Football at the 1992 Summer Olympics
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The Football
competition at the 1992 Summer Olympics
was the first Under-23 competition.
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Mohamed Sendid
Asia Ali Bujsaim
Kiichiro Tachi
South America Juan Francisco Escobar
Márcio Rezende de Freitas
José Torres Cadena
North and Central America Arturo Brizio Carter
Arturo Ángeles
Europe Fabio Baldas
Manuel Díaz Vega
Philip Don
Markus Merk
Lube Spassov
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Gold Medal –
José Amavisca
Rafael Berges
Santiago Cañizares
Abelardo
Albert Ferrer
Josep Guardiola
Miguel Hernández
Toni
Mikel Lasa
Juan Manuel López
Javier Manjarín
Luis Enrique
Kiko
Alfonso
Antonio Pinilla
Francisco Soler
Gabriel Vidal
Roberto Solozábal
David Villabona
Paqui
Coach: Vicente Miera
Silver Medal –
Dariusz Adamczuk
Marek Bajor
Jerzy Brzęczek
Marek Koźmiński
Dariusz Gęsior
Marcin Jałocha
Tomasz Łapiński
Tomasz Wałdoch
Aleksander Kłak
Andrzej Kobylański
Ryszard Staniek
Wojciech Kowalczyk
Andrzej Juskowiak
Grzegorz Mielcarski
Piotr Świerczewski
Mirosław Waligóra
Dariusz Koseła
Arkadiusz Onyszko
Dariusz Szubert
Tomasz Wieszczycki
Coach: Janusz Wójcik
Bronze Medal –
Joachin Yaw Acheampong
Simon Addo
Sammi Adjei
Maxwell Konadu
Mamood Amadu
Isaac Asare
Frank Amankwah
Nii Lamptey
Bernard Aryee
Kwame Ayew
Mohammed Gargo
Mohammed Kalilu
Ibrahim Dossey
Samuel Osei Kuffour
Samuel Kumah
Anthony Mensah
Alex Nyarko
Yaw Preko
Shamo Quaye
Oli Rahman
Coach: Sam Arday
6 goals Kwame Ayew
5 goals Kiko
4 goals Wojciech Kowalczyk
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...
competition at the 1992 Summer Olympics
1992 Summer Olympics
The 1992 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event celebrated in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, in 1992. The International Olympic Committee voted in 1986 to separate the Summer and Winter Games, which had been held in the same...
was the first Under-23 competition.
Qualification
The following sixteen teams qualified for the 1992 Olympics football tournament:- Africa (CAFConfederation of African FootballThe Confederation of African Football is the administrative and controlling body for African association football.CAF represents the national football associations of Africa, runs continental, national, and club competitions, and controls the prize money, regulations and media rights to those...
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- Asia (AFCAsian Football ConfederationThe Asian Football Confederation is the governing body of association football in Asia. It has 46 member countries, mostly located on the Asian continent. However, due to the disputed boundary of Europe and Asia, nations such as Russia and Turkey which are located mostly in geographic Asia are...
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- Europe (UEFAUEFAThe Union of European Football Associations , almost always referred to by its acronym UEFA is the administrative and controlling body for European association football, futsal and beach soccer....
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- Oceania (OFCOceania Football ConfederationThe Oceania Football Confederation is one of the six continental confederations of international association football, consisting of Papua New Guinea, New Zealand and island nations such as Tonga, Fiji and other Pacific Island countries...
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Venues
| City | Stadium | Capacity |
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| Barcelona Barcelona Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of... |
Camp Nou Camp Nou Camp Nou , sometimes called "the Nou Camp" in English, is a football stadium in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The stadium, located in the west of the city, has been the home of FC Barcelona since its construction in 1957.... |
98,787 |
| Barcelona Barcelona Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of... |
Sarrià | 41,000 |
| Sabadell Sabadell Sabadell is the second largest city in the comarca of the Vallès Occidental in Catalonia, Spain. It is in the south of the comarca, on the River Ripoll, 20 km north-west of Barcelona... |
Nova Creu Alta Estadi de la Nova Creu Alta Estadi de la Nova Creu Alta is a multi-use stadium in Sabadell, Catalonia, Spain. It is currently used mostly for football matches and hosts the home matches of CE Sabadell FC. The address of the stadium is Plaça Olímpia s/n, 08206 Sabadell, and the offices of the club are in the stadium. The... |
20,000 |
| Valencia | Luis Casanova | 52,469 |
| Zaragoza Zaragoza Zaragoza , also called Saragossa in English, is the capital city of the Zaragoza Province and of the autonomous community of Aragon, Spain... |
La Romareda | 34,596 |
Match officials
Africa Lim Kee ChongLim Kee Chong
An Yan Lim Kee Chong is a retired Mauritian association football referee. He is mostly known for supervising two matches in the FIFA World Cup - one in 1994 and one in 1998. He was suspended following the 1998 World Cup.-References:...
Mohamed Sendid
Asia Ali Bujsaim
Ali Bujsaim
Ali Mohamed Bujsaim is a retired football referee from the United Arab Emirates, best known for supervising at three FIFA World Cups: 1994 , 1998 and 2002 .-References:*...
Kiichiro Tachi
South America Juan Francisco Escobar
Juan Francisco Escobar
Juan Francisco Escobar is a former Paraguayan football referee. He twice supervised matches during the Copa América .-References:*...
Márcio Rezende de Freitas
Márcio Rezende de Freitas
Márcio Rezende de Freitas is a former Brazilian football referee. He has refereed more than 1100 games, 269 of these in national championships, between 1989 and 2005. He was present in the World Championship and at the Olympic Games. He was considered, in 2004, one of the 10 best referees in the...
José Torres Cadena
José Torres Cadena
José Joaquín Torres Cadena also known as J.J Torres is a former football referee from Colombia. He is mostly known for supervising 4 matches in the 1994 FIFA World Cup in USA-References:* www.lawl.com...
North and Central America Arturo Brizio Carter
Arturo Brizio Carter
Arturo Brizio Carter . Is a former football referee from Mexico. He is mostly known for supervising 6 matches in the FIFA World Cup. Three in both 1994 and 1998. He gave seven expulsions and 29 yellow cards in those six matches.-External links:*...
Arturo Ángeles
Arturo Angeles
Arturo Angeles is a retired football referee from the United States, best known for supervising one match during the 1994 FIFA World Cup in his native country.-References:*...
Europe Fabio Baldas
Fabio Baldas
Fabio Baldas . is a former football referee from Italy. He is mostly known for supervising one match in the 1994 FIFA World Cup in the USA.-References:*...
Manuel Díaz Vega
Manuel Díaz Vega
Manuel Díaz Vega is a Spanish retired football referee. He officiated one match in both the 1994 FIFA World Cup and the 1996 UEFA European Football Championship. He also refereed the Champions League final in 1996 between Juventus and Ajax.-References:*...
Philip Don
Philip Don
Philip Don is a former football referee and school headteacher from England. Don was originally from Sheffield but his teaching career took him south to Middlesex...
Markus Merk
Markus Merk
Dr. Markus Merk is a former top-level German football referee. He is a six-time winner of the German Referee of the Year Award and the record holder in games refereed in the Bundesliga. In 2005, Merk was awarded the German Bundesverdienstkreuz in recognition of his service to football and his...
Lube Spassov
Group A
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| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | ||
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 4 | |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | ||
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 0 |
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Group B
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| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 | |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 2 | |
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 1 |
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Group C
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| 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 1 |
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Group D
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| 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | ||
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | ||
| 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 2 |
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Knockout stage
Quarter-finals
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Semi-finals
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Bronze Medal game
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----Medal winners
Gold Medal – José Amavisca
José Emilio Amavisca
José Emilio Amavisca Gárate is a retired Spanish footballer who played mostly as a left winger.He was best known for his Real Madrid stint, but played for five other clubs, amassing 381 games and 57 goals in both major levels of Spanish football, over the course of 16 seasons.A Spanish...
Rafael Berges
Rafael Berges
Rafael Bergés Martín is a retired Spanish footballer who played as a left defender, and a current coach.-Club career:Berges started playing for local side Córdoba CF, then in the lower leagues...
Santiago Cañizares
Santiago Cañizares
José Santiago Cañizares Ruiz is a retired Spanish footballer who played as a goalkeeper.After playing with Real Madrid, mostly as a backup, he finished his career at Valencia CF, where he appeared in more than 400 official games since 1998.In his prime, he was regarded as one of the best...
Abelardo
Albert Ferrer
Josep Guardiola
Josep Guardiola
Josep "Pep" Guardiola i Sala , is a Spanish football manager and former player. Guardiola played as a defensive midfielder and spent the majority of his playing career with FC Barcelona, whom he currently manages. He was part of Johan Cruyff's dream team that won Barcelona's first European Cup....
Miguel Hernández
Toni
Antonio Jiménez Sistachs
Antonio Jiménez Sistachs , sometimes just Toni, is a retired Spanish footballer who played as a goalkeeper.-Club career:...
Mikel Lasa
Mikel Lasa
Mikel Lasa Goikoetxea is a retired Spanish footballer who played as a left defender.-Club career:...
Juan Manuel López
Javier Manjarín
Luis Enrique
Luís Enrique Martínez García
Luis Enrique Martínez García , known as Luis Enrique, is a retired Spanish footballer, and the current head coach of Serie A club A.S. Roma...
Kiko
Alfonso
Alfonso Pérez
Alfonso Pérez Muñoz , simply Alfonso, is a retired Spanish footballer who played as a striker.Having represented both Real Madrid and FC Barcelona during his career, Alfonso possessed above-average heading ability despite not reaching 180 cms; he appeared in 307 La Liga games for three teams ,...
Antonio Pinilla
Antonio Pinilla
Antonio Pinilla Miranda is a retired Spanish footballer who played mainly as a forward.Best known for his stints with Tenerife and Gimnàstic de Tarragona – he began playing professionally for Barcelona, but had virtually no impact for its first team – he also served as general manager at the...
Francisco Soler
Francisco Soler Atencia
Francisco 'Paco' Soler Atencia is a retired Spanish footballer who played as a central midfielder, and a current coach.-Club career:...
Gabriel Vidal
Roberto Solozábal
Roberto Solozábal
Roberto Solozábal Villanueva is a retired Spanish footballer who played as a central defender.-Club career:...
David Villabona
David Villabona
David Villabona Echalecu is a retired Spanish footballer who played mostly as a central midfielder....
Paqui
Francisco Veza
Francisco Nicolás Veza Fragoso , aka Paqui, is a retired Spanish footballer who played as a left defender....
Coach: Vicente Miera
Silver Medal – Dariusz Adamczuk
Dariusz Adamczuk
Dariusz Adamczuk is a former Polish professional footballer.-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 Belenenses....
Marek Bajor
Marek Bajor
Marek Antoni Bajor is a former Polish footballer. Since 2010 he is a coach of Zagłębie Lubin.-Club:Bajor's career started in the 1988-89 season with Igloopol Kolbuszowa, before playing for Igloopol Dębica and Widzew Łódź. In 1997-98 he moved to Amica Wronki...
Jerzy Brzęczek
Jerzy Brzeczek
Jerzy Józef Brzęczek is a former Polish footballer, who played as a midfielder.In a professional career which spanned nearly twenty years and brought nearly 50 caps with the national team, he played in his country, Austria and Israel.-Club:During his career, Brzęczek played for Raków Częstochowa,...
Marek Koźmiński
Marek Kozminski
Marek Jan Koźmiński is a retired Polish football player.-Club:He played for clubs such as Hutnik Kraków, Udinese , Brescia , AC Ancona , PAOK Thessaloniki and Górnik Zabrze.-National team:...
Dariusz Gęsior
Dariusz Gesior
Dariusz Jan Gęsior is a retired Polish footballer .-Club:He is one of the notable players of Ruch Chorzów. His last club was Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski, where he was released free in the winter 2006. Now he is connected with many clubs like Ruch Chorzów or Odra Wodzisław...
Marcin Jałocha
Tomasz Łapiński
Tomasz Łapiński
Tomasz Łapiński is a retired Polish football player.-National team:He made 36 appearances for the Polish national team.Łapiński was a participant at the 1992 Summer Olympics, where Poland won the silver medal.-External links:...
Tomasz Wałdoch
Aleksander Kłak
Aleksander Kłak
Aleksander Dominik Kłak is a retired Polish football player.-National team:Kłak was a participant at the 1992 Summer Olympics, where Poland won the silver medal.-External links:*...
Andrzej Kobylański
Andrzej Kobylanski
Andrzej Kobylański is a former Polish footballer. As of January 2009, Kobylański works as a scout for FC Energie Cottbus.-National team:...
Ryszard Staniek
Ryszard Staniek
Ryszard Staniek is a former Polish football midfielder.-Club:He played for such a clubs like Legia Warsaw, Górnik Zabrze, Odra Wodzisław Śląski and CA Osasuna. Ryszard Staniek was the second player who scored for Polish team in the group stage of UEFA Champions League...
Wojciech Kowalczyk
Wojciech Kowalczyk
Wojciech Kowalczyk is a retired Polish footballer who played as a striker.The bulk of his professional career was spent with hometown's Legia Warsaw and in Spain...
Andrzej Juskowiak
Andrzej Juskowiak
Andrzej Mieczysław Juskowiak is a former Polish football striker, who played for Polish national team.-National team:Nicknamed "Jusko", he was a participant at the 1992 Summer Olympics, where Poland won the silver medal...
Grzegorz Mielcarski
Grzegorz Mielcarski
Grzegorz Mielcarski is a retired Polish football player.-Club:He played for clubs such as Polonia Bydgoszcz, Servette Geneva , Górnik Zabrze, Widzew Łódź, FC Porto , UD Salamanca , Pogoń Szczecin, AEK Athens and Amica Wronki.-National team:He played for Polish national team.He was a participant...
Piotr Świerczewski
Piotr Swierczewski
Piotr Jarosław Świerczewski is a retired Polish football player.-Club:During his 20-year professional career, he played for clubs such as Lech Poznań, GKS Katowice, AS Saint-Étienne , SC Bastia , Gamba Osaka , Olympique Marseille , Birmingham City F.C...
Mirosław Waligóra
Dariusz Koseła
Dariusz Koseła
Dariusz Koseła is a retired Polish football player.-National team:Koseła was a participant at the 1992 Summer Olympics, where Poland won the silver medal.-External links:*...
Arkadiusz Onyszko
Arkadiusz Onyszko
Arkadiusz "Arek" Onyszko is a Polish goalkeeper, who is currently playing for Polish side Polonia Warsaw.-Career:...
Dariusz Szubert
Dariusz Szubert
Dariusz Szubert is a retired Polish football player.-External links:...
Tomasz Wieszczycki
Tomasz Wieszczycki
Tomasz Wieszczycki is former Polish football player.-National team:Wieszczycki appeared in 11 matches for the Poland national football team, scoring three goals.-External links:*...
Coach: Janusz Wójcik
Janusz Wójcik
Janusz Marek Wójcik is a Polish politician and former football player and coach.-Playing Career:He played in several clubs at home and abroad, including Agrykola, Gwardia, Ursus and Hutnik Warszawa, Ravalpandi and the Toronto Falcons .-Coaching career:Wójcik also trained several Polish clubs like...
Bronze Medal – Joachin Yaw Acheampong
Joachin Yaw Acheampong
Joachim Yaw Acheampong 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.- References :* -External links:...
Simon Addo
Simon Addo
Simon Addo is a retired footballer 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. He also competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia....
Sammi Adjei
Sammi Adjei
Sammi Adjei 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.-Personal life:...
Maxwell Konadu
Maxwell Konadu
Maxwell Konadu is a football coach and a retired Ghana international football player, who was a member of the Men's National Team that won the bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain...
Mamood Amadu
Mamood Amadu
Mamood Amadu 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.-References:*...
Isaac Asare
Isaac Asare
Isaac Asare 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
Frank Amankwah is a football player from Ghana.-Clubs:*2000-2004: Asante Kotoko*1999-2000: Iraklis*1997-1999: AZ Alkmaar*1996-1997: FC Gütersloh*1990-1996: Asante Kotoko-International career:...
Nii Lamptey
Nii Lamptey
Nii Odartey Lamptey is a former Ghanaian footballer. He is known foremost for his erratic career, in which he became a superstar as a teenager and then suffered a long string of failures which burnt him out well before his time...
Bernard Aryee
Bernard Aryee
Bernard Aryee 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:...
Kwame Ayew
Kwame Ayew
Kwame Ayew is a retired Ghanaian footballer who played as a striker.During nearly 20 years, in played professionally in six countries, mainly in Portugal, where he appeared for four teams in the 90's.-Club career:...
Mohammed Gargo
Mohammed Gargo
Mohammed Gargo is a former Ghanaian footballer.-Club career:Gargo joined Italian side Udinese in 1995. In January 2003 he was loaned to Venezia and in January 2004 sold to Serie B side Genoa along with Vittorio Micolucci, in exchanged for Rodrigue Boisfer and Valon Behrami, all in co-ownership...
Mohammed Kalilu
Mohammed Dramani Kalilu
Mohammed Dramani Kalilu is a football player from Ghana. He was a member of the Men's National Team that won the bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.-References:*...
Ibrahim Dossey
Ibrahim Dossey
Ibrahim Dossey was a Ghanaian football goalkeeper.-Career:Dossey was born in Accra, Ghana...
Samuel Osei Kuffour
Samuel Kumah
Samuel Kumah
Samuel Ablade Kumah 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.-Club football:...
Anthony Mensah
Anthony Mensah
Anthony Mensah was a football player from Ghana.-Career:Mensah used this name whilst playing for Asante Kotoko FC...
Alex Nyarko
Alex Nyarko
Alexander Nyarko is a former Ghanaian football player.-Football career:Nyarko started his career at Ghana, and in 1995 he joined FC Basel from Sportul Studenţesc, followed by Karlsruher SC in Germany; then RC Lens for two seasons, and in 2000 joined Everton FC for £4.5M, signing a contract until...
Yaw Preko
Yaw Preko
Yaw Preko is a former football striker from Ghana.- Career :His career started in Powerlines, a small Ghanaian club, and his first European club was R.S.C. Anderlecht where he became Belgian champion three times. He played in Turkey from 1997-2004 before joining Halmstads BK in the Allsvenskan...
Shamo Quaye
Shamo Quaye
Shamo Quaye was 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 :...
Oli Rahman
Oli Rahman
Oli Rahman 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.-External links:*...
Coach: Sam Arday
Sam Arday
Sam Arday is a Ghanaian football coach who has managed the Ghana national side on two occasions - from 1996 to 1997, and again in 2004, currently is Technical Director Feyenoord Academy.-Coaching career:...
Top scorers
7 goals Andrzej JuskowiakAndrzej Juskowiak
Andrzej Mieczysław Juskowiak is a former Polish football striker, who played for Polish national team.-National team:Nicknamed "Jusko", he was a participant at the 1992 Summer Olympics, where Poland won the silver medal...
6 goals Kwame Ayew
Kwame Ayew
Kwame Ayew is a retired Ghanaian footballer who played as a striker.During nearly 20 years, in played professionally in six countries, mainly in Portugal, where he appeared for four teams in the 90's.-Club career:...
5 goals Kiko
4 goals Wojciech Kowalczyk
Wojciech Kowalczyk
Wojciech Kowalczyk is a retired Polish footballer who played as a striker.The bulk of his professional career was spent with hometown's Legia Warsaw and in Spain...