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.
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[edit] Medal table
| Position | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| 1 |  Great Britain |
1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 |  Denmark |
0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 |  Netherlands |
0 | 0 | 1 |
| — |  France |
0 | 0 | 0 |
 Sweden |
0 | 0 | 0 |
[edit] Medal summary
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| Men's tournament | Great Britain |
Denmark |
Netherlands |
[edit] Squads
[edit] Results
| First Round | ||||||||
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| October 19 | White City |  Denmark |
9 | - | 0 | France B  |
Referee: Kyle (Great Britain) |
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| (att. 2,000) | N. Middelboe (10',49') Wolfhagen (15',17',67',72') Bohr (25',47') S. Nielsen (78') |
(4 | - | 0) | ||||
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| October 20 | White City |  England (GBR) |
12 | - | 1 | Sweden  |
Referee: Ibbotson (Great Britain) |
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| (att. 2,000) | 1-0 Stapley (15') 2-0 Woodward (??') 3-0 Berry (??') 4-0 Chapman (??') 5-0 Purnell (??') 6-0 Stapley (??') 7-0 Woodward (??') 8-1 Purnell (??') 9-1 Purnell (??') 10-1 Hawkes (??') 11-1 Hawkes (??') 12-1 Purnell (??') |
(7 | - | 0) | 7-1 Bergström (65') | |||
| Semi-finals | ||||||||
| October 22 | White City | England (GBR) |
4 | - | 0 | Netherlands  |
Referee: Howcroft (Great Britain) |
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| (att. 6,000) | Stapley (37',60',64',75') | (1 | - | 0) | ||||
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| October 22 | White City | Denmark |
17 | - | 1 | France A |
Referee: Campbell (Great Britain) |
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| (att. 1,000) | S.Nielsen (3',4',6',39',46', 48',52',64',66',76') Lindgren (18',37') Wolfhagen (60',72',82',89') N.Middelboe (68') |
(6 | - | 1) | Sartorius (16') | |||
| 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]
| October 23 | White City |
Netherlands |
2 | - | 0[2] | Sweden |
Referee: Pearson (Great Britain) |
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| (att. 1,000) |
Reeman (6'), Snethlage (58') |
(1 | - | 0) | |||||
| Final | |||||||||
| October 24 | White City |
England (GBR) |
2 | - | 0 | Denmark |
Referee: Lewis (Great Britain) |
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| (att. 8,000) |
Chapman (20') Woodward (46') |
(1 | - | 0) | |||||
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Scoring
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.
| Place | Name | Nation | Goals |
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| 1 | Sophus Nielsen | Denmark |
11 |
| 2 | Vilhelm Wolffhagen | Denmark |
8 |
| 3 | Harold Stapley | Great Britain |
6 |
| 4 | Clyde Purnell | Great Britain |
4 |
| 5 | Nils Middelboe | Denmark |
3 |
| Vivian Woodward | Great Britain |
3 | |
| 7 | Harald Bohr | Denmark |
2 |
| Frederick Chapman | Great Britain |
2 | |
| Robert Hawkes | Great Britain |
2 | |
| August Lindgren | Denmark |
2 | |
| 11 | Gustaf Bergström | Sweden |
1 |
| Arthur Berry | Great Britain |
1 | |
| Jops Reeman | Netherlands |
1 | |
| Émile Sartorius | France |
1 | |
| Edu Snethlage | Netherlands |
1 |
[edit] Goalkeeping
| Place | Name | Nation | Goals allowed | Games | GAA |
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| 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 |
[edit] 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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