# Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics

The 1968 Olympic football tournament was played as part of the 1968 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 knockout stage, beginning with the quarter-finals and culminating with the gold medal match at the Azteca Stadium on 26 October 1968. This was the first time an Asian team won a medal, Japan claiming bronze.

## Qualification

* Ghana replaced Morocco, who refused to play against Israel.

## Venues

| Mexico City | Puebla | Guadalajara | León |
| Estadio Azteca | Estadio Cuauhtémoc | Estadio Jalisco | Estadio León |
| Capacity: 104,000 | Capacity: 35,563 | Capacity: 31,891 | Capacity: 23,609 |
| Estadio AztecaEstadio CuauhtémocEstadio JaliscoEstadio León ||||

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Hungary | Bulgaria | Japan |
| István Básti Antal Dunai Lajos Dunai Ernő Noskó Dezső Novák Károly Fatér László Fazekas István Juhász László Keglovich Lajos Kocsis Iván Menczel László Nagy Miklós Páncsics István Sárközi Lajos Szűcs Zoltán Szarka Miklós Szalai | Stoyan Yordanov Atanas Gerov Georgi Hristakiev Milko Gaydarski Kiril Ivkov Ivaylo Georgiev Tsvetan Veselinov Evgeni Yanchovski Petar Zhekov Atanas Hristov Asparuh Donev Kiril Stankov Georgi Ivanov Todor Nikolov Yancho Dimitrov Ivan Zafirov Mihail Gyonin Georgi Vasilev | Kenzo Yokoyama Hiroshi Katayama Masakatsu Miyamoto Yoshitada Yamaguchi Mitsuo Kamata Ryozo Suzuki Kiyoshi Tomizawa Takaji Mori Aritatsu Ogi Eizo Yuguchi Shigeo Yaegashi Teruki Miyamoto Masashi Watanabe Yasuyuki Kuwahara Kunishige Kamamoto Ikuo Matsumoto Ryuichi Sugiyama Masahiro Hamazaki |

## Group stage
### Group A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | France | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Mexico (H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Colombia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 2 | |
| 4 | Guinea | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 2 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Spain | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Japan | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Brazil | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 2 | |
| 4 | Nigeria | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 1 | |

### Group C

Ghana replaced Morocco, who refused to play against Israel.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Hungary | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Israel | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Ghana | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 2 | |
| 4 | El Salvador | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 1 | |

### Group D

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Bulgaria | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Guatemala | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Czechoslovakia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 3 | |
| 4 | Thailand | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 19 | −18 | 0 | |

## Knockout stage
### Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 20 October – Guadalajara | 20 October – Guadalajara | | | |
| Hungary | 1 | | | |
| Hungary | 1 | 22 October – Mexico City | 22 October – Mexico City | | |
| Guatemala | 0 | 22 October – Mexico City | 22 October – Mexico City | |
| Guatemala | 0 | Hungary | 5 | |
| 20 October – Mexico City | 20 October – Mexico City | | Hungary | 5 | |
| 20 October – Mexico City | 20 October – Mexico City | Japan | 0 | |
| Japan | 3 | Japan | 0 | |
| Japan | 3 | | | | 26 October – Mexico City | 26 October – Mexico City |
| France | 1 | | | | 26 October – Mexico City | 26 October – Mexico City |
| France | 1 | | | | Hungary | 4 |
| 20 October – Leon | 20 October – Leon | | | | | Hungary | 4 |
| 20 October – Leon | 20 October – Leon | | | | Bulgaria | 1 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | | | | Bulgaria | 1 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 22 October – Guadalajara | 22 October – Guadalajara | | | |
| Israel | 1 | 22 October – Guadalajara | 22 October – Guadalajara | | | |
| Israel | 1 | Bulgaria | 3 | | | |
| 20 October – Puebla | 20 October – Puebla | | Bulgaria | 3 | | | |
| 20 October – Puebla | 20 October – Puebla | Mexico | 2 | | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| Mexico | 2 | Mexico | 2 | | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| Mexico | 2 | | | | 24 October – Mexico City | 24 October – Mexico City |
| Spain | 0 | | | | 24 October – Mexico City | 24 October – Mexico City |
| Spain | 0 | | | | Japan | 2 |
| | | | | | Mexico | 0 |

### Quarter-finals

Bulgaria progressed after a drawing of lots.

### Gold Medal match

Bulgaria finished the match with only eight players after having three players sent off.
Team details :
Hungary
GK1Károly Fatér
DF3Lajos Dunai
DF4Miklós Páncsics
DF2Dezső Novák
DF5Iván Menczel
MF10Antal Dunai
MF7László Fazekas
MF6Lajos Szűcs
FW14Erno Noskó
FW15István Juhász
FW11László Nagy
Manager:
Károly Lakat
Bulgaria
GK1Stoyan Yordanov
DF2Atanas Gerov
DF3Georgi Hristakiev
DF5Kiril Ivkov
DF4Milko Gaydarski
MF6Ivaylo Georgiev
MF15Yancho Dimitrov
MF8Evgeni Yanchovski
FW7Tsvetan Veselinov
FW9Petar Zhekov
FW10Atanas Mihaylov
Substitutes:
MF12Kiril Stankov
Manager:
Georgi Berkov :

## Statistics
### Goalscorers

With seven goals, Kunishige Kamamoto of Japan is the top scorer in the tournament. In total, 116 goals were scored by 68 different players, with two of them credited as own goals.

#### 7 goals

* Kunishige Kamamoto

#### 6 goals

* Antal Dunai

#### 4 goals

* Petar Zhekov
* Ladislav Petráš
* Lajos Szűcs
* Yehoshua Feigenbaum

#### 3 goals

* Atanas Mihaylov
* Charles Tamboueon
* Iván Menczel
* Pulido Rodríguez
* Vicente Pereda

#### 2 goals

* Fernando Ferretti
* Asparuh Nikodimov
* Tsvetan Veselinov
* Pavel Stratil
* Marc-Kanyan Case
* Malik Jabir
* Alberto López Oliva
* Nelson Melgar
* Fodé Bouya Camara
* Dezső Novák
* Giora Spiegel
* Masashi Watanabe
* Albino Morales
* Kenneth Olayombo
* Toni Grande

#### 1 goal

* Tião
* Ivaylo Georgiev
* Mihail Gyonin
* Georgi Hristakiev
* Kiril Ivkov
* Ivan Zafirov
* Alfonso Jaramillo
* Fabio Mosquera
* Gustavo Santa
* Javier Tamayo
* Miloš Herbst
* Jozef Jarabinský
* Mikuláš Krnáč
* Jiří Večerek
* Juan Ramón Martínez
* Pipo Rodríguez
* Gérard Hallet
* Daniel Horlaville
* Daniel Perrigaud
* Gbadamosi Amosa
* Osei Kofi
* Ibrahim Sunday
* Sammy Stevens Sampene
* Jorge Roldán
* David Stokes
* Maxime Camara
* N'Dongo Camara
* László Fazekas
* István Juhász
* István Sárközi
* Shraga Bar
* Mordechai Spiegler
* Rachamim Talbi
* Luis Estrada
* Cesáreo Victorino
* Peter Anieke
* Samuel Okoye
* Juan Fernández Vilela
* Fernando Ortuño
* Udomsilp Sornbutnark

#### Own goals

* Humberto Medina (playing against France)
* Segun Olumodeji (playing against Brazil)

### Final ranking

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 | Final result |
| | Hungary | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 3 | +15 | 11 | Gold medal |
| | Bulgaria | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 10 | +6 | 8 | Silver medal |
| | Japan | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 8 | Bronze medal |
| 4 | Mexico | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 6 | Fourth place |
| 5 | Israel | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 5 | Eliminated in quarter-finals |
| 6 | Spain | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 5 | Eliminated in quarter-finals |
| 7 | France | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 4 | Eliminated in quarter-finals |
| 8 | Guatemala | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 4 | Eliminated in quarter-finals |
| 9 | Czechoslovakia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 3 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 10 | Colombia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 2 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 11 | Guinea | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 2 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 12 | Ghana | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 2 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 13 | Brazil | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 2 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 14 | Nigeria | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 1 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 15 | El Salvador | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 1 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 16 | Thailand | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 19 | −18 | 0 | Eliminated in group stage |