Football at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Football at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Tournament details
Host country	South Korea
Dates	17 September – 1 October 1988
Teams	16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	6 (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Soviet Union
Runners-up	Brazil
Third place	West Germany
Fourth place	Italy
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	95 (2.97 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Romário (7 goals)
← 1984 1992 →

Football at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Tournament
	Group A
	Group B
	Group C
	Group D
	Knockout stage
Squads
	Men
v t e

An association football tournament was played as part of the 1988 Summer Olympics. The tournament featured 16 men's national teams from six continental confederations. The teams were drawn into four groups of four with each group playing a round-robin tournament. At 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 on 1 October 1988.^[1][2]

Before the final match, the Soviet team relocated from the Olympic Village to a Soviet steamship stationed nearby. After winning the gold medal, each player from the Soviet team received 15 thousand dollars from the Soviet government.^[3]