Football at the 1992 Summer Olympics

The football competition at the 1992 Summer Olympics was the first Olympic football tournament dedicated to 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.

1992 Men's Olympic Football Tournament

Tournament details
Host country	Spain
Dates	24 July – 8 August
Teams	16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	5 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Spain (1st title)
Runner-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)
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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 qualification	Berths	Qualified
Host nation	1	Spain
AFC Preliminary Competition	3	Qatar Korea Republic 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 (OFC Pre-Olympic Tournament)	1	Australia
1992 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship	4	Italy Sweden Denmark Poland
Total	16

Venues

Barcelona	Barcelona	Valencia
Camp Nou	Estadi de Sarrià	Estadio Luis Casanova
Capacity: 100,000	Capacity: 42,000	Capacity: 50,000
Sabadell	Camp Nou Estadi de Sarrià Estadi de la Nova Creu Alta Estadio Luis Casanova Estadio La Romareda
Estadi de la Nova Creu Alta
Capacity: 16,000
Zaragoza
Estadio La Romareda
Capacity: 43,001

Match officials

Africa Lim Kee Chong Mohamed Sendid Asia Ali Bujsaim South America Juan Francisco Escobar Márcio Rezende de Freitas José Torres Cadena

North and Central America Arturo Brizio Carter Arturo Ángeles Europe Fabio Baldas Manuel Díaz Vega Philip Don Markus Merk Lube Spassov

Squads

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

Group stage

Group A

24 July 1992 18:00	Italy	2–1	United States	Camp Nou, Barcelona Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Manuel Díaz Vega (ESP)
	Melli  15' Albertini  22'	Report	Moore  65'

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24 July 1992 20:00	Poland	2–0	Kuwait	Estadio La Romareda, Zaragoza Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Juan Francisco Escobar (PAR)
	Juskowiak  7', 80'	Report

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27 July 1992 19:00	United States	3–1	Kuwait	Estadio La Romareda, Zaragoza Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Lim Kee Chong (MRI)
	Brose  56' Lagos  79' Snow  85'	Report	Marwi  16'

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27 July 1992 21:00	Italy	0–3	Poland	Estadi de Sarrià, Barcelona Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Philip Don (GBR)
		Report	Juskowiak  5' Staniek  48' Mielcarski  90'

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29 July 1992 19:00	United States	2–2	Poland	Estadio La Romareda, Zaragoza Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Lim Kee Chong (MRI)
	Imler  20' Snow  85'	Report	Koźmiński  31' Juskowiak  40'

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29 July 1992 21:00	Italy	1–0	Kuwait	Estadi de Sarrià, Barcelona Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Arturo Brizio Carter (MEX)
	Melli  10'	Report

Group B

24 July 1992 21:00	Spain	4–0	Colombia	Estadio Luis Casanova, Valencia Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Markus Merk (GER)
	Guardiola  10' Kiko  37' Berges  41' Luis Enrique  69'	Report

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24 July 1992 20:00	Egypt	0–1	Qatar	Estadi de la Nova Creu Alta, Sabadell Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Philip Don (GBR)
		Report	Mustafa  74'

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27 July 1992 21:00	Spain	2–0	Egypt	Estadio Luis Casanova, Valencia Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Marcio Rezende de Freitas (BRA)
	Solozábal  55' Soler  70'	Report

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27 July 1992 19:00	Colombia	1–1	Qatar	Estadi de la Nova Creu Alta, Sabadell Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Arturo Brizio Carter (MEX)
	Aristizábal  62'	Report	Soufi  89'

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29 July 1992 21:00	Spain	2–0	Qatar	Estadio Luis Casanova, Valencia Attendance: 19,300 Referee: Arturo Angeles (USA)
	Alfonso  40' Kiko  60'	Report

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29 July 1992 19:00	Colombia	3–4	Egypt	Estadi de la Nova Creu Alta, Sabadell Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Ali Bujsaim (UAE)
	Gaviria  9', 84' Pacheco  14'	Report	Youssef  27' El-Masry  47' Khashaba  91', 94'

Group C

26 July 1992 21:00	Sweden	0–0	Paraguay	Camp Nou, Barcelona Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Lube Spassov (BUL)
		Report

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26 July 1992 21:00	Morocco	1–1	Korea Republic	Estadio Luis Casanova, Valencia Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Arturo Angeles (USA)
	Bahja  64'	Report	Jung Kwang-seok  73'

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28 July 1992 19:00	Sweden	4–0	Morocco	Estadio Nova Creu Alta, Sabadell Attendance: 5,000 Referee: José Torres Cadena (COL)
	Brolin  14', 69' Mild  20' Rödlund  57'	Report

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28 July 1992 21:00	Paraguay	0–0	Korea Republic	Estadio Luis Casanova, Valencia Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Mohamed Sendid (ALG)
		Report

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30 July 1992 21:00	Sweden	1–1	Korea Republic	Camp Nou, Barcelona Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Manuel Díaz Vega (ESP)
	Rödlund  52'	Report	Seo Jung-won  28'

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30 July 1992 21:00	Paraguay	3–1	Morocco	Estadio Luis Casanova, Valencia Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Markus Merk (GER)
	Arce  43' Caballero  57' Gamarra  70'	Report	Naybet  87'

Group D

26 July 1992 19:00	Denmark	1–1	Mexico	Estadio La Romareda, Zaragoza Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Fabio Baldas (Italy)
	Thomsen  85'	Report	Rotllán  39' (pen.)

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26 July 1992 19:00	Ghana	3–1	Australia	Estadi de la Nova Creu Alta, Sabadell Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Ali Bujsaim (United Arab Emirates)
	Gargo  12' Ayew  83', 89'	Report	Vidmar  91'

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28 July 1992 19:00	Denmark	0–0	Ghana	Estadio La Romareda, Zaragoza Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Juan Francisco Escobar (Paraguay)
		Report

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28 July 1992 21:00	Mexico	1–1	Australia	Estadi de Sarrià, Barcelona Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Kiichiro Tachi (Japan)
	Castañeda  63'	Report	Arambasic  20'

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30 July 1992 19:00	Denmark	0–3	Australia	Estadio La Romareda, Zaragoza Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Fabio Baldas (Italy)
		Report	Markovski  32' Mori  60' Vidmar  75'

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30 July 1992 19:00	Mexico	1–1	Ghana	Estadi de la Nova Creu Alta, Sabadell Attendance: 6,000 Referee: José Torres Cadena (COL)
	Rotllán  30'	Report	Ayew  79'

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

1 August 1992 19:00	Spain	1–0	Italy	Estadio Luis Casanova, Valencia Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Rezende de Freitas (BRA)
	Kiko  38'	Report

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1 August 1992 21:30	Poland	2–0	Qatar	Camp Nou, Barcelona Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Sendid (ALG)
	Kowalczyk  42' Jałocha  74'	Report

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2 August 1992 19:00	Paraguay	2–4 (a.e.t.)	Ghana	Estadio La Romareda, Zaragoza Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Bujsaim (UAE)
	Acheampong  78' (o.g.) Campos  81'	Report	Ayew  17', 55', 121' Rahman  114'

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2 August 1992 21:30	Sweden	1–2	Australia	Camp Nou, Barcelona Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Brizio Carter (MEX)
	Andersson  60'	Report	Markovski  30' Murphy  53'

Semi-finals

5 August 1992 19:00	Spain	2–0	Ghana	Estadio Luis Casanova, Valencia Attendance: 36,000 Referee: Brizio Carter (MEX)
	Abelardo  25' Berges  55'	Report

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5 August 1992 21:30	Poland	6–1	Australia	Camp Nou, Barcelona Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Rezende de Freitas (BRA)
	Kowalczyk  27', 88' Juskowiak  43', 52', 78' Murphy  67' (o.g.)	Report	Veart  35'

Bronze Medal match

7 August 1992 20:00	Australia	0–1	Ghana	Camp Nou, Barcelona Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Díaz Vega (ESP)
		Report	Asare  19'

Gold Medal match

8 August 1992 20:00	Poland	2–3	Spain	Camp Nou, Barcelona Attendance: 95,000 Referee: Torres Cadena (Colombia)
	Kowalczyk  44' Staniek  76'	Report	Abelardo  65' Kiko  72', 90'

Team details

Poland

Spain

GK 1 Aleksander Kłak DF 2 Marcin Jalocha DF 4 Marek Koźmiński DF 5 Tomasz Wałdoch MF 3 Tomasz Łapiński MF 6 Dariusz Gęsior MF 10 Jerzy Brzęczek MF 15 Andrzej Kobylański MF 13 Ryszard Staniek FW 20 Wojciech Kowalczyk FW 11 Andrzej Juskowiak Substitutes: MF 7 Piotr Świerczewski Manager: Janusz Wójcik

GK 13 Toni Jiménez DF 10 Abelardo Fernández DF 5 Juanma López DF 4 Roberto Solozábal DF 2 Albert Ferrer MF 17 Rafael Berges MF 9 Josep Guardiola MF 3 Mikel Lasa MF 8 Luis Enrique FW 20 Alfonso Pérez FW 19 Kiko Substitutes: MF 7 José E. Amavisca Manager: Vicente Miera

Medal winners

Gold medalists – Spain José Amavisca Rafael Berges Santiago Cañizares Abelardo Albert Ferrer Pep Guardiola Miguel Hernández Toni Mikel Lasa Juanma López Javier Manjarín Luis Enrique Kiko Alfonso Antonio Pinilla Paco Soler Gabriel Vidal Roberto Solozábal David Villabona Paqui Coach: Vicente Miera

Silver medalists – Poland Dariusz Adamczuk Marek Bajor Jerzy Brzęczek Marek Koźmiński Dariusz Gęsior Marcin Jałocha Tomasz Łapiński Tomasz Wałdoch Aleksander Kłak Andrzej Kobylański Ryszard Staniek Wojciech Kowalczyk Andrzej Juskowiak Grzegorz Mielcarski Piotr Świerczewski Mirosław Waligóra Dariusz Koseła Arkadiusz Onyszko Dariusz Szubert Tomasz Wieszczycki Coach: Janusz Wójcik

Bronze medalists – Ghana Joachin Yaw Acheampong Simon Addo Sammi Adjei Maxwell Konadu Mamood Amadu Isaac Asare Frank Amankwah Nii Lamptey Bernard Aryee Kwame Ayew Mohammed Gargo Mohammed Kalilu Ibrahim Dossey Samuel Osei Kuffour Samuel Kumah Anthony Mensah Alex Nyarko Yaw Preko Shamo Quaye Oli Rahman Coach: Sam Arday

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

• Andrzej Juskowiak

6 goals

• Kwame Ayew

5 goals

• Kiko

4 goals

• Wojciech Kowalczyk

2 goals

Tony Vidmar John Markovski Hernán Gaviria Hady Khashaba

Alessandro Melli Francisco Rotllán Ryszard Staniek Abelardo

Rafael Berges Jonny Rödlund Thomas Brolin Steve Snow

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 Kwang-seok 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 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)
• Joachin Yaw Acheampong (playing against Paraguay)

Other websites

• Olympic Football Tournament Barcelona 1992 Archived 2020-04-04 at the Wayback Machine, FIFA.com
• RSSSF Summary
• FIFA Technical Report (Part 1) Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine, (Part 2) Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine, (Part 3) Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine and (Part 4) Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine