new football week . Fuwo . Sportverlag, ISSN  0323-8407 (issues of the 1979–1981 season).

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