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Football at the 1908 Summer Olympics
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At the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, England, an official football tournament was contested for the first time. Eight teams entered (including two from France), although Hungary and Bohemia withdrew before the start. The Football Association, who were the organisers of the event, entered the England national amateur team who represented the 'Great Britain'. Denmark's Sophus "Krølben" Nielsen set a record by scoring 10 goals in a 17-1 win against France.
Medal table
Medal summary
Squads
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Results
Quarter-finals
Hungary withdrew before the tournament started for financial reasons.
Bohmeia withdrew before the tournament started after losing their FIFA membership.
Semi-finals
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. After France forfeited, the Netherlands played Sweden for third place.[1]
Gold medal match
Statistics
Scoring
Herbert Smith (Great Britain)
15 footballers scored over the course of the tournament. Nielsen, with 10 goals in one game and 11 over the full event, set a pair of daunting records.
Goalkeeping
Sources
- ^ IFFHS
- ^ The official report states that the score was 2-1. http://www.aafla.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."
- Cook, Theodore Andrea (1908). The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report. London: British Olympic Association.
- De Wael, Herman (2001). "Football 1908". Herman's Full Olympians. Retrieved on 2 May 2006.
- Reyes, Macario (2001). "IV. Olympiad London 1908 Football Tournament". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved on 2 May 2006.
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