| | Top level | Event type
Football, Men – Match #1
| Date | 24 November 1956 — 14:30 | |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne, Victoria | |
| Referee | Bob Mann |  GBR |
| Linesman | Emil Hecht |  AUS |
| Linesman | Shigemaru Takenokoshi |  JPN |
| Attendance | 20,000 |
| Number | Competitor | NOC | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | Soviet Union |  URS | 2 | |
| – | Unified Team of Germany |  GER | 1 |
Soviet Union
| Pos | Number | Competitor | Goals | Yellow Cards | Red Cards | Penalty Kicks | Shots | Shots on Goal | Corner Kicks | Free Kicks | Offsides | Fouls Committed | After Half 1 | After Half 2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forward | 11 | Boris Tatushin | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | 12 | Anatoly Isayev | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | 17 | Eduard Streltsov | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | 16 | Valentin Ivanov | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | 18 | Vladimir Ryzhkin | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Midfield | 4 | Anatoly Bashashkin | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Midfield | 8 | Igor Netto | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Midfield | 7 | Aleksey Paramonov | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Defense | 5 | Mikhail Ogonkov | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Defense | 3 | Nikolay Tishchenko | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Goalkeeper | 1 | Lev Yashin | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Team Totals | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | |||||
| Coach | Gavriil Kachalin | ||||||||||||||||
Unified Team of Germany
| Pos | Number | Competitor | Goals | Yellow Cards | Red Cards | Penalty Kicks | Shots | Shots on Goal | Corner Kicks | Free Kicks | Offsides | Fouls Committed | After Half 1 | After Half 2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forward | 14 | Ernst-Günter Habig | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | 13 | Herbert Schäfer | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | 12 | Hans Zeitler | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | 10 | Matthias Mauritz | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | 11 | Rolf Geiger | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Midfield | 8 | Fritz Semmelmann | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Midfield | 6 | Karl Hoffmann | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Midfield | 7 | Rudi Hoffmann | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Defense | 4 | Hermann Höfer | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Defense | 3 | Willi Gerdau | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Goalkeeper | 1 | Albert Görtz | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Team Totals | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 1 | |||||
| Coach | Sepp Herberger | ||||||||||||||||
Cards
| Time | Athlete(s) | NOC | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | Valentin Ivanov | | yellow |
Goals
| Time | Athlete(s) | NOC | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 (1) | Anatoly Isayev | | 1-0 | |
| 86 (2) | Eduard Streltsov | | 2-0 | |
| 89 (2) | Ernst-Günter Habig | | 2-1 |