# Football at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Group A

Group A of the 1964 Summer Olympics football tournament took place from 11 to 15 October 1964. The group consisted of East Germany, Iran, Mexico and Romania. The top two teams, East Germany and Romania, advanced to the quarter-finals.

## Teams

| Team | Region | Method of qualification | Date of qualification | Finals appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance |
| Team | Region | Method of qualification | Date of qualification | Finals appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance | Mexico | North America | CONCACAF Round Robin winners | 20 March 1964 | 3rd | 1948 | First round (1928, 1948) |
| Romania | Europe | Europe Group 1 winners | 31 May 1964 | 1st | — | — |
| United Team of Germany | Europe | Europe Group 3 winners | 28 June 1964 | 1st | — | — |
| Iran | Asia | Asia Group 3 winners | 28 June 1964 | 1st | — | — |

## Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | United Team of Germany | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 5 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 2 | Romania | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 5 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 3 | Mexico | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 | |
| 4 | Iran | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 1 | |
In the quarter-finals:
* The winners of Group A, United Team of Germany, advanced to play the runners-up of Group B, Yugoslavia.
* The runners-up of Group A, Romania, advanced to play the winners of Group B, Hungary.

## Matches

All times listed are local, JST (UTC+9).

### United Team of Germany vs Iran

| | 1 | Jürgen Heinsch |
| | 2 | Klaus Urbanczyk |
| | 3 | Manfred Walter |
| | 4 | Manfred Geisler |
| | 7 | Herbert Pankau |
| | 9 | Gerhard Körner |
| | 11 | Dieter Engelhardt |
| | 13 | Bernd Bauchspieß |
| | 14 | Henning Frenzel |
| | 15 | Otto Fräßdorf |
| | 18 | Eberhard Vogel |
| Substitutions: ||
| | 20 | Horst Weigang |
| | 5 | Klaus-Dieter Seehaus |
| | 6 | Werner Unger |
| | 8 | Peter Rock |
| | 10 | Wolfgang Barthels |
| | 12 | Gerd Backhaus |
| | 16 | Nikola Parchanov |
| | 17 | Klaus Lisiewicz |
| | 19 | Hermann Stöcker |
| Manager: ||
| Károly Sós ||
| | 1 | Aziz Asli |
| | 2 | Mansour Amirasefi |
| | 3 | Ali Mirzaei |
| | 4 | Mostafa Arab |
| | 5 | Hassan Habibi |
| | 6 | Ebrahim Latifi |
| | 7 | Abdollah Saedi |
| | 8 | Kambozia Jamali |
| | 9 | Jalal Talebi |
| | 10 | Gholam Hossein Nourian |
| | 16 | Parviz Ghelichkhani |
| Substitutions: ||
| | 17 | Mohammad Bayati |
| | 11 | Hossein Khodaparast |
| | 12 | Karam Nirlou |
| | 13 | Gholam Hossein Fanaei |
| | 14 | Fariborz Esmaeili |
| | 15 | Dariush Mostafavi |
| Manager: ||
| Hossein Fekri ||
* Assistant referees:
* Mahmoud Hussein Imam (Egypt)
* John Stanley Wontum (Ghana)

### Romania vs Mexico

| | 1 | Ilie Datcu |
| | 2 | Ilie Greavu |
| | 3 | Ion Nunweiller |
| | 4 | Bujor Hălmăgeanu |
| | 6 | Dan Coe |
| | 8 | Gheorghe Constantin |
| | 9 | Ion Ionescu |
| | 10 | Constantin Koszka |
| | 11 | Carol Creiniceanu |
| | 15 | Emil Petru |
| | 17 | Ion Pârcălab |
| Substitutions: ||
| | 12 | Marin Andrei |
| | 20 | Stere Adamache |
| | 5 | Emerich Jenei |
| | 7 | Sorin Avram |
| | 13 | Mircea Petescu |
| | 14 | Dumitru Ivan |
| | 16 | Nicolae Georgescu |
| | 18 | Emil Dumitriu |
| | 19 | Cornel Pavlovici |
| Manager: ||
| Silviu Ploeșteanu ||
| | 1 | Ignacio Calderón |
| | 4 | Guillermo Hernández |
| | 5 | Miguel Galván |
| | 6 | José Luis González |
| | 7 | Felipe Ruvalcaba |
| | 8 | Javier Fragoso |
| | 9 | Ernesto Cisneros |
| | 10 | Raúl Chávez |
| | 12 | Efrain Loza |
| | 13 | Raúl Arellano |
| | 18 | Albino Morales |
| Substitutions: ||
| | 2 | Carlos Gutiérrez |
| | 3 | Carlos Albert |
| | 11 | Alejandro Mollinedo |
| | 14 | Pablo López |
| | 15 | José Luis Aussín |
| | 16 | Roberto Escalante |
| | 17 | Mario Ayala |
| Manager: ||
| Ignacio Trelles ||
* Assistant referees:
* Miguel Comesaña (Argentina)
* Toshio Asami (Japan)

### United Team of Germany vs Romania

| | 1 | Jürgen Heinsch |
| | 2 | Klaus Urbanczyk |
| | 3 | Manfred Walter |
| | 4 | Manfred Geisler |
| | 7 | Herbert Pankau |
| | 9 | Gerhard Körner |
| | 13 | Bernd Bauchspieß |
| | 14 | Henning Frenzel |
| | 15 | Otto Fräßdorf |
| | 16 | Nikola Parchanov |
| | 18 | Eberhard Vogel | 33' |
| Substitutions: ||
| | 20 | Horst Weigang |
| | 5 | Klaus-Dieter Seehaus |
| | 6 | Werner Unger |
| | 8 | Peter Rock |
| | 10 | Wolfgang Barthels |
| | 11 | Dieter Engelhardt |
| | 12 | Gerd Backhaus |
| | 17 | Klaus Lisiewicz |
| | 19 | Hermann Stöcker |
| Manager: ||
| Károly Sós ||
| | 1 | Ilie Datcu |
| | 2 | Ilie Greavu |
| | 3 | Ion Nunweiller |
| | 4 | Bujor Hălmăgeanu |
| | 5 | Emerich Jenei |
| | 6 | Dan Coe |
| | 8 | Gheorghe Constantin |
| | 10 | Constantin Koszka |
| | 11 | Carol Creiniceanu |
| | 17 | Ion Pârcălab |
| | 19 | Cornel Pavlovici |
| Substitutions: ||
| | 12 | Marin Andrei |
| | 20 | Stere Adamache |
| | 7 | Sorin Avram |
| | 9 | Ion Ionescu |
| | 13 | Mircea Petescu |
| | 14 | Dumitru Ivan |
| | 15 | Emil Petru |
| | 16 | Nicolae Georgescu |
| | 18 | Emil Dumitriu |
| Manager: ||
| Silviu Ploeșteanu ||
* Assistant referees:
* Menachem Ashkenazi (Israel)
* Duk Chun Kim (South Korea)

### Iran vs Mexico

| | 17 | Mohammad Bayati |
| | 2 | Mansour Amirasefi |
| | 4 | Mostafa Arab |
| | 5 | Hassan Habibi |
| | 6 | Ebrahim Latifi |
| | 8 | Kambozia Jamali |
| | 9 | Jalal Talebi |
| | 10 | Gholam Hossein Nourian |
| | 12 | Karam Nirlou |
| | 14 | Fariborz Esmaeili |
| | 15 | Dariush Mostafavi |
| Substitutions: ||
| | 1 | Aziz Asli |
| | 3 | Ali Mirzaei |
| | 7 | Abdollah Saedi |
| | 11 | Hossein Khodaparast |
| | 13 | Gholam Hossein Fanaei |
| | 16 | Parviz Ghelichkhani |
| Manager: ||
| Hossein Fekri ||
| | 1 | Ignacio Calderón |
| | 4 | Guillermo Hernández |
| | 5 | Miguel Galván |
| | 6 | José Luis González |
| | 7 | Felipe Ruvalcaba |
| | 8 | Javier Fragoso |
| | 9 | Ernesto Cisneros |
| | 10 | Raúl Chávez |
| | 12 | Efrain Loza |
| | 13 | Raúl Arellano |
| | 18 | Albino Morales |
| Substitutions: ||
| | 2 | Carlos Gutiérrez |
| | 3 | Carlos Albert |
| | 11 | Alejandro Mollinedo |
| | 14 | Pablo López |
| | 15 | José Luis Aussín |
| | 16 | Roberto Escalante |
| | 17 | Mario Ayala |
| Manager: ||
| Ignacio Trelles ||
* Assistant referees:
* Yozo Yokoyama (Japan)
* Tashio Asami (Japan)

### United Team of Germany vs Mexico

| | 20 | Horst Weigang |
| | 2 | Klaus Urbanczyk |
| | 3 | Manfred Walter |
| | 5 | Klaus-Dieter Seehaus |
| | 6 | Werner Unger |
| | 8 | Peter Rock |
| | 10 | Wolfgang Barthels |
| | 15 | Otto Fräßdorf |
| | 16 | Nikola Parchanov |
| | 17 | Klaus Lisiewicz |
| | 18 | Eberhard Vogel |
| Substitutions: ||
| | 1 | Jürgen Heinsch |
| | 4 | Manfred Geisler |
| | 7 | Herbert Pankau |
| | 9 | Gerhard Körner |
| | 11 | Dieter Engelhardt |
| | 12 | Gerd Backhaus |
| | 13 | Bernd Bauchspieß |
| | 14 | Henning Frenzel |
| | 19 | Hermann Stöcker |
| Manager: ||
| Károly Sós ||
| | 1 | Ignacio Calderón |
| | 2 | Carlos Gutiérrez |
| | 3 | Carlos Albert |
| | 5 | Miguel Galván |
| | 6 | José Luis González |
| | 7 | Felipe Ruvalcaba |
| | 8 | Javier Fragoso |
| | 10 | Raúl Chávez |
| | 12 | Efrain Loza |
| | 15 | José Luis Aussín |
| | 18 | Albino Morales |
| Substitutions: ||
| | 4 | Guillermo Hernández |
| | 9 | Ernesto Cisneros |
| | 11 | Alejandro Mollinedo |
| | 13 | Raúl Arellano |
| | 14 | Pablo López |
| | 16 | Roberto Escalante |
| | 17 | Mario Ayala |
| Manager: ||
| Ignacio Trelles ||
* Assistant referees:
* Duk Chun Kim (South Korea)
* Hiroshi Sato (Japan)

### Romania vs Iran

| | 12 | Marin Andrei |
| | 2 | Ilie Greavu |
| | 3 | Ion Nunweiller |
| | 7 | Sorin Avram |
| | 8 | Gheorghe Constantin |
| | 9 | Ion Ionescu |
| | 10 | Constantin Koszka |
| | 11 | Carol Creiniceanu |
| | 13 | Mircea Petescu |
| | 14 | Dumitru Ivan |
| | 19 | Cornel Pavlovici |
| Substitutions: ||
| | 1 | Ilie Datcu |
| | 20 | Stere Adamache |
| | 4 | Bujor Hălmăgeanu |
| | 5 | Emerich Jenei |
| | 6 | Dan Coe |
| | 15 | Emil Petru |
| | 16 | Nicolae Georgescu |
| | 17 | Ion Pârcălab |
| | 18 | Emil Dumitriu |
| Manager: ||
| Silviu Ploeșteanu ||
| | 1 | Aziz Asli |
| | 2 | Mansour Amirasefi |
| | 4 | Mostafa Arab |
| | 5 | Hassan Habibi |
| | 6 | Ebrahim Latifi |
| | 9 | Jalal Talebi |
| | 10 | Gholam Hossein Nourian |
| | 12 | Karam Nirlou |
| | 14 | Fariborz Esmaeili |
| | 15 | Dariush Mostafavi |
| | 16 | Parviz Ghelichkhani |
| Substitutions: ||
| | 17 | Mohammad Bayati |
| | 3 | Ali Mirzaei |
| | 7 | Abdollah Saedi |
| | 8 | Kambozia Jamali |
| | 11 | Hossein Khodaparast |
| | 13 | Gholam Hossein Fanaei |
| Manager: ||
| Hossein Fekri ||
* Assistant referees:
* Eunápio de Queiròz (Brazil)
* Taro Ikeda (Japan)