Football at the 1912 Summer Olympics
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Football at the 1912 Summer Olympics was one of the 102 events at the 1912 Summer Olympics
in Stockholm
, Sweden
. It was the fourth time football (soccer)
was on the Olympic schedule. The tournament was contested between 11 nations, all of them from Europe
, with Great Britain winning the gold medal
s (the IOC accredits Great Britain and Ireland with the medal). Replicating the 1908 tournament, Denmark
won silver medal
s and the Netherlands
won bronze medal
s.
Just as the Football Association
had organised the 1908 Olympic football competition in London
, the Swedish Football Association
would run the 1912 event.
The games took place in three different stadiums from June 29 to July 5, 1912. From the eleven games of the main tournament, two were played at Idrottsplats Traneberg in a suburb of Stockholm, five games including the bronze medal match took placed at Idrottsplats Råsunda
also outside Stockholm, while four games including the final were held at the Olympiastadion
.
lists only the eleven players as medalists for each nation, who played in the first match for their nation. 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.
and Belgium
withdrew from the event shortly before the draw. The entry of Bohemia
was not accepted, because only nations and associations affiliated to the FIFA were allowed to enter teams. The Football Association entered an Great Britain national amateur team to represent Great Britain
.
A total of 135+28 footballers from 11 nations competed at the Stockholm Games: (Great Britain)
An amateur
is one:
in the extra time of the English referee. At Idrottsplats Traneberg, Austrian football pioneer Hugo Meisl
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, the Great Britain team entered the contest, drawn to play against Hungary
at Olympiastadion
. Great Britain was captained by Vivian Woodward
, a record-scoring centre-forward from Chelsea
, who had formed part of Great Britain's gold medal winning side of the 1908 Summer Olympics
. Led by forward Harold Walden
, who scored six goals, Great Britain convincingly defeated Hungary with 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 Sophus Hansen
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 one player less from the 30th minute of the game, when Charles Buchwald
was injured.
A consolation tournament run, conjunctively, with the tournament proper paired the losers of the first and second rounds, and was eventually won by Hungary. German player Gottfried Fuchs
equalled the record for most goals in an international (set by Dane Sophus Nielsen
in the 1908 Olympics
) with 10 goals for Germany
against Russia
, a record that stood until 2001.
1912 Summer Olympics
The 1912 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the V Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Stockholm, Sweden, between 5 May and 27 July 1912. Twenty-eight nations and 2,407 competitors, including 48 women, competed in 102 events in 14 sports...
in Stockholm
Stockholm
Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
, Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
. It was the fourth time football (soccer)
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
was on the Olympic schedule. The tournament was contested between 11 nations, all of them from Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
, with Great Britain winning the gold medal
Gold medal
A gold medal is typically the medal awarded for highest achievement in a non-military field. Its name derives from the use of at least a fraction of gold in form of plating or alloying in its manufacture...
s (the IOC accredits Great Britain and Ireland with the medal). Replicating the 1908 tournament, Denmark
Denmark at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Denmark competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden.- Gold:* Ejler Allert, Jørgen Hansen, Carl Møller, Carl Pedersen and Poul Hartmann — Rowing, Men's coxed fours, inriggers- Silver:...
won silver medal
Silver medal
A silver medal is a medal awarded to the second place finisher of contests such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, and contests with similar formats....
s and the Netherlands
Netherlands at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Athletes from the Netherlands competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden.- Bronze:* Adrianus de Jong, Willem van Blijenburgh, Jetze Doorman, Leonardus Salomonson and George van Rossem — Fencing, Men's Team Epee...
won bronze medal
Bronze medal
A bronze medal is a medal awarded to the third place finisher of contests such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc. The practice of awarding bronze third place medals began at the 1904 Olympic Games in St...
s.
Just as the Football Association
The Football Association
The Football Association, also known as simply The FA, is the governing body of football in England, and the Crown Dependencies of Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man. It was formed in 1863, and is the oldest national football association...
had organised the 1908 Olympic football competition in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, the Swedish Football Association
Swedish Football Association
The Swedish Football Association is the governing body of football in Sweden. It organises the football leagues — Allsvenskan for men and Damallsvenskan for women — and the men's and women's national teams. It is based in Solna and is a founding member of both FIFA and UEFA...
would run the 1912 event.
The games took place in three different stadiums from June 29 to July 5, 1912. From the eleven games of the main tournament, two were played at Idrottsplats Traneberg in a suburb of Stockholm, five games including the bronze medal match took placed at Idrottsplats Råsunda
Råsunda Stadium
Råsunda Fotbollstadion, also Råsundastadion, Råsunda Stadium or just Råsunda, is a Swedish national football stadium. It is located in Solna Municipality in Metropolitan Stockholm and named after Råsunda, a zone of Solna.-History:...
also outside Stockholm, while four games including the final were held at the Olympiastadion
Stockholms Olympiastadion
Stockholms Olympiastadion, most often called Stockholms Stadion or just Stadion, is a stadium in Stockholm, Sweden. Designed by architect Torben Grut, it was opened in 1912, its original use was as a venue for the 1912 Olympic Games...
.
Medal summary
The database of the International Olympic CommitteeInternational Olympic Committee
The International Olympic Committee is an international corporation based in Lausanne, Switzerland, created by Pierre de Coubertin on 23 June 1894 with Demetrios Vikelas as its first president...
lists only the eleven players as medalists for each nation, who played in the first match for their nation. 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.
| Arthur Berry Arthur Berry (footballer) Arthur Berry was an English amateur football player who competed in the 1908 and 1912 Summer Olympics.Berry studied at Denstone College, Wadham College, and Oxford University... Ronald Brebner Ronald Brebner Ronald Gilchrist "Ron" Brebner was an English amateur football player who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics in London and 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden.... Thomas Burn Thomas Burn Thomas Christopher Burn Thomas Christopher Burn Thomas Christopher Burn (born 29 November 1888 in Berwick-upon-Tweed England amateur footballer and played at the 1912 Summer Olympics. He was part of the United Kingdom team, which won the gold medal in the football tournament. He played in all... Joseph Dines Joseph Dines Joseph Frank Dines was an English amateur football player who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He represented Great Britain as part of the England national amateur football team, which won the gold medal in the football tournament. He played all three matches.Dines was born in King's Lynn,... Edward Hanney Gordon Hoare Gordon Hoare Gordon Rahere Hoare was an English amateur football playerBorn in Blackheath, Hoare started out with junior sides such as West Norwood, Woolwich Polytechnic and Bromley before joining Woolwich Arsenal in 1907... Arthur Knight Henry Littlewort Henry Littlewort Henry Charles Littlewort was an English amateur football player who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.... Douglas McWhirter Douglas McWhirter Douglas S. McWhirter was an English amateur football player who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.... Ivan Sharpe Ivan Sharpe Ivan Gordon Sharpe was an English amateur association football player. Although an amateur himself, he played for several professional clubs, including Watford, Derby County— with whom he won the Football League First Division in 1911–12–and later Leeds United... Harold Stamper Harold Stamper Harold Jack Stamper was an English amateur football player who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was part of the English team, which won the gold medal in the football tournament. He played one match.... Harold Walden Harold Walden Harold Adrian Walden was an English amateur football player who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.... Vivian Woodward Vivian Woodward Vivian John Woodward was an English amateur football player who enjoyed the peak of his career in the late 1900s and early 1910s.-Club career:... Gordon Wright Gordon Wright (footballer) Edward Gordon Dundas Wright was an English amateur football player who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics and was the captain of Hull City for seven seasons in a row....  |
Paul Berth Paul Berth Paul Ludvig Laurits Berth was a Danish amateur football player, who played 26 games and scored one goal for the Denmark national football team, with whom he won a silver medal at the 1912 Summer Olympics.Berth played for Danish team Akademisk Boldklub , when he made his Danish national team debut... Charles Buchwald Charles Buchwald Charles von Buchwald was a Danish amateur football player, who played seven games as a defender for the Denmark national football team. He was Jewish.... Hjalmar Christoffersen Hjalmar Christoffersen Hjalmar Johan Christoffersen was a Danish amateur football player, who played in the forward position. He played one game for the Denmark national football team, as they won a silver medal at the 1912 Summer Olympics. During his career, he most notably played for Boldklubben Frem.-External links:**... Harald Hansen Harald Hansen Harald Hansen was a Danish amateur football player, who played as a defender for the Denmark national football team, with whom he won silver medals at the 1908 and 1912 Summer Olympics... Sophus Hansen Sophus Hansen Sophus Peter Hansen was a Danish football player, who won a silver medal with the Denmark national football team at the 1912 Summer Olympics. He also participated with the Danish team at the 1920 Summer Olympics.Born in Copenhagen, he played his entire career as a goalkeeper for local club... Emil Jørgensen Emil Jørgensen Emil Ludvig Peter Jørgensen was a Danish amateur football player, who played four games for the Denmark national football team, and competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.... Ivar Lykke Ivar Lykke (footballer) Ivar-Lykke Seidelin-Nielsen, known as Ivar Lykke for short, was a Danish amateur football player, who played as a defender... Nils Middelboe Nils Middelboe Nils Middelboe was a Danish athlete and football player as well as a football referee, who most prominently represented the Denmark national football team at the 1908, 1912 and 1920 Summer Olympics, winning silver medals in 1908 and 1912... Oskar Nielsen Poul Nielsen Poul Nielsen Niels Poul "Tist" Nielsen was a Danish amateur football player, who is the joint all-time leading goalscorer for the Danish national team with 52 goals in only 38 matches, averaging 1.37 goals per match, and won a silver medal with the Danish national team at the 1912 Summer Olympics... Sophus Nielsen Sophus Nielsen Sophus Erhard "Krølben" Nielsen 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 the Denmark national football team, and won silver medals at the 1908 and 1912... Anthon Olsen Anthon Olsen Ole Anthon Olsen was a Danish amateur football player, who played in the forward position. He scored 14 goals in 16 games for the Denmark national football team, and won a silver medal at the 1912 Summer Olympics.Born in Copenhagen, Olsen played for a handful of Copenhagen clubs... Axel Petersen Axel Petersen (footballer) Axel Karl Petersen was a Danish amateur football player, who played in the midfielder position. He played two games for the Denmark national football team, and won a silver medal at the 1912 Summer Olympics.During his career, he most notably represented Copenhagen club Boldklubben Frem... Axel Thufason Axel Thufason Martin Axel Thufason was a Danish amateur football player in the forward position. He played two games for the Denmark national football team, and won a silver medal at the 1912 Summer Olympics.He started his senior career with Danish club B 93... Vilhelm Wolfhagen Vilhelm Wolfhagen Vilhelm "Wolle" Wolfhagen was a Danish amateur football player, who scored 14 goals in 18 games for the Denmark national football team, and won silver medals at the 1908 and 1912 Summer Olympics...  |
Piet Bouman Piet Bouman Pieter "Piet" Bouman was a Dutch amateur football player who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.... Joop Boutmy Joop Boutmy Johannes Wouter "Joop" Boutmy was a Dutch amateur football player who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.... Nico Bouvy Nico Bouvy Nicolaas Jan Jerôme "Nico" Bouvij was a Dutch amateur football player who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.... Huug de Groot Huug de Groot Henri Franciscus "Huug" de Groot was a Dutch amateur football player who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.... Bok de Korver Bok de Korver Johannes Marius de Korver was a football player from the Netherlands, who twice won a bronze medal with the Netherlands national football team at the Summer Olympics: in 1908 and in 1912 .De Korver played for Sparta Rotterdam between 1902 and 1923... Nico de Wolf Nico de Wolf Nicolaas de Wolf was a Dutch amateur football player who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was part of the Dutch team, which won the bronze medal in the football tournament.... Constant Feith Constant Feith Jonkheer Constant Wilhelm Feith was a Dutch amateur football player who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.... Ge Fortgens Ge Fortgens Gerardus "Gerrit" Fortgens was a Dutch amateur football player who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was part of the Dutch team, which won the bronze medal in the football tournament.... Just Göbel Just Göbel Dr. Marius Jan "Just" Göbel was a Dutch amateur football player who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.... Dirk Lotsy Dirk Lotsy Dirk Nicolaas Lotsij was a Dutch amateur football player who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was part of the Dutch team, which won the bronze medal in the football tournament.... Caesar ten Cate Caesar ten Cate Caesar Herman ten Cate was a Dutch amateur football player who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.... Jan van Breda Kolff Jan van Breda Kolff (footballer) Jan Gualtherus van Breda Kolff was a Dutch amateur football player.... Jan van der Sluis Jan van der Sluis Jan van der Sluis was a Dutch amateur football player who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was part of the Dutch team, which won the bronze medal in the football tournament.... Jan Vos Jan Vos (footballer) Jan Vos was a Dutch amateur football player who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was part of the Dutch team, which won the bronze medal in the football tournament.... David Wijnveldt David Wijnveldt David Wijnveldt was a Dutch amateur football player who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was part of the Dutch team, which won the bronze medal in the football tournament....  |
Participants
The tournament attracted a record 11 entries, all of them from Europe. FranceFrance at the 1912 Summer Olympics
France competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden.- Gold:* Jean Cariou — Equestrian, Individual jumping* Gaston Thube, Jacques Thube and Amédée Thubé — Sailing, Men's 6m class...
and Belgium
Belgium at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Belgium competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden.- Gold:* Paul Anspach — Fencing, Men's Epee* Paul Anspach, Henri Anspach, Robert Hennet, Orphile de Montigny, Jacques Ochs, François Rom, Gaston Salmon and Victor Willems — Fencing, Men's Team Epee- Silver:* Polydore...
withdrew from the event shortly before the draw. The entry of Bohemia
Bohemia at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Bohemia competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden, for the last time. Beginning at the 1920 Olympic Games, Bohemian athletes would compete for the new nation of Czechoslovakia. Until 1918 Bohemia was part of Austria-Hungary.- Athletics:...
was not accepted, because only nations and associations affiliated to the FIFA were allowed to enter teams. The Football Association entered an Great Britain national amateur team to represent Great Britain
Great Britain
Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...
.
A total of 135+28 footballers from 11 nations competed at the Stockholm Games: (Great Britain)
Amateur definitions
The definition for the football competition was:An amateur
Amateur
An amateur is generally considered a person attached to a particular pursuit, study, or science, without pay and often without formal training....
is one:
- who has never competed for money prize, or received any remuneration or Consideration of any sort above his necessary hotel and travelling expenses, paid in actual connection with football matches;
- who has never engaged, assisted, or taught, in any branch of sport as a means of pecuniary gain;
- who has never been registered as a professional;
- who has never sold, pawned, hired out, or exhibited for payment, any prize won in a competition.
Course of the tournament
In the first round of the tournament, the hosts from Sweden went out in the opening match against the Netherlands. Fighting back from a 1-3 deficit with half an hour to go, Sweden only lost 4-3 on a goal scored by Dutch player Jan VosJan Vos (footballer)
Jan Vos was a Dutch amateur football player who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was part of the Dutch team, which won the bronze medal in the football tournament....
in the extra time of the English referee. At Idrottsplats Traneberg, Austrian football pioneer Hugo Meisl
Hugo Meisl
Hugo Meisl , brother of the journalist Willy Meisl, was the multi-lingual football coach of the famous Austrian 'Wunderteam' of the early 1930s, as well as a referee.-Background:...
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
Bye (sports)
A bye, in sports and other competitive activities, most commonly refers to the practice of allowing a player or team to advance to the next round of a playoff tournament without playing...
in the first round. By this stage, the Great Britain team entered the contest, drawn to play against Hungary
Hungary national football team
The Hungary national football team represents Hungary in international football and is controlled by the Hungarian Football Federation....
at Olympiastadion
Stockholms Olympiastadion
Stockholms Olympiastadion, most often called Stockholms Stadion or just Stadion, is a stadium in Stockholm, Sweden. Designed by architect Torben Grut, it was opened in 1912, its original use was as a venue for the 1912 Olympic Games...
. Great Britain was captained by Vivian Woodward
Vivian Woodward
Vivian John Woodward was an English amateur football player who enjoyed the peak of his career in the late 1900s and early 1910s.-Club career:...
, a record-scoring centre-forward from Chelsea
Chelsea F.C.
Chelsea Football Club are an English football club based in West London. Founded in 1905, they play in the Premier League and have spent most of their history in the top tier of English football. Chelsea have been English champions four times, FA Cup winners six times and League Cup winners four...
, who had formed part of Great Britain's gold medal winning side of the 1908 Summer Olympics
1908 Summer Olympics
The 1908 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the IV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was held in 1908 in London, England, United Kingdom. These games were originally scheduled to be held in Rome. At the time they were the fifth modern Olympic games...
. Led by forward Harold Walden
Harold Walden
Harold Adrian Walden was an English amateur football player who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics....
, who scored six goals, Great Britain convincingly defeated Hungary with 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 Sophus Hansen
Sophus Hansen
Sophus Peter Hansen was a Danish football player, who won a silver medal with the Denmark national football team at the 1912 Summer Olympics. He also participated with the Danish team at the 1920 Summer Olympics.Born in Copenhagen, he played his entire career as a goalkeeper for local club...
by Danish defender Harald Hansen
Harald Hansen
Harald Hansen was a Danish amateur football player, who played as a defender for the Denmark national football team, with whom he won silver medals at the 1908 and 1912 Summer Olympics...
. 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
Substitute (football)
In association football, a substitute is a player who is brought on to the pitch during a match in exchange for an existing player. Substitutions are generally made to replace a player who has become tired or injured, or who is not performing well; there may also be tactical reasons such as...
, Denmark played with one player less from the 30th minute of the game, when Charles Buchwald
Charles Buchwald
Charles von Buchwald was a Danish amateur football player, who played seven games as a defender for the Denmark national football team. He was Jewish....
was injured.
A consolation tournament run, conjunctively, with the tournament proper paired the losers of the first and second rounds, and was eventually won by Hungary. German player Gottfried Fuchs
Gottfried Fuchs
Gottfried Fuchs was a German footballer. A German Jew, he fled Germany because of The Holocaust and emigrated to Canada...
equalled the record for most goals in an international (set by Dane Sophus Nielsen
Sophus Nielsen
Sophus Erhard "Krølben" Nielsen 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 the Denmark national football team, and won silver medals at the 1908 and 1912...
in the 1908 Olympics
Football at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Bohemia were forced to withdraw before the tournament started after losing their FIFA membership.-Semi-finals:-Bronze medal match:The French were so shocked by their humiliating 17-1 defeat against Denmark that they declined to play for the bronze medal; therefore, the Netherlands played Sweden for...
) with 10 goals for Germany
Germany national football team
The Germany national football team is the football team that has represented Germany in international competition since 1908. It is governed by the German Football Association , which was founded in 1900....
against Russia
Russia national football team
The Russia national football team represents Russia in association football and is controlled by the Russian Football Union , the governing body for football in Russia. Russia's home grounds are Luzhniki Stadium, Lokomotiv Stadium , and Petrovsky Stadium in St.Petersburg and their head coach is...
, a record that stood until 2001.
Bracket
Results
| First Round | |||||||||||||||
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| June 29 | Idrottsplats Traneberg | 2 | - | 3 | after extra time | ||||||||||
| (att. 600) | Bontadini Franco Bontadini Franco Bontadini was an Italian amateur football player who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.... (10'), Sardi (25') |
(2 | - | 2) | Öhman Jarl Öhman Jarl Öhman was a Finnish amateur football player who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.... (2'), E. Soinio Eino Soinio Eino Alex Soinio né Salin was a Finnish football player who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was a part of the Finnish football team squad, which finished fourth in the football event... (40'), Wiberg (105') |
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| June 29 | Idrottsplats Råsunda Råsunda Stadium Råsunda Fotbollstadion, also Råsundastadion, Råsunda Stadium or just Råsunda, is a Swedish national football stadium. It is located in Solna Municipality in Metropolitan Stockholm and named after Råsunda, a zone of Solna.-History:... |
5 | - | 1 | |||||||||||
| (att. 2,000) | Merz Robert Merz Robert Merz was an Austrian amateur football player.He died during World War I, aged 26.-International career:... (75', 81'), Studnicka (58'), Neubauer (62'), Cimera (89') |
(0 | - | 1) | Jäger Adolf Jäger Adolf Jäger was a German amateur football player who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. Jäger played with Altona 93 and would have scored over 2000 goals in over 700 amateur matches... (35') |
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| June 29 | Olympiastadion Stockholms Olympiastadion Stockholms Olympiastadion, most often called Stockholms Stadion or just Stadion, is a stadium in Stockholm, Sweden. Designed by architect Torben Grut, it was opened in 1912, its original use was as a venue for the 1912 Olympic Games... |
4 | - | 3 | after extra time | ||||||||||
| (att. 14,000) | Bouvy Nico Bouvy Nicolaas Jan Jerôme "Nico" Bouvij was a Dutch amateur football player who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.... (28', 52'), Vos Jan Vos (footballer) Jan Vos was a Dutch amateur football player who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was part of the Dutch team, which won the bronze medal in the football tournament.... (43', 91') |
(2 | - | 1) | Swensson (3', 80'), E. Börjesson Erik Börjesson Erik Oskar "Börje" Börjesson was an outstanding Swedish football striker in the early 20th century. He was born in Jonsered outside Göteborg in Sweden.... (62' pen) |
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| Second Round | |||||||||||||||
| June 30 | Idrottsplats Traneberg | 2 | - | 1 | |||||||||||
| (att. 300) | Wiberg (30'), Öhman Jarl Öhman Jarl Öhman was a Finnish amateur football player who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.... (80') |
(1 | - | 0) | Butusov Vasily Butusov Vasily Pavlovich Butusov was a Russian amateur football player who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.... (72') |
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| June 30 | Olympiastadion Stockholms Olympiastadion Stockholms Olympiastadion, most often called Stockholms Stadion or just Stadion, is a stadium in Stockholm, Sweden. Designed by architect Torben Grut, it was opened in 1912, its original use was as a venue for the 1912 Olympic Games... |
 Great Britain (GBR) |
7 | - | 0 | ||||||||||
| (att. 8,000) | Walden Harold Walden Harold Adrian Walden was an English amateur football player who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.... (21', 23', 49', 53', 55', 85'), Woodward Vivian Woodward Vivian John Woodward was an English amateur football player who enjoyed the peak of his career in the late 1900s and early 1910s.-Club career:... (45') |
(3 | - | 0) | |||||||||||
| June 30 | Idrottsplats Råsunda Råsunda Stadium Råsunda Fotbollstadion, also Råsundastadion, Råsunda Stadium or just Råsunda, is a Swedish national football stadium. It is located in Solna Municipality in Metropolitan Stockholm and named after Råsunda, a zone of Solna.-History:... |
7 | - | 0 | |||||||||||
| (att. 700) | Olsen Anthon Olsen Ole Anthon Olsen was a Danish amateur football player, who played in the forward position. He scored 14 goals in 16 games for the Denmark national football team, and won a silver medal at the 1912 Summer Olympics.Born in Copenhagen, Olsen played for a handful of Copenhagen clubs... (4', 70', 88'), S. Nielsen Sophus Nielsen Sophus Erhard "Krølben" Nielsen 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 the Denmark national football team, and won silver medals at the 1908 and 1912... (60', 85'), Wolfhagen Vilhelm Wolfhagen Vilhelm "Wolle" Wolfhagen was a Danish amateur football player, who scored 14 goals in 18 games for the Denmark national football team, and won silver medals at the 1908 and 1912 Summer Olympics... (25'), Middelboe Nils Middelboe Nils Middelboe was a Danish athlete and football player as well as a football referee, who most prominently represented the Denmark national football team at the 1908, 1912 and 1920 Summer Olympics, winning silver medals in 1908 and 1912... (37') |
(3 | - | 0) | |||||||||||
| June 30 | Idrottsplats Råsunda Råsunda Stadium Råsunda Fotbollstadion, also Råsundastadion, Råsunda Stadium or just Råsunda, is a Swedish national football stadium. It is located in Solna Municipality in Metropolitan Stockholm and named after Råsunda, a zone of Solna.-History:... |
3 | - | 1 | |||||||||||
| (att. 7,000) | Bouvy Nico Bouvy Nicolaas Jan Jerôme "Nico" Bouvij was a Dutch amateur football player who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.... (8'), ten Cate Caesar ten Cate Caesar Herman ten Cate was a Dutch amateur football player who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.... (12'), Vos Jan Vos (footballer) Jan Vos was a Dutch amateur football player who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was part of the Dutch team, which won the bronze medal in the football tournament.... (30') |
(3 | - | 1) | Müller (41') | ||||||||||
| Semi-finals | |||||||||||||||
| July 2 | Olympiastadion Stockholms Olympiastadion Stockholms Olympiastadion, most often called Stockholms Stadion or just Stadion, is a stadium in Stockholm, Sweden. Designed by architect Torben Grut, it was opened in 1912, its original use was as a venue for the 1912 Olympic Games... |
Great Britain (GBR) |
4 | - | 0 | ||||||||||
| (att. 4,000) | Walden Harold Walden Harold Adrian Walden was an English amateur football player who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.... (7', 77'), Holopainen (2' og), Woodward Vivian Woodward Vivian John Woodward was an English amateur football player who enjoyed the peak of his career in the late 1900s and early 1910s.-Club career:... (82') |
(2 | - | 0) | |||||||||||
| July 2 | Olympiastadion Stockholms Olympiastadion Stockholms Olympiastadion, most often called Stockholms Stadion or just Stadion, is a stadium in Stockholm, Sweden. Designed by architect Torben Grut, it was opened in 1912, its original use was as a venue for the 1912 Olympic Games... |
4 | - | 1 | |||||||||||
| (att. 6,000) | Olsen Anthon Olsen Ole Anthon Olsen was a Danish amateur football player, who played in the forward position. He scored 14 goals in 16 games for the Denmark national football team, and won a silver medal at the 1912 Summer Olympics.Born in Copenhagen, Olsen played for a handful of Copenhagen clubs... (14', 87'), Jørgensen Emil Jørgensen Emil Ludvig Peter Jørgensen was a Danish amateur football player, who played four games for the Denmark national football team, and competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.... (7'), P. Nielsen Poul Nielsen Niels Poul "Tist" Nielsen was a Danish amateur football player, who is the joint all-time leading goalscorer for the Danish national team with 52 goals in only 38 matches, averaging 1.37 goals per match, and won a silver medal with the Danish national team at the 1912 Summer Olympics... (37') |
(3 | - | 0) | H. Hansen Harald Hansen Harald Hansen was a Danish amateur football player, who played as a defender for the Denmark national football team, with whom he won silver medals at the 1908 and 1912 Summer Olympics... (85' og) |
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| Bronze Medal Match | |||||||||||||||
| July 4 | Idrottsplats Råsunda Råsunda Stadium Råsunda Fotbollstadion, also Råsundastadion, Råsunda Stadium or just Råsunda, is a Swedish national football stadium. It is located in Solna Municipality in Metropolitan Stockholm and named after Råsunda, a zone of Solna.-History:... |
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| (att. 1,000) | Vos Jan Vos (footballer) Jan Vos was a Dutch amateur football player who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was part of the Dutch team, which won the bronze medal in the football tournament.... (29', 43', 46', 74', 78'), van der Sluis Jan van der Sluis Jan van der Sluis was a Dutch amateur football player who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was part of the Dutch team, which won the bronze medal in the football tournament.... (24', 57'), de Groot Huug de Groot Henri Franciscus "Huug" de Groot was a Dutch amateur football player who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.... (28', 86') |
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| July 4 | Olympiastadion Stockholms Olympiastadion Stockholms Olympiastadion, most often called Stockholms Stadion or just Stadion, is a stadium in Stockholm, Sweden. Designed by architect Torben Grut, it was opened in 1912, its original use was as a venue for the 1912 Olympic Games... |
Great Britain (GBR) |
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| (att. 25,000) | Hoare Gordon Hoare Gordon Rahere Hoare was an English amateur football playerBorn in Blackheath, Hoare started out with junior sides such as West Norwood, Woolwich Polytechnic and Bromley before joining Woolwich Arsenal in 1907... (22', 41'), Walden Harold Walden Harold Adrian Walden was an English amateur football player who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.... (10'), Berry Arthur Berry (footballer) Arthur Berry was an English amateur football player who competed in the 1908 and 1912 Summer Olympics.Berry studied at Denstone College, Wadham College, and Oxford University... (43') |
(4 | - | 1) | Olsen Anthon Olsen Ole Anthon Olsen was a Danish amateur football player, who played in the forward position. He scored 14 goals in 16 games for the Denmark national football team, and won a silver medal at the 1912 Summer Olympics.Born in Copenhagen, Olsen played for a handful of Copenhagen clubs... (27', 81') |
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Consolation tournament |
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| First Round | |||||||||||||||
| July 1 | Idrottsplats Traneberg | 1 | - | 0 | |||||||||||
| (att. 200) | Grundwald (2') | (1 | - | 0) | |||||||||||
| July 1 | Idrottsplats Råsunda Råsunda Stadium Råsunda Fotbollstadion, also Råsundastadion, Råsunda Stadium or just Råsunda, is a Swedish national football stadium. It is located in Solna Municipality in Metropolitan Stockholm and named after Råsunda, a zone of Solna.-History:... |
16 | - | 0 | |||||||||||
| (att. 2,000) | Fuchs Gottfried Fuchs Gottfried Fuchs was a German footballer. A German Jew, he fled Germany because of The Holocaust and emigrated to Canada... (2', 9', 21', 28', 34', 46', 51', 55', 65', 69'), Förderer Fritz Förderer Friedrich "Fritz" Förderer was a German amateur football player who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.... (6', 27', 53', 66'), Burger Karl Burger Karl Schumm Burger was a German amateur football player and coach who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.... (30'), Oberle Emil Oberle Emil Oberle was a German amateur football player who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.... (58') |
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| July 1 | Idrottsplats Råsunda Råsunda Stadium Råsunda Fotbollstadion, also Råsundastadion, Råsunda Stadium or just Råsunda, is a Swedish national football stadium. It is located in Solna Municipality in Metropolitan Stockholm and named after Råsunda, a zone of Solna.-History:... |
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| (att. 2,500) | Bontadini Franco Bontadini Franco Bontadini was an Italian amateur football player who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.... (15') |
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| Semi-finals | |||||||||||||||
| July 3 | Idrottsplats Råsunda Råsunda Stadium Råsunda Fotbollstadion, also Råsundastadion, Råsunda Stadium or just Råsunda, is a Swedish national football stadium. It is located in Solna Municipality in Metropolitan Stockholm and named after Råsunda, a zone of Solna.-History:... |
3 | - | 1 | |||||||||||
| (att. 2,000) | Schlosser Imre Schlosser Imre Schlosser-Lakatos was a Hungarian footballer. He still holds the record as the highest goalscorer in the history of the Hungarian League.... (3', 39', 82') |
(2 | - | 0) | Förderer Fritz Förderer Friedrich "Fritz" Förderer was a German amateur football player who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.... (56') |
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| July 3 | Olympiastadion Stockholms Olympiastadion Stockholms Olympiastadion, most often called Stockholms Stadion or just Stadion, is a stadium in Stockholm, Sweden. Designed by architect Torben Grut, it was opened in 1912, its original use was as a venue for the 1912 Olympic Games... |
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| (att. 3,500) | Müller (30'), Grundwald (40', 89'), Hussak Ludwig Hussak Ludwig "Luigi" Hussak was an Austrian amateur football player.-International career:Hussak was a member of the Austrian Olympic squad at the 1912 Summer Olympics and played two matches in the main tournament as well as two matches in the consolation tournament... (49'), Studnicka (65') |
(2 | - | 0) | Berardo Felice Berardo Felice Berardo was an Italian football player.He made his debut for the Italy national football team on 6 January 1911 in a game against Hungary.He represented Italy at the 1912 Summer Olympics.... (81') |
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| Final | |||||||||||||||
| July 5 | Idrottsplats Råsunda Råsunda Stadium Råsunda Fotbollstadion, also Råsundastadion, Råsunda Stadium or just Råsunda, is a Swedish national football stadium. It is located in Solna Municipality in Metropolitan Stockholm and named after Råsunda, a zone of Solna.-History:... |
3 | - | 0 | |||||||||||
| (att. 5,000) | Schlosser Imre Schlosser Imre Schlosser-Lakatos was a Hungarian footballer. He still holds the record as the highest goalscorer in the history of the Hungarian League.... (32'), Pataki Mihály Pataki Mihály Pataki was a Hungarian amateur football player who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.... (60'), Bodnár Sándor Bodnár Sándor Bodnár was a Hungarian football player who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was a member of the Hungarian Olympic squad and played one match in the main tournament as well as two matches in the consolation tournament... (76') |
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External links
- Games of the V. Olympiad at the RSSSF