Football at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads
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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 tournament

European players caps


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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 ...