Group C of the 1968 Summer Olympics football tournament took place from 14 to 18 October 1968. The group consisted of El Salvador, Ghana, Hungary, Israel. The top two teams, Spain and Japan, advanced to the quarter-finals.
Teams Team Region Method ofqualification Date ofqualification Finalsappearance Lastappearance Previous bestperformance Europe Holders 23 October 1964 7th 1964 Gold medal (1952, 1964) Asia Asia Group 3 winners 22 March 1968 1st — — North America CONCACAF final round winner 26 May 1968 1st — — Africa Replacement by Morocco 30 August 1968 2nd 1964 Quarter-finals (1964) Notes:
Standings
In the quarter-finals: The winners of Group C, Hungary, advanced to play the runners-up of Group D, Guatemala. The runners-up of Group C, Israel, advanced to play the winners of Group D, Bulgaria.
Matches
Hungary vs El Salvador
1 Károly Fatér 2 Dezső Novák 4 Miklós Páncsics 5 Iván Menczel 6 Lajos Szűcs 7 László Fazekas 10Antal Dunai 11László Nagy 14Ernő Noskó 15István Juhász 17István Sárközi Substitutions: 19Zoltán Szarka 9 Lajos Kocsis 12László Keglovich 16Miklós Szalay 18István Básti Manager: Károly Lakat 1 Ricardo Martínez 2 Roberto Rivas 4 Edgar Morales 5 Jorge Vásquez 7 Salvador Flamenco 8 Alberto Villalta 9 José Quintanilla 10Pipo Rodríguez 11Elmer Acevedo 13Mauricio González 16Sergio MéndezSubstitutions: 19Gualberto Fernández 12Mario Flores 14Juan Ramón Martínez 15Víctor Azúcar 17José Manuel AngelManager: Rigoberto Guzmán
Assistant referees: Fernando Buergo (Mexico) Javier Galindo (Mexico)
Israel vs Ghana
19Shmuel Malika-Aharon 2 Shraga Bar 3 Menachem Bello 4 Zvi Rosen 5 Yisha'ayahu Schwager 6 Shmuel Rosenthal 7 Rachamim Talbi 8 Giora Spiegel 9 Yehoshua Feigenbaum 10Mordechai Spiegler 13George BorbaSubstitutions: 1 Haim Levin 11Roby Young 12Itzhak Drucker 15Itzhak Shum 16David KarakoManager: Emmanuel Scheffer 13Jon Bortey Noawy 4 John Eshun 5 Charles Addo Odametey 6 Ibrahim Sunday 8 Cecil Jones Attuquayefio 9 George Alhassan 10Amosa Gbadamosi 15Malik Jabir 16Oliver Acquah 17Jonathan Kpakpo 18Robert FoleySubstitutions: 1 Robert Mensah 2 Akuamoah Boateng 3 Bernard Kusi 12Abukari Gariba 14Joseph WilsonManager: Karl-Heinz Marotzke
Assistant referees: Mariano Medina Iglesias (Spain) Guillermo Velásquez (Colombia)
Hungary vs Ghana
1 Károly Fatér 4 Miklós Páncsics 5 Iván Menczel 6 Lajos Szűcs 7 László Fazekas 10Antal Dunai 11László Nagy 12László Keglovich 14Ernő Noskó 15István Juhász 17István Sárközi Substitutions: 19Zoltán Szarka 3 Lajos Dunai 9 Lajos Kocsis 16Miklós Szalay 18István Básti Manager: Károly Lakat 13Jon Bortey Noawy 4 John Eshun 6 Ibrahim Sunday 7 Osei Kofi 10Amosa Gbadamosi 11Sammy Sampene 14Joseph Wilson 15Malik Jabir 16Oliver Acquah 17Jonathan Kpakpo 18Robert FoleySubstitutions: 1 Robert Mensah 3 Bernard Kusi 19John BotchwayManager: Karl-Heinz Marotzke
Assistant referees: Arturo Yamasaki (Peru) Javier Galindo (Mexico)
Israel vs El Salvador
1 Haim Levin 3 Menachem Bello 4 Zvi Rosen 5 Yisha'ayahu Schwager 6 Shmuel Rosenthal 7 Rachamim Talbi 8 Giora Spiegel 9 Yehoshua Feigenbaum 10Mordechai Spiegler 12Itzhak Drucker 13George BorbaSubstitutions: 19Shmuel Malika-Aharon 2 Shraga Bar 11Roby Young 15Itzhak Shum 16David KarakoManager: Emmanuel Scheffer 19Gualberto Fernández 2 Roberto Rivas 3 Guillermo Castro 5 Jorge Vásquez 6 José Ruano 8 Alberto Villalta 9 José Quintanilla 10Pipo Rodríguez 12Mario Flores 13Mauricio González 16Sergio MéndezSubstitutions: 7 Salvador Flamenco 14Juan Ramón Martínez 15Víctor Azúcar 17José Manuel Angel 18Joaquin AlabiManager: Rigoberto Guzmán
Assistant referees: Mariano Medina Iglesias (Spain) Guillermo Velásquez (Colombia)
Hungary vs Israel
1 Károly Fatér 2 Dezső Novák 3 Lajos Dunai 4 Miklós Páncsics 5 Iván Menczel 6 Lajos Szűcs 7 László Fazekas 10Antal Dunai 14Ernő Noskó 15István Juhász 18István BástiSubstitutions: 19Zoltán Szarka 9 Lajos Kocsis 11László Nagy 16Miklós Szalay 17István SárköziManager: Károly Lakat 1 Haim Levin 2 Shraga Bar 3 Menachem Bello 4 Zvi Rosen 7 Rachamim Talbi 8 Giora Spiegel 9 Yehoshua Feigenbaum 10Mordechai Spiegler 12Itzhak Drucker 13George Borba 16David Karako Substitutions: 19Shmuel Malika-Aharon 6 Shmuel Rosenthal 11Roby Young 14Yitzhak Englander 17Nachman Castro Manager: Emmanuel Scheffer
Assistant referees: Romualdo Arppi Filho (Brazil) Alfonso González Archundía (Mexico)
El Salvador vs Ghana
19Gualberto Fernández 2 Roberto Rivas 3 Guillermo Castro 5 Jorge Vásquez 6 José Ruano 7 Salvador Flamenco 9 José Quintanilla 10Pipo Rodríguez 13Mauricio González 14Juan Ramón Martínez 16Sergio MéndezSubstitutions: 4 Edgar Morales 12Mario Flores 15Víctor Azúcar 17José Manuel Angel 18Joaquin AlabiManager: Rigoberto Guzmán 13Jon Bortey Noawy 4 John Eshun 6 Ibrahim Sunday 7 Osei Kofi 10Amosa Gbadamosi 11Sammy Sampene 14Joseph Wilson 15Malik Jabir 16Oliver Acquah 17Jonathan Kpakpo 18Robert FoleySubstitutions: 1 Robert Mensah 3 Bernard Kusi 19John BotchwayManager: Karl-Heinz Marotzke
Assistant referees: Jean-Louis Faber (Guinea) Shakibudeen Thompson (Nigeria)
See also Hungary at the Olympics Israel at the Olympics Ghana at the Olympics El Salvador at the Olympics
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