Teams ranked on points (based on 2/win), then fewer matches played, then goal average.
Rk Country Part Pd W D L GF-GA Pts G S B SF
1.Uruguay 2 10 9 1 0 32- 7 19 2
2.Netherlands 5 14 7 1 6 36-28 15 1 3
3.Italy 4 11 6 1 4 34-20 13 1
4.Great Britain [*] 3 7 6 0 1 34- 6 12 2
5.Czechoslovakia 2 7 4 1 2 21- 7 9 1
6.Switzerland 2 7 4 1 2 15-10 9 1
7.Sweden 4 9 4 1 4 35-26 9 1
8.Belgium 3 6 4 0 2 17-18 8 1
9.Denmark 3 7 4 0 3 39- 9 8 2
10.Argentina 1 5 3 1 1 25- 8 7 1
11.Egypt 3 7 3 0 4 16-26 6 1
12.Spain 3 6 2 1 3 11-13 5
13.Portugal 1 3 2 0 1 7- 5 4
14.Finland 1 4 2 0 2 5-16 4 1
15.France 4 7 2 0 5 16-40 4 2
16.Austria 1 2 1 0 1 6- 4 2
17.Ireland 1 2 1 0 1 2- 2 2
18.Germany 2 3 1 0 2 6- 9 2
19.Hungary 2 3 1 0 2 5-10 2
20.Norway 2 3 1 0 2 3-12 2
21.USA 2 3 1 0 2 3-14 2
22.Chile 1 1 0 0 1 2- 4 0
Russia 1 1 0 0 1 1- 2 0
24.Mexico 1 1 0 0 1 1- 7 0
25.Bulgaria 1 1 0 0 1 0- 1 0
Estonia 1 1 0 0 1 0- 1 0
Poland 1 1 0 0 1 0- 5 0
Romania 1 1 0 0 1 0- 6 0
Latvia 1 1 0 0 1 0- 7 0
Greece 1 1 0 0 1 0- 9 0
Lithuania 1 1 0 0 1 0- 9 0
32.Turkey 2 2 0 0 2 3-12 0
33.Luxembourg 3 3 0 0 3 3-10 0
34.Yugoslavia 3 3 0 0 3 1-16 0
totals 69 144 68 8 68 379-379 144 5 4 3 8
[*] at all three tournaments (1908-1920), Great Britain was represented by
a team selected by the English FA and consisting of Englishmen only.
NB: SF refers to semi-finalists not winning a medal in the main tournament;
the silver medals in 1920 and the bronze medals in both 1908 and 1920
were not decided in the main tournament.
NB: includes the consolation tournaments of 1908 (i.e. the bronze medal match),
1912 (tournament for fifth place), 1920 (silver and bronze medals tournament)
and 1928.
Teams ranked on points (based on 2/win), then fewer matches played, then goal average.
Rk Country Part Pd W D L GF-GA Pts G S B
1.Spain 1 3 3 0 0 7- 2 6 1
2.Netherlands 3 4 2 1 1 8- 6 5 2
3.Hungary 1 2 2 0 0 6- 1 4
4.Austria 1 3 2 0 1 6- 4 4
5.Italy 2 4 2 0 2 4- 8 4
6.Chile 1 2 1 1 0 5- 3 3
7.Germany 1 2 1 0 1 17- 3 2
8.Belgium 1 1 0 0 1 1- 3 0
Mexico 1 1 0 0 1 1- 3 0
10.Russia 1 1 0 0 1 0-16 0
11.Norway 2 2 0 0 2 1- 3 0
12.Sweden 3 3 0 0 3 1- 5 0
18 28 13 2 13 57-57 28 1 2
Teams ranked on points (based on 2/win), then fewer matches played, then goal average.
Rk Country Part Pd W D L GF-GA Pts G S B SF
1.Netherlands 5 18 9 2 7 44-34 20 3 1
2.Uruguay 2 10 9 1 0 32- 7 19 2
3.Italy 4 15 8 1 6 38-28 17 1
4.Great Britain [*] 3 7 6 0 1 34- 6 12 2
5.Spain 3 9 5 1 3 18-15 11 1
6.Czechoslovakia 2 7 4 1 2 21- 7 9 1
7.Switzerland 2 7 4 1 2 15-10 9 1
8.Sweden 4 12 4 1 7 36-31 9 1
9.Denmark 3 7 4 0 3 39- 9 8 2
10.Belgium 3 7 4 0 3 18-21 8 1
11.Argentina 1 5 3 1 1 25- 8 7 1
12.Austria 1 5 3 0 2 12- 8 6
13.Hungary 2 5 3 0 2 11-11 6
14.Egypt 3 7 3 0 4 16-26 6 1
15.Portugal 1 3 2 0 1 7- 5 4
16.Finland 1 4 2 0 2 5-16 4 1
17.Germany 2 5 2 0 3 23-12 4
18.France 4 7 2 0 5 16-40 4 2
19.Chile 1 3 1 1 1 7- 7 3
20.Ireland 1 2 1 0 1 2- 2 2
21.USA 2 3 1 0 2 3-14 2
22.Norway 2 5 1 0 4 4-15 2
23.Bulgaria 1 1 0 0 1 0- 1 0
Estonia 1 1 0 0 1 0- 1 0
Poland 1 1 0 0 1 0- 5 0
Romania 1 1 0 0 1 0- 6 0
Latvia 1 1 0 0 1 0- 7 0
Greece 1 1 0 0 1 0- 9 0
Lithuania 1 1 0 0 1 0- 9 0
30.Turkey 2 2 0 0 2 3-12 0
31.Mexico 1 2 0 0 2 2-10 0
32.Russia 1 2 0 0 2 1-18 0
33.Luxembourg 3 3 0 0 3 3-10 0
34.Yugoslavia 3 3 0 0 3 1-16 0
69 172 81 10 81 436-436 172 5 5 5 6
[*] at all three tournaments (1908-1920), Great Britain was represented by
a team selected by the English FA and consisting of Englishmen only.
NB: SF refers to semi-finalists not winning a medal; there were two of those
in 1920 (Czechoslovakia and France), whereas Spain won the silver medals
without having reached the semi-final stage in the main tournament.
Most Appearances
NB: below all 24 players appearing in at least 7 Olympic matches between 1908 and 1928 are listed.
Rk Player (Country) Matches (split by tournament)
1.Harry Dénis (Netherlands) 12 (1920: 4; 1924: 5; 1928: 3)
2.Adolfo Baloncieri (Italy) 11 (1920: 3; 1924: 3; 1928: 5)
3.José Pedro Cea (Uruguay) 10 (1924: 5; 1928: 5)
Andrés Mazali (Uruguay) 10 (1924: 5; 1928: 5)
4.José Leandro Andrade (Uruguay) 9 (1924: 5; 1928: 4)
Pedro Arispe (Uruguay) 9 (1924: 4; 1928: 5)
José Nasazzi (Uruguay) 9 (1924: 5; 1928: 4)
8.Virgilio Felice Levratto (Italy) 8 (1924: 3; 1928: 5)
Pedro Petrone (Uruguay) 8 (1924: 5; 1928: 3)
Virginio Rosetta (Italy) 8 (1920: 1; 1924: 3; 1928: 4)
Héctor Pedro Scarone (Uruguay) 8 (1924: 5; 1928: 3)
Gejus van der Meulen (Netherlands) 8 (1924: 5; 1928: 3)
13.Max "Xam" Abegglen II (Switzerland) 7 (1924: 6; 1928: 1)
Umberto Caligaris (Italy) 7 (1924: 2; 1928: 5)
Jan de Natris (Netherlands) 7 (1920: 3; 1924: 4)
Renzo De Vecchi (Italy) 7 (1912: 3; 1920: 3; 1924: 1)
Ali Fahmi El-Hassani (Egypt) 7 (1920: 1; 1924: 2; 1928: 4)
Ber Groosjohan (Netherlands) 7 (1920: 4; 1924: 3)
Karl Gustafsson (Sweden) 7 (1908: 2; 1912: 2; 1920: 3)
Antonín Hojer (Czechoslovakia) 7 (1920: 4; 1924: 3)
Nils Middelboe (Denmark) 7 (1908: 3; 1912: 3; 1920: 1)
Rudolf Ramseyer (Switzerland) 7 (1924: 6; 1928: 1)
Josef Sedlaček I (Czechoslovakia) 7 (1920: 4; 1924: 3)
Santos Urdinarán (Uruguay) 7 (1924: 3; 1928: 4)
NB: apart from Baloncieri, De Vecchi, Dénis, Fahmi El-Hassani, Gustafsson, Middelboe and Rosetta,
the following four players were active at three different tournaments:
Jan De Bie (Belgium) 6 (1920: 3; 1924: 1; 1928: 2)
Pedro Vallana (Spain) 6 (1920: 4; 1924: 1; 1928: 1)
Jules Devaquez (France) 5 (1920: 2; 1924: 2; 1928: 1)
Paul Nicolas (France) 5 (1920: 2; 1924: 2; 1928: 1)
Most Goals
NB: below all 22 players who scored at least 5 Olympic goals between 1908 and 1928 are listed.
Rk Player (Country) Gls (MP) (split by tournament)
1.Sophus Nielsen (Denmark) 13 ( 6) (1908: 11 (3); 1912: 2 (3))
2.Domingo Alberto Tarasconi (Argentina) 11 ( 5) (1928: 11 (5))
Pedro Petrone (Uruguay) 11 ( 8) (1924: 7 (5); 1928: 4 (3))
4.Gottfried Fuchs (Germany) 10 ( 2) (1912: 10 (2))
5.Vilhelm Wolfhagen (Denmark) 9 ( 6) (1908: 8 (3); 1912: 1 (3))
6.Harold Walden (England) 8 ( 3) (1912: 8 (3))
Jan Vos (Netherlands) 8 ( 4) (1912: 8 (4))
Héctor Pedro Scarone (Uruguay) 8 ( 8) (1924: 5 (5); 1928: 3 (3))
Adolfo Baloncieri (Italy) 8 (11) (1920: 1 (3); 1924: 1 (3); 1928: 6 (5))
10.Herbert Carlsson (Sweden ) 7 ( 3) (1920: 7 (3))
Anthon Olsen (Denmark) 7 ( 3) (1912: 7 (3))
12.Harry Stapley (England) 6 ( 3) (1908: 6 (3))
Antonín Janda (Czechoslovakia) 6 ( 4) (1920: 6 (4))
Sven Rydell (Sweden ) 6 ( 5) (1924: 6 (5))
Vivian Woodward (England) 6 ( 6) (1908: 3 (3); 1912: 3 (3))
Max "Xam" Abegglen II (Switzerland) 6 ( 7) (1924: 6 (6); 1928: 0 (1))
Manuel "Nolo" Ferreira (Argentina) 6 ( 5) (1928: 6 (5))
18.Fritz Förderer (Germany) 5 ( 2) (1912: 5 (2))
Kees Pijl (Netherlands) 5 ( 2) (1924: 5 (2))
Paul Sturzenegger (Switzerland) 5 ( 4) (1924: 5 (4))
Ber Groosjohan (Netherlands) 5 ( 7) (1920: 5 (4); 1924: 0 (3))
José Pedro Cea (Uruguay) 5 (10) (1924: 4 (5); 1928: 1 (5))
NB: Baloncieri is the only player scoring at three different tournaments.
Most Appearances NB: below all 18 referees leading at least 2 Olympic matches between 1908 and 1928 are listed. Rk Referee (Country) Matches (split by tournament) 1.Job Mutters (Netherlands) 7 (1920: 3; 1924: 2; 1928: 2) 2.Henri Christophe (Belgium) 4 (1920: 1; 1924: 2; 1928: 1) Chris Groothoff (Netherlands) 4 (1912: 4) Paul Putz (Belgium) 4 (1920: 3; 1924: 1) Marcel Slawik (France) 4 (1924: 3; 1928: 1) Bep Willing (Netherlands) 4 (1912: 4) 7.Per Andersen (Norway) 3 (1924: 3) Charles Barette (Belgium) 3 (1920: 2; 1924: 1) Wim Eijmers (Netherlands) 3 (1920: 1; 1928: 2) Johnny Lewis (England) 3 (1908: 1; 1920: 2) Youssof Mohamed (Egypt) 3 (1924: 1; 1928: 2) Heinz Retschury (Austria) 3 (1924: 3) Paulus Sjöblom (Sweden) 3 (1912: 3) 14.Achille Gama Malcher (Italy) 2 (1928: 2) Ruben Gelbord (Sweden) 2 (1912: 2) John Langenus (Belgium) 2 (1928: 2) Giovanni Mauro (Italy) 2 (1920: 1; 1928: 1) Georges Vallat (France) 2 (1924: 2) The above include all final referees (Lewis 1908 and 1920, Groothoff 1912, Slawik 1924 and Mutters 1928 (also the final replay)); in addition, both Lewis and Mutters led one semi-final, as did Eijmers, Gelbord, Vallat and five other referees not listed above.
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