Olympic football tournament 1980 / Venezuela

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This article covers the Venezuelan Olympic football selection during the 1980 Summer Olympics .

Olympic qualification

The South American Zone identified its participants for the 1980 Summer Olympics in a tournament in Colombia . Venezuela took fourth place in the final table and originally missed qualifying for the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow . Due to the boycott of Argentina because of the Soviet intervention in Afghanistan , Venezuela was subsequently registered by CONMEBOL for the Olympic tournament.

Game results

01/23/1980 Cali Brazil - Venezuela 2: 1
01/23/1980 Pereira Chile - Bolivia 2-0
January 24, 1980 Bogotá Colombia - Peru 2: 1
01/27/1980 Bogotá Argentina - Chile 1-0
01/27/1980 Barranquilla Peru - Brazil 3-0
01/27/1980 Cali Colombia - Venezuela 0: 1
01/30/1980 Bogotá Brazil - Bolivia 4-0
January 31, 1980 Pereira Colombia - Chile 3: 1
January 31, 1980 Barranquilla Argentina - Venezuela 1-0
02/03/1980 Cali Argentina - Peru 4: 1
02/03/1980 Cali Venezuela - Bolivia 5: 1
02/03/1980 Barranquilla Brazil - Chile 0-0
02/06/1980 Cali Peru - Chile 1-0
02/06/1980 Barranquilla Colombia - Bolivia 0: 1
02/07/1980 Bogotá Brazil - Argentina 1: 3
02/10/1980 Cali Colombia - Brazil 5: 1
02/10/1980 Bogotá Peru - Venezuela 2-0
02/10/1980 Bogotá Argentina - Bolivia 4-0
02/13/1980 Barranquilla Chile - Venezuela 0-0
02/14/1980 Pereira Bolivia - Peru 1: 1
02/15/1980 Bogotá Argentina - Colombia 0-0

Closing table

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. ArgentinaArgentina Argentina  6th  5  1  0 013: 200 +11 11: 10
 2. ColombiaColombia Colombia  6th  3  1  2 010: 500  +5 07: 50
 3. PeruPeru Peru  6th  3  1  2 009: 700  +2 07: 50
 4th Venezuela 1954Venezuela Venezuela  6th  2  1  3 007: 600  +1 05: 70
 5. Brazil 1968Brazil Brazil  6th  2  1  3 008:120  −4 05: 70
 6th ChileChile Chile  6th  1  2  3 003: 500  −2 04: 80
 7th BoliviaBolivia Bolivia  6th  1  1  4th 003:160 −13 03: 90

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 Eustorgio Sánchez Deportivo Italia 01/23/1959 3 - - -
12 Cesar Semidey Deportivo Táchira FC 10/03/1954 - - - -
Defense
02 Ordan Aguirre Lara FC 02/15/1955 3 - - -
03 Emilio Campos Universidad de Los Andes FC 08/22/1954 3 - - -
04th Pedro Acosta Deportivo Galicia 11/28/1959 3 - - -
05 Luigi Mauro Cichero Unión Deportiva Canarias 10/16/1951 1 - - -
14th Fernando Pereira 10/22/1959 1 - - -
17th Juan Jose Vidal Deportivo Italia 05/29/1959 2 - - -
midfield
06th Robert Elie Universidad de Los Andes FC 05/11/1959 3 1 - -
08th Asdrubal Sánchez (C)Captain of the crew Universidad de Los Andes FC 04/01/1958 3 - - -
10 Bernardo Añor 07.10.1959 3 - - -
16 Nelson Carrero Universidad de Los Andes FC 02/03/1958 3 - - -
attack
07th Alexis Peña Universidad de Los Andes FC 07/01/1956 2 - - -
09 Iker Zubizarreta Deportivo Vasco 05/18/1962 2 2 - -
11 Angel Castillo Valencia FC 04/18/1957 3 - - -
13 Rodolfo Carvajal Universidad de Los Andes FC 02/08/1952 3 - - -
15th Pedro Febles Deportivo Italia 04/18/1959 1 - - -
Trainer
Manuel Plasencia

Games

After two defeats against hosts the Soviet Union and Cuba, Venezuela could not reach the quarter-finals on the last day of the game. After the 2-1 victory over Zambia, the team took third place in the group and was eliminated from the tournament.

Preliminary round ( Group A )

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Soviet Union  3  3  0  0 015: 100 +14 06-00
 2. CubaCuba Cuba  3  2  0  1 003: 900  −6 04: 20
 3. Venezuela 1954Venezuela Venezuela  3  1  0  2 003: 700  −4 02: 40
 4th Zambia 1964Zambia Zambia  3  0  0  3 002: 600  −4 00: 60
July 20, 1980 in Moscow (Lenin Stadium)
Soviet Union - Venezuela 4: 0 (3: 0)
July 22, 1980 in Leningrad (Kirov Stadium)
Venezuela - Cuba 1: 2 (0: 0)
July 24, 1980 in Leningrad (Kirov Stadium)
Venezuela - Zambia 2: 1 (1: 0)

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