Football at the 1908 Summer Olympics

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Men's football
at the Games of the IV Olympiad
Venue White City Stadium
Dates October 19–20 (quarterfinals)
October 22 (semifinals)
October 23 (bronze match)
October 24 (final)
Competitors 72 from 5 nations
Medalists
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1st United Kingdom Great Britain
2nd Denmark Denmark
3rd Netherlands Netherlands
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1912 →
Great Britain won the Gold Medal after beating Denmark at the final.
Denmark won the Silver Medal.

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.

Medal table

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

Results

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 Goal 10', 49'
Wolfhagen Goal 15', 17', 67', 72'
Bohr Goal 25', 47'
S. Nielsen Goal 78'		 Report
White City
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Thomas Kyle (Great Britain)

20 October 1908
France A  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 Goal 15', ??'
Woodward Goal ??', ??'
Berry Goal ??'
Chapman Goal ??'
Purnell Goal ??', ??', ??', ??'
Hawkes Goal ??', ??'		 Report Bergström Goal 65'
White City
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Ibbotson (Great Britain)

Semi-finals

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

22 October 1908
Denmark  17–1  France A
S. Nielsen Goal 3', 4', 6', 39', 46', 48', 52', 64', 66', 76'
Lindgren Goal 18', 37'
Wolfhagen Goal 60', 72', 82', 89'
N. Middelboe Goal 68'		 Report Sartorius Goal 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 Goal 6'
Snethlage Goal 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 Goal 20'
Woodward Goal 46'		 Report
White City, London
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Lewis (Great Britain)

Statistics

Goalscorers

11 goals

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8 goals

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6 goals

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4 goals

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3 goals

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2 goals

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1 goal

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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 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."
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