football at the 1980 Summer Olympics

The football tournament was the most attended event on these Olympics: 1,821,624 spectators watched 32 matches of it at the stadiums.

{{Main|Football at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification}}

Due to the American-led boycott, countries (in brackets) who qualified did not enter the final

tournament. Spain sent a team under the IOC flag. The following 16 teams qualified for the 1980 Olympics football tournament:

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{{col-2}}

• Africa (CAF)
• {{fb|ALG}}
• {{fb|NGA}} (replaces {{fb|GHA}})
• {{fb|ZAM|1964}} (replaces {{fb|EGY|1972}})
• Asia (AFC)
• {{fb|IRQ|1963}} (replaces {{fb|MAS}})
• {{fb|KUW}}
• {{fb|SYR|1980}} (replaces {{fb|IRN|1964}})
• North and Central America (CONCACAF)
• {{fb|CRC}}
• {{fb|CUB}} (replaces {{fb|USA}})

{{col-2}}

• South America (CONMEBOL)
• {{fb|COL}}
• {{fb|VEN|1954}} (replaces {{fb|ARG}})
• Europe (UEFA)
• {{fb|TCH}}
• {{fb|FIN}} (replaces {{fb|NOR}})
• {{fb|GDR}}
• {{fb|ESP|1977}}
• {{fb|YUG}}
• Hosting nation
• {{fb|URS|1955}}

{{col-end}}

{{col-begin-small}}

{{col-3}}

;Africa

• {{flagicon|ALG}} Belaïd Lacarne
• {{flagicon|NGA}} Bassey Eyo-Honesty
• {{flagicon|ZAM|1964}} Nyrenda Chayu

;Asia

• {{flagicon|IRQ|1963}} Salim Naji Al-Hachami
• {{flagicon|KUW}} Ali Abdulwahab Al Bannai
• {{flagicon|SYR|1980}} Marwan Arafat

{{col-3}}

;North and Central America

• {{flagicon|CRC}} Luis Paulino Siles
• {{flagicon|CUB}} Ramón Calderón Castro
• {{flagicon|MEX}} Mario Rubio Vázquez

;South America

• {{flagicon|BRA|1968}} Romualdo Arppi Filho
• {{flagicon|COL}} Guillermo Velásquez
• {{flagicon|PER}} Enrique Labo Revoredo
• {{flagicon|VEN|1954}} José Castro Lozada

{{col-3}}

;Europe

• {{flagicon|AUT}} Franz Wöhrer
• {{flagicon|TCH}} Vojtěch Christov
• {{flagicon|FIN}} Anders Mattsson
• {{flagicon|ITA}} Riccardo Lattanzi
• {{flagicon|GDR}} Klaus Scheurell
• {{flagicon|GBR}} Bob Valentine
• {{flagicon|ESP|1977}} Emilio Guruceta Muro
• {{flagicon|SWE}} Ulf Eriksson
• {{flagicon|SUI}} André Daina
• {{flagicon|YUG}} Marjan Raus
• {{flagicon|URS|1955}} Eldar Azimzade

{{col-end}}

{{Main|Football at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads}}

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL

|section=Group A

|res_col_header=Q

|show_positions=n

|winpoints=2

|team1=URS|name_URS={{fb|URS|1955}}

|team2=CUB|name_CUB={{fb|CUB}}

|team3=VEN|name_VEN={{fb|VEN|1954}}

|team4=ZAM|name_ZAM={{fb|ZAM|1964}}

|win_URS=3|draw_URS=0|loss_URS=0|gf_URS=15|ga_URS=1

|win_CUB=2|draw_CUB=0|loss_CUB=1|gf_CUB=3|ga_CUB=9

|win_VEN=1|draw_VEN=0|loss_VEN=2|gf_VEN=3|ga_VEN=7

|win_ZAM=0|draw_ZAM=0|loss_ZAM=3|gf_ZAM=2|ga_ZAM=6

|col_A=#ccffcc|text_A=

|result1=A|result2=A

|update=complete|source=[https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/mens/mensolympic/moscow1980/match-center FIFA]

}}

{{footballbox

| date = 20 July 1980
12:00

| team1 = {{fb-rt|Cuba}}

| score= 1–0

| report = [https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/mensolympic/moscow1980/matches/round=197132/match=32189/index.html Report]

| team2 = {{fb|Zambia|1964}}

| goals1 = Roldán {{goal|58}}

| goals2 =

| stadium = Kirov Stadium, Leningrad

| attendance = 100,000

| referee = Marijan Raus (Yugoslavia)

}}

----

{{footballbox

| date = 20 July 1980
12:00

| team1 = {{fb-rt|URS|1955}}

| score= 4–0

| report = [https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/mensolympic/moscow1980/matches/round=197132/match=32186/index.html Report]

| team2 = {{fb|VEN|1954}}

| goals1 = Andreyev {{goal|3}}
Cherenkov {{goal|25}}
Gavrilov {{goal|34}}
Hovhannisyan {{goal|51}}

| goals2 =

| stadium = Lenin Stadium, Moscow

| attendance =80,000

| referee = Franz Woehrer (Austria)

}}

----

{{footballbox

| date = 22 July 1980
12:00

| team1 = {{fb-rt|Cuba}}

| score= 2–1

| report = [https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/mensolympic/moscow1980/matches/round=197132/match=32197/index.html Report]

| team2 = {{fb|VEN|1954}}

| goals1 = Hernández {{goal|49}}
Núñez {{goal|71}}

| goals2 = Zubizarreta {{goal|68}}

| stadium = Kirov Stadium, Leningrad

| attendance = 70,000

| referee = Emilio Guruceta Muro (Spain)

}}

----

{{footballbox

| date = 22 July 1980
12:00

| team1 = {{fb-rt|URS|1955}}

| score= 3–1

| report = [https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/mensolympic/moscow1980/matches/round=197132/match=32194/index.html Report]

| team2 = {{fb|Zambia|1964}}

| goals1 = Khidiyatullin {{goal|9||51}}
Cherenkov {{goal|87}}

| goals2 = Chitalu {{goal|13}}

| stadium = Lenin Stadium, Moscow

| attendance =80,000

| referee = Marwan Arafat (Syria)

}}

----

{{footballbox

| date = 24 July 1980
12:00

| team1 = {{fb-rt|URS|1955}}

| score= 8–0

| report = [https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/mensolympic/moscow1980/matches/round=197132/match=32202/index.html Report]

| team2 = {{fb|Cuba}}

| goals1 = Andreyev {{goal|8||27||44}}
Romantsev {{goal|20}}
Shavlo {{goal|43}}
Cherenkov {{goal|55}}
Gavrilov {{goal|75}}
Bessonov {{goal|77}}

| goals2 =

| stadium = Dinamo Stadium, Moscow

| attendance =52,000

| referee = Bob Valentine (Great Britain)

}}

----

{{footballbox

| date = 24 July 1980
12:00

| team1 = {{fb-rt|VEN|1954}}

| score= 2–1

| report = [https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/mensolympic/moscow1980/matches/round=197132/match=32205/index.html Report]

| team2 = {{fb|Zambia|1964}}

| goals1 = Zubizarreta {{goal|86}}
Elie {{goal|90|pen.}}

| goals2 = Chitalu {{goal|73}}

| stadium = Kirov Stadium, Leningrad

| attendance = 80,000

| referee = Luis Paulino Siles (Costa Rica)

}}

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL

|section=Group B

|res_col_header=Q

|show_positions=n

|winpoints=2

|team1=TCH|name_TCH={{fb|TCH}}

|team2=KUW|name_KUW={{fb|KUW}}

|team3=COL|name_COL={{fb|COL}}

|team4=NGA|name_NGA={{fb|NGA}}

|win_TCH=1|draw_TCH=2|loss_TCH=0|gf_TCH=4|ga_TCH=1

|win_KUW=1|draw_KUW=2|loss_KUW=0|gf_KUW=4|ga_KUW=2

|win_COL=1|draw_COL=1|loss_COL=1|gf_COL=2|ga_COL=4

|win_NGA=0|draw_NGA=1|loss_NGA=2|gf_NGA=2|ga_NGA=5

|col_A=#ccffcc|text_A=

|result1=A|result2=A

|update=complete|source=[https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/mens/mensolympic/moscow1980/match-center FIFA]

}}

{{footballbox

| date = 21 July 1980
12:00

| team1 = {{fb-rt|TCH}}

| score= 3–0

| report = [https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/mensolympic/moscow1980/matches/round=197132/match=32193/index.html Report]

| team2 = {{fb|COL}}

| goals1 = Pokluda {{goal|14}}
Berger {{goal|18}}
Vízek {{goal|85}}

| goals2 =

| stadium = Kirov Stadium, Leningrad

| attendance =

| referee = Belaid Lacarne (Argelia)

}}

----

{{footballbox

| date = 21 July 1980
12:00

| team1 = {{fb-rt|KUW}}

| score= 3–1

| report = [https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/mensolympic/moscow1980/matches/round=197132/match=32190/index.html Report]

| team2 = {{fb|NGA}}

| goals1 = Al-Dakhil {{goal|16||40||85|pen.}}

| goals2 = Mubarak {{goal|25|o.g.}}

| stadium = Dinamo Stadium, Moscow

| attendance =

| referee = Klaus Scheurell (East Germany)

}}

----

{{footballbox

| date = 23 July 1980
12:00

| team1 = {{fb-rt|COL}}

| score= 1–1

| report = [https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/mensolympic/moscow1980/matches/round=197132/match=32198/index.html Report]

| team2 = {{fb|KUW}}

| goals1 = Molinares {{goal|73}}

| goals2 = Yaqoub {{goal|64}}

| stadium = Dinamo Stadium, Moscow

| attendance =

| referee = Anders Mattson (Finland)

}}

----

{{footballbox

| date = 23 July 1980
12:00

| team1 = {{fb-rt|TCH}}

| score= 1–1

| report = [https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/mensolympic/moscow1980/matches/round=197132/match=32201/index.html Report]

| team2 = {{fb|NGA}}

| goals1 = Vízek {{goal|25}}

| goals2 = Nwosu {{goal|84}}

| stadium = Kirov Stadium, Leningrad

| attendance =

| referee = Enrique Labo Revoredo (Peru)

}}

----

{{footballbox

| date = 25 July 1980
12:00

| team1 = {{fb-rt|COL}}

| score= 1–0

| report = [https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/mensolympic/moscow1980/matches/round=197132/match=32206/index.html Report]

| team2 = {{fb|NGA}}

| goals1 = Cardona {{goal|55}}

| goals2 =

| stadium = Dinamo Stadium, Moscow

| attendance =

| referee = Salim Naji Al-Hachami (Iraq)

}}

----

{{footballbox

| date = 25 July 1980
12:00

| team1 = {{fb-rt|TCH}}

| score= 0–0

| report = [https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/mensolympic/moscow1980/matches/round=197132/match=32209/index.html Report]

| team2 = {{fb|KUW}}

| goals1 =

| goals2 =

| stadium = Kirov Stadium, Leningrad

| attendance =

| referee = Riccardo Lattanzi (Italy)

}}

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL

|section=Group C

|res_col_header=Q

|show_positions=n

|winpoints=2

|team1=GDR|name_GDR={{fb|GDR}}

|team2=ALG|name_ALG={{fb|ALG}}

|team3=ESP|name_ESP={{flagicon|SPA}} Spain

|team4=SYR|name_SYR={{fb|SYR|1980}}

|win_GDR=2|draw_GDR=1|loss_GDR=0|gf_GDR=7|ga_GDR=1

|win_ALG=1|draw_ALG=1|loss_ALG=1|gf_ALG=4|ga_ALG=2

|win_ESP=0|draw_ESP=3|loss_ESP=0|gf_ESP=2|ga_ESP=2

|win_SYR=0|draw_SYR=1|loss_SYR=2|gf_SYR=0|ga_SYR=8

|col_A=#ccffcc|text_A=

|result1=A|result2=A

|update=complete|source=[https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/mens/mensolympic/moscow1980/match-center FIFA]

}}

{{footballbox

| date = 20 July 1980
12:00

| team1 = {{fb-rt|GDR}}

| score= 1–1

| report = [https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/mensolympic/moscow1980/matches/round=197132/match=32187/index.html Report]

| team2 = {{flagicon|SPA}} Spain

| goals1 = Kühn {{goal|49}}

| goals2 = Marcos {{goal|50}}

| stadium = Republican Stadium, Kiev

| attendance = 100,000

| referee = Ulf Eriksson (Sweden)

}}

----

{{footballbox

| date = 20 July 1980
12:00

| team1 = {{fb-rt|ALG}}

| score= 3–0

| report = [https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/mensolympic/moscow1980/matches/round=197132/match=32188/index.html Report]

| team2 = {{fb|Syria|1980}}

| goals1 = Belloumi {{goal|36}}
Madjer {{goal|48}}
Merzekane {{goal|73|pen.}}

| goals2 =

| stadium = Dinamo Stadium, Minsk

| attendance =

| referee = Vojtech Christov (Czechoslovakia)

}}

----

{{footballbox

| date = 22 July 1980
12:00

| team1 = {{fb-rt|GDR}}

| score= 1–0

| report = [https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/mensolympic/moscow1980/matches/round=197132/match=32195/index.html Report]

| team2 = {{fb|ALG}}

| goals1 = Terletzki {{goal|61}}

| goals2 =

| stadium = Republican Stadium, Kiev

| attendance = 70,000

| referee = Romualdo Arppi Filho (Brazil)

}}

----

{{footballbox

| date = 22 July 1980
12:00

| team1 = Spain {{flagicon|SPA}}

| score= 0–0

| report = [https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/mensolympic/moscow1980/matches/round=197132/match=32196/index.html Report]

| team2 = {{fb|Syria|1980}}

| goals1 =

| goals2 =

| stadium = Dinamo Stadium, Minsk

| attendance =

| referee = José Castro Lozada (Venezuela)

}}

----

{{footballbox

| date = 24 July 1980
12:00

| team1 = Spain {{flagicon|SPA}}

| score= 1–1

| report = [https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/mensolympic/moscow1980/matches/round=197132/match=32204/index.html Report]

| team2 = {{fb|ALG}}

| goals1 = Rincón {{goal|38}}

| goals2 = Belloumi {{goal|63}}

| stadium = Dinamo Stadium, Minsk

| attendance =

| referee = Eldar Azimzade (Soviet Union)

}}

----

{{footballbox

| date = 24 July 1980
12:00

| team1 = {{fb-rt|GDR}}

| score= 5–0

| report = [https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/mensolympic/moscow1980/matches/round=197132/match=32203/index.html Report]

| team2 = {{fb|Syria|1980}}

| goals1 = Hause {{goal|6}}
Netz {{goal|25||45}}
Peter {{goal|75}}
Terletzki {{goal|82}}

| goals2 =

| stadium = Republican Stadium, Kiev

| attendance = 80,000

| referee = Ulf Eriksson (Sweden)

}}

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL

|section=Group D

|res_col_header=Q

|show_positions=n

|winpoints=2

|team1=YUG|name_YUG={{fb|YUG}}

|team2=IRQ|name_IRQ={{fb|IRQ|1963}}

|team3=FIN|name_FIN={{fb|FIN}}

|team4=CRC|name_CRC={{fb|CRC}}

|win_YUG=2|draw_YUG=1|loss_YUG=0|gf_YUG=6|ga_YUG=3

|win_IRQ=1|draw_IRQ=2|loss_IRQ=0|gf_IRQ=4|ga_IRQ=1

|win_FIN=1|draw_FIN=1|loss_FIN=1|gf_FIN=3|ga_FIN=2

|win_CRC=0|draw_CRC=0|loss_CRC=3|gf_CRC=2|ga_CRC=9

|col_A=#ccffcc|text_A=

|result1=A|result2=A

|update=complete|source=[https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/mens/mensolympic/moscow1980/match-center FIFA]

}}

{{footballbox

| date = 21 July 1980
12:00

| team1 = {{fb-rt|YUG}}

| score= 2–0

| report = [https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/mensolympic/moscow1980/matches/round=197132/match=32192/index.html Report]

| team2 = {{fb|FIN}}

| goals1 = Šećerbegović {{goal|56}}
Šestić {{goal|58}}

| goals2 =

| stadium = Dinamo Stadium, Minsk

| attendance =

| referee = Mario Rubio Vázquez (Mexico)

}}

----

{{footballbox

| date = 21 July 1980
12:00

| team1 = {{fb-rt|IRQ|1963}}

| score= 3–0

| report = [https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/mensolympic/moscow1980/matches/round=197132/match=32191/index.html Report]

| team2 = {{fb|CRC}}

| goals1 = Ahmed {{goal|45}}
Saeed {{goal|49}}
Hassan {{goal|75}}

| goals2 =

| stadium = Republican Stadium, Kiev

| attendance =

| referee = Nyirenda Chayu (Zambia)

}}

----

{{footballbox

| date = 23 July 1980
12:00

| team1 = {{fb-rt|YUG}}

| score= 3–2

| report = [https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/mensolympic/moscow1980/matches/round=197132/match=32200/index.html Report]

| team2 = {{fb|CRC}}

| goals1 = Zlatko Vujović {{goal|6||54}}
Primorac {{goal|24}}

| goals2 = White {{goal|35}}
Arroyo {{goal|90}}

| stadium = Dinamo Stadium, Minsk

| attendance =

| referee = Bassey Eyo-Honesty (Nigeria)

}}

----

{{footballbox

| date = 23 July 1980
12:00

| team1 = {{fb-rt|FIN}}

| score= 0–0

| report = [https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/mensolympic/moscow1980/matches/round=197132/match=32199/index.html Report]

| team2 = {{fb|IRQ|1963}}

| goals1 =

| goals2 =

| stadium = Republican Stadium, Kiev

| attendance = 40,000

| referee = Ramón Calderón Castro (Cuba)

}}

----

{{footballbox

| date = 25 July 1980
12:00

| team1 = {{fb-rt|FIN}}

| score= 3–0

| report = [https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/mensolympic/moscow1980/matches/round=197132/match=32207/index.html Report]

| team2 = {{fb|CRC}}

| goals1 = Tissari {{goal|18}}
Alila {{goal|58}}
Soini {{goal|88}}

| goals2 =

| stadium = Republican Stadium, Kiev

| attendance =50,000

| referee = Ali Albannai Abdulwahab (Kuwait)

}}

----

{{footballbox

| date = 25 July 1980
12:00

| team1 = {{fb-rt|YUG}}

| score= 1–1

| report = [https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/mensolympic/moscow1980/matches/round=197132/match=32208/index.html Report]

| team2 = {{fb|IRQ|1963}}

| goals1 = Zoran Vujović {{goal|63}}

| goals2 = Hassan {{goal|61}}

| stadium = Dinamo Stadium, Minsk

| attendance =

| referee = André Daina (Switzerland)

}}

{{Round8|3rdplace=yes|Consol=Bronze medal match

|27 July – Moscow|{{fb|URS|1955}}|2|{{fb|KUW}}|1

|27 July – Kiev|{{fb|GDR}}|4|{{fb|IRQ|1963}}|0

|27 July – Leningrad|{{fb|TCH}}|3|{{fb|CUB}}|0

|27 July – Minsk|{{fb|YUG}}|3|{{fb|ALG}}|0

|29 July – Moscow|{{fb|URS|1955}}|0|{{fb|GDR}}|1

|29 July – Moscow|{{fb|TCH}}|2|{{fb|YUG}}|0

|2 August – Moscow|{{fb|GDR}}|0|{{fb|TCH}}|1

|1 August – Moscow|{{fb|URS|1955}}|2|{{fb|YUG}}|0

}}

{{footballbox

| date = 27 July 1980
12:00

| team1 = {{fb-rt|YUG}}

| score= 3–0

| report = [https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/mensolympic/moscow1980/matches/round=197138/match=32212/index.html Report]

| team2 = {{fb|ALG}}

| goals1 = Miročević {{goal|5}}
Šestić {{goal|19}}
Zoran Vujović {{goal|70}}

| goals2 =

| stadium = Dinamo Stadium, Minsk

| attendance =

| referee = Klaus Scheurell (East Germany)

}}

----

{{footballbox

| date = 27 July 1980
12:00

| team1 = {{fb-rt|URS|1955}}

| score= 2–1

| report = [https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/mensolympic/moscow1980/matches/round=197138/match=32210/index.html Report]

| team2 = {{fb|KUW}}

| goals1 = Cherenkov {{goal|30}}
Gavrilov {{goal|51}}

| goals2 = Yaqoub {{goal|59}}

| stadium = Dinamo Stadium, Moscow

| attendance = 48,000

| referee = Mario Rubio Vázquez (Mexico)

}}

----

{{footballbox

| date = 27 July 1980
12:00

| team1 = {{fb-rt|TCH}}

| score= 3–0

| report = [https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/mensolympic/moscow1980/matches/round=197138/match=32213/index.html Report]

| team2 = {{fb|Cuba}}

| goals1 = Vízek {{goal|29||59}}
Pokluda {{goal|90}}

| goals2 =

| stadium = Kirov Stadium, Leningrad

| attendance =

| referee = Enrique Labo Revoredo (Peru)

}}

----

{{footballbox

| date = 27 July 1980
12:00

| team1 = {{fb-rt|GDR}}

| score= 4–0

| report = [https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/mensolympic/moscow1980/matches/round=197138/match=32211/index.html Report]

| team2 = {{fb|Iraq|1963}}

| goals1 = Schnuphase {{goal|4|pen.}}
Netz {{goal|11}}
Steinbach {{goal|17}}
Terletzki {{goal|22}}

| goals2 =

| stadium = Republican Stadium, Kiev

| attendance = 48,000

| referee = Romualdo Arppi Filho (Brazil)

}}

{{footballbox

| date = 29 July 1980
12:00

| team1 = {{fb-rt|URS|1955}}

| score= 0–1

| report = [https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/mensolympic/moscow1980/matches/round=197139/match=32214/index.html Report]

| team2 = {{fb|GDR}}

| goals1 =

| goals2 = Netz {{goal|16}}

| stadium = Lenin Stadium, Moscow

| attendance = 95,000

| referee = Ulf Eriksson (Sweden)

}}

----

{{footballbox

| date = 29 July 1980
13:00

| team1 = {{fb-rt|TCH}}

| score= 2–0

| report = [https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/mensolympic/moscow1980/matches/round=197139/match=32215/index.html Report]

| team2 = {{fb|YUG}}

| goals1 = Lička {{goal|4}}
Šreiner {{goal|18}}

| goals2 =

| stadium = Dinamo Stadium, Moscow

| attendance = 48,000

| referee = Franz Woehrer (Austria)

}}

{{footballbox

| date = 1 August 1980
12:00

| team1 = {{fb-rt|URS|1955}}

| score= 2–0

| report = [https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/mensolympic/moscow1980/matches/round=197140/match=32216/index.html Report]

| team2 = {{fb|YUG}}

| goals1 = Hovhannisyan {{goal|67}}
Andreyev {{goal|82}}

| goals2 =

| stadium = Dinamo Stadium, Moscow

| attendance = 45,000

| referee = Bob Valentine (Great Britain)

}}

{{footballbox

| date = 2 August 1980

| time = 12:00

| event = 1980 Summer Olympics Football Final

| team1 = {{fb-rt|TCH}}

| score= 1–0

| report = [https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/mensolympic/moscow1980/matches/round=197141/match=32217/index.html Report]

| team2 = {{fb|GDR}}

| goals1 = Svoboda {{goal|77}}

| goals2 =

| stadium = Lenin Stadium, Moscow

| attendance = 70,000

| referee = Eldar Azimzade (Soviet Union)

}}

{{col-2}}

{{col-end}}

|}

The final was played in a hard rain for the third straight Olympics. Both teams played with ten players after the 58th minute after one player from each team was red-carded.

File:Moscow Olympic Games, 1980 (22).jpg

File:Misha1980.JPG

With five goals, Sergey Andreyev of Soviet Union was the top scorer of the tournament. In total, 82 goals were scored by 52 different players, with only one of them credited as own goal.

;5 goals

• {{flagicon|URS|1955}} Sergey Andreyev

;4 goals

{{div col|colwidth=22em}}

• {{flagicon|TCH}} Ladislav Vízek
• {{flagicon|GDR}} Wolf-Rüdiger Netz
• {{flagicon|URS|1955}} Fyodor Cherenkov

{{div col end}}

;3 goals

{{div col|colwidth=22em}}

• {{flagicon|GDR}} Frank Terletzki
• {{flagicon|KUW}} Faisal Al-Dakhil
• {{flagicon|URS|1955}} Yuri Gavrilov

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;2 goals

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• {{flagicon|ALG}} Lakhdar Belloumi
• {{flagicon|TCH}} Lubomír Pokluda
• {{flagicon|IRQ|1963}} Falah Hassan
• {{flagicon|KUW}} Jasem Yaqoub
• {{flagicon|URS|1955}} Vagiz Khidiyatullin
• {{flagicon|URS|1955}} Khoren Hovhannisyan
• {{flagicon|VEN|1954}} Iker Zubizarreta
• {{flagicon|YUG}} Miloš Šestić
• {{flagicon|YUG}} Zlatko Vujović
• {{flagicon|YUG}} Zoran Vujović
• {{flagicon|ZAM|1964}} Godfrey Chitalu

{{div col end}}

;1 goal

{{div col|colwidth=22em}}

• {{flagicon|ALG}} Rabah Madjer
• {{flagicon|ALG}} Chaabane Merzekane
• {{flagicon|COL}} Benjamin Cardona
• {{flagicon|COL}} Carlos Molinares
• {{flagicon|CRC}} Omar Arroyo
• {{flagicon|CRC}} Jorge White
• {{flagicon|CUB}} Luis Hernández
• {{flagicon|CUB}} Ramón Núñez
• {{flagicon|CUB}} Andrés Roldán
• {{flagicon|TCH}} Jan Berger
• {{flagicon|TCH}} Werner Lička
• {{flagicon|TCH}} Zdeněk Šreiner
• {{flagicon|TCH}} Jindřich Svoboda
• {{flagicon|FIN}} Jouko Alila
• {{flagicon|FIN}} Jouko Soini
• {{flagicon|FIN}} Ari Tissari
• {{flagicon|GDR}} Lothar Hause
• {{flagicon|GDR}} Dieter Kühn
• {{flagicon|GDR}} Werner Peter
• {{flagicon|GDR}} Rüdiger Schnuphase
• {{flagicon|GDR}} Wolfgang Steinbach
• {{flagicon|IRQ|1963}} Hadi Ahmed
• {{flagicon|IRQ|1963}} Hussein Saeed
• {{flagicon|NGR}} Henry Nwosu
• {{flagicon|ESP|1977}} Marcos Alonso Peña
• {{flagicon|ESP|1977}} Hipólito Rincón
• {{flagicon|URS|1955}} Oleg Romantsev
• {{flagicon|URS|1955}} Sergey Shavlo
• {{flagicon|URS|1955}} Volodymyr Bessonov
• {{flagicon|VEN|1954}} Robert Elie
• {{flagicon|YUG}} Dževad Šećerbegović
• {{flagicon|YUG}} Boro Primorac
• {{flagicon|YUG}} Ante Miročević

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;Own goals

• {{flagicon|KUW}} Mahboub Mubarak (playing against Nigeria)

Below the final ranking after the end of the tournament.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tableso/ol1980f-det.html|title=Football Tournament 1980 Olympiad}}

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|winpoints=2

|team1=TCH|name_TCH={{FlagIOCteam|TCH|1980 Summer}}

|team2=GDR|name_GDR={{FlagIOCteam|GDR|1980 Summer}}

|team3=URS|name_URS={{FlagIOCteam|URS|1980 Summer}}

|team4=YUG|name_YUG={{FlagIOCteam|YUG|1980 Summer}}

|team5=KUW|name_KUW={{FlagIOCteam|KUW|1980 Summer}}

|team6=IRQ|name_IRQ={{FlagIOCteam|IRQ|1980 Summer}}

|team7=CUB|name_CUB={{FlagIOCteam|CUB|1980 Summer}}

|team8=ALG|name_ALG={{FlagIOCteam|ALG|1980 Summer}}

|team9=FIN|name_FIN={{FlagIOCteam|FIN|1980 Summer}}

|team10=ESP|name_ESP={{FlagIOCteam|ESP|1980 Summer}}

|team11=COL|name_COL={{FlagIOCteam|COL|1980 Summer}}

|team12=VEN|name_VEN={{FlagIOCteam|VEN|1980 Summer}}

|team13=NGR|name_NGR={{FlagIOCteam|NGR|1980 Summer}}

|team14=SYR|name_SYR={{FlagIOCteam|SYR|1980 Summer}}

|team15=ZAM|name_ZAM={{FlagIOCteam|ZAM|1980 Summer}}

|team16=CRC|name_CRC={{FlagIOCteam|CRC|1980 Summer}}

|win_TCH=4|draw_TCH=2|loss_TCH=0|gf_TCH=10|ga_TCH=1

|win_GDR=4|draw_GDR=1|loss_GDR=1|gf_GDR=12|ga_GDR=2

|win_URS=5|draw_URS=0|loss_URS=1|gf_URS=19|ga_URS=3

|win_YUG=3|draw_YUG=1|loss_YUG=2|gf_YUG=9|ga_YUG=7

|win_KUW=1|draw_KUW=2|loss_KUW=1|gf_KUW=5|ga_KUW=4

|win_IRQ=1|draw_IRQ=2|loss_IRQ=1|gf_IRQ=4|ga_IRQ=5

|win_CUB=2|draw_CUB=0|loss_CUB=2|gf_CUB=3|ga_CUB=12

|win_ALG=1|draw_ALG=1|loss_ALG=2|gf_ALG=4|ga_ALG=5

|win_FIN=1|draw_FIN=1|loss_FIN=1|gf_FIN=3|ga_FIN=2

|win_ESP=0|draw_ESP=3|loss_ESP=0|gf_ESP=2|ga_ESP=2

|win_COL=1|draw_COL=1|loss_COL=1|gf_COL=2|ga_COL=4

|win_VEN=1|draw_VEN=0|loss_VEN=2|gf_VEN=3|ga_VEN=7

|win_NGR=0|draw_NGR=1|loss_NGR=2|gf_NGR=2|ga_NGR=5

|win_SYR=0|draw_SYR=1|loss_SYR=2|gf_SYR=0|ga_SYR=8

|win_ZAM=0|draw_ZAM=0|loss_ZAM=3|gf_ZAM=2|ga_ZAM=6

|win_CRC=0|draw_CRC=0|loss_CRC=3|gf_CRC=2|ga_CRC=9

|col_1ST=gold|text_1ST=

|result1=1ST

|col_2ND=silver|text_2ND=

|result2=2ND

|col_3RD=#a67d3d|text_3RD=

|result3=3RD

|update=complete|source=

}}

{{Reflist}}

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• [https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/mens/mensolympic/moscow1980/match-center Olympic Football Tournament Moscow 1980], FIFA.com
• [https://www.rsssf.org/tableso/ol1980f.html RSSSF Summary]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20111220063559/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/afdeveloping/technicaldevp/50/05/10/oft%5f80%5ftr%5f167.pdf FIFA Technical Report]

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