Tournament details | |
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Host country | South Korea |
Dates | 17 September – 1 October 1988 |
Teams | 16 (from 6 confederations) |
Venue(s) | 6 (in 5 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Soviet Union (2nd title) |
Runners-up | Brazil |
Third place | West Germany |
Fourth place | Italy |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 32 |
Goals scored | 95 (2.97 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Romário (7 goals) |
Football at the 1988 Summer Olympics | |
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Tournament | |
Group A | |
Group B | |
Group C | |
Group D | |
Knockout stage | |
Squads | |
Men | |
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]
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]
Seoul | Busan | |
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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 |
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.
The following 16 teams qualified for the 1988 Olympics football tournament:
Means of qualification | Berths | Qualified |
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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 |
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:
(*) NOTE: Players who participated in at least one match.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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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 |
China | 0–3 | West Germany |
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[Report] | Wuttke 31' Mill 60', 89' |
Tunisia | 1–4 | West Germany |
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Maâloul 26' (pen.) | [Report] | Grahammer 4' Fach 50' Mill 55' Wuttke 75' (pen.) |
Sweden | 2–1 | West Germany |
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Engqvist 64' Lönn 85' | [Report] | Walter 60' |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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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 |
Italy | 5–2 | Guatemala |
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Carnevale 3' Evani 11' Virdis 34' Ferrara 38' Desideri 75' | [Report] | Castañeda 7' Paniagua 79' |
Iraq | 0–2 | Italy |
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[Report] | Rizzitelli 59' Mauro 63' |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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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 |
United States | 1–1 | Argentina |
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Windischmann 78' | Report | Alfaro 83' |
Argentina | 1–2 | Soviet Union |
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Alfaro 77' | Report | Dobrovolski 7' Mikhailichenko 22' |
South Korea | 1–2 | Argentina |
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Noh Soo-jin 14' | Report | Alfaro 3' Fabbri 73' |
United States | 2–4 | Soviet Union |
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Goulet 65' Doyle 85' | Report | Mikhailichenko 7', 48' Narbekovas 19' Dobrovolski 45' |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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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 |
Nigeria | 1–3 | Yugoslavia |
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Yekini 88' | Report | Stojković 35', 67' Šabanadžović 49' |
Brazil | 2–1 | Yugoslavia |
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Cruz 25' Bebeto 56' | Report | Šabanadžović 69' |
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Gold medal match | ||||||||
25 September – Daegu | ||||||||||
Sweden | 1 | |||||||||
27 September – Busan | ||||||||||
Italy (a.e.t.) | 2 | |||||||||
Italy | 2 | |||||||||
25 September – Busan | ||||||||||
Soviet Union (a.e.t.) | 3 | |||||||||
Soviet Union | 3 | |||||||||
1 October – Seoul | ||||||||||
Australia | 0 | |||||||||
Soviet Union (a.e.t.) | 2 | |||||||||
25 September – Gwangju | ||||||||||
Brazil | 1 | |||||||||
Zambia | 0 | |||||||||
27 September – Seoul | ||||||||||
West Germany | 4 | |||||||||
West Germany | 1 (2) | |||||||||
25 September – Seoul | ||||||||||
Brazil (a.e.t.) | 1 (3) | Bronze medal match | ||||||||
Brazil | 1 | |||||||||
30 September – Seoul | ||||||||||
Argentina | 0 | |||||||||
Italy | 0 | |||||||||
West Germany | 3 | |||||||||
Soviet Union | 3–0 | Australia |
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Dobrovolski 50', 54' Mikhailichenko 62' | Report |
West Germany | 4–0 | Zambia |
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Funkel 18' Klinsmann 34', 42', 89' | Report |
Soviet Union | 3–2 (a.e.t.) | Italy |
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Dobrovolski 78' Narbekovas 92' Mikhailichenko 106' | Report | Virdis 50' Carnevale 118' |
Brazil | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | West Germany |
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Romário 79' | Report | Fach 50' |
Penalties | ||
João Paulo Luiz Carlos Romário André Cruz | 3–2 | Janßen Klinsmann Kleppinger Fach Wuttke |
Italy | 0–3 | West Germany |
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Report | Klinsmann 5' Kleppinger 18' Schreier 68' |
Soviet Union | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | Brazil |
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Dobrovolski 61' (pen.) Savichev 103' | Report | Romário 30' |
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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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 |
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