Football at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Football at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Tournament details
Host country	South Korea
Dates	17 September – 1 October 1988
Teams	16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	6 (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Soviet Union
Runners-up	Brazil
Third place	West Germany
Fourth place	Italy
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	95 (2.97 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Romário (7 goals)

Football at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Tournament
	Group A
	Group B
	Group C
	Group D
	Knockout stage
Squads
	Men
v t e

An association football tournament was played as part of the 1988 Summer Olympics. The tournament featured 16 men's national teams from six continental confederations. The teams were drawn into four groups of four with each group playing 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 the Seoul Olympic Stadium on 1 October 1988.

Before the final match, the Soviet team relocated from the Olympic Village to a Soviet steamship stationed nearby. After winning the gold medal, each player from the Soviet team received 15 thousand dollars from the Soviet government.

Venues

Seoul		Busan
Olympic Stadium	Dongdaemun Stadium	Busan Stadium
Capacity: 69,950	Capacity: 26,383	Capacity: 30,000
Daegu	Daejeon	Gwangju
Daegu Stadium	Daejeon Stadium	Gwangju Stadium
Capacity: 23,278	Capacity: 30,000	Capacity: 30,000
Olympic StadiumBusan StadiumDaegu StadiumDaejeon StadiumDongdaemun StadiumGwangju Stadium

Medal summary

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Soviet Union (URS) Aleksandr Borodyuk Oleksiy Cherednyk Igor Dobrovolski Sergei Fokin Sergei Gorlukovich Arvydas Janonis Gela Ketashvili Dmitry Kharin Yevgeni Kuznetsov Viktor Losev Volodymyr Lyuty Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko Arminas Narbekovas Igor Ponomarev Yury Savichev Igor Sklyarov Vladimir Tatarchuk Yevgeny YarovenkoAlexei Prudnikov Vadym Tyshchenko	Brazil (BRA) Ademir Aloísio Andrade Batista Bebeto Careca André Cruz Edmar Geovani João Paulo Jorginho Milton Neto Romário Cláudio Taffarel Luiz Carlos WinckRicardo Gomes Mazinho Valdo Filho Zé Carlos	West Germany (FRG) Rudi Bommer Holger Fach Wolfgang Funkel Armin Görtz Roland Grahammer Thomas Häßler Thomas Hörster Olaf Janßen Uwe Kamps Gerhard Kleppinger Jürgen Klinsmann Frank Mill Karl-Heinz Riedle Christian Schreier Michael Schulz Ralf Sievers Fritz Walter Wolfram WuttkeOliver Reck Gunnar Sauer

Note: The players above the line played at least one game in this tournament, the players below the line were only squad members. Nevertheless, the International Olympic Committee medal database credits them all as medalists.

Qualification

The following 16 teams qualified for the 1988 Olympics football tournament:

Means of qualification	Berths	Qualified
Host nation	1	South Korea
AFC Preliminary Competition	2	China  Iraq
CAF Preliminary Competition	3	Nigeria  Tunisia  Zambia
CONCACAF Preliminary Competition	2	Guatemala  United States
1987 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament	2	Brazil (winner)  Argentina (runner-up)
OFC Preliminary Competition	1	Australia
UEFA Preliminary Competition	5	Italy  Sweden  Soviet Union  West Germany  Yugoslavia
Total	16

Participating nations

Each country was allowed to enter a team of 20 players and they all were eligible for participation. A total number of 314 footballers were entered.

A total of 268(*) footballers from 16 nations competed at the Seoul Games:

•  Argentina (16 – from a squad of 19)
•  Australia (16 – from a squad of 20)
•  Brazil (16 – from a squad of 20)
•  China (14 – from a squad of 18)
•  Guatemala (17 – from a squad of 19)
•  Iraq (16 – from a squad of 20)
•  Italy (18 – from a squad of 20)
•  South Korea (16 – from a squad of 20)
•  Nigeria (17 – from a squad of 20)
•  Sweden (17 – from a squad of 20)
•  Tunisia (19 – from a squad of 20)
•  United States (16 – from a squad of 20)
•  Soviet Union (18 – from a squad of 20)
•  West Germany (18 – from a squad of 20)
•  Yugoslavia (16 – from a squad of 18)
•  Zambia (18 – from a squad of 20)

(*) NOTE: Players who participated in at least one match.

Final tournament

First round

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Sweden	3	2	1	0	6	3	+3	5
2	West Germany	3	2	0	1	8	3	+5	4
3	Tunisia	3	0	2	1	3	6	−3	2
4	China	3	0	1	2	0	5	−5	1

Source: FIFA 17 September 198817:00

China	0–3	West Germany
		Wuttke 31' Mill 60', 89'

Busan Gudeok Stadium, BusanAttendance: 24,000Referee: Juan Daniel Cardellino (URU) 17 September 198819:00

Sweden	2–2	Tunisia
Thern 44' Hellström 45'		Dhiab 16' Maaloul 43' (pen.)

Daegu Civic Stadium, DaeguAttendance: 20,000Referee: Edgardo Codesal (MEX) 19 September 198817:00

Tunisia	1–4	West Germany
Maaloul 26' (pen.)		Grahammer 4' Fach 50' Mill 55' Wuttke 75' (pen.)

Busan Gudeok Stadium, BusanAttendance: 14,000Referee: Keith Hackett (ENG) 19 September 198819:00

China	0–2	Sweden
		Lönn 19' Hellström 42'

Daegu Civic Stadium, DaeguAttendance: 17,000Referee: Badara Séne (SEN) 21 September 198817:00

China	0–0	Tunisia

Busan Gudeok Stadium, BusanAttendance: 17,000Referee: Lennox Sirjuesingh (TRI) 21 September 198819:00

Sweden	2–1	West Germany
Engqvist 64' Lönn 85'		Walter 60'

Daegu Civic Stadium, DaeguAttendance: 17,000Referee: Kurt Röthlisberger (SUI) Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Zambia	3	2	1	0	10	2	+8	5
2	Italy	3	2	0	1	7	6	+1	4
3	Iraq	3	1	1	1	5	4	+1	3
4	Guatemala	3	0	0	3	2	12	−10	0

Source: FIFA 17 September 1988

Italy	5–2	Guatemala
Carnevale 3' Evani 11' Virdis 34' Ferrara 38' Desideri 75'		Castañeda 7' Paniagua 79'

Gwangju Mudeung Stadium, Gwangju 17 September 1988

Zambia	2–2	Iraq
Nyirenda 44' K. Bwalya 66'		Radhi 36' (pen.) Allawi 71'

Daejeon Hanbat Stadium, Daejeon 19 September 1988

Zambia	4–0	Italy
K. Bwalya 40', 55', 90' J. Bwalya 63'

Gwangju Mudeung Stadium, Gwangju 19 September 1988

Iraq	3–0	Guatemala
Radhi 57' Jabbar 67' Mazariegos 77' (o.g.)

Daejeon Hanbat Stadium, Daejeon 21 September 1988

Zambia	4–0	Guatemala
Makinka 53', 85' K. Bwalya 79', 82'

Gwangju Mudeung Stadium, Gwangju 21 September 1988

Iraq	0–2	Italy
		Rizzitelli 59' Mauro 63'

Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Soviet Union	3	2	1	0	6	3	+3	5
2	Argentina	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	3
3	South Korea	3	0	2	1	1	2	−1	2
4	United States	3	0	2	1	3	5	−2	2

Source: FIFA 18 September 1988

South Korea	0–0	Soviet Union
	Report

Busan Gudeok Stadium, Busan 18 September 1988

United States	1–1	Argentina
Windschmann 78'	Report	Alfaro 83'

Daegu Civic Stadium, Daegu 20 September 1988

South Korea	0–0	United States
	Report

Busan Gudeok Stadium, Busan 20 September 1988

Argentina	1–2	Soviet Union
Alfaro 77'	Report	Dobrovolski 7' Mikhailichenko 22'

Daegu Civic Stadium, Daegu 22 September 1988

South Korea	1–2	Argentina
Noh Soo-jin 14'	Report	Alfaro 3' Fabbri 73'

Busan Gudeok Stadium, Busan 22 September 1988

United States	2–4	Soviet Union
Goulet 65' Doyle 85'	Report	Mikhailichenko 7', 48' Narbekovas 19' Dobrovolski 45'

Daegu Civic Stadium, Daegu Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Brazil	3	3	0	0	9	1	+8	6
2	Australia	3	2	0	1	2	3	−1	4
3	Yugoslavia	3	1	0	2	4	4	0	2
4	Nigeria	3	0	0	3	1	8	−7	0

Source: FIFA 18 September 1988

Australia	1–0	Yugoslavia
Farina 48'	Report

Gwangju Mudeung Stadium, Gwangju 18 September 1988

Brazil	4–0	Nigeria
Edmar 59' Romário 74', 84' Bebeto 86'	Report

Daejeon Hanbat Stadium, Daejeon 20 September 1988

Nigeria	1–3	Yugoslavia
Yekini 88'	Report	Stojković 35', 67' Šabanadžović 49'

Daejeon Hanbat Stadium, Daejeon 20 September 1988

Australia	0–3	Brazil
	Report	Romário 20', 57', 61'

Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul 22 September 1988

Brazil	2–1	Yugoslavia
Cruz 25' Bebeto 56'	Report	Šabanadžović 69'

Daejeon Hanbat Stadium, Daejeon 22 September 1988

Australia	1–0	Nigeria
Kosmina 76'	Report

Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul

Knockout stage

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Gold medal match
	25 September – Daegu
	Sweden	1
					27 September – Busan
	Italy (a.e.t.)	2
					Italy	2
	25 September – Busan
					Soviet Union (a.e.t.)	3
	Soviet Union	3
									1 October – Seoul
	Australia	0
									Soviet Union (a.e.t.)	2
	25 September – Gwangju
									Brazil	1
	Zambia	0
					27 September – Seoul
	West Germany	4
					West Germany	1 (2)
	25 September – Seoul
					Brazil (a.e.t.)	1 (3)			Bronze medal match
	Brazil	1
									30 September – Seoul
	Argentina	0
									Italy	0
									West Germany	3

Quarter-finals

25 September 1988

Sweden	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Italy
Hellström 84'	Report	Virdis 50' Crippa 98'

Daegu Civic Stadium, DaeguAttendance: 11,000Referee: Gérard Biguet (FRA) 25 September 1988

Soviet Union	3–0	Australia
Dobrovolski 50', 54' Mikhailichenko 62'	Report

Busan Gudeok Stadium, BusanAttendance: 7,000Referee: Juan Daniel Cardellino (URU) 25 September 1988

West Germany	4–0	Zambia
Funkel 18' Klinsmann 34', 42', 89'	Report

Gwangju Mudeung Stadium, GwangjuAttendance: 8,000Referee: Jesús Díaz (COL) 25 September 1988

Brazil	1–0	Argentina
Geovani 76'	Report

Dongdaemun Stadium, SeoulAttendance: 21,800Referee: Kurt Röthlisberger (SUI)

Semi-finals

27 September 1988

Soviet Union	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Italy
Dobrovolski 78' Narbekovas 92' Mikhailichenko 106'	Report	Virdis 50' Carnevale 118'

Busan Gudeok Stadium, BusanAttendance: 10,000Referee: Jamal Al Sharif (SYR) 27 September 1988

Brazil	1–1 (a.e.t.)	West Germany
Romário 79'	Report	Fach 50'
Penalties
	3–2

Olympic Stadium, SeoulAttendance: 65,000Referee: Keith Hackett (GBR)

Bronze medal match

30 September 1988

Italy	0–3	West Germany
	Report	Klinsmann 5' Kleppinger 18' Schreier 68'

Olympic Stadium, SeoulAttendance: 61,000Referee: Juan Carlos Loustau (ARG)

Gold medal match

1988 Summer Olympics Football Final1 October 1988

Soviet Union	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Brazil
Dobrovolski 61' (pen.) Savichev 103'	Report	Romário 30'

Olympic Stadium, SeoulAttendance: 74,000Referee: Gérard Biguet (FRA)

Team details

Soviet Union GK 1 Dmitry Kharin DF 2 Gela Ketashvili DF 12 Yevgeny Yarovenko DF 18 Sergei Gorlukovich DF 17 Viktor Losev MF 7 Yevgeni Kuznetsov MF 10 Igor Dobrovolski MF 15 Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko MF 14 Volodymyr Tatarchuk FW 11 Volodymyr Lyuty FW 20 Arminas Narbekovas Substitutes: DF 3 Igor Sklyarov FW 19 Yury Savichev Manager: Anatoliy Byshovets Brazil GK 1 Cláudio Taffarel DF 14 Luiz Carlos DF 15 Aloísio DF 13 André Cruz DF 2 Jorginho MF 19 Andrade MF 16 Milton MF 17 Neto FW 10 Careca II FW 20 Bebeto FW 11 Romário Substitutes: FW 9 Edmar FW 18 Joao Paulo Manager: Carlos Alberto Silva

Final ranking

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Soviet Union (URS)	6	5	1	0	14	6	+8	11
2	Brazil (BRA)	6	4	1	1	12	4	+8	9
3	West Germany (FRG)	6	4	1	1	16	4	+12	9
4	Italy (ITA)	6	3	0	3	11	13	−2	6
5	Zambia (ZAM)	4	2	1	1	10	6	+4	5
6	Sweden (SWE)	4	2	1	1	7	5	+2	5
7	Australia (AUS)	4	2	0	2	2	6	−4	4
8	Argentina (ARG)	4	1	1	2	4	5	−1	3
9	Iraq (IRQ)	3	1	1	1	5	4	+1	3
10	Yugoslavia (YUG)	3	1	0	2	4	4	0	2
11	South Korea (KOR)	3	0	2	1	1	2	−1	2
12	United States (USA)	3	0	2	1	3	5	−2	2
13	Tunisia (TUN)	3	0	2	1	3	6	−3	2
14	China (CHN)	3	0	1	2	0	5	−5	1
15	Nigeria (NGR)	3	0	0	3	1	8	−7	0
16	Guatemala (GUA)	3	0	0	3	2	12	−10	0

Source:

Venues

• Olympic Stadium – Seoul
• Dongdaemun Stadium – Seoul
• Busan Gudeok Stadium – Busan
• Daegu Civic Stadium – Daegu
• Daejeon Hanbat Stadium – Daejeon
• Gwangju Mudeung Stadium – Gwangju

Match officials

Africa Jean-Fidele Diramba Baba Laouissi Badara Sène Asia Jamal Al Sharif Choi Gil-Soo Mandi Jassim Shizuo Takada South America Juan Daniel Cardellino Arnaldo Cézar Coelho Jesús Díaz Juan Carlos Loustau Hernán Silva

North and Central America Edgardo Codesal Lennox Sirjuesingh Vincent Mauro Europe Gérard Biguet Keith Hackett Kenny Hope Kurt Röthlisberger Tullio Lanese Michał Listkiewicz Karl-Heinz Tritschler Alexey Spirin Oceania Chris Bambridge

Goalscorers

With seven goals, Romário of Brazil was the top scorer in the tournament. In total, 95 goals were scored by 53 different players, with only one of them credited as own goal.

7 goals

• Romário

6 goals

• Igor Dobrovolski
• Kalusha Bwalya

5 goals

• Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko

4 goals

• Jürgen Klinsmann

3 goals

• Carlos Alfaro
• Pietro Paolo Virdis
• Jan Hellström
• Frank Mill

2 goals

• Bebeto
• Ahmed Radhi
• Andrea Carnevale
• Arminas Narbekovas
• Peter Lönn
• Nabil Maaloul
• Holger Fach
• Wolfram Wuttke
• Dragan Stojković
• Refik Šabanadžović
• Derby Makinka

1 goal

• Néstor Fabbri
• Frank Farina
• John Kosmina
• André Cruz
• Edmar
• Geovani Silva
• Adán Paniagua
• Carlos Castañeda
• Karim Allawi
• Mudhafar Jabbar
• Alberigo Evani
• Ciro Ferrara
• Massimo Crippa
• Massimo Mauro
• Ruggiero Rizzitelli
• Stefano Desideri
• Noh Soo-Jin
• Rashidi Yekini
• Yury Savichev
• Jonas Thern
• Leif Engqvist
• Tarak Dhiab
• Brent Goulet
• John Doyle
• Mike Windischmann
• Christian Schreier
• Fritz Walter
• Gerhard Kleppinger
• Roland Grahammer
• Wolfgang Funkel
• Jonson Bwalya
• Stone Nyirenda

Own goal

• Rocael Mazariegos (playing against Iraq)

References

1. ^ FIFA.com
2. ^ "Football at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
3. ^ "Анатолий Бышовец: "Ключевым моментом в создании золотой сборной Сеула стал наш конфликт с Лобановским"" (in Russian). October 2018.
4. ^ "Football Tournament 1988 Olympiad". RSSSF.

External links

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• Olympic Football Tournament Seoul 1988, FIFA.com
• RSSSF Summary
• FIFA Technical Report (Part 1), (Part 2), (Part 3) and (Part 4)

v t e Summer Olympics men's football tournament winners
List of Olympic medalists
1900:  Upton Park (Great Britain) (GBR) 1904:  Galt (Canada) (CAN) 1908:  Great Britain (GBR) 1912:  Great Britain (GBR) 1920:  Belgium (BEL) 1924:  Uruguay (URU) 1928:  Uruguay (URU) 1936:  Italy (ITA) 1948:  Sweden (SWE) 1952:  Hungary (HUN) 1956:  Soviet Union (URS) 1960:  Yugoslavia (YUG) 1964:  Hungary (HUN) 1968:  Hungary (HUN) 1972:  Poland (POL) 1976:  East Germany (GDR) 1980:  Czechoslovakia (TCH) 1984:  France (FRA) 1988:  Soviet Union (URS) 1992:  Spain (ESP) 1996:  Nigeria (NGR) 2000:  Cameroon (CMR) 2004:  Argentina (ARG) 2008:  Argentina (ARG) 2012:  Mexico (MEX) 2016:  Brazil (BRA) 2020:  Brazil (BRA)

v t e Football at the Summer Olympics
General	1896 (unofficial) 1900 1904 1906 Intercalated 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Tournaments	Men 1896 (unofficial) 1900 1904 1906 Intercalated 1908 1912 Matches Consolation 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024 Women 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Qualifications	Men 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024 Women 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
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Squads	Men 1900 1904 1906 Intercalated 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024 Overage players Women 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Related topics	List of medalists Records men women List of venues List of official match balls
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