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

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-only rule had heavily favored

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countries from the

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whose players were professionals in all but name. However, as agreed with

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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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(

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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, (

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) 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

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for the

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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

of the

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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

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. The attendance also stood as the highest for a soccer game in the United States until 109,318 saw

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defeat

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during the 2014 International Champions Cup at the

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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

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-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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. *

Czechoslovakia , rue, Чеськословеньско, , yi, טשעכאסלאוואקיי, , common_name = Czechoslovakia , life_span = 1918–19391945–1992 , p1 = Austria-Hungary , image_p1 ...

were replaced by

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

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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 ...

) ** ** *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 Michel Bibard (born 30 November 1958) is a French football manager and former player. He is the head coach of French club FC Saint-Cloud. As a player, Bibard was a defender. He won the gold medal with the France Olympic team at the 1984 Sum ...

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 ...

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 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 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. ...

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 ...

Jean-Philippe Rohr

Albert Rust Albert Rust (April 4, 1870) was an American politician and slaveholder, who served as a delegate from Arkansas to the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1862. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic ...

Didier Sénac

Jean-Christophe Thouvenel Jean-Christophe Thouvenel (born 8 October 1958 in Colmar) is a French former professional Association football player. Thouvenel was a member of the French squad that won the gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California ...

José Touré José Touré (born 24 April 1961 in Nancy) is a French former professional football player. 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 Daniel Xuereb (born 22 June 1959) is a French former professional footballer who played as a striker. He earned eight international caps for France during the 1980s, scoring one goal. As a player of RC Lens (1981–1986), he appeared for F ...

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 In Inuit religion, Pinga ("the one who is p onhigh") is a goddess of the hunt and medicine. She is heavily associated with the sky. Caribou Inuit tradition In Caribou Inuit communities, Pinga had some authority over caribou herds. She became a ...

Davi

Milton Cruz Milton da Cruz (born 1 August 1957) is a Brazilian professional football coach and former player who played as a forward. He is the current assistant manager of São Paulo. 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
Kita

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- ...

Silvinho

Gilmar Gylmar dos Santos Neves (; 22 August 1930 – 25 August 2013), known simply as Gilmar, was a Brazilian footballer who played goalkeeper for Corinthians and Santos and was a member of the Brazil national team in three World Cups. He was elect ...

Ademir
Paulo Santos
Ronaldo Silva

Dunga Carlos Caetano Bledorn Verri (born 31 October 1963), known as Dunga (), is a Brazilian football manager and former professional player who played as a defensive midfielder. Under his captaincy, Brazil won the 1994 FIFA World Cup and he lifted ...

Chicão

Luiz Carlos Winck Luís Carlos Coelho Winck, (born 5 January 1963) is a Brazilian football coach and former player who played as a right back. He is the current head coach of Anápolis. Club career Luís Carlos Winck his successful career in football as a defen ...

Coach:

Jair Picerni Jair Picerni (born October 20, 1944) is a Brazilian football manager and former player, who played as a right back. 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 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 ...

Mehmed Baždarević Mehmed Baždarević (born 28 September 1960) is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player. He was most recently the manager of Ligue 2 club Guingamp. Baždarević played for Bosnian side Željezničar and French outfit Sochaux, ...

Vlado Čapljić Vladan "Vlado" Čapljić (Serbian Cyrillic: Владан Владо Чапљић; born 22 March 1962) is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player. Playing career Club Čapljić started playing in the youth teams of hometown club ...

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 Stjepan Deverić (born 20 August 1961) is a Yugoslav and later Croatian retired professional footballer and former football manager. Club career Deverić began his career with Dinamo Zagreb in the Yugoslav First League in 1979. He stayed at the ...

Milko Đurovski Milko Djurovski ( mk, Милко Ѓуровски, translit=Milko Gjurovski, sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Milko Đurovski, Милко Ђуровски; born 26 January 1963) is a Macedonian former professional footballer and manager. He was re ...

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 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 ...

Tomislav Ivković

Srečko Katanec Srečko Katanec (; born 16 July 1963) is a Slovenian professional football manager and former player who is the manager of the Uzbekistan national team. At international level, he was capped for both the Yugoslavia and Slovenia national teams. ...

Branko Miljuš Branko Miljuš (born 17 August 1960) is a Croatian retired footballer. 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 Mitar Mrkela (Serbian Cyrillic: Mитap Mpкeлa; born 10 July 1965 in Belgrade) is a retired Serbian football player, who was a member of the Yugoslavian team that won the bronze medal at the Football at the 1984 Summer Olympics, 1984 Summer Olym ...

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 Pudar

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 ...

Admir Smajić Admir Smajić (born 7 September 1963) is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player. He played for the Yugoslav national team and the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team. Club career Partizan Born in Bijeljina,Dragan Stojković Dragan Stojković ( sr-Cyrl, Драган Стојковић, ; born 3 March 1965), also known by the nickname Piksi (Пикси), is a Serbian former footballer who played as a midfielder, and the current manager of the Serbia national team. Wi ...

Coach:

Ivan Toplak Ivan Toplak (Serbian Cyrillic: Иван Toплaк; 21 September 1931 – 25 July 2021) was a Serbian football player and manager. Toplak played for NK Olimpija Ljubljana and Red Star Belgrade, with whom he had much success. As a player he also r ...

Match officials

;Africa * Mohamed Hossameldin * Gebreyesus Tesfaye *

Bester Kalombo Bester is a surname and may refer to: People: * Alfred Bester (1913–1987), American science fiction author * Allan Bester (born 1964), Canadian retired professional ice hockey goaltender * John Bester (1927–2010), English translator of modern J ...

;Asia * Abdul Aziz Al-Salmi * Kyung-Bok Cha *

Toshikazu Sano Toshikazu Sano (October 11, 1940 – 2000) was a football referee from Japan. He is known for having officiated the 1984 Olympic tournament in Los Angeles, as well as qualification for the 1982, 1986, and 1990 World Cups, and the 1981 and 1987 ...

;North and Central America *

Tony Evangelista Antonio "Tony" Evangelista (born October 2, 1945) is a Canadian FIFA referee and important builder to Canadian soccer. 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 ...

Antonio Márquez Ramírez Antonio Márquez Ramírez (May 22, 1936 – October 22, 2013) was a Mexican football referee, born in San Juan de los Lagos. He is known for having refereed two matches in the 1986 FIFA World Cup in Mexico. He retired shortly after the Worl ...

Luis Paulino Siles Luis Paulino Siles Calderón (born December 13, 1941 in San José) is a Costa Rican lawyer, civil engineer and former association football referee. He is known for officiating two matches (Brazil vs Scotland and Poland vs Belgium) in the 1982 FIF ...

David Socha David Socha (born September 27, 1938) is a former soccer referee from the United States. He is best known for supervising two matches in the FIFA World Cup, one in 1982 and one in 1986.FIFA"Match Report - Korea Republic - Italy 2:3 (0:1)". June ...

* Edward Bellion ;South America *

Romualdo Arppi Filho Romualdo Arppi Filho (born in Santos on 7 January 1939) is a Brazilian former football referee. He is mostly known for supervising three matches in the 1986 FIFA World Cup in Mexico, including the final rival between Germany and Argentina ...

Gastón Castro Gastón Edmundo Castro Makuc (born August 23, 1948) is a retired Chilean association football referee. He is known for having refereed one match in the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat ...

* Jesús Díaz * Jorge Eduardo Romero ;Europe *

Enzo Barbaresco Enzo Barbaresco (born 24 April 1937) is a former football referee from Italy. He is known for having officiated the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, handling the match between Cameroon and Canada.FIFA"Match Report - Cameroon - Canada 1:3 (0:1)" ...

Ioan Igna Ioan Igna (born 4 June 1940) is a Romanian former football referee and player. Igna played football at UTA Arad between 1957 and 1960 and 1964–1967 and at Știința Timișoara between 1961 and 1964, he became a referee in 1972. He is known for ...

* Jan Keizer *

Brian McGinlay Brian McGinlay (born 24 August 1945) is a retired football referee from Scotland, who officiated in 98 European club competition and international matches. Refereeing career At the domestic level McGinlay has refereed 21 Old Firm derbies, during ...

Joël Quiniou Joël Quiniou (born 11 July 1950) is a former football referee from France. He is best known for supervising eight matches in the FIFA World Cup, one in 1986, three in 1990 and four in 1994. Career He supervised eight matches in the FIFA World ...

Volker Roth Volker Roth (born 1 February 1942 in Salzgitter) is a retired football referee from Germany. He is mostly known for supervising two matches in the 1986 FIFA World Cup in Mexico. After retirement he became a referee's advisor for UEFA Uni ...

* 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 *

;4 goals *

;3 goals * Dale Mitchell * François Brisson *

Rudolf Bommer Rudolf "Rudi" Bommer (born 19 August 1957) is a German former footballer, who played as a midfielder, and current football manager. Playing career Born in Aschaffenburg, Bommer played 417 games between 1976 and 1996 for Fortuna Düsseldorf, Bay ...

Uwe Rahn Uwe Rahn (born 21 May 1962) is a German former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. Career Rahn played 318 Bundesliga matches in his professional career, scoring the majority of his 107 Bundesliga goals in his eight ...

;2 goals *

* Emad Soliman * Beniamo Vignola *

Hussein Saeed Hussein Saeed Mohammed ( ar, حسين سعيد محمد, born 21 January 1958) is an Iraqi former footballer who played as a forward for the Iraqi Premier League club Al-Talaba and the Iraqi national team and is a former president of the Iraq ...

* Joar Vaadal * Khalid Al-Muhannadi *

Rick Davis Richard Dean Davis (born November 24, 1958) is an American former soccer midfielder, and former captain of the U.S. National Team for much of the 1980s. He is considered by fans the best U.S.-born player of the North American Soccer League er ...

Christian Schreier Christian Schreier (born 4 February 1959) is a German former professional footballer who is the general manager of SC Paderborn. He played as an midfielder, most notably with VfL Bochum and Bayer Leverkusen, and won one cap for West Germany, in ...

;1 goal * Kita * Ronaldo Silva * Silvio Paiva *

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 ...

* Louis-Paul Mfédé *

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 ...

* Gerry Gray *

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 ...

* Jaime Baeza * Fernando Santis *

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 ...

* Enrique Rivers *

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 ...

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 ...

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

* * 1955 births Li ...

* Ali Hussein Shihab *

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

* Mustapha Merry *

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

* Jean Willrich *

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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"
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Olympic Football Tournament Los Angeles 1984
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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 ...

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