Football at the 1976 Summer Olympics

1976 Men's Olympic football tournament
Tournament details
Host country Canada
Dates 18 July – 31 July
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)
Top scorer(s) Poland Andrzej Szarmach (6 goals)

The football tournament at the 1976 Summer Olympics started on July 18 and ended on July 31. Only one event, the men's tournament, was contested. 13 teams participated in the tournament, and 3 teams withdrew.

Venues

Montreal Ottawa Sherbrooke Toronto
Olympic Stadium Lansdowne Park Sherbrooke Stadium Varsity Stadium
Capacity: 70,000 Capacity: 30,000 Capacity: 10,000 Capacity: 21,739

Qualification

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

Match officials

Squads

Final tournament

First round

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Brazil 211021+13
 East Germany 211010+13
 Spain 20021320
Brazil 0 0 East Germany
Report
Attendance: 21.643
Referee: John Paterson United Kingdom

Brazil 2 1 Spain
Rosemiro  7'
Chico Fraga  47' (pen.)
Report Idígoras  14'
Attendance: 38.123
Referee: Paul Schiller Austria

East Germany 1 0 Spain
Dörner  46' Report
Attendance: 36.198

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 France 321093+65
 Israel 30303303
 Mexico 30214732
 Guatemala 30212532
Israel 0 0 Guatemala
Report
Attendance: 9.500
Referee: Vladimir Rudnev Soviet Union

France 4 1 Mexico
Schaer  14'
Baronchelli  33'
Rubio  78'
Amisse  90'
Report Sánchez  81'
Attendance: 14.286
Referee: Ángel Coerezza Argentina

France 4 1 Guatemala
Platini  7'  86'
Amisse  41'
Schaer  82'
Report Fion  58'
Attendance: 3.163
Referee: Jafar Namdar Iran

Mexico 2 2 Israel
Rangel  19'  44' Report Oz  51'
Shum  55' (pen.)
Attendance: 36.569

Mexico 1 1 Guatemala
Rangel  36' Report Rergis  18' (o.g.)
Attendance: 4.118
Referee: Marian Kuston Poland

France 1 1 Israel
Platini  80' (pen.) Report Peretz  75'
Attendance: 33.639
Referee: Ramón Barreto Uruguay

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Poland 211032+13
 Iran 21013302
 Cuba 20110111
Poland 0 0 Cuba
Report
Attendance: 29.417
Referee: Abraham Klein Israel

Iran 1 0 Cuba
Mazloumi  28' Report
Attendance: 11.324
Referee: Adolf Prokop East Germany

Poland 3 2 Iran
Szarmach  48'  75'
Deyna  51'
Report Parvin  6'
Rowshan  79'
Attendance: 32.309

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Soviet Union 220051+44
 North Korea 21013412
 Canada 20022530
Canada 1 2 Soviet Union
Douglas  88' Report Onyshchenko  8'  11'
Attendance: 34.320
Referee: Robert Helies France

North Korea 3 1 Canada
An Se-Uk  18'
Hong Song-Nam  66'  80'
Report Douglas  51'
Attendance: 12.638

Soviet Union 3 0 North Korea
Kolotov  16' (pen.)
Veremeyev  81'
Blokhin  89'
Report
Attendance: 15.233
Referee: Emilio Guruceta-Muro Spain

Bracket

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
July 25 - Ottawa
 
 
 East Germany4
 
July 27 - Montreal
 
 France0
 
 East Germany2
 
July 25 - Sherbrooke
 
 Soviet Union1
 
 Soviet Union2
 
July 31 - Montreal
 
 Iran1
 
 East Germany3
 
July 25 - Toronto
 
 Poland1
 
 Brazil4
 
July 27 - Toronto
 
 Israel1
 
 Poland2
 
July 25 - Montreal
 
 Brazil0 Bronze medal match
 
 Poland5
 
July 29 - Montreal
 
 North Korea0
 
 Soviet Union2
 
 
 Brazil0
 

Quarter-finals

East Germany 4 0 France
Löwe  27'
Dörner  60' (pen.)  68' (pen.)
Riediger  77'
Report
Attendance: 20.083

Soviet Union 2 1 Iran
Minayev  40'
Zvyahintsev  67'
Report Ghelichkhani  82' (pen.)
Attendance: 5.855
Referee: Guillermo Velasquez Colombia

Brazil 4 1 Israel
Jarbas  56'  74'
Erivélto  72'
Júnior  88'
Report Peretz  80'
Attendance: 18.601
Referee: Károly Palotai Hungary

Poland 5 0 North Korea
Szarmach  13'  49'
Lato  59'  79'
Szymanowski  64'
Report
Attendance: 46.885
Referee: Paul Schiller Austria

Semi-finals

Soviet Union 1 2 East Germany
Kolotov  84' (pen.) Report Dörner  59' (pen.)
Kurbjuweit  66'
Attendance: 57.182

Poland 2 0 Brazil
Szarmach  51'  82' Report
Attendance: 21.743
Referee: John Paterson United Kingdom

Bronze Medal match

Soviet Union 2 0 Brazil
Onyshchenko  5'
Nazarenko  49'
Report
Attendance: 55.647
Referee: Abraham Klein Israel

Gold Medal match

East Germany 3 1 Poland
Schade  7'
Hoffmann  14'
Häfner  84'
Report Lato  59'
Attendance: 71.617
Referee: Ramón Barreto Uruguay

Medal winners

Goalscorers

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
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

Final ranking

Rank Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  East Germany (GDR) 5410102+89
2  Poland (POL) 5311115+67
3  Soviet Union (URS) 5401104+68
4  Brazil (BRA) 52126607
5  France (FRA) 421197+25
6  Israel (ISR) 403147−34
7  Iran (IRI) 310245−12
8  North Korea (PRK) 310239−62
9  Mexico (MEX) 302147−32
10  Guatemala (GUA) 302125−32
11  Cuba (CUB) 201101−11
12  Canada (CAN) 200225−30
13  Spain (ESP) 200213−20
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