The football competition at the

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featured 16 national sides from the six continental confederations. The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four and each group played 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

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on 8 August 1992. For the first time, an age limit has been set for participants under the age of 23, which has been used ever since. Spain became the first host country to win the gold medal in an Olympic football tournament since Belgium in 1920, an achievement which would not be repeated again until Brazil won it in 2016. Till 2022, Spain is still the last European side that won the gold medal at men's football event in the Summer Olympics. Notably, these were the first matches played with football's new

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and was the last Olympic football competition which was open to men only before the introduction of a women’s tournament four years later.

Competition schedule

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Qualification

The following 16 teams qualified for the 1992 Olympic men's football tournament:

Venues

Match officials

;Africa * Mohamed Sendid * Lim Kee Chong ;Asia * Kiichiro Tachi * Ali Bujsaim ;South America * Márcio Rezende de Freitas * José Torres Cadena *

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;North and Central America *

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* Arturo Angeles ;Europe * Lube Spassov * Philip Don * Markus Merk * Fabio Baldas * Manuel Díaz Vega

Squads

Group stage

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

Medal winners

Gold medalists –

José Amavisca José Emilio Amavisca Gárate (born 19 June 1971) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a left midfielder or left winger. He was best known for his Real Madrid stint but played for five other clubs, amassing 381 matches and 57 goal ...

Rafael Berges Rafael Berges Martín (born 21 January 1971) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a left-back, currently a manager. Playing career Club Born in Córdoba, Andalusia, Berges started playing for local Córdoba CF in the lower leagues. In ...

Santiago Cañizares
Abelardo Fernández
Albert Ferrer
Pep Guardiola
Miguel Hernández
Toni Jiménez

Mikel Lasa Mikel Lasa Goikoetxea (born 9 September 1971) is a Spanish football retired player and current manager. He played as a left back. He currently manages Futuro Kings FC in Equatorial Guinea. He played 267 La Liga matches over 13 seasons (s ...

Juanma López
Javier Manjarín
Luis Enrique
Kiko
Alfonso Pérez
Antonio Pinilla
Paco Soler

Gabriel Vidal Gabriel Vidal Nova (born 5 October 1969) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a midfielder. Club career Born in Palma, Majorca, Balearic Islands, Vidal spent most of his 16-year senior career with local RCD Mallorca, playing in ...

Roberto Solozábal Roberto Solozábal Villanueva (born 15 September 1969) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a central defender. He appeared in 273 La Liga games over 11 seasons, representing in the competition Atlético Madrid and Betis. Club ca ...

David Villabona
Paqui Coach: Vicente Miera

Silver medalists –

Dariusz Adamczuk Dariusz Adamczuk (born 21 October 1969) is a Polish former footballer. Career Club He started his career with Pogoń Szczecin during the 1987–88 season, before moving on to play for Eintracht Frankfurt, Dundee, Udinese Calcio and Belenense ...

Marek Bajor Marek Antoni Bajor (born 10 January 1970 in Kolbuszowa) is a Polish football manager and former player. His sole managerial role so far came as the manager of Ekstraklasa side Zagłębie Lubin from 2009 to 2011. Career Club Bajor's career sta ...

Jerzy Brzęczek

Marek Koźmiński Marek Jan Koźmiński () (born 7 February 1971 in Kraków) is a retired Polish footballer who played as a left-sided defender or midfielder. Career Club He played for clubs such as Hutnik Kraków, Udinese (Italy), Brescia (Italy), AC Ancona (I ...

Dariusz Gęsior Dariusz Jan Gęsior (; born 9 October 1969 in Chorzów) is a retired Polish footballer and current manager who manages the Polish under-15 national team. Career Club He is one of the most notable players of Ruch Chorzów. His last club was ...

Marcin Jałocha Marcin Jałocha (born 17 March 1971) is a Polish professional football manager and former player. Playing career National team He represented his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. There he won the silver medal with the ...

Tomasz Łapiński Tomasz Łapiński (born 1 August 1969 in Łapy) is a retired Polish football player. Career He made 36 appearances for the Poland national team. Łapiński was a participant at the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juego ...

Tomasz Wałdoch Tomasz Wojciech Wałdoch () (born 10 May 1971) is a Polish former professional footballer who played as a defender in Poland and Germany. Wałdoch had a ten-year international career with Poland. He often captained the side, including at the 2 ...

Aleksander Kłak Aleksander Dominik Kłak (born 24 November 1970) is a retired Polish football player. Kłak was a participant at the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 199 ...

Andrzej Kobylański

Ryszard Staniek Ryszard Staniek (born March 13, 1971 in Zebrzydowice) is a former Polish football midfielder. Career Club He played for such a clubs like Legia Warsaw, Górnik Zabrze, Odra Wodzisław Śląski and CA Osasuna. Ryszard Staniek was the second pla ...

Wojciech Kowalczyk
Andrzej Juskowiak
Grzegorz Mielcarski

Piotr Świerczewski Piotr Jarosław Świerczewski (; born 8 April 1972) is a Polish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. During his 20-year professional career, he played for clubs such as Lech Poznań, GKS Katowice, AS Saint-Étienne (France ...

Mirosław Waligóra
Dariusz Koseła
Arkadiusz Onyszko

Dariusz Szubert Dariusz Sylwester Szubert (born 31 October 1970) is a Polish Association football, football coach and former player, who played as a midfielder. Honours * Football at the 1992 Summer Olympics, Olympics silver medal: 1992 References External ...

Tomasz Wieszczycki Tomasz Witold Wieszczycki (born 21 December 1971 in Łódź) is former Polish football player. Career National team Wieszczycki appeared in 11 matches for the Poland national football team The Poland national football team ( pl, Reprezenta ...

Coach: Janusz Wójcik

Bronze medalists –

Joachim Yaw Acheampong

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Maxwell Konadu Maxwell Konadu (born 4 December 1972) is a football coach and a retired Ghana international football player. He was the head coach of the Asante Kotoko, the manager of the Ghana national under-23 football team, and formerly the manager of Glo ...

Mamood Amadu Mamood Amadu (born 17 November 1972) is a football player from Ghana, who was a member of the Men's National Team that won the bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeaster ...

Isaac Asare Isaac Asare (born 1 September 1974 in Kumasi) is a football player from Ghana, who was a member of the Men's National Team that won the bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. In 2006, Asare obtained Belgian nationality. ...

Frank Amankwah Frank Amankwah (born 29 December 1971, in Obuasi) is a Ghanaian football player. International career Amankwah was a member of the Men's National Team that won the bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona Barcelona ( , , ) ...

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Bernard Aryee Bernard Nii Aryee (born 23 April 1973) is a football player from Ghana, who was a member of the Men's National Team that won the bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. Career Bernard's previous clubs have been: Accra G ...

Kwame Ayew Kwame Ayew (born 28 December 1973) is a Ghanaian former professional footballer who played as a striker. During nearly 20 years he played professionally in six countries, mainly in Portugal where he appeared for four teams in the 90s, amassing ...

Mohammed Gargo Mohammed Gargo (born 19 June 1975) is a Ghanaian former professional footballer who played as a defender. Playing career Club Torino Gargo's performances at the 1991 FIFA U-17 World Championship brought him to the notice of European clubs' sc ...

Mohammed Kalilu
Ibrahim Dossey

Samuel Osei Kuffour Samuel Osei "Sammy" Kuffour (born 3 September 1976) is a Ghanaian former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. Known for his physical power, Kuffour is best remembered for his time with Bayern Munich, whom he represented for ov ...

Samuel Kumah
Anthony Mensah
Alex Nyarko

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Shamo Quaye

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Coach: Sam Arday

Goalscorers

With seven goals, Poland's Andrzej Juskowiak was the top scorer of the tournament. In total, 87 goals were scored by 57 different players, with two of them credited as own goals. Andrzej_Juskowiak

;7 goals * Andrzej Juskowiak ;6 goals *

;5 goals * Kiko ;4 goals * Wojciech Kowalczyk ;2 goals * Tony Vidmar * John Markovski * Hernán Gaviria * Hady Khashaba *

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Francisco Rotllán Francisco Rotllán Zavala (born January 6, 1970) is a Mexican former footballer who played as a forward. He began his career at Irapuato, moving to Puebla in 1991. He made 15 appearances as Puebla reached the final in the 1991–92 season before ...

* Abelardo Fernández *

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* Tomas Brolin * Steve Snow ;1 goal * Carl Veart * Damian Mori *

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* Zlatko Arambasic * Víctor Aristizábal * Víctor Pacheco *

Claus Thomsen Claus Thomsen (born 31 May 1970) is a Danish former professional footballer. He won the Danish Cup with AGF Aarhus and played in England for top level teams Ipswich Town and Everton, as well as Wolfsburg in Germany. He played 20 matches for ...

* Ibrahim El-Masry * Mohamed Youssef *

* Demetrio Albertini * Jung Jae-kwon * Seo Jung-won *

Ali Marwi Ali Marwi ( ar, علي مروي) is a former Kuwaiti footballer. He prominently played during the early-to-late 1990s with the Kuwaiti national football team as a forward. He spent most of his career with Kuwait giants Al-Salmiya. He competed ...

* Jorge Castañeda * Ahmed Bahja * Noureddine Naybet *

Carlos Gamarra Carlos Alberto Gamarra Pavón () (born 17 February 1971) is a Paraguayan former professional footballer who played as a centre back. He captained the Paraguay national team at international level and was for a long time the most capped player ...

* Francisco Arce *

Jorge Campos Jorge Campos Navarrete (born 15 October 1966) is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. A notable player of Mexico in the 1990s and early 2000s, Campos was an eccentric player, known for his constant play outsi ...

* Mauro Caballero * Grzegorz Mielcarski *

* Mahmoud Soufi * Mubarak Mustafa * Alfonso Pérez * Paco Soler * Pep Guardiola * Luis Enrique *

Håkan Mild Stig Håkan Mild (born 14 June 1971) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a central midfielder. He is best remembered for his time with IFK Göteborg, with which he won four Swedish Championships. A full international betwe ...

* Patrik Andersson * Dario Brose * Erik Imler * Joe-Max Moore *

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(playing against Poland) * Joachim Yaw Acheampong (playing against Paraguay)

Final ranking

References

External links

Olympic Football Tournament Barcelona 1992
FIFA.com
FIFA Technical Report (Part 1)(Part 2)(Part 3)
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