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Men's Olympic football tournament records and statistics

This is a list of records and statistics of the football tournament in the Olympic games ever since the inaugural official edition in 1908.[1]

Medal table

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  • Bronze medals shared in 1972 tournament
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Hungary3115
2  Great Britain3003
3  Brazil2327
4  Spain2305
5  Argentina2204
6  Soviet Union (URS)2035
7  Uruguay2002
8  Yugoslavia (YUG)1315
9  France1203
  Poland1203
11  East Germany (GDR)1113
  Nigeria1113
13  Czechoslovakia (TCH)1102
14  Italy1023
  Sweden1023
16  Belgium1012
  Mexico1012
18  Cameroon1001
  Canada1001
20  Denmark0314
21  Bulgaria0112
  United States0112
23  Austria0101
  Germany0101
  Paraguay0101
   Switzerland0101
27  Netherlands0033
28  Chile0011
  Ghana0011
  Japan0011
  Morocco0011
  Norway0011
  South Korea0011
  United Team of Germany (EUA)0011
  West Germany (FRG)0011
Totals (35 entries)28282985

Top scorers by tournament

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Year Player(s) Goals
1900   Gaston Peltier
  John Nicholas 		2
1904   Alexander Hall
  Tom Taylor 		3
1908   Sophus Nielsen 11
1912   Gottfried Fuchs 10
1920   Herbert Karlsson 7
1924   Pedro Petrone 7
1928   Domingo Tarasconi 11
1936   Annibale Frossi 7
1948   John Hansen
  Gunnar Nordahl 		7
1952   Rajko Mitić
  Branko Zebec 		7
1956   Neville D'Souza
  Todor Veselinović
  Dimitar Milanov 		4
1960   Harald Nielsen 8
1964   Ferenc Bene 12
1968   Kunishige Kamamoto 7
1972   Kazimierz Deyna 9
1976   Andrzej Szarmach 6
1980   Sergey Andreyev 5
1984   Borislav Cvetković
  Stjepan Deverić
  Daniel Xuereb 		5
1988   Romário 7
1992   Andrzej Juskowiak 7
1996   Bebeto
  Hernán Crespo 		6
2000   Iván Zamorano 6
2004   Carlos Tevez 8
2008   Giuseppe Rossi 4
2012   Leandro Damião 6
2016   Serge Gnabry
  Nils Petersen 		6
2020   Richarlison 5
2024   Soufiane Rahimi 8

Records

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Starting with the first official football tournament in London in 1908, Denmark's Sophus Nielsen and Hungary's Antal Dunai share the record for the most total goals scored by a player in tournament history. Both have 13 goals: Nielsen scored 11 goals in 1908 and two in 1912, and Dunai scored six in 1968 and seven in 1972. Ferenc Bene holds the record for the most goals scored by a player in a single Olympics tournament, scoring 12 goals in the 1964 edition. Sophus Nielsen and Gottfried Fuchs share the record for most goals scored in a single Olympic match at 10. Nielson achieved that in the semi-final match against France in 1908, and Fuchs did so in the first-round match against Russia in the 1912 consolation tournament.

Neymar scored the fastest goal in a men's Olympic football match in history, 14 seconds into the semi-final match against Honduras on 17 August 2016.[2]

All-time top scorers

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The all-time top goalscorers with at least 7 goals (since 1908)

Rank Player Team Goals
1   Sophus Nielsen Denmark 13
  Antal Dunai Hungary 13
3   Ferenc Bene Hungary 12
4   Domingo Tarasconi Argentina 11
  Pedro Petrone Uruguay 11
6   Gottfried Fuchs Germany 10
  Kazimierz Deyna Poland 10
8   Harold Walden Great Britain 9
  Vilhelm Wolfhagen Denmark 9
10   Jan Vos Netherlands 8
  Hector Scarone Uruguay 8
  Carlos Tevez Argentina 8
  Bebeto Brazil 8
  Harald Nielsen Denmark 8
  Ibrahim Reyadh Egypt 8
  Soufiane Rahimi Morocco 8
17   John Hansen Denmark 7
  Anthon Olsen Denmark 7
  Gunnar Nordahl Sweden 7
  Annibale Frossi Italy 7
  Vilhelm Wolfhagen Denmark 7
  Herbert Carlsson Sweden 7
  Branko Zebec Yugoslavia 7
  Milan Galić Yugoslavia 7
  Kunishige Kamamoto Japan 7
  Andrzej Juskowiak Poland 7
  Romario Brazil 7
  Neymar Brazil 7

Hat-tricks

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Main article: List of men's Olympic football tournament hat-tricks

Since the first official tournament in 1908 in England, 99 hat-tricks have been scored in over 1,000 matches of the 28 editions of the tournament.[citation needed]

Teams: tournament position

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Teams having equal quantities in the tables below are ordered by the tournament the quantity was attained in (the teams that attained the quantity first are listed first). If the quantity was attained by more than one team in the same tournament, these teams are ordered alphabetically.

Most titles won
3,   Great Britain (1900, 1908, 1912);   Hungary (1952, 1964, 1968).
Most finishes in the top two
5,   Brazil (1984, 1988, 2012, 2016, 2020),   Spain (1920, 1992, 2000, 2020, 2024)
Most finishes in the top three
7,   Brazil (1984, 1988, 1996, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020).
Most finishes in the top four
8,   Brazil (1976, 1984, 1988, 1996, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020).
Most appearances
15,   Italy (1912, 1920, 1924, 1928, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1960, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008).
15,   United States (1904, 1924, 1928, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1972, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2008, 2024).

Consecutive

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Most consecutive medals
4,   Yugoslavia (1948–52–56–60);  Hungary (1960–64–68–72);   Brazil (2008–12–16–20).
Most consecutive golds
2,   Great Britain (1908–12);[a]   Uruguay (1924–28);   Hungary (1964–68);   Argentina (2004–08);   Brazil (2016–20).
Most consecutive silvers
3,   Yugoslavia (1948–52–56).
Most consecutive bronzes
3,   Netherlands (1908–12–20).
Most consecutive top three finishes
3,   Soviet Union (1972–1980).[b]
Most consecutive championships by a confederation
13, UEFA, (1936–1992).
Most consecutive matches won
12,   Argentina (2004–2008), six in each tournament.
Most consecutive appearances
9,   South Korea (1988–2020)

Gaps

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Longest gap between titles
32 years,   Soviet Union (1956–1988).
Longest gap between appearances in the top two
72 years,   Spain (1920–1992).

Host team

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Best finish by host team
Champion:   Great Britain (1908);   Belgium (1920);   Spain (1992);   Brazil (2016).

Other

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Most finishes in the top two without ever being champion
3,   Denmark (1908, 1912, 1960).
Most finishes in the top three without ever being champion
4,   Denmark (1908, 1912, 1948, 1960).
Most finishes in the top four without ever being champion
4,   Netherlands (1908, 1912, 1920, 1924);   Denmark (1908, 1912, 1948, 1960).

Teams: matches played and goals scored

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All time

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Most matches played
66,   Brazil.
Most wins
38,   Brazil.
Most losses
23,   Italy.
Most draws
13,   South Korea.
Most goals scored
134,   Brazil.
Most goals conceded
102,   Serbia.
Fewest goals conceded
1,   Estonia.

Individual

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Most matches played, finals
13, Dezső Novák (  Hungary, 1960–1968); Antal Dunai (  Hungary, 1964–1972); Lajos Szűcs (  Hungary, 1968–1972); Miklós Páncsics (  Hungary, 1968–1972).

Players who won Summer Olympics and FIFA World Cup

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Player Team Gold medal FIFA World Cup
José Leandro Andrade   Uruguay 1924

1928

1930
Pedro Cea
José Nasazzi
Pedro Petrone
Héctor Scarone
Santos Urdinarán
Peregrino Anselmo 1928
Héctor Castro
Lorenzo Fernández
Álvaro Gestido
Domingo Tejera
Alfredo Foni   Italy 1936 1938
Sergio Bertoni
Ugo Locatelli
Pietro Rava
Ángel Di María   Argentina 2008 2022
Lionel Messi

Goalscoring

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Individual

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Most goals scored, overall finals
13, Sophus Nielsen (  Denmark), 1908–1912; Antal Dunai (  Hungary), 1964-1972.
Most goals scored in a tournament
12, Ferenc Bene (  Hungary), 1964.
Most goals scored in a match
10, Sophus Nielsen (  Denmark), vs France, 1908; Gottfried Fuchs (  Germany), vs Russia, 1912.
First goalscorer
Nils Middelboe (  Denmark), vs France, 19 October 1908.
Youngest goalscorer
16 years, 332 days, Ángel Uribe (  Peru), vs France, 26 August 1960.
Oldest goalscorer
38 years, 243 days, Ryan Giggs (  Great Britain), vs United Arab Emirates, 29 July 2012.

Team

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Most goals scored in a match, one team
17,   Denmark vs   France, 1908.
Most goals scored in a match, both teams
18,   Denmark (17) vs   France (1), 1908.
Highest scoring draw
5–5,   Soviet Union vs   Yugoslavia, 1952.
Fewest goals conceded in a tournament
0,   Argentina in Athens 2004

Tournament

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Most goals scored in a tournament
135 goals, 1952; 1972.
Fewest goals scored in a tournament
48 goals, 1908.
Most goals per match in a tournament
8.00 goals per match, 1908.
Fewest goals per match in a tournament
2.34 goals per match, 2008.

Winning managers

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Games Gold Silver Bronze
1904   Louis Blake Duff   Joe Lydon None
1908   Alfred Davis   Charlie Williams   Edgar Chadwick
1912   Adrian Birch   Charlie Williams   Edgar Chadwick
1920   Raoul Daufresne de la Chevalerie   Francisco Bru   Frederick Warburton
1924   Ernesto Fígoli   Edward Duckworth   József Nagy
1928   Primo Gianotti   José Lago Millan   Augusto Rangone
1936   Vittorio Pozzo   Jimmy Hogan   Asbjørn Halvorsen
1948   George Raynor   Milorad Arsenijević   Reg Mountford
1952   Gusztáv Sebes   Milorad Arsenijević   George Raynor
1956   Gavriil Kachalin   Milovan Ćirić   Stoyan Ormandzhiev &
  Krum Milev
1960   Aleksandar Tirnanić   Arne Sørensen   Béla Volentik
1964   Károly Lakat   Rudolf Vytlačil   Károly Sós
1968   Károly Lakat   Georgi Berkov   Ken Naganuma
1972   Kazimierz Górski   Rudolf Illovszky   Georg Buschner
  Aleksandr Ponomarev
1976   Georg Buschner   Kazimierz Górski   Valeriy Lobanovskyi
1980   František Havránek   Rudolf Krause   Konstantin Beskov
1984   Henri Michel   Jair Picerni   Ivan Toplak
1988   Anatoliy Byshovets   Carlos Alberto Silva   Hannes Löhr
1992   Vicente Miera   Janusz Wójcik   Sam Arday
1996   Jo Bonfrère   Daniel Passarella   Mário Zagallo
2000   Jean-Paul Akono   Iñaki Sáez   Nelson Acosta
2004   Marcelo Bielsa   Carlos Jara   Claudio Gentile
2008   Sergio Batista   Samson Siasia   Dunga
2012   Luis Fernando Tena   Mano Menezes   Hong Myung-bo
2016   Rogério Micale   Horst Hrubesch   Samson Siasia
2020   André Jardine   Luis de la Fuente   Jaime Lozano
2024   Santi Denia   Thierry Henry   Tarik Sektioui

Managers who won Summer Olympics and FIFA World Cup

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Manager Team Gold medal FIFA World Cup
Vittorio Pozzo   Italy 1936 1934, 1938

Discipline

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Most sendings off (all-time, team)
6,   Italy,   Morocco,   Spain.
Most cautions (all-time, team)
91,   Italy.

Attendance

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Highest average of attendance per match
47,660, 2012.
Lowest average of attendance per match
3,333, 1908.

Footnotes

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  1. ^ Although Great Britain won the 1900 competition, this is not recognized by FIFA.
  2. ^ Although UEFA was founded in 1954, its records include all European teams which become UEFA members.

References

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  1. ^ "Olympic football records: Dunai's goals, USA's dominance and Brazil's medal collection". 16 August 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
  2. ^ "Video: Watch Neymar net the fastest goal in Olympic history to take host nation Brazil into football final". 18 August 2016. Archived from the original on 31 August 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.

See also

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