Football at the 1992 Summer Olympics

The 1992 Summer Olympics Football Tournament competition at the 1992 Summer Olympics featured 16 national sides from the six continental confederations. The 16 teams were 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 Camp Nou on 8 August 1992.^[1]

1992 Summer Olympics Football Tournament

Tournament details
Host country	Spain
Dates	24 July – 8 August 1992
Teams	16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	5 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Spain (1st title)
Runners-up	Poland
Third place	Ghana
Fourth place	Australia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	87 (2.72 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Andrzej Juskowiak (7 goals)
← 1988 1996 (men) →

For the first time, an age limit has been set for participants under the age of 23 (Under-23), which has been used ever since.^[2][3]

Spain became the first host country to win the gold medal in an Olympic football tournament since Belgium in 1920, an achievement which would not be repeated until Brazil won it in 2016.

Notably, these were the first matches played with football's new back-pass rule^[4] and was the last Olympic football competition which was open to men only before the introduction of a women's tournament four years later.^[5]

Competition schedule

Legend

G

Group stage

¼

Quarter-finals

½

Semi-finals

B

Bronze medal match

F

Gold medal match

24 Fri	25 Sat	26 Sun	27 Mon	28 Tue	29 Wed	30 Thu	31 Fri	1 Sat	2 Sun	3 Mon	4 Tue	5 Wed	6 Thu	7 Fri	8 Sat
G		G	G	G	G	G		¼	¼			½		B	F

Source:^[6]

Qualification

See also: Football at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

The following 16 teams qualified for the 1992 Olympic men's football tournament:

Means of qualification	Berths	Qualified
Host nation	1	Spain
1992 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship	4	Italy  Sweden  Denmark  Poland
AFC Preliminary Competition	3	Qatar  South Korea  Kuwait
CAF Preliminary Competition	3	Egypt  Ghana  Morocco
1992 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament	2	Mexico  United States
1992 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament	2	Colombia  Paraguay
OFC–UEFA play-off	1	Australia
Total	16

Venues

Barcelona		Valencia
Camp Nou	Estadi de Sarrià	Estadio Luis Casanova
Capacity: 100,000	Capacity: 42,000	Capacity: 50,000
Sabadell	Camp Nou Estadi de Sarrià Estadi de la Nova Creu Alta Estadio Luis Casanova Estadio La Romareda
Estadi de la Nova Creu Alta
Capacity: 16,000
Zaragoza
Estadio La Romareda
Capacity: 43,001

Match officials

Africa Mohamed Sendid Lim Kee Chong Asia Kiichiro Tachi Ali Bujsaim South America Márcio Rezende de Freitas José Torres Cadena Juan Francisco Escobar

North and Central America Arturo Brizio Carter Arturo Angeles Europe Lube Spassov Philip Don Markus Merk Fabio Baldas Manuel Díaz Vega

Squads

Main article: Football at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Poland	3	2	1	0	7	2	+5	5
Italy	3	2	0	1	3	4	−1	4
United States	3	1	1	1	6	5	+1	3
Kuwait	3	0	0	3	1	6	−5	0

Source: FIFA

24 July 1992

18:00

Italy	2–1	United States
Melli 15' Albertini 22'	Report	Moore 65'

Camp Nou, Barcelona

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Manuel Díaz Vega (ESP)

24 July 1992

20:00

Poland	2–0	Kuwait
Juskowiak 7', 80'	Report

Estadio La Romareda, Zaragoza

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Juan Francisco Escobar (PAR)

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27 July 1992

19:00

United States	3–1	Kuwait
Brose 56' Lagos 79' Snow 85'	Report	Marwi 16'

Estadio La Romareda, Zaragoza

Attendance: 4,500

Referee: Lim Kee Chong (MRI)

27 July 1992

21:00

Italy	0–3	Poland
	Report	Juskowiak 5' Staniek 48' Mielcarski 90'

Estadi de Sarrià, Barcelona

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Philip Don (GBR)

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29 July 1992

19:00

United States	2–2	Poland
Imler 20' Snow 85'	Report	Koźmiński 31' Juskowiak 40'

Estadio La Romareda, Zaragoza

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Lim Kee Chong (MRI)

29 July 1992

21:00

Italy	1–0	Kuwait
Melli 10'	Report

Estadi de Sarrià, Barcelona

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Arturo Brizio Carter (MEX)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Spain	3	3	0	0	8	0	+8	6
Qatar	3	1	1	1	2	3	−1	3
Egypt	3	1	0	2	4	6	−2	2
Colombia	3	0	1	2	4	9	−5	1

Source: FIFA

24 July 1992
21:00

Spain	4–0	Colombia
Guardiola 10' Kiko 37' Berges 41' Luis Enrique 69'	Report

Estadio Luis Casanova, Valencia

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Markus Merk (GER)

24 July 1992
20:00

Egypt	0–1	Qatar
	Report	Mustafa 74'

Estadi de la Nova Creu Alta, Sabadell

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Philip Don (GBR)

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27 July 1992
21:00

Spain	2–0	Egypt
Solozábal 55' Soler 70'	Report

Estadio Luis Casanova, Valencia

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Marcio Rezende de Freitas (BRA)

27 July 1992
19:00

Colombia	1–1	Qatar
Aristizábal 62'	Report	Soufi 89'

Estadi de la Nova Creu Alta, Sabadell

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Arturo Brizio Carter (MEX)

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29 July 1992
21:00

Spain	2–0	Qatar
Alfonso 40' Kiko 60'	Report

Estadio Luis Casanova, Valencia

Attendance: 19,300

Referee: Arturo Angeles (USA)

29 July 1992
19:00

Colombia	3–4	Egypt
Gaviria 9', 84' Pacheco 14'	Report	Youssef 27' El-Masry 47' Khashaba 90+1', 90+4'

Estadi de la Nova Creu Alta, Sabadell

Attendance: 4,500

Referee: Ali Bujsaim (UAE)

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Sweden	3	1	2	0	5	1	+4	4
Paraguay	3	1	2	0	3	1	+2	4
South Korea	3	0	3	0	2	2	0	3
Morocco	3	0	1	2	2	8	−6	1

Source: FIFA

26 July 1992
21:00

Sweden	0–0	Paraguay
	Report

Camp Nou, Barcelona

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Lube Spassov (BUL)

26 July 1992
21:00

Morocco	1–1	South Korea
Bahja 64'	Report	Jung Jae-kwon 73'

Estadio Luis Casanova, Valencia

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Arturo Angeles (USA)

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28 July 1992
19:00

Sweden	4–0	Morocco
Brolin 14', 69' Mild 20' Rödlund 57'	Report

Estadio Nova Creu Alta, Sabadell

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: José Torres Cadena (COL)

28 July 1992
21:00

Paraguay	0–0	South Korea
	Report

Estadio Luis Casanova, Valencia

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Mohamed Sendid (ALG)

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30 July 1992
21:00

Sweden	1–1	South Korea
Rödlund 52'	Report	Seo Jung-won 28'

Camp Nou, Barcelona

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Manuel Díaz Vega (ESP)

30 July 1992
21:00

Paraguay	3–1	Morocco
Arce 43' Caballero 57' Gamarra 70'	Report	Naybet 87'

Estadio Luis Casanova, Valencia

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Markus Merk (GER)

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Ghana	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	4
Australia	3	1	1	1	5	4	+1	3
Mexico	3	0	3	0	3	3	0	3
Denmark	3	0	2	1	1	4	−3	2

Source: FIFA

26 July 1992

19:00

Denmark	1–1	Mexico
Thomsen 85'	Report	Rotllán 39' (pen.)

Estadio La Romareda, Zaragoza

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Fabio Baldas (Italy)

26 July 1992

19:00

Ghana	3–1	Australia
Gargo 12' Ayew 83', 89'	Report	Vidmar 90+1'

Estadi de la Nova Creu Alta, Sabadell

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Ali Bujsaim (United Arab Emirates)

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28 July 1992

19:00

Denmark	0–0	Ghana
	Report

Estadio La Romareda, Zaragoza

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Juan Francisco Escobar (Paraguay)

28 July 1992

21:00

Mexico	1–1	Australia
Castañeda 63'	Report	Arambasic 20'

Estadi de Sarrià, Barcelona

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Kiichiro Tachi (Japan)

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30 July 1992

19:00

Denmark	0–3	Australia
	Report	Markovski 32' Mori 60' Vidmar 75'

Estadio La Romareda, Zaragoza

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Fabio Baldas (Italy)

30 July 1992

19:00

Mexico	1–1	Ghana
Rotllán 30'	Report	Ayew 79'

Estadi de la Nova Creu Alta, Sabadell

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: José Torres Cadena (Colombia)

Knockout stage

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Gold medal match
	1 August – Valencia
	Spain	1
					5 August – Valencia
	Italy	0
					Spain	2
	2 August – Zaragoza
					Ghana	0
	Paraguay	2
									8 August – Barcelona (Camp Nou)
	Ghana (a.e.t.)	4
									Spain	3
	1 August – Barcelona (Camp Nou)
									Poland	2
	Poland	2
					5 August – Barcelona (Camp Nou)
	Qatar	0
					Poland	6
	2 August – Barcelona (Camp Nou)
					Australia	1			Bronze medal match
	Sweden	1
									7 August – Barcelona (Camp Nou)
	Australia	2
									Ghana	1
									Australia	0

Quarter-finals

1 August 1992

19:00

Spain	1–0	Italy
Kiko 38'	Report

Estadio Luis Casanova, Valencia

Attendance: 28,000

Referee: Rezende de Freitas (BRA)

1 August 1992

21:30

Poland	2–0	Qatar
Kowalczyk 42' Jałocha 74'	Report

Camp Nou, Barcelona

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Sendid (ALG)

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2 August 1992

19:00

Paraguay	2–4 (a.e.t.)	Ghana
Acheampong 78' (o.g.) Campos 81'	Report	Ayew 17', 55', 120+1' Rahman 114'

Estadio La Romareda, Zaragoza

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Bujsaim (UAE)

2 August 1992

21:30

Sweden	1–2	Australia
Andersson 60'	Report	Markovski 30' Murphy 53'

Camp Nou, Barcelona

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Brizio Carter (MEX)

Semi-finals

5 August 1992

19:00

Spain	2–0	Ghana
Abelardo 25' Berges 55'	Report

Estadio Luis Casanova, Valencia

Attendance: 36,000

Referee: Brizio Carter (MEX)

5 August 1992

21:30

Poland	6–1	Australia
Kowalczyk 27', 88' Juskowiak 43', 52', 78' Murphy 67' (o.g.)	Report	Veart 35'

Camp Nou, Barcelona

Attendance: 45,000

Referee: Rezende de Freitas (BRA)

Bronze medal match

7 August 1992

20:00

Australia	0–1	Ghana
	Report	Asare 19'

Camp Nou, Barcelona

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Díaz Vega (ESP)

Gold medal match

8 August 1992

20:00

Poland	2–3	Spain
Kowalczyk 45+1' Staniek 76'	Report	Abelardo 65' Kiko 71', 90+1'

Camp Nou, Barcelona

Attendance: 95,000

Referee: Torres Cadena (Colombia)

Team details

Poland Spain GK 1 Aleksander Kłak CB 2 Marcin Jałocha  55' CB 5 Tomasz Wałdoch  31' CB 3 Tomasz Łapiński RWB 6 Dariusz Gęsior LWB 4 Marek Koźmiński CM 13 Ryszard Staniek CM 10 Jerzy Brzęczek (c) CM 15 Andrzej Kobylański CF 20 Wojciech Kowalczyk  74' CF 11 Andrzej Juskowiak Substitutes: MF 7 Piotr Świerczewski  55' Manager: Janusz Wójcik GK 13 Toni Jiménez CB 10 Abelardo CB 5 Juanma López CB 4 Roberto Solozábal (c) RWB 2 Albert Ferrer LWB 17 Rafael Berges CM 8 Luis Enrique CM 9 Pep Guardiola CM 3 Mikel Lasa  51' CF 20 Alfonso CF 19 Kiko Substitutes: FW 7 José Amavisca  51' Manager: Vicente Miera

Medal winners

Gold medalists –  Spain José Amavisca Rafael Berges Santiago Cañizares Abelardo Albert Ferrer Pep Guardiola Miguel Hernández Toni Jiménez Mikel Lasa Juanma López Javier Manjarín Luis Enrique Kiko Alfonso Pérez Antonio Pinilla Paco Soler Gabriel Vidal Roberto Solozábal David Villabona Paqui Coach: Vicente Miera

Silver medalists –  Poland Dariusz Adamczuk Marek Bajor Jerzy Brzęczek Marek Koźmiński Dariusz Gęsior Marcin Jałocha Tomasz Łapiński Tomasz Wałdoch Aleksander Kłak Andrzej Kobylański Ryszard Staniek Wojciech Kowalczyk Andrzej Juskowiak Grzegorz Mielcarski Piotr Świerczewski Mirosław Waligóra Dariusz Koseła Arkadiusz Onyszko Dariusz Szubert Tomasz Wieszczycki Coach: Janusz Wójcik

Bronze medalists –  Ghana Joachim Yaw Acheampong Simon Addo Sammi Adjei Maxwell Konadu Mamood Amadu Isaac Asare Frank Amankwah Nii Lamptey Bernard Aryee Kwame Ayew Mohammed Gargo Mohammed Kalilu Ibrahim Dossey Samuel Kuffour Samuel Kumah Anthony Mensah Alex Nyarko Yaw Preko Shamo Quaye Oli Rahman Coach: Sam Arday

Goalscorers

With seven goals, Poland's Andrzej Juskowiak was the top scorer of the tournament. In total, 87 goals were scored by 57 different players, with two of them credited as own goals.

Andrzej Juskowiak, the tournament's top scorer

7 goals

• Andrzej Juskowiak

6 goals

• Kwame Ayew

5 goals

• Kiko

4 goals

• Wojciech Kowalczyk

2 goals

• John Markovski
• Tony Vidmar
• Hernán Gaviria
• Hady Khashaba
• Alessandro Melli
• Francisco Rotllán
• Ryszard Staniek
• Abelardo
• Rafael Berges
• Tomas Brolin
• Jonny Rödlund
• Steve Snow

1 goal

• Zlatko Arambašić
• Damian Mori
• Shaun Murphy
• Carl Veart
• Víctor Aristizábal
• Víctor Pacheco
• Claus Thomsen
• Ibrahim El-Masry
• Mohamed Youssef
• Isaac Asare
• Mohammed Gargo
• Oli Rahman
• Demetrio Albertini
• Jung Jae-kwon
• Seo Jung-won
• Ali Marwi
• Jorge Castañeda
• Ahmed Bahja
• Noureddine Naybet
• Francisco Arce
• Mauro Caballero
• Jorge Campos
• Carlos Gamarra
• Marcin Jałocha
• Marek Koźmiński
• Grzegorz Mielcarski
• Mahmoud Soufi
• Mubarak Mustafa
• Alfonso
• Pep Guardiola
• Luis Enrique
• Paco Soler
• Roberto Solozábal
• Patrik Andersson
• Håkan Mild
• Dario Brose
• Erik Imler
• Manuel Lagos
• Joe-Max Moore

Own goals

• Shaun Murphy (playing against Poland)
• Joachim Yaw Acheampong (playing against Paraguay)

Final ranking

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Spain (ESP)	6	6	0	0	14	2	+12	12
2	Poland (POL)	6	4	1	1	17	6	+11	9
3	Ghana (GHA)	6	3	2	1	9	6	+3	8
4	Australia (AUS)	6	2	1	3	8	12	−4	5
5	Sweden (SWE)	4	1	2	1	6	3	+3	4
6	Paraguay (PAR)	4	1	2	1	5	5	0	4
7	Italy (ITA)	4	2	0	2	3	5	−2	4
8	Qatar (QAT)	4	1	1	2	2	5	−3	3
9	United States (USA)	3	1	1	1	6	5	+1	3
10	Mexico (MEX)	3	0	3	0	3	3	0	3
11	South Korea (KOR)	3	0	3	0	2	2	0	3
12	Egypt (EGY)	3	1	0	2	4	6	−2	2
13	Denmark (DEN)	3	0	2	1	1	4	−3	2
14	Colombia (COL)	3	0	1	2	4	9	−5	1
15	Morocco (MAR)	3	0	1	2	2	8	−6	1
16	Kuwait (KUW)	3	0	0	3	1	6	−5	0

Source: ^[7]