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Football, Men

Date29 July – 11 August 1984
StatusOlympic
LocationRose Bowl, Pasadena, California / Stanford Stadium, Palo Alto, California / Harvard Stadium, Allston, Massachusetts / Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, Annapolis, Maryland
Participants246 from 16 countries
FormatRound-robin pools advance teams to single-elimination tournament of eight teams.

Los Angeles saw a change in the admission rules for football players at the Olympics. FIFA had proposed to open the tournament only for players aged 23 and under, regardless of whether they were professionals or not. This did not sit well with several Eastern European countries, who had dominated the previous tournaments with their state sponsored amateurs. They correctly claimed that the FIFA proposal would violate two principles of the IOC, regarding professionalism and age restrictions. The IOC initially voted against the proposal, but a compromise was eventually reached that excluded only so-called “full professionals,” defined as those who had played at least one full match in the FIFA World Cup, but only for nations from Europe and South America.

Following the Soviet-led boycott, all three medallists from the 1980 Games withdrew. Of the three 1984 medallists, only Yugoslavia had won an Olympic football medal before, although France and Brazil could hardly be called newcomers to the sport - the French national squad had won Euro ‘84 earlier that year. Brazil’s appearance in the final marked the first South American team in the closing rounds of the tournament since Uruguay and Argentina in 1928. Playing with future World Cup winner Dunga, Brazil was unable to topple the French team. They were coached by Henri Michel, who would go on to coach France at the 1986 World Cup. He also coached three African teams at World Cups: Cameroon, Morocco and Cote d’Ivoire. A novelty at the 1984 Olympics was the use of penalty kicks to decide drawn matches in the knock-out phase. It was first used in the quarter-final between Brazil and Canada.

PosNumberTeamNOC
1FranceFRAGold
1Albert Rust
2William Ayache
3Michel Bibard
4Dominique Bijotat
5François Brisson
6Patrick Cubaynes
7Patrice Garande
8Philippe Jeannol
9Guy Lacombe
10Jean-Claude Lemoult
11Jean-Philippe Rohr
12Didier Sénac
13Jean-Christophe Thouvenel
14José Touré
15Daniel Xuereb
16Jean-Louis Zanon
17Michel Bensoussan DNS
CoachHenri Michel
2BrazilBRASilver
3 Pinga
14 Davi
17Milton da Cruz
15 Tonho
9 Kita
11 Silvinho
1 Gilmar
13Luís Carlos Winck
2Ronaldo Moraes
4Mauro Galvão
5 Ademir
6 André Luiz
7Paulo Santos
8 Dunga
16 Chicão
10 Gilmar Popoca
12 Luis Henrique DNS
CoachJair Picerni
3YugoslaviaYUGBronze
1Ivan Pudar
2Vlado Čapljić
3Mirsad Baljić
4Srečko Katanec
5Marko Elsner
6Ljubomir Radanović
7Admir Smajić
8Nenad Gračan
9Milko Ǵurovski
10Mehmed Baždarević
11Borislav Cvetković
12Tomislav Ivković
13Jovica Nikolić
14Stjepan Deverić
15Branko Miljuš
16Dragan Stojković
17Mitar Mrkela
CoachIvan Toplak
4ItalyITA
17Aldo Serena
10Antonio Sabato
11Beniamino Vignola
14Daniele Massaro
3Filippo Galli
8Franco Baresi
1Franco Tancredi
15Massimo Briaschi
16Maurizio Iorio
13Pietro Fanna
6Pietro Vierchowod
2Riccardo Ferri
5Roberto Tricella
7Salvatore Bagni
4Sebastiano Nela
9Sergio Battistini
12Walter Zenga
CoachEnzo Bearzot
=5ChileCHI
2Daniel Ahumada
16Jaime Baeza
5Leonel Contreras
17Marco Figueroa
1Eduardo Furniel
6Alejandro Hisis
10Sergio Marchant
4Alex Martínez
3Luis Mosquera
7Alfredo Núñez
11Juvenal Olmos
15Carlos Ramos
9Fernando Santís
8Jaime Vera
14Sergio Pacheco DNS
13Luis Pérez DNS
12Patricio Toledo DNS
CoachPedro Morales
=5EgyptEGY
1Adel El-Maamour
17Ahmed Nagui Salem
16Alaa Nabil
2Khalid Gadallah
13Badr Hamed
11Emad Soliman
5Ibrahim Youssef
9Magdi Abdelghani
10Mahmoud El-Khatib
4Mahmoud Hassan Saleh
15Mohamed Omar
14Mohamed Helmi
6Mohamed Sedki
3Rabi Yassine
7Moustafa Abdou
8Shawki Gharib
12Taher Abou Zeid
CoachNasir Fathy
=5CanadaCAN
3Bruce Wilson
10Dale Mitchell
7Dave Norman
8Gerry Gray
5Ian Bridge
12Igor Vrablic
16John Catliff
9Ken Garraway
11Mike Sweeney
15Paul James
6Randy Ragan
2Bob Lenarduzzi
4Terry Moore
1Tino Lettieri
14Pasquale De Luca DNS
22Sven Habermann DNS
17Craig Martin DNS
CoachTony Waiters
=5West GermanyFRG
13Alfred Schön
10Andy Brehme
1Bernd Franke
5Bernd Wehmeyer
16Christian Schreier
4Dieter Bast
9Dieter Schatzschneider
11Frank Mill
6Guido Buchwald
7Joschi Groh
2Manfred Bockenfeld
14Peter Lux
3Roland Dickgießer
8Rudi Bommer
15Uwe Rahn
12Walter Junghans DNS
17Dieter Schlindwein DNS
CoachErich Ribbeck
=9NorwayNOR
11Stein Kollshaugen
15Jan Berg
7Per Edmund Mordt
16André Krogsæter
14Egil Johansen
1Erik Thorstvedt
13Joar Vaadal
8Kai Erik Herlovsen
4Knut Torbjørn Eggen
17Arve Seland
6Per Egil Ahlsen
9Stein Gran
2Svein Fjælberg
3Terje Kojedal
10Tom Sundby
12Ola By Rise DNS
5Trond Sirevåg DNS
CoachTor Røste Fossen
=9CameroonCMR
14Théophile Abega Mbida
16Ibrahim Aoudou
13Paul Bahoken
1Joseph-Antoine Bell
4Michel Bilamo
10Dagobert Dang
15François N'Doumbé
6Emmanuel Kundé
2Luc Mbassi
7Louis-Paul M'Fédé
12Ernest Ebongué
8Eugène Ekéké
9Roger Milla
3Isaac Sinkot
11Charles Toubé
5Elie Onana Eloundou DNS
17Jacques Songo'o DNS
CoachRade Ognjanović
=9MoroccoMAR
6Abdel Majid Dolmy
3Abdel Majid Lamris
17Abdel Salem El-Ghrissi
8Driss Mouttaqui
1Badou Ezaki
16Hamid Janina
9Hassan Hanini
11Khalid El-Bied
15Lahcen Ouadani
10Mohamed Timoumi
4Moustafa El-Biyaz
7Mustapha El-Hadaoui
13Mustapha Merry
5Noureddine Bouyahiaoui
2Saad Dahan
12Salaheddine Hmied DNS
14Mohamed Safri DNS
CoachJosé Faria
=9United StatesUSA
8Chico Borja
1David Brcic
12Kevin Crow
10Ricky Davis
6Angelo DiBernardo
4Jeff Durgan
14Mike Fox
16Jeff Hooker
7Erhardt Kapp
9Steve Moyers
11Hugo Perez
2Bruce Savage
3Gregg Thompson
13Jean Willrich
17Amr Aly DNS
15Jamie Swanner DNS
5Kazbek Tambi DNS
CoachAlkis Panagoulias
=13QatarQAT
13Adel Ahmed Malalla
12Ali Al-Sadah
14Ibrahim Ahmad
6Faraj Al-Mass
17Issa Al-Mohamedi
16Khaled Salmaan
15Mansoor Muftah
5Mubarak Anber
8Mohamed Al-Ammari
2Mohamed Deham Al-Sowaidi
10Mubarak Al-Khater
11Salah Al-Mehaizaa
3Sultan Waleed Jamaan
1Younis Ahmed
4Yousuf Mubarak Al-Adsani DNS
9Ahmad Al-Majid DNS
7Mubarak Suwaide DNS
Coach Evaristo
=13IraqIRQ
2Adnan Dirjal
6Ali Hussein
11Emad Jassim
14Husam Nima Nasser
10Hussain Saeed
5Kadhum Mutashar
8Karim Saddam
13Karim Allawi
3Khalil Allawi
16Mohammed Fadel
15Natik Hashim
7Raheem Hamid
1Raad Hammoudi
12Sadik Musa
17Wameedh Munir
4Karim Jaafar DNS
20Fatah Nasif DNS
Coach Ammo Baba
=13Kingdom of Saudi ArabiaKSA
13Mohamed Abed Abdul Jawad
4Samir Abdul Shakour
6Ahmad Al-Bishi
2Sami Jasem
11Muhaisin Al-Jamaan
12Salman Ghassan Al-Dosari
14Saleh Khalifa
7Shaye Musa Al-Nafisa
1Mohamed Othman Al-Hussein
16Omar Abdullah Ba Kashween
8Ahmed Bayazid
3Hussain Al-Bishi
5Abdullah Faraj Masoud
9Majed Abdullah
10Fahd Al-Musaibeeh
21Abdullah Al-Deayea DNS
15Nawaf Al-Khamees DNS
CoachKhalil Al-Ziani
=13Costa RicaCRC
22Alejandro González
16Álvaro Solano
8Carlos Santana
13Carlos Toppings
4César Hines
15Enrique Díaz
10Enrique Rivers
11Evaristo Coronado
6Germán Chavarría
14Guillermo Guardia
7Juan Cayasso
9Leonidas Flores
18Luis Galagarza
1Marcos Rojas
5Marvin Obando
17Miguel Simpson
12Minor Alpízar
CoachAntonio Moyano

Preliminary Round

Date29 July – 3 August 1984

Group A

PosTeamNOCWinsTiesLossesPointsGoals
1FranceFRA12045-4Q
2ChileCHI12042-1Q
3NorwayNOR11133-2
4QatarQAT01212-5
MatchDate/TimeTeamNOCResultTeamNOC
Match #129 Jul 16:00ChileCHI0 – 0NorwayNOR
Match #229 Jul 16:00FranceFRA2 – 2QatarQAT
Match #331 Jul 16:00FranceFRA2 – 1NorwayNOR
Match #431 Jul 16:00ChileCHI1 – 0QatarQAT
Match #502 Aug 16:00NorwayNOR2 – 0QatarQAT
Match #602 Aug 16:00ChileCHI1 – 1FranceFRA

Group B

PosTeamNOCWinsTiesLossesPointsGoals
1YugoslaviaYUG30067-3Q
2CanadaCAN11134-3Q
3CameroonCMR10223-5
4IraqIRQ01213-6
MatchDate/TimeTeamNOCResultTeamNOC
Match #130 Jul 16:00CanadaCAN1 – 1IraqIRQ
Match #230 Jul 16:00YugoslaviaYUG2 – 1CameroonCMR
Match #301 Aug 16:00CameroonCMR1 – 0IraqIRQ
Match #401 Aug 16:00YugoslaviaYUG1 – 0CanadaCAN
Match #503 Aug 16:00CanadaCAN3 – 1CameroonCMR
Match #603 Aug 16:00YugoslaviaYUG4 – 2IraqIRQ

Group C

PosTeamNOCWinsTiesLossesPointsGoals
1BrazilBRA30066-1Q
2West GermanyFRG20148-1Q
3MoroccoMAR10221-4
4Kingdom of Saudi ArabiaKSA00301-10
MatchDate/TimeTeamNOCResultTeamNOC
Match #130 Jul 19:00West GermanyFRG2 – 0MoroccoMAR
Match #230 Jul 19:00BrazilBRA3 – 1Kingdom of Saudi ArabiaKSA
Match #301 Aug 19:00BrazilBRA1 – 0West GermanyFRG
Match #401 Aug 19:00MoroccoMAR1 – 0Kingdom of Saudi ArabiaKSA
Match #503 Aug 19:00West GermanyFRG6 – 0Kingdom of Saudi ArabiaKSA
Match #603 Aug 19:00BrazilBRA2 – 0MoroccoMAR

Group D

PosTeamNOCWinsTiesLossesPointsGoals
1ItalyITA20142-1Q
2EgyptEGY11135-3Q
3United StatesUSA11134-2
4Costa RicaCRC10222-7
MatchDate/TimeTeamNOCResultTeamNOC
Match #129 Jul 19:00United StatesUSA3 – 0Costa RicaCRC
Match #229 Jul 19:00ItalyITA1 – 0EgyptEGY
Match #331 Jul 19:00EgyptEGY4 – 1Costa RicaCRC
Match #431 Jul 19:00ItalyITA1 – 0United StatesUSA
Match #502 Aug 19:00EgyptEGY1 – 1United StatesUSA
Match #602 Aug 19:00Costa RicaCRC1 – 0ItalyITA

Quarter-Finals

Date5 – 6 August 1984
FormatSingle-elimination.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #105 Aug 15:00ItalyITA1 – 0ChileCHIAET
Match #205 Aug 19:00FranceFRA2 – 0EgyptEGY
Match #306 Aug 17:00BrazilBRA1 – 1CanadaCANAET, 4-2 PS
Match #406 Aug 19:00YugoslaviaYUG5 – 2West GermanyFRG

Semi-Finals

Date8 August 1984
FormatSingle-elimination.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #108 Aug 18:00FranceFRA4 – 2YugoslaviaYUGAET
Match #208 Aug 20:30BrazilBRA2 – 1ItalyITAAET

Final Round

Date10 – 11 August 1984
FormatMedal round.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match 1/211 Aug 19:00FranceFRA2 – 0BrazilBRA
Match 3/410 Aug 19:00YugoslaviaYUG2 – 1ItalyITA