Football at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Men's football
at the Games of the IV Olympiad
VenueWhite City Stadium
DatesOctober 19–20 (quarterfinals)
October 22 (semifinals)
October 23 (bronze match)
October 24 (final)
Competitors72 from 5 nations
Medalists
 United Kingdom Great Britain
 Denmark Denmark
 Netherlands Netherlands

At the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, Great Britain, an official football tournament between national representative selections was contested for the first time: football at the two previous games had been played between club teams. Eight teams entered (including two from France), although Hungary and Bohemia withdrew before the start. Denmark's Sophus "Krølben" Nielsen set a record by scoring 10 goals in a 17-1 win against France. Great Britain won the gold. Among those representing the Danish team was the famous mathematician Harald Bohr.

Venue

The matches were held at White City Stadium in London.

White City Stadium

Medal table

Great Britain won the Gold Medal after beating Denmark at the final.
Denmark won the Silver Medal.
Position Country Gold Silver Bronze
1  Great Britain (GBR) 1 0 0
2  Denmark (DEN) 0 1 0
3  Netherlands (NED) 0 0 1
—  France (FRA) 0 0 0
 Sweden (SWE) 0 0 0

Medal summary

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's tournament Great Britain Denmark Netherlands

Squads

Final tournament

Quarter-finals

19 October 1908
Netherlands  w/o Hungary
Hungary withdrew before the tournament started due to the Bosnian crisis.

19 October 1908
Denmark  9–0 France France B
N. Middelboe  10', 49'
Wolfhagen  15', 17', 67', 72'
Bohr  25', 47'
S. Nielsen  78'		 Report
White City
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Thomas Kyle (Great Britain)

20 October 1908
France  w/o  Bohemia
Bohemia were forced to withdraw before the tournament started after losing their FIFA membership.

20 October 1908
Great Britain  12–1  Sweden
Stapley  15', ??'
Woodward  ??', ??'
Berry  ??'
Chapman  ??'
Purnell  ??', ??', ??', ??'
Hawkes  ??', ??'		 Report Bergström  65'
White City
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Ibbotson (Great Britain)

Semi-finals

22 October 1908
Great Britain  4–0  Netherlands
Stapley  37', 60', 64', 75' Report
White City, London
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Howcroft (Great Britain)

22 October 1908
Denmark  17–1  France
S. Nielsen  3', 4', 6', 39', 46', 48', 52', 64', 66', 76'
Lindgren  18', 37'
Wolfhagen  60', 72', 82', 89'
N. Middelboe  68'		 Report Sartorius  16'
White City, London
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Campbell (Great Britain)

Bronze medal match

The French were so shocked by their humiliating 17-1 defeat against Denmark that they declined to play for the bronze medal; therefore, the Netherlands played Sweden for third place.[1]

23 October 1908
Netherlands  2–0[2]  Sweden
Reeman  6'
Snethlage  58'		 Report
White City, London
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Pearson (Great Britain).[3]

Gold medal match

24 October 1908
Great Britain  2–0  Denmark
Chapman  20'
Woodward  46'		 Report
White City, London
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Lewis (Great Britain)

Statistics

Goalscorers

11 goals
8 goals
6 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

Goalkeeping

Place Name Nation Goals allowed Games GAA
1 Horace Bailey Great Britain 1 3 0.33
2 Ludvig Drescher Denmark 3 3 1.00
3 Reinier Beeuwkes Netherlands 4 2 2.00
4 Oskar Bengtsson Sweden 14 2 7.00
5 Fernand Desrousseaux France B 9 1 9.00
6 Maurice Tillette France 17 1 17.00

Sources

  1. ↑ IFFHS
  2. ↑ The official report states that the score was 2-1. http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1908/1908.pdf "Holland and Sweden also played for the consolation stakes, and Holland scored two goals to one from Sweden, who were rather unlucky in not getting a second."
  3. ↑ "Netherlands 2 Sweden 0 (Match summary)". www.footballdatabase.eu. 23 October 1908. Retrieved 5 May 2009.
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