Football at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Summary

An association football tournament was played as part of the 1988 Summer Olympics. The tournament featured 16 men's national teams from six continental confederations. The teams were drawn into four groups of four with each group playing a round-robin tournament. At the end of the group stage, the top two teams advanced to the knockout stage, beginning with the quarter-finals and culminating with the gold medal match at the Seoul Olympic Stadium on 1 October 1988.[1][2]

Football at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Tournament details
Host countrySouth Korea
Dates17 September – 1 October 1988
Teams16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)6 (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Soviet Union
Runners-up Brazil
Third place West Germany
Fourth place Italy
Tournament statistics
Matches played32
Goals scored95 (2.97 per match)
Top scorer(s)Brazil Romário (7 goals)
1984
1992

Before the final match, the Soviet team relocated from the Olympic Village to a Soviet steamship stationed nearby. After winning the gold medal, each player from the Soviet team received 15 thousand dollars from the Soviet government.[3]

Venues edit

Seoul Busan
Olympic Stadium Dongdaemun Stadium Busan Stadium
Capacity: 69,950 Capacity: 26,383 Capacity: 30,000
     
Daegu Daejeon Gwangju
Daegu Stadium Daejeon Stadium Gwangju Stadium
Capacity: 23,278 Capacity: 30,000 Capacity: 30,000
     

Medal summary edit

Gold Silver Bronze
  Soviet Union (URS)
Aleksandr Borodyuk
Oleksiy Cherednyk
Igor Dobrovolski
Sergei Fokin
Sergei Gorlukovich
Arvydas Janonis
Gela Ketashvili
Dmitry Kharin
Yevgeni Kuznetsov
Viktor Losev
Volodymyr Lyuty
Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko
Arminas Narbekovas
Igor Ponomarev
Yury Savichev
Igor Sklyarov
Vladimir Tatarchuk
Yevgeny Yarovenko
Alexei Prudnikov
Vadym Tyshchenko
  Brazil (BRA)
Ademir
Aloísio
Andrade
Batista
Bebeto
Careca
André Cruz
Edmar
Geovani
João Paulo
Jorginho
Milton
Neto
Romário
Cláudio Taffarel
Luiz Carlos Winck
Ricardo Gomes
Mazinho
Valdo Filho
Zé Carlos
  West Germany (FRG)
Rudi Bommer
Holger Fach
Wolfgang Funkel
Armin Görtz
Roland Grahammer
Thomas Häßler
Thomas Hörster
Olaf Janßen
Uwe Kamps
Gerhard Kleppinger
Jürgen Klinsmann
Frank Mill
Karl-Heinz Riedle
Christian Schreier
Michael Schulz
Ralf Sievers
Fritz Walter
Wolfram Wuttke
Oliver Reck
Gunnar Sauer

Note: The players above the line played at least one game in this tournament, the players below the line were only squad members. Nevertheless, the International Olympic Committee medal database credits them all as medalists.

Qualification edit

The following 16 teams qualified for the 1988 Olympics football tournament:

Means of qualification Berths Qualified
Host nation 1   South Korea
AFC Preliminary Competition 2   China
  Iraq
CAF Preliminary Competition 3   Nigeria
  Tunisia
  Zambia
CONCACAF Preliminary Competition 2   Guatemala
  United States
1987 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament 2   Brazil (winner)
  Argentina (runner-up)
OFC Preliminary Competition 1   Australia
UEFA Preliminary Competition 5   Italy
  Sweden
  Soviet Union
  West Germany
  Yugoslavia
Total 16

Participating nations edit

Each country was allowed to enter a team of 20 players and they all were eligible for participation. A total number of 314 footballers were entered.

A total of 268(*) footballers from 16 nations competed at the Seoul Games:

  •   Argentina (16 – from a squad of 19)
  •   Australia (16 – from a squad of 20)
  •   Brazil (16 – from a squad of 20)
  •   China (14 – from a squad of 18)
  •   Guatemala (17 – from a squad of 19)
  •   Iraq (16 – from a squad of 20)
  •   Italy (18 – from a squad of 20)
  •   South Korea (16 – from a squad of 20)
  •   Nigeria (17 – from a squad of 20)
  •   Sweden (17 – from a squad of 20)
  •   Tunisia (19 – from a squad of 20)
  •   United States (16 – from a squad of 20)
  •   Soviet Union (18 – from a squad of 20)
  •   West Germany (18 – from a squad of 20)
  •   Yugoslavia (16 – from a squad of 18)
  •   Zambia (18 – from a squad of 20)

(*) NOTE: Players who participated in at least one match.

Final tournament edit

First round edit

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Sweden 3 2 1 0 6 3 +3 5
2   West Germany 3 2 0 1 8 3 +5 4
3   Tunisia 3 0 2 1 3 6 −3 2
4   China 3 0 1 2 0 5 −5 1
Source: FIFA
China  0–3  West Germany
[Report] Wuttke   31'
Mill   60', 89'
Attendance: 24,000
Referee: Juan Daniel Cardellino (URU)

Sweden  2–2  Tunisia
Thern   44'
Hellström   45'
[Report] Dhiab   16'
Maaloul   43' (pen.)
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Edgardo Codesal (MEX)

Tunisia  1–4  West Germany
Maaloul   26' (pen.) [Report] Grahammer   4'
Fach   50'
Mill   55'
Wuttke   75' (pen.)
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Keith Hackett (ENG)

China  0–2  Sweden
[Report] Lönn   19'
Hellström   42'
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Badara Séne (SEN)

China  0–0  Tunisia
[Report]
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Lennox Sirjuesingh (TRI)

Sweden  2–1  West Germany
Engqvist   64'
Lönn   85'
[Report] Walter   60'
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Kurt Röthlisberger (SUI)

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Zambia 3 2 1 0 10 2 +8 5
2   Italy 3 2 0 1 7 6 +1 4
3   Iraq 3 1 1 1 5 4 +1 3
4   Guatemala 3 0 0 3 2 12 −10 0
Source: FIFA
Italy  5–2  Guatemala
Carnevale   3'
Evani   11'
Virdis   34'
Ferrara   38'
Desideri   75'
[Report] Castañeda   7'
Paniagua   79'

Zambia  2–2  Iraq
Nyirenda   44'
K. Bwalya   66'
[Report] Radhi   36' (pen.)
Allawi   71'

Zambia  4–0  Italy
K. Bwalya   40', 55', 90'
J. Bwalya   63'
[Report]

Iraq  3–0  Guatemala
Radhi   57'
Jabbar   67'
Mazariegos   77' (o.g.)
[Report]

Zambia  4–0  Guatemala
Makinka   53', 85'
K. Bwalya   79', 82'
[Report]

Iraq  0–2  Italy
[Report] Rizzitelli   59'
Mauro   63'

Group C edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Soviet Union 3 2 1 0 6 3 +3 5
2   Argentina 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 3
3   South Korea 3 0 2 1 1 2 −1 2
4   United States 3 0 2 1 3 5 −2 2
Source: FIFA
South Korea  0–0  Soviet Union
Report

United States  1–1  Argentina
Windschmann   78' Report Alfaro   83'

South Korea  0–0  United States
Report

Argentina  1–2  Soviet Union
Alfaro   77' Report Dobrovolski   7'
Mikhailichenko   22'

South Korea  1–2  Argentina
Noh Soo-jin   14' Report Alfaro   3'
Fabbri   73'

United States  2–4  Soviet Union
Goulet   65'
Doyle   85'
Report Mikhailichenko   7', 48'
Narbekovas   19'
Dobrovolski   45'

Group D edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Brazil 3 3 0 0 9 1 +8 6
2   Australia 3 2 0 1 2 3 −1 4
3   Yugoslavia 3 1 0 2 4 4 0 2
4   Nigeria 3 0 0 3 1 8 −7 0
Source: FIFA
Australia  1–0  Yugoslavia
Farina   48' Report

Brazil  4–0  Nigeria
Edmar   59'
Romário   74', 84'
Bebeto   86'
Report

Nigeria  1–3  Yugoslavia
Yekini   88' Report Stojković   35', 67'
Šabanadžović   49'

Australia  0–3  Brazil
Report Romário   20', 57', 61'

Brazil  2–1  Yugoslavia
Cruz   25'
Bebeto   56'
Report Šabanadžović   69'

Australia  1–0  Nigeria
Kosmina   76' Report

Knockout stage edit

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsGold medal match
 
          
 
25 September – Daegu
 
 
  Sweden1
 
27 September – Busan
 
  Italy (a.e.t.)2
 
  Italy2
 
25 September – Busan
 
  Soviet Union (a.e.t.)3
 
  Soviet Union3
 
1 October – Seoul
 
  Australia0
 
  Soviet Union (a.e.t.)2
 
25 September – Gwangju
 
  Brazil1
 
  Zambia0
 
27 September – Seoul
 
  West Germany4
 
  West Germany1 (2)
 
25 September – Seoul
 
  Brazil (a.e.t.)1 (3) Bronze medal match
 
  Brazil1
 
30 September – Seoul
 
  Argentina0
 
  Italy0
 
 
  West Germany3
 

Quarter-finals edit

Sweden  1–2 (a.e.t.)  Italy
Hellström   84' Report Virdis   50'
Crippa   98'
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Gérard Biguet (FRA)

Soviet Union  3–0  Australia
Dobrovolski   50', 54'
Mikhailichenko   62'
Report

West Germany  4–0  Zambia
Funkel   18'
Klinsmann   34', 42', 89'
Report
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Jesús Díaz (COL)

Brazil  1–0  Argentina
Geovani   76' Report
Attendance: 21,800

Semi-finals edit

Soviet Union  3–2 (a.e.t.)  Italy
Dobrovolski   78'
Narbekovas   92'
Mikhailichenko   106'
Report Virdis   50'
Carnevale   118'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Jamal Al Sharif (SYR)

Brazil  1–1 (a.e.t.)  West Germany
Romário   79' Report Fach   50'
Penalties
3–2
Attendance: 65,000
Referee: Keith Hackett (GBR)

Bronze medal match edit

Italy  0–3  West Germany
Report Klinsmann   5'
Kleppinger   18'
Schreier   68'
Attendance: 61,000

Gold medal match edit

Soviet Union  2–1 (a.e.t.)  Brazil
Dobrovolski   61' (pen.)
Savichev   103'
Report Romário   30'
Attendance: 74,000
Referee: Gérard Biguet (FRA)

Final ranking edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Soviet Union (URS) 6 5 1 0 14 6 +8 11
2   Brazil (BRA) 6 4 1 1 12 4 +8 9
3   West Germany (FRG) 6 4 1 1 16 4 +12 9
4   Italy (ITA) 6 3 0 3 11 13 −2 6
5   Zambia (ZAM) 4 2 1 1 10 6 +4 5
6   Sweden (SWE) 4 2 1 1 7 5 +2 5
7   Australia (AUS) 4 2 0 2 2 6 −4 4
8   Argentina (ARG) 4 1 1 2 4 5 −1 3
9   Iraq (IRQ) 3 1 1 1 5 4 +1 3
10   Yugoslavia (YUG) 3 1 0 2 4 4 0 2
11   South Korea (KOR) 3 0 2 1 1 2 −1 2
12   United States (USA) 3 0 2 1 3 5 −2 2
13   Tunisia (TUN) 3 0 2 1 3 6 −3 2
14   China (CHN) 3 0 1 2 0 5 −5 1
15   Nigeria (NGR) 3 0 0 3 1 8 −7 0
16   Guatemala (GUA) 3 0 0 3 2 12 −10 0
Source: [4]

Venues edit

Match officials edit

Goalscorers edit

With seven goals, Romário of Brazil was the top scorer in the tournament. In total, 95 goals were scored by 53 different players, with only one of them credited as own goal.

7 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

References edit

  1. ^ FIFA.com
  2. ^ "Football at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
  3. ^ "Анатолий Бышовец: "Ключевым моментом в создании золотой сборной Сеула стал наш конфликт с Лобановским"" (in Russian). October 2018.
  4. ^ "Football Tournament 1988 Olympiad". RSSSF.

External links edit

  • Olympic Football Tournament Seoul 1988, FIFA.com
  • RSSSF Summary
  • FIFA Technical Report (Part 1), (Part 2), (Part 3) and (Part 4)