Football at the 1984 Summer Olympics
| Games of the XXIII Olympiad - Los Angeles 1984 | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | United States |
| Dates | July 29 – August 11 |
| Teams | 16 (from 5 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 4 (in 4 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |
 France (1st title) |
| Runners-up |
 Brazil |
| Third place |
 Yugoslavia |
| Fourth place |
 Italy |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 32 |
| Goals scored | 84 (2.63 per match) |
| Attendance | 1,425,181 (44,537 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |
Daniel Xuereb Borislav Cvetković Stjepan Deverić (5 goals) |
The association football tournament at the 1984 Summer Olympics started on July 29 and ended on August 11. It featured only a men's tournament, as women's football had yet to become an Olympic event. It was the first Olympic football competition in which professionals were allowed. Until then, the amateur-only rule had heavily favored socialist countries from Eastern Europe whose players were professionals in all but name. However, as agreed with FIFA to preserve the primacy of the World Cup, the Olympic competition was restricted to players with no more than five "A" caps at tournament start, regardless of age.
The football 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 football attendance record of 101,799. Until 2014 this remained the record attendance for a football game in the United States. This broke the previous Olympics record attendance of 100,000 set at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Australia for the corresponding 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 Gold Medal 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 football 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.
Qualification
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 won UEFA Group 2. They were replaced by Norway, who came third; second-place Poland were also boycotting.
- USSR won UEFA Group 1. They were replaced by West Germany, second in Group 4. Hungary and Bulgaria, second and third in Group 1, were also boycotting.
- Czechoslovakia qualified as 1980 champions. They were replaced by Italy, third in UEFA Group 3.
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Men's competition
Medalists
Match officials
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Squads
Final tournament
First round
Group A
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| France |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 |
 Chile |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 4 |
 Norway |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 3 |
 Qatar |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 |
Group B
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yugoslavia |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 6 |
 Canada |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 3 |
 Cameroon |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 2 |
%3B_Flag_of_Syria_(1963-1972).svg.png){kind=small} Iraq |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 1 |
August 3, 1984 19:00 |
| Iraq |
2 – 4 | Yugoslavia |
|---|---|---|
Saeed  17'Shihab 43' |
Report | Deverić 55', 76', 87' Nikolić 86' |
Group C
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 6 |
 West Germany |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 4 |
 Morocco |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 2 |
 Saudi Arabia |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | −9 | 0 |
July 30, 1984 19:00 |
| Brazil |
3 – 1 | Saudi Arabia |
|---|---|---|
| Gilmar Popoca 12' Silvinho 50'Dunga 59' |
Report | Abdullah 69' |
August 3, 1984 19:00 |
| Saudi Arabia |
0 – 6 | West Germany |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Schreier 8', 66' Bommer 22', 72'Rahn 24'Mill 32' |
Group D
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Italy |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 4 |
 Egypt |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 3 |
 United States |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 3 |
 Costa Rica |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 2 |
July 31, 1984 19:00 |
| Egypt |
4 – 1 | Costa Rica |
|---|---|---|
| Khatib 32' Abdelghani 35'Soliman 62'Gadallah 71' |
Report | Coronado 87' |
Knockout stages
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| August 5 – Pasadena, CA | ||||||||||
| France |
2 | |||||||||
| August 8 – Pasadena, CA | ||||||||||
| Egypt |
0 | |||||||||
| France (aet) |
4 | |||||||||
| August 6 – Pasadena, CA | ||||||||||
| Yugoslavia |
2 | |||||||||
| Yugoslavia |
5 | |||||||||
| August 11 – Pasadena, CA | ||||||||||
| West Germany |
2 | |||||||||
| France |
2 | |||||||||
| August 5 – Stanford, CA | ||||||||||
| Brazil |
0 | |||||||||
| Italy (aet) |
1 | |||||||||
| August 8 – Stanford, CA | ||||||||||
| Chile |
0 | |||||||||
| Italy |
1 | Bronze medal match | ||||||||
| August 6 – Stanford, CA | ||||||||||
| Brazil (aet) |
2 | August 10 – Pasadena, CA | ||||||||
| Brazil (pen) |
1 (4) | |||||||||
| Yugoslavia |
2 | |||||||||
| Canada |
1 (2) | |||||||||
| Italy |
1 | |||||||||
Quarter-finals
August 6, 1984 17:00 |
| Brazil |
1 – 1 (aet) | Canada |
|---|---|---|
| Gilmar Popoca 72' |
Report | Mitchell 58' |
| Penalties | ||
Gilmar  Kita Ademir André Luiz |
4 – 2 | Wilson Mitchell Bridge Gray |
August 6, 1984 19:00 |
| Yugoslavia |
5 – 2 | West Germany |
|---|---|---|
| Cvetković 21', 58', 70' Radanović 27'Gračan 46' (pen) |
Report | Bommer 1' Bockenfeld 28' |
Semi-finals
August 8, 1984 18:15 |
| France |
4 – 2 (aet) | Yugoslavia |
|---|---|---|
| Bijotat 7' Jeannol 15'Lacombe 96'Xuereb 119' |
Report | Cvetković 63' Deverić 74' |
Bronze Medal match
Gold Medal match
| 1984 Olympic Champions |
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France First title |
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
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
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- 1 goal
Final ranking
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | France (FRA) |
6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 6 | +7 | 10 |
| 2 | .svg.png){kind=small} Brazil (BRA) |
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 9 |
| 3 | Yugoslavia (YUG) |
6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 10 | +6 | 10 |
| 4 | Italy (ITA) |
6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | West Germany (FRG) |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 4 |
| 6 | Canada (CAN) |
4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 |
| 7 | Chile (CHI) |
4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | .svg.png){kind=small} Egypt (EGY) |
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | United States (USA) |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 3 |
| 10 | Norway (NOR) |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 3 |
| 11 | Cameroon (CMR) |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 2 |
| 12 | Morocco (MAR) |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 2 |
| 13 | .svg.png){kind=small} Costa Rica (CRC) |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 2 |
| 14 | Iraq (IRQ) |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | –3 | 1 |
| 15 | Qatar (QAT) |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | –3 | 1 |
| 16 | Saudi Arabia (KSA) |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | –9 | 0 |
References
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