{"history":[],"article":{"id":"c8f42341-fda1-40a0-8f68-c13691aeda12","title":"Football at the 1988 Summer Olympics","slug":"football-at-the-1988-summer-olympics","content":":::summary\n![undefined](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cf/Football///pictogram.svg)\n**Size:** 105x106px \n**Country:** South Korea \n**Dates:** 17 September – 1 October 1988 \n**Num Teams:** 16 \n**Confederations:** 6 \n**Venues:** 6 \n**Cities:** 5 \n**Champion Other:** (2nd title) \n**Second Other:** 🇧🇷 [brazil](https://bliptext.com/articles/brazil-national-football-team) \n**Fourth Other:** 🇮🇹 [italy](https://bliptext.com/articles/italy-national-football-team) \n**Matches:** 32 \n**Goals:** 95 \n**Top Scorer:** [🇧🇷](https://bliptext.com/articles/brazil) [Romário](https://bliptext.com/articles/rom-rio) (7 goals) \n**Prevseason:** [1984](https://bliptext.com/articles/football-at-the-1984-summer-olympics) \n**Nextseason:** [1992](https://bliptext.com/articles/football-at-the-1992-summer-olympics) \n:::\n\n# \nAn [association football](https://bliptext.com/articles/association-football) tournament was played as part of the [1988 Summer Olympics](https://bliptext.com/articles/1988-summer-olympics) in South Korea, featuring 16 men's national teams from six continental confederations.\nThe teams were drawn into four groups of four with each group playing a [round-robin tournament](https://bliptext.com/articles/round-robin-tournament).\nAt the end of the group stage, the top two teams advanced to the knockout stage, beginning with the quarter-finals and culminating with the gold medal match at the [Seoul Olympic Stadium](https://bliptext.com/articles/seoul-olympic-stadium) on 1 October 1988.\nBefore the final match, the Soviet team relocated from the Olympic Village to a Soviet steamship stationed nearby.\nAfter winning the gold medal, each player from the Soviet team received 15 thousand dollars from the Soviet government.\n\n# Venues\n\n# Qualification\nThe following 16 teams qualified for the 1988 Olympics football tournament:\n\n# Participating nations\nA total of 314 footballers from 16 participating nations were called up to the Games, with 268 having played in at least one match.\nTunisia used the most players of any team throughout their run with 19 out of 20, while China only utilised 14 of their 18-man list.\n\n# Match officials\n\n# Final tournament\n\n## Group stage\n\n### Group A\n

\n\n### Group B\n

\n\n### Group C\n

\n\n### Group D\n

\n\n## Knockout stage\n\n## Quarter-finals\n

\n\n## Semi-finals\n

\n\n## Bronze medal match\n\n## Gold medal match\n\n# Medal summary\n\n# Final rankings\nNote: The players above the line played at least one game in this tournament, the players below the line were only squad members.\nNevertheless, the [International Olympic Committee medal database](https://bliptext.com/articles/undefined) credits them all as medalists.\n\n# Goalscorers\nWith seven goals, [Romário](https://bliptext.com/articles/rom-rio) of Brazil was the top scorer.\nIn total, 95 goals were scored by 53 different players, with one of them credited as an own goal.","current_revision":null,"created_by":"kACnuQmH5k9Nr5VNVEpVeg7XpvUmMctD","created_at":"2025-01-26T06:54:06.445Z","updated_at":"2025-01-26T06:54:06.445Z","search_vector":"'1988':4 'footbal':1 'olymp':6 'summer':5","search_content":" \n \n**Size:** 105x106px \n**Country:** South Korea \n**Dates:** 17 September – 1 October 1988 \n**Num Teams:** 16 \n**Confederations:** 6 \n**Venues:** 6 \n**Cities:** 5 \n**Champion Other:** (2nd title) \n**Second Other:** 🇧🇷 [brazil](https://bliptext.com/articles/brazil-national-football-team) \n**Fourth Other:** 🇮🇹 [italy](https://bliptext.com/articles/italy-national-football-team) \n**Matches:** 32 \n**Goals:** 95 \n**Top Scorer:** [🇧🇷](https://bliptext.com/articles/brazil) [Romário](https://bliptext.com/articles/rom-rio) (7 goals) \n**Prevseason:** [1984](https://bliptext.com/articles/football-at-the-1984-summer-olympics) \n**Nextseason:** [1992](https://bliptext.com/articles/football-at-the-1992-summer-olympics) \n \n\n# \nAn [association football](https://bliptext.com/articles/association-football) tournament was played as part of the [1988 Summer Olympics](https://bliptext.com/articles/1988-summer-olympics) in South Korea, featuring 16 men's national teams from six continental confederations.\nThe teams were drawn into four groups of four with each group playing a [round-robin tournament](https://bliptext.com/articles/round-robin-tournament).\nAt the end of the group stage, the top two teams advanced to the knockout stage, beginning with the quarter-finals and culminating with the gold medal match at the [Seoul Olympic Stadium](https://bliptext.com/articles/seoul-olympic-stadium) on 1 October 1988.\nBefore the final match, the Soviet team relocated from the Olympic Village to a Soviet steamship stationed nearby.\nAfter winning the gold medal, each player from the Soviet team received 15 thousand dollars from the Soviet government.\n\n# Venues\n\n# Qualification\nThe following 16 teams qualified for the 1988 Olympics football tournament:\n\n# Participating nations\nA total of 314 footballers from 16 participating nations were called up to the Games, with 268 having played in at least one match.\nTunisia used the most players of any team throughout their run with 19 out of 20, while China only utilised 14 of their 18-man list.\n\n# Match officials\n\n# Final tournament\n\n## Group stage\n\n### Group A\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n### Group B\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n### Group C\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n### Group D\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n## Knockout stage\n\n## Quarter-finals\n \n \n \n \n\n## Semi-finals\n \n \n\n## Bronze medal match\n\n## Gold medal match\n\n# Medal summary\n\n# Final rankings\nNote: The players above the line played at least one game in this tournament, the players below the line were only squad members.\nNevertheless, the [International Olympic Committee medal database](https://bliptext.com/articles/undefined) credits them all as medalists.\n\n# Goalscorers\nWith seven goals, [Romário](https://bliptext.com/articles/rom-rio) of Brazil was the top scorer.\nIn total, 95 goals were scored by 53 different players, with one of them credited as an own goal.","revisionCount":0},"hasMore":false,"nextCursor":null}

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