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Football at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Summary

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]

1992 Summer Olympics Football Tournament
Tournament details
Host countrySpain
Dates24 July – 8 August 1992
Teams16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)5 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Spain (1st title)
Runners-up Poland
Third place Ghana
Fourth place Australia
Tournament statistics
Matches played32
Goals scored87 (2.72 per match)
Top scorer(s)Poland Andrzej Juskowiak (7 goals)
← 1988
1996 (men) →

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 edit

Legend
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
G G G G G G ¼ ¼ ½ B F

Source: [3]

Qualification edit

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
  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
  Paraguay
OFC–UEFA play-off 1   Australia
Total 16

Venues edit

Barcelona Valencia
Camp Nou Estadi de Sarrià Estadio Luis Casanova
Capacity: 100,000 Capacity: 42,000 Capacity: 50,000
     
Sabadell
Estadi de la Nova Creu Alta
Capacity: 16,000
 
Zaragoza
Estadio La Romareda
Capacity: 43,001
 

Match officials edit

Squads edit

Group stage edit

Group A edit

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
Italy  2–1  United States
Melli   15'
Albertini   22'		 Report Moore   65'
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Manuel Díaz Vega (ESP)
Poland  2–0  Kuwait
Juskowiak   7', 80' Report
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Juan Francisco Escobar (PAR)
United States  3–1  Kuwait
Brose   56'
Lagos   79'
Snow   85'		 Report Marwi   16'
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Lim Kee Chong (MRI)
Italy  0–3  Poland
Report Juskowiak   5'
Staniek   48'
Mielcarski   90'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Philip Don (GBR)
United States  2–2  Poland
Imler   20'
Snow   85'		 Report Koźmiński   31'
Juskowiak   40'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Lim Kee Chong (MRI)
Italy  1–0  Kuwait
Melli   10' Report
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Arturo Brizio Carter (MEX)

Group B edit

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


Spain  4–0  Colombia
Guardiola   10'
Kiko   37'
Berges   41'
Enrique   69'		 Report
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Markus Merk (GER)
Egypt  0–1  Qatar
Report Mustafa   74'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Philip Don (GBR)
Spain  2–0  Egypt
Solozábal   55'
Soler   70'		 Report
Attendance: 15,000
Colombia  1–1  Qatar
Aristizábal   62' Report Soufi   89'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Arturo Brizio Carter (MEX)
Spain  2–0  Qatar
Alfonso   40'
Kiko   60'		 Report
Attendance: 19,300
Referee: Arturo Angeles (USA)
Colombia  3–4  Egypt
Gaviria   9', 84'
Pacheco   14'		 Report Youssef   27'
El-Masry   47'
Khashaba   90+1', 90+4'
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Ali Bujsaim (UAE)

Group C edit

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
Sweden  0–0  Paraguay
Report
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Lube Spassov (BUL)
Morocco  1–1  South Korea
Bahja   64' Report Jung Jae-kwon   73'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Arturo Angeles (USA)
Sweden  4–0  Morocco
Brolin   14', 69'
Mild   20'
Rödlund   57'		 Report
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: José Torres Cadena (COL)
Paraguay  0–0  South Korea
Report
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Mohamed Sendid (ALG)
Sweden  1–1  South Korea
Rödlund   52' Report Seo Jung-won   28'
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Manuel Díaz Vega (ESP)
Paraguay  3–1  Morocco
Arce   43'
Caballero   57'
Gamarra   70'		 Report Naybet   87'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Markus Merk (GER)

Group D edit

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
Denmark  1–1  Mexico
Thomsen   85' Report Rotllán   39' (pen.)
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Fabio Baldas (Italy)
Ghana  3–1  Australia
Gargo   12'
Ayew   83', 89'		 Report Vidmar   91'
Attendance: 4,000
Denmark  0–0  Ghana
Report
Attendance: 5,000
Mexico  1–1  Australia
Castañeda   63' Report Arambasic   20'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Kiichiro Tachi (Japan)
Denmark  0–3  Australia
Report Markovski   32'
Mori   60'
Vidmar   75'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Fabio Baldas (Italy)
Mexico  1–1  Ghana
Rotllán   30' Report Ayew   79'
Attendance: 6,000

Knockout stage edit

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsGold medal match
 
          
 
1 August – Valencia
 
 
  Spain1
 
5 August – Valencia
 
  Italy0
 
  Spain2
 
2 August – Zaragoza
 
  Ghana0
 
  Paraguay2
 
8 August – Barcelona (Camp Nou)
 
  Ghana (a.e.t.)4
 
  Spain3
 
1 August – Barcelona (Camp Nou)
 
  Poland2
 
  Poland2
 
5 August – Barcelona (Camp Nou)
 
  Qatar0
 
  Poland6
 
2 August – Barcelona (Camp Nou)
 
  Australia1 Bronze medal match
 
  Sweden1
 
7 August – Barcelona (Camp Nou)
 
  Australia2
 
  Ghana1
 
 
  Australia0
 

Quarter-finals edit

Spain  1–0  Italy
Kiko   38' Report
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Rezende de Freitas (BRA)
Poland  2–0  Qatar
Kowalczyk   42'
Jałocha   74'		 Report
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Sendid (ALG)
Paraguay  2–4 (a.e.t.)  Ghana
Acheampong   78' (o.g.)
Campos   81'		 Report Ayew   17', 55', 120+1'
Rahman   114'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Bujsaim (UAE)
Sweden  1–2  Australia
Andersson   60' Report Markovski   30'
Murphy   53'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Brizio Carter (MEX)

Semi-finals edit

Spain  2–0  Ghana
Abelardo   25'
Berges   55'		 Report
Attendance: 36,000
Referee: Brizio Carter (MEX)
Poland  6–1  Australia
Kowalczyk   27', 88'
Juskowiak   43', 52', 78'
Murphy   67' (o.g.)		 Report Veart   35'
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Rezende de Freitas (BRA)

Bronze medal match edit

Australia  0–1  Ghana
Report Asare   19'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Díaz Vega (ESP)

Gold medal match edit

Poland  2–3  Spain
Kowalczyk   45+1'
Staniek   76'		 Report Abelardo   65'
Kiko   71', 90+1'
Attendance: 95,000
Referee: Torres Cadena (Colombia)

Medal winners edit

Goalscorers edit

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
Own goals

Final ranking edit

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 edit

  1. ^ "Football at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  2. ^ Miller, Nick (18 February 2015). "Who was the last goalkeeper to legally pick up a backpass?". the Guardian. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  3. ^ "Football Tournament 1992 Olympiad".
  4. ^ "Football Tournament 1992 Olympiad". RSSSF.

External links edit

 
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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