Football at the 1908 Summer Olympics

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Football at the 1908 Summer Olympics
London 1908 Football Challenge Cup.jpg
The "Challenge Cup", awarded to
the winning team
Tournament details
Host countryGreat Britain
Dates19–24 October
Teams6
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Great Britain (2nd title)
Runners-up Denmark
Third place Netherlands
Fourth place Sweden
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Goals scored48 (8 per match)
Top scorer(s)Denmark Sophus Nielsen (11 goals)
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1912 →
Winner's certificate

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.[1][2] Eight teams entered (including two from France, the main team and a "B" side),[3] 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.

Competition schedule[]

The match schedule of the tournament.[4]

Legend
R1 First round SF Semi-finals B Bronze medal match F Gold medal match
19 Mon 20 Tue 21 Wed 22 Thu 23 Fri 24 Sat
R1 R1 ½ B F

Venue[]

The White City Stadium hosted all the matches

Squads[]

Main article: Football at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads

Tournament[]

The matches:[5][6]

First round[]

Denmark 9–0 France B
N. Middelboe Goal 10', 49'
Wolfhagen Goal 15', 17', 67', 72'
Bohr Goal 25', 47'
S. Nielsen Goal 78'		 Report
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Thomas Kyle (Great Britain)
Great Britain 12–1 Sweden
Stapley Goal 15', ??'
Woodward Goal ??', ??'
Berry Goal ??'
Chapman Goal ??'
Purnell Goal ??', ??', ??', ??'
Hawkes Goal ??', ??'		 Report Bergström Goal 65'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: John Ibbotson (Great Britain)

Byes: Netherlands  (drawn against  Hungary, who withdrew due to the Bosnian crisis) and France  (drawn against  Bohemia, who withdrew after losing their FIFA membership).

Semi-finals[]

Great Britain 4–0 Netherlands
Stapley Goal 37', 60', 64', 75' Report
White City, London
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: John Howcroft (Great Britain)
Denmark 17–1 France
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: (Great Britain)

Bronze medal match[]

The French were so shocked by their 17–1 defeat against Denmark that they declined to play for the bronze medal; therefore, the Netherlands played Sweden for third place.[7]

Netherlands 2–0 Sweden
Reeman Goal 6'
Snethlage Goal 58'		 Report
White City, London
Attendance: 1,000

Gold medal match[]

1908 Summer Olympics Football Final
Great Britain 2–0 Denmark
Chapman Goal 20'
Woodward Goal 46'		 Report
White City, London
Attendance: 8,000

Medal summary[]

Medal table[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1  Great Britain (H) 3 3 0 0 18 1 +17 6 Champions
2  Denmark 3 2 0 1 26 3 +23 4 Runners-up
3  Netherlands 2 1 0 1 4 2 +2 2 Third place
4  Sweden 2 0 0 2 1 14 −13 0 Fourth place
5  France 1 0 0 1 1 17 −16 0 Eliminated in semi-finals
6  France B 1 0 0 1 0 9 −9 0 Eliminated in first round
Source: FIFA[9]
(H) Host

Medalists[]

Complete list of medal winners:[10]

Great Britain won the Gold Medal after beating Denmark at the final
Denmark won the Silver Medal
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's tournament  Great Britain
Horace Bailey
Arthur Berry
Frederick Chapman
Walter Corbett
Harold Hardman
Robert Hawkes
Kenneth Hunt
Herbert Smith
Harold Stapley
Clyde Purnell
Vivian Woodward
George Barlow[11]
Albert Bell
Ronald Brebner
W. Crabtree
Walter Daffern
Thomas Porter
Albert Scothern 		 Denmark (DEN)[12]
Peter Marius Andersen
Harald Bohr
Charles Buchwald
Ludvig Drescher
Johannes Gandil
Harald Hansen
August Lindgren
Kristian Middelboe
Nils Middelboe
Sophus Nielsen
Oskar Nørland
Bjørn Rasmussen
Vilhelm Wolfhagen
Magnus Beck [11]
Ødbert E. Bjarnholt
Knud Hansen
Einar Middelboe 		 Netherlands (NED)
Reinier Beeuwkes
Frans de Bruyn Kops
Karel Heijting
Jan Kok
Bok de Korver
Emil Mundt
Louis Otten
Jops Reeman
Edu Snethlage
Ed Sol
Jan Thomée
Caius Welcker
Jan van den Berg[11]
Lo la Chapelle
Vic Gonsalves
John Heijting
Tonie van Renterghem

Statistics[]

Goalscorers[]

Danish Sophus Nielsen, topscorer with 11 goals
11 goals
8 goals
6 goals
  • United Kingdom Harold Stapley
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

Goalkeeping[]

Place Name Team 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

Bibliography[]

  • Cook, Theodore Andrea (1908). The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report. London: British Olympic Association.

References[]

  1. ^ Olympic Football Tournament London 1908, FIFA.com
  2. ^ "Football at the 1908 London Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
  3. ^ Great Britain's first home Olympic football adventure by Jon Carter on ESPN, 26 July 2012
  4. ^ "Match Schedule for Olympic Football Tournament London 1908". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  5. ^ Games of the IV. Olympiad - Football Tournament (London, England, October 19 - 24, 1908) by Lars Aarhus on the RSSSF
  6. ^ Olympic Tournament - 1908 London on IFFHS
  7. ^ IFFHS
  8. ^ "Netherlands 2 Sweden 0 (Match summary)". www.footballdatabase.eu. 23 October 1908. Retrieved 5 May 2009.
  9. ^ "Men's Olympic Football Tournament (Statistics, Facts & Figures 1908–2016): Statistical Kit (including Rio 2016) – Ranking by tournament 1908–2016" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 27 March 2017. p. 16. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  10. ^ Footballers in London
  11. ^ Jump up to: a b c Those players were also in squad, but did not play any matches.
  12. ^ (in Danish) Slutrundetrupper 1908-2004 at Danish Football Union Archived 9 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine


Coordinates: 51°30′49″N 0°13′39″E / 51.5136°N 0.2274°E / 51.5136; 0.2274

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