| | Event type

Football, Men

Date	18 – 31 July 1976
Status	Olympic
Location	Stade olympique, Parc olympique, Montréal, Québec / Varsity Stadium, Toronto, Ontario / Lansdowne Park, Ottawa, Ontario / Stade Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec
Participants	202 from 13 countries
Format	Round-robin pools advance teams to single-elimination tournament of eight teams.

The 1976 Olympic football tournament was plagued by cancellations. First, Uruguay withdrew its team, and so did the South American teams that were called up to replace them (Argentina and Colombia). The FIFA finally awarded their spot to Cuba, which had played in the North and Central American qualifying zone. The African boycott caused three more teams to withdraw: Zambia, Nigeria and Ghana. As usual, the Eastern European teams dominated the tournament, with reigning champions Poland, the Soviet Union and East Germany being joined by Brazil in the semis. The East Germans played with the same squad that had defeated West Germany at home in the 1974 World Cup (the West Germans went on to win that tournament), while Poland had also nominated their World Cup team for the Olympics. While Poland had impressed in 1974, they were now out of shape, and East Germany won the final with relative ease. Among the players in the second round was France’s Michel Platini. He would become one of the world’s football stars in the 1980s, leading France to the European championship in 1984. In 1992, he would carry the Olympic torch during the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Winter Games in Albertville.

Pos	Number	Team	NOC	Goals	Yellow Cards	Red Cards	Penalty Kicks	Shots	Shots on Goal	Corner Kicks	Free Kicks	Offsides	Fouls Committed
1	–	East Germany	GDR	10	4	0	–	104	63	40	71	13	–	Gold
	1	Jürgen Croy		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	3	Hans-Jürgen Dörner		4	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	5	Lothar Kurbjuweit		1	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	6	Reinhard Lauck		0	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	9	Hans-Jürgen Riediger		1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	11	Martin Hoffmann		1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	8	Reinhard Häfner		1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	4	Konrad Weise		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	12	Gerd Kische		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	10	Bernd Bransch		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	13	Wolfram Löwe		1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	14	Hartmut Schade		1	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	17	Wilfried Gröbner		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	7	Gert Heidler		0	2	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	16	Hans-Ullrich Grapenthin		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	2	Gerd Weber		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	15	Dieter Riedel		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Georg Buschner
2	–	Poland	POL	11	3	0	–	159	85	45	71	19	–	Silver
	1	Jan Tomaszewski		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	2	Antoni Szymanowski		1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	5	Władysław Żmuda		0	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	6	Zygmunt Maszczyk		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	7	Grzegorz Lato		3	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	8	Henryk Kasperczak		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	9	Kazimierz Deyna		1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	10	Andrzej Szarmach		6	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	11	Kazimierz Kmiecik		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	12	Piotr Mowlik		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	13	Henryk Wawrowski		0	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	14	Henryk Wieczorek		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	3	Jerzy Gorgoń		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	15	Lesław Ćmikiewicz		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	4	Wojciech Rudy		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	17	Roman Ogaza		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	16	Jan Benigier		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Kazimierz Górski
3	–	Soviet Union	URS	10	8	2	–	118	71	29	93	14	–	Bronze
	1	Vladimir Astapovsky		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	3	Viktor Matviyenko		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	4	Mikhail Fomenko		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	5	Stefan Reshko		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	6	Vladimir Troshkin		0	3	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	8	Vladimir Onishchenko		3	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	9	Viktor Kolotov		2	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	11	Oleg Blokhin		1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	12	Leonid Buryak		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	14	Aleksandr Minayev		1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	15	Viktor Zvyagintsev		1	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	13	Vladimir Fyodorov		0	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	10	Vladimir Veremeyev		1	3	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	16	Leonid Nazarenko		1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	2	Anatoly Konkov		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	7	David Kipiani DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	17	Aleksandr Prokhorov DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Valery Lobanovsky
4	–	Brazil	BRA	6	5	0	–	94	56	18	114	11	–
	6	Alberto Leguelé		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	2	Rosemiro		1	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	13	Júlio César		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	12	Mauro Cabeçâo		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	7	Marinho		0	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	4	Edinho		0	2	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	16	Edval		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	14	Chico Fraga		1	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	15	Jarbas		2	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	8	Batista		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	11	Santos		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	17	Zé Carlos		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	5	Júnior		1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	10	Erivelto		1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	9	Eudes		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	3	Tecão		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	1	Carlos		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Cláudio Coutinho
=5	–	Israel	ISR	4	8	2	–	82	60	21	84	19	–
	4	Chaim Bar		0	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	17	Alon Ben-Dor		0	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	14	Avi Cohen		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	15	Joshoua Gal		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	10	Gideon Damti		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	2	Abraham Lev		0	2	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	8	Eli Leventhal		0	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	13	Oded Machnes		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	12	Meir Nimni		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	3	Yaron Oz		1	0	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	6	Itzhak Peretz		2	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	5	Moshe Schweitzer		0	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	7	Itzhak Shum		1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	9	Rifaat Turk		0	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	1	Itzhak Vissoker		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	16	Ehud Ben-Tovim DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	11	Josef Sorinov DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		David Schweitzer
=5	–	France	FRA	9	4	2	–	75	45	21	90	13	–
	7	Alexandre Stassievitch		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	14	Bruno Baronchelli		1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	4	Claude Chazottes		0	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	15	Éric Pécout		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	5	Francis Meynieu		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	12	Paco Rubio		1	0	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	10	Jean Fernandez		0	0	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	17	Jean-Marc Schaer		2	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	1	Jean-Claude Larrieu		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	13	Loïc Amisse		2	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	9	Michel Cougé		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	11	Michel Platini		3	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	6	Michel Pottier		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	16	Olivier Rouyer		0	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	3	Patrick Battiston		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	2	Henri Orlandini DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	8	Henri Zambelli DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Gabriel Robert
=5	–	Democratic People's Republic of Korea	PRK	3	3	2	–	46	31	15	49	11	–
	14	An Gil-Wan		0	0	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	9	An Se-Uk		1	0	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	11	Cha Jong-Sok		0	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	10	Hong Song-Nam		2	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	1	Jin In-Chol		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	2	Kim Gwang-Sok		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	3	Kim Il-Nam		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	5	Kim Jong-Min		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	6	Kim Mu-Gil		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	15	Li Hi-Yon		0	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	7	Ma Jong-U		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	16	Myong Dong-Chan		0	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	8	Pak Jong-Hun		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	17	Pak Kyong-Won		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	13	Yang Song-Guk		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	4	Kim Myong-Song DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	12	Kim Sung-Gyu DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Pak Du-Ik
=5	–	Iran	IRI	4	3	0	–	57	40	26	62	3	–
	8	Nasrollah Abdollahi		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	3	Andranik Eskandarian		0	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	6	Ebrahim Ghassempour		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	17	Nasser Hejazi		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	15	Ghafour Jahani		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	11	Ali Reza Khorshidi		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	13	Gholam Mazloomi		1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	14	Sahameddin Mir Fakhraie		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	12	Hassan Nayebagha		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	2	Hassan Nazari		0	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	9	Nasser Nouraie		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	7	Ali Parvin		1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	5	Parviz Qelichkhani		1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	10	Hassan Roshan		1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	4	Bijan Zolfaghar Nasab		0	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	16	Ali Reza Azizi DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	1	Mansour Rashidi DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Heshmat Mohajerani
=9	–	Spain	ESP	1	2	0	–	42	28	9	49	9	–
	10	Vitoria		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	14	Olmo		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	12	Cundi		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	8	Saura		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	11	Esteban		0	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	15	Paco Bermejo		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	4	Sanjosé		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	2	San José		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	5	Pulido		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	6	Tente Sánchez		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	17	Juani		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	7	Juanito		0	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	1	Arconada		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	16	Mir		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	3	Pedro Camus		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	9	Idígoras		1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	13	José Manzanedo DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Ladislao Kubala
=9	–	Guatemala	GUA	2	1	0	–	53	29	9	73	20	–
	5	Allan Wellman		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	8	Benjamín Monterroso		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	3	Carlos Monterroso		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	6	Edgar Bolaños		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	16	Félix McDonald		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	10	Jorge Hurtarte		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	13	Julio Anderson		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	1	Julio Rodolfo García		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	2	Julio Gómez		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	4	Luis Villavicencio		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	12	Marco Fión		1	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	7	Óscar Sánchez		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	15	Peter Sandoval		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	11	René Morales		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	17	Ricardo Piccinini		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	9	Selvin Pennant		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	14	Sergio Rivera		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Roberto Piñeda
=9	–	Mexico	MEX	4	3	2	–	65	41	21	93	13	–
	16	Alfredo Navarrete		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	4	Bardomiano Viveros		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	5	Carlos García		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	3	Eduardo Rergis		0	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	6	Ernesto de la Rosa		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	2	Gabriel Márquez		0	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	17	Guillermo Cosio		0	0	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	7	Héctor Tapia		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	10	Hugo Sánchez		1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	1	Javier Regalado		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	14	Jorge López Malo		0	0	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	8	José Luis Caballero		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	11	Rafael Toribio		0	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	9	Víctor Rangel		3	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	13	Antonio Hernández		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	15	Mario Carrillo		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	7	José Gómez DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Diego Mercado
=9	–	Cuba	CUB	0	1	0	–	27	18	8	33	6	–
	7	Andrés Roldán		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	4	Antonio Garcés		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	11	Francisco Fariñas		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	15	Jorge Massó		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	6	José Luis Elejalde		0	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	1	José Francisco Reinoso		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	8	Julio Cepero		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	10	Luis Hernández Heres		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	3	Luis Holmaza		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	13	Miguel Rivero		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	14	Regino Delgado		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	5	René Bonora		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	12	Roberto Pereira		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	9	Dagoberto Lara DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	17	Carlos Loredo DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	16	Fermín Madera DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	2	Lorenzo Sotomayor DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Sergio Padrón
=9	–	Canada	CAN	2	0	0	–	41	35	12	44	3	–
	5	Tony Lawrence		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	9	Carl Rose		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	15	Garry Ayre		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	1	Jack Brand		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	6	Jimmy Douglas		2	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	11	John Connor		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	7	John McGrane		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	17	Ken Whitehead		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	4	Kevin Grant		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	12	Mike McLeneghan		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	3	Ray Telford		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	2	Bob Bolitho		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	8	Robin Megraw		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	14	Wes McLeod		0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	13	Tino Lettieri DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	16	Jim McLoughlin DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	10	Peter Roe DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Colin Morris

Preliminary Round

Date	18 – 23 July 1976

Group A

Pos	Team	NOC	Wins	Ties	Losses	Points	Goals
1	Brazil	BRA	1	1	0	3	2-1	Q
2	East Germany	GDR	1	1	0	3	1-0	Q
3	Spain	ESP	0	0	2	0	1-3

Match	Date/Time	Team	NOC	Result	Team	NOC
Match #1	18 Jul 15:00	Brazil	BRA	0 – 0	East Germany	GDR
Match #2	20 Jul 18:00	Brazil	BRA	2 – 1	Spain	ESP
Match #3	22 Jul 15:00	East Germany	GDR	1 – 0	Spain	ESP

Group B

Pos	Team	NOC	Wins	Ties	Losses	Points	Goals
1	France	FRA	2	1	0	5	9-3	Q
2	Israel	ISR	0	3	0	3	3-3	Q
3	Mexico	MEX	0	2	1	2	4-7
4	Guatemala	GUA	0	2	1	2	2-5

Match	Date/Time	Team	NOC	Result	Team	NOC
Match #1	19 Jul 16:00	France	FRA	4 – 1	Mexico	MEX
Match #2	19 Jul 16:00	Guatemala	GUA	0 – 0	Israel	ISR
Match #3	21 Jul 16:00	Israel	ISR	2 – 2	Mexico	MEX
Match #4	21 Jul 17:00	France	FRA	4 – 1	Guatemala	GUA
Match #5	23 Jul 18:00	Guatemala	GUA	1 – 1	Mexico	MEX
Match #6	23 Jul 17:00	France	FRA	1 – 1	Israel	ISR

Group C

Pos	Team	NOC	Wins	Ties	Losses	Points	Goals
1	Poland	POL	1	1	0	3	3-2	Q
2	Iran	IRI	1	0	1	2	3-3	Q
3	Cuba	CUB	0	1	1	1	0-1

Match	Date/Time	Team	NOC	Result	Team	NOC
Match #1	18 Jul 15:00	Cuba	CUB	0 – 0	Poland	POL
Match #2	20 Jul 19:00	Iran	IRI	1 – 0	Cuba	CUB
Match #3	22 Jul 20:00	Poland	POL	3 – 2	Iran	IRI

Group D

Pos	Team	NOC	Wins	Losses	Points	Goals
1	Soviet Union	URS	2	0	4	5-1	Q
2	Democratic People's Republic of Korea	PRK	1	1	2	3-4	Q
3	Canada	CAN	0	2	0	2-5

Match	Date/Time	Team	NOC	Result	Team	NOC
Match #1	19 Jul 18:00	Soviet Union	URS	2 – 1	Canada	CAN
Match #2	21 Jul 18:00	Democratic People's Republic of Korea	PRK	3 – 1	Canada	CAN
Match #3	23 Jul 21:00	Soviet Union	URS	3 – 0	Democratic People's Republic of Korea	PRK

Quarter-Finals

Date	25 July 1976
Format	Single-elimination.

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	25 Jul 16:00	Brazil	BRA	4 – 1	Israel	ISR
Match #2	25 Jul 16:00	East Germany	GDR	4 – 0	France	FRA
Match #3	25 Jul 18:00	Poland	POL	5 – 0	Democratic People's Republic of Korea	PRK
Match #4	25 Jul 21:00	Soviet Union	URS	2 – 1	Iran	IRI

Semi-Finals

Date	27 July 1976
Format	Single-elimination.

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	27 Jul 18:00	Poland	POL	2 – 0	Brazil	BRA
Match #2	27 Jul 18:00	East Germany	GDR	2 – 1	Soviet Union	URS

Final Round

Date	29 – 31 July 1976
Format	Medal round.

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match 1/2	31 Jul 21:30	East Germany	GDR	3 – 1	Poland	POL
Match 3/4	29 Jul 21:00	Soviet Union	URS	2 – 0	Brazil	BRA