Football at the 1992 Summer Olympics
The football competition at the 1992 Summer Olympics featured 16 national sides from the six continental confederations. The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four and each group played a round-robin tournament. At the end of the group stage, the top two teams advanced to the knockout stage, beginning with the quarter-finals and culminating with the gold medal match at Camp Nou on 8 August 1992.[1]
| Tournament details | |
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| Host country | Spain |
| Dates | 24 July – 8 August 1992 |
| Teams | 16 (from 6 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 5 (in 4 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Spain (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Poland |
| Third place |  Ghana |
| Fourth place | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Australia |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 32 |
| Goals scored | 87 (2.72 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Andrzej Juskowiak (7 goals) |
For the first time, an age limit has been set for participants under the age of 23 (Under-23), which has been used ever since.
Spain became the first host country to win the gold medal in an Olympic football tournament since Belgium in 1920, an achievement which would not be repeated again until Brazil won it in 2016. As of 2023, Spain is still the last European side that won the gold medal at men's football event in the Summer Olympics.
Notably, these were the first matches played with football's new back-pass rule[2] and was the last Olympic football competition which was open to men only before the introduction of a women’s tournament four years later.
Competition schedule
| G | Group stage | ¼ | Quarterfinals | ½ | Semifinals | B | Bronze medal match | F | Gold medal match |
| 24 Fri | 25 Sat | 26 Sun | 27 Mon | 28 Tue | 29 Wed | 30 Thu | 31 Fri | 1 Sat | 2 Sun | 3 Mon | 4 Tue | 5 Wed | 6 Thu | 7 Fri | 8 Sat |
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| G | G | G | G | G | G | ¼ | ¼ | ½ | B | F |
Source: [3]
Qualification
The following 16 teams qualified for the 1992 Olympic men's football tournament:
| Means of qualification | Berths | Qualified |
|---|---|---|
| Host nation | 1 | Spain |
| 1992 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship | 4 |  Italy Sweden Denmark Poland |
| AFC Preliminary Competition | 3 |  Qatar.svg.png.webp){kind=small} South Korea Kuwait |
| CAF Preliminary Competition | 3 |  Egypt Ghana Morocco |
| 1992 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament | 2 |  Mexico United States |
| 1992 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament | 2 |  Colombia.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Paraguay |
| OFC–UEFA play-off | 1 | Australia |
| Total | 16 |
Venues
| Barcelona | Valencia | |
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| Camp Nou | Estadi de Sarrià | Estadio Luis Casanova |
| Capacity: 100,000 | Capacity: 42,000 | Capacity: 50,000 |
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| Sabadell | ||
| Estadi de la Nova Creu Alta | ||
| Capacity: 16,000 | ||
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| Zaragoza | ||
| Estadio La Romareda | ||
| Capacity: 43,001 | ||
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Match officials
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Squads
Group stage
Group A
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poland |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 5 |
| Italy |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 4 |
| United States |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 3 |
| Kuwait |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 0 |
Source: FIFA
Group B
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spain |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | +8 | 6 |
| Qatar |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 |
| Egypt |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 2 |
| Colombia |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 1 |
Source: FIFA
| Colombia | 1–1 | Qatar |
|---|---|---|
Aristizábal  62' |
Report | Soufi 89' |
Group C
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 4 |
| Paraguay |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 4 |
| South Korea |
3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Morocco |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 1 |
Source: FIFA
| Morocco | 1–1 | South Korea |
|---|---|---|
| Bahja 64' |
Report | Jung Jae-kwon 73' |
| Sweden | 1–1 | South Korea |
|---|---|---|
| Rödlund 52' |
Report | Seo Jung-won 28' |
Group D
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 4 |
| Australia |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 3 |
| Mexico |
3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Denmark |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 2 |
Source: FIFA
Knockout stage
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Gold medal match | ||||||||
| 1 August – Valencia | ||||||||||
| Spain | 1 | |||||||||
| 5 August – Valencia | ||||||||||
| Italy | 0 | |||||||||
| Spain | 2 | |||||||||
| 2 August – Zaragoza | ||||||||||
| Ghana | 0 | |||||||||
| Paraguay | 2 | |||||||||
| 8 August – Barcelona (Camp Nou) | ||||||||||
| Ghana (a.e.t.) | 4 | |||||||||
| Spain | 3 | |||||||||
| 1 August – Barcelona (Camp Nou) | ||||||||||
| Poland | 2 | |||||||||
| Poland | 2 | |||||||||
| 5 August – Barcelona (Camp Nou) | ||||||||||
| Qatar | 0 | |||||||||
| Poland | 6 | |||||||||
| 2 August – Barcelona (Camp Nou) | ||||||||||
| Australia | 1 | Bronze medal match | ||||||||
| Sweden | 1 | |||||||||
| 7 August – Barcelona (Camp Nou) | ||||||||||
| Australia | 2 | |||||||||
| Ghana | 1 | |||||||||
| Australia | 0 | |||||||||
Quarter-finals
| Paraguay | 2–4 (a.e.t.) | Ghana |
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| Acheampong 78' (o.g.) Campos 81' |
Report | Ayew 17', 55', 120+1' Rahman 114' |
Bronze medal match
Gold medal match
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Medal winners
Goalscorers
With seven goals, Poland's Andrzej Juskowiak was the top scorer of the tournament. In total, 87 goals were scored by 57 different players, with two of them credited as own goals.
Andrzej Juskowiak, the tournament's top scorer
- 7 goals
- 6 goals
- 5 goals
- 4 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
- Carl Veart
- Damian Mori
- Shaun Murphy
- Zlatko Arambasic
- Víctor Aristizábal
- Víctor Pacheco
- Claus Thomsen
- Ibrahim El-Masry
- Mohamed Youssef
- Isaac Asare
- Mohammed Gargo
- Oli Rahman
- Demetrio Albertini
- Jung Jae-kwon
- Seo Jung-won
- Ali Marwi
- Jorge Castañeda
- Ahmed Bahja
- Noureddine Naybet
- Carlos Gamarra
- Francisco Arce
- Jorge Campos
- Mauro Caballero
- Grzegorz Mielcarski
- Marcin Jałocha
- Marek Koźmiński
- Mahmoud Soufi
- Mubarak Mustafa
- Alfonso Pérez
- Paco Soler
- Pep Guardiola
- Luis Enrique
- Roberto Solozábal
- Håkan Mild
- Patrik Andersson
- Dario Brose
- Erik Imler
- Joe-Max Moore
- Manuel Lagos
- Own goals
- Shaun Murphy (playing against Poland)
- Joachim Yaw Acheampong (playing against Paraguay)
Final ranking
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spain (ESP) |
6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | +12 | 12 |
| 2 | Poland (POL) |
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 6 | +11 | 9 |
| 3 | Ghana (GHA) |
6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 8 |
| 4 |  Australia (AUS) |
6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | −4 | 5 |
| 5 | Italy (ITA) |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 4 |
| 6 | Sweden (SWE) |
4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 4 |
| 7 | Paraguay (PAR) |
4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | Qatar (QAT) |
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 3 |
| 9 | United States (USA) |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 3 |
| 10 | Mexico (MEX) |
3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | South Korea (KOR) |
3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | Egypt (EGY) |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 2 |
| 13 | Denmark (DEN) |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 2 |
| 14 | Colombia (COL) |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 1 |
| 15 | Morocco (MAR) |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 1 |
| 16 | Kuwait (KUW) |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 0 |
Source: [4]
References
- "Football at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
- Miller, Nick (18 February 2015). "Who was the last goalkeeper to legally pick up a backpass?". the Guardian. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
- "Football Tournament 1992 Olympiad".
- "Football Tournament 1992 Olympiad". RSSSF.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Association football at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
- Olympic Football Tournament Barcelona 1992, FIFA.com
- RSSSF Summary
- FIFA Technical Report (Part 1), (Part 2), (Part 3) and (Part 4)
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