Football at the 1984 Summer Olympics

The association football (soccer) tournament at the 1984 Summer Olympics started on July 29 and ended on August 11, taking place throughout the United States.[1] It was the first Olympic football competition in which officially professional players were allowed. Until then, the amateur-only rule had heavily favored socialist countries from the Eastern Bloc whose players were professionals in all but name. However, as agreed with FIFA to preserve the primacy of the World Cup, the Olympic competition was restricted to players with no more than five "A" caps at tournament start, regardless of age.[2]

1984 Olympic Football Tournament
Tournament details
Host countryUnited States
DatesJuly 29 – August 11, 1984
Teams16 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions France (1st title)
Runners-up Brazil
Third place Yugoslavia
Fourth place Italy
Tournament statistics
Matches played32
Goals scored84 (2.63 per match)
Attendance1,425,181 (44,537 per match)
Top scorer(s)Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Borislav Cvetković
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Stjepan Deverić
France Daniel Xuereb
(5 goals each)

The soccer tournament was held in four venues:

The Gold medal game between France and Brazil at the Rose Bowl attracted an Olympic Games soccer attendance record of 101,799. Until 2014 this remained the record attendance for a soccer game in the United States. This broke the previous Olympics record attendance of 100,000 set at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Australia for the game of the 1956 Olympic Games played between the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia. The Rose Bowl attendance would remain the Olympic record until 104,098 attended the game of the 2000 Summer Olympics between Cameroon and Spain at the Stadium Australia in Sydney.

The attendance also stood as the highest for a soccer game in the United States until 109,318 saw Manchester United defeat Real Madrid during the 2014 International Champions Cup at the Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor.

Schedule
GGroup stage ¼Quarterfinals ½Semifinals B3rd place play-off FFinal
Event↓/Date →Sun 29Mon 30Tue 31Wed 1Thu 2Fri 3Sat 4Sun 5Mon 6Tue 7Wed 8Thu 9Fri 10Sat 11
Men's tournamentGGGGGG¼¼½BF

Qualifying
Main article: Football at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

Sixteen teams qualified for the Olympic tournament after continental qualifying rounds. Three Warsaw Pact countries had qualified but withdrew as part of the Soviet-led boycott. They were replaced as follows:

Venues
Pasadena Boston Annapolis Stanford
Rose Bowl Harvard Stadium Navy–Marine Corps Stadium Stanford Stadium
Capacity: 103,300 Capacity: 30,323 Capacity: 34,000 Capacity: 84,500

Medalists

Match officials

Squads
Main article: Football at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads

Final tournament

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  France 3 1 2 0 5 4 +1 4 Qualified for quarter-finals
2  Chile 3 1 2 0 2 1 +1 4
3  Norway 3 1 1 1 3 2 +1 3
4  Qatar 3 0 1 2 2 5 −3 1
Source: FIFA
Norway 0–0 Chile
Report
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Socha (USA)
France 2–2 Qatar
Garande 43'
Xuereb 61'		 Report Al-Muhannadi 55', 60'
Attendance: 29,240
Referee: Filho (BRA)
Norway 1–2 France
Ahlsen 33' Report Brisson 5', 56'
Attendance: 27,832
Referee: Roth (FRG)
Chile 1–0 Qatar
Baeza 52' Report
Attendance: 14,508
Referee: Siles (CRC)
Qatar 0–2 Norway
Report Vaadal 21', 52'
Attendance: 17,529
Referee: Kalombo (MWI)
Chile 1–1 France
Santis 9' Report Lemoult 50'
Attendance: 28,114
Referee: Keizer (NED)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Yugoslavia 3 3 0 0 7 3 +4 6 Qualified for quarter-finals
2  Canada 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 3
3  Cameroon 3 1 0 2 3 5 −2 2
4  Iraq 3 0 1 2 3 6 −3 1
Source: FIFA
Canada 1–1 Iraq
Gray 70' Report Saeed 83'
Attendance: 16,730
Referee: Díaz (COL)
Yugoslavia 2–1 Cameroon
Nikolić 39'
Cvetković 70'		 Report Milla 32'
Attendance: 15,010
Referee: Keizer (NED)
Cameroon 1–0 Iraq
Bahoken 7' Report
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Socha (USA)
Yugoslavia 1–0 Canada
Nikolić 76' Report
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Hossameldin (EGY)
Cameroon 1–3 Canada
Mfédé 76' Report Mitchell 43', 82'
Vrablic 72'
Attendance: 27,621
Referee: Barbaresco (ITA)
Iraq 2–4 Yugoslavia
Saeed 17'
Shihab 43'		 Report Deverić 55', 76', 87'
Nikolić 86'
Attendance: 24,430
Referee: Sano (JPN)

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Brazil 3 3 0 0 6 1 +5 6 Qualified for quarter-finals
2  West Germany 3 2 0 1 8 1 +7 4
3  Morocco 3 1 0 2 1 4 −3 2
4  Saudi Arabia 3 0 0 3 1 10 −9 0
Source: FIFA
West Germany 2–0 Morocco
Rahn 43'
Brehme 52'		 Report
Attendance: 23.228
Referee: Evangelista (CAN)
Brazil 3–1 Saudi Arabia
Gilmar Popoca 12'
Silvinho 50'
Dunga 59'		 Report Abdullah 69'
Attendance: 40,799
Referee: McGinlay (GBR)
Brazil 1–0 West Germany
Gilmar Popoca 86' Report
Attendance: 75,239
Referee: Cha (KOR)
Morocco 1–0 Saudi Arabia
Merry 72' Report
Attendance: 36,909
Referee: Šoštarič (YUG)
Saudi Arabia 0–6 West Germany
Report Schreier 8', 66'
Bommer 22', 72'
Rahn 24'
Mill 32'
Attendance: 26,242
Referee: Igna (ROU)
Morocco 0–2 Brazil
Report Dunga 64'
Kita 70'
Attendance: 49,355
Referee: Sánchez (ESP)

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Italy 3 2 0 1 2 1 +1 4 Qualified for quarter-finals
2  Egypt 3 1 1 1 5 3 +2 3
3  United States 3 1 1 1 4 2 +2 3
4  Costa Rica 3 1 0 2 2 7 −5 2
Source: FIFA
United States 3–0 Costa Rica
Davis 23', 86'
Willrich 35'		 Report
Attendance: 78,000
Referee: Quiniou (FRA)
Italy 1–0 Egypt
Serena 63' Report
Attendance: 37,430
Referee: Castro (CHI)
Egypt 4–1 Costa Rica
Khatib 32'
Abdelghani 35'
Soliman 62'
Gadallah 71'		 Report Coronado 87'
Attendance: 20,645
Referee: Ramírez (MEX)
Italy 1–0 United States
Baresi 58' Report
Attendance: 63.624
Referee: Al-Salmi (KUW)
Egypt 1–1 United States
Soliman 27' Report Thompson 8'
Attendance: 54,973
Referee: Romero (ARG)
Costa Rica 1–0 Italy
Rivers 33' Report
Attendance: 41,291
Referee: Tesfaye (ETH)

Knockout stage
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
August 5 – Pasadena, CA
 
 
 France2
 
August 8 – Pasadena, CA
 
 Egypt0
 
 France (a.e.t.)4
 
August 6 – Pasadena, CA
 
 Yugoslavia2
 
 Yugoslavia5
 
August 11 – Pasadena, CA
 
 West Germany2
 
 France2
 
August 5 – Stanford, CA
 
 Brazil0
 
 Italy (a.e.t.)1
 
August 8 – Stanford, CA
 
 Chile0
 
 Italy1
 
August 6 – Stanford, CA
 
 Brazil (a.e.t.)2 Bronze medal match
 
 Brazil (pen.)1 (4)
 
August 10 – Pasadena, CA
 
 Canada1 (2)
 
 Yugoslavia2
 
 
 Italy1
 

Quarter-finals
Italy 1–0 (a.e.t.) Chile
Vignola 95' Report
Attendance: 67,349
Referee: McGinlay (GBR)
France 2–0 Egypt
Xuereb 29', 52' Report
Attendance: 66,228
Referee: Cha (KOR)
Brazil 1–1 (a.e.t.) Canada
Gilmar Popoca 72' Report Mitchell 58'
Penalties
Gilmar soccer ball with check mark
Kita soccer ball with check mark
Ademir soccer ball with check mark
André Luiz soccer ball with check mark		 4–2 soccer ball with check mark Wilson
soccer ball with red X Mitchell
soccer ball with red X Bridge
soccer ball with check mark Gray
Attendance: 36,150
Referee: Siles (CRC)
Yugoslavia 5–2 West Germany
Cvetković 21', 58', 70'
Radanović 27'
Gračan 46' (pen.)		 Report Bommer 1'
Bockenfeld 28'
Attendance: 58,439
Referee: Romero (ARG)

Semi-finals
France 4–2 (a.e.t.) Yugoslavia
Bijotat 7'
Jeannol 15'
Lacombe 96'
Xuereb 119'		 Report Cvetković 63'
Deverić 74'
Attendance: 97,451
Referee: Ramírez (MEX)
Italy 1–2 (a.e.t.) Brazil
Fanna 62' Report Gilmar Popoca 53'
Ronaldo 95'
Attendance: 83,642
Referee: Socha (USA)

Bronze Medal match
Yugoslavia 2–1 Italy
Baljić 59'
Deverić 81'		 Report Vignola 27' (pen.)
Attendance: 100,374
Referee: McGinlay (GBR)

Gold Medal match
France 2–0 Brazil
Brisson 55'
Xuereb 60'		 Report
Attendance: 101,799
Referee: Keizer (Netherlands)

Match rules

Final team rankings

Note: As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Result
1  France (FRA) 6 4 2 0 13 6 +7 10
2  Brazil (BRA) 6 4 1 1 9 5 +4 9
3  Yugoslavia (YUG) 6 5 0 1 16 10 +6 10
4  Italy (ITA) 6 3 0 3 5 5 0 6
5  West Germany (FRG) 4 2 0 2 10 6 +4 4 Eliminated in the quarter-finals
6  Canada (CAN) 4 1 2 1 5 4 +1 4
7  Chile (CHI) 4 1 2 1 2 2 0 4
8  Egypt (EGY) 4 1 1 2 5 5 0 3
9  United States (USA) 3 1 1 1 4 2 +2 3 Eliminated in the group stage
10  Norway (NOR) 3 1 1 1 3 2 +1 3
11  Cameroon (CMR) 3 1 0 2 3 5 −2 2
12  Morocco (MAR) 3 1 0 2 1 4 −3 2
13  Costa Rica (CRC) 3 1 0 2 2 7 −5 2
14  Iraq (IRQ) 3 0 1 2 3 6 −3 1
15  Qatar (QAT) 3 0 1 2 2 5 −3 1
16  Saudi Arabia (KSA) 3 0 0 3 1 10 −9 0
Source:

Statistics

Goalscorers

With five goals, Daniel Xuereb of France, Borislav Cvetković and Stjepan Deverić of Yugoslavia are the top scorers in the tournament. In total, 84 goals were scored by 52 different players, with none of them credited as own goal.

5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

Discipline

In the final tournament, a player was suspended for the subsequent match in the competition for getting a red card. The following twelve players were sent off and suspended during the final tournament:

Player Offences Date Suspensions
Italy Sebastiano Nela Red card in group D v Egypt July 29 Group D v United States
Egypt Mohamed Sedky Yellow card Yellow-red card in group D v Italy July 29 Group D v Costa Rica
Egypt Morsy El Alaa Yellow card Yellow-red card in group D v Italy July 29 Group D v Costa Rica
Egypt Moustafa Ahmed Ismail Yellow card Yellow-red card in group D v Italy July 29 Group D v Costa Rica
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Marko Elsner Yellow card Yellow-red card in group B v Cameroon July 30 Group B v Canada
Morocco Mustapha El Biyaz Yellow card Yellow-red card in group C v West Germany July 30 Group C v Saudi Arabia
Qatar Mubarak Al-Kaater Yellow card Yellow-red card in group A v Norway August 2 None (Qatar eliminated)
Qatar Issa Al-Mohammadi Red card in group A v Norway August 2 None (Qatar eliminated)
Cameroon Théophile Abega Yellow card Yellow-red card in group B v Canada August 3 None (Cameroon eliminated)
Saudi Arabia Sameer Abdulshaker Yellow card Yellow-red card in group C v West Germany August 3 None (Saudi Arabia eliminated)
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Jovica Nikolić Red card in semi-final v France August 8 Bronze medal match v Italy
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Borislav Cvetković Red card in semi-final v France August 8 Bronze medal match v Italy

Trivia

The wave was first broadcast internationally during the 1984 Olympic football final, when it was done among the 100,000 in attendance at the Rose Bowl, Pasadena.[3]

References
  1. "Football at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved October 29, 2018.
  2. Summer Olympics Football
  3. José Touré: "It was at the Olympic Games that I realised I was an athlete" FIFA.com. Retrieved August 25, 2011
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