The

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(soccer) tournament at the

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started on July 29 and ended on August 11, taking place throughout the

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. It was the first Olympic soccer competition in which officially professional players were allowed. Until then, the amateur-only rule had heavily favored

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countries from the Eastern Bloc whose players were professionals in all but name. However, as agreed with FIFA to preserve the primacy of the

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, the Olympic competition was restricted to players with no more than five "A"

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s at tournament start, regardless of age. The soccer tournament was held in four venues: *

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(

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) *

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( Annapolis, Maryland) *

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(

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) * Rose Bowl, ( Pasadena, California) The Gold medal game between

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and

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at the Rose Bowl attracted an Olympic Games soccer attendance record of 101,799. Until 2014 this remained the record attendance for a soccer game in the United States. This broke the previous Olympics record attendance of 100,000 set at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Australia for the game of the 1956 Olympic Games played between the

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and

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. The Rose Bowl attendance would remain the Olympic record until 104,098 attended the game of the

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between

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and

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at the

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in Sydney. The attendance also stood as the highest for a soccer game in the United States until 109,318 saw Manchester United defeat Real Madrid during the

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at the

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in Ann Arbor.

Schedule

Qualifying

Sixteen teams qualified for the Olympic tournament after continental qualifying rounds. Three

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countries had qualified but withdrew as part of the Soviet-led boycott. They were replaced as follows: *

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were replaced by

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. *

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were replaced by

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. *

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were replaced by

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. *Africa ( CAF) ** ** ** *Asia ( AFC) ** ** ** *North and Central America (

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) ** ** *South America ( CONMEBOL) ** ** *Europe (

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) ** ** (replaces ) ** (replaces ) ** (replaces ) ** *Hosting nation **

Venues

Medalists

Gold Medal –

William Ayache William Ayache ( ar, ويليام عياش, born 10 January 1961) is a French former professional footballer who played as a side back, both left and right, and then manager. International career At international level, Ayache participated at ...

Michel Bensoussan
Michel Bibard

Dominique Bijotat Dominique Bijotat (born 3 January 1961) is a French Association football, football manager and former professional player who played as a midfielder. He obtained eight international caps (no goals) for the France national football team, Fr ...

François Brisson
Patrick Cubaynes

Patrice Garande Patrice Garande (born 27 November 1960) is a French former professional footballer who played as a striker, currently a manager. Playing career Club Born in Oullins, Rhône, Garande finished his development at AS Saint-Étienne, but appeared rar ...

Philippe Jeannol

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Jean-Claude Lemoult
Jean-Philippe Rohr
Albert Rust
Didier Sénac
Jean-Christophe Thouvenel
José Touré

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Jean-Louis Zanon
Coach: Henri Michel Silver Medal –

Pinga
Davi
Milton Cruz
Luís Henrique Dias
André Luís
Mauro Galvão
Tonho
Kita

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Silvinho
Gilmar
Ademir
Paulo Santos
Ronaldo Silva

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Chicão

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Coach: Jair Picerni Bronze Medal –

Mirsad Baljić

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Vlado Čapljić

Borislav Cvetković Borislav Cvetković ( sr-Cyrl, Борислав Цветковић; born 30 September 1962) is a Serbian football manager and retired player. He was nicknamed "Lane sa Korane" (''Doe of Korana''), by legendary sports commentator Ivan Tomić, whil ...

Stjepan Deverić

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Marko Elsner

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Tomislav Ivković
Srečko Katanec
Branko Miljuš
Mitar Mrkela
Jovica Nikolić
Ivan Pudar
Ljubomir Radanović

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Coach: Ivan Toplak

Match officials

;Africa * Mohamed Hossameldin * Gebreyesus Tesfaye *

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;Asia * Abdul Aziz Al-Salmi * Kyung-Bok Cha * Toshikazu Sano ;North and Central America * Tony Evangelista * Antonio Márquez Ramírez * Luis Paulino Siles * David Socha * Edward Bellion ;South America * Romualdo Arppi Filho * Gastón Castro * Jesús Díaz * Jorge Eduardo Romero ;Europe * Enzo Barbaresco * Ioan Igna * Jan Keizer * Brian McGinlay * Joël Quiniou * Volker Roth * Victoriano Sánchez Arminio * Edvard Šoštarič

Squads

Final tournament

Group stage

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Bronze Medal match

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Gold Medal match

Final team rankings

Statistics

Goalscorers

With five goals, Daniel Xuereb of France, Borislav Cvetković and Stjepan Deverić of Yugoslavia are the top scorers in the tournament. In total, 84 goals were scored by 52 different players, with none of them credited as own goal. ;5 goals *

* Stjepan Deverić ;4 goals *

;3 goals * Dale Mitchell * François Brisson * Rudolf Bommer * Uwe Rahn * Jovica Nikolić ;2 goals *

* Emad Soliman * Beniamo Vignola *

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* Joar Vaadal * Khalid Al-Muhannadi *

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* Christian Schreier ;1 goal * Kita * Ronaldo Silva * Silvio Paiva * Paul Bahoken * Louis-Paul Mfédé *

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* Gerry Gray * Igor Vrablic * Jaime Baeza * Fernando Santis * Evaristo Coronado * Enrique Rivers * Magdi Abdelghani * Mahmoud El Khatib * Khaled Gadallah *

* Philippe Jeannol *

* Jean-Claude Lemoult * Ali Hussein Shihab * Franco Baresi * Pietro Fanna * Aldo Serena * Mustapha Merry * Per Egil Ahlsen *

Majed Abdullah Majed Ahmed Abdullah ( ar, ماجد احمد عبد الله; born 11 January 1959) is a Saudi Arabian former footballer who played for Al-Nassr and the Saudi national team. Abdullah is the all-time leading goalscorer for Saudi Arabia with 72 ...

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* Jean Willrich * Manfred Bockenfeld *

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* Frank Mill * Mirsad Baljić *

* Ljubomir Radanović

Discipline

In the final tournament, a player was suspended for the subsequent match in the competition for getting a red card. The following twelve players were sent off and suspended during the final tournament:

Trivia

The

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was first broadcast internationally during the 1984 Olympic football final, when it was done among the 100,000 in attendance at the Rose Bowl, Pasadena.José Touré: "It was at the Olympic Games that I realised I was an athlete"
FIFA.com. Retrieved August 25, 2011

References

External links

Olympic Football Tournament Los Angeles 1984
FIFA.com
FIFA Technical Report
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