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Football, Men

Date20 July – 2 August 1980
StatusOlympic
LocationBolshaya arena, Tsentralny stadion imeni V.I. Lenina, Moskva / Stadion Dynamo, Moskva / Stadion imeni Kirova, Leningrad / Respublikansky stadion, Kyiv / Bolshaya arena, Stadion Dynamo, Minsk
Participants255 from 16 countries
FormatRound-robin pools advance teams to single-elimination tournament of eight teams.

The Western boycott caused almost half of the qualified teams to withdraw: Argentina, Egypt, Ghana, Iran, Malaysia, Norway and the United States. Many of their replacements could not impress at Moscow, and the Cuban team even made it to the quarter-finals after a 0-8 loss to the host nation. The four teams from Eastern Europe, East Germany, the Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia, had no trouble defeating the non-European teams and all placed for the semi-finals.

East Germany reached its second consecutive final, but without the players that had taken the gold in Montréal, while Czechoslovakia played its third Olympic final, losing in 1920 and 1964. The rules required that all amateurs were allowed to compete in Moscow, with the exception of European or South American players who had contested the 1978 World Cup qualifiers or finals. Several of the Czechoslovakian players had, in fact, competed at the 1980 European Championships in Italy. The final remained goal-less until the 77th minute, when substitute Svoboda put in a header to decide the tournament.

PosNumberTeamNOC
1CzechoslovakiaTCHGold
1Stanislav Seman
2Luděk Macela
3Josef Mazura
4Libor Radimec
5Zdeněk Rygel
14Oldřich Rott
10Luboš Pokluda
6Petr Němec
16František Štambacher
8Jan Berger
7Ladislav Vízek
9Jindřich Svoboda
11Werner Lička
12Rostislav Václavíček
15Zdeněk Šreiner
17František Kunzo
13Jaroslav Netolička DNS
CoachFrantišek Havránek
2East GermanyGDRSilver
1Bodo Rudwaleit
12Norbert Trieloff
13Matthias Müller
2Artur Ullrich
5Frank Baum
6Rüdiger Schnuphase
8Wolfgang Steinbach
3Lothar Hause
14Matthias Liebers
7Frank Terletzki
17Wolf-Rüdiger Netz
11Dieter Kühn
10Werner Peter
4Frank Uhlig
9Jürgen Bähringer
16Bernd Jakubowski
15Traudl Trautmann
CoachRudolf Krause
3Soviet UnionURSBronze
1Rinat Dasayev
2Tengiz Sulakvelidze
3Aleksandre Chivadze
4Vagiz Khidiyatullin
5Oleg Romantsev
6Sergey Shavlo
7Sergey Andreyev
8Vladimir Bessonov
9Yury Gavrilov
10Fyodor Cherenkov
11Valery Gazzayev
13Sergey Baltacha
15Khoren Hovhannisyan
12Vladimir Pilguy
14Sergey Nikulin
16Aleksandr Prokopenko
17Revaz Chelebadze
CoachKonstantin Beskov
4YugoslaviaYUG
10Ante Miročević
13Boro Primorac
1Dragan Pantelić
11Dušan Pešić
8Dževad Šećerbegović
3Ivan Gudelj
5Milan Jovin
4Miloš Hrstić
15Miloš Šestić
7Mišo Krstičević
6Nikica Klinčarski
14Srebrenko Repčić
12Tomislav Ivković
9Vladimir Matijević
16Zlatko Vujović
17Zoran Vujović
2Nikica Cukrov
CoachIvan Toplak
=5KuwaitKUW
8Abdullah Al-Buloshi
1Ahmad Al-Tarabulsi
13Ahmad Askar
16Faisal Al-Daakhil
7Fathi Kamel
11Hamad Bu Hamad
14Hamoud Al-Shammari
4Jamal Al-Qabendi
9Jasem Sultan
3Mahboub Jumaa Mubarak
10Mu'ayed Al-Haddad
2Na'eem Saed
6Saed Al-Houti
15Sami Al-Hashash
5Waleed Jasem Mubarak
12Youssef Suwayed
20Abdul Nabi Al-Khaldi DNS
CoachCarlos Parreira
=5CubaCUB
8Amado Povea
7Andrés Roldán
17Carlos Loredo
9Dagoberto Lara
16Fermín Madera
15Jorge Massó
5Luis Dreke
11Luis Hernández Cabrera
4Luis Sánchez
2Miguel López
3Roberto Frómeta
10Ramón Núñez
14Regino Delgado
6Roberto Espinosa
13Roberto Pereira
12Calixto Martínez DNS1
1José Francisco Reinoso DNS
CoachTibor Ivanics
=5IraqIRQ
1Fatah Nasif
7Adil Khudhayir
2Adnan Dirjal
6Alaa Ahmed
15Ali Kadhim
8Falah Hassan
9Hadi Ahmed
5Hassan Farhan Hassoun
10Hussain Saeed
12Ibrahim Ali Kadhum
3Jamal Hamza
17Kadim Shibib
14Nazar Ashraf
4Saad Jassim
11Thamir Yousef
13Wathiq Aswad
16Abdul Ilah Abdul Wahid DNS
CoachAnwar Jassam
=5AlgeriaALG
20Mourad Amara
11Salah Assad
10Lakhdar Belloumi
9Taj Ben Saoula
16Abderrahmane Derouaz
8Ali Fergani
18Mohamed Ghrib
2Mahmoud Guendouz
6Mohamed Kheddis
13Saleh Larbes
7Rabah Madjer
4Bouzid Mahiouz
14Djamel Menad
5Chaabane Merzekane
15Mohamed Bouhalla DNS
12Mohamed Rahmani DNS
17Hocine Yahi DNS
CoachMahieddine Khalef
=9VenezuelaVEN
4Pedro Acosta
2Ordan Aguirre
10Bernardo Añor
3Emilio Campos
16Nelson Carrero
13Rodolfo Carvajal
11Ángel Castillo
5Mauro Cichero
6Roberto Elie
15Pedro Febles
7Alexis Peña
14Fernando Pereira
8Asdrúbal Sánchez
1Eustorgio Sánchez
17Juan José Vidal
9Iker Zubizarreta
12César Semidey DNS
CoachManuel Plasencia
=9ColombiaCOL
13Alexis García
3Astolfo Romero
11Benjamín Cardona
15Carlos Molinares
1Carlos Valencia
14Fernando Fiorillo
6Gilberto García
2Heberth González
12Heberth Ríos
4Henry Viáfara
5Israel Viloria
7Jorge Porras
10José Hernández
16Luis Pérez
8Norberto Peluffo
9Pedro Sarmiento
17Radamel García
CoachEduardo Retat
=9SpainESP
6Agustín Gajate
15 Agustín
7Ángel González
13Quique Ramos
3Paco Buyo
8Francisco Güerri
14Poli Rincón
1 Joaquín
9 David
5 Juanito
17Manuel Zúñiga
2Marcos Alonso
4Miguel de Andrés
16 Urquiaga
11 Urbano
10 Víctor Muñoz
CoachJosé Santamaría
=9FinlandFIN
5Ari-Pekka Heikkinen 2
9Juhani Himanka
2Aki Lahtinen
10Ari Tissari
6Hannu Turunen
11Jouko Alila
16Jouko Soini
7Juha Dahllund
3Juha Helin
17Juha Rissanen
4Kari Virtanen
1Olli Isoaho
14Raimo Kuuluvainen
13Teuvo Vilen
15Tomi Jalo
8Vesa Pulliainen
12Jouko Kataja DNS
CoachJukka Vakkila
=13ZambiaZAM
9Alex Chola
8Clement Banda
4Michael Musonda 3
6Evans Katebe
12Frederick Kashimoto
10Godfrey Chitalu
3Kaiser Kalambo
2Milton Muke
1Kenny Mwape
14Moffat Sinkala
7Moses Simwala
11Pele Kaimana
15Stanley Tembo
5Kampela Katumba
22Ghost Mulenga DNS
13Benard Mutale DNS
CoachDickson Chama
=13NigeriaNGR
15Adokiye Amiesimaka
10Aloysius Atuegbu
1Best Ogedegbe
3David Adiele
16Emmanuel Osuigwe
12Felix Owolabi
7Tunde Bamidele
11Henry Nwosu
17Kadiri Ikhana
8Okey Isima
6John Orlando
5Leotis Boateng
14Muda Lawal
2Moses Effiong
13Segun Odegbami
9Shefiu Mohamed
4Sylvanus Okpala
CoachOtto Glória
=13Syrian Arab RepublicSYR
8Anouar Abdul Kader
15Fouad Aref
21Samer Zuhair Assassa
4Riyadh Mohammed Asfahani
1Eid Beirakdar
2Ahmed Jihad Chit
3Mohamed Dahman
6Abdul Fattah Hawa
13Ahmed Haouache
10Omar Hojeir
7Mohamed Jazaeri
11Marwan Madrati
5Ibrahim Mahallame
9Kevork Mardikian
16Elia Nabil Shana
12Hachem Chalabi DNS
17Bassam Jarayhi DNS
CoachJoseph Chadli
=13Costa RicaCRC
5Carlos Jiménez
4Carlos Toppings
6Dennis Marshall
7Francisco Hernández
16Helberth Quesada
2Javier Masís
9Jorge White
1Julio Morales
15Luis Fernández
11Marvin Obando
12Minor Alpízar
14Omar Arroyo
3Ricardo García
10Roger Álvarez
13William Ávila
8Tomás Velásquez
CoachAntonio Moyano

Preliminary Round

Date20 – 25 July 1980

Group A

PosTeamNOCWinsTiesLossesPointsGoals
1Soviet UnionURS300615-1Q
2CubaCUB20143-9Q
3VenezuelaVEN10223-7
4ZambiaZAM00302-6
MatchDate/TimeTeamNOCResultTeamNOC
Match #120 Jul 18:00Soviet UnionURS4 – 0VenezuelaVEN
Match #220 Jul 20:00CubaCUB1 – 0ZambiaZAM
Match #322 Jul 19:00CubaCUB2 – 1VenezuelaVEN
Match #422 Jul 20:00Soviet UnionURS3 – 1ZambiaZAM
Match #524 Jul 19:00VenezuelaVEN2 – 1ZambiaZAM
Match #624 Jul 20:00Soviet UnionURS8 – 0CubaCUB

Group B

PosTeamNOCWinsTiesLossesPointsGoals
1CzechoslovakiaTCH12044-1Q
2KuwaitKUW12044-2Q
3ColombiaCOL11132-4
4NigeriaNGR01212-5
MatchDate/TimeTeamNOCResultTeamNOC
Match #121 Jul 19:00CzechoslovakiaTCH3 – 0ColombiaCOL
Match #221 Jul 19:30KuwaitKUW3 – 1NigeriaNGR
Match #323 Jul 19:00NigeriaNGR1 – 1CzechoslovakiaTCH
Match #423 Jul 20:00ColombiaCOL1 – 1KuwaitKUW
Match #525 Jul 19:00KuwaitKUW0 – 0CzechoslovakiaTCH
Match #625 Jul 20:00ColombiaCOL1 – 0NigeriaNGR

Group C

PosTeamNOCWinsTiesLossesPointsGoals
1East GermanyGDR21057-1Q
2AlgeriaALG11134-2Q
3SpainESP03032-2
4Syrian Arab RepublicSYR01210-8
MatchDate/TimeTeamNOCResultTeamNOC
Match #120 Jul 20:00SpainESP1 – 1East GermanyGDR
Match #220 Jul 20:00AlgeriaALG3 – 0Syrian Arab RepublicSYR
Match #322 Jul 19:00East GermanyGDR1 – 0AlgeriaALG
Match #422 Jul 19:00SpainESP0 – 0Syrian Arab RepublicSYR
Match #524 Jul 19:00East GermanyGDR5 – 0Syrian Arab RepublicSYR
Match #624 Jul 19:00AlgeriaALG1 – 1SpainESP

Group D

PosTeamNOCWinsTiesLossesPointsGoals
1YugoslaviaYUG21056-3Q
2IraqIRQ12044-1Q
3FinlandFIN11133-2
4Costa RicaCRC00302-9
MatchDate/TimeTeamNOCResultTeamNOC
Match #121 Jul 19:00YugoslaviaYUG2 – 0FinlandFIN
Match #221 Jul 19:00IraqIRQ3 – 0Costa RicaCRC
Match #323 Jul 19:00YugoslaviaYUG3 – 2Costa RicaCRC
Match #423 Jul 19:00FinlandFIN0 – 0IraqIRQ
Match #525 Jul 19:00FinlandFIN3 – 0Costa RicaCRC
Match #625 Jul 19:00IraqIRQ1 – 1YugoslaviaYUG

Quarter-Finals

Date27 July 1980
FormatSingle-elimination.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #127 Jul 18:00Soviet UnionURS2 – 1KuwaitKUW
Match #227 Jul 18:00CzechoslovakiaTCH3 – 0CubaCUB
Match #327 Jul 18:00East GermanyGDR4 – 0IraqIRQ
Match #427 Jul 18:00YugoslaviaYUG3 – 0AlgeriaALG

Semi-Finals

Date29 July 1980
FormatSingle-elimination.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #129 Jul 20:00East GermanyGDR1 – 0Soviet UnionURS
Match #229 Jul 20:00CzechoslovakiaTCH2 – 0YugoslaviaYUG

Final Round

Date1 – 2 August 1980
FormatMedal round.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match 1/202 Aug 19:00CzechoslovakiaTCH1 – 0East GermanyGDR
Match 3/401 Aug 20:00Soviet UnionURS2 – 0YugoslaviaYUG