Football at the 1976 Summer Olympics

The football tournament at the 1976 Summer Olympics started on 18 July and ended on 31 July. Only one event, the men's tournament, was contested. 13 teams participated in the tournament, and 3 teams withdrew.[1]

1976 Men's Olympic football tournament
Tournament details
Host countryCanada
Dates18–31 July
Teams13 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions East Germany (1st title)
Runners-up Poland
Third place Soviet Union
Fourth place Brazil
Tournament statistics
Matches played23
Goals scored66 (2.87 per match)
Top scorer(s) Andrzej Szarmach (6 goals)

Venues
Montreal Ottawa Sherbrooke Toronto
Olympic Stadium Lansdowne Park Sherbrooke Stadium Varsity Stadium
Capacity: 70,000 Capacity: 30,000 Capacity: 10,000 Capacity: 21,739

Qualification
Main article: Football at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

The following 13 teams qualified for the 1976 Olympics football tournament:

Match officials

Squads

Final tournament

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Brazil 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1 3
 East Germany 2 1 1 0 1 0 +1 3
 Spain 2 0 0 2 1 3 −2 0
Source: FIFA
Brazil 0–0 East Germany
Report
Attendance: 21,643
Referee: John Paterson (Great Britain)
Brazil 2–1 Spain
Rosemiro  7'
Chico Fraga  47' (pen.)		 Report Idígoras  14'
Attendance: 38,123
Referee: Paul Schiller (Austria)
East Germany 1–0 Spain
Dörner  46' Report
Attendance: 36,198
Referee: Werner Winsemann (Canada)

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 France 3 2 1 0 9 3 +6 5
 Israel 3 0 3 0 3 3 0 3
 Mexico 3 0 2 1 4 7 −3 2
 Guatemala 3 0 2 1 2 5 −3 2
Source: FIFA
Israel 0–0 Guatemala
Report
Attendance: 9,500
Referee: Vladimir Rudnev (Soviet Union)
France 4–1 Mexico
Schaer  14'
Baronchelli  33'
Rubio  78'
Amisse  90'		 Report Sánchez  81'
Attendance: 14,286
Referee: Ángel Coerezza (Argentina)
France 4–1 Guatemala
Platini  7', 86'
Amisse  41'
Schaer  82'		 Report Fion  58'
Attendance: 3,163
Referee: Jafar Namdar (Iran)
Mexico 2–2 Israel
Rangel  19', 44' Report Oz  51'
Shum  55' (pen.)
Attendance: 36,569
Referee: Alberto Michelotti (Italy)
Mexico 1–1 Guatemala
Rangel  36' Report Rergis  18' (o.g.)
Attendance: 4,118
Referee: Marian Kuston (Poland)
France 1–1 Israel
Platini  80' (pen.) Report Peretz  75'
Attendance: 33,639
Referee: Ramón Barreto (Uruguay)

Group C
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Poland 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1 3
 Iran 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 2
 Cuba 2 0 1 1 0 1 −1 1
Source: FIFA
Poland 0–0 Cuba
Report
Attendance: 29,417
Referee: Abraham Klein (Israel)}
Iran 1–0 Cuba
Mazloumi  28' Report
Attendance: 11,324
Referee: Adolf Prokop (East Germany)
Poland 3–2 Iran
Szarmach  48', 75'
Deyna  51'		 Report Parvin  6'
Rowshan  79'
Attendance: 32,309
Referee: Arnaldo Cézar Coelho (Brazil)

Group D
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Soviet Union 2 2 0 0 5 1 +4 4
 North Korea 2 1 0 1 3 4 −1 2
 Canada 2 0 0 2 2 5 −3 0
Source: FIFA
Canada 1–2 Soviet Union
Douglas  88' Report Onyshchenko  8', 11'
Attendance: 34,320
Referee: Robert Helies (France)
North Korea 3–1 Canada
An Se-uk  18'
Hong Song-nam  66', 80'		 Report Douglas  51'
Attendance: 12,638
Referee: Marco Antonio Dorantes (Mexico)
Soviet Union 3–0 North Korea
Kolotov  16' (pen.)
Veremeyev  81'
Blokhin  89'		 Report
Attendance: 15,233
Referee: Emilio Guruceta-Muro (Spain)

Bracket
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
25 July – Ottawa
 
 
 East Germany4
 
27 July – Montreal
 
 France0
 
 East Germany2
 
25 July – Sherbrooke
 
 Soviet Union1
 
 Soviet Union2
 
31 July – Montreal
 
 Iran1
 
 East Germany3
 
25 July – Toronto
 
 Poland1
 
 Brazil4
 
27 July – Toronto
 
 Israel1
 
 Brazil0
 
25 July – Montreal
 
 Poland2 Bronze medal match
 
 Poland5
 
29 July – Montreal
 
 North Korea0
 
 Soviet Union2
 
 
 Brazil0
 

Quarter-finals
East Germany 4–0 France
Löwe  27'
Dörner  60' (pen.), 68' (pen.)
Riediger  77'		 Report
Attendance: 20,083
Referee: Alberto Michelotti (Italy)
Soviet Union 2–1 Iran
Minayev  40'
Zvyahintsev  67'		 Report Ghelichkhani  82' (pen.)
Attendance: 5,855
Referee: Guillermo Velasquez (Colombia)
Brazil 4–1 Israel
Jarbas  56', 74'
Erivélto  72'
Júnior  88'		 Report Peretz  80'
Attendance: 18,601
Referee: Károly Palotai (Hungary)
Poland 5–0 North Korea
Szarmach  13', 49'
Lato  59', 79'
Szymanowski  64'		 Report
Attendance: 46,885
Referee: Paul Schiller Austria)

Semi-finals
Soviet Union 1–2 East Germany
Kolotov  84' (pen.) Report Dörner  59' (pen.)
Kurbjuweit  66'
Attendance: 57,182
Referee: Marco Antonio Dorantes (Mexico)
Poland 2–0 Brazil
Szarmach  51', 82' Report
Attendance: 21,743
Referee: John Paterson (Great Britain)

Bronze Medal match
Soviet Union 2–0 Brazil
Onyshchenko  5'
Nazarenko  49'		 Report
Attendance: 55,647
Referee: Abraham Klein (Israel)

Gold Medal match
1976 Summer Olympics Football Final
East Germany 3–1 Poland
Schade  7'
Hoffmann  14'
Häfner  84'		 Report Lato  59'
Attendance: 71,617
Referee: Ramón Barreto (Uruguay)

Medal winners

Goalscorers

With six goals, Andrzej Szarmach of Poland is the top scorer in the tournament. In total, 66 goals were scored by 44 different players, with only one of them credited as own goal.

6 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

Final ranking
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  East Germany (GDR) 5 4 1 0 10 2 +8 9
2  Poland (POL) 5 3 1 1 11 5 +6 7
3  Soviet Union (URS) 5 4 0 1 10 4 +6 8
4  Brazil (BRA) 5 2 1 2 6 6 0 5
5  France (FRA) 4 2 1 1 9 7 +2 5
6  Israel (ISR) 4 0 3 1 4 7 −3 3
7  Iran (IRI) 3 1 0 2 4 5 −1 2
8  North Korea (PRK) 3 1 0 2 3 9 −6 2
9  Mexico (MEX) 3 0 2 1 4 7 −3 2
10  Guatemala (GUA) 3 0 2 1 2 5 −3 2
11  Cuba (CUB) 2 0 1 1 0 1 −1 1
12  Spain (ESP) 2 0 0 2 1 3 −2 0
13  Canada (CAN) 2 0 0 2 2 5 −3 0
Source: rsssf.com

References
  1. "Football at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
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