The
association football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...
(soccer) tournament at the
1984 Summer Olympics
The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon ...
started on July 29 and ended on August 11, taking place throughout the
United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territorie ...
.
It was the first Olympic soccer competition in which officially professional players were allowed. Until then, the
amateur
An amateur () is generally considered a person who pursues an avocation independent from their source of income. Amateurs and their pursuits are also described as popular, informal, autodidacticism, self-taught, user-generated, do it yourself, DI ...
-only rule had heavily favored
socialist
Socialism is a left-wing economic philosophy and movement encompassing a range of economic systems characterized by the dominance of social ownership of the means of production as opposed to private ownership. As a term, it describes the e ...
countries from the
Eastern Bloc
The Eastern Bloc, also known as the Communist Bloc and the Soviet Bloc, was the group of socialist states of Central and Eastern Europe, East Asia, Southeast Asia, Africa, and Latin America under the influence of the Soviet Union that existed du ...
whose players were professionals in all but name. However, as agreed with
FIFA
FIFA (; stands for ''Fédération Internationale de Football Association'' ( French), meaning International Association Football Federation ) is the international governing body of association football, beach football and futsal. It was found ...
to preserve the primacy of the
World Cup
A world cup is a global sporting competition in which the participant entities – usually international teams or individuals representing their countries – compete for the title of world champion. The event most associated with the concept i ...
, the Olympic competition was restricted to players with no more than five "A"
cap
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s at tournament start, regardless of age.
The soccer tournament was held in four venues:
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Harvard Stadium
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(
Boston
Boston (), officially the City of Boston, is the state capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the United States. It is the 24th- mo ...
)
*
Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
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(
Annapolis, Maryland
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)
*
Stanford Stadium
Stanford Stadium is an outdoor college football stadium on the west coast of the United States, located on the campus of Stanford University in Stanford, California. It is the home of the Stanford Cardinal and hosts the university's commencemen ...
(
Stanford, California
Stanford is a census-designated place (CDP) in the northwest corner of Santa Clara County, California, United States. It is the home of Stanford University. The population was 21,150 at the United States Census, 2020, 2020 census.
Stanford is ...
)
*
Rose Bowl, (
Pasadena, California
Pasadena ( ) is a city in Los Angeles County, California, northeast of downtown Los Angeles. It is the most populous city and the primary cultural center of the San Gabriel Valley. Old Pasadena is the city's original commercial district.
I ...
)
The Gold medal game between
France
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and
Brazil
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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
The Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), also known locally as "The 'G", is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Victoria. Founded and managed by the Melbourne Cricket Club, it is the largest stadiu ...
in
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
for the
game
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of the
1956 Olympic Games played between the
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...
and
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label=Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavija ...
. The Rose Bowl attendance would remain the Olympic record until 104,098 attended the
game
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of the
2000 Summer Olympics
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between
Cameroon
Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west-central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; the C ...
and
Spain
, image_flag = Bandera de España.svg
, image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg
, national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
, i ...
at the
Stadium Australia
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in
Sydney
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.
The attendance also stood as the highest for a soccer game in the United States until 109,318 saw
Manchester United
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defeat
Real Madrid
Real Madrid Club de Fútbol (, meaning ''Royal Madrid Football Club''), commonly referred to as Real Madrid, is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid.
Founded in 1902 as Madrid Football Club, the club has traditionally wor ...
during the
2014 International Champions Cup at the
Michigan Stadium
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in
Ann Arbor
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.
Schedule
Qualifying
Sixteen teams qualified for the Olympic tournament after continental qualifying rounds. Three
Warsaw Pact
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countries had qualified but withdrew as part of the
Soviet
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-led boycott. They were replaced as follows:
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East Germany
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were replaced by
Norway
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.
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USSR
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nationa ...
were replaced by
West Germany
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.
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Czechoslovakia
, rue, Чеськословеньско, , yi, טשעכאסלאוואקיי,
, common_name = Czechoslovakia
, life_span = 1918–19391945–1992
, p1 = Austria-Hungary
, image_p1 ...
were replaced by
Italy
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.
*Africa (
CAF)
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*Asia (
AFC)
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*North and Central America (
CONCACAF
The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football,, ; french: Confédération de football d'Amérique du Nord, d'Amérique centrale et des Caraïbes, . Dutch uses the English name. abbreviated as CONCACAF ( ; typese ...
)
**
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*South America (
CONMEBOL
The South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL, , or CSF; es, Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol; pt, Confederação Sul-Americana de Futebol) is the continental governing body of football in South America (apart from Guyana, Suri ...
)
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*Europe (
UEFA
Union of European Football Associations (UEFA ; french: Union des associations européennes de football; german: Union der europäischen Fußballverbände) is one of six continental bodies of governance in association football. It governs f ...
)
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*Hosting nation
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Venues
Medalists
Gold Medal –
William Ayache
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International career
At international level, Ayache participated at ...
Michel Bensoussan Michel Bibard
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As a player, Bibard was a defender. He won the gold medal with the France Olympic team at the 1984 Sum ...
Dominique Bijotat
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Club career
Bi ...
François Brisson Patrick Cubaynes Patrice Garande
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Playing career Club
Born in Oullins, Rhône, Garande finished his development at AS Saint-Étienne, but appeared ra ...
Philippe Jeannol
Philippe Jeannol (born 6 August 1958 in Nancy) is a French former professional footballer who played as a defender.
Jeannol was a member of the French squad that won the gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California
...
Guy Lacombe
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Playing career
Lacombe was a member of the French squad that won the gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. ...
Jean-Claude Lemoult
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Lemoult was a member of the French squad that won the gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles
...
Jean-Philippe Rohr
Albert Rust
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Didier Sénac Jean-Christophe Thouvenel
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Thouvenel was a member of the French squad that won the gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California ...
José Touré
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Club career
On 11 June 1983, Touré scored a memorable goal for Nantes in the Coupe de France final to give his side the lead against Paris Saint ...
Daniel Xuereb
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Jean-Louis Zanon
Jean-Louis Zanon (born December 23, 1961 in Montauban) is a French former professional football (soccer) player.
Zanon was a member of the French squad that won the gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California
...
Coach:
Henri Michel
Henri Louis Michel (28 October 1947 – 24 April 2018) was a French football player and coach. He played as a midfielder for Nantes and the France national team, and later went on to coach various clubs and national teams all over the wor ...
Silver Medal –
Pinga
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Caribou Inuit tradition
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Davi Milton Cruz
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His career is widely related to São Paulo, club he represented as a ...
Luís Henrique Dias André Luís Mauro Galvão
Mauro Geraldo Galvão (born 19 December 1961) is a Brazilian retired footballer who played as a sweeper, having won the title of Brazilian Champion four times, playing for Internacional (1979), Grêmio Portoalegrense (1996) and Vasco da ...
Tonho KitaGilmar Popoca
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Silvinho Gilmar
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Ademir Paulo Santos Ronaldo Silva Dunga
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Chicão Luiz Carlos Winck
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Club career
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Coach:
Jair Picerni
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With São Caetano, Picerni was twice runner-up of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (2000 and 2001) and a Copa Libertadores ...
Bronze Medal –
Mirsad Baljić
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He got his nickname ''Žvaka'' (chewing gum) for his constant use of chewing gum during matches.
Club career
Baljić m ...
Mehmed Baždarević
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Baždarević played for Bosnian side Željezničar and French outfit Sochaux, ...
Vlado Čapljić
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Playing career Club
Čapljić started playing in the youth teams of hometown club ...
Borislav Cvetković
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Stjepan Deverić
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Club career
Deverić began his career with Dinamo Zagreb in the Yugoslav First League in 1979. He stayed at the ...
Milko Đurovski
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Marko Elsner
Marko Elsner (11 April 196018 May 2020) was a Slovenian professional association football, footballer who played as a defender (association football), defender.
Club career
Born in Ljubljana, capital of SR Slovenia (then part of Yugoslavia), El ...
Nenad Gračan
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Club career
Born in Rijeka, SFR Yugoslavia, Gračan started playin ...
Tomislav Ivković Srečko Katanec
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...
Branko Miljuš
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Club career
During his club career he played in 357 games (217 competitive matches) for Hajduk Split.
In his late career, Miljuš left Yugoslavia few years before the inde ...
Mitar Mrkela
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Jovica Nikolić
Jovica Nikolić (Serbian Cyrillic: Јовица Николић; born 11 July 1959) is a Serbian retired Association football, footballer who played as a Midfielder#Central midfielder, central midfielder, and a Coach (sport), manager.
Club career ...
Ivan PudarLjubomir Radanović
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Club career
After starting out with Lovćen in the Yugoslav Second League, Radanovi ...
Admir Smajić
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He played for the Yugoslav national team and the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team.
Club career Partizan
Born in Bijeljina,[Dragan Stojković
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Coach:
Ivan Toplak
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Match officials
;Africa
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Mohamed Hossameldin
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Gebreyesus Tesfaye
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People:
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;Asia
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Abdul Aziz Al-Salmi
*
Kyung-Bok Cha
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Toshikazu Sano
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;North and Central America
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Tony Evangelista
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Evangelista was born in Sora, Italy, and came to Canada with his family when he was 13. He began refereeing when he was 23, and ...
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Antonio Márquez Ramírez
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Luis Paulino Siles
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David Socha
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Edward Bellion
;South America
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Romualdo Arppi Filho
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...
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Gastón Castro
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, image_flag = Bandera de España.svg
, image_coat ...
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Jesús Díaz
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Jorge Eduardo Romero
;Europe
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Enzo Barbaresco
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*
Ioan Igna
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*
Jan Keizer
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Brian McGinlay
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Refereeing career
At the domestic level McGinlay has refereed 21 Old Firm derbies, during ...
*
Joël Quiniou
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Career
He supervised eight matches in the FIFA World ...
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Volker Roth
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Uni ...
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Victoriano Sánchez Arminio
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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
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Daniel Xuereb
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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 ...
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Stjepan Deverić
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Club career
Deverić began his career with Dinamo Zagreb in the Yugoslav First League in 1979. He stayed at the ...
;4 goals
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Gilmar Popoca
Augilmar Silva de Oliveira (born 18 February 1964), known as just Gilmar Popoca, is a Brazilian former Association football, footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. He competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics with the Brazil national under- ...
;3 goals
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Dale Mitchell
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François Brisson
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Rudolf Bommer
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Playing career
Born in Aschaffenburg, Bommer played 417 games between 1976 and 1996 for Fortuna Düsseldorf, Bay ...
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Uwe Rahn
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Career
Rahn played 318 Bundesliga matches in his professional career, scoring the majority of his 107 Bundesliga goals in his eight ...
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Jovica Nikolić
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Club career ...
;2 goals
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Dunga
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Emad Soliman
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Beniamo Vignola
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Hussein Saeed
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Joar Vaadal
*
Khalid Al-Muhannadi
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Rick Davis
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Christian Schreier
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;1 goal
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Kita
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Ronaldo Silva
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Silvio Paiva
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Paul Bahoken
Paul Bahoken (7 July 1955) is a Cameroonian former professional footballer who played as a forward. He competed for the Cameroon national team at the 1982 FIFA World Cup. At club level he played in France for Troyes AC, AS Cannes, Valenciennes ...
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Louis-Paul Mfédé
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Roger Milla
Albert Roger Miller (born 20 May 1952), known as Roger Milla, is a Cameroonian former professional footballer who played as a forward. He was one of the first African players to be a major star on the international stage. He played in three Worl ...
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Gerry Gray
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Igor Vrablic
Igor Vrablic (born 19 July 1965) is a Canadian former soccer player who played at both professional and international levels, as a striker.
Early and personal life
Vrablic was born in Bratislava and raised in Waterloo, Ontario.
Career
Cl ...
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Jaime Baeza
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Fernando Santis
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Evaristo Coronado
Evaristo Coronado Salas (born 13 September 1960) is considered the best Costa Rican football striker during the 1980s.
Club career
Born in Ciudad Cortés, Coronado is one of the most recognized sports figures in his country. He played his e ...
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Enrique Rivers
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Magdi Abdelghani
Magdi Abdelghani Sayed Ahmed ( ar, مجدي عبد الغني سيد أحمد; born 27 July 1959) is an Egyptian retired professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.
Playing career
Abdelghani won 50 caps for Egypt, and at the ...
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Mahmoud El Khatib
Mahmoud Ibrahim Ibrahim El Khatib ( ar, محمود إبراهيم إبراهيم الخطيب; born 30 October 1954), popularly nicknamed Bibo ( ar, بيبو), is an Egyptian retired footballer and current President of Al Ahly. He is widely rega ...
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Khaled Gadallah
Khalid Gadallah (born 1955) is an Egyptian former association football, footballer. He competed in the Football at the 1984 Summer Olympics, men's tournament at the 1984 Summer Olympics.
References
External links
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1955 births
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Dominique Bijotat
Dominique Bijotat (born 3 January 1961) is a French football manager and former professional player who played as a midfielder. He obtained eight international caps (no goals) for the France national team during the 1980s.
Club career
Bi ...
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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 ra ...
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Philippe Jeannol
Philippe Jeannol (born 6 August 1958 in Nancy) is a French former professional footballer who played as a defender.
Jeannol was a member of the French squad that won the gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California
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Guy Lacombe
Guy Hubert Georges Lacombe (born 12 June 1955) is a French football manager and former professional player.
Playing career
Lacombe was a member of the French squad that won the gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. ...
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Jean-Claude Lemoult
Jean-Claude Lemoult (born 28 August 1960) is a French former professional football (soccer) player who played as a midfielder.
Lemoult was a member of the French squad that won the gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles
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Ali Hussein Shihab
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Franco Baresi
Franchino Baresi (; born 8 May 1960) is an Italian football youth team coach and a former player and manager. He mainly played as a sweeper or as a central defender, and spent his entire 20-year career with Serie A club AC Milan, captaining t ...
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Pietro Fanna
Pierino Fanna (; born 23 June 1958) is an Italian professional football coach and a former player, who played in midfield, either as an attacking midfielder or as a winger.
Club career
Born in Grimacco, Province of Udine, Fanna spent his y ...
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Aldo Serena
Aldo Serena (; born 25 June 1960) is an Italian former professional footballer, who was usually deployed as a forward. He played for several Italian clubs throughout his career, winning four Serie A titles, among other trophies; he is mainly rem ...
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Mustapha Merry
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Per Egil Ahlsen
Per Egil Ahlsen (born 4 March 1958) is a Norwegian former footballer. Ahlsen started as a midfielder, but was later re-educated as a forward defender. He was known for his long-shots.
Club career
Ahlsen started his career at the senior level wit ...
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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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Gregg Thompson
Gregg Thompson (born August 4, 1960) is an American former soccer player. He played as a defender who was the 1983 North American Soccer League Rookie of the Year. He was also voted team MVP (by his teammates) and the most Popular Player (by t ...
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Jean Willrich
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Manfred Bockenfeld
Manfred Bockenfeld (born 23 July 1960) is a German former professional footballer who played as a defender.
Honours
Werder Bremen
*UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1991–92
*Bundesliga: 1992–93
Year 199 ( CXCIX) was a common year starting on Mo ...
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Andreas Brehme
Andreas "Andy" Brehme (; born 9 November 1960) is a German football coach and former football defender. At international level, he is best known for scoring the winning goal for Germany in the 1990 FIFA World Cup Final against Argentina from a ...
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Frank Mill
Frank Mill (born 23 July 1958) is a German former professional footballer who was a member of the 1990 FIFA World Cup winning squad of West Germany. Further, he participated at the 1984 and at the 1988 Summer Olympics, where he won the bronze ...
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Mirsad Baljić
Mirsad "Žvaka" Baljić (born 4 March 1962) is a Bosnian former professional footballer who played as an offensive left-back.
He got his nickname ''Žvaka'' (chewing gum) for his constant use of chewing gum during matches.
Club career
Baljić m ...
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Nenad Gračan
Nenad Gračan (born 23 January 1962) is a Croatian football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. He is the coach of the Croatia women's national football team.
Club career
Born in Rijeka, SFR Yugoslavia, Gračan started playin ...
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Ljubomir Radanović
Ljubomir Radanović ( Cyrillic: Љубомир Радановић; born 21 July 1960) is a former Yugoslav and Montenegrin footballer who played as a defender.
Club career
After starting out with Lovćen in the Yugoslav Second League, Radanovi ...
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
wave
In physics, mathematics, and related fields, a wave is a propagating dynamic disturbance (change from equilibrium) of one or more quantities. Waves can be periodic, in which case those quantities oscillate repeatedly about an equilibrium (res ...
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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1984 Summer Olympics events
1984
Events
January
* January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888.
* January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast A ...
1984 in association football
Summer Olympics 1984
Soccer in California
Oly
Oly may refer to:
* Oly, informal name for Olympia, Washington, United States
* OLY (: ), postnominals granted to participants in the Olympics
People with the name
* Oly (born 1992), American singer-songwriter and musician
* Oly Hicks (born 1968 ...
1984 in sports in California
1984 in sports in Massachusetts
1984 in sports in Maryland
Sports in Stanford, California