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The association football (soccer) tournament at the 1984 Summer Olympics was a big event that happened in the United States. It started on July 29 and ended on August 11. This was special because, for the first time, professional players were allowed to play, even though there were some rules about how many games they could have played before the tournament.
The tournament took place in four different stadiums: Harvard Stadium in Boston, Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis, Maryland, Stanford Stadium in Stanford, California, and the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. The final game between France and Brazil at the Rose Bowl had an amazing 101,799 people watching, which was a record for Olympic soccer games in the United States at that time.
Schedule
| G | Group stage | ¼ | Quarterfinals | ½ | Semifinals | B | 3rd place play-off | F | Final |
| Event↓/Date → | Sun 29 | Mon 30 | Tue 31 | Wed 1 | Thu 2 | Fri 3 | Sun 5 | Mon 6 | Wed 8 | Fri 10 | Sat 11 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's tournament | G | G | G | G | G | G | ¼ | ¼ | ½ | B | F |
Qualifying
Sixteen teams qualified for the Olympic football tournament after playing in regional qualifying rounds. However, three countries from the Warsaw Pact had qualified but chose not to participate because of the Soviet-led boycott. They were replaced by other teams:
- East Germany was replaced by Norway.
- USSR was replaced by West Germany.
- Czechoslovakia was replaced by Italy.
Europe (UEFA) Hosting nation |
Venues
The football games for the 1984 Summer Olympics happened in many places across the United States. The tournament started on July 29 and finished on August 11. This was the first time that professional football players were allowed to play in the Olympics. Before this, only amateur players could join, which gave an advantage to teams from Eastern Europe.
Medalists
 Gold Medal –  France |  Silver Medal –  Brazil |  Bronze Medal –  Yugoslavia |
Match officials
Africa  Mohamed Hossameldin Gebreyesus Tesfaye Bester KalomboAsia North and Central America | South America Europe |
Squads
The squads for the football tournament at the 1984 Summer Olympics included teams from many countries. Each team had its own group of players competing for their nation. This event marked a change because it allowed professional players to participate for the first time.
Final tournament
Group stage
Group A
Source: FIFA
July 29, 1984
19:30
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Socha (USA)
July 29, 1984
19:30
Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, Annapolis
Attendance: 29,240
Referee: Filho (BRA)
July 31, 1984
19:00
Attendance: 27,832
Referee: Roth (FRG)
July 31, 1984
19:00
Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, Annapolis
Attendance: 14,508
Referee: Siles (CRC)
August 2, 1984
19:00
Attendance: 17,529
Referee: Kalombo (MWI)
August 2, 1984
19:00
Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, Annapolis
Attendance: 28,114
Referee: Keizer (NED)
Group B
Source: FIFA
July 30, 1984
19:30
Attendance: 16,730
Referee: Díaz (COL)
July 30, 1984
19:00
Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, Annapolis
Attendance: 15,010
Referee: Keizer (NED)
August 1, 1984
19:00
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Socha (USA)
August 1, 1984
19:00
Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, Annapolis
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Hossameldin (EGY)
August 3, 1984
19:00
Attendance: 27,621
Referee: Barbaresco (ITA)
August 3, 1984
19:00
Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, Annapolis
Attendance: 24,430
Referee: Sano (JPN)
Group C
Source: FIFA
July 30, 1984
19:30
Stanford Stadium, Stanford
Attendance: 23.228
Referee: Evangelista (CAN)
July 30, 1984
19:00
Attendance: 40,799
Referee: McGinlay (GBR)
August 1, 1984
19:00
Stanford Stadium, Stanford
Attendance: 75,239
Referee: Cha (KOR)
August 1, 1984
19:00
Attendance: 36,909
Referee: Šoštarič (YUG)
August 3, 1984
19:00
Stanford Stadium, Stanford
Attendance: 26,242
Referee: Igna (ROU)
August 3, 1984
19:00
Attendance: 49,355
Referee: Sánchez (ESP)
Group D
Source: FIFA
July 29, 1984
19:30
Stanford Stadium, Stanford
Attendance: 78,000
Referee: Quiniou (FRA)
July 29, 1984
19:30
Attendance: 37,430
Referee: Castro (CHI)
July 31, 1984
19:00
Stanford Stadium, Stanford
Attendance: 20,645
Referee: Ramírez (MEX)
July 31, 1984
19:00
Attendance: 63.624
Referee: Al-Salmi (KUW)
August 2, 1984
19:00
Stanford Stadium, Stanford
Attendance: 54,973
Referee: Romero (ARG)
August 2, 1984
19:00
Attendance: 41,291
Referee: Tesfaye (ETH)
Knockout stage
Quarter-finals
August 5, 1984
15:00
Stanford Stadium, Stanford
Attendance: 67,349
Referee: McGinlay (GBR)
August 5, 1984
19:00
Attendance: 66,228
Referee: Cha (KOR)
August 6, 1984
17:00
Stanford Stadium, Stanford
Attendance: 36,150
Referee: Siles (CRC)
August 6, 1984
19:00
Attendance: 58,439
Referee: Romero (ARG)
Semi-finals
August 8, 1984
18:15
Attendance: 97,451
Referee: Ramírez (MEX)
August 8, 1984
20:30
Stanford Stadium, Stanford
Attendance: 83,642
Referee: Socha (USA)
Bronze Medal match
August 10, 1984
19:00
Attendance: 100,374
Referee: McGinlay (GBR)
Gold Medal match
August 11, 1984
19:00
Attendance: 101,799
Referee: Keizer (Netherlands)
| 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 |
| Yugoslavia | 1–0 |
|---|---|
Nikolić  76' | Report |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Costa Rica | 1–0 |
|---|---|
| Rivers 33' | Report |
| Yugoslavia | 5–2 | West Germany |
|---|---|---|
| Cvetković 21', 58', 70' Radanović 27'Gračan 46' (pen.) | Report | Bommer 1' Bockenfeld 28' |
      France |    Brazil |
Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Maximum of two substitutions. |
Final team rankings
Note: In football, if a game ends with extra time, the team that scores more goals is considered the winner. If a game is decided by a penalty shoot-out, it is counted as a tie.
Source: [citation needed]
Statistics
Goalscorers
The 1984 Olympic football tournament had some great players who scored a lot of goals. Daniel Xuereb from France, along with Borislav Cvetković and Stjepan Deverić from Yugoslavia, were the top scorers, each with five goals. In total, 84 goals were scored by 52 different players, and none of them were own goals.
Here are some of the top goal scorers:
5 goals
- Daniel Xuereb from France
- Borislav Cvetković from Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
- Stjepan Deverić from Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
4 goals
- Gilmar Popoca from Brazil
3 goals
- Dale Mitchell from Canada
- François Brisson from France
- Rudolf Bommer from West Germany
- Uwe Rahn from West Germany
- Jovica Nikolić from Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
2 goals
- Dunga from Brazil
- Emad Soliman from Egypt
- Beniamino Vignola from Italy
- Hussein Saeed from Iraq
- Joar Vaadal from Norway
- Khalid Al-Muhannadi from Qatar
- Rick Davis from United States
- Christian Schreier from West Germany
1 goal
- Kita from Brazil
- Ronaldo Silva from Brazil
- Silvio Paiva from Brazil
- Paul Bahoken from Cameroon
- Louis-Paul Mfédé from Cameroon
- Roger Milla from Cameroon
- Gerry Gray from Canada
- Igor Vrablic from Canada
- Jaime Baeza from Chile
- Fernando Santis from Chile
- Evaristo Coronado from Costa Rica
- Enrique Rivers from Costa Rica
- Magdi Abdelghani from Egypt
- Mahmoud El Khatib from Egypt
- Khaled Gadallah from Egypt
- Dominique Bijotat from France
- Patrice Garande from France
- Philippe Jeannol from France
- Guy Lacombe from France
- Jean-Claude Lemoult from France
- Ali Hussein Shihab from Iraq
- Franco Baresi from Italy
- Pietro Fanna from Italy
- Aldo Serena from Italy
- Mustapha Merry from Morocco
- Per Egil Ahlsen from Norway
- Majed Abdullah from Saudi Arabia
- Gregg Thompson from United States
- Jean Willrich from United States
- Manfred Bockenfeld from West Germany
- Andreas Brehme from West Germany
- Frank Mill from West Germany
- Mirsad Baljić from Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
- Nenad Gračan from Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
- Ljubomir Radanović from Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Discipline
Some players were sent off and had to miss the next match in the tournament. Twelve players were suspended during the final tournament.
| Player | Offences | Date | Suspensions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sebastiano Nela |  in group D v Egypt | July 29 | Group D v United States |
| Mohamed Sedky |   in group D v Italy | July 29 | Group D v Costa Rica |
| Morsy El Alaa | in group D v Italy | July 29 | Group D v Costa Rica |
| Moustafa Ahmed Ismail | in group D v Italy | July 29 | Group D v Costa Rica |
| Marko Elsner | in group B v Cameroon | July 30 | Group B v Canada |
| Mustapha El Biyaz | in group C v West Germany | July 30 | Group C v Saudi Arabia |
 Mubarak Al-Kaater | in group A v Norway | August 2 | None (Qatar eliminated) |
| Issa Al-Mohammadi | in group A v Norway | August 2 | None (Qatar eliminated) |
| Théophile Abega | in group B v Canada | August 3 | None (Cameroon eliminated) |
| Sameer Abdulshaker | in group C v West Germany | August 3 | None (Saudi Arabia eliminated) |
| Jovica Nikolić | in semi-final v France | August 8 | Bronze medal match v Italy |
| Borislav Cvetković | in semi-final v France | August 8 | Bronze medal match v Italy |
Trivia
The wave was seen for the first time on television during the 1984 Olympic football final. It happened with the help of about 100,000 fans at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena.
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