Football at the 1976 Summer Olympics

1976 Men's Olympic football tournamentTournament details

Host country| Canada
Dates| 18–31 July 1976
Teams| 13 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)| 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(s)|  Andrzej Szarmach (6 goals)

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International football competition

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.

## Venues

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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

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Main article: Football at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

The following 13 teams qualified for the 1976 Olympics football tournament:

* Africa (CAF)
*  Ghana (withdrew)
*  Nigeria (withdrew)
*  Zambia (withdrew)
* Asia (AFC)
*  Iran
*  Israel
*  North Korea
* North and Central America (CONCACAF)
*  Cuba (replaced  Uruguay)
*  Guatemala
*  Mexico

* South America (CONMEBOL)
*  Brazil
*  Uruguay (withdrew)
* Europe (UEFA)
*  East Germany
*  France
*  Poland (automatically qualified as 1972 Olympic Champions)
*  Spain
*  Soviet Union
* Hosting nation
*  Canada

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## Match officials

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Asia

* Abraham Klein
* Jafar Namdar

North and Central America

* Peter Thomas Johnson
* Werner Winsemann
* Marco Antonio Dorantes

South America

* Ángel Coerezza
* Arnaldo Cézar Coelho
* Guillermo Velásquez
* Ramón Barreto

Europe

* Paul Schiller
* Robert Héliès
* Alberto Michelotti
* Adolf Prokop
* Károly Palotai
* Marian Kuston
* John Paterson
* Emilio Guruceta Muro
* Vladimir Rudnev

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## Squads

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Main article: Football at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads

## Final tournament

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### First round

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#### Group A

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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:

1. ^ Withdrew

18 July 1976
12:00

Brazil | 0–0|  East Germany

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Varsity Stadium, Toronto

Attendance: 21,643

Referee: John Paterson (Great Britain)

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20 July 1976
12:00

Brazil | 2–1|  Spain

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Rosemiro 7'
Chico Fraga 47' (pen.) | Report | Idígoras 14'

Olympic Stadium, Montreal

Attendance: 38,123

Referee: Paul Schiller (Austria)

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22 July 1976
12:00

East Germany | 1–0|  Spain

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Dörner 46' | Report |

Olympic Stadium, Montreal

Attendance: 36,198

Referee: Werner Winsemann (Canada)

#### Group B

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

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France | 3  | 2  | 1  | 0  | 9  | 3  | +6  | 5
Israel | 3  | 0  | 3  | 0  | 3  | 3  | 0  | 3
Mexico | 3  | 0  | 2  | 1  | 4  | 7  | −3  | 2
Guatemala | 3  | 0  | 2  | 1  | 2  | 5  | −3  | 2

Source: FIFA

19 July 1976
12:00

Israel | 0–0|  Guatemala

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Varsity Stadium, Toronto

Attendance: 9,500

Referee: Vladimir Rudnev (Soviet Union)

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19 July 1976
12:00

France | 4–1|  Mexico

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Schaer 14'
Baronchelli 33'
Rubio 78'
Amisse 90' | Report | Sánchez 81'

Lansdowne Park, Ottawa

Attendance: 14,286

Referee: Ángel Coerezza (Argentina)

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21 July 1976
12:00

France | 4–1|  Guatemala

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Platini 7', 86'
Amisse 41'
Schaer 82' | Report | Fion 58'

Municipal Stadium, Sherbrooke

Attendance: 3,163

Referee: Jafar Namdar (Iran)

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21 July 1976
12:00

Mexico | 2–2|  Israel

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Rangel 19', 44' | Report | Oz 51'
Shum 55' (pen.)

Olympic Stadium, Montreal

Attendance: 36,569

Referee: Alberto Michelotti (Italy)

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23 July 1976
12:00

Mexico | 1–1|  Guatemala

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Rangel 36' | Report | Rergis 18' (o.g.)

Municipal Stadium, Sherbrooke

Attendance: 4,118

Referee: Marian Kuston (Poland)

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23 July 1976
12:00

France | 1–1|  Israel

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Platini 80' (pen.) | Report | Peretz 75'

Olympic Stadium, Montreal

Attendance: 33,639

Referee: Ramón Barreto (Uruguay)

#### Group C

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

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Poland | 2  | 1  | 1  | 0  | 3  | 2  | +1  | 3
Iran | 2  | 1  | 0  | 1  | 3  | 3  | 0  | 2
Cuba | 2  | 0  | 1  | 1  | 0  | 1  | −1  | 1
Ghana[a] | 0  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | 0

Source: FIFA
Notes:

1. ^ Withdrew

18 July 1976
12:00

Poland | 0–0|  Cuba

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| Report |

Olympic Stadium, Montreal

Attendance: 29,417

Referee: Abraham Klein (Israel)

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20 July 1976
12:00

Iran | 1–0|  Cuba

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Mazloumi 28' | Report |

Lansdowne Park, Ottawa

Attendance: 11,324

Referee: Adolf Prokop (East Germany)

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22 July 1976
12:00

Poland | 3–2|  Iran

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Szarmach 48', 75'
Deyna 51' | Report | Parvin 6'
Rowshan 79'

Olympic Stadium, Montreal

Attendance: 32,309

Referee: Arnaldo Cézar Coelho (Brazil)

#### Group D

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

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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

Source: FIFA
(H) Hosts
Notes:

1. ^ Withdrew

19 July 1976
12:00

Canada | 1–2|  Soviet Union

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Douglas 88' | Report | Onyshchenko 8', 11'

Olympic Stadium, Montreal

Attendance: 34,320

Referee: Robert Héliès (France)

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21 July 1976
12:00

North Korea | 3–1|  Canada

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An Se-uk 18'
Hong Song-nam 66', 80' | Report | Douglas 51'

Varsity Stadium, Toronto

Attendance: 12,638

Referee: Marco Antonio Dorantes (Mexico)

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23 July 1976
12:00

Soviet Union | 3–0[a]|  North Korea

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Kolotov 16' (pen.)
Veremeyev 81'
Blokhin 89' | Report |

Lansdowne Park, Ottawa

Attendance: 15,233

Referee: Emilio Guruceta Muro (Spain)

1. ^ 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

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| Quarter-finals| | Semi-finals| | Final

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| 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

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25 July 1976
12:00

East Germany | 4–0|  France

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Löwe 27'
Dörner 60' (pen.), 68' (pen.)
Riediger 77' | Report |

Lansdowne Park, Ottawa

Attendance: 20,083

Referee: Alberto Michelotti (Italy)

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25 July 1976
12:00

Soviet Union | 2–1|  Iran

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Minayev 40'
Zvyahintsev 67' | Report | Ghelichkhani 82' (pen.)

Municipal Stadium, Sherbrooke

Attendance: 5,855

Referee: Guillermo Velasquez (Colombia)

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25 July 1976
12:00

Brazil | 4–1|  Israel

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Jarbas 56', 74'
Erivélto 72'
Léo Júnior 88' | Report | Peretz 80'

Varsity Stadium, Toronto

Attendance: 18,601

Referee: Károly Palotai (Hungary)

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25 July 1976
12:00

Poland | 5–0|  North Korea

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Szarmach 13', 49'
Lato 59', 79'
Szymanowski 64' | Report |

Olympic Stadium, Montreal

Attendance: 46,885

Referee: Paul Schiller Austria)

### Semi-finals

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27 July 1976
12:00

Soviet Union | 1–2|  East Germany

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Kolotov 84' (pen.) | Report | Dörner 59' (pen.)
Kurbjuweit 66'

Olympic Stadium, Montreal

Attendance: 57,182

Referee: Marco Antonio Dorantes (Mexico)

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27 July 1976
12:00

Poland | 2–0|  Brazil

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Szarmach 51', 82' | Report |

Varsity Stadium, Toronto

Attendance: 21,743

Referee: John Paterson (Great Britain)

### Bronze Medal match

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29 July 1976
21:00

Soviet Union | 2–0|  Brazil

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Onyshchenko 5'
Nazarenko 49' | Report |

Olympic Stadium, Montreal

Attendance: 55,647

Referee: Abraham Klein (Israel)

### Gold Medal match

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1976 Summer Olympics Football Final

31 July 1976

21:30

East Germany | 3–1|  Poland

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Schade 7'
Hoffmann 14'
Häfner 84' | Report | Lato 59'

Olympic Stadium, Montreal

Attendance: 71,617

Referee: Ramón Barreto (Uruguay)

Team details

East Germany

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GK | 1 | Jürgen Croy
DF | 6 | Reinhard Lauck
DF | 4 | Konrad Weise
DF | 3 | Hans-Jürgen Dörner
DF | 5 | Lothar Kurbjuweit
MF | 12 | Gerd Kische
MF | 14 | Hartmut Schade |  44'
MF | 9 | Hans-Jürgen Riediger |  |  86'
FW | 8 | Reinhard Häfner
FW | 13 | Wolfram Löwe |  |  68'
FW | 11 | Martin Hoffmann
Substitutes:
MF | 10 | Bernd Bransch |  |  86'
DF | 17 | Wilfried Gröbner |  |  68'
Manager:
Georg Buschner

Poland

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GK | 1 | Jan Tomaszewski |  |  19'
DF | 2 | Antoni Szymanowski
DF | 14 | Henryk Wieczorek
DF | 5 | Władysław Żmuda
DF | 13 | Henryk Wawrowski
MF | 6 | Zygmunt Maszczyk
MF | 9 | Kazimierz Deyna
MF | 8 | Henryk Kasperczak
FW | 7 | Grzegorz Lato
FW | 10 | Andrzej Szarmach
FW | 11 | Kazimierz Kmiecik
Substitutes:
GK | 12 | Piotr Mowlik |  |  19'
Manager:
Kazimierz Górski

## Medal winners

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East Germany –  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

Poland –  Silver

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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
Lesław Ćmikiewicz
Jan Benigier

Coach: Kazimierz Górski

Soviet Union –  Bronze

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Vladimir Astapovsky
Anatoliy Konkov
Viktor Matviyenko
Mykhaylo Fomenko
Stefan Reshko
Volodymyr Troshkin
David Kipiani
Volodymyr Onyshchenko
Viktor Kolotov
Volodymyr Veremeyev
Oleh Blokhin
Leonid Buryak
Vladimir Fyodorov
Aleksandr Minayev
Viktor Zvyahintsev
Leonid Nazarenko
Aleksandr Prokhorov

Coach: Valeriy Lobanovskyi

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## Goalscorers

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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

* Andrzej Szarmach

4 goals

* Hans-Jürgen Dörner

3 goals

* Michel Platini
* Víctor Rangel
* Grzegorz Lato
* Volodymyr Onyshchenko

2 goals

* Jarbas
* Jimmy Douglas
* Jean-Marc Schaer
* Loïc Amisse
* Vicky Peretz
* Hong Song-Nam
* Viktor Kolotov

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

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

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1  |  East Germany (GDR) | 5  | 4  | 1  | 0  | 10  | 2  | +8  | 9
2  |  Poland (POL) | 5  | 3  | 1  | 1  | 11  | 5  | +6  | 7
3  |  Soviet Union (URS) | 5  | 4  | 0  | 1  | 10  | 4  | +6  | 8
4  |  Brazil (BRA) | 5  | 2  | 1  | 2  | 6  | 6  | 0  | 5
5  |  France (FRA) | 4  | 2  | 1  | 1  | 9  | 7  | +2  | 5
6  |  Israel (ISR) | 4  | 0  | 3  | 1  | 4  | 7  | −3  | 3
7  |  Iran (IRI) | 3  | 1  | 0  | 2  | 4  | 5  | −1  | 2
8  |  North Korea (PRK) | 3  | 1  | 0  | 2  | 3  | 9  | −6  | 2
9  |  Mexico (MEX) | 3  | 0  | 2  | 1  | 4  | 7  | −3  | 2
10  |  Guatemala (GUA) | 3  | 0  | 2  | 1  | 2  | 5  | −3  | 2
11  |  Cuba (CUB) | 2  | 0  | 1  | 1  | 0  | 1  | −1  | 1
12  |  Spain (ESP) | 2  | 0  | 0  | 2  | 1  | 3  | −2  | 0
13  |  Canada (CAN) | 2  | 0  | 0  | 2  | 2  | 5  | −3  | 0

Source: rsssf.com

## References

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1. ^ "Football at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
2. ^ "An Gil Wan notice". Cambridge Evening News. 29 July 1976. Retrieved 25 June 2023 – via newspaper.com.

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