Football at The 1992 Summer Olympics
Football at The 1992 Summer Olympics
Football at The 1992 Summer Olympics
The football competition at the 1992 Summer Olympics was the first
Olympic football tournament dedicated for under-23 teams. The
1992 Men's Olympic
competition featured 16 men's national sides from the six continental Football Tournament
confederations. The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four Tournament details
and each group played a round-robin tournament. At the end of the
Host country Spain
group stage, the top two teams advanced to the knockout stage,
beginning with the quarter-finals and culminating with the gold Dates 24 July – 8
medal match at Camp Nou on 8 August 1992.[1] August
Teams 16 (from 6
In the tournament hosts Spain became the first host country to win
confederations)
the gold medal since Belgium won the gold medal in the 1920
Summer Olympics, a achievement which would not be repeated Venue(s) 5 (in 4 host
again in the men’s tournament until Brazil won the gold medal in the cities)
2016 Summer Olympics. Final positions
Notably, these were the first matches played with football's new Champions Spain
back-pass rule[2] and was the last Olympic football competition (1st title)
which was open to men only before the introduction of a women’s Runners-up Poland
tournament four years later.
Third place Ghana
Fourth place Australia
Competition schedule
The match schedule of the tournament.[3]
Legend
24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Lun Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
G G G G G G ¼ ¼ ½ B F
Qualification
The following 16 teams qualified for the 1992 Olympic men's football tournament:
Italy
Sweden
Poland
Qatar
Kuwait
Egypt
Morocco
Mexico
Colombia
Total 16
Venues
Barcelona Barcelona Valencia
Camp Nou Estadi de Sarrià Estadio Luis Casanova
Capacity: 100,000 Capacity: 42,000 Capacity: 50,000
Sabadell
Estadi de la Nova Creu Alta
Capacity: 16,000
Estadi de la
Nova Creu
Alta
Estadio La
Romareda Estadi de Camp Nou
Sarrià
Zaragoza
Estadio La Romareda
Estadio Luis
Capacity: 43,001 Casanova
Match officials
Africa North and Central America
Asia Europe
Squads
Group stage
Group A
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
24 July 1992
20:00
Poland 2–0 Kuwait
Juskowiak 7', 80' Report (https://www.fif
a.com/tournaments/arc
hive/mensolympic/barc
elona1992/matches/ro
und=1325/match=999
3/index.html)
27 July 1992
19:00
United States 3–1 Kuwait
Brose 56' Report (https://www.fif Marwi 16'
Lagos 79' a.com/tournaments/arc
Snow 85' hive/mensolympic/barc
elona1992/matches/ro
und=1325/match=999
5/index.html)
29 July 1992
19:00
United States 2–2 Poland
Imler 20' Report (https://www.fif Koźmiński 31'
Snow 85' a.com/tournaments/arc Juskowiak 40'
hive/mensolympic/barc
elona1992/matches/ro
und=1325/match=999
7/index.html)
29 July 1992
21:00
Italy 1–0 Kuwait
Melli 10' Report (https://www.fif
a.com/tournaments/arc
hive/mensolympic/barc
elona1992/matches/ro
und=1325/match=999
6/index.html)
Group B
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
24 July 1992
20:00
Egypt 0–1 Qatar
Report (https://www.fif Mustafa 74'
a.com/tournaments/arc
hive/mensolympic/barc
elona1992/matches/ro
und=1325/match=999
9/index.html)
27 July 1992
21:00
Spain 2–0 Egypt
Solozábal 55' Report (https://www.fif
Soler 70' a.com/tournaments/arc
hive/mensolympic/barc
elona1992/matches/ro
und=1325/match=1000
0/index.html)
27 July 1992
19:00
Colombia 1–1 Qatar
Aristizábal 62' Report (https://www.fif Soufi 89'
a.com/tournaments/arc
hive/mensolympic/barc
elona1992/matches/ro
und=1325/match=1000
1/index.html)
29 July 1992
19:00
Colombia 3–4 Egypt
Gaviria 9', 84' Report (https://www.fif Youssef 27'
Pacheco 14' a.com/tournaments/arc El-Masry 47'
hive/mensolympic/barc Khashaba 91', 94'
elona1992/matches/ro
und=1325/match=1000
3/index.html)
Group C
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
26 July 1992
21:00
Morocco 1–1 South Korea
Bahja 64' Report (https://www.fif Jung Jae-kwon 73'
a.com/tournaments/arc
hive/mensolympic/barc
elona1992/matches/ro
und=1325/match=1000
5/index.html)
28 July 1992
19:00
Sweden 4–0 Morocco
Brolin 14', 69' Report (https://www.fif
Mild 20' a.com/tournaments/arc
Rödlund 57' hive/mensolympic/barc
elona1992/matches/ro
und=1325/match=1000
6/index.html)
28 July 1992
21:00
Paraguay 0–0 South Korea
Report (https://www.fif
a.com/tournaments/arc
hive/mensolympic/barc
elona1992/matches/ro
und=1325/match=1000
7/index.html)
30 July 1992
21:00
Sweden 1–1 South Korea
Rödlund 52' Report (https://www.fif Seo Jung-won 28'
a.com/tournaments/arc
hive/mensolympic/barc
elona1992/matches/ro
und=1325/match=1000
8/index.html)
30 July 1992
21:00
Paraguay 3–1 Morocco
Arce 43' Report (https://www.fif Naybet 87'
Caballero 57' a.com/tournaments/arc
Gamarra 70' hive/mensolympic/barc
elona1992/matches/ro
und=1325/match=1000
9/index.html)
Group D
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
26 July 1992
19:00
Ghana 3–1 Australia
Gargo 12' Report (https://www.fif Vidmar 91'
Ayew 83', 89' a.com/tournaments/arc
hive/mensolympic/barc
elona1992/matches/ro
und=1325/match=1001
1/index.html)
28 July 1992
19:00
Denmark 0–0 Ghana
Report (https://www.fif
a.com/tournaments/arc
hive/mensolympic/barc
elona1992/matches/ro
und=1325/match=1001
2/index.html)
28 July 1992
21:00
Mexico 1–1 Australia
Castañeda 63' Report (https://www.fif Arambasic 20'
a.com/tournaments/arc
hive/mensolympic/barc
elona1992/matches/ro
und=1325/match=1001
3/index.html)
30 July 1992
19:00
Denmark 0–3 Australia
Report (https://www.fif Markovski 32'
a.com/tournaments/arc Mori 60'
hive/mensolympic/barc Vidmar 75'
elona1992/matches/ro
und=1325/match=1001
4/index.html)
30 July 1992
19:00
Mexico 1–1 Ghana
Rotllán 30' Report (https://www.fif Ayew 79'
a.com/tournaments/arc
hive/mensolympic/barc
elona1992/matches/ro
und=1325/match=1001
5/index.html)
Knockout stage
Quarter-finals Semi-finals Gold medal match
1 August – Valencia
Spain 1
5 August – Valencia
Italy 0
2 August – Zaragoza Spain 2
Ghana 0
Paraguay 2
8 August – Barcelona (Camp
Ghana (a.e.t.) 4 Nou)
1 August – Barcelona (Camp Spain 3
Nou) Poland 2
Poland 2 5 August – Barcelona (Camp
Qatar 0 Nou)
2 August – Barcelona (Camp Poland 6
Nou) Australia 1 Bronze medal match
Sweden 1 7 August – Barcelona (Camp
Australia 2 Nou)
Ghana 1
Australia 0
Quarter-finals
1 August 1992
19:00
Spain 1–0 Italy
Kiko 38' Report (https://www.fif
a.com/tournaments/arc
hive/mensolympic/barc
elona1992/matches/ro
und=1321/match=1061
6/index.html)
1 August 1992
21:30
Poland 2–0 Qatar
Kowalczyk 42' Report (https://www.fif
Jałocha 74' a.com/tournaments/arc
hive/mensolympic/barc
elona1992/matches/ro
und=1321/match=1061
5/index.html)
2 August 1992
19:00
Paraguay 2–4 (a.e.t.) Ghana
Acheampong 78' (o.g.) Report (https://www.fif Ayew 17', 55', 121'
Campos 81' a.com/tournaments/arc Rahman 114'
hive/mensolympic/barc
elona1992/matches/ro
und=1321/match=1061
8/index.html)
2 August 1992
21:30
Sweden 1–2 Australia
Andersson 60' Report (https://www.fif Markovski 30'
a.com/tournaments/arc Murphy 53'
hive/mensolympic/barc
elona1992/matches/ro
und=1321/match=1061
7/index.html)
Semi-finals
5 August 1992
19:00
Spain 2–0 Ghana
Abelardo 25' Report (https://www.fif
Berges 55' a.com/tournaments/arc
hive/mensolympic/barc
elona1992/matches/ro
und=1322/match=1062
0/index.html)
5 August 1992
21:30
Poland 6–1 Australia
Kowalczyk 27', 88' Report (https://www.fif Veart 35'
Juskowiak 43', 52', 78' a.com/tournaments/arc
Murphy 67' (o.g.) hive/mensolympic/barc
elona1992/matches/ro
und=1322/match=1061
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Team details
Poland Spain
Medal winners
Gold medalists – Spain Silver medalists – Poland Bronze medalists – Ghana
José Amavisca Dariusz Adamczuk Joachin Yaw Acheampong
Rafael Berges Marek Bajor Simon Addo
Santiago Cañizares Jerzy Brzęczek Sammi Adjei
Abelardo Marek Koźmiński Maxwell Konadu
Albert Ferrer Dariusz Gęsior Mamood Amadu
Pep Guardiola Marcin Jałocha Isaac Asare
Miguel Hernández Tomasz Łapiński Frank Amankwah
Toni Tomasz Wałdoch Nii Lamptey
Mikel Lasa Aleksander Kłak Bernard Aryee
Juanma López Andrzej Kobylański Kwame Ayew
Javier Manjarín Ryszard Staniek Mohammed Gargo
Luis Enrique Wojciech Kowalczyk Mohammed Kalilu
Kiko Andrzej Juskowiak Ibrahim Dossey
Alfonso Grzegorz Mielcarski Samuel Osei Kuffour
Antonio Pinilla Piotr Świerczewski Samuel Kumah
Paco Soler Mirosław Waligóra Anthony Mensah
Gabriel Vidal Dariusz Koseła Alex Nyarko
Roberto Solozábal Arkadiusz Onyszko Yaw Preko
David Villabona Dariusz Szubert Shamo Quaye
Paqui Tomasz Wieszczycki Oli Rahman
Goalscorers
With seven goals, Andrzej Juskowiak of Poland is the top scorer in the tournament. In total, 87 goals were
scored by 57 different players, with two of them credited as own goals.
7 goals
Andrzej Juskowiak
6 goals
Kwame Ayew
5 goals
Wojciech Kowalczyk
2 goals
Tony Vidmar
John Markovski
Hernán Gaviria
Hady Khashaba
Alessandro Melli
Francisco Rotllán
Ryszard Staniek
Abelardo
Rafael Berges
Jonny Rödlund
Thomas Brolin
Steve Snow
1 goal
Carl Veart
Damian Mori
Shaun Murphy
Zlatko Arambasic
Víctor Aristizábal
Víctor Pacheco
Claus Thomsen
Ibrahim El-Masry
Mohamed Youssef
Isaac Asare
Mohammed Gargo
Oli Rahman
Demetrio Albertini
Jung Kwang-seok
Seo Jung-won
Ali Marwi
Jorge Castañeda
Ahmed Bahja
Noureddine Naybet
Carlos Gamarra
Francisco Arce
Jorge Campos
Mauro Caballero
Grzegorz Mielcarski
Marcin Jałocha
Marek Koźmiński
Mahmoud Soufi
Mubarak Mustafa
Alfonso
Paco Soler
Pep Guardiola
Luis Enrique
Roberto Solozábal
Håkan Mild
Patrik Andersson
Dario Brose
Erik Imler
Joe-Max Moore
Manuel Lagos
Own goals
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 Italy (ITA) 4 2 0 2 3 5 −2 4
6 Sweden (SWE) 4 1 2 1 6 3 +3 4
7 Paraguay (PAR) 4 1 2 1 5 5 0 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: [5]
References
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External links
Olympic Football Tournament Barcelona 1992 (https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/mens/menso
lympic/barcelona1992/match-center), FIFA.com
RSSSF Summary (http://www.rsssf.com/tableso/ol1992f.html)
FIFA Technical Report (Part 1) (https://web.archive.org/web/20111220062542/http://www.fifa.c
om/mm/document/afdeveloping/technicaldevp/50/04/90/oft%5f92%5ftr%5fpart1%5f161.pdf),
(Part 2) (https://web.archive.org/web/20111220064912/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/afde
veloping/technicaldevp/50/04/86/oft%5f92%5ftr%5fpart2%5f160.pdf), (Part 3) (https://web.archi
ve.org/web/20111220052440/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/afdeveloping/technicaldevp/5
0/04/81/oft%5f92%5ftr%5fpart3%5f159.pdf) and (Part 4) (https://web.archive.org/web/2011122
0062712/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/afdeveloping/technicaldevp/50/04/77/oft%5f92%5f
tr%5fpart4%5f158.pdf)