# Men's Olympic football tournament records and statistics

This is a list of records and statistics of the football tournament in the Olympic games ever since the inaugural official edition in 1908.

## Medal table

* Bronze medals shared in 1972 tournament
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Hungary | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | Great Britain | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Brazil | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | Spain | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | Argentina | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | Soviet Union (URS) | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | Uruguay | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Yugoslavia (YUG) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 9 | France | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Poland | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | East Germany (GDR) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | Nigeria | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 13 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | Italy | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 14 | Sweden | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 16 | Belgium | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 16 | Mexico | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 18 | Cameroon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Canada | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | Denmark | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 21 | Bulgaria | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 21 | United States | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 23 | Austria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | Germany | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | Paraguay | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | Switzerland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 27 | Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 28 | Chile | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 28 | Ghana | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 28 | Japan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 28 | Morocco | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 28 | Norway | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 28 | South Korea | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 28 | United Team of Germany (EUA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 28 | West Germany (FRG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (35 entries) | Totals (35 entries) | 28 | 28 | 29 | 85 |

## Top scorers by tournament

| Year | Player(s) | Goals |
| 1900 | Gaston Peltier John Nicholas | 2 |
| 1904 | Alexander Hall Tom Taylor | 3 |
| 1908 | Sophus Nielsen | 11 |
| 1912 | Gottfried Fuchs | 10 |
| 1920 | Herbert Karlsson | 7 |
| 1924 | Pedro Petrone | 7 |
| 1928 | Domingo Tarasconi | 11 |
| 1936 | Annibale Frossi | 7 |
| 1948 | John Hansen Gunnar Nordahl | 7 |
| 1952 | Rajko Mitić Branko Zebec | 7 |
| 1956 | Neville D'Souza Todor Veselinović Dimitar Milanov | 4 |
| 1960 | Harald Nielsen | 8 |
| 1964 | Ferenc Bene | 12 |
| 1968 | Kunishige Kamamoto | 7 |
| 1972 | Kazimierz Deyna | 9 |
| 1976 | Andrzej Szarmach | 6 |
| 1980 | Sergey Andreyev | 5 |
| 1984 | Borislav Cvetković Stjepan Deverić Daniel Xuereb | 5 |
| 1988 | Romário | 7 |
| 1992 | Andrzej Juskowiak | 7 |
| 1996 | Bebeto Hernán Crespo | 6 |
| 2000 | Iván Zamorano | 6 |
| 2004 | Carlos Tevez | 8 |
| 2008 | Giuseppe Rossi | 4 |
| 2012 | Leandro Damião | 6 |
| 2016 | Serge Gnabry Nils Petersen | 6 |
| 2020 | Richarlison | 5 |
| 2024 | Soufiane Rahimi | 8 |

## Records

Starting with the first official football tournament in London in 1908, Denmark's Sophus Nielsen and Hungary's Antal Dunai share the record for the most total goals scored by a player in tournament history. Both have 13 goals: Nielsen scored 11 goals in 1908 and two in 1912, and Dunai scored six in 1968 and seven in 1972. Ferenc Bene holds the record for the most goals scored by a player in a single Olympics tournament, scoring 12 goals in the 1964 edition. Sophus Nielsen and Gottfried Fuchs share the record for most goals scored in a single Olympic match at 10. Nielson achieved that in the semi-final match against France in 1908, and Fuchs did so in the first-round match against Russia in the 1912 consolation tournament.
Neymar scored the fastest goal in a men's Olympic football match in history, 14 seconds into the semi-final match against Honduras on 17 August 2016.

## All-time top scorers

The all-time top goalscorers with at least 7 goals (since 1908)
| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Sophus Nielsen | Denmark | 13 |
| 1 | Antal Dunai | Hungary | 13 |
| 3 | Ferenc Bene | Hungary | 12 |
| 4 | Domingo Tarasconi | Argentina | 11 |
| 4 | Pedro Petrone | Uruguay | 11 |
| 6 | Gottfried Fuchs | Germany | 10 |
| 6 | Kazimierz Deyna | Poland | 10 |
| 8 | Harold Walden | Great Britain | 9 |
| 8 | Vilhelm Wolfhagen | Denmark | 9 |
| 10 | Jan Vos | Netherlands | 8 |
| 10 | Hector Scarone | Uruguay | 8 |
| 10 | Carlos Tevez | Argentina | 8 |
| 10 | Bebeto | Brazil | 8 |
| 10 | Harald Nielsen | Denmark | 8 |
| 10 | Ibrahim Reyadh | Egypt | 8 |
| 10 | Soufiane Rahimi | Morocco | 8 |
| 17 | John Hansen | Denmark | 7 |
| 17 | Anthon Olsen | Denmark | 7 |
| 17 | Gunnar Nordahl | Sweden | 7 |
| 17 | Annibale Frossi | Italy | 7 |
| 17 | Vilhelm Wolfhagen | Denmark | 7 |
| 17 | Herbert Carlsson | Sweden | 7 |
| 17 | Branko Zebec | Yugoslavia | 7 |
| 17 | Milan Galić | Yugoslavia | 7 |
| 17 | Kunishige Kamamoto | Japan | 7 |
| 17 | Andrzej Juskowiak | Poland | 7 |
| 17 | Romario | Brazil | 7 |
| 17 | Neymar | Brazil | 7 |

## Hat-tricks

Since the first official tournament in 1908 in England, 99 hat-tricks have been scored in over 1,000 matches of the 28 editions of the tournament.

## Teams: tournament position

Teams having equal quantities in the tables below are ordered by the tournament the quantity was attained in (the teams that attained the quantity first are listed first). If the quantity was attained by more than one team in the same tournament, these teams are ordered alphabetically.

### Most titles won

    3, Great Britain (1900, 1908, 1912); Hungary (1952, 1964, 1968).

### Most finishes in the top two

    5, Brazil (1984, 1988, 2012, 2016, 2020), Spain (1920, 1992, 2000, 2020, 2024)

### Most finishes in the top three

    7, Brazil (1984, 1988, 1996, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020).

### Most finishes in the top four

    8, Brazil (1976, 1984, 1988, 1996, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020).

### Most appearances

    15, Italy (1912, 1920, 1924, 1928, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1960, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008). 15, United States (1904, 1924, 1928, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1972, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2008, 2024).

### Consecutive
#### Most consecutive medals

    4, Yugoslavia (1948–52–56–60); Hungary (1960–64–68–72); Brazil (2008–12–16–20).

#### Most consecutive golds

    2, Great Britain (1908–12); Uruguay (1924–28); Hungary (1964–68); Argentina (2004–08); Brazil (2016–20).

#### Most consecutive silvers

    3, Yugoslavia (1948–52–56).

#### Most consecutive bronzes

    3, Netherlands (1908–12–20).

#### Most consecutive top three finishes

    3, Soviet Union (1972–1980).

#### Most consecutive championships by a confederation

    13, UEFA, (1936–1992).

#### Most consecutive matches won

    12, Argentina (2004–2008), six in each tournament.

#### Most consecutive appearances

    9, South Korea (1988–2020)

### Gaps
#### Longest gap between titles

    32 years, Soviet Union (1956–1988).

#### Longest gap between appearances in the top two

    72 years, Spain (1920–1992).

### Host team
#### Best finish by host team

    Champion: Great Britain (1908); Belgium (1920); Spain (1992); Brazil (2016).

### Other
#### Most finishes in the top two without ever being champion

    3, Denmark (1908, 1912, 1960).

#### Most finishes in the top three without ever being champion

    4, Denmark (1908, 1912, 1948, 1960).

#### Most finishes in the top four without ever being champion

    4, Netherlands (1908, 1912, 1920, 1924); Denmark (1908, 1912, 1948, 1960).

## Teams: matches played and goals scored
### All time
#### Most matches played

    66, Brazil.

#### Most wins

    38, Brazil.

#### Most losses

    23, Italy.

#### Most draws

    13, South Korea.

#### Most goals scored

    134, Brazil.

#### Most goals conceded

    102, Serbia.

#### Fewest goals conceded

    1, Estonia.

## Individual
### Most matches played, finals

    13, Dezső Novák ( Hungary, 1960–1968); Antal Dunai ( Hungary, 1964–1972); Lajos Szűcs ( Hungary, 1968–1972); Miklós Páncsics ( Hungary, 1968–1972).

### Players who won Summer Olympics and FIFA World Cup

| Player | Team | Gold medal | FIFA World Cup |
| José Leandro Andrade | Uruguay | 1924 1928 | 1930 |
| Pedro Cea | Uruguay | 1924 1928 | 1930 |
| José Nasazzi | Uruguay | 1924 1928 | 1930 |
| Pedro Petrone | Uruguay | 1924 1928 | 1930 |
| Héctor Scarone | Uruguay | 1924 1928 | 1930 |
| Santos Urdinarán | Uruguay | 1924 1928 | 1930 |
| Peregrino Anselmo | Uruguay | 1928 | 1930 |
| Héctor Castro | Uruguay | 1928 | 1930 |
| Lorenzo Fernández | Uruguay | 1928 | 1930 |
| Álvaro Gestido | Uruguay | 1928 | 1930 |
| Domingo Tejera | Uruguay | 1928 | 1930 |
| Alfredo Foni | Italy | 1936 | 1938 |
| Sergio Bertoni | Italy | 1936 | 1938 |
| Ugo Locatelli | Italy | 1936 | 1938 |
| Pietro Rava | Italy | 1936 | 1938 |
| Ángel Di María | Argentina | 2008 | 2022 |
| Lionel Messi | Argentina | 2008 | 2022 |

## Goalscoring
### Individual
#### Most goals scored, overall finals

    13, Sophus Nielsen ( Denmark), 1908–1912; Antal Dunai ( Hungary), 1964-1972.

#### Most goals scored in a tournament

    12, Ferenc Bene ( Hungary), 1964.

#### Most goals scored in a match

    10, Sophus Nielsen ( Denmark), vs France, 1908; Gottfried Fuchs ( Germany), vs Russia, 1912.

#### First goalscorer

    Nils Middelboe ( Denmark), vs France, 19 October 1908.

#### Youngest goalscorer

    16 years, 332 days, Ángel Uribe ( Peru), vs France, 26 August 1960.

#### Oldest goalscorer

    38 years, 243 days, Ryan Giggs ( Great Britain), vs United Arab Emirates, 29 July 2012.

### Team
#### Most goals scored in a match, one team

    17, Denmark vs France, 1908.

#### Most goals scored in a match, both teams

    18, Denmark (17) vs France (1), 1908.

#### Highest scoring draw

    5–5, Soviet Union vs Yugoslavia, 1952.

#### Fewest goals conceded in a tournament

    0, Argentina in Athens 2004

### Tournament
#### Most goals scored in a tournament

    135 goals, 1952; 1972.

#### Fewest goals scored in a tournament

    48 goals, 1908.

#### Most goals per match in a tournament

    8.00 goals per match, 1908.

#### Fewest goals per match in a tournament

    2.34 goals per match, 2008.

## Winning managers

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1904 | Louis Blake Duff | Joe Lydon | None |
| 1908 | Alfred Davis | Charlie Williams | Edgar Chadwick |
| 1912 | Adrian Birch | Charlie Williams | Edgar Chadwick |
| 1920 | Raoul Daufresne de la Chevalerie | Francisco Bru | Frederick Warburton |
| 1924 | Ernesto Fígoli | Edward Duckworth | József Nagy |
| 1928 | Primo Gianotti | José Lago Millan | Augusto Rangone |
| 1936 | Vittorio Pozzo | Jimmy Hogan | Asbjørn Halvorsen |
| 1948 | George Raynor | Milorad Arsenijević | Reg Mountford |
| 1952 | Gusztáv Sebes | Milorad Arsenijević | George Raynor |
| 1956 | Gavriil Kachalin | Milovan Ćirić | Stoyan Ormandzhiev & Krum Milev |
| 1960 | Aleksandar Tirnanić | Arne Sørensen | Béla Volentik |
| 1964 | Károly Lakat | Rudolf Vytlačil | Károly Sós |
| 1968 | Károly Lakat | Georgi Berkov | Ken Naganuma |
| 1972 | Kazimierz Górski | Rudolf Illovszky | Georg Buschner |
| 1972 | Kazimierz Górski | Rudolf Illovszky | Aleksandr Ponomarev |
| 1976 | Georg Buschner | Kazimierz Górski | Valeriy Lobanovskyi |
| 1980 | František Havránek | Rudolf Krause | Konstantin Beskov |
| 1984 | Henri Michel | Jair Picerni | Ivan Toplak |
| 1988 | Anatoliy Byshovets | Carlos Alberto Silva | Hannes Löhr |
| 1992 | Vicente Miera | Janusz Wójcik | Sam Arday |
| 1996 | Jo Bonfrère | Daniel Passarella | Mário Zagallo |
| 2000 | Jean-Paul Akono | Iñaki Sáez | Nelson Acosta |
| 2004 | Marcelo Bielsa | Carlos Jara | Claudio Gentile |
| 2008 | Sergio Batista | Samson Siasia | Dunga |
| 2012 | Luis Fernando Tena | Mano Menezes | Hong Myung-bo |
| 2016 | Rogério Micale | Horst Hrubesch | Samson Siasia |
| 2020 | André Jardine | Luis de la Fuente | Jaime Lozano |
| 2024 | Santi Denia | Thierry Henry | Tarik Sektioui |

### Managers who won Summer Olympics and FIFA World Cup

| Manager | Team | Gold medal | FIFA World Cup |
| Vittorio Pozzo | Italy | 1936 | 1934, 1938 |

## Discipline
### Most sendings off (all-time, team)

    6, Italy, Morocco, Spain.

### Most cautions (all-time, team)

    91, Italy.

## Attendance
### Highest average of attendance per match

    47,660, 2012.

### Lowest average of attendance per match

    3,333, 1908.

## Footnotes

* ↑ Although Great Britain won the 1900 competition, this is not recognized by FIFA.
* ↑ Although UEFA was founded in 1954, its records include all European teams which become UEFA members.