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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | South Korea |
| Dates | 17 September – 1 October |
| Teams | 16 (from 6 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 6 (in 5 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Soviet Union |
| Runners-up | .svg.png){kind=small} Brazil |
| Third place |  West Germany |
| Fourth place |  Italy |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 32 |
| Goals scored | 95 (2.97 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Romário (7 goals) |
A 16 teams football tournament was played as part of the 1988 Summer Olympics. The tournament featured men's national teams from six continental confederations. The 16 teams are drawn into four groups of four and each group played 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]
The USSR team purposefully did not use some strong players in the FIFA World Cup 1986 and UEFA Euro 1988, so that they would be able to participate in the Olympic tournament. During the Olympics, the Soviets primarily stayed on a yacht rather than in the Olympic Village. After winning the gold medal, each player from the Soviet team received 15 thousand dollars from the Soviet government.[2]
Venues
| Seoul | Busan | |
|---|---|---|
| Olympic Stadium | Dongdaemun Stadium | Busan Stadium |
| Capacity: 69,950 | Capacity: 26,383 | Capacity: 30,000 |
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| Daegu | Daejeon | Gwangju |
| Daegu Stadium | Daejeon Stadium | Gwangju Stadium |
| Capacity: 23,278 | Capacity: 30,000 | Capacity: 30,000 |
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Medal summary
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
 Soviet Union (URS)Aleksandr Borodyuk Oleksiy Cherednyk Igor Dobrovolski Sergei Fokin Sergei Gorlukovich Arvydas Janonis Gela Ketashvili Dmitry Kharin Yevgeni Kuznetsov Viktor Losev Volodymyr Lyuty Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko Arminas Narbekovas Igor Ponomarev Yury Savichev Igor Sklyarov Vladimir Tatarchuk Yevgeny Yarovenko Alexei Prudnikov Vadym Tyshchenko | .svg.png){kind=small} Brazil (BRA)Ademir Aloísio Andrade Batista Bebeto Careca André Cruz Edmar Geovani João Paulo Jorginho Milton Neto Romário Cláudio Taffarel Luiz Carlos Winck Ricardo Gomes Mazinho Valdo Filho Zé Carlos |  West Germany (FRG)Rudi Bommer Holger Fach Wolfgang Funkel Armin Görtz Roland Grahammer Thomas Häßler Thomas Hörster Olaf Janßen Uwe Kamps Gerhard Kleppinger Jürgen Klinsmann Frank Mill Karl-Heinz Riedle Christian Schreier Michael Schulz Ralf Sievers Fritz Walter Wolfram Wuttke Oliver Reck Gunnar Sauer |
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.
Qualification
The following 16 teams qualified for the 1988 Olympics football tournament:
| Means of qualification | Berths | Qualified |
|---|---|---|
| Host nation | 1 | .svg.png){kind=small} South Korea |
| AFC Preliminary Competition | 2 |  China PR%3b_Flag_of_Syria_(1963%e2%80%931972).svg.png){kind=small} Iraq |
| CAF Preliminary Competition | 3 |  Nigeria.svg.png){kind=small} Tunisia.svg.png){kind=small} Zambia |
| CONCACAF Preliminary Competition | 2 |  Guatemala United States |
| 1987 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament | 2 |  Brazil (winner) Argentina (runner-up) |
| OFC Preliminary Competition | 1 | .svg.png){kind=small} Australia |
| UEFA Preliminary Competition | 5 | Italy  Sweden Soviet Union West Germany.svg.png){kind=small} Yugoslavia |
| Total | 16 |
Participating nations
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:
Argentina (16 – from a squad of 19)
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Brazil (16 – from a squad of 20)
China (14 – from a squad of 18)
Guatemala (17 – from a squad of 19)%3b_Flag_of_Syria_(1963%e2%80%931972).svg.png)
Iraq (16 – from a squad of 20)
Italy (18 – from a squad of 20).svg.png)
South Korea (16 – from a squad of 20)
Nigeria (17 – from a squad of 20)
Sweden (17 – from a squad of 20).svg.png)
Tunisia (19 – from a squad of 20)
United States (16 – from a squad of 20)
Soviet Union (18 – from a squad of 20)
West Germany (18 – from a squad of 20).svg.png)
Yugoslavia (16 – from a squad of 18).svg.png)
Zambia (18 – from a squad of 20)
(*) NOTE: Players who participated in at least one match.
Final tournament
First round
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sweden | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 5 |
| 2 | West Germany | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 4 |
| 3 | Tunisia | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 2 |
| 4 | China PR | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | −5 | 1 |
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zambia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 5 |
| 2 | Italy | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 4 |
| 3 | Iraq | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 3 |
| 4 | Guatemala | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 12 | −10 | 0 |
| Italy | 5–2 | Guatemala |
|---|---|---|
Carnevale  3'Evani 11'Virdis 34'Ferrara 38'Desideri 75' | Castañeda 7' Paniagua 79' |
| Iraq | 0–2 | Italy |
|---|---|---|
| Rizzitelli 59' Mauro 63' |
Group C
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soviet Union | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 5 |
| 2 | Argentina | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | South Korea | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 |
| 4 | United States | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 2 |
| South Korea | 0–0 | Soviet Union |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1–1 | Argentina |
|---|---|---|
| South Korea | 0–0 | United States |
|---|---|---|
| South Korea | 1–2 | Argentina |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2–4 | Soviet Union |
|---|---|---|
Group D
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 6 |
| 2 | Australia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 4 |
| 3 | Yugoslavia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Nigeria | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 0 |
| Australia | 1–0 | Yugoslavia |
|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1–3 | Yugoslavia |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | 0–3 | Brazil |
|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 2–1 | Yugoslavia |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | 1–0 | Nigeria |
|---|---|---|
Knockout stage
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Gold medal match | ||||||||
| 25 September – Daegu | ||||||||||
| Sweden | 1 | |||||||||
| 27 September – Busan | ||||||||||
| Italy (aet) | 2 | |||||||||
| Italy | 2 | |||||||||
| 25 September – Busan | ||||||||||
| Soviet Union (aet) | 3 | |||||||||
| Soviet Union | 3 | |||||||||
| 1 October – Seoul | ||||||||||
| Australia | 0 | |||||||||
| Soviet Union (aet) | 2 | |||||||||
| 25 September – Gwangju | ||||||||||
| Brazil | 1 | |||||||||
| Zambia | 0 | |||||||||
| 27 September – Seoul | ||||||||||
| West Germany | 4 | |||||||||
| West Germany | 1 (2) | |||||||||
| 25 September – Seoul | ||||||||||
| Brazil (aet) | 1 (3) | Bronze medal match | ||||||||
| Brazil | 1 | |||||||||
| 30 September – Seoul | ||||||||||
| Argentina | 0 | |||||||||
| Italy | 0 | |||||||||
| West Germany | 3 | |||||||||
Quarter-finals
| Soviet Union | 3–0 | Australia |
|---|---|---|
Semi-finals
Bronze medal match
| Italy | 0–3 | West Germany |
|---|---|---|
Gold medal match
| Soviet Union | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | Brazil |
|---|---|---|
| Dobrovolski 61' (pen.) Savichev 103' | Report | Romário 30' |
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Final ranking
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 6 | +8 | 11 |
| 2 | Brazil (BRA) | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 9 |
| 3 | West Germany (FRG) | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 4 | +12 | 9 |
| 4 |  Italy (ITA) | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 13 | −2 | 6 |
| 5 | .svg.png){kind=small} Zambia (ZAM) | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 5 |
| 6 |  Sweden (SWE) | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 5 |
| 7 |  Australia (AUS) | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 4 |
| 8 |  Argentina (ARG) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 |
| 9 | %3b_Flag_of_Syria_(1963%e2%80%931972).svg.png){kind=small} Iraq (IRQ) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 3 |
| 10 | .svg.png){kind=small} Yugoslavia (YUG) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | .svg.png){kind=small} South Korea (KOR) | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 |
| 12 |  United States (USA) | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 2 |
| 13 | .svg.png){kind=small} Tunisia (TUN) | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 2 |
| 14 |  China (CHN) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | −5 | 1 |
| 15 |  Nigeria (NGR) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 0 |
| 16 |  Guatemala (GUA) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 12 | −10 | 0 |
Venues
- Olympic Stadium – Seoul
- Dongdaemun Stadium – Seoul
- Busan Gudeok Stadium – Busan
- Daegu Civic Stadium – Daegu
- Daejeon Hanbat Stadium – Daejeon
- Gwangju Mudeung Stadium – Gwangju
Match officials
Goalscorers
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.
- 7 goals
- 6 goals
- 5 goals
Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
Carlos Alfaro
Pietro Paolo Virdis
Jan Hellström
Frank Mill
- 2 goals
- Bebeto
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Ahmed Radhi- Andrea Carnevale
- Arminas Narbekovas
- Peter Lönn
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Nabil Maaloul- Holger Fach
- Wolfram Wuttke
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Dragan Stojković- Refik Šabanadžović
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Derby Makinka
- 1 goal
- Néstor Fabbri
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Frank Farina- John Kosmina
- André Cruz
- Edmar
- Geovani Silva
Adán Paniagua- Carlos Castañeda
- Karim Allawi
- Mudhafar Jabbar
- Alberigo Evani
- Ciro Ferrara
- Massimo Crippa
- Massimo Mauro
- Ruggiero Rizzitelli
- Stefano Desideri
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Noh Soo-Jin
Rashidi Yekini- Yury Savichev
- Jonas Thern
- Leif Engqvist
- Tarak Dhiab
Brent Goulet- John Doyle
- Mike Windischmann
- Christian Schreier
- Fritz Walter
- Gerhard Kleppinger
- Roland Grahammer
- Wolfgang Funkel
- Jonson Bwalya
- Stone Nyirenda
- Own goal
- Rocael Mazariegos (playing against Iraq)
References
- ^ "Football at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
- ^ https://www.sport-express.ru/football/reviews/pobeda-na-olimpiade-1988-vospominaniya-uchastnikov-anatoliy-byshovec-sbornaya-sssr-po-futbolu-1462437/
- ^ "Football Tournament 1988 Olympiad". www.rsssf.com.