Group A of the 1964 Summer Olympics football tournament took place from 11 to 15 October 1964. The group consisted of East Germany, Iran, Mexico and Romania. The top two teams, East Germany and Romania, advanced to the quarter-finals.
Teams Team Region Method ofqualification Date ofqualification Finalsappearance Lastappearance Previous bestperformance North America CONCACAF Round Robin winners 20 March 1964 3rd 1948 First round (1928, 1948) Europe Europe Group 1 winners 31 May 1964 1st — — Europe Europe Group 3 winners 28 June 1964 1st — — Asia Asia Group 3 winners 28 June 1964 1st — —
Standings
In the quarter-finals: The winners of Group A, United Team of Germany, advanced to play the runners-up of Group B, Yugoslavia. The runners-up of Group A, Romania, advanced to play the winners of Group B, Hungary.
Matches All times listed are local, JST (UTC+9).
United Team of Germany vs Iran
1 Jürgen Heinsch 2 Klaus Urbanczyk 3 Manfred Walter 4 Manfred Geisler 7 Herbert Pankau 9 Gerhard Körner 11Dieter Engelhardt 13Bernd Bauchspieß 14Henning Frenzel 15Otto Fräßdorf 18Eberhard VogelSubstitutions: 20 Horst Weigang 5 Klaus-Dieter Seehaus 6 Werner Unger 8 Peter Rock 10 Wolfgang Barthels 12 Gerd Backhaus 16 Nikola Parchanov 17 Klaus Lisiewicz 19 Hermann StöckerManager: Károly Sós 1 Aziz Asli 2 Mansour Amirasefi 3 Ali Mirzaei 4 Mostafa Arab 5 Hassan Habibi 6 Ebrahim Latifi 7 Abdollah Saedi 8 Kambozia Jamali 9 Jalal Talebi 10Gholam Hossein Nourian 16Parviz GhelichkhaniSubstitutions: 17 Mohammad Bayati 11 Hossein Khodaparast 12 Karam Nirlou 13 Gholam Hossein Fanaei 14 Fariborz Esmaeili 15 Dariush MostafaviManager: Hossein Fekri
Assistant referees: Mahmoud Hussein Imam (Egypt) John Stanley Wontum (Ghana)
Romania vs Mexico
1 Ilie Datcu 2 Ilie Greavu 3 Ion Nunweiller 4 Bujor Hălmăgeanu 6 Dan Coe 8 Gheorghe Constantin 9 Ion Ionescu 10Constantin Koszka 11Carol Creiniceanu 15Emil Petru 17Ion PârcălabSubstitutions: 12Marin Andrei 20Stere Adamache 5Emerich Jenei 7Sorin Avram 13Mircea Petescu 14Dumitru Ivan 16Nicolae Georgescu 18Emil Dumitriu 19Cornel PavloviciManager: Silviu Ploeșteanu 1 Ignacio Calderón 4 Guillermo Hernández 5 Miguel Galván 6 José Luis González 7 Felipe Ruvalcaba 8 Javier Fragoso 9 Ernesto Cisneros 10Raúl Chávez 12Efrain Loza 13Raúl Arellano 18Albino MoralesSubstitutions: 2 Carlos Gutiérrez 3 Carlos Albert 11Alejandro Mollinedo 14Pablo López 15José Luis Aussín 16Roberto Escalante 17Mario AyalaManager: Ignacio Trelles
Assistant referees: Miguel Comesaña (Argentina) Toshio Asami (Japan)
United Team of Germany vs Romania
1 Jürgen Heinsch 2 Klaus Urbanczyk 3 Manfred Walter 4 Manfred Geisler 7 Herbert Pankau 9 Gerhard Körner 13Bernd Bauchspieß 14Henning Frenzel 15Otto Fräßdorf 16 Nikola Parchanov 18Eberhard Vogel Substitutions: 20 Horst Weigang 5 Klaus-Dieter Seehaus 6 Werner Unger 8 Peter Rock 10 Wolfgang Barthels 11Dieter Engelhardt 12 Gerd Backhaus 17 Klaus Lisiewicz 19 Hermann StöckerManager: Károly Sós 1 Ilie Datcu 2 Ilie Greavu 3 Ion Nunweiller 4 Bujor Hălmăgeanu 5Emerich Jenei 6 Dan Coe 8 Gheorghe Constantin 10Constantin Koszka 11Carol Creiniceanu 17Ion Pârcălab 19Cornel PavloviciSubstitutions: 12Marin Andrei 20Stere Adamache 7Sorin Avram 9 Ion Ionescu 13Mircea Petescu 14Dumitru Ivan 15Emil Petru 16Nicolae Georgescu 18Emil DumitriuManager: Silviu Ploeșteanu
Assistant referees: Menachem Ashkenazi (Israel) Duk Chun Kim (South Korea)
Iran vs Mexico
17 Mohammad Bayati 2 Mansour Amirasefi 4 Mostafa Arab 5 Hassan Habibi 6 Ebrahim Latifi 8 Kambozia Jamali 9 Jalal Talebi 10Gholam Hossein Nourian 12 Karam Nirlou 14 Fariborz Esmaeili 15 Dariush MostafaviSubstitutions: 1 Aziz Asli 3 Ali Mirzaei 7 Abdollah Saedi 11 Hossein Khodaparast 13 Gholam Hossein Fanaei 16Parviz GhelichkhaniManager: Hossein Fekri 1 Ignacio Calderón 4 Guillermo Hernández 5 Miguel Galván 6 José Luis González 7 Felipe Ruvalcaba 8 Javier Fragoso 9 Ernesto Cisneros 10Raúl Chávez 12Efrain Loza 13Raúl Arellano 18Albino MoralesSubstitutions: 2 Carlos Gutiérrez 3 Carlos Albert 11Alejandro Mollinedo 14Pablo López 15José Luis Aussín 16Roberto Escalante 17Mario AyalaManager: Ignacio Trelles
Assistant referees: Yozo Yokoyama (Japan) Tashio Asami (Japan)
United Team of Germany vs Mexico
20 Horst Weigang 2 Klaus Urbanczyk 3 Manfred Walter 5 Klaus-Dieter Seehaus 6 Werner Unger 8 Peter Rock 10 Wolfgang Barthels 15Otto Fräßdorf 16 Nikola Parchanov 17 Klaus Lisiewicz 18Eberhard VogelSubstitutions: 1 Jürgen Heinsch 4 Manfred Geisler 7 Herbert Pankau 9 Gerhard Körner 11Dieter Engelhardt 12 Gerd Backhaus 13Bernd Bauchspieß 14Henning Frenzel 19 Hermann StöckerManager: Károly Sós 1 Ignacio Calderón 2 Carlos Gutiérrez 3 Carlos Albert 5 Miguel Galván 6 José Luis González 7 Felipe Ruvalcaba 8 Javier Fragoso 10Raúl Chávez 12Efrain Loza 15José Luis Aussín 18Albino MoralesSubstitutions: 4 Guillermo Hernández 9 Ernesto Cisneros 11Alejandro Mollinedo 13Raúl Arellano 14Pablo López 16Roberto Escalante 17Mario AyalaManager: Ignacio Trelles
Assistant referees: Duk Chun Kim (South Korea) Hiroshi Sato (Japan)
Romania vs Iran
12Marin Andrei 2 Ilie Greavu 3 Ion Nunweiller 7Sorin Avram 8 Gheorghe Constantin 9 Ion Ionescu 10Constantin Koszka 11Carol Creiniceanu 13Mircea Petescu 14Dumitru Ivan 19Cornel PavloviciSubstitutions: 1 Ilie Datcu 20Stere Adamache 4 Bujor Hălmăgeanu 5Emerich Jenei 6 Dan Coe 15Emil Petru 16Nicolae Georgescu 17Ion Pârcălab 18Emil DumitriuManager: Silviu Ploeșteanu 1 Aziz Asli 2 Mansour Amirasefi 4 Mostafa Arab 5 Hassan Habibi 6 Ebrahim Latifi 9 Jalal Talebi 10Gholam Hossein Nourian 12 Karam Nirlou 14 Fariborz Esmaeili 15 Dariush Mostafavi 16Parviz GhelichkhaniSubstitutions: 17 Mohammad Bayati 3 Ali Mirzaei 7 Abdollah Saedi 8 Kambozia Jamali 11 Hossein Khodaparast 13 Gholam Hossein FanaeiManager: Hossein Fekri
Assistant referees: Eunápio de Queiròz (Brazil) Taro Ikeda (Japan)
See also United Team of Germany at the Olympics Romania at the Olympics Mexico at the Olympics Iran at the Olympics
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