Olympic football tournament 1980 / Finland

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This article covers the Finnish Olympic selection during the 1980 Summer Olympics .

Olympic qualification

Finland prevailed against Denmark in the 1st round and moved into the decisive 2nd round. There they finished third and originally missed qualifying for the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow . Due to the boycott of Norway and the Federal Republic of Germany because of the Soviet intervention in Afghanistan , Finland subsequently slipped into the Olympic tournament.

1 round

date place pairing To Back total
05/10/1979 Aalborg Denmark - Finland 1: 1 1: 4 2: 5
06/07/1979 Kotka
May 16, 1979 Ireland - Norway 0-0 1: 2 1: 2
05/31/1979 Mountains
Bye: BR Germany

2nd round

Game results

08/09/1979 Kuopio Finland - Norway 0: 1
09/13/1979 Oberhausen BR Germany - Finland 2-0
09/26/1979 Trondheim Norway - BR Germany 2-0
10/10/1979 Helsinki Finland - BR Germany 0-0
10/26/1979 Stavanger Norway - Finland 1: 1
11/14/1979 Baunatal BR Germany - Norway 0: 1

Closing table

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. NorwayNorway Norway  4th  3  1  0 005: 100  +4 07: 10
 2. Germany BRBR Germany BR Germany  4th  1  1  2 002: 300  −1 03: 50
 3. FinlandFinland Finland  4th  0  2  2 001: 400  −3 02: 60
  1. ↑ a b Due to the Soviet intervention in Afghanistan , Norway and the Federal Republic of Germany, among others, boycotted the Olympic Games in Moscow.

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 Olli Isoaho HJK Helsinki 03/02/1956 3 - - -
12 Jouko Kataja KTP Kotka 06/04/1953 - - - -
Defense
02 Aki Lahtinen OPS Oulu 10/31/1958 3 - - -
03 Juha Helin Haka Valkeakoski 04/01/1954 3 - - -
04th Kari Virtanen IFK Eskilstuna (SWE) 09/15/1958 3 - - -
05 Ari Heikkinen OPS Oulu 04/08/1957 1 - - -
13 Teuvo Vilen Haka Valkeakoski 11/26/1953 3 - - -
17th Juha Rissanen KPT Kuopio 11/13/1958 1 - - -
midfield
06th Hannu Turunen KPT Kuopio 06/24/1956 3 - - -
07th Juha Dahllund HJK Helsinki 03/20/1954 3 - - -
08th Vesa Pulliainen Turku PS 05/08/1957 3 - - -
14th Raimo Kuuluvainen Ilves Tampere 04/23/1955 1 - - -
15th Tomi Jalo Turku PS 10/22/1958 1 - - -
attack
09 Juhani Himanka OPS Oulu 04/19/1956 3 - - -
10 Ari Tissari KTP Kotka 11/24/1951 3 1 - -
11 Jouko Alila KTP Kotka 11/18/1950 3 1 - -
16 Jouko Soini HJK Helsinki 03/02/1956 2 1 - -
Trainer
Jukka Vakkila 04/02/1951

Games

After a defeat against Yugoslavia and a draw against Iraq, they won the last group game against Costa Rica. This closed the group in third place and was eliminated from the tournament after the preliminary round.

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 Minsk (Dinamo Stadium)
Yugoslavia - Finland 2: 0 (0: 0)
July 23, 1980 in Kiev (Stadium of the Republic)
Finland - Iraq 0-0
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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