Football at the 1908 Summer Olympics 714166 224250779 2008-07-08T00:17:11Z Kyle the bot 3115531 robot Modifying: [[it:Calcio alla IV Olimpiade]] At the '''[[1908 Summer Olympics]]''' in [[London]], [[England]], an official [[football (soccer)|football]] tournament was contested for the first time. Eight teams entered (including two from [[France]]), although [[Hungary]] and [[Bohemia]] withdrew before the start. The [[The Football Association|Football Association]], who were the organisers of the event, entered the [[England national amateur football team|England national amateur team]] who represented the '[[Great Britain]]'. [[Denmark national football team|Denmark]]'s [[Sophus Nielsen|Sophus "Krølben" Nielsen]] set a record by scoring 10 goals in a 17-1 win against [[France national football team|France]]. ==Medal table== [[Image:Olympic football certificate 1908.jpg|thumb|right|Winner's certificate]] {| class=wikitable ! Position || Country |align=center bgcolor=gold| '''Gold''' |align=center bgcolor=silver| '''Silver''' |align=center bgcolor=cc9966| '''Bronze''' |- align=center | 1 ||align=left| [[Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg|25px|Great Britain]] [[Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics|Great Britain]] || 1 || 0 || 0 |- align=center | 2 ||align=left| [[Image:Flag of Denmark.svg|25px|Denmark]] [[Denmark at the 1908 Summer Olympics|Denmark]] || 0 || 1 || 0 |- align=center | 3 ||align=left| [[Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg|25px|Netherlands]] [[Netherlands at the 1908 Summer Olympics|Netherlands]] || 0 || 0 || 1 |- bgcolor=lightgray | || || || || |- align=center |rowspan=2| — ||align=left| [[Image:Flag of France.svg|25px|France]] [[France at the 1908 Summer Olympics|France]] || 0 || 0 || 0 |- align=center |align=left| [[Image:Flag of Sweden.svg|25px|Sweden]] [[Sweden at the 1908 Summer Olympics|Sweden]] || 0 || 0 || 0 |} ==Medal summary== {| class=wikitable ! Event |align=center bgcolor=gold| '''Gold''' |align=center bgcolor=silver| '''Silver''' |align=center bgcolor=cc9966| '''Bronze''' |- | Men's tournament | [[Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg|25px|Great Britain]] [[Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics|Great Britain]] | [[Image:Flag of Denmark.svg|25px|Denmark]] [[Denmark at the 1908 Summer Olympics|Denmark]] | [[Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg|25px|Netherlands]] [[Netherlands at the 1908 Summer Olympics|Netherlands]] |} ==Squads== *{{Main|Football at the 1908 Summer Olympics - Men's team squads}} ==Results== [[Image:Vivian woodward 1908.jpg|thumb|right|[[Vivian Woodward]] (Great Britain)]] {| valign=top cellspacing=1 cellpadding=0 !colspan=8 style="background: lightblue;"|First Round |- |[[October 19]] |[[White City Stadium|White City]] |align=right|{{Flagicon|Denmark}} [[Denmark at the 1908 Summer Olympics|Denmark]] |align=center| '''9''' |align=center| - |align=center| '''0''' |[[France at the 1908 Summer Olympics|France]] B {{Flagicon|France}} |''Referee'':<br/> <small> ''[[Thomas Kyle|Kyle]] ([[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|Great Britain]])'' </small> |- | |<small>''(att. 2,000)''</small> |align=right| <small>''[[Nils Middelboe|N. Middelboe]]<br/> (10',49')<br/> [[Vilhelm Wolfhagen|Wolfhagen]] (15',17',67',72')<br/> [[Harald Bohr|Bohr]] (25',47')<br>[[Sophus Nielsen|S. Nielsen]] (78')''</small> |align=center| <small>(4</small> |align=center| - |align=center| <small>0)</small> |- |colspan=8|<hr> |- |[[October 20]] |[[White City Stadium|White City]] |align=right|{{Flagicon|UK}} [[Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics|England (GBR)]] |align=center| '''12''' |align=center| - |align=center| '''1''' |[[Sweden at the 1908 Summer Olympics|Sweden]] {{Flagicon|Sweden}} |''Referee:<br/> <small> [[John Ibbotson|Ibbotson]] ([[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|Great Britain]])''</small> |- | |<small> ''(att. 2,000)'' </small> |align=right| <small>''1-0 [[Harold Stapley|Stapley]] (15')<br/>2-0 [[Vivian Woodward|Woodward]] (??')<br/>3-0 [[Arthur Berry (footballer)|Berry]] (??')<br/>4-0 [[Frederick Chapman (footballer)|Chapman]] (??')<br/>5-0 [[Clyde Purnell|Purnell]] (??')<br/>6-0 [[Harold Stapley|Stapley]] (??')<br/>7-0 [[Vivian Woodward|Woodward]] (??')<br/>8-1 [[Clyde Purnell|Purnell]] (??')<br/>9-1 [[Clyde Purnell|Purnell]] (??')<br/>10-1 [[Robert Hawkes|Hawkes]] (??')<br/>11-1 [[Robert Hawkes|Hawkes]] (??')<br/>12-1 [[Clyde Purnell|Purnell]] (??')''</small> |align=center| <small>(7</small> |align=center| - |align=center| <small>0)</small> | <small>''7-1 [[Gustaf Bergström|Bergström]] (65')''</small> |- !colspan=8 style="background: lightblue;"|Semi-finals |- |[[October 22]] |[[White City Stadium|White City]] |align=right|{{Flagicon|UK}} [[Great Britain and Ireland at the 1908 Summer Olympics|England (GBR)]] |align=center| '''4''' |align=center| - |align=center| '''0''' |[[Netherlands at the 1908 Summer Olympics|Netherlands]] {{Flagicon|Netherlands}} |''Referee:<br/> <small> [[John Howcroft|Howcroft]] ([[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|Great Britain]])'' </small> | |- | |<small>'' (att. 6,000)''</small> |align=right| <small>''[[Harold Stapley|Stapley]] (37',60',64',75')''</small> |align=center| <small>(1</small> |align=center| - |align=center| <small>0)</small> |- |colspan=8|<hr> |- |[[October 22]] |[[White City Stadium|White City]] |align=right|{{Flagicon|Denmark}} [[Denmark at the 1908 Summer Olympics|Denmark]] |align=center| '''17''' |align=center| - |align=center| '''1''' |[[France at the 1908 Summer Olympics|France]] '''A''' {{Flagicon|France}} |''Referee:<br/> <small> [[Thomas Campbell (Referee)|Campbell]] ([[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|Great Britain]])'' </small> |- | |<small>''(att. 1,000)''</small> |align=right| <small>''[[Sophus Nielsen|S.Nielsen]] (3',4',6',39',46',<br/>48',52',64',66',76')<br/>[[August Lindgren|Lindgren]] (18',37')<br/>[[Vilhelm Wolfhagen|Wolfhagen]] (60',72',82',89')<br/>[[Nils Middelboe|N.Middelboe]] (68')''</small> |align=center| <small>(6</small> |align=center| - |align=center| <small>1)</small> | <small>''[[Émile Sartorius|Sartorius]] (16')''</small> |- !colspan=8 style="background: lightblue;"|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.<ref>[http://www.iffhs.de/?70aeedaca29d815685fdcdc3bfcdc0aece15 IFFHS<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> {| valign=top cellspacing=3 cellpadding=0 !colspan=8 style="background: lightblue;"| |- |[[October 23]] |[[White City Stadium|White<br/> City]] |align=right|{{Flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Netherlands at the 1908 Summer Olympics|Netherlands]] |align=center| '''2''' |align=center| - |align=center| '''0'''<ref>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."''</ref> |[[Sweden at the 1908 Summer Olympics|Sweden]] {{Flagicon|Sweden}} |''Referee:<br/><small>[[John Hargreaves Pearson|Pearson]]<br/> ([[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|Great Britain]])''</small> |- | |<small>''(att.<br/> 1,000)''</small> |align=right|<small>''[[Jops Reeman|Reeman]] (6'),<br/>[[Edu Snethlage|Snethlage]] (58')''</small> |align=center| <small>(1</small> |align=center| - |align=center| <small>0)</small> |- !colspan=10 style="background: lightblue;"|Final |- |[[October 24]] |[[White City Stadium|White<br/> City]] |align=right|{{Flagicon|UK}} [[Great Britain and Ireland at the 1908 Summer Olympics|England (GBR)]] |align=center| '''2''' |align=center| - |align=center| '''0''' |[[Denmark at the 1908 Summer Olympics|Denmark]] {{Flagicon|Denmark}} |''Referee:<br/><small>[[John Lewis (referee)|Lewis]] ([[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|Great Britain]])'' </small> | |- | | <small>'' (att.<br/> 8,000)''</small> |align=right| <small>''[[Frederick Chapman (footballer)|Chapman]] (20')<br/> [[Vivian Woodward|Woodward]] (46')''</small> |align=center| <small>(1</small> |align=center| - |align=center| <small>0)</small> | |} ===Statistics=== ====Scoring==== [[Image:Sophus nielsen.jpg|thumb|right|Sophus Nielsen (Denmark)]] [[Image:Herbert Smith.jpg|thumb|right|Herbert Smith (Great Britain)]] 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. {| class=wikitable ! Place || Name || Nation || Goals |- |align=center| 1 || [[Sophus Nielsen]] || [[Image:Flag of Denmark.svg|25px|Denmark]] [[Denmark at the 1908 Summer Olympics|Denmark]] ||align=center| 11 |- |align=center| 2 || [[Vilhelm Wolffhagen]] || [[Image:Flag of Denmark.svg|25px|Denmark]] Denmark ||align=center| 8 |- |align=center| 3 || [[Harold Stapley]] || [[Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg|25px|Great Britain]] [[Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics|Great Britain]] ||align=center| 6 |- |align=center| 4 || [[Clyde Purnell]] || [[Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg|25px|Great Britain]] Great Britain ||align=center| 4 |- |rowspan=2 align=center| 5 || [[Nils Middelboe]] || [[Image:Flag of Denmark.svg|25px|Denmark]] Denmark ||align=center| 3 |- | [[Vivian Woodward]] || [[Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg|25px|Great Britain]] Great Britain ||align=center| 3 |- |rowspan=4 align=center| 7 || [[Harald Bohr]] || [[Image:Flag of Denmark.svg|25px|Denmark]] Denmark ||align=center| 2 |- | [[Frederick Chapman (footballer)|Frederick Chapman]] || [[Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg|25px|Great Britain]] Great Britain ||align=center| 2 |- | [[Robert Hawkes]] || [[Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg|25px|Great Britain]] Great Britain ||align=center| 2 |- | [[August Lindgren]] || [[Image:Flag of Denmark.svg|25px|Denmark]] Denmark ||align=center| 2 |- |rowspan=5 align=center| 11 || [[Gustaf Bergström]] || [[Image:Flag of Sweden.svg|25px|Sweden]] [[Sweden at the 1908 Summer Olympics|Sweden]] ||align=center| 1 |- | [[Arthur Berry (footballer)|Arthur Berry]] || [[Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg|25px|Great Britain]] Great Britain ||align=center| 1 |- | [[Jops Reeman]] || [[Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg|25px|Netherlands]] [[Netherlands at the 1908 Summer Olympics|Netherlands]] ||align=center| 1 |- | [[Émile Sartorius]] || [[Image:Flag of France.svg|25px|France]] [[France at the 1908 Summer Olympics|France]] ||align=center| 1 |- | [[Edu Snethlage]] || [[Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg|25px|Netherlands]] Netherlands ||align=center| 1 |} ====Goalkeeping==== {| class=wikitable ! Place || Name || Nation || Goals allowed || Games || GAA |- align=center | 1 ||align=left| [[Horace Bailey]] ||align=left| [[Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg|25px|Great Britain]] [[Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics|Great Britain]] || 1 || 3 || 0.33 |- align=center | 2 ||align=left| [[Ludvig Drescher]] ||align=left| [[Image:Flag of Denmark.svg|25px|Denmark]] [[Denmark at the 1908 Summer Olympics|Denmark]] || 3 || 3 || 1.00 |- align=center | 3 ||align=left| [[Reinier Beeuwkes]] ||align=left| [[Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg|25px|Netherlands]] [[Netherlands at the 1908 Summer Olympics|Netherlands]] || 4 || 2 || 2.00 |- align=center | 4 ||align=left| [[Oskar Bengtsson]] ||align=left| [[Image:Flag of Sweden.svg|25px|Sweden]] [[Sweden at the 1908 Summer Olympics|Sweden]] || 14 || 2 || 7.00 |- align=center | 5 ||align=left| [[Fernand Desrousseaux]] ||align=left| [[Image:Flag of France.svg|25px|France]] [[France at the 1908 Summer Olympics|France]] || 9 || 1 || 9.00 |- align=center | 6 ||align=left| [[Maurice Tillette]] ||align=left| [[Image:Flag of France.svg|25px|France]] France || 17 || 1 || 17.00 |} ==Sources== <references/> * {{cite book | last = Cook | first = Theodore Andrea | year = 1908 | title = The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report | publisher = British Olympic Association | location = London}} * {{cite web | last = De Wael | first = Herman | year = 2001 | url = http://users.skynet.be/hermandw/olymp/foo1908.html | title = Football 1908 | work = Herman's Full Olympians | accessdaymonth = 2 May | accessyear = 2006}} * {{cite web | last = Reyes | first = Macario | year = 2001 | url = http://www.rsssf.com/tableso/ol1908f.html | title = IV. 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