The football tournament at the 1980 Summer Olympics started on July 20 and ended on August 2. Only one event, the men's tournament, was contested. 16 teams were divided into 4 groups:
- Group A (Cuba, USSR, Venezuela, Zambia)
- Group B (Colombia, Kuwait, Nigeria, Czechoslovakia)
- Group C (Algeria, Spain, GDR, Syria)
- Group D (Costa Rica, Finland, Iraq, Yugoslavia)
Two best teams of each group competed in the quarter-finals.
The football tournament was held in five venues:
- The Grand Arena of the Central Lenin Stadium (Moscow)
- The Grand Arena of the Dynamo Stadium (Moscow)
- Kirov Stadium (Leningrad)
- Republican Stadium (Kiev)
- Dynamo Stadium (Minsk)
The final was held at the Grand Arena of the Central Lenin Stadium and the match for the 3rd place was held at the Grand Arena of the Dynamo Stadium. The football tournament was the most attended event on these Olympics: 1,821,624 spectators watched 32 matches of it at the stadiums.
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Qualification
Due to political boycott some Countries (in brackets) who qualified did not enter the Final Tournament. The following sixteen teams qualified for the 1980 Olympics football tournament:
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Match Officials
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Men's Competition
Squads
Tournament details
First Round
Group A
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | |
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 Soviet Union |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 6 |
 Cuba |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 4 |
 Venezuela |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 |
 Zambia |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| July 20, 1980 12:00 |
Cuba |
1–0 | Zambia |
Kirov Stadium, Leningrad Attendance: 100.000 |
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Roldán  58' |
Report |
| July 20, 1980 12:00 |
Soviet Union |
4–0 |  Venezuela |
Lenin Stadium, Moscow Attendance: |
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| Andreyev 3' Cherenkov 25'Gavrilov 34'Oganesian 51' |
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| July 22, 1980 12:00 |
Cuba |
2–1 | Venezuela |
Kirov Stadium, Leningrad Attendance: 70.000 |
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| Hernández 49' Núñez 71' |
Report | Zubizarreta 68' |
| July 22, 1980 12:00 |
Soviet Union |
3–1 | Zambia |
Lenin Stadium, Moscow Attendance: |
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| Khidiyatullin 9' 51' Cherenkov 87' |
Report | Chitalu 13' |
| July 24, 1980 12:00 |
Soviet Union |
8–0 | Cuba |
Dinamo Stadium, Moscow Attendance: |
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| Andreyev 8' 27' 44' Romantsev 20'Shavlo 43'Cherenkov 55'Gavrilov 75'Bessonov 77' |
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| July 24, 1980 12:00 |
Venezuela |
2–1 | Zambia |
Kirov Stadium, Leningrad Attendance: 80.000 |
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| Zubizarreta 86' Elie 90' (p.k.) |
Report | Chitalu 73' |
Group B
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | |
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 Czechoslovakia |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
 Kuwait |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
 Colombia |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
 Nigeria |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| July 21, 1980 12:00 |
Czechoslovakia |
3–0 | Colombia |
Kirov Stadium, Leningrad Attendance: |
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| Pokluda 14' Berger 18'Vízek 85' |
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| July 21, 1980 12:00 |
Kuwait |
3–1 | Nigeria |
Dinamo Stadium, Moscow Attendance: |
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| Al Dakheel 16' 40' 85' (p.k.) |
Report | Mubarak 25' (o.g.) |
| July 23, 1980 12:00 |
Colombia |
1–1 | Kuwait |
Dinamo Stadium, Moscow Attendance: |
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| Molinares 73' |
Report | Sultan 64' |
| July 23, 1980 12:00 |
Czechoslovakia |
1–1 | Nigeria |
Kirov Stadium, Leningrad Attendance: |
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| Vízek 25' |
Report | Nwosu 84' |
| July 25, 1980 12:00 |
Colombia |
1–0 | Nigeria |
Dinamo Stadium, Moscow Attendance: |
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| Cardona 55' |
Report |
| July 25, 1980 12:00 |
Czechoslovakia |
0–0 | Kuwait |
Kirov Stadium, Leningrad Attendance: |
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Group C
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | |
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 East Germany |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 5 |
 Algeria |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
 Spain |
3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
 Syria |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| July 20, 1980 12:00 |
East Germany |
1–1 | Spain |
Republican Stadium, Kiev Attendance: 100.000 |
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| Kühn 49' |
Report | Marcos 50' |
| July 20, 1980 12:00 |
Algeria |
3–0 | Syria |
Dinamo Stadium, Minsk Attendance: |
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| Belloumi 36' Madjer 48'Merzekane 73' (p.k.) |
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| July 22, 1980 12:00 |
East Germany |
1–0 | Algeria |
Republican Stadium, Kiev Attendance: 70.000 |
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| Terletzki 61' |
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| July 22, 1980 12:00 |
Spain |
0–0 | Syria |
Dinamo Stadium, Minsk Attendance: |
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| July 24, 1980 12:00 |
Spain |
1–1 | Algeria |
Dinamo Stadium, Minsk Attendance: |
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| Rincón 38' |
Report | Belloumi 63' |
| July 24, 1980 12:00 |
East Germany |
5–0 | Syria |
Republican Stadium, Kiev Attendance: 80.000 |
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| Hause 6' Netz 25' 45'Peter 75'Terletzki 82' |
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Group D
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | |
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 Yugoslavia |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 |
 Iraq |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
 Finland |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
 Costa Rica |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 0 |
| July 21, 1980 12:00 |
Yugoslavia |
2–0 | Finland |
Dinamo Stadium, Minsk Attendance: |
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| Šećerbegović 56' Šestić 58' |
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| July 21, 1980 12:00 |
Iraq  |
3–0 | Costa Rica |
Republican Stadium, Kiev Attendance: |
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| Basheer 45' Saeed 49'Hassan 75' |
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| July 23, 1980 12:00 |
Yugoslavia |
3–2 | Costa Rica |
Dinamo Stadium, Minsk Attendance: |
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| Zlatko Vujović 6' 54' Primorac 24' |
Report | White 35' Arroyo 90' |
| July 23, 1980 12:00 |
Finland |
0–0 | Iraq |
Republican Stadium, Kiev Attendance: 40.000 |
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| Report |
| July 25, 1980 12:00 |
Finland |
3–0 | Costa Rica |
Republican Stadium, Kiev Attendance: |
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| Tissari 18' Alila 58'Soini 88' |
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| July 25, 1980 12:00 |
Yugoslavia |
1–1 | Iraq |
Dinamo Stadium, Minsk Attendance: |
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| Zoran Vujović 63' |
Report | Hassan 61' |
Bracket
| Quarter finals | Semi finals | Final | ||||||||
| July 27 - Moscow | ||||||||||
| Soviet Union |
2 | |||||||||
| July 29 - Moscow | ||||||||||
| Kuwait |
1 | |||||||||
| East Germany |
1 | |||||||||
| July 27 - Kiev | ||||||||||
| Soviet Union |
0 | |||||||||
| East Germany |
4 | |||||||||
| August 2 - Moscow | ||||||||||
| Iraq |
0 | |||||||||
| Czechoslovakia |
1 | |||||||||
| July 27 - Leningrad | ||||||||||
| East Germany |
0 | |||||||||
| Czechoslovakia |
3 | |||||||||
| July 29 - Moscow | ||||||||||
| Cuba |
0 | |||||||||
| Czechoslovakia |
2 | Third place | ||||||||
| July 27 - Minsk | ||||||||||
| Yugoslavia |
0 | |||||||||
| Yugoslavia |
3 | Soviet Union |
2 | |||||||
| Algeria |
0 | Yugoslavia |
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| August 1 - Moscow | ||||||||||
Quarter finals
| July 27, 1980 12:00 |
Yugoslavia |
3–0 | Algeria |
Dinamo Stadium, Minsk Attendance: |
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| Miročević 5' Šestić 19'Zoran Vujović 70' |
Report |
| July 27, 1980 12:00 |
Soviet Union |
2–1 | Kuwait |
Dinamo Stadium, Moscow Attendance: 48.000 |
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| Cherenkov 30' Gavrilov 51' |
Report | Sultan 59' |
| July 27, 1980 12:00 |
Czechoslovakia |
3–0 | Cuba |
Kirov Stadium, Leningrad Attendance: |
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| Vízek 29' 59' Pokluda 90' |
Report |
| July 27, 1980 12:00 |
East Germany |
4–0 | Iraq |
Republican Stadium, Kiev Attendance: 48.000 |
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| Schnuphase 4' (p.k.) Netz 11'Steinbach 17'Terletzki 22' |
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Semifinals
| July 29, 1980 12:00 |
Soviet Union |
0–1 | East Germany |
Lenin Stadium, Moscow Attendance: 95.000 |
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| Report | Netz 16' |
| July 29, 1980 13:00 |
Czechoslovakia |
2–0 | Yugoslavia |
Dinamo Stadium, Moscow Attendance: 48.000 |
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| Lička 4' Sreiner 18' |
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Third place match (Bronze medal match)
| August 1, 1980 12:00 |
Soviet Union |
2–0 | Yugoslavia |
Dinamo Stadium, Moscow Attendance: 45.000 |
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| Oganesian 67' Andreyev 82' |
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Final (Gold medal match)
| August 2, 1980 12:00 |
Czechoslovakia |
1–0 | East Germany |
Lenin Stadium, Moscow Attendance: 70.000 |
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| Svoboda 77' |
Report |
Remark:country names are given in the form they were used in the official documents of the IOC in 1980.
Olympic Merchandise and Match Programmes
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