| | Event type

Football, Men

Date	20 July – 2 August 1980
Status	Olympic
Location	Bolshaya arena, Tsentralny stadion imeni V.I. Lenina, Moskva / Stadion Dynamo, Moskva / Stadion imeni Kirova, Leningrad / Respublikansky stadion, Kyiv / Bolshaya arena, Stadion Dynamo, Minsk
Participants	256 from 16 countries
Format	Round-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.

Pos	Nr	Team	NOC	W	T	L	Pts	Goals	Goals	Shots	Shots/Goal	Fouls	Yellow	Red
1		Czechoslovakia	TCH	4	2	0	10	10–1							Gold
	1	Stanislav Seman							0	–	–	–	0	0
	2	Luděk Macela							0	–	–	–	2	0
	3	Josef Mazura							0	–	–	–	0	0
	4	Libor Radimec							0	–	–	–	1	0
	5	Zdeněk Rygel							0	–	–	–	0	0
	14	Oldřich Rott							0	–	–	–	1	0
	10	Luboš Pokluda							2	–	–	–	2	0
	6	Petr Němec							0	–	–	–	1	0
	16	František Štambacher							0	–	–	–	0	0
	8	Jan Berger							1	–	–	–	1	1
	7	Ladislav Vízek							4	–	–	–	1	0
	9	Jindřich Svoboda							1	–	–	–	0	0
	11	Werner Lička							1	–	–	–	0	0
	12	Rostislav Václavíček							0	–	–	–	0	0
	15	Zdeněk Šreiner							1	–	–	–	0	0
	17	František Kunzo							0	–	–	–	1	0
	13	Jaroslav Netolička (DNS)							–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Frantíšek Havránek
2		East Germany	GDR	4	1	1	9	12–2							Silver
	1	Bodo Rudwaleit							0	–	–	–	0	0
	12	Norbert Trieloff							0	–	–	–	0	0
	13	Matthias Müller							0	–	–	–	0	0
	2	Artur Ullrich							0	–	–	–	0	0
	5	Frank Baum							0	–	–	–	1	0
	6	Rüdiger Schnuphase							1	–	–	–	0	0
	8	Wolfgang Steinbach							1	–	–	–	2	1
	3	Lothar Hause							1	–	–	–	1	0
	14	Matthias Liebers							0	–	–	–	0	0
	7	Frank Terletzki							3	–	–	–	1	0
	17	Wolf-Rüdiger Netz							4	–	–	–	0	0
	11	Dieter Kühn							1	–	–	–	0	0
	10	Werner Peter							1	–	–	–	0	0
	4	Frank Uhlig							0	–	–	–	0	0
	9	Jürgen Bähringer							0	–	–	–	1	0
	16	Bernd Jakubowski							0	–	–	–	0	0
	15	Traudl Trautmann							0	–	–	–	0	0
Coach		Rudolf Krause
3		Soviet Union	URS	5	0	1	10	19–3							Bronze
	1	Rinat Dasayev							0	–	–	–	0	0
	2	Tengiz Sulakvelidze							0	–	–	–	1	0
	3	Aleksandre Chivadze							0	–	–	–	1	0
	4	Vagiz Khidiyatullin							2	–	–	–	0	0
	5	Oleg Romantsev							1	–	–	–	2	0
	6	Sergey Shavlo							1	–	–	–	0	0
	7	Sergey Andreyev							5	–	–	–	0	0
	8	Vladimir Bessonov							1	–	–	–	0	0
	9	Yury Gavrilov							3	–	–	–	0	0
	10	Fyodor Cherenkov							4	–	–	–	0	0
	11	Valery Gazzayev							0	–	–	–	0	0
	13	Sergey Baltacha							0	–	–	–	0	0
	15	Khoren Hovhannisyan							2	–	–	–	0	0
	12	Vladimir Pilguy							0	–	–	–	0	0
	14	Sergey Nikulin							0	–	–	–	0	0
	16	Aleksandr Prokopenko							0	–	–	–	0	0
	17	Revaz Chelebadze							0	–	–	–	0	0
Coach		Konstantin Beskov
4		Yugoslavia	YUG	3	1	2	7	9–7
	10	Ante Miročević							1	–	–	–	1	0
	13	Boro Primorac							1	–	–	–	1	0
	1	Dragan Pantelić							0	–	–	–	0	0
	11	Dušan Pešić							0	–	–	–	0	0
	8	Dževad Šećerbegović							1	–	–	–	0	0
	3	Ivan Gudelj							0	–	–	–	0	0
	5	Milan Jovin							0	–	–	–	0	0
	4	Miloš Hrstić							0	–	–	–	1	0
	15	Miloš Šestić							2	–	–	–	1	0
	7	Mišo Krstičević							0	–	–	–	0	0
	6	Nikica Klinčarski							0	–	–	–	0	0
	14	Srebrenko Repčić							0	–	–	–	0	0
	12	Tomislav Ivković							0	–	–	–	0	0
	9	Vladimir Matijević							0	–	–	–	1	0
	16	Zlatko Vujović							2	–	–	–	0	0
	17	Zoran Vujović							2	–	–	–	0	0
	2	Nikica Cukrov							0	–	–	–	0	0
Coach		Ivan Toplak
=5		Kuwait	KUW	1	2	1	4	5–4
	8	Abdullah Al-Buloshi							0	–	–	–	0	0
	1	Ahmad Al-Tarabulsi							0	–	–	–	0	0
	13	Ahmad Askar							0	–	–	–	0	0
	16	Faisal Al-Daakhil							3	–	–	–	0	0
	7	Fathi Kamel							0	–	–	–	1	0
	11	Hamad Bu Hamad							0	–	–	–	0	0
	14	Hamoud Al-Shammari							0	–	–	–	1	0
	4	Jamal Al-Qabendi							0	–	–	–	0	0
	9	Jasem Sultan							2	–	–	–	1	0
	3	Mahboub Jumaa Mubarak							0	–	–	–	1	0
	10	Mu'ayed Al-Haddad							0	–	–	–	0	0
	2	Na'eem Saed Mubarak							0	–	–	–	0	0
	6	Saed Al-Houti							0	–	–	–	1	0
	15	Sami Al-Hashash							0	–	–	–	0	0
	5	Waleed Jasem Mubarak							0	–	–	–	0	0
	12	Youssef Suwayed							0	–	–	–	0	0
	20	Abdul Nabi Al-Khaldi (DNS)							–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Carlos Parreira
=5		Cuba	CUB	2	0	2	4	3–12
	8	Amado Povea							0	–	–	–	0	0
	7	Andrés Roldán							1	–	–	–	0	0
	12	Calixto Martínez							0	–	–	–	0	0
	17	Carlos Loredo							0	–	–	–	1	0
	9	Dagoberto Lara							0	–	–	–	0	0
	16	Fermín Madera							0	–	–	–	0	0
	15	Jorge Massó							0	–	–	–	0	0
	5	Luis Dreke							0	–	–	–	1	0
	11	Luis Hernández Cabrera							1	–	–	–	0	0
	4	Luis Sánchez							0	–	–	–	1	0
	2	Miguel López							0	–	–	–	0	0
	3	Roberto Frómeta							0	–	–	–	0	0
	10	Ramón Núñez							1	–	–	–	1	0
	14	Regino Delgado							0	–	–	–	2	0
	6	Roberto Espinosa							0	–	–	–	1	0
	13	Roberto Pereira							0	–	–	–	0	0
	1	José Francisco Reinoso (DNS)							–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Tibor Ivanics
=5		Iraq	IRQ	1	2	1	4	4–5
	1	Abdul Fatah Nasif Jassim							0	–	–	–	0	0
	7	Adil Khdhayir							0	–	–	–	0	0
	2	Adnan Dirjal							0	–	–	–	0	0
	6	Alaa Ahmed							0	–	–	–	3	1
	15	Ali Kadhim							0	–	–	–	1	0
	8	Falah Hassan Jassim							2	–	–	–	0	0
	9	Hadi Ahmed							1	–	–	–	0	0
	5	Hassan Farhan Hassoun							0	–	–	–	2	0
	10	Hussain Saeed							1	–	–	–	2	0
	12	Ibrahim Ali Kadhum							0	–	–	–	0	0
	3	Jamal Hamza							0	–	–	–	0	0
	17	Kadim Shibib							0	–	–	–	0	0
	14	Nazar Ashraf							0	–	–	–	0	0
	4	Saad Jassim							0	–	–	–	0	0
	11	Thamir Assoufi Elias							0	–	–	–	0	0
	13	Wathiq Aswad							0	–	–	–	0	0
	16	Abdul Ilah Abdul Wahid (DNS)							–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Anwar Jassam
=5		Algeria	ALG	1	1	2	3	4–5
	20	Mourad Amara							0	–	–	–	0	0
	11	Salah Assad							0	–	–	–	0	0
	10	Lakhdar Belloumi							2	–	–	–	0	0
	9	Taj Ben Saoula							0	–	–	–	0	0
	16	Abderrahmane Derouaz							0	–	–	–	0	0
	8	Ali Fergani							0	–	–	–	1	0
	18	Mohamed Ghrib							0	–	–	–	0	0
	2	Mahmoud Guendouz							0	–	–	–	1	0
	6	Mohamed Kheddis							0	–	–	–	0	0
	13	Saleh Larbes							0	–	–	–	0	0
	7	Rabah Madjer							1	–	–	–	1	0
	4	Bouzid Mahiouz							0	–	–	–	2	0
	14	Djamel Menad							0	–	–	–	0	0
	5	Chaabane Merzekane							1	–	–	–	1	0
	15	Mohamed Bouhalla (DNS)							–	–	–	–	–	–
	12	Mohamed Rahmani (DNS)							–	–	–	–	–	–
	17	Hocine Yahi (DNS)							–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Mahieddine Khalef
=9		Venezuela	VEN	1	0	2	2	3–7
	4	Pedro Acosta							0	–	–	–	0	0
	2	Ordan Aguirre							0	–	–	–	0	0
	10	Bernardo Añor							0	–	–	–	0	0
	3	Emilio Campos							0	–	–	–	0	0
	16	Nelson Carrero							0	–	–	–	0	0
	13	Rodolfo Carvajal							0	–	–	–	0	0
	11	Ángel Castillo							0	–	–	–	0	0
	5	Mauro Cichero							0	–	–	–	0	0
	6	Roberto Elie							1	–	–	–	0	0
	15	Pedro Febles							0	–	–	–	1	0
	7	Alexis Peña							0	–	–	–	0	0
	14	Fernando Pereira							0	–	–	–	0	0
	8	Asdrúbal Sánchez							0	–	–	–	0	0
	1	Eustorgio Sánchez							0	–	–	–	1	0
	17	Juan José Vidal							0	–	–	–	0	0
	9	Iker Zubizarreta							2	–	–	–	0	0
	12	César Semidey (DNS)							–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Manuel Plasencia
=9		Colombia	COL	1	1	1	3	2–4
	13	Alexis García							0	–	–	–	0	0
	3	Astolfo Romero							0	–	–	–	1	0
	11	Benjamín Cardona							1	–	–	–	1	0
	15	Carlos Molinares							1	–	–	–	0	0
	1	Carlos Valencia							0	–	–	–	0	0
	14	Fernando Fiorillo							0	–	–	–	0	0
	6	Gilberto García							0	–	–	–	1	0
	2	Heberth González							0	–	–	–	0	0
	12	Heberth Ríos							0	–	–	–	0	0
	4	Henry Viáfara							0	–	–	–	1	0
	5	Israel Viloria							0	–	–	–	0	0
	7	Jorge Porras							0	–	–	–	0	0
	10	José Hernández							0	–	–	–	0	0
	16	Luis Pérez							0	–	–	–	0	0
	8	Norberto Peluffo							0	–	–	–	0	0
	9	Pedro Sarmiento							0	–	–	–	0	0
	17	Radamel García							0	–	–	–	0	0
Coach		Eduardo Retat
=9		Spain	ESP	0	3	0	3	2–2
	6	Agustín Gajate							0	–	–	–	0	0
	15	Agustín							0	–	–	–	0	0
	7	Ángel González							0	–	–	–	0	0
	13	Quique Ramos							0	–	–	–	0	0
	3	Paco Buyo							0	–	–	–	0	0
	8	Francisco Güerri							0	–	–	–	0	0
	14	Poli Rincón							1	–	–	–	1	0
	1	Joaquín							0	–	–	–	0	0
	9	David							0	–	–	–	1	0
	5	Juanito							0	–	–	–	0	0
	17	Manuel Zúñiga							0	–	–	–	0	0
	2	Marcos Alonso							1	–	–	–	1	0
	4	Miguel de Andrés							0	–	–	–	0	0
	16	Urquiaga							0	–	–	–	1	0
	11	Urbano							0	–	–	–	0	0
	10	Víctor Muñoz							0	–	–	–	0	0
Coach		José Santamaría
=9		Finland	FIN	1	1	1	3	3–2
	5	Ari-Pekka Heikkinen							0	–	–	–	0	0		1
	9	Juhani Himanka							0	–	–	–	0	0
	2	Aki Lahtinen							0	–	–	–	0	0
	10	Ari Tissari							1	–	–	–	0	0
	6	Hannu Turunen							0	–	–	–	0	0
	11	Jouko Alila							1	–	–	–	0	0
	16	Jouko Soini							1	–	–	–	0	0
	7	Juha Dahllund							0	–	–	–	0	0
	3	Juha Helin							0	–	–	–	0	0
	17	Juha Rissanen							0	–	–	–	0	0
	4	Kari Virtanen							0	–	–	–	0	0
	1	Olli Isoaho							0	–	–	–	0	0
	14	Raimo Kuuluvainen							0	–	–	–	0	0
	13	Teuvo Vilen							0	–	–	–	0	0
	15	Tomi Jalo							0	–	–	–	0	0
	8	Vesa Pulliainen							0	–	–	–	0	0
	12	Jouko Kataja (DNS)							–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Jukka Vakkila
=13		Zambia	ZAM	0	0	3	0	2–6
	9	Alex Chola							0	–	–	–	0	0
	8	Clement Banda							0	–	–	–	0	0
	4	Dickson Makwanza							0	–	–	–	0	0
	6	Evans Katebe							0	–	–	–	0	0
	12	Frederick Kashimoto							0	–	–	–	0	0
	10	Godfrey Chitalu							2	–	–	–	0	0
	3	Kaiser Kalambo							0	–	–	–	0	0
	2	Milton Muke							0	–	–	–	0	0
	1	Kenny Mwape							0	–	–	–	0	0
	14	Moffat Sinkala							0	–	–	–	0	0
	7	Moses Simwala							0	–	–	–	1	0
	11	Pele Kaimaha							0	–	–	–	0	0
	15	Stanley Tembo							0	–	–	–	0	0
	5	Kampela Katumba							0	–	–	–	0	0
	22	Ghost Mulenga (DNS)							–	–	–	–	–	–
	13	Benard Mutale (DNS)							–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Dickson Chama
=13		Nigeria	NGR	0	1	2	1	2–5
	15	Adokie Amiesimaka							0	–	–	–	0	0
	10	Aloysius Atuegbu							0	–	–	–	0	0
	1	Best Ogedegbe							0	–	–	–	0	0
	3	David Adiele							0	–	–	–	1	0
	16	Emmanuel Osuigwe							0	–	–	–	2	0
	12	Felix Owolabi							0	–	–	–	0	0
	7	Tunde Bamidele							0	–	–	–	0	0
	11	Henry Nwosu							1	–	–	–	1	0
	17	Kadiri Ikhana							0	–	–	–	0	0
	8	Okey Isima							0	–	–	–	0	0
	6	John Orlando							0	–	–	–	0	0
	5	Leotis Boateng							0	–	–	–	1	0
	14	Muda Lawal							0	–	–	–	0	0
	2	Moses Effiong							0	–	–	–	0	0
	13	Segun Odegbami							0	–	–	–	0	0
	9	Sheifu Mohamed							0	–	–	–	0	0
	4	Sylvanus Okpala							0	–	–	–	1	0
Coach		Otto Glória
=13		Syrian Arab Republic	SYR	0	1	2	1	0–8
	8	Anouar Abdul Kader							0	–	–	–	0	0
	15	Fouad Aref							0	–	–	–	0	0
	21	Samer Zuhair Assassa							0	–	–	–	1	0
	4	Riyadh Mohammed Asfahani							0	–	–	–	1	0
	1	Ahmed Eid Maher Beirakdar							0	–	–	–	1	0
	2	Ahmed Jihad Chit							0	–	–	–	1	0
	3	Mohamed Dahman							0	–	–	–	1	0
	6	Abdul Fattah Haona							0	–	–	–	0	0
	13	Ahmed Haouache							0	–	–	–	0	0
	10	Aleiane Omar Hojeir							0	–	–	–	0	0
	7	Mohamed Jazaeri							0	–	–	–	0	0
	11	Marwan Madrati							0	–	–	–	0	0
	5	Ibrahim Mahallame							0	–	–	–	0	0
	9	Kifrik Mardikian							0	–	–	–	0	0
	16	Elia Nabil Shana							0	–	–	–	0	0
	12	Hachem Chalabi (DNS)							–	–	–	–	–	–
	17	Bassam Jarayhi (DNS)							–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Joseph Chadli
=13		Costa Rica	CRC	0	0	3	0	2–9
	5	Carlos Jiménez							0	–	–	–	0	0
	4	Carlos Toppings							0	–	–	–	0	0
	6	Dennis Marshall							0	–	–	–	0	0
	7	Francisco Hernández							0	–	–	–	0	0
	16	Helberth Quesada							0	–	–	–	0	0
	2	Javier Masís							0	–	–	–	0	0
	9	Jorge White							1	–	–	–	0	0
	1	Julio Morales							0	–	–	–	0	0
	15	Luis Fernández							0	–	–	–	0	0
	11	Marvin Obando							0	–	–	–	0	0
	12	Minor Alpízar							0	–	–	–	0	0
	14	Omar Arroyo							1	–	–	–	0	0
	3	Ricardo García							0	–	–	–	0	0
	10	Roger Álvarez							0	–	–	–	0	0
	13	William Ávila							0	–	–	–	0	0
	8	Tomás Velásquez							0	–	–	–	0	0
Coach		Antonio Moyano

Preliminary Round (20 – 25 July 1980)

Group A (20 – 24 July 1980)

Round-robin pool.

Pos	NOC	W	L	Pts	Goals
1	URS	3	0	6	15–1	Q
2	CUB	2	1	4	3–9	Q
3	VEN	1	2	2	3–7
4	ZAM	0	3	0	2–6

Match #1	20 Jul 18:00	URS	4 – 0	VEN
Match #2	20 Jul 20:00	CUB	1 – 0	ZAM
Match #3	22 Jul 19:00	CUB	2 – 1	VEN
Match #4	22 Jul 20:00	URS	3 – 1	ZAM
Match #5	24 Jul 19:00	VEN	2 – 1	ZAM
Match #6	24 Jul 20:00	URS	8 – 0	CUB

Group B (21 – 25 July 1980)

Round-robin pool.

Pos	NOC	W	T	L	Pts	Goals
1	TCH	1	2	0	4	4–1	Q
2	KUW	1	2	0	4	4–2	Q
3	COL	1	1	1	3	2–4
4	NGR	0	1	2	1	2–5

Match #1	21 Jul 19:00	TCH	3 – 0	COL
Match #2	21 Jul 19:30	KUW	3 – 1	NGR
Match #3	23 Jul 19:00	NGR	1 – 1	TCH
Match #4	23 Jul 20:00	COL	1 – 1	KUW
Match #5	25 Jul 19:00	KUW	0 – 0	TCH
Match #6	25 Jul 20:00	COL	1 – 0	NGR

Group C (20 – 24 July 1980)

Round-robin pool.

Pos	NOC	W	T	L	Pts	Goals
1	GDR	2	1	0	5	7–1	Q
2	ALG	1	1	1	3	4–2	Q
3	ESP	0	3	0	3	2–2
4	SYR	0	1	2	1	0–8

Match #1	20 Jul 20:00	ESP	1 – 1	GDR
Match #2	20 Jul 20:00	ALG	3 – 0	SYR
Match #3	22 Jul 19:00	GDR	1 – 0	ALG
Match #4	22 Jul 19:00	ESP	0 – 0	SYR
Match #5	24 Jul 19:00	GDR	5 – 0	SYR
Match #6	24 Jul 19:00	ALG	1 – 1	ESP

Group D (21 – 25 July 1980)

Round-robin pool.

Pos	NOC	W	T	L	Pts	Goals
1	YUG	2	1	0	5	6–3	Q
2	IRQ	1	2	0	4	4–1	Q
3	FIN	1	1	1	3	3–2
4	CRC	0	0	3	0	2–9

Match #1	21 Jul 19:00	YUG	2 – 0	FIN
Match #2	21 Jul 19:00	IRQ	3 – 0	CRC
Match #3	23 Jul 19:00	YUG	3 – 2	CRC
Match #4	23 Jul 19:00	FIN	0 – 0	IRQ
Match #5	25 Jul 19:00	FIN	3 – 0	CRC
Match #6	25 Jul 19:00	IRQ	1 – 1	YUG

Quarter-Finals (27 July 1980)

Single-elimination.

Match #1	27 Jul 18:00	URS	2 – 1	KUW
Match #2	27 Jul 18:00	TCH	3 – 0	CUB
Match #3	27 Jul 18:00	GDR	4 – 0	IRQ
Match #4	27 Jul 18:00	YUG	3 – 0	ALG

Semi-Finals (29 July 1980)

Single-elimination.

Match #1	29 Jul 20:00	GDR	1 – 0	URS
Match #2	29 Jul 20:00	TCH	2 – 0	YUG

Final Round (1 – 2 August 1980)

Medal round.

Match 1/2	02 Aug 19:00	TCH	1 – 0	GDR
Match 3/4	01 Aug 20:00	URS	2 – 0	YUG

Rankings

Goals
Shots
Shots on Goal
Fouls Committed
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