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Football at the 1992 Summer Olympics

1992 edition of the association football tournament during the Olympic Summer Games

The football competition at the 1992 Summer Olympics was the first Olympic football tournament dedicated to under-23 teams. The competition featured 16 men's 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 Men's Olympic Football Tournament
Tournament details
Host countrySpain
Dates24 July – 8 August
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)
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Qualification

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See also: Football at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

The following 16 teams qualified for the 1992 Olympic men's football tournament:

Means of qualification Berths Qualified
Host nation 1   Spain
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[2] (OFC Pre-Olympic Tournament) 1   Australia
1992 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship 4   Italy
  Sweden
  Denmark
  Poland
Total 16

Venues

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Barcelona 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

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Squads

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Main article: Football at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads

Group stage

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1   Poland 3 2 1 0 7 2 +5 5 Advance to knockout stage
2   Italy 3 2 0 1 3 4 −1 4
3   United States 3 1 1 1 6 5 +1 3
4   Kuwait 3 0 0 3 1 6 −5 0
Source: [source?]
  Italy2–1  United States
Melli   15'
Albertini   22'		 Report Moore   65'
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Manuel Díaz Vega (ESP)
  Poland2–0  Kuwait
Juskowiak   7', 80' Report
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Juan Francisco Escobar (PAR)
  United States3–1  Kuwait
Brose   56'
Lagos   79'
Snow   85'		 Report Marwi   16'
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Lim Kee Chong (MRI)
  Italy0–3  Poland
Report Juskowiak   5'
Staniek   48'
Mielcarski   90'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Philip Don (GBR)
  United States2–2  Poland
Imler   20'
Snow   85'		 Report Koźmiński   31'
Juskowiak   40'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Lim Kee Chong (MRI)
  Italy1–0  Kuwait
Melli   10' Report
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Arturo Brizio Carter (MEX)

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1   Spain 3 3 0 0 8 0 +8 6 Advance to knockout stage
2   Qatar 3 1 1 1 2 3 −1 3
3   Egypt 3 1 0 2 4 6 −2 2
4   Colombia 3 0 1 2 4 9 −5 1
Source: [source?]
  Spain4–0  Colombia
Guardiola   10'
Kiko   37'
Berges   41'
Luis Enrique   69'		 Report
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Markus Merk (GER)
  Egypt0–1  Qatar
Report Mustafa   74'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Philip Don (GBR)
  Spain2–0  Egypt
Solozábal   55'
Soler   70'		 Report
Attendance: 15,000
  Colombia1–1  Qatar
Aristizábal   62' Report Soufi   89'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Arturo Brizio Carter (MEX)
  Spain2–0  Qatar
Alfonso   40'
Kiko   60'		 Report
Attendance: 19,300
Referee: Arturo Angeles (USA)
  Colombia3–4  Egypt
Gaviria   9', 84'
Pacheco   14'		 Report Youssef   27'
El-Masry   47'
Khashaba   91', 94'
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Ali Bujsaim (UAE)

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1   Sweden 3 1 2 0 5 1 +4 4 Advance to knockout stage
2   Paraguay 3 1 2 0 3 1 +2 4
3   South Korea 3 0 3 0 2 2 0 3
4   Morocco 3 0 1 2 2 8 −6 1
Source: [source?]
  Sweden0–0  Paraguay
Report
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Lube Spassov (BUL)
  Morocco1–1  South Korea
Bahja   64' Report Jung Kwang-seok   73'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Arturo Angeles (USA)
  Sweden4–0  Morocco
Brolin   14', 69'
Mild   20'
Rödlund   57'		 Report
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: José Torres Cadena (COL)
  Paraguay0–0  South Korea
Report
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Mohamed Sendid (ALG)
  Sweden1–1  South Korea
Rödlund   52' Report Seo Jung-won   28'
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Manuel Díaz Vega (ESP)
  Paraguay3–1  Morocco
Arce   43'
Caballero   57'
Gamarra   70'		 Report Naybet   87'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Markus Merk (GER)

Group D

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1   Ghana 3 1 2 0 4 2 +2 4 Advance to knockout stage
2   Australia 3 1 1 1 5 4 +1 3
3   Mexico 3 0 3 0 3 3 0 3
4   Denmark 3 0 2 1 1 4 −3 2
Source: [source?]
  Denmark1–1  Mexico
Thomsen   85' Report Rotllán   39' (pen.)
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Fabio Baldas (Italy)
  Ghana3–1  Australia
Gargo   12'
Ayew   83', 89'		 Report Vidmar   91'
Attendance: 4,000
  Denmark0–0  Ghana
Report
Attendance: 5,000
  Mexico1–1  Australia
Castañeda   63' Report Arambasic   20'
Attendance: 10,000
  Denmark0–3  Australia
Report Markovski   32'
Mori   60'
Vidmar   75'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Fabio Baldas (Italy)
  Mexico1–1  Ghana
Rotllán   30' Report Ayew   79'
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: José Torres Cadena (COL)

Knockout stage

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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 (aet)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

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  Spain1–0  Italy
Kiko   38' Report
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Rezende de Freitas (BRA)
  Poland2–0  Qatar
Kowalczyk   42'
Jałocha   74'		 Report
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Sendid (ALG)
  Paraguay2–4 (a.e.t.)  Ghana
Acheampong   78' (o.g.)
Campos   81'		 Report Ayew   17', 55', 121'
Rahman   114'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Bujsaim (UAE)
  Sweden1–2  Australia
Andersson   60' Report Markovski   30'
Murphy   53'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Brizio Carter (MEX)

Semi-finals

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  Spain2–0  Ghana
Abelardo   25'
Berges   55'		 Report
Attendance: 36,000
Referee: Brizio Carter (MEX)
  Poland6–1  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

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  Australia0–1  Ghana
Report Asare   19'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Díaz Vega (ESP)

Gold Medal match

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  Poland2–3  Spain
Kowalczyk   44'
Staniek   76'		 Report Abelardo   65'
Kiko   72', 90'
Attendance: 95,000
Referee: Torres Cadena (Colombia)
Team details

Medal winners

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  Gold medalists –   Spain

José Amavisca
Rafael Berges
Santiago Cañizares
Abelardo
Albert Ferrer
Pep Guardiola
Miguel Hernández
Toni
Mikel Lasa
Juanma López
Javier Manjarín
Luis Enrique
Kiko
Alfonso
Antonio Pinilla
Paco Soler
Gabriel Vidal
Roberto Solozábal
David Villabona
Paqui

Coach: Vicente Miera

  Silver medalists –   Poland

Dariusz Adamczuk
Marek Bajor
Jerzy Brzęczek
Marek Koźmiński
Dariusz Gęsior
Marcin Jałocha
Tomasz Łapiński
Tomasz Wałdoch
Aleksander Kłak
Andrzej Kobylański
Ryszard Staniek
Wojciech Kowalczyk
Andrzej Juskowiak
Grzegorz Mielcarski
Piotr Świerczewski
Mirosław Waligóra
Dariusz Koseła
Arkadiusz Onyszko
Dariusz Szubert
Tomasz Wieszczycki

Coach: Janusz Wójcik

  Bronze medalists –   Ghana

Joachin Yaw Acheampong
Simon Addo
Sammi Adjei
Maxwell Konadu
Mamood Amadu
Isaac Asare
Frank Amankwah
Nii Lamptey
Bernard Aryee
Kwame Ayew
Mohammed Gargo
Mohammed Kalilu
Ibrahim Dossey
Samuel Osei Kuffour
Samuel Kumah
Anthony Mensah
Alex Nyarko
Yaw Preko
Shamo Quaye
Oli Rahman

Coach: Sam Arday

Goalscorers

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With seven goals, Andrzej Juskowiak of Poland is the top scorer in the tournament. In total, 87 goals were scored by 57 different players, with two of them credited as own goals.

7 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goals

Final ranking

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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: [3]

References

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  1. ↑ "Football at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  2. ↑ Chris Curulli. The Dutch sledge that 'riled up' Australia & inspired dramatic Olympics qualification. Football Federation Australia. 8 April 2020
  3. ↑ "Football Tournament 1992 Olympiad". www.rsssf.com.

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