In the technical report following the competition, FIFA reported that: "Compared with the 1979 World Youth Tournament in Japan and the 1978 World Cup finals in Argentina, the standard of football at the Olympic Football Tournament was generally of an inferior quality,".[2]
Due to the American-led boycott, countries (in brackets) who qualified did not enter the final tournament. Spain sent a team under the IOC flag. The following 16 teams qualified for the 1980 Olympics football tournament:
The final was played in a hard rain for the third straight Olympics. Both teams played with ten players after the 58th minute after one player from each team was red-carded.
With five goals, Sergey Andreyev of Soviet Union was the top scorer of the tournament. In total, 82 goals were scored by 52 different players, with only one of them credited as own goal.
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The football tournament at the 1980 Summer Olympics started on 20 July and ended on 2 August Only one event the men s tournament was contested Seven qualified countries did not participate joining the American led boycott in protest of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan 1 1980 Men s Olympic football tournamentTournament detailsHost countrySoviet UnionDates20 July 2 August 1980Teams16 from 5 confederations Venue s 5 in 4 host cities Final positionsChampions Czechoslovakia 1st title Runners up East GermanyThird place Soviet UnionFourth place YugoslaviaTournament statisticsMatches played32Goals scored82 2 56 per match Attendance1 821 624 56 926 per match Top scorer s Sergey Andreyev 5 goals 19761984 Sixteen teams were divided into four groups Group A USSR Cuba Venezuela Zambia Group B Colombia Kuwait Nigeria Czechoslovakia Group C Algeria Spain GDR Syria Group D Costa Rica Finland Iraq Yugoslavia In the technical report following the competition FIFA reported that Compared with the 1979 World Youth Tournament in Japan and the 1978 World Cup finals in Argentina the standard of football at the Olympic Football Tournament was generally of an inferior quality 2 Contents 1 Venues 2 Qualification 3 Match officials 4 Squads 5 Final tournament 5 1 First round 5 1 1 Group A 5 1 2 Group B 5 1 3 Group C 5 1 4 Group D 5 2 Bracket 5 3 Quarter finals 5 4 Semi finals 5 5 Bronze Medal match 5 6 Gold Medal match 6 Medalists 7 Goalscorers 8 Final ranking 9 References 10 External linksVenues EditMoscowCentral Lenin Stadium Dynamo StadiumCapacity 91 251 Capacity 50 475 Minsk Leningrad KyivDinamo Stadium Kirov Stadium Republican StadiumCapacity 50 125 Capacity 74 000 Capacity 100 169 The football tournament was the most attended event on these Olympics 1 821 624 spectators watched 32 matches of it at the stadiums Qualification EditMain article Football at the 1980 Summer Olympics Men s qualification Due to the American led boycott countries in brackets who qualified did not enter the final tournament Spain sent a team under the IOC flag The following 16 teams qualified for the 1980 Olympics football tournament Africa CAF Algeria Nigeria replaces Ghana Zambia replaces Egypt Asia AFC Iraq replaces Malaysia Kuwait Syria replaces Iran North and Central America CONCACAF Costa Rica Cuba replaces United States South America CONMEBOL Colombia Venezuela replaces Argentina Europe UEFA Czechoslovakia Finland replaces Norway East Germany Spain Yugoslavia Hosting nation Soviet UnionMatch officials EditAfrica Belaid Lacarne Bassey Eyo Honesty Nyrenda ChayuAsia Salim Naji Al Hachami Ali Abdulwahab Al Bannai Marwan Arafat North and Central America Luis Paulino Siles Ramon Calderon Castro Mario Rubio VazquezSouth America Romualdo Arppi Filho Guillermo Velasquez Enrique Labo Revoredo Jose Castro Lozada Europe Franz Wohrer Vojtech Christov Anders Mattsson Riccardo Lattanzi Klaus Scheurell Bob Valentine Emilio Guruceta Muro Ulf Eriksson Andre Daina Marjan Raus Eldar AzimzadeSquads EditMain article Football at the 1980 Summer Olympics Men s team squadsFinal tournament EditFirst round Edit Group A Edit Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Soviet Union 3 3 0 0 15 1 14 6 Cuba 3 2 0 1 3 9 6 4 Venezuela 3 1 0 2 3 7 4 2 Zambia 3 0 0 3 2 6 4 0Source FIFA 20 July 198012 00Cuba 1 0 ZambiaRoldan 58 ReportKirov Stadium LeningradAttendance 100 000Referee Marijan Raus Yugoslavia 20 July 198012 00Soviet Union 4 0 VenezuelaAndreyev 3 Cherenkov 25 Gavrilov 34 Hovhannisyan 51 ReportLenin Stadium MoscowAttendance 80 000Referee Franz Woehrer Austria 22 July 198012 00Cuba 2 1 VenezuelaHernandez 49 Nunez 71 Report Zubizarreta 68 Kirov Stadium LeningradAttendance 70 000Referee Emilio Guruceta Muro Spain 22 July 198012 00Soviet Union 3 1 ZambiaKhidiyatullin 9 51 Cherenkov 87 Report Chitalu 13 Lenin Stadium MoscowAttendance 80 000Referee Marwan Arafat Syria 24 July 198012 00Soviet Union 8 0 CubaAndreyev 8 27 44 Romantsev 20 Shavlo 43 Cherenkov 55 Gavrilov 75 Bessonov 77 ReportDinamo Stadium MoscowAttendance 52 000Referee Bob Valentine Scotland 24 July 198012 00Venezuela 2 1 ZambiaZubizarreta 86 Elie 90 pen Report Chitalu 73 Kirov Stadium LeningradAttendance 80 000Referee Luis Paulino Siles Costa Rica Group B Edit Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Czechoslovakia 3 1 2 0 4 1 3 4 Kuwait 3 1 2 0 4 2 2 4 Colombia 3 1 1 1 2 4 2 3 Nigeria 3 0 1 2 2 5 3 1Source FIFA 21 July 198012 00Czechoslovakia 3 0 ColombiaPokluda 14 Berger 18 Vizek 85 ReportKirov Stadium LeningradReferee Belaid Lacarne Algelia 21 July 198012 00Kuwait 3 1 NigeriaAl Dakhil 16 40 85 pen Report Mubarak 25 o g Dinamo Stadium MoscowReferee Klaus Scheurell East Germany 23 July 198012 00Colombia 1 1 KuwaitMolinares 73 Report Yaqoub 64 Dinamo Stadium MoscowReferee Anders Mattson Finland 23 July 198012 00Czechoslovakia 1 1 NigeriaVizek 25 Report Nwosu 84 Kirov Stadium LeningradReferee Enrique Labo Revoredo Peru 25 July 198012 00Colombia 1 0 NigeriaCardona 55 ReportDinamo Stadium MoscowReferee Salim Naji Al Hachami Iraq 25 July 198012 00Czechoslovakia 0 0 KuwaitReportKirov Stadium LeningradReferee Riccardo Lattanzi Italy Group C Edit Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts East Germany 3 2 1 0 7 1 6 5 Algeria 3 1 1 1 4 2 2 3 Spain 3 0 3 0 2 2 0 3 Syria 3 0 1 2 0 8 8 1Source FIFA 20 July 198012 00East Germany 1 1 SpainKuhn 49 Report Marcos 50 Republican Stadium KyivAttendance 100 000Referee Ulf Eriksson Sweden 20 July 198012 00Algeria 3 0 SyriaBelloumi 36 Madjer 48 Merzekane 73 pen ReportDinamo Stadium MinskReferee Vojtech Christov Czechoslovakia 22 July 198012 00East Germany 1 0 AlgeriaTerletzki 61 ReportRepublican Stadium KyivAttendance 70 000Referee Romualdo Arppi Filho Brazil 22 July 198012 00Spain 0 0 SyriaReportDinamo Stadium MinskReferee Jose Castro Lozada Venezuela 24 July 198012 00Spain 1 1 AlgeriaRincon 38 Report Belloumi 63 Dinamo Stadium MinskReferee Eldar Azimzade Soviet Union 24 July 198012 00East Germany 5 0 SyriaHause 6 Netz 25 45 Peter 75 Terletzki 82 ReportRepublican Stadium KyivAttendance 80 000Referee Ulf Eriksson Sweden Group D Edit Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Yugoslavia 3 2 1 0 6 3 3 5 Iraq 3 1 2 0 4 1 3 4 Finland 3 1 1 1 3 2 1 3 Costa Rica 3 0 0 3 2 9 7 0Source FIFA 21 July 198012 00Yugoslavia 2 0 FinlandSecerbegovic 56 Sestic 58 ReportDinamo Stadium MinskReferee Mario Rubio Vazquez Mexico 21 July 198012 00Iraq 3 0 Costa RicaAhmed 45 Saeed 49 Hassan 75 ReportRepublican Stadium KyivReferee Nyirenda Chayu Zambia 23 July 198012 00Yugoslavia 3 2 Costa RicaZlatko Vujovic 6 54 Primorac 24 Report White 35 Arroyo 90 Dinamo Stadium MinskReferee Bassey Eyo Honesty Nigeria 23 July 198012 00Finland 0 0 IraqReportRepublican Stadium KyivAttendance 40 000Referee Ramon Calderon Castro Cuba 25 July 198012 00Finland 3 0 Costa RicaTissari 18 Alila 58 Soini 88 ReportRepublican Stadium KyivAttendance 50 000Referee Ali Albannai Abdulwahab Kuwait 25 July 198012 00Yugoslavia 1 1 IraqZoran Vujovic 63 Report Hassan 61 Dinamo Stadium MinskReferee Andre Daina Switzerland Bracket Edit Quarter finalsSemi finalsFinal 27 July Moscow Soviet Union2 29 July Moscow Kuwait1 Soviet Union0 27 July Kyiv East Germany1 East Germany4 2 August Moscow Iraq0 East Germany0 27 July Leningrad Czechoslovakia1 Czechoslovakia3 29 July Moscow Cuba0 Czechoslovakia2 27 July Minsk Yugoslavia0Bronze medal match Yugoslavia3 1 August Moscow Algeria0 Soviet Union2 Yugoslavia0 Quarter finals Edit 27 July 198012 00Yugoslavia 3 0 AlgeriaMirocevic 5 Sestic 19 Zoran Vujovic 70 ReportDinamo Stadium MinskReferee Klaus Scheurell East Germany 27 July 198012 00Soviet Union 2 1 KuwaitCherenkov 30 Gavrilov 51 Report Yaqoub 59 Dinamo Stadium MoscowAttendance 48 000Referee Mario Rubio Vazquez Mexico 27 July 198012 00Czechoslovakia 3 0 CubaVizek 29 59 Pokluda 90 ReportKirov Stadium LeningradReferee Enrique Labo Revoredo Peru 27 July 198012 00East Germany 4 0 IraqSchnuphase 4 pen Netz 11 Steinbach 17 Terletzki 22 ReportRepublican Stadium KyivAttendance 48 000Referee Romualdo Arppi Filho Brazil Semi finals Edit 29 July 198012 00Soviet Union 0 1 East GermanyReport Netz 16 Lenin Stadium MoscowAttendance 95 000Referee Ulf Eriksson Sweden 29 July 198013 00Czechoslovakia 2 0 YugoslaviaLicka 4 Sreiner 18 ReportDinamo Stadium MoscowAttendance 48 000Referee Franz Woehrer Austria Bronze Medal match Edit 1 August 198012 00Soviet Union 2 0 YugoslaviaHovhannisyan 67 Andreyev 82 ReportDinamo Stadium MoscowAttendance 45 000Referee Bob Valentine Scotland Gold Medal match Edit 1980 Summer Olympics Football Final2 August 198012 00Czechoslovakia 1 0 East GermanySvoboda 77 ReportLenin Stadium MoscowAttendance 70 000Referee Eldar Azimzade Soviet Union Team details Czechoslovakia East Germany GK 1 Stanislav SemanDF 3 Josef MazuraDF 2 Ludek MacelaDF 4 Libor RadimecDF 5 Zdenek RygelMF 14 Oldrich RottMF 8 Jan Berger Sent Off MF 16 Frantisek StambachrFW 7 Ladislav Vizek FW 11 Werner LickaFW 10 Lubomir Pokluda Substitutes FW 9 Jindrich Svoboda MF 6 Petr Nemec Manager Frantisek Havranek GK 1 Bodo RudwaleitDF 13 Matthias MullerDF 3 Lothar Hause DF 12 Norbert TrieloffDF 2 Artur UllrichMF 6 Rudiger SchnuphaseMF 7 Frank TerletzkiMF 8 Wolfgang Steinbach Sent Off MF 5 Frank BaumFW 17 Wolf Rudiger NetzFW 11 Dieter KuhnSubstitutes MF 14 Matthias Liebers Manager Rudolf KrauseThe final was played in a hard rain for the third straight Olympics Both teams played with ten players after the 58th minute after one player from each team was red carded Medalists Edit View of the stadium from the final Olympic football pins from 1980 Gold Silver Bronze Czechoslovakia Stanislav Seman Ludek Macela Josef Mazura Libor Radimec Zdenek Rygel Petr Nemec Ladislav Vizek Jan Berger Jindrich Svoboda Lubomir Pokluda Werner Licka Rostislav Vaclavicek Jaroslav Netolicka Oldrich Rott Zdenek Sreiner Frantisek Stambacher Frantisek Kunzo East Germany Bodo Rudwaleit Artur Ullrich Lothar Hause Frank Uhlig Frank Baum Rudiger Schnuphase Frank Terletzki Wolfgang Steinbach Jurgen Bahringer Werner Peter Dieter Kuhn Norbert Trieloff Matthias Muller Matthias Liebers Bernd Jakubowski Wolf Rudiger Netz Soviet Union Rinat Dasaev Tengiz Sulakvelidze Alexandre Chivadze Vagiz Khidiyatullin Oleg Romantsev Sergey Shavlo Sergey Andreev Vladimir Bessonov Yuri Gavrilov Fyodor Cherenkov Valeri Gazzaev Vladimir Pilguj Sergej Baltacha Sergei Nikulin Khoren Hovhannisyan Alexandr Prokopenko Revaz ChelebadzeGoalscorers EditWith five goals Sergey Andreyev of Soviet Union was the top scorer of the tournament In total 82 goals were scored by 52 different players with only one of them credited as own goal 5 goals Sergey Andreyev4 goals Ladislav Vizek Wolf Rudiger Netz Fyodor Cherenkov 3 goals Frank Terletzki Faisal Al Dakhil Yuri Gavrilov 2 goals Lakhdar Belloumi Lubomir Pokluda Falah Hassan Jasem Yaqoub Vagiz Khidiyatullin Khoren Hovhannisyan Iker Zubizarreta Milos Sestic Zlatko Vujovic Zoran Vujovic Godfrey Chitalu 1 goal Rabah Madjer Chaabane Merzekane Benjamin Cardona Carlos Molinares Omar Arroyo Jorge White Luis Hernandez Ramon Nunez Andres Roldan Jan Berger Werner Licka Zdenek Sreiner Jindrich Svoboda Jouko Alila Jouko Soini Ari Tissari Lothar Hause Dieter Kuhn Werner Peter Rudiger Schnuphase Wolfgang Steinbach Hadi Ahmed Hussein Saeed Henry Nwosu Marcos Alonso Pena Hipolito Rincon Oleg Romantsev Sergey Shavlo Volodymyr Bessonov Robert Elie Dzevad Secerbegovic Boro Primorac Ante Mirocevic Own goals Mahboub Mubarak playing against Nigeria Final ranking EditBelow the final ranking after the end of the tournament 3 Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts1 Czechoslovakia TCH 6 4 2 0 10 1 9 102 East Germany GDR 6 4 1 1 12 2 10 93 Soviet Union URS 6 5 0 1 19 3 16 104 Yugoslavia YUG 6 3 1 2 9 7 2 75 Kuwait KUW 4 1 2 1 5 4 1 46 Iraq IRQ 4 1 2 1 4 5 1 47 Cuba CUB 4 2 0 2 3 12 9 48 Algeria ALG 4 1 1 2 4 5 1 39 Finland FIN 3 1 1 1 3 2 1 310 Spain ESP 3 0 3 0 2 2 0 311 Colombia COL 3 1 1 1 2 4 2 312 Venezuela VEN 3 1 0 2 3 7 4 213 Nigeria NGR 3 0 1 2 2 5 3 114 Syria SYR 3 0 1 2 0 8 8 115 Zambia ZAM 3 0 0 3 2 6 4 016 Costa Rica CRC 3 0 0 3 2 9 7 0Source citation needed References Edit Football at the 1980 Moscow Summer Games Sports Reference Archived from the original on 17 April 2020 Retrieved 27 October 2018 FIFA Technical Report 1980 Olympics Football Tournament PDF FIFA 1980 Archived from the original PDF on 20 December 2011 Retrieved 26 February 2014 Football Tournament 1980 Olympiad External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Association football at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic Football Tournament Moscow 1980 FIFA com RSSSF Summary FIFA Technical Report Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Football at the 1980 Summer Olympics amp oldid 1134235034, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
