Football at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Football at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Tournament details
Host countryWest Germany
Dates27 August – 10 September 1972
Teams16 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)6 (in 6 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Poland (1st title)
Runners-up Hungary
Third place East Germany (shared)
 Soviet Union (shared)
Tournament statistics
Matches played38
Goals scored135 (3.55 per match)
Attendance795,433 (20,932 per match)
Top scorer(s)Poland Kazimierz Deyna (9 goals)
Fair play award Burma

The 1972 Olympic football tournament, held in Munich, Augsburg, Ingolstadt, Nürnberg, Passau, and Regensburg, was played as part of the 1972 Summer Olympics. The tournament features 16 men's national teams from five continental confederations. The 16 teams are drawn into four groups of four and each group plays a round-robin tournament. At the end of the group stage, the top two teams advanced to the second group stage, where the second-placed teams in each group advanced to the bronze medal match while the first-placed teams advanced to the gold medal match held at Olympic Stadium on 10 September 1972.

In 2017, the physician of the Soviet team revealed that the match for the bronze medal between the Soviet Union and East Germany was fixed.

Qualifications

Squads

Venues

Munich Football at the 1972 Summer Olympics is located in BavariaOlympiastadion
OlympiastadionFrankenstadionFrankenstadionJahnstadionJahnstadionDreiflüssestadionDreiflüssestadionESV-StadionESV-StadionRosenaustadionRosenaustadion 		Nuremberg
Olympiastadion Frankenstadion
Regensburg Passau
Jahnstadion Dreiflüssestadion
Ingolstadt Augsburg
ESV-Stadion Rosenaustadion

First round

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
 West Germany 3 3 0 0 13 0 +13 6 Advanced to second round
 Morocco 3 1 1 1 6 3 +3 3
 Malaysia 3 1 0 2 3 9 −6 2
 United States 3 0 1 2 0 10 −10 1
Source: FIFA 27 August 197215:00
West Germany 3–0 Malaysia
Worm 56'
Kalb 71'
Seliger 82'		 Report
Olympic Stadium, MunichAttendance: 60,000Referee: Armando Marques (Brazil) 27 August 197215:00
Morocco 0–0 United States
Report
Rosenaustadion, AugsburgAttendance: 4,000Referee: Rudi Glöckner (East Germany) 29 August 197216:30
West Germany 3–0 Morocco
Nickel 30' (pen.), 33' (pen.)
Hitzfeld 53'		 Report
Dreiflüssestadion, PassauAttendance: 16,000Referee: Dogan Babacan (Turkey) 29 August 197216:30
Malaysia 3–0 United States
Shaharuddin 14'
Salleh 67'
Zawawi 77'		 Report
ESV-Stadion, IngolstadtAttendance: 3,000Referee: Henry Oberg (Norway) 31 August 197216:30
Morocco 6–0 Malaysia
Benkhrif 16'
Faras 19', 21', 25'
El Filali 56'
Tati 85'		 Report
ESV-Stadion, IngolstadtAttendance: 2,500Referee: Károly Palotai (Hungary) 31 August 197221:00
West Germany 7–0 United States
Nickel 17', 43', 70', 86'
Hitzfeld 47'
Seliger 62'
Bitz 79'		 Report
Olympic Stadium, MunichAttendance: 65,000Referee: Marco Dorantes Garcia (Mexico)

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
 Soviet Union 3 3 0 0 7 2 +5 6 Advanced to second round
 Mexico 3 2 0 1 3 4 −1 4
 Burma 3 1 0 2 2 2 0 2
 Sudan 3 0 0 3 1 5 −4 0
Source: FIFA 28 August 197216:30
Soviet Union 1–0 Burma
Kolotov 51' Report
Jahnstadion, RegensburgAttendance: 6,000Referee: Jafar Namdar (Iran) 28 August 197216:30
Mexico 1–0 Sudan
Manzo 16' Report
Frankenstadion, NurembergAttendance: 500Referee: Francesco Francescon (Italy) 30 August 197216:30
Mexico 1–0 Burma
Cuéllar 86' Report
Frankenstadion, NurembergAttendance: 1,000Referee: Robert Quarshie (Ghana) 30 August 197217:30
Soviet Union 2–1 Sudan
Yevriuzhikin 42' (pen.)
Zanazanyan 44'		 Report Jaksa 59'
Olympic Stadium, MunichAttendance: 25,000Referee: Ferdinand Biwersi (West Germany) 1 September 197216:30
Soviet Union 4–1 Mexico
Blokhin 7', 13', 14'
Semyonov 58'		 Report Razo 60'
Jahnstadion, RegensburgAttendance: 8,000Referee: Luis Pestarino (Argentina) 1 September 197216:30
Burma 2–0 Sudan
Soe Than 7'
Aung Moe Thin 61'		 Report
Dreiflüssestadion, PassauAttendance: 2,000Referee: Marian Srodecki (Poland)

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
 Hungary 3 2 1 0 9 2 +7 5 Advanced to second round
 Denmark 3 2 0 1 7 4 +3 4
 Iran 3 1 0 2 1 9 −8 2
 Brazil 3 0 1 2 4 6 −2 1
Source: FIFA 27 August 197215:00
Hungary 5–0 Iran
A. Dunai 31', 48', 90+1'
Várady 52'
Kozma 81'		 Report
Frankenstadion, NurembergAttendance: 2,000Referee: Guillermo Velasquez (Colombia) 27 August 197215:00
Denmark 3–2 Brazil
Simonsen 28', 83'
Røntved 50'		 Report Dirceu 68'
Zé Carlos 69'
Dreiflüssestadion, PassauAttendance: 10,000Referee: Pavel Kazakov (Soviet Union) 29 August 197216:30
Denmark 4–0 Iran
Heino Hansen 16', 58'
Simonsen 39'
Nygaard 44'		 Report
Rosenaustadion, AugsburgAttendance: 3,500Referee: Abdelkrim Ziani (Morocco) 29 August 197217:30
Hungary 2–2 Brazil
A. Dunai 4'
Juhász 84'		 Report Pedrinho 67'
Dirceu 73'
Olympic Stadium, MunichAttendance: 50,000Referee: William Mullan (Great Britain) 31 August 197216:30
Denmark 0–2 Hungary
Report E. Dunai 17', 84'
Rosenaustadion, AugsburgAttendance: 8,500Referee: Oei Poh Hwa (Malaysia) 31 August 197216:30
Iran 1–0 Brazil
Halvai 63' Report
Jahnstadion, RegensburgAttendance: 2,200Referee: Gerhard Schulenburg (West Germany)

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
 Poland 3 3 0 0 11 2 +9 6 Advanced to second round
 East Germany 3 2 0 1 11 3 +8 4
 Colombia 3 1 0 2 5 12 −7 2
 Ghana 3 0 0 3 1 11 −10 0
Source: FIFA 28 August 197216:45
Poland 5–1 Colombia
Deyna 16', 32'
Gadocha 42', 49', 72'		 Report Morón 63'
ESV-Stadion, IngolstadtAttendance: 4,000Referee: A. Salih Gindil (Sudan) 28 August 197217:30
East Germany 4–0 Ghana
Kreische 19', 89'
Streich 45'
Sparwasser 66'		 Report
Olympic Stadium, MunichAttendance: 40,000Referee: Michael Wuertz (United States) 30 August 197216:30
East Germany 6–1 Colombia
Streich 1', 10'
Sparwasser 9'
Ducke 31'
Vogel 85'
Kreische 88' (pen.)		 Report Espinosa 38'
Dreiflüssestadion, PassauAttendance: 4,500Referee: Abdelkader Aouissi (Algelia) 30 August 197216:30
Poland 4–0 Ghana
Lubański 40'
Gadocha 59', 89'
Deyna 86'		 Report
Jahnstadion, RegensburgAttendance: 2,200Referee: Lee Kan Chee (Hong Kong) 1 September 197216:30
Poland 2–1 East Germany
Gorgoń 6', 63' Report Streich 45'
Frankenstadion, NurembergAttendance: 10.000Referee: Werner Winsemann (Canada) 1 September 197221:00
Colombia 3–1 Ghana
Morón 56'
Torres 60'
Montaño 82'		 Report Sunday 79'
Olympic Stadium, MunichAttendance: 25,000Referee: Kurt Tschenscher (West Germany)

Second round

Group 1

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
 Hungary 3 3 0 0 8 1 +7 6 Gold Medal match
 East Germany 3 2 0 1 10 4 +6 4 Bronze Medal match
 West Germany 3 0 1 2 4 8 −4 1
 Mexico 3 0 1 2 1 10 −9 1
Source: FIFA 3 September 197215:00
West Germany 1–1 Mexico
Hitzfeld 5' Report Cuéllar 69'
Frankenstadion, NurembergAttendance: 40,000Referee: Oei Poh Hwa (Malaysia) 3 September 197215:00
Hungary 2–0 East Germany
A. Dunai 60'
Tóth 66'		 Report
Dreiflüssestadion, PassauAttendance: 8,500Referee: Armando Marques (Brazil) 5 September 197215:00
East Germany 7–0 Mexico
Ganzera 34'
Sparwasser 39', 51', 89'
Streich 48'
Kreische 72'
Häfner 79'		 Report
ESV-Stadion, IngolstadtAttendance: 5,500Referee: Jafar Namdar (Iran) 6 September 197220:00
Hungary 4–1 West Germany
E. Dunai 14'
A. Dunai 43'
Kü 75', 87'		 Report Hitzfeld 33'
Olympic Stadium, MunichAttendance: 70,000Referee: Luis Pestarino (Argentina) 8 September 197216:30
Hungary 2–0 Mexico
A. Dunai 35'
Kocsis 53'		 Report
Jahnstadion, RegensburgAttendance: 2,500Referee: Lee Kan Chee (Hong Kong) 8 September 197221:30
East Germany 3–2 West Germany
Pommerenke 10'
Streich 53'
Vogel 82'		 Report Hoeneß 31'
Hitzfeld 68'
Olympic Stadium, MunichAttendance: 80,000Referee: William Mullan (Great Britain)

Group 2

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
 Poland 3 2 1 0 8 2 +6 5 Gold Medal match
 Soviet Union 3 2 0 1 8 2 +6 4 Bronze Medal match
 Denmark 3 1 1 1 4 6 −2 3
 Morocco 3 0 0 3 1 11 −10 0
Source: FIFA 3 September 197215:00
Denmark 1–1 Poland
Heino Hansen 27' Report Deyna 36'
Jahnstadion, RegensburgAttendance: 4,000Referee: Abdelkader Aouissi (Algeria) 3 September 197221:30
Soviet Union 3–0 Morocco
Semyonov 1'
Kolotov 15'
Elissev 69'		 Report
Olympic Stadium, MunichAttendance: 55,000Referee: Guillermo Velasquez (Colombia) 5 September 197216:30
Soviet Union 1–2 Poland
Blokhin 28' Report Deyna 79' (pen.)
Szołtysik 87'
Rosenaustadion, AugsburgAttendance: 5,000Referee: Henry Oberg (Norway) 5 September 197216:30
Denmark 3–1 Morocco
Bak 55', 83'
Printzlau 90'		 Report Merzaq 89'
Dreiflüssestadion, PassauAttendance: 3,100Referee: Werner Winsemann (Canada) 8 September 197216:30
Poland 5–0 Morocco
Kmiecik 3'
Lubański 10'
Deyna 45' (pen.), 63'
Gadocha 53'		 Report
Frankenstadion, NurembergAttendance: 500Referee: Francesco Francescon (Italy) 8 September 197216:30
Soviet Union 4–0 Denmark
Kolotov 20'
Semyonov 28'
Blokhin 55'
Sabo 88'		 Report
Rosenaustadion, AugsburgAttendance: 4,000Referee: Dogan Babacan (Turkey)

Knockout stage

Bronze Medal match

10 September 197210:00
Soviet Union 2–2 East Germany
Blokhin 10'
Khurtsilava 30'		 Report Kreische 33' (pen.)
Vogel 78'
Olympic Stadium, MunichAttendance: 80,000Referee: Armando Marques (Brazil)

Bronze medals shared.

Gold Medal match

1972 Summer Olympics Football Final10 September 197220:15
Poland 2–1 Hungary
Deyna 47', 68' Report Várady 42'
Olympic Stadium, MunichAttendance: 80,000Referee: Kurt Tschenscher (West Germany)

Goalscorers

With nine goals, Kazimierz Deyna of Poland is the top scorer in the tournament. In total, 135 goals were scored by 66 different players, with none of them credited as own goal.

9 goals 7 goals 6 goals 5 goals 3 goals 2 goals 1 goal

Final ranking

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Poland (POL) 7 6 1 0 21 5 +16 13
2  Hungary (HUN) 7 5 1 1 18 5 +13 11
3  Soviet Union (URS) 7 5 1 1 17 6 +11 11
3  East Germany (GDR) 7 4 1 2 23 9 +14 9
5  West Germany (FRG) 6 3 1 2 17 8 +9 7
6  Denmark (DEN) 6 3 1 2 11 10 +1 7
7  Mexico (MEX) 6 2 1 3 4 14 −10 5
8  Morocco (MAR) 6 1 1 4 7 14 −7 3
9  Burma (BIR) 3 1 0 2 2 2 0 2
10  Malaysia (MAS) 3 1 0 2 3 9 −6 2
11  Colombia (COL) 3 1 0 2 5 12 −7 2
12  Iran (IRI) 3 1 0 2 1 9 −8 2
13  Brazil (BRA) 3 0 1 2 4 6 −2 1
14  United States (USA) 3 0 1 2 0 10 −10 1
15  Sudan (SUD) 3 0 0 3 1 5 −4 0
16  Ghana (GHA) 3 0 0 3 1 11 −10 0
Source: rsssf.com

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze Bronze
 Poland  Hungary  Soviet Union  East Germany

Hubert Kostka
Zbigniew Gut
Jerzy Gorgoń
Zygmunt Anczok
Lesław Ćmikiewicz
Zygmunt Maszczyk
Jerzy Kraska
Kazimierz Deyna
Zygfryd Szołtysik
Włodzimierz Lubański
Robert Gadocha
Ryszard Szymczak
Antoni Szymanowski
Joachim Marx
Grzegorz Lato
Marian Ostafiński
Kazimierz Kmiecik
Marian Szeja
Coach: Kazimierz Górski

István Géczi
Péter Vépi
Miklós Páncsics
Péter Juhász
Lajos Szűcs
Mihály Kozma
Antal Dunai
Lajos Kű
Béla Váradi
Ede Dunai
László Bálint
Lajos Kocsis
Kálmán Tóth
László Branikovits
József Kovács
Csaba Vidács
Adám Rothermel

Oleh Blokhin
Murtaz Khurtsilava
Yuriy Istomin
Volodymyr Kaplychnyi
Viktor Kolotov
Yevgeni Lovchev
Sergei Olshansky
Yevhen Rudakov
Vyacheslav Semyonov
Gennadi Evryuzhikhin
Oganes Zanazanyan
Andrei Yakubik
Arkady Andreasyan
Revaz Dzodzuashvili
Yozhef Sabo
Yuriy Yeliseyev
Volodymyr Onyshchenko
Anatoliy Kuksov
Vladimir Pilgui
Coach: Aleksandr Ponomarev

Jürgen Croy
Manfred Zapf
Konrad Weise
Bernd Bransch
Jürgen Pommerenke
Jürgen Sparwasser
Hans-Jürgen Kreische
Joachim Streich
Wolfgang Seguin
Peter Ducke
Frank Ganzera
Lothar Kurbjuweit
Eberhard Vogel
Harald Irmscher
Ralf Schulenberg
Reinhard Häfner
Siegmar Wätzlich
Coach: Georg Buschner

References

  1. ^ "Football at the 1972 Munich Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  2. ^ Денис Романцов (2 June 2017). ""Высоцкий дал установку: «Макаронщиков надо обыграть". Он знает о нашем футболе все". – Мы не вышли в финал, а игру за третье место против ГДР назначили на десять утра. Тренер Пономарев сказал: «Что-то не хочется с ними бодаться. Как бы нам вничью сыграть». Ничья означала бронзовые медали для обеих команд. Используя свой немецкий, выученный в институте, я подошел перед игрой к доктору сборной ГДР. «Как ты смотришь на то, чтобы медали получили и вы, и мы?» – «Положительно», – и пошел к тренеру. Тот повернулся ко мне и показал большой палец: вопрос решен. Мы забили друг другу по два мяча, но на второй тайм вышел динамовец Андрей Якубик, который, ни о чем не подозревая, ворвался в штрафную и чуть не сделал счет 3:2. Слава богу, не попал, а то немцы бы нас уничтожили.

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