Football at the 1972 Summer Olympics

The 1972 Olympic football tournament, held in Munich, Augsburg, Ingolstadt, Nürnberg, Passau, and Regensburg, was played as part of the 1972 Summer Olympics. The tournament features 16 men's national teams from five continental confederations. The 16 teams are drawn into four groups of four and each group plays a round-robin tournament. At the end of the group stage, the top two teams advanced to the second group stage, where the second-placed teams in each group advanced to the bronze medal match while the first-placed teams advanced to the gold medal match held at Olympic Stadium on 10 September 1972.[1]

Football at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Tournament details
Host countryWest Germany
Dates27 August – 10 September 1972
Teams16 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)6 (in 6 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Poland (1st title)
Runners-up Hungary
Third place East Germany (shared)
 Soviet Union (shared)
Tournament statistics
Matches played38
Goals scored135 (3.55 per match)
Attendance795,433 (20,932 per match)
Top scorer(s)Poland Kazimierz Deyna (9 goals)
Fair play award Burma
1968
1976

In 2017, the physician of the Soviet team revealed that the match for the bronze medal between the Soviet Union and East Germany was fixed.[2]

Qualifications

Squads

Venues

MunichNuremberg
OlympiastadionFrankenstadion
RegensburgPassau
JahnstadionDreiflüssestadion
IngolstadtAugsburg
ESV-StadionRosenaustadion

First round

Group A

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
 West Germany3300130+136Advanced to second round
 Morocco311163+33
 Malaysia310239−62
 United States3012010−101
Source: FIFA
West Germany  3–0  Malaysia
Worm 56'
Kalb 71'
Seliger 82'
Report
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Armando Marques (Brazil)

Morocco  0–0  United States
Report
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Rudi Glöckner (East Germany)

West Germany  3–0  Morocco
Nickel 30' (pen.), 33' (pen.)
Hitzfeld 53'
Report
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Doğan Babacan (Turkey)

Malaysia  3–0  United States
Shaharuddin 14'
Salleh 67'
Zawawi 77'
Report
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Henry Oberg (Norway)

Morocco  6–0  Malaysia
Benkhrif 16'
Faras 19', 21', 25'
El Filali 56'
Tati 85'
Report
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Károly Palotai (Hungary)

West Germany  7–0  United States
Nickel 17', 43', 70', 86'
Hitzfeld 47'
Seliger 62'
Bitz 79'
Report
Attendance: 65,000

Group B

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
 Soviet Union330072+56Advanced to second round
 Mexico320134−14
 Burma31022202
 Sudan300315−40
Source: FIFA
Soviet Union  1–0  Burma
Kolotov 51'Report
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Jafar Namdar (Iran)

Mexico  1–0  Sudan
Manzo 16'Report
Attendance: 500
Referee: Francesco Francescon (Italy)

Mexico  1–0  Burma
Cuéllar 86'Report
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Robert Quarshie (Ghana)

Soviet Union  2–1  Sudan
Yevriuzhikin 42' (pen.)
Zanazanyan 44'
ReportJaksa 59'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Ferdinand Biwersi (West Germany)

Soviet Union  4–1  Mexico
Blokhin 7', 13', 14'
Semyonov 58'
ReportRazo 60'
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Luis Pestarino (Argentina)

Burma  2–0  Sudan
Soe Than 7'
Aung Moe Thin 61'
Report
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Marian Środecki (Poland)

Group C

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
 Hungary321092+75Advanced to second round
 Denmark320174+34
 Iran310219−82
 Brazil301246−21
Source: FIFA
Hungary  5–0  Iran
A. Dunai 31', 48', 90+1'
Várady 52'
Kozma 81'
Report
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Guillermo Velásquez (Colombia)

Denmark  3–2  Brazil
Simonsen 28', 83'
Røntved 50'
ReportDirceu 68'
Zé Carlos 69'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Pavel Kazakov (Soviet Union)

Denmark  4–0  Iran
Heino Hansen 16', 58'
Simonsen 39'
Nygaard 44'
Report
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Abdelkrim Ziani (Morocco)

Hungary  2–2  Brazil
A. Dunai 4'
Juhász 84'
ReportPedrinho 67'
Dirceu 73'
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: William Mullan (Great Britain)

Denmark  0–2  Hungary
ReportE. Dunai 17', 84'
Attendance: 8,500
Referee: Oei Poh Hwa (Malaysia)

Iran  1–0  Brazil
Halvai 63'Report
Attendance: 2,200
Referee: Gerhard Schulenburg (West Germany)

Group D

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
 Poland3300112+96Advanced to second round
 East Germany3201113+84
 Colombia3102512−72
 Ghana3003111−100
Source: FIFA
Poland  5–1  Colombia
Deyna 16', 32'
Gadocha 42', 49', 72'
ReportMorón 63'
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Ahmed Gindil Salih (Sudan)

East Germany  4–0  Ghana
Kreische 19', 89'
Streich 45'
Sparwasser 66'
Report
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Michael Wuertz (United States)

East Germany  6–1  Colombia
Streich 1', 10'
Sparwasser 9'
Ducke 31'
Vogel 85'
Kreische 88' (pen.)
ReportEspinosa 38'
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Abdelkader Aouissi (Algeria)

Poland  4–0  Ghana
Lubański 40'
Gadocha 59', 89'
Deyna 86'
Report
Attendance: 2,200
Referee: Lee Kan-Chee (Hong Kong)

Poland  2–1  East Germany
Gorgoń 6', 63'ReportStreich 45'
Attendance: 10.000
Referee: Werner Winsemann (Canada)

Colombia  3–1  Ghana
Morón 56'
Torres 60'
Montaño 82'
ReportSunday 79'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Kurt Tschenscher (West Germany)

Second round

Group 1

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
 Hungary330081+76Gold Medal match
 East Germany3201104+64Bronze Medal match
 West Germany301248−41
 Mexico3012110−91
Source: FIFA
West Germany  1–1  Mexico
Hitzfeld 5'ReportCuéllar 69'
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Oei Poh Hwa (Malaysia)

Hungary  2–0  East Germany
A. Dunai 60'
Tóth 66'
Report
Attendance: 8,500
Referee: Armando Marques (Brazil)

East Germany  7–0  Mexico
Ganzera 34'
Sparwasser 39', 51', 89'
Streich 48'
Kreische 72'
Häfner 79'
Report
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Jafar Namdar (Iran)

Hungary  4–1  West Germany
E. Dunai 14'
A. Dunai 43'
75', 87'
ReportHitzfeld 33'
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Luis Pestarino (Argentina)

Hungary  2–0  Mexico
A. Dunai 35'
Kocsis 53'
Report
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Lee Kan-Chee (Hong Kong)

East Germany  3–2  West Germany
Pommerenke 10'
Streich 53'
Vogel 82'
ReportHoeneß 31'
Hitzfeld 68'
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: William Mullan (Great Britain)

Group 2

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
 Poland321082+65Gold Medal match
 Soviet Union320182+64Bronze Medal match
 Denmark311146−23
 Morocco3003111−100
Source: FIFA
Denmark  1–1  Poland
Heino Hansen 27'ReportDeyna 36'
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Abdelkader Aouissi (Algeria)

Soviet Union  3–0  Morocco
Semyonov 1'
Kolotov 15'
Elissev 69'
Report
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Guillermo Velásquez (Colombia)

Soviet Union  1–2  Poland
Blokhin 28'ReportDeyna 79' (pen.)
Szołtysik 87'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Henry Oberg (Norway)

Denmark  3–1  Morocco
Bak 55', 83'
Printzlau 90'
ReportMerzaq 89'
Attendance: 3,100
Referee: Werner Winsemann (Canada)

Poland  5–0  Morocco
Kmiecik 3'
Lubański 10'
Deyna 45' (pen.), 63'
Gadocha 53'
Report
Attendance: 500
Referee: Francesco Francescon (Italy)

Soviet Union  4–0  Denmark
Kolotov 20'
Semyonov 28'
Blokhin 55'
Sabo 88'
Report
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Doğan Babacan (Turkey)

Knockout stage

Bronze Medal match

Soviet Union  2–2  East Germany
Blokhin 10'
Khurtsilava 30'
ReportKreische 33' (pen.)
Vogel 78'
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Armando Marques (Brazil)

Bronze medals shared.

Gold Medal match

Poland  2–1  Hungary
Deyna 47', 68'ReportVárady 42'
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Kurt Tschenscher (West Germany)

Goalscorers

With nine goals, Kazimierz Deyna of Poland is the top scorer in the tournament. In total, 135 goals were scored by 66 different players, with none of them credited as own goal.

9 goals
7 goals
6 goals
5 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

Final ranking

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1  Poland (POL)7610215+1613
2  Hungary (HUN)7511185+1311
3  Soviet Union (URS)7511176+1111
3  East Germany (GDR)7412239+149
5  West Germany (FRG)6312178+97
6  Denmark (DEN)63121110+17
7  Mexico (MEX)6213414−105
8  Morocco (MAR)6114714−73
9  Burma (BIR)31022202
10  Malaysia (MAS)310239−62
11  Colombia (COL)3102512−72
12  Iran (IRI)310219−82
13  Brazil (BRA)301246−21
14  United States (USA)3012010−101
15  Sudan (SUD)300315−40
16  Ghana (GHA)3003111−100
Source: rsssf.com

Medalists

GoldSilverBronzeBronze
 Poland  Hungary  Soviet Union  East Germany

Hubert Kostka
Zbigniew Gut
Jerzy Gorgoń
Zygmunt Anczok
Lesław Ćmikiewicz
Zygmunt Maszczyk
Jerzy Kraska
Kazimierz Deyna
Zygfryd Szołtysik
Włodzimierz Lubański
Robert Gadocha
Ryszard Szymczak
Antoni Szymanowski
Joachim Marx
Grzegorz Lato
Marian Ostafiński
Kazimierz Kmiecik
Marian Szeja
Coach: Kazimierz Górski

István Géczi
Péter Vépi
Miklós Páncsics
Péter Juhász
Lajos Szűcs
Mihály Kozma
Antal Dunai
Lajos Kű
Béla Váradi
Ede Dunai
László Bálint
Lajos Kocsis
Kálmán Tóth
László Branikovits
József Kovács
Csaba Vidács
Adám Rothermel

Oleh Blokhin
Murtaz Khurtsilava
Yuriy Istomin
Volodymyr Kaplychnyi
Viktor Kolotov
Yevgeni Lovchev
Sergei Olshansky
Yevhen Rudakov
Vyacheslav Semyonov
Gennadi Evryuzhikhin
Oganes Zanazanyan
Andrei Yakubik
Arkady Andreasyan
Revaz Dzodzuashvili
Yozhef Sabo
Yuriy Yeliseyev
Volodymyr Onyshchenko
Anatoliy Kuksov
Vladimir Pilgui
Coach: Aleksandr Ponomarev

Jürgen Croy
Manfred Zapf
Konrad Weise
Bernd Bransch
Jürgen Pommerenke
Jürgen Sparwasser
Hans-Jürgen Kreische
Joachim Streich
Wolfgang Seguin
Peter Ducke
Frank Ganzera
Lothar Kurbjuweit
Eberhard Vogel
Harald Irmscher
Ralf Schulenberg
Reinhard Häfner
Siegmar Wätzlich
Coach: Georg Buschner

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