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. The tournament featured 16 men's national teams from six continental confederations. The teams were drawn into four groups of four with each group playing a

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. At the end of the group stage, the top two teams advanced to the knockout stage, beginning with the quarter-finals and culminating with the gold medal match at the

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on 1 October 1988. Before the final match, the Soviets relocated from the Olympic Village to Soviet steamship stationed nearby. After winning the gold medal, each player from the Soviet team received 15 thousand dollars from the Soviet government.

Venues

Medal summary

Note: The players above the line played at least one game in this tournament, the players below the line were only squad members. Nevertheless, th
International Olympic Committee medal database
credits them all as medalists.

Qualification

The following 16 teams qualified for the 1988 Olympics football tournament:

Participating nations

Each country was allowed to enter a team of 20 players and they all were eligible for participation. A total number of 314 footballers were entered. A total of 268''(*)'' footballers from 16 nations competed at the Seoul Games: * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ''(*) NOTE: Players who participated in at least one match.''

Final tournament

First round

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

Gold medal match

Final ranking

Venues

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Match officials

;Africa * Jean-Fidele Diramba * Baba Laouissi * Badara Sène ;Asia *

Jamal Al Sharif Jamal Al Sharif ( ar, جمال الشريف; born 8 December 1954) is a retired football referee from Damascus, Syria. He is mostly known for supervising six matches in the FIFA World Cup. Two matches in 1986, one in 1990 and three in 1994, incl ...

Choi Gil-Soo Choi Gil-Soo (born November 12, 1944) is a former football referee from South Korea. He officiated at the 1988 Olympic tournament in Seoul Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of S ...

* Mandi Jassim *

Shizuo Takada is a former Japanese football referee. He refereed a first round match between Spain and Algeria in the 1986 FIFA World Cup. He also officiated a first round match between Yugoslavia and UAE The United Arab Emirates (UAE; ar, اَلْ ...

;South America *

Juan Daniel Cardellino Juan Daniel Cardellino de San Vicente''(March 4, 1942 – September 8, 2007) was a football (soccer) Referee (association football), referee from Uruguay, who officiated at two FIFA World Cups: 1982 FIFA World Cup, 1982 (two matches) and 1990 F ...

Arnaldo Cézar Coelho Arnaldo David Cézar Coelho (born 15 January 1943) is a former football referee. He was the first Brazilian, indeed the first non-European, to take charge of the FIFA World Cup final when he officiated in the 1982 final between Italy and West ...

* Jesús Díaz *

Juan Carlos Loustau Juan Carlos Loustau (born July 13, 1947) is a former Argentine football referee. He is known for supervising three matches at the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy. He refereed the Germany V Netherlands match in which he sent off Germany's Rudi Voell ...

Hernán Silva Hernán Silva Arce (November 5, 1948 – October 15, 2017) was a Chilean football referee. He is known for having refereed two matches in the FIFA World Cup, one in 1986 (between Canada and France) and one in the 1990 edition (between Cameroon a ...

;North and Central America *

Edgardo Codesal Edgardo Codesal Méndez (; born 2 June 1951 in Montevideo, Uruguay) is a Uruguayan- Mexican football (soccer) referee, who controlled the final match of the 1990 World Cup held in Italy. Career His grandfather was from Argentina, and his fathe ...

* Lennox Sirjuesingh * Vincent Mauro ;Europe *

Gérard Biguet Gérard Biguet (born 16 June 1946 in Jarny) is a retired French football referee, who refereed one match at the 1992 UEFA European Football Championship: CIS versus Germany.UEFA"USSR 1-1 Germany" 12 June 1992. Retrieved on 27 May 2013. He is k ...

Keith Hackett Keith Stuart Hackett (born 22 June 1944) is an English former football referee, who began refereeing in local leagues in the Sheffield, South Yorkshire area in 1960. He is counted amongst the top 100 referees of all time in a list maintained b ...

Kenny Hope Kenneth James "Kenny" Hope (6 July 1941 – 14 December 2021) was a football referee from Scotland. He officiated the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. He is referenced in Willie Miller William Ferguson Miller MBE (born 2 May 1955) is a Scotti ...

Kurt Röthlisberger Kurt Röthlisberger (born 21 May 1951 in Suhr) is a retired football referee from Switzerland. He is known for supervising five matches in the FIFA World Cup: three matches in 1990, and two in 1994. Career In the 1994 World Cup, he refereed the ...

Tullio Lanese Tullio Lanese (born 10 January 1947, in Messina) is a former Italian football referee and a former President of the Italian Referees Association, the AIA. Referee From 1987 to 1992 he held the qualification of international referee, officia ...

Michał Listkiewicz Michał Józef Listkiewicz (born May 20, 1953) is a retired Polish football referee, former president of Polish Football Association. He graduated from Warsaw University in 1977. He was a football referee since 1973, officiating internationall ...

Karl-Heinz Tritschler Karl-Heinz Tritschler (born 16 September 1949 in Vörstetten) is a former football referee from Germany. He is known for having officiated at the 1988 Summer Olympics, and the 1989 European Cup Final between AC Milan Associazione Calcio Mi ...

Alexey Spirin Alexey Nikolayevich Spirin (russian: Алексей Николаевич Спирин; born 4 January 1952, in Ruzayevka, Mordovian ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is a former football referee from Russia. He refereed one match in the 1990 FIF ...

;Oceania *

Chris Bambridge Christopher Francis Bambridge (born 7 October 1947) is an Australian retired football referee. Born in Kettering, England he came to Australia from Britain in 1974. A Grade One referee, Bambridge was appointed to the national league in 1977, ...

Goalscorers

With seven goals, Romário of Brazil was the top scorer in the tournament. In total, 95 goals were scored by 53 different players, with only one of them credited as own goal. Romario with brazil

;7 goals * Romário ;6 goals *

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 ...

Kalusha Bwalya Kalusha Bwalya (born 16 August 1963) is a Zambian former international footballer. He is Zambia's eighth-most capped player and third on the list of all-time top goalscorers behind Godfrey Chitalu and Alex Chola. Kalusha was named African Fo ...

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Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko 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 US ...

;4 goals *

Jürgen Klinsmann Jürgen Klinsmann (, born 30 July 1964) is a German professional football manager and former player. Klinsmann played for several prominent clubs in Europe including VfB Stuttgart, Inter Milan, Monaco, Tottenham Hotspur, and Bayern Munich. He ...

;3 goals * Carlos Alfaro *

Pietro Paolo Virdis Antonio Pietro Paolo Virdis (born 26 June 1957) is an Italian football manager and former player, who played as a forward. Throughout his career, he played for Nuorese, before playing in Serie A with Cagliari Calcio, Juventus, Udinese Calcio, ...

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 ...

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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Bebeto José Roberto Gama de Oliveira (born 16 February 1964), known as Bebeto (), is a Brazilian former professional football player who played as a forward. He entered politics in the 2010 Brazilian General Elections and was elected to the Le ...

Ahmed Radhi Ahmed Radhi Humaiesh Al-Salehi, ( ar, أحمد راضي هميش الصالحي, 21 April 1964 – 21 June 2020) was an Iraqi footballer who played as a forward. Regarded as one of Iraq and Asia's best players of all-time, Radhi scored the onl ...

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 ...

Arminas Narbekovas Arminas Narbekovas (born 28 January 1965 in Gargždai) is a former Lithuanian football player. In 2003, he was selected by UEFA as his country's Golden Player, the greatest player of the past 50 years. Personal life Arminas Narbekovas was bor ...

* Peter Lönn *

Nabil Maaloul Nabīl or Nabeel ( ar, نبيل) is a male given name of Arabic origin, meaning "noble".Online translatio ...

Holger Fach Holger Fach (born 6 September 1962) is a German football manager and former professional player. Mainly a defensive midfielder, he could also pitch in at centre back. Club career Between 1981 and 1998, Fach played 416 Bundesliga games for Fort ...

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 ...

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 ...

* Refik Šabanadžović * Derby Makinka ;1 goal *

Néstor Fabbri Néstor Ariel Fabbri (born 29 April 1968) is an Argentinian former footballer who played as a defender. Career Fabbri started playing at the young division of All Boys in 1984, he made his debut for the first team during the 1984–85 season i ...

Frank Farina Frank Farina OAM (born 5 September 1964) is an Australian football (soccer) coach and former player who played as a forward. His playing career spanned Australia, Belgium, France, Italy and England, and was a major player for the Australia ...

John Kosmina Alexander John Kosmina (born 17 August 1956), known as John Kosmina, is an Australian former football (soccer) player and manager, most recently being the Senior Head Coach of Brisbane Strikers. He is a member of the Football Federation Austral ...

André Cruz André Alves da Cruz (born 20 September 1968) is a Brazilian retired footballer who played as a central defender. He played for several clubs in Brazil and Europe, and also represented the Brazil national team, taking part in the 1989 and 199 ...

* Edmar *

Geovani Silva Geovani Faria da Silva (born 6 April 1964 in Vitória), referred to simply as Geovani Silva or Geovani, is a Brazilian former footballer who played as a midfielder. He began his career at 16 in Desportiva Ferroviária. In 1983, he was transf ...

* Adán Paniagua * Carlos Castañeda *

Karim Allawi Karim Mohammed Allawi (born 1 April 1960) is an Iraqi football midfielder who played for Iraq in the 1986 FIFA World Cup The 1986 FIFA World Cup was the 13th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national tea ...

* Mudhafar Jabbar *

Alberigo Evani Alberico Evani (; born 1 January 1963), sometimes misspelled as Alberigo Evani, is an Italian football manager and former player, who was deployed as a midfielder. He started his club career with Milan, where he spent the majority of his playin ...

Ciro Ferrara Ciro Ferrara (; born 11 February 1967) is an Italian former footballer and manager. His most recent position was as manager of Wuhan Zall. He had also previously coached Juventus and the Italy national under-21 team. As an assistant coach to M ...

* Massimo Crippa *

Massimo Mauro Massimo Mauro (born 24 May 1962) is an Italian politician and a former professional football player, who played as a midfielder. A hard working and tactically intelligent team-player, throughout his career, he was known in particular for his tec ...

Ruggiero Rizzitelli Ruggiero Rizzitelli (; born 2 September 1967) is an Italian former footballer who played as a striker. Due to his goalscoring ability, he was given the nickname "Rizzi-gol" by the fans. Club career Rizzitelli started his professional career f ...

* Stefano Desideri *

Noh Soo-Jin Noh Soo-Jin (, born on February 10, 1962) is a former South Korea football player. He was a part of the South Korea national football team who of the FIFA World Cup in 1986, 1990. Also he was a member of 1988 Summer Olympics and 1988 AFC A ...

* Rashidi Yekini * Yury Savichev *

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 ...

* Leif Engqvist *

Tarak Dhiab Tarak Dhiab ( ar, طارق ذياب, born January 15, 1954) is a former footballer from Tunisia. The African Footballer of the Year in 1977, he is listed by the Tunisian Football Federation as having 107 caps for the Tunisian national football ...

Brent Goulet Brent Goulet (born June 19, 1964) is a retired American soccer forward who later coached SV Elversberg from 2004 to 2008. He began his career in the United States before moving to England and Germany, and also earned eight caps with the U.S. ...

* John Doyle *

Mike Windischmann Michael Windischmann (born December 6, 1965, in Nuremberg, West Germany) is an American retired soccer defender who played in both the Major Indoor Soccer League and the American Soccer League. He earned fifty caps with the U.S. national ...

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 Friedrich "Fritz" Walter (, ; 31 October 1920 – 17 June 2002) was a German footballer who spent his entire senior career at 1. FC Kaiserslautern. He usually played as an attacking midfielder or inside forward. In his time with the Germany an ...

* Gerhard Kleppinger * Roland Grahammer *

Wolfgang Funkel Wolfgang Funkel (born 10 August 1958) is a German former footballer. The defender played over 300 matches in the (West) German top-flight. In 1986 Funkel won two caps for the West German national team. He is the brother of Friedhelm Funkel. ...

* Jonson Bwalya * Stone Nyirenda ;Own goal * Rocael Mazariegos (playing against Iraq)

References

External links

Olympic Football Tournament Seoul 1988
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