Tournament details | |
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Host country | South Korea |
Dates | 17 September – 1 October 1988 |
Teams | 16 (from 6 confederations) |
Venue(s) | 6 (in 5 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 32 |
Goals scored | 95 (2.97 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() |
Football at the 1988 Summer Olympics | |
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Tournament | |
Group A | |
Group B | |
Group C | |
Group D | |
Knockout stage | |
Squads | |
Men | |
An association football tournament was played as part of the 1988 Summer Olympics. The tournament featured 16 men's national teams from six continental confederations. The teams were drawn into four groups of four with each group playing 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 Seoul Olympic Stadium on 1 October 1988.[1][2]
Before the final match, the Soviet team relocated from the Olympic Village to a Soviet steamship stationed nearby. After winning the gold medal, each player from the Soviet team received 15 thousand dollars from the Soviet government.[3]
Seoul | Busan | |
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Olympic Stadium | Dongdaemun Stadium | Busan Stadium |
Capacity: 69,950 | Capacity: 26,383 | Capacity: 30,000 |
Daegu | Daejeon | Gwangju |
Daegu Stadium | Daejeon Stadium | Gwangju Stadium |
Capacity: 23,278 | Capacity: 30,000 | Capacity: 30,000 |
Note: The players above the line played at least one game in this tournament, the players below the line were only squad members. Nevertheless, the International Olympic Committee medal database credits them all as medalists.
The following 16 teams qualified for the 1988 Olympics football tournament:
Means of qualification | Berths | Qualified |
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Host nation | 1 | ![]() |
AFC Preliminary Competition | 2 | ![]() ![]() |
CAF Preliminary Competition | 3 | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
CONCACAF Preliminary Competition | 2 | ![]() ![]() |
1987 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament | 2 | ![]() ![]() |
OFC Preliminary Competition | 1 | ![]() |
UEFA Preliminary Competition | 5 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Total | 16 |
Main article: Football at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads |
Each country was allowed to enter a team of 20 players and they all were eligible for participation. A total number of 314 footballers were entered.
A total of 268(*) footballers from 16 nations competed at the Seoul Games:
(*) NOTE: Players who participated in at least one match.
Main article: Football at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Group A |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 5 |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 4 |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 2 |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | −5 | 1 |
China ![]() | 0–3 | ![]() |
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[Report] | Wuttke ![]() Mill ![]() |
Sweden ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Engqvist ![]() Lönn ![]() |
[Report] | Walter ![]() |
Main article: Football at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Group B |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 5 |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 4 |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 3 |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 12 | −10 | 0 |
Italy ![]() | 5–2 | ![]() |
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Carnevale ![]() Evani ![]() Virdis ![]() Ferrara ![]() Desideri ![]() |
[Report] | Castañeda ![]() Paniagua ![]() |
Iraq ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() |
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[Report] | Rizzitelli ![]() Mauro ![]() |
Main article: Football at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Group C |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 5 |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 2 |
United States ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Windschmann ![]() |
Report | Alfaro ![]() |
Argentina ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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Alfaro ![]() |
Report | Dobrovolski ![]() Mikhailichenko ![]() |
South Korea ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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Noh Soo-jin ![]() |
Report | Alfaro ![]() Fabbri ![]() |
United States ![]() | 2–4 | ![]() |
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Goulet ![]() Doyle ![]() |
Report | Mikhailichenko ![]() Narbekovas ![]() Dobrovolski ![]() |
Main article: Football at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Group D |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | ![]() |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 6 |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 4 |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 0 |
Nigeria ![]() | 1–3 | ![]() |
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Yekini ![]() |
Report | Stojković ![]() Šabanadžović ![]() |
Brazil ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Cruz ![]() Bebeto ![]() |
Report | Šabanadžović ![]() |
Main article: Football at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Knockout stage |
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Gold medal match | ||||||||
25 September – Daegu | ||||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||
27 September – Busan | ||||||||||
![]() | 2 | |||||||||
![]() | 2 | |||||||||
25 September – Busan | ||||||||||
![]() | 3 | |||||||||
![]() | 3 | |||||||||
1 October – Seoul | ||||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||
![]() | 2 | |||||||||
25 September – Gwangju | ||||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||
27 September – Seoul | ||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||
![]() | 1 (2) | |||||||||
25 September – Seoul | ||||||||||
![]() | 1 (3) | Bronze medal match | ||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||
30 September – Seoul | ||||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||
![]() | 3 | |||||||||
Soviet Union ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Dobrovolski ![]() Mikhailichenko ![]() |
Report |
West Germany ![]() | 4–0 | ![]() |
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Funkel ![]() Klinsmann ![]() |
Report |
Soviet Union ![]() | 3–2 (a.e.t.) | ![]() |
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Dobrovolski ![]() Narbekovas ![]() Mikhailichenko ![]() |
Report | Virdis ![]() Carnevale ![]() |
Italy ![]() | 0–3 | ![]() |
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Report | Klinsmann ![]() Kleppinger ![]() Schreier ![]() |
Soviet Union ![]() | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | ![]() |
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Dobrovolski ![]() Savichev ![]() |
Report | Romário ![]() |
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | ![]() |
6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 6 | +8 | 11 |
2 | ![]() |
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 9 |
3 | ![]() |
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 4 | +12 | 9 |
4 | ![]() |
6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 13 | −2 | 6 |
5 | ![]() |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 5 |
6 | ![]() |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 5 |
7 | ![]() |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 4 |
8 | ![]() |
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 |
9 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 3 |
10 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
11 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 |
12 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 2 |
13 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 2 |
14 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | −5 | 1 |
15 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 0 |
16 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 12 | −10 | 0 |
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With seven goals, Romário of Brazil was the top scorer in the tournament. In total, 95 goals were scored by 53 different players, with only one of them credited as own goal.