Football At The 1992 Summer Olympics
The football competition at the 1992 Summer Olympics featured 16 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.
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Spain |
| Dates | 24 July – 8 August 1992 |
| Teams | 16 (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 played | 32 |
| Goals scored | 87 (2.72 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Andrzej Juskowiak (7 goals) |
For the first time, an age limit has been set for participants under the age of 23 (Under-23), which has been used ever since.
Spain became the first host country to win the gold medal in an Olympic football tournament since Belgium in 1920, an achievement which would not be repeated again until Brazil won it in 2016. As of 2023, Spain is still the last European side that won the gold medal at men's football event in the Summer Olympics.
Notably, these were the first matches played with football's new back-pass rule and was the last Olympic football competition which was open to men only before the introduction of a women’s tournament four years later.
Competition schedule
| G | Group stage | ¼ | Quarterfinals | ½ | Semifinals | B | Bronze medal match | F | Gold medal match |
| 24 Fri | 25 Sat | 26 Sun | 27 Mon | 28 Tue | 29 Wed | 30 Thu | 31 Fri | 1 Sat | 2 Sun | 3 Mon | 4 Tue | 5 Wed | 6 Thu | 7 Fri | 8 Sat |
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| G | G | G | G | G | G | ¼ | ¼ | ½ | B | F |
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Qualification
The following 16 teams qualified for the 1992 Olympic men's football tournament:
| Means of qualification | Berths | Qualified |
|---|---|---|
| Host nation | 1 | Spain |
| 1992 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship | 4 |  Italy Sweden Denmark Poland |
| AFC Preliminary Competition | 3 |  Qatar South Korea Kuwait |
| CAF Preliminary Competition | 3 |  Egypt Ghana Morocco |
| 1992 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament | 2 |  Mexico United States |
| 1992 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament | 2 |  Colombia Paraguay |
| OFC–UEFA play-off | 1 | Australia |
| Total | 16 |
Venues
| Barcelona | Valencia | |
|---|---|---|
| Camp Nou | Estadi de Sarrià | Estadio Luis Casanova |
| Capacity: 100,000 | Capacity: 42,000 | Capacity: 50,000 |
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| Sabadell | ||
| Estadi de la Nova Creu Alta | ||
| Capacity: 16,000 | ||
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| Zaragoza | ||
| Estadio La Romareda | ||
| Capacity: 43,001 | ||
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Match officials
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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 |
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 |
| Colombia | 1–1 | Qatar |
|---|---|---|
Aristizábal  62' | Report | Soufi 89' |
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 |
| Morocco | 1–1 | South Korea |
|---|---|---|
| Bahja 64' | Report | Jung Jae-kwon 73' |
| Sweden | 1–1 | South Korea |
|---|---|---|
| Rödlund 52' | Report | Seo Jung-won 28' |
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 |
Knockout stage
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Gold medal match | ||||||||
| 1 August – Valencia | ||||||||||
| Spain | 1 | |||||||||
| 5 August – Valencia | ||||||||||
| Italy | 0 | |||||||||
| Spain | 2 | |||||||||
| 2 August – Zaragoza | ||||||||||
| Ghana | 0 | |||||||||
| Paraguay | 2 | |||||||||
| 8 August – Barcelona (Camp Nou) | ||||||||||
| Ghana (a.e.t.) | 4 | |||||||||
| Spain | 3 | |||||||||
| 1 August – Barcelona (Camp Nou) | ||||||||||
| Poland | 2 | |||||||||
| Poland | 2 | |||||||||
| 5 August – Barcelona (Camp Nou) | ||||||||||
| Qatar | 0 | |||||||||
| Poland | 6 | |||||||||
| 2 August – Barcelona (Camp Nou) | ||||||||||
| Australia | 1 | Bronze medal match | ||||||||
| Sweden | 1 | |||||||||
| 7 August – Barcelona (Camp Nou) | ||||||||||
| Australia | 2 | |||||||||
| Ghana | 1 | |||||||||
| Australia | 0 | |||||||||
Quarter-finals
| Paraguay | 2–4 (a.e.t.) | Ghana |
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| Acheampong 78' (o.g.) Campos 81' | Report | Ayew 17', 55', 120+1' Rahman 114' |
Semi-finals
Bronze medal match
Gold medal match
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Medal winners
 Gold medalists – SpainJosé Amavisca Coach: Vicente Miera |  Silver medalists – PolandDariusz Adamczuk Coach: Janusz Wójcik |  Bronze medalists – GhanaJoachim Yaw Acheampong Coach: Sam Arday |
Goalscorers
With seven goals, Poland's Andrzej Juskowiak was the top scorer of 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
Carl Veart- Damian Mori
- Shaun Murphy
- Zlatko Arambasic
Víctor Aristizábal- Víctor Pacheco
Claus Thomsen
Ibrahim El-Masry- Mohamed Youssef
Isaac Asare- Mohammed Gargo
- Oli Rahman
Demetrio Albertini
Jung Jae-kwon- Seo Jung-won
Ali Marwi
Jorge Castañeda
Ahmed Bahja- Noureddine Naybet
Carlos Gamarra- Francisco Arce
- Jorge Campos
- Mauro Caballero
Grzegorz Mielcarski- Marcin Jałocha
- Marek Koźmiński
Mahmoud Soufi- Mubarak Mustafa
Alfonso Pérez- Paco Soler
- Pep Guardiola
- Luis Enrique
- Roberto Solozábal
Håkan Mild- Patrik Andersson
Dario Brose- Erik Imler
- Joe-Max Moore
- Manuel Lagos
- Own goals
- Shaun Murphy (playing against Poland)
- Joachim Yaw Acheampong (playing against Paraguay)
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 |
References
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