Football at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Encyclopedia
Final results for the Football
competition at the 1976 Summer Olympics
held in Montreal
, Toronto
, Ottawa
, and Sherbrooke. Groups A, C and D had only three teams instead of four, as Nigeria
, Ghana
and Zambia
national teams adhered to African-led boycott of the Games against the participation of New Zealand
because that country's rugby team toured apartheid
South Africa
(which was announced only a day before the opening ceremony).
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Jafar Namdar
North and Central America Werner Winsemann Marco Antonio Dorantes
South America Angel Coerezza Arnaldo Cézar Coelho
Guillermo Velasquez Ramon Barreto
Europe Paul Schiller Robert Helies Alberto Michelotti Adolf Prokop
Károly Palotai
Marian Kuston John Paterson Emilio Guruceta-Muro Vladimir Rudnev
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Gold
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Hans-Ulrich Grapenthin
Wilfried Gröbner
Jürgen Croy
Gerd Weber
Hans-Jürgen Dörner
Konrad Weise
Lothar Kurbjuweit
Reinhard Lauck
Gert Heidler
Reinhard Häfner
Hans-Jürgen Riediger
Bernd Bransch
Martin Hoffmann
Gerd Kische
Wolfram Löwe
Hartmut Schade
Dieter Riedel
Coach: Georg Buschner
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Jan Tomaszewski
Piotr Mowlik
Antoni Szymanowski
Jerzy Gorgoń
Wojciech Rudy
Władysław Żmuda
Zygmunt Maszczyk
Grzegorz Lato
Henryk Wawrowski
Henryk Kasperczak
Roman Ogaza
Kazimierz Kmiecik
Kazimierz Deyna
Andrzej Szarmach
Henryk Wieczorek
Leslaw Cmikiewicz
Jan Benigier
Coach: Kazimierz Górski
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Vladimir Astapovsky
Anatoli Konkov
Viktor Matvienko
Mikhail Fomenko
Stefan Reshko
Vladimir Troshkin
David Kipiani
Vladimir Onishchenko
Viktor Kolotov
Vladimir Veremeev
Oleg Blokhin
Leonid Buryak
Vladimir Fyodorov
Aleksandr Minayev
Viktor Zvyagintsev
Leonid Nazarenko
Aleksandr Prokhorov
Coach:
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
competition at the 1976 Summer Olympics
1976 Summer Olympics
The 1976 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in 1976. Montreal was awarded the rights to the 1976 Games on May 12, 1970, at the 69th IOC Session in Amsterdam, over the bids of Moscow and...
held in Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
, Toronto
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
, Ottawa
Ottawa
Ottawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario...
, and Sherbrooke. Groups A, C and D had only three teams instead of four, as Nigeria
Nigeria national football team
The Nigeria national football team, nicknamed the Super Eagles or Green Eagles, is the national team of Nigeria and is controlled by the Nigeria Football Federation . The team has ranked as high as 5th in the FIFA World Rankings, in April 1994...
, Ghana
Ghana national football team
The Ghana national football team, popularly known as the Black Stars, is the national association football team of Ghana and is controlled by the Ghana Football Association...
and Zambia
Zambia national football team
The Zambia national football team represents the country of Zambia in the sport of association football and is governed by the Football Association of Zambia. Before independence they were known as the Northern Rhodesia national football team. The side is nicknamed Chipolopolo as copper is one of...
national teams adhered to African-led boycott of the Games against the participation of New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
because that country's rugby team toured apartheid
History of South Africa in the apartheid era
Apartheid was a system of racial segregation enforced by the National Party governments of South Africa between 1948 and 1994, under which the rights of the majority 'non-white' inhabitants of South Africa were curtailed and white supremacy and Afrikaner minority rule was maintained...
South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
(which was announced only a day before the opening ceremony).
Venues
- Olympic StadiumOlympic Stadium (Montreal)The Olympic Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in the Hochelaga-Maisonneuve district of Montreal, Quebec, Canada built as the main venue for the 1976 Summer Olympics...
(MontrealMontrealMontreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
) - Varsity StadiumVarsity StadiumVarsity Stadium is a collegiate football stadium that is home to the Varsity Blues, the athletic teams of the University of Toronto in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. While the present structure was built in 2007, it is in fact the third major incarnation of the stadium that has occupied the same site...
(TorontoTorontoToronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
) - Lansdowne ParkLansdowne ParkLansdowne Park is a historic sports, exhibition and entertainment facility in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, owned by the City of Ottawa. It is located along Bank Street and is adjacent to the Rideau Canal, in central Ottawa...
(OttawaOttawaOttawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario...
) - Municipal StadiumMunicipal Stadium (Sherbrooke)Municipal Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. It is used mostly for football and hosted three football games during the 1976 Summer Olympics. It holds 4,000 people.-References:* Volume 2. pp. 208–11....
(Sherbrooke)
Qualification
The following thirteen teams qualified for the 1976 Olympics football tournament:- Asia (AFCAsian Football ConfederationThe Asian Football Confederation is the governing body of association football in Asia. It has 46 member countries, mostly located on the Asian continent. However, due to the disputed boundary of Europe and Asia, nations such as Russia and Turkey which are located mostly in geographic Asia are...
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- North and Central America (CONCACAFCONCACAFThe Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football is the continental governing body for association football in North America, Central America and the Caribbean...
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- South America (CONMEBOLCONMEBOLThe South American Football Confederation , commonly known as CONMEBOL , is the continental governing body of association football in South America and it is one of FIFA's six continental confederations...
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- Europe (UEFAUEFAThe Union of European Football Associations , almost always referred to by its acronym UEFA is the administrative and controlling body for European association football, futsal and beach soccer....
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Match Officials
Asia Abraham KleinAbraham Klein (referee)
Abraham Klein , was an Israeli international football referee.-1970 World Cup:Klein refereed some of the most important FIFA World Cup matches between 1970 and 1982...
Jafar Namdar
Jafar Namdar
Jafar Namdar is an Iranian former football referee.-Refereeing career:Namdar officiated as a referee at the 1974 and 1978 FIFA World Cups.When he refereed Australia vs Chile at the 1974 FIFA World Cup Namdar became only the second Asian referee to officiate as a referee at a FIFA World Cup...
North and Central America Werner Winsemann Marco Antonio Dorantes
South America Angel Coerezza Arnaldo Cézar Coelho
Arnaldo Cézar Coelho
Arnaldo David Cézar Coelho was the first Brazilian, indeed first non-European to take charge of the FIFA World Cup final when he officiated in the 1982 final between Italy and West Germany....
Guillermo Velasquez Ramon Barreto
Ramón Barreto
Ramón Ivanoes Barreto Ruiz is a Uruguayan professional association football referee. He is the only referee in the history of the FIFA World Cup to have been appointed to two consecutive Final matches: in 1974 in Munich, and in 1978 in Buenos Aires.Barreto was first selected as a World Cup Finals...
Europe Paul Schiller Robert Helies Alberto Michelotti Adolf Prokop
Adolf Prokop
Adolf Prokop , is a former football referee from East Germany. He is mostly known for supervising two matches in the FIFA World Cup, one in 1978 and one in 1982. He was also active at UEFA Euro 1984 and refereed the 1984 European Cup Winners' Cup Final.-External links:*...
Károly Palotai
Károly Palotai
Károly Palotai is a retired Hungarianfootball player and referee. He was an Olympic Gold winner as a player before turning to refereeing...
Marian Kuston John Paterson Emilio Guruceta-Muro Vladimir Rudnev
Group A
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| 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 0 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- **Nigeria withdrew
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Group B
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| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 5 | ||
| 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 2 | |
| 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 2 |
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Group C
| Team | ||||||||
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| 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- **Ghana withdrew
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Group D
| Team | ||||||||
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| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 | |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 0 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- **Zambia withdrew
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Bracket
Quarter finals
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Semi finals
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Final
Medal winners
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Hans-Ulrich Grapenthin
Hans-Ulrich Grapenthin
Hans-Ulrich Grapenthin is a German former footballer who played as a goalkeeper for FC Carl Zeiss Jena. He was an East Germany international, winning 21 caps, and was part of the gold-medal winning squad at the 1976 Olympics. He was East German Footballer of the Year in 1980 and 1981.-External...
Wilfried Gröbner
Wilfried Gröbner
Wilfried Gröbner is a German former footballer and coach who was part of East Germany's gold medal-winning team at the 1976 Olympics.-External links:*...
Jürgen Croy
Jürgen Croy
Jürgen Croy is a former international football goalkeeper for the German Democratic Republic.-Sporting career:...
Gerd Weber
Gerd Weber
Gerd Weber is a former German soccer player.Weber began his career in 1970 with SG Dynamo Dresden of the DDR-Oberliga. Between 1977 and 1980 he played 35 times for the East German national team, scoring 5 goals, and winning gold at the 1976 Summer Olympics...
Hans-Jürgen Dörner
Hans-Jürgen Dörner
Hans-Jürgen „Dixie“ Dörner is a former German football player and who now coaches. He distinguished himself during his career by being named East Germany's player of the year three times - the only East German player to do this besides goalkeeper Jürgen Croy.Dörner's playing career began in 1960...
Konrad Weise
Konrad Weise
Konrad Weise is a former German football player.Weise played almost whole his career for FC Carl Zeiss Jena ....
Lothar Kurbjuweit
Lothar Kurbjuweit
Lothar Kurbjuweit is a former German football player, who works as Director of Sport for FC Carl Zeiss Jena.-International career:...
Reinhard Lauck
Reinhard Lauck
Reinhard Lauck was a German football player.Lauck played for 1. FC Union Berlin and BFC Dynamo ....
Gert Heidler
Gerd Heidler
Gerd Heidler is a former football player for Dynamo Dresden where he played from 1962 until 1982, making 282 appearances. He won the gold medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics. He later worked as a coach.- References :...
Reinhard Häfner
Reinhard Häfner
Reinhard Häfner was a German footballer who now works as a football coach.Häfner played children's and youth football for his hometown club BSG Motor Sonneberg. As a junior player he was assigned to FC Rot-Weiss Erfurt before joining Dynamo Dresden in 1971...
Hans-Jürgen Riediger
Hans-Jürgen Riediger
Hans Jürgen Riediger , is a former German soccer player. Hans Jürgen Riediger played for youth team Motor Finsterwalde Süd and represented Berlin club BFC Dynamo for 14 years. The striker came to prominence with 34 youth international matches and made his league debut with Dynamo Berlin...
Bernd Bransch
Bernd Bransch
Bernd Bransch is a former footballer from East Germany.Bransch began his sporting career as a youngster at BSG Motor Halle-Süd...
Martin Hoffmann
Gerd Kische
Gerd Kische
Gerhard "Gerd" Kische is a former German football player.Kische played most notably for FC Hansa Rostock ....
Wolfram Löwe
Wolfram Löwe
Wolfram Löwe is a former German football player.Löwe played almost whole his career for 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig ....
Hartmut Schade
Hartmut Schade
Hartmut Schade was born on 13 November 1954 in Radeberg, Saxony and is a German former football player, who won the 1976 Summer Olympics. He played for Dynamo Dresden. - References :...
Dieter Riedel
Dieter Riedel
Dieter Riedel is a German football player and coach. From 1995 to 1997, he was the chairman of Dynamo Dresden....
Coach: Georg Buschner
Georg Buschner
Georg Buschner was an East German football player and manager.He earned 6 caps for the East Germany national football team between 1954 and 1957, and later coached the team from 1970 to 1981...
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Jan Tomaszewski
Jan Tomaszewski
Jan Tomaszewski is a retired Polish footballer , who was nicknamed "Tomek" and "The Man That Stopped England", named Best Goalkeeper in the 1974 World Cup in West Germany....
Piotr Mowlik
Piotr Mowlik
Piotr Mowlik is a retired Polish football goalkeeper.In 1965, Mowlik began as an apprentice with LZS Orzepowice. In 1966, he signed as a professional with ROW Rybnik where he played until 1970. That year, he also briefly played for Unia Racibórz. In 1971, he joinedLegia Warsaw where he played...
Antoni Szymanowski
Antoni Szymanowski
Antoni Szymanowski was a Polish footballer , and a member of the Poland national football team in two FIFA World Cups: 1974 and 1978. During those tournaments his club was Wisła Kraków. Szymanowski was one of the best defenders in Poland during the golden era of Polish football...
Jerzy Gorgoń
Jerzy Gorgon
Jerzy Paweł Gorgoń was a Polish football player who is remembered for his participation in the 1972 Summer Olympics. He was a 6'4" tall defender who became well-known in 1967 while playing for Górnik Zabrze. He helped Zabrze to five consecutive Polish cups in 1968-72.He received 55 international...
Wojciech Rudy
Wojciech Rudy
Wojciech Władysław Rudy is a retired Polish football player.He played mostly for Zagłębie Sosnowiec....
Władysław Żmuda
Zygmunt Maszczyk
Zygmunt Maszczyk
Zygmunt Paweł Maszczyk is a retired Polish football player.He played mostly for Ruch Chorzów.He played for the Polish national team and was a participant at the 1974 FIFA World Cup, where Poland won the bronze medal, at the 1972 Summer Olympics, where Poland won the gold medal and at the 1976...
Grzegorz Lato
Grzegorz Lato
Grzegorz Bolesław Lato is a former Polish football striker, and the leading scorer at the 1974 World Cup. Lato's playing career coincided with the golden era of Polish football, which began with Olympic gold in Munich in 1972 and ended a decade later with third place at the 1982 World Cup in...
Henryk Wawrowski
Henryk Kasperczak
Henryk Kasperczak
Henryk Wojciech Kasperczak is a Polish football manager and a football player.As a player, Kasperczak took part in two FIFA World Cups with Poland, achieving third place in 1974, as well as a silver medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada.As a manager, Kasperczak enjoyed most...
Roman Ogaza
Roman Ogaza
Roman Grzegorz Ogaza was a Polish football player.-Life and work:Roman Ogaza was born 17 November in Katowice. He was a striker...
Kazimierz Kmiecik
Kazimierz Kmiecik
Kazimierz Kmiecik is a retired Polish football player, who played almost all his career for Wisła Kraków, where he played 304 league matches and scored 153 goals. This makes him the best goalscorer in history of the club. He also played for Larissa and won the first Greek cup for the history of...
Kazimierz Deyna
Kazimierz Deyna
Kazimierz Deyna was a Polish footballer, who played as an offensive midfielder in the playmaker role and was one of the most highly regarded players of his generation.-Early life:...
Andrzej Szarmach
Andrzej Szarmach
Andrzej Szarmach is a former Polish football player.He played in the Polish national team during its "golden age" in the 1970s...
Henryk Wieczorek
Henryk Wieczorek
Henryk Piotr Wieczorek is a retired Polish football player.He played for a few clubs, including ROW Rybnik, Górnik Zabrze and AJ Auxerre in France....
Leslaw Cmikiewicz
Leslaw Cmikiewicz
Lesław Ćmikiewicz is a retired Polish football player and a football manager. He played for such Polish clubs as Śląsk Wrocław and Legia Warsaw. He also played for the New York Arrows and Chicago Horizon in the Major Indoor Soccer League.Ćmikiewicz played for the Polish national team, for which he...
Jan Benigier
Coach: Kazimierz Górski
Kazimierz Górski
Kazimierz Klaudiusz Górski was a coach of Poland national football team and honorary president of Polish Football Union . He was also a football player, capped once for Poland....
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Vladimir Astapovsky
Vladimir Astapovsky
Vladimir Aleksandrovich Astapovsky is a retired Soviet football player.-Honours:* Soviet Top League winner: 1970.* Olympic bronze: 1976.* Soviet Goalkeeper of the Year: 1976.* Soviet Footballer of the Year: 1976....
Anatoli Konkov
Viktor Matvienko
Viktor Matvienko
Viktor Antonovych Matviyenko is a former Soviet footballer and a current Ukrainian coach.-Honours:* Soviet Top League winner: 1971, 1974, 1975, 1977.* Soviet Cup winner: 1974.* UEFA Cup Winners' Cup winner: 1975.* UEFA Super Cup winner: 1975....
Mikhail Fomenko
Stefan Reshko
Stefan Reshko
Stefan Mikhailovich Reshko is a former Ukrainian and Soviet footballer.- External links:*...
Vladimir Troshkin
Vladimir Troshkin
Volodymyr Mykolayovych Troshkin is a former Soviet footballer and a current Ukrainian coach.-Honours:* Soviet Top League winner: 1971, 1974, 1975, 1977.* Soviet Cup winner: 1974.* UEFA Cup Winners' Cup winner: 1975.* UEFA Super Cup winner: 1975....
David Kipiani
David Kipiani
David Kipiani was a Georgian football midfielder and manager.Kipiani was born in Tbilisi, Georgian SSR. He played for FC Dinamo Tbilisi and Soviet Union National Team and also for a year for Lokomotiv Tbilsi...
Vladimir Onishchenko
Viktor Kolotov
Viktor Kolotov
Viktor Mikhailovich Kolotov was the Soviet footballer who spent the most and the best of his years in Ukraine....
Vladimir Veremeev
Vladimir Veremeev
Volodymyr Hryhorovych Veremeyev is a former Soviet and Ukrainian/Russian footballer. He spent all of his playing career in Ukraine.-Career:...
Oleg Blokhin
Oleg Blokhin
Oleh Volodymyrovych "Oleg" Blokhin is a Ukrainian football coach and current head coach of the Ukrainian national team. Blokhin was formerly a standout striker for Dynamo Kyiv and the Soviet national team...
Leonid Buryak
Leonid Buryak
Leonid Yosipovich Buryak is a Ukrainian football coach and former Olympic bronze-medal-winning player.Buryak, who is Jewish, was a midfielder for the USSR national football team, and competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics, at which he won a bronze medal.Buryak played for a number of teams in the...
Vladimir Fyodorov
Vladimir Fyodorov (footballer)
Vladimir Ivanovich Fyodorov was a Soviet football player. Fyodorov was one of the FC Pakhtakor Tashkent players killed in the 1979 Dniprodzerzhynsk mid-air collision.-International career:...
Aleksandr Minayev
Aleksandr Minayev
Aleksandr Alekseyevich Minayev is a retired Soviet football player and a current Russian coach.-Honours:* Soviet Top League winner: 1976 .* Soviet Cup winner: 1977....
Viktor Zvyagintsev
Viktor Zvyagintsev
Viktor Oleksandrovych Zvyahintsev is a retired Soviet football player.-Honours:* Soviet Cup winner: 1980.* Olympic bronze: 1976.-International career:...
Leonid Nazarenko
Leonid Nazarenko
Leonid Vasilyevich Nazarenko is a retired Soviet football player and a current Russian coach.-International career:...
Aleksandr Prokhorov
Aleksandr Prokhorov (footballer)
Aleksandr Vladimirovich Prokhorov was a Soviet football player and coach.-International career:...
Coach: