Football at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Football at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Tournament details
Host countryFinland
DatesJuly 15 – August 2
Teams25 (from 5 (plus Great Britain) confederations)
Venue(s)6 (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Hungary
Runners-up Yugoslavia
Third place Sweden
Fourth place Germany
Tournament statistics
Matches played26
Goals scored135 (5.19 per match)

The Football tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics was won by Hungary.[1]

Venues

Helsinki
Kotkan urheilukeskus
Töölön Pallokenttä
Lahden kisapuisto
Ratina Stadion
Kupittaan jalkapallo-stadion
 Kotka
Olympic Stadium Kotkan urheilukeskus
Capacity: 70,470 Capacity: 11,400
Helsinki Lahti
Töölön Pallokenttä Lahden kisapuisto
Capacity: 18,050 Capacity: 8,067
Tampere Turku
Ratina Stadion Kupittaan jalkapallostadion
Capacity: 20,700 Capacity: 14,224

Squads

Results

Preliminary round results

Poland 2–1 France
Trampisz  31'
Krasówka  49'		 Report Leblond  30'
Lahden kisapuisto, Lahti
Attendance: 3.752
Referee: Karel van der Meer (NED)
Hungary 2–1 Romania
Czibor  21'
Kocsis  73'		 Report Suru  86'
Kupittaa, Turku
Attendance: 10.588
Referee: Nikolay Latyshev (URS)
Yugoslavia 10–1 India
Vukas  2', 62'
Mitić  14', 43'
Zebec  17', 23', 60', 87'
Ognjanov  52', 67'		 Report Ahmed Khan  89'
Töölön Pallokenttä, Helsinki
Attendance: 10.000
Referee: John Best (USA)
Denmark 2–1 Greece
P.E. Petersen  36', 37' Report Emmanouilides  85'
Ratina Stadion, Tampere
Attendance: 4.372
Referee: Waldemar Karni (FIN)
Soviet Union 2–1 (a.e.t.) Bulgaria
Bobrov  100'
Trofimov  104'		 Report Kolev  95'
Kotkan Urheilukeskus, Kotka
Attendance: 10.637
Referee: Istvan Zsolt (HUN)
Italy 8–0 United States
Gimona  3', 51', 75'
Pandolfini  16', 62'
Venturi  27'
Fontanesi  52'
Mariani  87'		 Report
Ratina Stadion, Tampere
Attendance: 15.342
Referee: Arthur Ellis (GBR)
Brazil 5–1 Netherlands
Humberto  25'
Larry  33' (pen.), 36'
Jansen  81'
Vavá  86'		 Report Van Roessel  15'
Kupittaa, Turku
Attendance: 9.685
Referee: Giorgio Bernardi (ITA)
Luxembourg 5–3 (a.e.t.) Great Britain
Roller  60', 95', 97'
Letsch  91'
Gales  102'		 Report Robb  12'
Slater  101'
Lewis  118'
Lahden kisapuisto, Lahti
Attendance: 3.656
Referee: Vincenzo Orlandini (ITA)
Egypt 5–4 Chile
Elfar  27'
Mechaury  43'
Eldizwi  66', 75', 80'		 Report Jara  7', 78'
Vial  14', 88'
Kotkan Urheilukeskus, Kotka
Attendance: 5.354
Referee: John Nilsson (SWE)

First round results

Finland 3–4 Austria
Stolpe  11', 34'
Rytkönen  36'		 Report Gollnhuber  8' (pen.), 30'
Stumpf  59'
Grohs  79'
Attendance: 33.053
Referee: William Ling (GBR)
Brazil 2–1 Luxembourg
Larry  42'
Humberto  49'		 Report Gales  86'
Kotkan Urheilukeskus, Kotka
Attendance: 6.776
Referee: Marijan Matancic (YUG)
Yugoslavia 5–5 (a.e.t.) Soviet Union
Mitić  29'
Ognjanov  33'
Zebec  44', 59'
Bobek  46'		 Report Bobrov  53', 77', 87'
Trofimov  75'
Petrov  89'
Ratina Stadion, Tampere
Attendance: 17.000
Referee: Arthur Ellis (GBR)
Yugoslavia 3–1 Soviet Union
Mitić  19'
Bobek  29' (pen.)
Čajkovski  54'		 Report Bobrov  6'
Ratina Stadion, Tampere
Attendance: 16.916
Referee: Arthur Ellis (GBR)
Germany 3–1 Egypt
Klug  33'
Schröder  38', 61'		 Report El-Dizwi  64'
Kupittaa, Turku
Attendance: 6.813
Referee: Giorgio Bernardi (ITA)
Denmark 2–0 Poland
Seebach  17'
S. Nielsen  69'		 Report
Kupittaa, Turku
Attendance: 6.024
Referee: Folke Bålstad (NOR)
Sweden 4–1 Norway
Brodd  23', 35'
Rydell  81'
Bengtsson  89'		 Report Sørensen  83'
Ratina Stadion, Tampere
Attendance: 4.072
Referee: Johan Aksel Alho (FIN)
Hungary 3–0 Italy
Palotás  11', 20'
Kocsis  83'		 Report
Töölön Pallokenttä, Helsinki
Attendance: 13.870
Referee: Karel van der Meer (NED)
Turkey 2–1 Netherlands Antilles
Tokaç  9'
Bilge  76' (pen.)		 Report Briezen  79'
Lahden kisapuisto, Lahti
Attendance: 3.696
Referee: Carl Jorgensen (DEN)

Quarterfinals results

Sweden 3–1 Austria
Sandberg  80'
Brodd  85'
Rydell  87'		 Report Grohs  40'
Töölön Pallokenttä, Helsinki
Attendance: 12.564
Referee: Vincenzo Orlandini (ITA)
Germany 4–2 (a.e.t.) Brazil
Schröder  75', 96'
Klug  89'
Zeitler  120'		 Report Larry  12'
Zózimo  74'
Töölön Pallokenttä, Helsinki
Attendance: 11.451
Referee: Arthur Ellis (GBR)
Hungary 7–1 Turkey
Palotás  18'
Kocsis  32', 90'
Lantos  48'
Puskás  54', 72'
Bozsik  70'		 Report Guder  57'
Kotkan Urheilukeskus, Kotka
Attendance: 4.743
Referee: Waldemar Karni (FIN)
Yugoslavia 5–3 Denmark
Čajkovski  19'
Ognjanov  35'
Vukas  41'
Bobek  78'
Zebec  81'		 Report Lundberg  63'
Seebach  85'
Hansen  87'
Töölön Pallokenttä, Helsinki
Attendance: 11.456
Referee: Waldemar Karni (FIN)

Semifinals results

Hungary 6–0 Sweden
Puskás  1'
Palotás  16'
Lindh  36' (o.g.)
Kocsis  65', 69'
Hidegkuti  67'		 Report
Attendance: 30.471
Referee: William Ling (GBR)
Yugoslavia 3–1 Germany
Mitić  3', 24'
Čajkovski  30'		 Report Stollenwerk  12'
Attendance: 25.821
Referee: Wolf Waldemar Karni (FIN)

Bronze Medal match result

Sweden 2–0 Germany
Rydell  11'
Löfgren  86'		 Report
Attendance: 28.470
Referee: Vincenzo Orlandini (ITA)

Gold Medal match result

Hungary 2–0 Yugoslavia
Puskás  70'
Czibor  88'		 Report
Attendance: 58.553
Referee: Arthur Ellis (GBR)

Bracket

First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
            
 Hungary 3
 Italy 0
 Hungary 7
 Turkey 1
 Turkey 2
Netherlands Antilles 1
 Hungary 6
 Sweden 0
 Sweden 4
 Norway 1
 Sweden 3
 Austria 1
 Finland 3
 Austria 4
 Hungary 2
 Yugoslavia 0
 Denmark 2
 Poland 0
 Denmark 3
 Yugoslavia 5
 Yugoslavia (p) 5 (3)
 Soviet Union 5 (1)
 Yugoslavia 3
 Germany 1
 Luxembourg 1
 Brazil 2
 Brazil 2
 Germany (aet) 4
 Germany 3
 Egypt 1

Medalists

Gold: Silver: Bronze:
 Hungary
Gyula Grosics
Jenő Dalnoki
Imre Kovács
László Budai
Ferenc Puskás
Zoltán Czibor
Lajos Csordás
Jenő Buzánszky
Gyula Lóránt
Mihály Lantos
József Bozsik
József Zakariás
Nándor Hidegkuti
Sándor Kocsis
Péter Palotás 		 Yugoslavia
Vladimir Beara
Branko Stanković
Tomislav Crnković
Zlatko Čajkovski
Ivan Horvat
Vujadin Boškov
Tihomir Ognjanov
Rajko Mitić
Bernard Vukas
Stjepan Bobek
Branko Zebec
Dušan Cvetković
Milorad Diskić
Ratko Čolić
Slavko Luštica
Zdravko Rajkov
Vladimir Čonč
Vladimir Firm 		 Sweden
Karl Svensson
Lennart Samuelsson
Erik Nilsson
Holger Hansson
Bengt Gustavsson
Gösta Lindh
Sylve Bengtsson
Gösta Löfgren
Ingvar Rydell
Yngve Brodd
Gösta Sandberg
Olof Åhlund

Goalscorers

7 goals
  • Branko Zebec (Yugoslavia)
6 goals
5 goals
  • Vsevolod Bobrov (Soviet Union)
4 goals
  • Larry (Brazil)
  • El-Sayed El-Dhizui (Egypt)
  • Willi Schröder (Germany)
  • Péter Palotás (Hungary)
  • Ferenc Puskás (Hungary)
  • Tihomir Ognjanov (Yugoslavia)
3 goals
  • Aredio Gimona (Italy)
  • Joseph Roller (Luxembourg)
  • Yngve Brodd (Sweden)
  • Ingvar Rydell (Sweden)
  • Stjepan Bobek (Yugoslavia)
  • Zlatko Čajkovski (Yugoslavia)
  • Bernard Vukas (Yugoslavia)
2 goals
  • Otto Gollnhuber (Austria)
  • Herbert Grohs (Austria)
  • Humberto Tozzi (Brazil)
  • Irenio Jara (Chile)
  • Julio Vial (Chile)
  • Poul Erik Petersen (Denmark)
  • Holger Seebach (Denmark)
  • Olof Stolpe (Finland)
  • Karl Klug (Germany)
  • Zoltán Czibor (Hungary)
  • Egisto Pandolfini (Italy)
  • Julien Gales (Luxembourg)
  • Vasili Trofimov (Soviet Union)
1 goal
  • Erich Stumpf (Austria)
  • Jansen (Brazil)
  • Vavá (Brazil)
  • Zózimo (Brazil)
  • Ivan Petkov Kolev (Bulgaria)
  • Jens Peter Hansen (Denmark)
  • Knud Lundberg (Denmark)
  • Svend Nielsen (Denmark)
  • Khamal Ahmed Elfar (Egypt)
  • Mechaury (Egypt)
  • Aulis Rytkönen (Finland)
  • Michel Leblond (France)
  • Georg Stollenwerk (Germany)
  • Johann Zeitler (Germany)
  • Jim Lewis (Great Britain)
  • George Robb (Great Britain)
  • Bill Slater (Great Britain)
  • Paul Emmanouilides (Greece)
  • József Bozsik (Hungary)
  • Nándor Hidegkuti (Hungary)
  • Mihály Lantos (Hungary)
  • Ahmed Mohammed Khan (India)
  • Alberto Fontanesi (Italy)
  • Amos Mariani (Italy)
  • Arcadio Venturi (Italy)
  • Léon Letsch (Luxembourg)
  • Joannes van Roesell (Netherlands)
  • Jan Briezen (Netherlands Antilles)
  • Odd Wang Sørensen (Norway)
  • Jerzy Krasówka (Poland)
  • Kazimierz Trampisz (Poland)
  • Ion Suru (Romania)
  • Aleksandr Petrov (Soviet Union)
  • Sylve Bengtsson (Sweden)
  • Gösta Löfgren (Sweden)
  • Gösta Sandberg (Sweden)
  • Tekin Bilge (Turkey)
  • Ercument Guder (Turkey)
  • Muzaffer Tokaç (Turkey)
Own goal
  • Gösta Lindh (Sweden, against Hungary)

References

  1. ↑ "Football at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2018.

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