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Football At The 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's Team Squads
These are the squads for the countries that competed in Football at the 1980 Summer Olympics. Algeria Head coach: Mahieddine Khalef Colombia Head coach: Eduardo Retat Costa Rica Head coach: Antonio Moyano Cuba Head coach: Tibor Ivanics Due to the boycott of the Olympics, Cuba took part in place of the US. Czechoslovakia Head coach: František Havránek East Germany Head coach: Rudolf Krause (footballer), Rudolf Krause Finland Head coach: Jukka Vakkila Due to the boycott of the Olympics, Finland took part in place of Norway. Iraq Head coach: Anwar Jassam Due to the boycott of the Olympics, Iraq took part in place of Malaysia. Kuwait Head coach: Carlos Alberto Parreira Nigeria Head coach: Otto Glória Due to the boycott of the Olympics, Nigeria took part in place of Ghana. Spain Head coach: José Santamaría Syria Head coach: Yousef Chadli Due to the boycott of the Olympics, Syria took part in place of Iran. Venezuela Head ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Football At The 1980 Summer Olympics
The football tournament at the 1980 Summer Olympics started on 20 July and ended on 2 August. Only one event, the ''men's tournament'', was contested. Seven qualified countries did not participate, joining the American-led boycott in protest of the December 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Sixteen teams were divided into four groups: *''Group A'' (USSR, Cuba, Venezuela, Zambia) *''Group B'' (Colombia, Kuwait, Nigeria, Czechoslovakia) *''Group C'' (Algeria, Spain, GDR, Syria) *''Group D'' (Costa Rica, Finland, Iraq, Yugoslavia) In the technical report following the competition, FIFA reported that: "Compared with the 1979 World Youth Tournament in Japan and the 1978 World Cup finals in Argentina, the standard of football at the Olympic Football Tournament was generally of an inferior quality". The tournament was primarily hosted by Moscow and Leningrad in the Russian SFSR, with some group stage games in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR and Minsk, Byelorussian SSR. Venues The footbal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
