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. It was the first Olympic soccer competition in which officially professional players were allowed. Until then, the amateur-only rule had heavily favored Soviet Bloc states from Eastern Europe whose players were professionals in all but name. However, as agreed with FIFA to preserve the importance of the World Cup, the Olympic competition was restricted to players with no more than five "A" caps at tournament start, regardless of age. Specifically, they allowed teams from countries outside of UEFA and CONMEBOL to field their strongest sides, while restricting UEFA and CONMEBOL (the strongest confederations whose teams had played all finals and won every single World Cup title) countries to players who had not played in a World Cup.Summer Olympics Football
The soccer tournament was held in four venues: Harvard Stadium (Boston) Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium (Annapolis, Maryland) Stanford Stadium (Stanford, California) Rose Bowl (Pasadena, California)
The Gold medal game between France and Brazil at the Rose Bowl attracted an Olympic Games soccer attendance record of 101,799. This remained the record attendance for a soccer game in the United States until 2014, breaking the previous Olympic 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 stage¼Quarterfinals½SemifinalsB3rd place play-offFFinal Event↓/Date → Sun 29 Mon 30 Tue 31 Wed 1 Thu 2 Fri 3 Sat 4 Sun 5 Mon 6 Tue 7 Wed 8 Thu 9 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 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: East Germany were replaced by Norway. USSR were replaced by West Germany. Czechoslovakia were replaced by Italy.
Africa (CAF)
Asia (AFC)
North and Central America (CONCACAF)
South America (CONMEBOL)
Europe (UEFA)
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Hosting nation
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
Gold Medal – William AyacheMichel Bensoussan Michel BibardDominique Bijotat François BrissonPatrick Cubaynes Patrice GarandePhilippe Jeannol Guy Lacombe Jean-Claude Lemoult Jean-Philippe Rohr Albert Rust Didier Sénac Jean-Christophe Thouvenel José Touré Daniel Xuereb Jean-Louis Zanon Coach: Henri Michel
Silver Medal – Pinga Davi Milton Cruz Luís Henrique Dias André Luís Mauro Galvão Tonho KitaGilmar Popoca Silvinho Gilmar Ademir Paulo Santos Ronaldo Silva DungaChicão Luiz Carlos Winck Coach: Jair Picerni
Bronze Medal – Mirsad Baljić Mehmed Baždarević Vlado Čapljić Borislav Cvetković Stjepan Deverić Milko Đurovski Marko Elsner Nenad Gračan Tomislav Ivković Srečko Katanec Branko Miljuš Mitar Mrkela Jovica Nikolić Ivan PudarLjubomir Radanović Admir Smajić Dragan Stojković Coach: Ivan Toplak
Match officials
Africa Mohamed Hossameldin Gebreyesus Tesfaye Bester Kalombo
Asia Abdul Aziz Al-Salmi Kyung-Bok Cha Toshikazu Sano
North and Central America Tony Evangelista Antonio Márquez Ramírez Luis Paulino Siles David Socha Edward Bellion
South America Romualdo Arppi Filho Gastón Castro Jesús Díaz Jorge Eduardo Romero
Europe Enzo Barbaresco Ioan Igna Jan Keizer Brian McGinlay Joël Quiniou Volker Roth Victoriano Sánchez Arminio Edvard Šoštarič
Squads
Final tournament
Group stage
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Knockout stage
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Bronze Medal match
Gold Medal match
GK 1 Albert RustDF 2 William AyacheDF 4 Michel BibardDF 8 Philippe JeannolDF 16 Jean-Louis ZanonMF 10 Jean-Claude Lemoult MF 11 Jean-Philippe RohrMF 9 Guy LacombeFW 4 Dominique BijotatFW 15 Daniel Xuereb FW 5 François Brisson Substitutions: FW 7 Patrice Garande FW 6 Patrick Cubaynes Manager: Henri Michel GK 1 Gilmar RinaldiDF 2 Ronaldo SilvaDF 3 PingaDF 4 Mauro GalvãoDF 6 André LuísMF 5 Ademir MF 8 DungaMF 10 Gilmar PopocaFW 15 Tonho FW 9 Kita FW 11 SilvinhoSubstitutions: FW 16 Chicão FW 17 Milton Cruz Manager: Jair Picerni 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
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 Daniel Xuereb Borislav Cvetković Stjepan Deverić
4 goals Gilmar Popoca
3 goals
Dale Mitchell François Brisson Rudi Bommer Uwe Rahn Jovica Nikolić
2 goals
Dunga Emad Soliman Pietro Fanna Beniamino Vignola Hussein Saeed Joar Vaadal Khalid Al-Muhannadi Rick Davis Christian Schreier
1 goal
Kita Ronaldo Silva Silvio Paiva Paul Bahoken Louis-Paul Mfédé Roger Milla Gerry Gray Igor Vrablic Jaime Baeza Fernando Santis Evaristo Coronado Enrique Rivers Magdi Abdelghani Mahmoud El Khatib Khaled Gadallah Dominique Bijotat Patrice Garande Philippe Jeannol Guy Lacombe Jean-Claude Lemoult Ali Hussein Shihab Aldo Serena Mustapha Merry Per Egil Ahlsen Majed Abdullah Gregg Thompson Jean Willrich Manfred Bockenfeld Andreas Brehme Frank Mill Mirsad Baljić Nenad Gračan Ljubomir Radanović
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:
PlayerOffencesDateSuspensions Sebastiano Nela in group D v EgyptJuly 29Group D v United States Mohamed Sedky in group D v Italy July 29Group D v Costa Rica Morsy El Alaa in group D v ItalyJuly 29Group D v Costa Rica Moustafa Ahmed Ismail in group D v ItalyJuly 29Group D v Costa Rica Marko Elsner in group B v CameroonJuly 30Group B v Canada Mustapha El Biyaz in group C v West GermanyJuly 30Group C v Saudi Arabia Mubarak Al-Kaater in group A v NorwayAugust 2None (Qatar eliminated) Issa Al-Mohammadi in group A v NorwayAugust 2None (Qatar eliminated) Théophile Abega in group B v CanadaAugust 3None (Cameroon eliminated) Sameer Abdulshaker in group C v West GermanyAugust 3None (Saudi Arabia eliminated) Jovica Nikolić in semi-final v FranceAugust 8Bronze medal match v Italy Borislav Cvetković in semi-final v FranceAugust 8Bronze 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.José Touré: "It was at the Olympic Games that I realised I was an athlete" FIFA.com. Retrieved August 25, 2011
References
External links
Olympic Football Tournament Los Angeles 1984, FIFA.com RSSSF Summary FIFA Technical Report