Football at the 1906 Intercalated Games

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Football at the 1906 Intercalated Games
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Tournament details
Host countryGreece
CityAthens
Dates23–25 April
Teams4
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Denmark (1st title)
Runners-upOttoman Empire Smyrna
Third placeGreece Thessaloniki
Tournament statistics
Matches played4
Goals scored23 (5.75 per match)
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1908 →

At the 1906 Summer Olympics in Athens (often referred to as the "Intercalated Games"), an unofficial football event was held. Only four teams competed, three of them were clubs from Greece and the Ottoman Empire. Medal tables gave the gold to Denmark and the silver and bronze to Turkey.[1]

The Athens team withdrew from the final at half time, and were then invited to play off in a match to decide second place[citation needed], but declined and were promptly ejected from the tournament.

Smyrna and Thessaloniki, both then cities in the Ottoman Empire, played off instead. The Thessaloniki team composition was Greek from the group of "Friends of the Arts" (Omilos Philomuson, later Iraklis Thessaloniki F.C.).[2] The Smyrna team consisted of English, French and Armenian players.

The Danish team was a selection of players from Copenhagen Football Association.[2]

The goalkeepers of this tournament are unknown.

Results[]

23 April
Denmark 5 - 1 Smyrna
Athens 5 - 0 Thessaloniki
Final, 24 April
Denmark 9 - 0 Athens
Second Place Match, 25 April
Smyrna 3 - 0 Thessaloniki

Squads[]

Main article: Football at the 1906 Intercalated Games – Men's team squads
Thessaloniki
Smyrna
Denmark
  •  Denmark: Viggo Andersen, Peder Pedersen, Charles von Buchwald, Parmo Ferslev, Stefan Rasmussen, Aage Andersen, Oscar Nielsen, Carl Pedersen, Holger Frederiksen, August Lindgren, Henry Rambusch, Hjalmar Herup
  • Ottoman Empire Smyrna (Ottoman Empire): Edwin Charnaud, Zareh Kouyoumdjian, Edouard Giraud, Jacques Giraud, Henri Joly, Percy de la Fontaine, Donald Whittal, Albert Whittal, Godfrey Whittal, Harold Whittal, Edward Whittal.
  • Ottoman Empire Greece Thessaloniki (Ottoman Empire - Greek team[2]): Georgios Vaporis, Nikolaos Pindos, Antonios Tegos, Nikolaos Pentzikis, Ioannis Kyrou, Georgios Sotiriadis, Vasilios Zarkadis, Dimitrios Mikhitsopoulos, Antonios Karagionidis, Ioannis Abbot, Ioannis Saridakis.
  • Greece Athens (Greece): Panagiotis Vrionis, Nikolaos Dekavalas, Georgios Merkouris, Konstantinos Botasis, Grigorios Vrionis, Panagiotis Botasis, Georgios Gerontakis, Giorgos Kalafatis, Theodoros Nikolaidis, Konstantinos Siriotis, A. Georgiadis.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Football: 1906 Intercalated Games Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c Søren Elbech, Karel Stokkermans 1906 Summer Olympics at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

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