The

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competition at the

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featured 16 national sides from the six continental confederations. The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four and each group played a

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. 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

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on 8 August 1992. For the first time, an age limit has been set for participants under the age of 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

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, an achievement which would not be repeated again until Brazil won it in

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. Till 2022, 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

Source:

Qualification

The following 16 teams qualified for the 1992 Olympic men's football tournament:

Venues

Match officials

;Africa *

Mohamed Sendid Mohamed Sendid ( ar, محمد صنديد) (born in Oran) is a former Algerian football referee. He was a referee at the 1992 Summer Olympic Games,FIFA"Match Report - Poland - Qatar 2:0 (1:0)" August 1, 1992. Retrieved on April 30, 2013. as well ...

Lim Kee Chong An Yan Lim Lim Kee Chong (born May 15, 1960) is a retired Mauritian association football referee. He is mostly known for supervising two matches in the FIFA World Cup - a Group B first-round match between Brazil and Russia in 1994 and a Group G fi ...

;Asia * Kiichiro Tachi *

Ali Bujsaim Ali Mohamed Bujsaim ( ar, علي بوجسيم, born September 9, 1959 in Dubai) is a retired association football referee from the United Arab Emirates, who is best known for supervising matches at three FIFA World Cups: 1994 (two matches), 1998 ...

;South America *

Márcio Rezende de Freitas Márcio Rezende de Freitas (born December 22, 1960 in Timóteo) is a former Brazilian football (soccer) referee. He has refereed more than 1100 games, 269 of these in national championships, between 1989 and 2005. He was present in the World Cham ...

José Torres Cadena José Joaquín Torres Cadena (born July 15, 1952), also known as J.J. Torres, is a former association football referee from Colombia. Torres served as a FIFA referee for several international tournaments, including the 1989 FIFA World Youth C ...

* Juan Francisco Escobar ;North and Central America *

Arturo Brizio Carter Arturo Brizio Carter (born 9 March 1956) is a Mexican former association football referee. He is mostly known for supervising six matches in the FIFA World Cup, three each in 1994 and 1998. He gave seven red cards ( a record for the tournament) ...

Arturo Angeles Arturo Angeles (born September 12, 1953) is a retired soccer referee from the United States. He supervised one match (Argentina–Greece) during the 1994 FIFA World Cup in his native country. Biography Angeles was born in Mexico City.

;Europe * Lube Spassov *

Philip Don Philip Don (born 10 March 1952) is a former football referee and school headteacher from England. Don was originally from Sheffield but his teaching career took him south to Middlesex. He is counted amongst the top 100 referees of all time in ...

Markus Merk Markus Merk (born 15 March 1962) is a former top-level German football referee. He is a six-time winner of the ''German Referee of the Year Award'' and the record holder in games refereed in the Bundesliga. In 2005, Merk was awarded the German ...

Fabio Baldas Fabio Baldas (born 19 March 1949 in Trieste) is a former association football Referee (association football), referee from Italy. He is mostly known for supervising one match in the 1994 FIFA World Cup in the United States, the first-round Group ...

Manuel Díaz Vega Manuel Díaz Vega (born 1 September 1954 in Salas, Asturias) is a Spanish retired football referee. He officiated one match in both the 1994 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 1996. He also refereed the 1996 UEFA Champions League Final between Juven ...

Squads

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

Gold medal match

Medal winners

Gold medalists –

José Amavisca
Rafael Berges

Santiago Cañizares José Santiago Cañizares Ruiz (; born 18 December 1969) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a goalkeeper, currently a rally driver. A product of Real Madrid's youth academies, he eventually joined the first team but proved unable to ...

Abelardo Fernández Abelardo Fernández Antuña (; born 19 April 1970), known simply as Abelardo as a player, is a Spanish former footballer who played as a central defender, currently a manager. A player with good heading and marking ability, he was also known fo ...

Albert Ferrer

Pep Guardiola Josep "Pep" Guardiola Sala (; born 18 January 1971) is a Spanish professional football manager and former player, who is the current manager of club Manchester City. He is considered one of the greatest managers of all time and holds the re ...

Miguel Hernández Miguel Hernández Gilabert (30 October 1910 – 28 March 1942 ) was a 20th-century Spanish-language poet and playwright associated with the Generation of '27 and the Generation of '36 movements. Born and raised in a family of low resources, h ...

Toni Jiménez Antonio "Toni" Jiménez Sistachs (; born 12 October 1970) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper, currently a goalkeeping coach. He appeared in 236 La Liga matches over nine seasons, seven of those spent wit ...

Mikel Lasa Mikel Lasa Goikoetxea (born 9 September 1971) is a Spanish football retired player and current manager. He played as a left back. He currently manages Futuro Kings FC in Equatorial Guinea. He played 267 La Liga matches over 13 seasons ( ...

Juanma López

Javier Manjarín Javier Manjarín Pereda (born 31 December 1969) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a forward, and is the assistant manager of Racing de Ferrol. In a 14-year professional career, with speed as his main attribute, he ...

Luis Enrique Luis Enrique Martínez García (; born 8 May 1970), known as Luis Enrique, is a Spanish football manager and former player. A versatile player with good technique, he was capable of playing in several different positions, but usually played as ...

Kiko

Alfonso Pérez Alfonso Pérez Muñoz (born 26 September 1972), known simply as Alfonso, is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a striker. Having represented both Real Madrid and Barcelona during his career, Alfonso possessed above-avera ...

Antonio Pinilla Antonio Pinilla Miranda (born 25 February 1971) is a Spanish retired professional footballer who played mainly as a forward. Best known for his stints with Tenerife and Gimnàstic – he began playing professionally for Barcelona, but had vi ...

Paco Soler Francisco Manuel "Paco" Soler Atencia (born 5 March 1970) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a central midfielder, and a manager. He only played with Mallorca during his career, amassing La Liga totals of 168 matches and three g ...

Gabriel Vidal
Roberto Solozábal

David Villabona David Villabona Echalecu (born 5 December 1969) is a Spanish retired footballer who played mostly as a central midfielder. During his professional career he played for both Real Sociedad and Athletic Bilbao, amassing La Liga totals of 221 m ...

Paqui Francisco Nicolás Veza Fragoso (born 6 December 1970), known as Paqui, is a Spanish retired Association football, footballer who played as a Defender (association football)#Full-back, left back. He played professionally for six clubs duri ...

Coach:

Vicente Miera Vicente Miera Campos (born 10 May 1940) is a Spanish retired football player and manager. A former football defender, he appeared in 139 La Liga games over ten seasons and scored two goals, mainly at the service of Real Madrid. Later, he emba ...

Silver medalists –

Dariusz Adamczuk
Marek Bajor

Jerzy Brzęczek Jerzy Józef Brzęczek (; born 18 March 1971) is a Polish professional football manager and former player. In a professional career which spanned nearly 20 years and brought 42 caps with the Poland national team, Brzęczek played for clubs in ...

Marek Koźmiński

Dariusz Gęsior Dariusz Jan Gęsior (; born 9 October 1969 in Chorzów) is a retired Polish footballer and current manager who manages the Polish under-15 national team. Career Club He is one of the most notable players of Ruch Chorzów. His last club was D ...

Marcin Jałocha
Tomasz Łapiński
Tomasz Wałdoch
Aleksander Kłak

Andrzej Kobylański Andrzej Kobylański () born 31 July 1970 in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski) is a Polish former professional footballer who played as a striker or midfielder. As of March 2012, Kobylański works as assistant manager for KS Cracovia. Kobylański's ...

Ryszard Staniek

Wojciech Kowalczyk Wojciech Kowalczyk (born 14 April 1972) is a Polish retired footballer who played as a striker, currently working as a football expert. The bulk of his professional career was spent with Legia Warsaw and in Spain. Early into his international ...

Andrzej Juskowiak Andrzej Mieczysław Juskowiak (born 3 November 1970) is a former Polish football striker who played for the Polish national team. International career Nicknamed "Jusko", he was a participant at the 1992 Summer Olympics, where Poland won the sil ...

Grzegorz Mielcarski Grzegorz Mielcarski (born 19 March 1971 in Chełmno) is a Polish former professional footballer who played as a striker. Mielcarski most recently served as the assistant coach of the Poland national team. Career Club He played for clubs such a ...

Piotr Świerczewski

Mirosław Waligóra Mirosław Andrzej Waligóra (born 4 February 1970 in Kraków) is a former Polish footballer.

Dariusz Koseła Dariusz Koseła (born 12 February 1970 in Zabrze) is a retired Polish football player. Career National team Koseła was a participant at the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Joc ...

Arkadiusz Onyszko Arkadiusz Jerzy "Arek" Onyszko (born 12 January 1974) is a Polish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He has been coaching goalkeepers in Motor Lublin since July 2017. Club career Onyszko was born in Lublin. He began his ...

Dariusz Szubert
Tomasz Wieszczycki Coach:

Janusz Wójcik Janusz Marek Wójcik (November 18, 1953 – November 20, 2017) was a Polish politician, football player and coach. Playing career He played in several clubs at home and abroad, including Agrykola, Gwardia, Ursus and Hutnik Warszawa, Ravalpandi ...

Bronze medalists –

Joachim Yaw Acheampong
Simon Addo
Sammi Adjei

Maxwell Konadu Maxwell Konadu (born 4 December 1972) is a Manager (association football), football coach and a retired Ghana national football team, Ghana international Association football, football player. He was the head coach of the Asante Kotoko F.C., As ...

Mamood Amadu
Isaac Asare
Frank Amankwah
Nii Lamptey
Bernard Aryee
Kwame Ayew
Mohammed Gargo
Mohammed Kalilu

Ibrahim Dossey Ibrahim Dossey Allotey (24 November 1972 in Accra – 9 December 2008 in Bucharest) was a Ghanaian football goalkeeper. Career Dossey was born in Accra, Ghana. He played in Romania for Rapid București, FC Brașov, Pandurii Târgu Jiu, and ...

Samuel Osei Kuffour
Samuel Kumah

Anthony Mensah Anthony Osei Kwadwo (born 31 October 1972 in Kumasi), known as Anthony Mensah, is a former Ghanaian football goalkeeper. Career Mensah used this name whilst playing for Asante Kotoko FC. He won the best defender Award as the goalkeeper for As ...

Alex Nyarko Alexander Nyarko (born 15 October 1973) is a Ghanaian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Club career Nyarko started his career in Ghana, and in 1995 he joined FC Basel from Sportul Studenţesc. Nyarko joined FC Basel ...

Yaw Preko

Shamo Quaye Shamo Quaye (22 October 1971 – 30 November 1997) was a football player from Ghana, who was a member of the Men's National Team that won the bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coa ...

Oli Rahman Coach: Sam Arday

Goalscorers

With seven goals, Poland's

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. Andrzej_Juskowiak

;7 goals *

;6 goals * Kwame Ayew ;5 goals * Kiko ;4 goals *

;2 goals *

Tony Vidmar Antony Vidmar (born 4 July 1970) is an Australian soccer coach and former player, who serves as an assistant coach with the Australia national team. He was a member of the Australia national team, competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona ...

John Markovski John Markovski (born 15 April 1970) is an Australian soccer coach and former player, former head coach of Fitzroy City SC. Markovski played in the National Soccer League (NSL) for Sunshine George Cross, Preston Lions (former Preston Makedonia) ...

Hernán Gaviria Hermán Gaviria Carvajal (27 November 1969 – 24 October 2002) was a Colombian footballer, who played as a central midfielder. Football career During his career, Gaviria played for Atlético Nacional, Deportes Tolima, Deportivo Cali, Atlétic ...

Hady Khashaba Hady Sherif Khashaba (born 19 December 1972) is an Egyptian former footballer who played at both professional and international levels as a midfielder. Career Club career Khashaba spent his entire professional career with one club, Al Ahly, fro ...

* Alessandro Melli * Francisco Rotllán * Ryszard Staniek *

* Rafael Berges * Jonny Rödlund *

Tomas Brolin Per Tomas Brolin (born 29 November 1969) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a forward or as a midfielder. At club level, he had a successful period with A.C. Parma during the early 1990s, winning the 1992 Coppa Italia, ...

Steve Snow Stephen Leonard Snow (born March 2, 1971) is a retired United States, American soccer Striker (association football), forward who was a dominant goal scorer at the high school, college and junior national level. He played professionally in Belgiu ...

;1 goal *

Carl Veart Thomas Carl Veart (born 21 May 1970 in Whyalla, South Australia, Australia) is an Australian former footballer who is the head coach for Adelaide United. Club career He previously played in England for Sheffield United, Crystal Palace and Mill ...

Damian Mori Damian Mori (born 30 September 1970) is an Australian former football player who is an assistant coach for Adelaide United. He won two Johnny Warren Medals, awarded to the best player in the Australian league and was top scorer on 5 occasions ...

Shaun Murphy Shaun Peter Murphy (born 10 August 1982) is an English professional snooker player who won the 2005 World Snooker Championship, 2005 World Championship. Nicknamed "The Magician", Murphy is noted for his straight Cue stick, cue action and his lo ...

Zlatko Arambasic Zlatko Arambasic (born 20 September 1969) is a former Australian football player, now residing in Australia as an educator. Club career A much-travelled striker, Arambašić, a Croatia-born Australian, played for several clubs in Europe and i ...

Víctor Aristizábal Víctor Hugo Aristizábal Posada (born 9 December 1971) is a Colombian retired professional footballer who played as a striker. He scored 15 goals in 66 games for the Colombia national team between 1993 and 2003. Club career Aristizábal was ...

* Víctor Pacheco *

Claus Thomsen Claus Thomsen (born 31 May 1970) is a Danish former professional footballer. He won the Danish Cup with AGF Aarhus and played in England for top level teams Ipswich Town and Everton, as well as Wolfsburg in Germany. He played 20 matches for t ...

* Ibrahim El-Masry * Mohamed Youssef * Isaac Asare * Mohammed Gargo * Oli Rahman *

Demetrio Albertini Demetrio Albertini (; born 23 August 1971) is the sporting director of Parma and a former professional Italian football midfielder and vice-president of the Italian Football Federation (FIGC). He is widely considered one of the legends of the A ...

* Jung Jae-kwon *

Seo Jung-won Seo Jung-won (born 17 December 1970) is a South Korean football manager and former player, currently in charge of Chengdu Rongcheng. Playing career A winger who had explosive pace, Seo was nicknamed the "Nalssaendori", which means an agil ...

* Ali Marwi * Jorge Castañeda *

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Noureddine Naybet Noureddine Naybet ( ar, نور الدين نيبت; born 10 February 1970) is a Moroccan former professional footballer who played as a central defender. He played in Spain (Deportivo de La Coruña) and Portugal for Sporting CP and England for To ...

Carlos Gamarra Carlos Alberto Gamarra Pavón () (born 17 February 1971) is a Paraguayan former professional footballer who played as a centre back. He captained the Paraguay national team at international level and was for a long time the most capped player ...

Francisco Arce Francisco Javier "Chiqui" Arce Rolón (; born 2 April 1971) is a retired Paraguayan footballer and coach. He played at the right defender position, competing a total of 61 times for the Paraguay national team between 1995 and 2004. He is curre ...

Jorge Campos Jorge Campos Navarrete (born 15 October 1966) is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. A notable player of Mexico in the 1990s and early 2000s, Campos was an eccentric player, known for his constant play outside ...

* Mauro Caballero *

* Marcin Jałocha * Marek Koźmiński *

Mahmoud Soufi Mahmoud Yassen Soufi (20 October 1971 – 2 June 2019) was a Qatari association football, footballer. He competed in the Football at the 1992 Summer Olympics, men's tournament at the 1992 Summer Olympics. References External links

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Mubarak Mustafa Mubarak Mustafa Fazli Noorallah ( ar, مبارك مصطفى; born 30 March 1973) is a Qatari former footballer who works as a sports analyst for Al Kass. He is known for his numerous achievements with Qatari club Al-Arabi, as well as being the f ...

* Roberto Solozábal *

Håkan Mild Stig Håkan Mild (born 14 June 1971) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a central midfielder. He is best remembered for his time with IFK Göteborg, with which he won four Swedish Championships. A full international betwe ...

Patrik Andersson Patrik Jonas Andersson (; born 18 August 1971) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a defender. Starting off his career with Malmö FF in the late 1980s, he went on to play professionally in England, Germany, and Spain, an ...

Dario Brose Dario Brose (born January 27, 1970, in New York City) is a retired American soccer player who spent eight seasons in Europe, three in Major League Soccer and one in the USL First Division. He has also coached the Mid-Michigan Bucks of the Premie ...

Erik Imler Erik Bradley Imler (born June 1, 1971 in Silver Spring, Maryland) is an American soccer coach and former player. He won national championships while playing at the University of Virginia before becoming part of the US team that competed at th ...

Joe-Max Moore Joe-Max Moore (born February 23, 1971) is an American former soccer player. He played professionally for clubs in Germany, England and the United States. He finished his career with the New England Revolution of Major League Soccer. In additio ...

* Manuel Lagos ;Own goals *

(playing against Poland) * Joachim Yaw Acheampong (playing against Paraguay)

Final ranking

References

External links

Olympic Football Tournament Barcelona 1992
FIFA.com
FIFA Technical Report (Part 1)(Part 2)(Part 3)
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