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'. UA-Football blogs. 5 December 2018 Out of 34 European football nations at the time in tournament participated only 27 with five allowing for qualification to the Summer Olympics football tournament. All participants were split in five groups of five teams with winners of each qualify for the Olympics. Four teams were contesting two berths in two of five groups. Seven football nations that did not participate included four team of British islands (England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales) that refused to form the unified

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(IOC), Malta (never fielded its team previously), Luxembourg (not fielding in 1980s), and Albania (political restrictions since 1972). For the tournament returned Turkey and

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nations that boycotted the 1984 Olympics football tournament in

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such as East Germany, Poland and the Soviet Union.

Summary

Group A

Preliminary play-off

Group stage

Group B

Group C

Group D

Preliminary play-off

Group stage

Group E

Goalscorers

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Claus Nielsen Claus Illemann Nielsen (born 13 January 1964), known as Claus Nielsen, is a Danish former football player in the forward position. He spent the bulk of his career with Brøndby IF, but also played for the Greek club Panathinaikos and the Dutch ...

;5 goals * Flemming Povlsen * Pietro Paolo Virdis * Walter Pellegrini ;4 goals *

Kim Vilfort Kim Vilfort (; born 15 November 1962) is a Danish retired professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He is the head talent scout at Brøndby IF. His 17-year professional career was mainly associated with Brøndby IF, for which he playe ...

* Jürgen Klinsmann *

Frank Mill Frank Mill (born 23 July 1958) is a German former professional Association football, footballer who was a member of the 1990 FIFA World Cup winning squad of West Germany national football team, West Germany. Further, he participated at the 1984 ...

Wolfram Wuttke Wolfram Wuttke (17 November 1961 – 1 March 2015) was a German professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Club career Wuttke made his Bundesliga debut in October 1979 for Schalke 04 in a 3–0 win against Werder Bremen. From 1981 to ...

Gyula Plotár Gyula may refer to: * Gyula (title), Hungarian title of the 9th–10th century * Gyula (name), Hungarian male given name, derived from the title ; People * Gyula II, the ''gyula'' who was baptized in Constantinople around 950 * Gyula III, the ''g ...

Jan Furtok Jan Furtok (born 9 March 1962) is a Polish former professional footballer who played as a striker. Career Born in Katowice, Furtok played for a few clubs, including GKS Katowice (Polish cup winner in 1986) and Hamburger SV and Eintracht Frankf ...

Ramón Vázquez Ramón Luis Vázquez (born August 21, 1976) is a Puerto Rican professional baseball coach and a former infielder. He is currently the bench coach for the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB). Vázquez played in MLB for the Seattle Marin ...

Alain Sutter Alain Sutter (born 22 January 1968) is a Swiss former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He is currently the sporting director of FC St. Gallen. Playing career Born in Bern, Sutter played youth football for SC Bümpliz 78, bef ...

;3 goals *

Stoycho Stoev Stoycho Zahariev Stoev ( bg, Стойчо Захариев Стоев; born 15 July 1962) is a Bulgarian former footballer and manager. Manager career On 23 July 2013, Bulgaria champions Ludogorets Razgrad replaced coach Ivaylo Petev with Stoy ...

Ioannis Samaras Giannis Samaras ( el, Γιάννης Σαμαράς; born 3 May 1961) is a Greek former footballer who played as a midfielder during the 1980s and 1990s. Club career Samaras was born in Melbourne, Australia, to Greek parents who moved there at ...

Noel Larkin Noel Larkin (born 6 January 1955, in Athlone) is an Irish former footballer who played for Athlone Town, Shamrock Rovers and Derry City F.C., Derry City. Biography Noel made his League of Ireland debut in 1971 at Tolka Park against Shelbourne a ...

Guðmundur Torfason Guðmundur "Gunni" Torfason (born 13 December 1961, in Vestmannaeyjar) is an Icelandic former footballer and manager. Playing career Club A striker, he became top goalscorer in the Icelandic league in 1986 with 19 goals when he was also nam ...

Gavril Balint Gavril Pele "Gabi" Balint (born 3 January 1963) is a Romanian football manager and former player, who was part of the hugely successful Steaua team of the 1980s. Club career Born in Sângeorz-Băi, Bistrița, Balint made his Divizia A debut wit ...

Christophe Bonvin Christophe Bonvin (born 14 July 1965) is a former Swiss footballer who played as a midfielder. He mostly played for FC Sion, but also for Servette and Neuchâtel Xamax. For Switzerland national football team he got 45 international caps, scored ...

Roger Hegi Roger Hegi (born 28 February 1956) is a retired Swiss Swiss may refer to: * the adjectival form of Switzerland * Swiss people Places * Swiss, Missouri * Swiss, North Carolina *Swiss, West Virginia * Swiss, Wisconsin Other uses *Swiss-system t ...

* Philippe Hertig *

Jan Hellström Jan Erik "Janne" Hellström (born February 21, 1960) is a Swedish former footballer who played as a striker, most notably for IFK Norrköping. He won six caps for the Sweden national team between 1986 and 1989 and represented the Sweden Olympi ...

Tomáš Skuhravý Tomáš Skuhravý (born 7 September 1965) is a Czech former footballer who played as a striker.He is famous for scoring 5 headed goals for Czechoslovakia in 1990 World Cup. Club career At club level, Skuhravý mostly played in the Italian Serie ...

Volodymyr Lyutyi Volodymyr Ivanovych Lyutyi ( uk, Володимир Іванович Лютий; born 20 April 1962) is a football coach and a former player from Ukraine. Career Lyutyi was born in Dnipropetrovsk. After playing for the Soviet FC Dnipro Dniprope ...

Radmilo Mihajlović Radmilo Mihajlović ( sr-cyr, Радмило Михајловић; born 19 November 1964) is a Bosnian retired footballer and Yugoslavia national football team player. Club career Early career He started playing football at FK Sutjeska Foča a ...

* Dejan Savićević * Semir Tuce ;2 goals * Rupert Marko * P.J. Werner *

Francis Severeyns Francis Severeyns (born 8 January 1968 in Westmalle), nicknamed Cisse, is a Belgian former professional association football, footballer who played as a striker (association football), striker for Royal Antwerp F.C., Royal Antwerp, Pisa Calcio, ...

Petar Aleksandrov Petar Aleksandrov Aleksandrov ( bg, Петър Александров Александров; born 7 December 1962) is a Bulgarian football coach and former player. As a footballer Aleksandrov played for various clubs in Bulgaria, Belgium, Ger ...

* Aleksandar Bonchev * Vasil Dragolov *

Lyuboslav Penev Lyuboslav Mladenov Penev ( bg, Любослав Младенов Пенев; born 31 August 1966) is a Bulgarian professional football manager and former player. Penev played as a forward for several clubs in Bulgaria and Spain. He started his ...

* Bjørn Kristensen *

Ulrik Moseby Ulrik Cappelen (né Christensen) (born March 28, 1964), known as Ulrik Moseby, is a Danish former association football player in the midfielder position. Born in Odense, he played 338 games for Odense Boldklub, winning the 1982 and 1989 Danish cha ...

Lars Olsen Lars Christian Olsen (born 2 February 1961) is a Danish former footballer and current manager, who was most recently the manager of Esbjerg fB in the Danish Superliga. He started his coaching career with Randers in 2003, guiding them to promotio ...

* Seppo Nikkilä * Thierry Fernier * Bruno Roux *

Damian Halata Damian Halata (born 8 August 1962) is a German former professional football player and manager. Born in Poland, he represented the East Germany national team internationally. Club career Halata was born in Świętochłowice, Silesia, Poland. H ...

Olaf Marschall Olaf Marschall (born 19 March 1966) is a German former professional footballer who played as a forward. Club career Marschall's career started in the GDR at BSG Chemie Torgau and was soon transferred to 1. FC Lok Leipzig. There, he rose to ...

* Heiko Peschke * Hans Richter * György Katona *

Mick Bennett Michael John "Mick" Bennett (born 8 June 1949, Birmingham) is a British former cyclist and cycle race promoter. Cycling career He won the bronze medal in Team Pursuit in the 1972 Munich and 1976 Montreal Games. He represented England in the 1 ...

* Mick Byrne *

Andrea Carnevale Andrea Carnevale (; born 12 January 1961) is an Italian former footballer, who played as a forward. Club career After playing for various Italian teams, Carnevale enjoyed notable success with Napoli from 1986 to 1990, playing alongside Diego M ...

Manuel Zúñiga Manuel Zúñiga Fernández (born 29 June 1960) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a right midfielder, and is a manager. He amassed La Liga totals of 323 games and 19 goals over the course of 12 seasons, mainly with Espanyol (nine yea ...

* Martin Müller *

René Müller René Müller (born 11 February 1959) is a German football coach and former player who played as a goalkeeper. Career Müller was first-choice goalkeeper of the East Germany national team for much of the 1980s, and was twice East German Foot ...

* Kubilay Türkyilmaz * Michael Andersson *

Leif Engqvist Leif Håkan Ingemar Engqvist (born 30 July 1962) is a Swedish former footballer who played as a midfielder. During his career he played for Lunds BK, Malmö FF and Trelleborgs FF. He earned 18 caps for the Sweden national football team, and part ...

Leif Forsberg Leif Folke Enar Forsberg (born 15 April 1963) is a Swedish former footballer who played as a forward. Career He made his professional debut with GIF Sundsvall at the age of 17, and played his last game for the club at the age of 38. He repres ...

Peter Herda Peter Herda (born 25 November 1956 in Jacovce) is a Slovak former footballer. He played for Slavia Prague, Slovan Bratislava, RH Cheb, Charleloi and Bourges. Herda played once for the Czechoslovakia national side. He is a member of the Klubu l ...

Ziya Doğan Ziyaettin Dogan (born 1 January 1961 in Gümüşhane, Turkey) is a UEFA Pro Licensed Turkish football manager. Career Ziya Doğan has played at Beşiktaş (1979–1987), Ankaragücü (1987–1990), Kocaelispor (1990–1992) and Zeytinburnuspor ...

* Stanislovas Baranauskas *

Igor Dobrovolski Igor Ivanovich Dobrovolski (russian: Игорь Иванович Добровольский, ua, Ігор Іванович Добровольський, ''Ihor Ivanovych Dobrovolskyi''; born 27 August 1967) is a football manager and a former ...

Oleksiy Mykhailychenko Oleksiy Oleksandrovych Mykhaylychenko ( uk, Олексій Олександрович Михайличенко; born 30 March 1963) is a Ukrainian football coach and former professional player. He is a Distinguished Master of Sports of the U ...

Davor Jozić Davor Jozić (born 22 September 1960) is a Bosnian retired footballer. Club career Jozić started playing at a local club FK Igman Konjic and then he moved to FK Sarajevo where he played in 450 games. He was a member of the memorable Sarajevo squ ...

;1 goal * Paul Perstling * Andreas Spielmann *

Manfred Zsak Manfred Zsak (born 22 December 1964 in Mödling) is a retired Austrian footballer who is currently the Assistant Coach for Austria. Club career Zsak started his professional career at Admira Wacker and moved to Austria Wien aged 23 and stayed ...

* Beugnies *

Danny Boffin Daniel Edouward Boffin (born 10 July 1965) is a Belgian former professional footballer who played as a left winger and current football coach. During his professional career, which spanned nearly two decades, he played for four clubs in his coun ...

Marc Degryse Marc Gabriel Degryse (born 4 September 1965), nicknamed ''Le Lutin d'Ardooie'' ("The Imp of Ardooie") and ''The Little One'',Benoît Thans * Georgi Georgiev * Petar Mihtarski * Pavlos Savva * John Jensen * Brian Laudrup *

Kent Nielsen Kent Nielsen (born 28 December 1961) is a Danish professional football manager and former player, who is currently the head coach of Silkeborg IF. He was named coach of the year by the Danish Football Association in 2014 after winning both the ...

Ismo Lius Ismo Lius (born 30 November 1965 in Lahti, Finland) is a Finnish former professional footballer who played as a forward. During his club career, Lius played for Kuusysi Lahti, Örgryte IS, HJK Helsinki, RoPS and FC Hämeenlinna FC Hämee ...

* Marko Myyry * Jari Niinimäki * Patrick Cubaynes *

Antoine Kombouaré Antoine Krilone Kombouaré (; born 16 November 1963) is a French professional football manager and former player who is the head coach of Ligue 1 club Nantes. Playing career Born in the French overseas territory of New Caledonia, Kombouaré bega ...

* Fabrice Mege *

Jean-Pierre Papin Jean-Pierre Roger Guillaume Papin (born 5 November 1963) is a French football manager and former professional player who played as a forward. He was named the Ballon d'Or and IFFHS World's Top Goal Scorer of the Year in 1991. Papin was known for ...

Philippe Prieur Philippe Prieur (born 2 March 1960 in Amboise, France) is a former professional footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association footba ...

Armin Görtz Armin Görtz (born 30 August 1959) is a German former professional footballer who played as a midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up at ...

* Christian Hochstätter *

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 ...

* Fritz Walter *

Thomas Doll Thomas Jens Uwe Doll (born 9 April 1966) is a German professional football manager and a former football player who is the current Manager of Persija Jakarta. He played as an attacking midfielder for F.C. Hansa Rostock, BFC Dynamo, Hamburger SV, ...

* Matthias Lindner *

Jürgen Raab Jürgen Raab (born 20 December 1958 in Zeulenroda, Bezirk Gera) is a former East German football player. Career In the DDR-Oberliga Jürgen Raab played for FC Carl Zeiss Jena 376 games and scored 120 goals. International career He played 20 ...

* Markus Wuckel *

Alexandros Alexiou Alexandros "Alexis" Alexiou ( el, Αλέξανδρος "Αλέξης" Αλεξίου; born 8 September 1963) is a Greek former footballer and manager. He played for Apollon Kalamarias, Olympiacos, and PAOK, as well as for the national side. H ...

* Ioukoudis * Charis Mbaniotis * Theodoros Pahatouridis *

Alexandros Tziolis Alexandros Tziolis ( el, Αλέξανδρος Τζιόλης; born 13 February 1985) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. He was a Greek international from 2005 until his international retirement in 20 ...

* József Dzurják * Imre Fodor *

Béla Melis Béla Melis (born 25 September 1959) is a retired Hungarian football striker. He was a squad member for the 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship and became Nemzeti Bajnokság I The Nemzeti Bajnokság (, "National Championship"), also known as ...

Sándor Rostás Sándor is a Hungarian given name and surname. It is the Hungarian form of Alexander. It may refer to: People Given name * Sándor Apponyi (1844–1925) was a Hungarian diplomat, bibliophile, bibliographer and great book collector *Sándor Bo ...

* Péter Rubold * Sándor Steidl *

István Vincze István Vincze (born 22 January 1967) is a Hungary, Hungarian football manager and former football player. He made his debut for the Hungary national football team, Hungary national team in 1986, and got 44 caps and 8 goals until 1996. He pla ...

Dave Barry David McAlister Barry (born July 3, 1947) is an American author and columnist who wrote a nationally syndicated humor column for the ''Miami Herald'' from 1983 to 2005. He has also written numerous books of humor and parody, as well as comic ...

* Peter Eccles * Barry Kehoe * Ólafur Þórðarson *

Guðmundur Steinsson Guðmundur Steinsson (born 18 July 1960) is an Icelandic former professional footballer who played as a forward. He made 19 appearances scoring eight goals for the Iceland national team. At club level he played for Knattspyrnufélagið Fra ...

Roberto Galia Roberto Galia (; born 16 March 1963) is an Italian professional football coach and a former player, who played as a defender and as a midfielder. Club career Roberto Galia made his Serie A debut with Como as a full-back on 10 May 1981, in a 1 ...

* Marco Pacione * Francesco Romano * Mauro Tassotti *

Mario Been Marinus Antonius Been (born 11 December 1963) is a Dutch football manager and former professional player. As a footballer, Been played for Feyenoord, Pisa, Roda JC, Heerenveen, FC Tirol Innsbruck and Excelsior. He played in an attacking midfiel ...

Ruud Brood Ruud Brood (born 19 October 1962) is a Dutch football manager who last managed ADO Den Haag, and he is a former player. Football career Player Brood was born in Gorinchem. After joining the Feyenoord youth academy from hometown amateur side Uni ...

* Juul Ellerman * Hans Gillhaus * Hennie Meyer * Peter van Velzen *

Jostein Flo Jostein Flo (born 3 October 1964) is a Norwegian former footballer who played as a forward. Usually a centre-forward or striker, he was known for his physical playing style and aerial dominance, and was also capable of playing on the right flan ...

Marek Leśniak Marek Sebastian Leśniak (born 29 February 1964) is a Polish former professional footballer who played as a striker. A prolific goalscorer, he was successful in his country in the 1980s, and then had a career in Germany which spanned nearly 20 y ...

Andrzej Rudy Andrzej Rudy (born 15 October 1965) is a Polish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Playing career Born in Ścinawa, Rudy started his career in football with Odra Ścinawa (1981–83). He debuted professionally with Ślą ...

* Kazimierz Sokołowski * Grzegorz Wiezik * ? *

António Aparício António Aires dos Santos Aparício (born 15 September 1958 in Paúl, Covilhã) is a Portuguese former footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of footbal ...

* Cerqueiro * Coelho * Miguel * Haralambie Antohi *

Claudiu Vaișcovici Claudiu Vaișcovici (born 14 October 1962) is a Romanian former football striker. Club career Claudiu Vaișcovici was born on 14 October 1962 in Galați. He was brought at Sportul Studențesc București from junior club CSȘ Pajura, making his ...

* Genar Andrinúa *

Eusebio Sacristán Eusebio Sacristán Mena (; born 13 April 1964), known simply as Eusebio in his playing days, is a Spanish professional football manager and former player who played as a central midfielder. He had a 20-year playing career, which started and en ...

Rafael Martín Vázquez Rafael Martín Vázquez (born 25 September 1965) is a Spanish former professional Association football, footballer who played mostly as an Midfielder#Attacking midfielder, attacking midfielder. He represented most notably Real Madrid CF, Real ...

* Roger Kundert * Patrice Mottiez * Beat Rietmann *

Mats Jingblad Mats Olof Jingblad (born 9 August 1958) is a Swedish football coach and former footballer who played as a striker. Club career Jingblad played for BK Astrio and Halmstads BK. He made a total of 216 appearances for Halmstads BK. International ...

* Peter Lönn * Ola Svensson *

Jonas Thern Jonas Magnus Thern (born 20 March 1967) is a Swedish football manager who manages Allsvenskan club IFK Värnamo. He is also a former professional player who played as a midfielder. Starting off his career with Malmö FF in 1985, he went on to re ...

Václav Daněk Václav Daněk (born 22 December 1960 in Ostrava) is a retired Czech football player. He played 22 matches for Czechoslovakia and scored 9 goals. In total, he scored 197 league goals in 402 games (200/99 Ostrava, 41/12 Dukla, 144/83 Innsbruck, 1 ...

* Radek Drulák *

Peter Fieber Peter Fieber (born 16 May 1964) is a Slovak football player and later a football manager. He played for Dukla Banská Bystrica, Inter Bratislava, DAC Dunajská Streda, Artmedia Petržalka, Racing Genk and SV Meppen. He was a member of Czech ...

Ľubomír Moravčík Ľubomír "Lubo" Moravčík (born 22 June 1965) is a Slovakian football manager and former footballer. A creative midfielder renowned for his technical ability, he was capable of unleashing powerful, accurate shots, and pinpoint crosses with bo ...

* Ivo Staš * Nusret Erdi Demir *

Uğur Tütüneker Uğur Tütüneker (born 2 August 1963 in Bursa, Turkey) is a Turkish former footballer and manager who most recently served as the manager of Adana Demirspor. After migrating to Germany with his family, he started playing football at Bayern Munich ...

* Erdoğan Yılmaz * Aleksandr Borodyuk * Yevgeni Kuznetsov *

Yuri Savichev Yuri Nikolayevich Savichev (russian: Юрий Николаевич Савичев, born 13 February 1965) is a Russian former professional footballer who played as a forward. He is an identical twin brother of Nikolai Savichev and an uncle of ...

Dragiša Binić Dragiša Binić (Serbian Cyrillic: Драгиша Бинић; born 20 October 1961) is a Serbian former footballer who played for Red Star and was part of their European Cup victory in 1991. He had three caps for the Yugoslavia national football t ...

* Borislav Cvetković *

Predrag Jurić Predrag Jurić (born 4 November 1961) is a Bosnia and Herzegovina-born Croatian retired association footballer. International career He made his debut for Yugoslavia in a November 1986 European Championship qualification match away against Engla ...

Sead Kajtaz Sead Kajtaz (born 14 February 1963) is a Bosnian retired footballer and manager. He was capped once for the Yugoslavia national football team. He is the father of Croatian swimmer Amina Kajtaz. International career He made his debut for Yugosla ...

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. ...

* Dragan Stojković

Notes

References

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