Football at the 1912 Summer Olympics

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Football at the 1912 Summer Olympics

Illustration from the Official Report

Tournament details
Host country| Sweden
Dates| 29 June – 4 July 1912
Teams| 12
Venue(s)| 3 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions|  Great Britain (3rd title)
Runners-up|  Denmark
Third place|  Netherlands
Fourth place|  Finland
Tournament statistics
Matches played| 17
Goals scored| 96 (5.65 per match)
Top scorer(s)|  Gottfried Fuchs (10 goals)

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Football at the 1912 Summer Olympics was one of the 102 events at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden.[1] It was the fourth time that football was on the Olympic schedule.

Great Britain[2] won the gold medals, representing the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (whom the IOC credits). Replicating the 1908 tournament, Denmark won silver medals and the Netherlands won bronze medals.[3][4]

The Swedish Football Association ran the tournament, just as the English Football Association had organised the 1908 Olympic football competition in London, England. Three stadiums hosted the eleven matches of the main tournament from 29 June to 4 July 1912. Two were played at Tranebergs Idrottsplats in a suburb of Stockholm, five including the bronze medal match took place at Råsunda Idrottsplats, also outside Stockholm, and four including the final match were held at the Olympiastadion.

Seven teams were eliminated in two rounds ending with the quarterfinal matches, 30 June, and these teams played off in a consolation tournament from 1 July to 5 July, comprising six matches at the same three stadiums. Hungary won the consolation tournament.

## Competition schedule

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## Venues

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Stockholm

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Stockholm Olympic Stadium

Tranebergs Idrottsplats

Råsunda IP

Stockholm area with location in Sweden inserted

Capacity: 33,000
Råsunda IP
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Tranebergs Idrottsplats
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## Participants

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Main article: Football at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads

The tournament saw a record 14 teams enter, all of them from Europe: however, the entry of Bohemia was rejected as their association had been voted out of FIFA in 1908, while Belgium withdrew two weeks before the draw due to a lack of players being available to travel. Subsequently, France withdrew three days after the draw: their opponents, Norway, were awarded a 2–0 victory.

The Football Association entered a Great Britain national amateur team to represent the United Kingdom (Great Britain and Ireland).

A total of 135+28 footballers from 11 nations competed at the Stockholm Games:[note 1]

* Austria (11+4) part of Austria-Hungary
* Denmark (15)
* Finland (13) Grand Duchy of Finland, ruled by Russian Empire
* Germany (11+11)
* Great Britain (14) team played all matches as England
* Hungary (11+3) part of Austria-Hungary
* Italy (12+2)
* Netherlands (15)
* Norway (11+1)
* Russian Empire (11+4)
* Sweden (11+3)

## Course of the tournament

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In the first round of the tournament, the hosts from Sweden went out in the opening match against the Netherlands. Fighting back from a 1–3 deficit with half an hour to go, Sweden only lost 4–3 on a goal scored by Dutch player Jan Vos in extra time. At Tranebergs Idrottsplats, Austrian football pioneer Hugo Meisl was the referee as Finland beat Italy, also in extra time.

In the second round, Finland won again, this time beating Russia, who had received a bye in the first round. By this stage, Great Britain team entered the contest, drawn to play against Hungary at Olympiastadion. Great Britain was captained by Vivian Woodward, a record-scoring centre-forward from Chelsea, who had formed part of Great Britain's gold medal winning side of the 1908 Summer Olympics. Led by forward Harold Walden, who scored six goals, Great Britain defeated Hungary by 7–0.

In the semi-final round, Walden scored all four goals as Great Britain defeated Finland 4–0. In the other semi-final Denmark beat the Netherlands 4–1; the Dutch consolation goal put behind goalkeeper Sophus Hansen by Danish defender Harald Hansen. For the second successive time, the final would pair Great Britain with Denmark, and like in 1908, the team representing Great Britain would win gold medals, although this game would be closer than the 4–2 score-line suggested. With no rule allowing substitutions, Denmark played with ten men after the 30th minute when Charles Buchwald was injured and had to be taken from the pitch on a stretcher.

A consolation tournament ran conjunctively with the tournament proper paired the losers of the first and second rounds, and was eventually won by Hungary,[5] although no medals were awarded for the top three finishers in that tournament.[3]

German player Gottfried Fuchs equalled the record for most goals in an international (set by Dane Sophus Nielsen in the 1908 Olympics) with 10 goals for Germany against Russia; this record stood until 2001.

## Bracket

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| First round| | Second round| | Semi-finals| | Gold medal match

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| 30 June – Stockholm

|  Great Britain| 7

| | |  Hungary | 0 |

| | 2 July – Stockholm

|  Great Britain | 4

| 29 June – Stockholm

| |  Finland | 0 |

|  Italy | 2

| 30 June – Stockholm|

|  Finland (a.e.t.)| 3 |

|  Finland | 2

| | |  Russia | 1 |

| | 4 July – Stockholm

|  Great Britain | 4

| |  Denmark | 2

| 30 June – Stockholm|

|  Denmark | 7

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| | |  Norway | 0 |

|  Norway | 2

| | 2 July – Stockholm

|  France | 0 |

|  Denmark | 4

| 29 June – Stockholm

| |  Netherlands | 1 | | Bronze medal match

|  Sweden | 3

| 30 June – Stockholm| | 4 July – Stockholm

|  Netherlands (a.e.t.)| 4 |

|  Netherlands | 3|  Netherlands | 9

| 29 June – Stockholm

| |  Austria | 1 | |  Finland | 0

|  Austria | 5

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|  Germany | 1 |

## Match details

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Main article: Football at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Matches

### First round

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29 June 1912

11:00

Finland | 3-2 (a.e.t.)|  Italy

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Öhman 2'
E. Soinio 40'
Wiberg 105' | Report | Bontadini 10'
Sardi 25'

Tranebergs Idrottsplats, Stockholm

Attendance: 600

Referee: Hugo Meisl (Austria)

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29 June 1912

15:00

Austria | 5-1|  Germany

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Merz 75', 81'
Studnicka 58'
Neubauer 62'
Cimera 89' | Report | Jäger 35'

Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Humbert Willing (Netherlands)

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29 June 1912

19:00

Sweden | 3-4 (a.e.t.)|  Netherlands

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Swensson 3', 80'
E. Börjesson 62' (pen.) | Report | Bouvy 28', 52'
Vos 43', 91'

Olympic Stadium, Stockholm

Attendance: 14,000

Referee: Wagstaffe Simmons (Great Britain)

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29 June 1912

Norway | 2-0
Awarded|  France

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### Quarter-finals

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30 June

10:00

Finland | 2-1|  Russia

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Wiberg 30'
Öhman 80' | Report | Butusov 72'

Tranebergs Idrottsplats, Stockholm

Attendance: 200

Referee: Per Sjoblom (Sweden)

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30 June

13:30

Great Britain | 7-0|  Hungary

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Walden 21', 23', 49', 53', 55', 85'
Woodward 45' | Report |

Tranebergs Idrottsplats, Stockholm

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Christiaan Groothoff (Netherlands)

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30 June

16:30

Denmark | 7-0|  Norway

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Olsen 4', 70', 88'
S. Nielsen 60', 85'
Wolfhagen 25'
Middelboe 37' | Report |

Tranebergs Idrottsplats, Stockholm

Attendance: 700

Referee: Ruben Gelbord (Sweden)

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30 June

19:00

Netherlands | 3-1|  Austria

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Bouvy 8'
ten Cate 12'
Vos 30' | Report | Müller 41'

Tranebergs Idrottsplats, Stockholm

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: David Philip (Great Britain)

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### Semi-finals

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2 July

15:00

Great Britain | 4-0|  Finland

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Holopainen 2' (o.g.)
Walden 7', 77'
Woodward 82' | Report |

Olympic Stadium, Stockholm

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Ruben Gelbord (Sweden)

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2 July

19:00

Denmark | 4-1|  Netherlands

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Olsen 14', 87'
Jørgensen 7'
P. Nielsen 37' | Report | H. Hansen 85' (og)

Olympic Stadium, Stockholm

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Ede Herczog (Hungary)

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### Bronze Medal match

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4 July

15:00

Netherlands | 9-0|  Finland

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Vos 29', 43', 46', 74', 78'
van der Sluis 24', 57'
de Groot 28', 86' | Report |

Råsunda, Solna, Stockholm

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Per Sjoblom (Sweden)

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### Final

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1912 Summer Olympics Football Final

4 July

19:00

Great Britain | 4-2|  Denmark

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Hoare 22', 41',
Walden 10'
Berry 43' | Report | Olsen 27', 81'

Olympic Stadium, Stockholm

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Christiaan Groothoff (Netherlands)

Team details

Great Britain

Denmark

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GK |  | Ronald Brebner
DF |  | Thomas Burn
DF |  | Arthur Knight
MF |  | Douglas McWhirter
MF |  | Henry Littlewort
MF |  | James Dines
FW |  | Arthur Berry
FW |  | Vivian Woodward
FW |  | Harold Walden
FW |  | Gordon Hoare
FW |  | Ivan Sharpe
Head Coach:

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GK |  | Sophus Hansen
DF |  | Nils Middelboe
DF |  | Harald Hansen
MF |  | Charles Buchwald
MF |  | Emil Jorgensen
MF |  | Paul Berth
FW |  | Oskar Nielsen
FW |  | Axel Thufason
FW |  | Anthon Olsen
FW |  | Sophus Nielsen
FW |  | Vilhelm Wolfhagen
Head Coach:
Charlie Williams

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## Final summary

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts

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|  Great Britain | 3  | 3  | 0  | 0  | 15  | 2  | +13  | 6
|  Denmark | 3  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 13  | 5  | +8  | 4
|  Netherlands | 4  | 3  | 0  | 1  | 17  | 8  | +9  | 6
4  |  Finland | 4  | 2  | 0  | 2  | 5  | 16  | −11  | 4
5  |  Austria | 2  | 1  | 0  | 1  | 6  | 4  | +2  | 2
6  |  Russia | 1  | 0  | 0  | 1  | 1  | 2  | −1  | 0
7  |  Hungary | 1  | 0  | 0  | 1  | 0  | 7  | −7  | 0
8  |  Norway | 1  | 0  | 0  | 1  | 0  | 7  | −7  | 0
9  |  Sweden | 1  | 0  | 0  | 1  | 3  | 4  | −1  | 0
10  |  Italy | 1  | 0  | 0  | 1  | 2  | 3  | −1  | 0
11  |  Germany | 1  | 0  | 0  | 1  | 1  | 5  | −4  | 0

Source: FIFA

## Medallists

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The database of the International Olympic Committee lists only the eleven players as medalists for each nation, who played in the first match for their nation.[6] The following list contains these eleven players, as well as all other players who made at least one appearance for their team during the tournament.

(Left): Great Britain, Gold Medal; (right): Denmark team, Silver Medal winner

The Netherlands team, Bronze Medal Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Great Britain
Arthur Berry
Ronald Brebner
Thomas Burn
Joseph Dines
Edward Hanney
Gordon Hoare
Arthur Knight
Henry Littlewort
Douglas McWhirter
Ivan Sharpe
Harold Stamper
Harold Walden
Vivian Woodward
Gordon Wright |  Denmark
Paul Berth
Charles Buchwald
Hjalmar Christoffersen
Harald Hansen
Sophus Hansen
Emil Jørgensen
Ivar Lykke
Nils Middelboe
Oskar Nielsen
Poul Nielsen
Sophus Nielsen
Anthon Olsen
Axel Petersen
Axel Thufason
Vilhelm Wolfhagen |  Netherlands
Piet Bouman
Joop Boutmy
Nico Bouvy
Huug de Groot
Bok de Korver
Nico de Wolf
Constant Feith
Ge Fortgens
Just Göbel
Dirk Lotsy
Caesar ten Cate
Jan van Breda Kolff
Jan van der Sluis
Jan Vos
David Wijnveldt

## Consolation tournament

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Main article: Football at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Consolation tournament

### First round

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1 July

11:00

Austria | 1-0|  Norway

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Neubauer 2' | Report |

Tranebergs Idrottsplats, Stockholm

Attendance: 200

Referee: Per Sjoblom (Sweden)

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1 July

17:00

Germany | 16-0|  Russia

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Fuchs 2', 9', 21', 28', 34', 46', 51', 55', 65', 69'
Förderer 6', 27', 53', 66'
Burger 30'
Oberle 58' | Report |

Råsunda IP, Solna, Stockholm

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Christiaan Groothoff (Netherlands)

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1 July

19:00

Italy | 1-0|  Sweden

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Bontadini 30' | Report |

Tranebergs Idrottsplats, Stockholm

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Herbert Willing (Netherlands)

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### Semi-finals

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3 July

15:00

Hungary | 3-1|  Germany

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Schlosser 3', 39', 82' | Report | Förderer 56'

Tranebergs Idrottsplats, Stockholm

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Christiaan Groothoff (Netherlands)

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3 July

19:00

Austria | 5-1|  Italy

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Müller 30'
Grundwald 40', 89'
Hussak 49'
Studnicka 65' | Report | Berardo 81'

Olympic Stadium, Stockholm

Attendance: 3,500

Referee: Herbert Willing (Netherlands)

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### Final

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1912 Consolation tournament Final

5 July

19:00

Hungary | 3-0|  Austria

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Schlosser 32'
Pataki 63'
Bodnar 72' | Report |

Tranebergs Idrottsplats, Stockholm

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Herbert Willing (Netherlands)

## Statistics

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### Goalscorers

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German player Gottfried Fuchs was the topscorer of the tournament with 10 goals

10 goals

* Gottfried Fuchs (Germany)

9 goals

* Harold Walden (Great Britain)

8 goals

* Jan Vos (Netherlands)

7 goals

* Anthon Olsen (Denmark)

5 goals

* Fritz Förderer (Germany)

4 goals

* Imre Schlosser (Hungary)

3 goals

* Leopold Grundwald (Austria)
* Nico Bouvy (Netherlands)

2 goals

* Robert Merz (Austria)
* Alois Müller (Austria)
* Sophus Nielsen (Denmark)
* Jarl Öhman (Grand Duchy of Finland)
* Bror Wiberg (Grand Duchy of Finland)
* Gordon Hoare (Great Britain)
* Vivian Woodward (Great Britain)
* Franco Bontadini (Italy)
* Huug de Groot (Netherlands)
* Jan van der Sluis (Netherlands)
* Iwar Swensson (Sweden)

1 goal

* Robert Cimera (Austria)
* Ludwig Hussak (Austria)
* Leopold Neubauer (Austria)
* Jan Studnicka (Austria)
* Leopold Studnicka (Austria)
* Poul Nielsen (Denmark)
* Emil Jørgensen (Denmark)
* Nils Middelboe (Denmark)
* Vilhelm Wolfhagen (Denmark)
* Eino Soinio (Grand Duchy of Finland)
* Karl Burger (Germany)
* Adolf Jäger (Germany)
* Emil Oberle (Germany)
* Arthur Berry (Great Britain)
* Mihály Pataki (Hungary)
* Sándor Bodnár (Hungary)
* Felice Berardo (Italy)
* Enrico Sardi (Italy)
* Caesar ten Cate (Netherlands)
* Vasily Butusov (Russian Empire)
* Erik Börjesson (Sweden)

Own goals

* Harald Hansen (Denmark; playing against Netherlands)
* (Grand Duchy of Finland; playing against Great Britain)

## Notes

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1. ^ 135 players took part in the main tournament, and another 28 players only played in the consolation tournament. Also there are 33 reserve players known, which are not included.

## References

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1. ^ "Football at the 1912 Stockholm Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
2. ^ "Britain's Olympic past". Barber, David; The Football Association, 3 March 2004. Retrieved on 24 November 2008.
3. ^ a b Stockholm, 1912 on FIFA.com
4. ^ Games of the V. Olympiad at the RSSSF
5. ^ 1912 Stockholm on the IFFHS (archived, 9 May 2011)
6. ^ International Olympic Committee medal database

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