Football at the 1976 Summer Olympics
International football competition
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The football tournament at the 1976 Summer Olympics started on 18 July and ended on 31 July. Only one event, the men's tournament, was contested. 13 teams participated in the tournament, while three African teams withdrew in support of the anti-racism boycott.[1] East Germany won the gold, defeating Poland in the final, with the Soviet Union taking the bronze.
Host countryCanada
Dates18–31 July 1976
Teams13 (from 4 confederations)
Venue4 (in 4 host cities)
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Canada |
| Dates | 18–31 July 1976 |
| Teams | 13 (from 4 confederations) |
| Venue | 4 (in 4 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  East Germany (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Poland |
| Third place |  Soviet Union |
| Fourth place |  Brazil |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 23 |
| Goals scored | 66 (2.87 per match) |
| Attendance | 597,574 (25,981 per match) |
| Top scorer | Andrzej Szarmach (6 goals) |
← 1972 1980 → | |
Venues
| Montreal | Ottawa | Sherbrooke | Toronto |
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| Olympic Stadium | Lansdowne Park | Sherbrooke Stadium | Varsity Stadium |
| Capacity: 72,406 | Capacity: 30,065 | Capacity: 10,000 | Capacity: 21,739 |
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Qualification
The following 13 teams qualified for the 1976 Olympics football tournament:
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Match officials
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Squads
Final tournament
First round
Group A
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| Brazil |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 3 |
| East Germany |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 3 |
 Spain |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 0 |
 Nigeria[a] |
0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
Source: FIFA
Notes:
Notes:
- Withdrew
| Brazil | 0–0 | East Germany |
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| Report |
| East Germany | 1–0 | Spain |
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Dörner  46' |
Report |
Group B
Source: FIFA
Group C
Source: FIFA
Notes:
Notes:
- Withdrew
Group D
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soviet Union |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 4 |
 North Korea |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 |
 Canada (H) |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 0 |
 Zambia[a] |
0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
- Withdrew
| Canada | 1–2 | Soviet Union |
|---|---|---|
| Douglas 88' |
Report | Onyshchenko 8', 11' |
| North Korea | 3–1 | Canada |
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| An Se-uk 18' Hong Song-nam 66', 80' |
Report | Douglas 51' |
| Soviet Union | 3–0[a] | North Korea |
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| Kolotov 16' (pen.) Veremeyev 81' Blokhin 89' |
Report |
- North Korean player An Gil-wan was suspended for a year for attacking the referee three times during the game.[2] The International Olympic Committee issued a warning to the entire North Korean team threatening to impose a blanket ban on the delegation.
Bracket
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 25 July – Ottawa | ||||||||||
| East Germany | 4 | |||||||||
| 27 July – Montreal | ||||||||||
 France | 0 | |||||||||
| East Germany | 2 | |||||||||
| 25 July – Sherbrooke | ||||||||||
| Soviet Union | 1 | |||||||||
| Soviet Union | 2 | |||||||||
| 31 July – Montreal | ||||||||||
 Iran | 1 | |||||||||
| East Germany | 3 | |||||||||
| 25 July – Toronto | ||||||||||
| Poland | 1 | |||||||||
| Brazil | 4 | |||||||||
| 27 July – Toronto | ||||||||||
 Israel | 1 | |||||||||
| Brazil | 0 | |||||||||
| 25 July – Montreal | ||||||||||
| Poland | 2 | Bronze medal match | ||||||||
| Poland | 5 | |||||||||
| 29 July – Montreal | ||||||||||
| North Korea | 0 | |||||||||
| Soviet Union | 2 | |||||||||
| Brazil | 0 | |||||||||
Quarter-finals
| Soviet Union | 2–1 | Iran |
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| Minayev 40' Zvyahintsev 67' |
Report | Ghelichkhani 82' (pen.) |
| Poland | 5–0 | North Korea |
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| Szarmach 13', 49' Lato 59', 79' Szymanowski 64' |
Report |
Semi-finals
| Soviet Union | 1–2 | East Germany |
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| Kolotov 84' (pen.) |
Report | Dörner 59' (pen.) Kurbjuweit 66' |
Bronze Medal match
| Soviet Union | 2–0 | Brazil |
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| Onyshchenko 5' Nazarenko 49' |
Report |
Gold Medal match
1976 Summer Olympics Football Final
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Medal winners
Goalscorers
With six goals, Andrzej Szarmach of Poland is the top scorer in the tournament. In total, 66 goals were scored by 44 different players, with only one of them credited as own goal.
- 6 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
Chico Fraga- Erivélto
- Léo Júnior
- Rosemiro
Hans-Jürgen Riediger- Hartmut Schade
- Lothar Kurbjuweit
- Martin Hoffmann
- Reinhard Häfner
- Wolfram Löwe
Bruno Baronchelli- Francisco Rubio
Marco Fion
Ali Parvin- Gholam Hossein Mazloumi
- Hassan Rowshan
- Parviz Ghelichkhani
Itzhak Shum- Yaron Oz
Hugo Sánchez
An Se-Uk
Antoni Szymanowski- Kazimierz Deyna
Aleksandr Minayev- Leonid Nazarenko
- Oleh Blokhin
- Viktor Zvyahintsev
- Volodymyr Veremeyev
Santiago Idígoras
- Own goal
- Eduardo Rergis (playing against Guatemala)
Final ranking
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| 1 | East Germany |
5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 9 |
| 2 | Poland |
5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 7 |
| 3 | Soviet Union |
5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 8 |
| 4 | Brazil |
5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | France |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 5 |
| 6 | Israel |
4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 3 |
| 7 | Iran |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 2 |
| 8 |  North Korea |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 2 |
| 9 |  Mexico |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 2 |
| 10 |  Guatemala |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 2 |
| 11 |  Cuba |
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 |
| 12 | Spain |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 0 |
| 13 | Canada |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 0 |
Source: rsssf.com
