# Football at the 1972 Summer Olympics

The 1972 Olympic football tournament, held in Munich, Augsburg, Ingolstadt, Nuremberg, 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 Olympiastadion on 10 September 1972. The medalists were Poland (gold), Hungary (silver), and shared bronze medalists East Germany and the Soviet Union, the first of three consecutive Olympic football tournaments where all the medalists were communist countries and the first since 1956.
In 2017, the physician of the Soviet team revealed that the bronze medal match between the Soviet Union and East Germany was fixed at the request of Soviet coach Aleksandr Ponomarev.

## Venues

| Munich | OlympiastadionFrankenstadionJahnstadionDreiflüssestadionESV-StadionRosenaustadion | OlympiastadionFrankenstadionJahnstadionDreiflüssestadionESV-StadionRosenaustadion | Nuremberg |
| Olympiastadion | OlympiastadionFrankenstadionJahnstadionDreiflüssestadionESV-StadionRosenaustadion | OlympiastadionFrankenstadionJahnstadionDreiflüssestadionESV-StadionRosenaustadion | Frankenstadion |
| Regensburg | OlympiastadionFrankenstadionJahnstadionDreiflüssestadionESV-StadionRosenaustadion | OlympiastadionFrankenstadionJahnstadionDreiflüssestadionESV-StadionRosenaustadion | Passau |
| Jahnstadion | OlympiastadionFrankenstadionJahnstadionDreiflüssestadionESV-StadionRosenaustadion | OlympiastadionFrankenstadionJahnstadionDreiflüssestadionESV-StadionRosenaustadion | Dreiflüssestadion |
| Ingolstadt | OlympiastadionFrankenstadionJahnstadionDreiflüssestadionESV-StadionRosenaustadion | OlympiastadionFrankenstadionJahnstadionDreiflüssestadionESV-StadionRosenaustadion | Augsburg |
| ESV-Stadion | OlympiastadionFrankenstadionJahnstadionDreiflüssestadionESV-StadionRosenaustadion | OlympiastadionFrankenstadionJahnstadionDreiflüssestadionESV-StadionRosenaustadion | 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 | Advanced to second round |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 2 | |
| United States | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 | −10 | 1 | |

### 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 | Advanced to second round |
| Burma | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Sudan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 0 | |

### 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 | Advanced to second round |
| Iran | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 2 | |
| Brazil | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 1 | |

### 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 | Advanced to second round |
| Colombia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 2 | |
| Ghana | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 | −10 | 0 | |

## 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 | |

### 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 | |

## Knockout stage
### Bronze Medal match

Bronze medals shared.

### Gold Medal match

Team details :
Poland
GK1Hubert Kostka
RB19Zbigniew Gut
CB5Lesław Ćmikiewicz
CB3Jerzy Gorgoń
LB4Zygmunt Anczok
MF6Zygmunt Maszczyk
MF8Zygfryd Szołtysik
MF13Jerzy Kraska
AM9Kazimierz Deyna 76'
FW11Robert Gadocha
FW10Włodzimierz Lubański
Substitutes:
MF7Ryszard Szymczak 76'
Manager:
Kazimierz Górski
Hungary
GK1István Géczi
DF4Péter Juhász
DF3Miklós Páncsics
DF16László Bálint
DF2Péter Vépi 87'
MF7Mihály Kozma
MF14Ede Dunai
MF10Lajos Kü 74'
MF11Béla Várady
FW5Lajos Szűcs
FW9Antal Dunai 79'
Substitutes:
FW8Kálmán Tóth 79'
MF17Lajos Kocsis 74'
Manager:
Rudolf Illovszky :

## 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

* Kazimierz Deyna

### 7 goals

* Antal Dunai

### 6 goals

* Joachim Streich
* Robert Gadocha
* Oleh Blokhin
* Bernd Nickel

### 5 goals

* Hans-Jürgen Kreische
* Jürgen Sparwasser
* Ottmar Hitzfeld

### 3 goals

* Allan Simonsen
* Heino Hansen
* Eberhard Vogel
* Ede Dunai
* Ahmed Faras
* Viktor Kolotov
* Vyacheslav Semyonov

### 2 goals

* Dirceu
* Jaime Morón
* Keld Bak
* Béla Várady
* Lajos Kű
* Leonardo Cuéllar
* Jerzy Gorgoń
* Włodzimierz Lubański
* Rudolf Seliger

### 1 goal

* Pedrinho
* Zé Carlos
* Than Soe
* Tin Aung Moe
* Fabio Espinosa
* Luis Montaño
* Ángel Torres
* Kristen Nygaard
* Leif Printzlau
* Per Røntved
* Peter Ducke
* Frank Ganzera
* Reinhard Häfner
* Jürgen Pommerenke
* Ibrahim Sunday
* Péter Juhász
* Lajos Kocsis
* Mihály Kozma
* Kálmán Tóth
* Majid Halvai
* Salleh
* Shaharuddin
* Wan Zawawi
* Boujemaa Benkhrif
* Mohamed Merzaq
* Mohammed El Filali
* Mohammed Tati
* Daniel Razo
* Manuel Manzo
* Kazimierz Kmiecik
* Zygfryd Szołtysik
* Murtaz Khurtsilava
* Yozhef Sabo
* Yuriy Yeliseyev
* Gennady Yevriuzhikin
* Hovhannes Zanazanyan
* Jaksa
* Hermann Bitz
* Uli Hoeneß
* Jürgen Kalb
* Ronald Worm

## 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 |

## 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 |