Football at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Football at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Tournament details
Host country Great Britain
Dates 19 – 24 October
Teams 6
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Great Britain (2nd title)
Runners-up  Denmark
Third place  Netherlands
Fourth place  Sweden
Tournament statistics
Matches played 6
Goals scored 48 (8 per match)
Top scorer(s) Denmark Sophus Nielsen (11 goals)

At the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, Great Britain, an official football tournament between national representative selections was contested for the first time: football at the two previous games had been played between club teams.[1] Eight teams entered (including two from France), although Hungary and Bohemia withdrew before the start. Denmark's Sophus "Krølben" Nielsen set a record by scoring 10 goals in a 17-1 win against France. Great Britain won the gold. Among those representing the Danish team was the famous mathematician Harald Bohr.

Venue

The matches were held at White City Stadium in London.

White City Stadium

Medal table

Great Britain won the Gold Medal after beating Denmark at the final.
Denmark won the Silver Medal.
PositionCountry Gold Silver Bronze
1 Great Britain (GBR)100
2 Denmark (DEN)010
3 Netherlands (NED)001
— France (FRA)000
 Sweden (SWE)000

Medal summary

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's tournament  Great Britain (GBR)
Horace Bailey
Arthur Berry
Frederick Chapman
Walter Corbett
Harold Hardman
Robert Hawkes
Kenneth Hunt
Herbert Smith
Harold Stapley
Clyde Purnell
Vivian Woodward
George Barlow[2]
Albert Bell
Ronald Brebner
W. Crabtree
Walter Daffern
Thomas Porter
Albert Scothern		  Denmark (DEN)[3]
Peter Marius Andersen
Harald Bohr
Charles Buchwald
Ludvig Drescher
Johannes Gandil
Harald Hansen
August Lindgren
Kristian Middelboe
Nils Middelboe
Sophus Nielsen
Oskar Nørland
Bjørn Rasmussen
Vilhelm Wolfhagen
Magnus Beck[2]
Ødbert E. Bjarnholt
Knud Hansen
Einar Middelboe		  Netherlands (NED)
Reinier Beeuwkes
Frans de Bruyn Kops
Karel Heijting
Jan Kok
Bok de Korver
Emil Mundt
Louis Otten
Jops Reeman
Edu Snethlage
Ed Sol
Jan Thomée
Caius Welcker
Jan van den Berg[2]
Lo la Chapelle
Vic Gonsalves
John Heijting
Tonie van Renterghem

Squads

Final tournament

Quarter-finals

Netherlands w/o Hungary
Hungary withdrew due to the Bosnian crisis.
Denmark 9–0France France B
N. Middelboe  10', 49'
Wolfhagen  15', 17', 67', 72'
Bohr  25', 47'
S. Nielsen  78'		 Report
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Thomas Kyle (Great Britain)
France w/o Bohemia
Bohemia withdrew after losing their FIFA membership.
Great Britain 12–1 Sweden
Stapley  15', ??'
Woodward  ??', ??'
Berry  ??'
Chapman  ??'
Purnell  ??', ??', ??', ??'
Hawkes  ??', ??'		 Report Bergström  65'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Ibbotson (Great Britain)

Semi-finals

Great Britain 4–0 Netherlands
Stapley  37', 60', 64', 75' Report
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Howcroft (Great Britain)
Denmark 17–1 France
S. Nielsen  3', 4', 6', 39', 46', 48', 52', 64', 66', 76'
Lindgren  18', 37'
Wolfhagen  60', 72', 82', 89'
N. Middelboe  68'		 Report Sartorius  16'
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Campbell (Great Britain)

Bronze medal match

The French were so shocked by their 17-1 defeat against Denmark that they declined to play for the bronze medal; therefore, the Netherlands played Sweden for third place.[4]

Netherlands 2–0[5] Sweden
Reeman  6'
Snethlage  58'		 Report
Attendance: 1,000

Gold medal match

Great Britain 2–0 Denmark
Chapman  20'
Woodward  46'		 Report
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Lewis (Great Britain)

Statistics

Goalscorers

11 goals
8 goals
6 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

Goalkeeping

PlaceNameNationGoals allowedGamesGAA
1Horace Bailey Great Britain130.33
2Ludvig Drescher Denmark331.00
3Reinier Beeuwkes Netherlands422.00
4Oskar Bengtsson Sweden1427.00
5Fernand Desrousseaux France919.00
6Maurice Tillette France17117.00

Sources

  1. ↑ "Football at the 1908 London Summer Games". Sports Reference. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 Those players were also in squad, but did not play any matches.
  3. ↑ (in Danish) Slutrundetrupper 1908-2004 at Danish Football Association
  4. ↑ IFFHS
  5. ↑ The official report states that the score was 2-1. http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1908/1908.pdf%5Bpermanent+dead+link%5D "Holland and Sweden also played for the consolation stakes, and Holland scored two goals to one from Sweden, who were rather unlucky in not getting a second."
  6. ↑ "Netherlands 2 Sweden 0 (Match summary)". www.footballdatabase.eu. 23 October 1908. Retrieved 5 May 2009.
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