# Football at the 1984 Summer Olympics

The association football (soccer) tournament at the 1984 Summer Olympics started on July 29 and ended on August 11, taking place throughout the United States. It was the first Olympic soccer competition in which officially professional players were allowed. Until then, the amateur-only rule had heavily favored socialist countries from the Eastern Bloc whose players were professionals in all but name. However, as agreed with FIFA to preserve the importance of the World Cup, the Olympic competition was restricted to players with no more than five "A" caps at tournament start, regardless of age. Specifically, they allowed teams from countries outside of UEFA and CONMEBOL to field their strongest sides, while restricting UEFA and CONMEBOL (the strongest confederations whose teams had played all finals and won every single World Cup title) countries to players who had not played in a World Cup.
The soccer 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 soccer attendance record of 101,799. This remained the record attendance for a soccer game in the United States until 2014, breaking the previous Olympic record attendance of 100,000 set at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Australia for the 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 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 soccer 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.

## Schedule

| G | Group stage | ¼ | Quarterfinals | ½ | Semifinals | B | 3rd place play-off | F | Final |
| Event↓/Date → | Sun 29 | Mon 30 | Tue 31 | Wed 1 | Thu 2 | Fri 3 | Sat 4 | Sun 5 | Mon 6 | Tue 7 | Wed 8 | Thu 9 | Fri 10 | Sat 11 |
| Men's tournament | G | G | G | G | G | G | | ¼ | ¼ | | ½ | | B | F |

## Qualifying

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 were replaced by Norway.
* USSR were replaced by West Germany.
* Czechoslovakia were replaced by Italy.

## Venues

| Pasadena | Boston | Annapolis | Stanford |
| Rose Bowl | Harvard Stadium | Navy–Marine Corps Stadium | Stanford Stadium |
| Capacity: 103,300 | Capacity: 30,323 | Capacity: 34,000 | Capacity: 84,500 |
| Rose BowlHarvard StadiumNavy–Marine Corps StadiumStanford Stadium ||||

## Final tournament
### Group stage
#### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | France | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 | Qualified for quarter-finals |
| 2 | Chile | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 4 | Qualified for quarter-finals |
| 3 | Norway | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 3 | |
| 4 | Qatar | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 | |

#### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Yugoslavia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 6 | Qualified for quarter-finals |
| 2 | Canada | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 3 | Qualified for quarter-finals |
| 3 | Cameroon | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 2 | |
| 4 | Iraq | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 1 | |

#### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Brazil | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 6 | Qualified for quarter-finals |
| 2 | West Germany | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 4 | Qualified for quarter-finals |
| 3 | Morocco | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 2 | |
| 4 | Saudi Arabia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | −9 | 0 | |

#### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Italy | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 4 | Qualified for quarter-finals |
| 2 | Egypt | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 3 | Qualified for quarter-finals |
| 3 | United States | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 3 | |
| 4 | Costa Rica | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 2 | |

### Knockout stage

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| August 5 – Pasadena, CA | August 5 – Pasadena, CA | | | |
| France | 2 | | | |
| France | 2 | August 8 – Pasadena, CA | August 8 – Pasadena, CA | | |
| Egypt | 0 | August 8 – Pasadena, CA | August 8 – Pasadena, CA | |
| Egypt | 0 | France (a.e.t.) | 4 | |
| August 6 – Pasadena, CA | August 6 – Pasadena, CA | | France (a.e.t.) | 4 | |
| August 6 – Pasadena, CA | August 6 – Pasadena, CA | Yugoslavia | 2 | |
| Yugoslavia | 5 | Yugoslavia | 2 | |
| Yugoslavia | 5 | | | | August 11 – Pasadena, CA | August 11 – Pasadena, CA |
| West Germany | 2 | | | | August 11 – Pasadena, CA | August 11 – Pasadena, CA |
| West Germany | 2 | | | | France | 2 |
| August 5 – Stanford, CA | August 5 – Stanford, CA | | | | | France | 2 |
| August 5 – Stanford, CA | August 5 – Stanford, CA | | | | Brazil | 0 |
| Italy (a.e.t.) | 1 | | | | Brazil | 0 |
| Italy (a.e.t.) | 1 | August 8 – Stanford, CA | August 8 – Stanford, CA | | | |
| Chile | 0 | August 8 – Stanford, CA | August 8 – Stanford, CA | | | |
| Chile | 0 | Italy | 1 | | | |
| August 6 – Stanford, CA | August 6 – Stanford, CA | | Italy | 1 | | | |
| August 6 – Stanford, CA | August 6 – Stanford, CA | Brazil (a.e.t.) | 2 | | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| Brazil (pen.) | 1 (4) | Brazil (a.e.t.) | 2 | | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| Brazil (pen.) | 1 (4) | | | | August 10 – Pasadena, CA | August 10 – Pasadena, CA |
| Canada | 1 (2) | | | | August 10 – Pasadena, CA | August 10 – Pasadena, CA |
| Canada | 1 (2) | | | | Yugoslavia | 2 |
| | | | | | Italy | 1 |

#### Gold Medal match

Team details :
| France | Brazil |
| GK | 1 | Albert Rust |
| DF | 2 | William Ayache |
| DF | 4 | Michel Bibard |
| DF | 8 | Philippe Jeannol |
| DF | 16 | Jean-Louis Zanon |
| MF | 10 | Jean-Claude Lemoult |
| MF | 11 | Jean-Philippe Rohr |
| MF | 9 | Guy Lacombe |
| FW | 4 | Dominique Bijotat |
| FW | 15 | Daniel Xuereb |
| FW | 5 | François Brisson |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 7 | Patrice Garande |
| FW | 6 | Patrick Cubaynes |
| Manager: ||
| Henri Michel ||
| GK | 1 | Gilmar Rinaldi |
| DF | 2 | Ronaldo Silva |
| DF | 3 | Pinga |
| DF | 4 | Mauro Galvão |
| DF | 6 | André Luís |
| MF | 5 | Ademir |
| MF | 8 | Dunga |
| MF | 10 | Gilmar Popoca |
| FW | 15 | Tonho |
| FW | 9 | Kita |
| FW | 11 | Silvinho |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 16 | Chicão |
| FW | 17 | Milton Cruz |
| Manager: ||
| Jair Picerni ||
* Match rules
* 90 minutes.
* 30 minutes of extra time if necessary.
* Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
* Maximum of two substitutions.

## Final team rankings

Note: As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Result |
| 1 | France (FRA) | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 6 | +7 | 10 | |
| 2 | 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 | Eliminated in the quarter-finals |
| 6 | Canada (CAN) | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 | Eliminated in the quarter-finals |
| 7 | Chile (CHI) | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | Eliminated in the quarter-finals |
| 8 | Egypt (EGY) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | Eliminated in the quarter-finals |
| 9 | United States (USA) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 3 | Eliminated in the group stage |
| 10 | Norway (NOR) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 3 | Eliminated in the group stage |
| 11 | Cameroon (CMR) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 2 | Eliminated in the group stage |
| 12 | Morocco (MAR) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 2 | Eliminated in the group stage |
| 13 | Costa Rica (CRC) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 2 | Eliminated in the group stage |
| 14 | Iraq (IRQ) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 1 | Eliminated in the group stage |
| 15 | Qatar (QAT) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 | Eliminated in the group stage |
| 16 | Saudi Arabia (KSA) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | −9 | 0 | Eliminated in the group stage |

## Statistics
### 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

* Daniel Xuereb
* Borislav Cvetković
* Stjepan Deverić

#### 4 goals

* Gilmar Popoca

#### 3 goals

* Dale Mitchell
* François Brisson
* Rudolf Bommer
* Uwe Rahn
* Jovica Nikolić

#### 2 goals

* Dunga
* Emad Soliman
* Beniamo Vignola
* Hussein Saeed
* Joar Vaadal
* Khalid Al-Muhannadi
* Rick Davis
* Christian Schreier

#### 1 goal

* Kita
* Ronaldo Silva
* Silvio Paiva
* Paul Bahoken
* Louis-Paul Mfédé
* Roger Milla
* Gerry Gray
* Igor Vrablic
* Jaime Baeza
* Fernando Santis
* Evaristo Coronado
* Enrique Rivers
* Magdi Abdelghani
* Mahmoud El Khatib
* Khaled Gadallah
* Dominique Bijotat
* Patrice Garande
* Philippe Jeannol
* Guy Lacombe
* Jean-Claude Lemoult
* Ali Hussein Shihab
* Franco Baresi
* Pietro Fanna
* Aldo Serena
* Mustapha Merry
* Per Egil Ahlsen
* Majed Abdullah
* Gregg Thompson
* Jean Willrich
* Manfred Bockenfeld
* Andreas Brehme
* Frank Mill
* Mirsad Baljić
* Nenad Gračan
* Ljubomir Radanović

### Discipline

In the final tournament, a player was suspended for the subsequent match in the competition for getting a red card. The following twelve players were sent off and suspended during the final tournament:
| Player | Offences | Date | Suspensions |
| Sebastiano Nela | in group D v Egypt | July 29 | Group D v United States |
| Mohamed Sedky | in group D v Italy | July 29 | Group D v Costa Rica |
| Morsy El Alaa | in group D v Italy | July 29 | Group D v Costa Rica |
| Moustafa Ahmed Ismail | in group D v Italy | July 29 | Group D v Costa Rica |
| Marko Elsner | in group B v Cameroon | July 30 | Group B v Canada |
| Mustapha El Biyaz | in group C v West Germany | July 30 | Group C v Saudi Arabia |
| Mubarak Al-Kaater | in group A v Norway | August 2 | None (Qatar eliminated) |
| Issa Al-Mohammadi | in group A v Norway | August 2 | None (Qatar eliminated) |
| Théophile Abega | in group B v Canada | August 3 | None (Cameroon eliminated) |
| Sameer Abdulshaker | in group C v West Germany | August 3 | None (Saudi Arabia eliminated) |
| Jovica Nikolić | in semi-final v France | August 8 | Bronze medal match v Italy |
| Borislav Cvetković | in semi-final v France | August 8 | Bronze medal match v Italy |

## Trivia

The wave was first broadcast internationally during the 1984 Olympic football final, when it was done among the 100,000 in attendance at the Rose Bowl, Pasadena.