Football at the 1912 Summer Olympics was one of the 102 events at the

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, Sweden. It was the fourth time that

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was on the Olympic schedule and the tournament was contested by 11 nations, all from

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"Britain's Olympic past"
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s, representing the

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(whom the IOC credits). Replicating the 1908 tournament,

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won

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s and the

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won

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s. The

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ran the tournament, just as the English

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had organised the 1908 Olympic football competition in

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, England. Three stadiums hosted the eleven matches of the main tournament from 29 June to 4 July 1912. Two were played at

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in a suburb of Stockholm, five including the bronze medal match took place at Råsunda Idrottsplats, also outside Stockholm, and four including the final match were held at the

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. Seven teams were eliminated in two rounds ending with the quarterfinal matches, 30 June. They played off in a consolation tournament from 1 July to 5 July, comprising six matches at the same three stadiums. Hungary won the consolation tournament.

Competition schedule

Venues

Participants

The tournament attracted a record 13 entries that were accepted, all of them from Europe. A fourteenth entry of

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was rejected, as only nations or associations affiliated with FIFA were admitted.

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and

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withdrew shortly before the draw, or assignment of places in the main tournament, leaving a record 11 contestants.

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entered a Great Britain national amateur team to represent the United Kingdom ( Great Britain and Ireland). A total of 135+28 footballers from 11 nations competed at the Stockholm Games: * * * ''Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire'' * * ''UK of Great Britain and Ireland'' * * * * * *

Course of the tournament

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. At

, Austrian football pioneer

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was the referee as Finland beat Italy, also in extra time. In the second round, Finland won again, this time beating Russia, who had received a bye in the first round. By this stage, Great Britain team entered the contest, drawn to play against

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. Great Britain was captained by

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, a record-scoring centre-forward from

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, who had formed part of Great Britain's gold medal winning side of the

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. Led by forward Harold Walden, who scored six goals, Great Britain defeated Hungary by 7–0. In the semi-final round, Walden scored all four goals as Great Britain defeated Finland 4–0. In the other semi-final Denmark beat the Netherlands 4–1; the Dutch consolation goal put behind goalkeeper

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by Danish defender Harald Hansen. For the second successive time, the final would pair Great Britain with Denmark, and like in 1908, the team representing Great Britain would win gold medals, although this game would be closer than the 4–2 score-line suggested. With no rule allowing substitutions, Denmark played with ten men after the 30th minute when Charles Buchwald was injured and had to taken from the pitch on a stretcher. A consolation tournament ran conjunctively with the tournament proper paired the losers of the first and second rounds, and was eventually won by Hungary, although no medals were awarded for the top three finishers in that tournament.Stockholm, 1912
on FIFA.com German player

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equalled the record for most goals in an international (set by Dane

Sophus Nielsen Sophus Erhard "Krølben" Nielsen (15 March 1888 – 6 August 1963) was a Danish amateur football player and manager, and the first player in history to score ten goals in a full national team match. Nielsen scored a total 16 goals in 20 games for ...

in the 1908 Olympics) with 10 goals for

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against

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; this record stood until 2001.

Bracket

Match details

First round

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Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Bronze Medal match

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Final

Final summary

Medallists

The database of the

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lists only the eleven players as medalists for each nation, who played in the first match for their nation.International Olympic Committee medal database
/ref> The following list contains these eleven players, as well as all other players who made at least one appearance for their team during the tournament. Football at the 1912 Summer Olympics - Netherlands squad

Football at the 1912 Summer Olympics - Netherlands squad

Consolation tournament

First round

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Semi-finals

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Final

Statistics

Goalscorers

;10 goals *

(Germany) ;9 goals * Harold Walden (Great Britain) ;8 goals *

(Netherlands) ;7 goals *

Anthon Olsen Ole Anthon Olsen (14 September 1889 – 17 March 1972) was a Danish amateur football player, who played in the forward position. He scored 14 goals in 16 games for the Denmark national team, and won a silver medal at the 1912 Summer Olympics ...

(Denmark) ;5 goals *

Fritz Förderer Friedrich "Fritz" Förderer (5 January 1888 – 20 December 1952) was a German amateur footballer who played as a defender and competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. He was born in Karlsruhe and died in Weimar. He was a member of the German Oly ...

(Germany) ;4 goals *

Imre Schlosser Imre Schlosser (also known as Imre Schlosser-Lakatos; 11 October 1889 – 18 July 1959) was a Hungarian footballer of Danube Swabian ancestry who played as a forward. He still holds the record as the highest goalscorer in the history of the H ...

(Hungary) ;3 goals * Leopold Grundwald (Austria) *

Nico Bouvy Nicolaas Jan Jerôme "Nico" Bouvij (11 July 1892 – 14 June 1957) was a Dutch amateur football player who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. Club career Bouvy was born in Banda Neira, Banda Islands. He started playing football at DFC, pla ...

(Netherlands) ;2 goals * Robert Merz (Austria) * Alois Müller (Austria) *

(Denmark) * Jarl Öhman (Finland) * Bror Wiberg (Finland) * Gordon Hoare (Great Britain) *

(Great Britain) * Franco Bontadini (Italy) * Huug de Groot (Netherlands) * Jan van der Sluis (Netherlands) * Iwar Swensson (Sweden) ;1 goal * Robert Cimera (Austria) * Ludwig Hussak (Austria) * Leopold Neubauer (Austria) *

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(Austria) * Leopold Studnicka (Austria) *

Poul Nielsen Niels Poul "Tist" Nielsen (25 December 1891 – 9 August 1962) was a Danish footballer who is the joint all-time best goalscorer for the Denmark national team with 52 goals in 38 matches. Nielsen won a silver medal with the national team at ...

(Denmark) * Emil Jørgensen (Denmark) *

Nils Middelboe Nils Middelboe (5 October 1887 – 21 September 1976) was a Danish amateur track and field athlete and football player as well as a football referee and leader. He represented the Denmark national football team at the 1908, 1912 and 1920 Su ...

(Denmark) *

Vilhelm Wolfhagen Vilhelm "Wolle" Wolfhagen (11 November 1889 – 5 July 1958) was a Danish footballer who scored 14 goals in 18 games for the Denmark national team and won silver medals at the 1908 and 1912 Summer Olympics. He played his entire career with K ...

(Denmark) * Eino Soinio (Finland) * Karl Burger (Germany) *

Adolf Jäger Adolf Jäger (31 March 1889 – 21 November 1944) was a German amateur football player who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. Club career Jäger was born in a corner house in Eimsbüttel as the son of a shoemaker and began his career with th ...

(Germany) * Emil Oberle (Germany) * Arthur Berry (Great Britain) * Mihály Pataki (Hungary) * Sándor Bodnár (Hungary) *

Felice Berardo Felice Berardo (; 6 July 1888 – 12 December 1956) was an Italian footballer who played as a striker. He made his debut for the Italy national football team on 6 January 1911 in a game against Hungary. He also represented Italy at the 1912 Su ...

(Italy) * Enrico Sardi (Italy) * Caesar ten Cate (Netherlands) *

Vasily Butusov Vasily Pavlovich Butusov (Russian: Василий Павлович Бутусов; 26 January 1892 ( OS)/7 February 1892 ( NS) – 28 September 1971) was a Russian Empire amateur association football player who competed in the 1912 Summer O ...

(Russian Empire) * Erik Börjesson (Sweden) ;Own goals * Harald Hansen (Denmark; playing against Netherlands) *

Jalmari Holopainen Hjalmar "Jalmari" Holopainen (29 June 1892 – 3 April 1954) was a Finnish football player who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. He was a defender. In the 1912 Summer Olympics, he played all four matches that Finland played. During his caree ...

(Finland; playing against Great Britain)

Notes

References

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