These are the squads for the countries that competed in
Football at the 1980 Summer Olympics
The football tournament at the 1980 Summer Olympics started on 20 July and ended on 2 August. Only one event, the ''men's tournament'', was contested. Seven qualified countries did not participate joining the American-led boycott in protest of the ...
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Algeria
Head coach:
Mahieddine Khalef
Colombia
Head coach:
Eduardo Retat
Eduardo Retat (born 16 June 1948) is a Colombian former association football, footballer. He played in ten matches for the Colombia national football team from 1975 to 1977. He was also part of Colombia's squad for the 1975 Copa América tournam ...
Costa Rica
Head coach:
Antonio Moyano
Antonio Moyano Carrasquilla (born 13 July 2000) is a Spanish footballer who plays for AD Alcorcón as a central midfielder.
Club career
Born in Montilla, Córdoba, Andalusia, Moyano represented Córdoba CF as a youth. On 4 November 2016, aged ...
Cuba
Head coach:
Tibor Ivanics
Due to the boycott of the Olympics, Cuba took part in place of the US.
Czechoslovakia
Head coach:
František Havránek
František Havránek (11 July 1923 – 26 March 2011) was a Czech football manager and former player. He had a daughter, Dagmar Havránková (Karakolevová).
As a player, Havránek played for several lower-division Czechoslovak clubs, but neve ...
East Germany
Head coach:
Rudolf Krause
Rudolf Krause (30 March 1907 – 11 April 1987) was a racing driver from East Germany.
Biography
Born in Reichenbach im Vogtland, Krause is mainly known as one of the leading sportsmen in motor racing in Formula Two, during his career between 1 ...
Finland
Head coach:
Jukka Vakkila
Jukka Keijo Olavi Vakkila (2 April 1951, Joutseno) is a Finnish football manager. He coached FC Haka in 1982–1984, 1986–1987, 1993–1996 and FC Jazz
FC Jazz is a football club from Pori, Finland. It plays in the Finnish third tier Kakko ...
Due to the boycott of the Olympics, Finland took part in place of Norway.
Iraq
Head coach:
Anwar Jassam
Due to the boycott of the Olympics, Iraq took part in place of Malaysia.
Kuwait
Head coach:
Carlos Alberto Parreira
Nigeria
Head coach:
Otto Glória
Due to the boycott of the Olympics, Nigeria took part in place of Ghana.
Spain
Head coach:
José Santamaría
José Emilio Santamaría Iglesias (born 31 July 1929) is a retired football central defender and manager.
He spent his 18-year career with Nacional and Real Madrid, winning a combined 17 titles including four European Cups with the latter clu ...
Syria
Head coach:
Yousef Chadli
Due to the boycott of the Olympics, Syria took part in place of Iran.
Venezuela
Head coach:
Due to the boycott of the Olympics, Venezuela took part in place of Argentina.
Soviet Union
Head coach:
Konstantin Beskov
Konstantin Ivanovich Beskov (russian: Константи́н Ива́нович Бе́сков; 18 November 1920 – 6 May 2006) was a Soviet/Russian footballer and coach.
Beskov was born in Moscow. He played for Dynamo Moscow as forward, sc ...
Yugoslavia
Head 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 re ...
Zambia
Head coach:
Dick Chama
Dick Chama (11 February 1946 – 21 March 2006) was a Zambian footballer and coach who played as a centre-back. He was Zambia's defensive stalwart from the late '60s to the mid '70s and formed a formidable central defence pairing alongside Di ...
Due to the boycott of the Olympics, Zambia took part in place of Egypt.
References
External links
FIFA pages on 1980 Olympic football tournamentEuropean players caps
{{DEFAULTSORT:Football at the 1980 Summer Olympics - Men's team squads
1980 Summer Olympics
The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...
Squads
In military terminology, a squad is among the smallest of military organizations and is led by a non-commissioned officer. NATO and US doctrine define a squad as an organization "larger than a team, but smaller than a section." while US Army do ...