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 competition featured 16 men's national sides from the six continental confederations. The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four and each group played a round-robin tournament. At the end of the group stage, the top two teams advanced to the knockout stage, beginning with the quarter-finals and culminating with the gold medal match at Camp Nou on 8 August 1992.[1]

1992 Men's Olympic Football Tournament
Tournament details
Host countrySpain
Dates24 July – 8 August
Teams16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)5 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Spain (1st title)
Runners-up Poland
Third place Ghana
Fourth place Australia
Tournament statistics
Matches played32
Goals scored87 (2.72 per match)
Top scorer(s) Andrzej Juskowiak (7 goals)

Notably, these were the first matches played with football's new back-pass rule.[2]

Qualification
See also: Football at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

The following 16 teams qualified for the 1992 Olympic men's football tournament:

Means of qualificationBerthsQualified
Host nation1 Spain
AFC Preliminary Competition3 Qatar
 South Korea
 Kuwait
CAF Preliminary Competition3 Egypt
 Ghana
 Morocco
1992 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament2 Mexico
 United States
1992 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament2 Colombia
 Paraguay
OFC – UEFA play-off[3] (OFC Pre-Olympic Tournament)1 Australia
1992 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship4 Italy
 Sweden
 Denmark
 Poland
Total16

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
Zaragoza
Estadio La Romareda
Capacity: 43,001

Match officials

Squads
Main article: Football at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads

Group stage

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Poland 3 2 1 0 7 2 +5 5
 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
Source:
Italy 2–1 United States
Melli  15'
Albertini  22'		 Report Moore  65'
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Manuel Díaz Vega (ESP)
Poland 2–0 Kuwait
Juskowiak  7', 80' Report
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Juan Francisco Escobar (PAR)
United States 3–1 Kuwait
Brose  56'
Lagos  79'
Snow  85'		 Report Marwi  16'
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Lim Kee Chong (MRI)
Italy 0–3 Poland
Report Juskowiak  5'
Staniek  48'
Mielcarski  90'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Philip Don (GBR)
United States 2–2 Poland
Imler  20'
Snow  85'		 Report Koźmiński  31'
Juskowiak  40'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Lim Kee Chong (MRI)
Italy 1–0 Kuwait
Melli  10' Report
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Arturo Brizio Carter (MEX)

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Spain 3 3 0 0 8 0 +8 6
 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
Source:
Spain 4–0 Colombia
Guardiola  10'
Kiko  37'
Berges  41'
Luis Enrique  69'		 Report
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Markus Merk (GER)
Egypt 0–1 Qatar
Report Mustafa  74'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Philip Don (GBR)
Spain 2–0 Egypt
Solozábal  55'
Soler  70'		 Report
Attendance: 15,000
Colombia 1–1 Qatar
Aristizábal  62' Report Soufi  89'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Arturo Brizio Carter (MEX)
Spain 2–0 Qatar
Alfonso  40'
Kiko  60'		 Report
Attendance: 19,300
Referee: Arturo Angeles (USA)
Colombia 3–4 Egypt
Gaviria  9', 84'
Pacheco  14'		 Report Youssef  27'
El-Masry  47'
Khashaba  91', 94'
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Ali Bujsaim (UAE)

Group C
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Sweden 3 1 2 0 5 1 +4 4
 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
Source:
Sweden 0–0 Paraguay
Report
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Lube Spassov (BUL)
Morocco 1–1 South Korea
Bahja  64' Report Jung Kwang-seok  73'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Arturo Angeles (USA)
Sweden 4–0 Morocco
Brolin  14', 69'
Mild  20'
Rödlund  57'		 Report
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: José Torres Cadena (COL)
Paraguay 0–0 South Korea
Report
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Mohamed Sendid (ALG)
Sweden 1–1 South Korea
Rödlund  52' Report Seo Jung-won  28'
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Manuel Díaz Vega (ESP)
Paraguay 3–1 Morocco
Arce  43'
Caballero  57'
Gamarra  70'		 Report Naybet  87'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Markus Merk (GER)

Group D
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 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
Source:
Denmark 1–1 Mexico
Thomsen  85' Report Rotllán  39' (pen.)
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Fabio Baldas (Italy)
Ghana 3–1 Australia
Gargo  12'
Ayew  83', 89'		 Report Vidmar  91'
Attendance: 4,000
Denmark 0–0 Ghana
Report
Attendance: 5,000
Mexico 1–1 Australia
Castañeda  63' Report Arambasic  20'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Kiichiro Tachi (Japan)
Denmark 0–3 Australia
Report Markovski  32'
Mori  60'
Vidmar  75'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Fabio Baldas (Italy)
Mexico 1–1 Ghana
Rotllán  30' Report Ayew  79'
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: José Torres Cadena (COL)

Knockout stage
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsGold medal match
 
          
 
1 August – Valencia
 
 
 Spain1
 
5 August – Valencia
 
 Italy0
 
 Spain2
 
2 August – Zaragoza
 
 Ghana0
 
 Paraguay2
 
8 August – Barcelona (Camp Nou)
 
 Ghana (aet)4
 
 Spain3
 
1 August – Barcelona (Camp Nou)
 
 Poland2
 
 Poland2
 
5 August – Barcelona (Camp Nou)
 
 Qatar0
 
 Poland6
 
2 August – Barcelona (Camp Nou)
 
 Australia1 Bronze medal match
 
 Sweden1
 
7 August – Barcelona (Camp Nou)
 
 Australia2
 
 Ghana1
 
 
 Australia0
 

Quarter-finals
Spain 1–0 Italy
Kiko  38' Report
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Rezende de Freitas (BRA)
Poland 2–0 Qatar
Kowalczyk  42'
Jałocha  74'		 Report
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Sendid (ALG)
Paraguay 2–4 (a.e.t.) Ghana
Acheampong  78' (o.g.)
Campos  81'		 Report Ayew  17', 55', 121'
Rahman  114'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Bujsaim (UAE)
Sweden 1–2 Australia
Andersson  60' Report Markovski  30'
Murphy  53'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Brizio Carter (MEX)

Semi-finals
Spain 2–0 Ghana
Abelardo  25'
Berges  55'		 Report
Attendance: 36,000
Referee: Brizio Carter (MEX)
Poland 6–1 Australia
Kowalczyk  27', 88'
Juskowiak  43', 52', 78'
Murphy  67' (o.g.)		 Report Veart  35'
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Rezende de Freitas (BRA)

Bronze Medal match
Australia 0–1 Ghana
Report Asare  19'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Díaz Vega (ESP)

Gold Medal match
Poland 2–3 Spain
Kowalczyk  44'
Staniek  76'		 Report Abelardo  65'
Kiko  72', 90'
Attendance: 95,000
Referee: Torres Cadena (Colombia)
Team details

Medal winners

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
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
2 goals
1 goal
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: [4]

References
  1. "Football at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  2. Miller, Nick (18 February 2015). "Who was the last goalkeeper to legally pick up a backpass?". the Guardian. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  3. Chris Curulli. The Dutch sledge that 'riled up' Australia & inspired dramatic Olympics qualification. Football Federation Australia. 8 April 2020
  4. "Football Tournament 1992 Olympiad". www.rsssf.com.
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