Football at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Football at the 1956 Summer Olympics
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Tournament details
Host country	22x20px Australia
Dates	24 November – 8 December
Teams	11
Final positions
Champions	22x20px USSR (1st title)
Runner-up	22x20px Yugoslavia
Third place	[[File:{{{flag alias-1946}}}\|22x20px\|border \|alt=\|link=]] Bulgaria
Fourth place	22x20px India
Tournament statistics
Matches played	12
Goals scored	53 (4.42 per match)
Attendance	194,333 (16,194 per match)
Top scorer(s)	23x15px Neville D'Souza ; 23x15px Todor Veselinović; 23x15px Dimitar Milanov; (4 goals each)
	← 1952 1960 →

1956 Football at the Summer Olympics was held in Australia from 24 November to 8 December.

Results

November 24, 1956 12:00	USSR 22x20px	2–1	22x20px Germany	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Robert Mann (Great Britain)
	Isayev Goal 23' Streltsov Goal 86'	Report	Habig Goal 89'

November 26, 1956 12:00	Great Britain 22x20px	9–0	22x20px Thailand	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Attendance: 3,693 Referee: Nikolay Latyshev (Soviet Union)
	Twissell Goal 12' Goal 20' Lewis Goal 21' (p.k.) Laybourne Goal 30' Goal 82' Goal 85' Bromilow Goal 75' Goal 78' Topp Goal 90'	Report

November 27, 1956 12:00	Australia 22x20px	2–0	[[File:{{{flag alias-1947}}}\|22x20px\|border \|alt=\|link=]] Japan	Melbourne Cricket Ground Attendance: 3,568 Referee: Reginald Lund (New Zealand)
	McMillan Goal 26' (p.k.) Loughran Goal 61'	Report

November 28, 1956 12:00	Yugoslavia 22x20px	9–1	22x20px United States	Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne Attendance: 5,292 Referee: Maurice Swain (New Zealand)
	Veselinović Goal 10' Goal 84' Goal 90' Antić Goal 12' Goal 73' Mujić Goal 16' Goal 35' Goal 56' Papec Goal 20'	Report	Zerhusen Goal 42'

November 29, 1956 12:00	USSR 22x20px	0–0 (a.e.t.)	22x20px Indonesia	Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne Attendance: 3,228 Referee: Shigemaru Takenokoshi (Japan)
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December 1, 1956 12:00	USSR 22x20px	4–0	22x20px Indonesia	Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne Attendance: 6,735 Referee: Reginald Lund (New Zealand)
	Salnikov Goal 17' Goal 59' Ivanov Goal 19' Netto Goal 43'	Report

November 30, 1956 12:00	Bulgaria [[File:{{{flag alias-1946}}}\|22x20px\|border \|alt=\|link=]]	6–1	22x20px Great Britain	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Attendance: 6,748 Referee: Ron Wright (Australia)
	Dimitrov Goal 6' Kolev Goal 40' Goal 85' Milanov Goal 45' Goal 75' Goal 80'	Report	Lewis Goal 30'

December 1, 1956 12:00	Australia 22x20px	2–4	22x20px India	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Attendance: 7,413 Referee: Chris Wensveen (Indonesia)
	Morrow Goal 17' Goal 41'	Report	D'Souza Goal 9' Goal 33' Goal 50' Kittu Goal 80'

December 4, 1956 12:00	Yugoslavia 22x20px	4–1	22x20px India	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Attendance: 16,626 Referee: Nikolay Latyshev (Soviet Union)
	Papec Goal 54' Goal 65' Veselinović Goal 57' Salam Goal 78' (o.g.)	Report	D'Souza Goal 52'

December 5, 1956 12:00	USSR 22x20px	2–1 (a.e.t.)	[[File:{{{flag alias-1946}}}\|22x20px\|border \|alt=\|link=]] Bulgaria	Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne Attendance: 21,079 Referee: Robert Mann (Great Britain)
	Streltsov Goal 112' Tatushin Goal 116'	Report	Kolev Goal 95'

December 7, 1956 14:15	Bulgaria [[File:{{{flag alias-1946}}}\|22x20px\|border \|alt=\|link=]]	3–0	22x20px India	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Attendance: 21,236 Referee: Nikolay Latyshev (Soviet Union)
	Diev Goal 37' Goal 60' Milanov Goal 42'	Report

December 8, 1956 14:15	USSR 22x20px	1–0	[[File:{{{flag alias-1955}}}\|22x20px\|border \|alt=\|link=]] Yugoslavia	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Attendance: 86,716 Referee: Ron Wright (Australia)
	Ilyin Goal 48'	Report