# Football at the 1976 Summer Olympics

The football tournament at the 1976 Summer Olympics started on 18 July and ended on 31 July. Only one event, the men's tournament, was contested. 13 teams participated in the tournament, while three African teams withdrew in support of the anti-racism boycott. East Germany won the gold, defeating Poland in the final, with the Soviet Union taking the bronze.

## Venues

| Montreal | Ottawa | Sherbrooke | Toronto |
| Olympic Stadium | Lansdowne Park | Sherbrooke Stadium | Varsity Stadium |
| Capacity: 72,406 | Capacity: 30,065 | Capacity: 10,000 | Capacity: 21,739 |

## Qualification

The following 13 teams qualified for the 1976 Olympics football tournament:

## Final tournament
### First round
#### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Brazil | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 3 |
| East Germany | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 3 |
| Spain | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 0 |
| Nigeria | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
* ↑ Withdrew

#### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| France | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 5 |
| Israel | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Mexico | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 2 |
| Guatemala | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 2 |

#### Group C

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Poland | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 3 |
| Iran | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Cuba | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 |
| Ghana | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
* ↑ Withdrew

#### Group D

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Soviet Union | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 4 |
| North Korea | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 |
| Canada (H) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 0 |
| Zambia | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
* ↑ Withdrew
* ↑ North Korean player An Gil-wan was suspended for a year for attacking the referee three times during the game. The International Olympic Committee issued a warning to the entire North Korean team threatening to impose a blanket ban on the delegation.

### Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 25 July – Ottawa | 25 July – Ottawa | | | |
| East Germany | 4 | | | |
| East Germany | 4 | 27 July – Montreal | 27 July – Montreal | | |
| France | 0 | 27 July – Montreal | 27 July – Montreal | |
| France | 0 | East Germany | 2 | |
| 25 July – Sherbrooke | 25 July – Sherbrooke | | East Germany | 2 | |
| 25 July – Sherbrooke | 25 July – Sherbrooke | Soviet Union | 1 | |
| Soviet Union | 2 | Soviet Union | 1 | |
| Soviet Union | 2 | | | | 31 July – Montreal | 31 July – Montreal |
| Iran | 1 | | | | 31 July – Montreal | 31 July – Montreal |
| Iran | 1 | | | | East Germany | 3 |
| 25 July – Toronto | 25 July – Toronto | | | | | East Germany | 3 |
| 25 July – Toronto | 25 July – Toronto | | | | Poland | 1 |
| Brazil | 4 | | | | Poland | 1 |
| Brazil | 4 | 27 July – Toronto | 27 July – Toronto | | | |
| Israel | 1 | 27 July – Toronto | 27 July – Toronto | | | |
| Israel | 1 | Brazil | 0 | | | |
| 25 July – Montreal | 25 July – Montreal | | Brazil | 0 | | | |
| 25 July – Montreal | 25 July – Montreal | Poland | 2 | | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| Poland | 5 | Poland | 2 | | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| Poland | 5 | | | | 29 July – Montreal | 29 July – Montreal |
| North Korea | 0 | | | | 29 July – Montreal | 29 July – Montreal |
| North Korea | 0 | | | | Soviet Union | 2 |
| | | | | | Brazil | 0 |

### Gold Medal match

Team details :
East Germany
GK1Jürgen Croy
DF6Reinhard Lauck
DF4Konrad Weise
DF3Hans-Jürgen Dörner
DF5Lothar Kurbjuweit
MF12Gerd Kische
MF14Hartmut Schade 44'
MF9Hans-Jürgen Riediger 86'
FW8Reinhard Häfner
FW13Wolfram Löwe 68'
FW11Martin Hoffmann
Substitutes:
MF10Bernd Bransch 86'
DF17Wilfried Gröbner 68'
Manager:
Georg Buschner
Poland
GK1Jan Tomaszewski 19'
DF2Antoni Szymanowski
DF14Henryk Wieczorek
DF5Władysław Żmuda
DF13Henryk Wawrowski
MF6Zygmunt Maszczyk
MF9Kazimierz Deyna
MF8Henryk Kasperczak
FW7Grzegorz Lato
FW10Andrzej Szarmach
FW11Kazimierz Kmiecik
Substitutes:
GK12Piotr Mowlik 19'
Manager:
Kazimierz Górski :

## Goalscorers

With six goals, Andrzej Szarmach of Poland is the top scorer in the tournament. In total, 66 goals were scored by 44 different players, with only one of them credited as own goal.

### 6 goals

* Andrzej Szarmach

### 4 goals

* Hans-Jürgen Dörner

### 3 goals

* Michel Platini
* Víctor Rangel
* Grzegorz Lato
* Volodymyr Onyshchenko

### 2 goals

* Jarbas
* Jimmy Douglas
* Jean-Marc Schaer
* Loïc Amisse
* Vicky Peretz
* Hong Song-Nam
* Viktor Kolotov

### 1 goal

* Chico Fraga
* Erivélto
* Léo Júnior
* Rosemiro
* Hans-Jürgen Riediger
* Hartmut Schade
* Lothar Kurbjuweit
* Martin Hoffmann
* Reinhard Häfner
* Wolfram Löwe
* Bruno Baronchelli
* Francisco Rubio
* Marco Fion
* Ali Parvin
* Gholam Hossein Mazloumi
* Hassan Rowshan
* Parviz Ghelichkhani
* Itzhak Shum
* Yaron Oz
* Hugo Sánchez
* An Se-Uk
* Antoni Szymanowski
* Kazimierz Deyna
* Aleksandr Minayev
* Leonid Nazarenko
* Oleh Blokhin
* Viktor Zvyahintsev
* Volodymyr Veremeyev
* Santiago Idígoras

### Own goal

* Eduardo Rergis (playing against Guatemala)

## Final ranking

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | East Germany (GDR) | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 9 |
| 2 | Poland (POL) | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 7 |
| 3 | Soviet Union (URS) | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 8 |
| 4 | Brazil (BRA) | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | France (FRA) | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 5 |
| 6 | Israel (ISR) | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 3 |
| 7 | Iran (IRI) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 2 |
| 8 | North Korea (PRK) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 2 |
| 9 | Mexico (MEX) | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 2 |
| 10 | Guatemala (GUA) | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 2 |
| 11 | Cuba (CUB) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 |
| 12 | Spain (ESP) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 0 |
| 13 | Canada (CAN) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 0 |