Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics
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Final results for the '''[[Football (soccer)|Football]]''' competition at the '''[[1996 Summer Olympics]]''' held in [[Birmingham, Alabama]]; [[Washington, D.C]]; [[Orlando, Florida]]; [[Miami, Florida]]; and [[Athens, Georgia]].
<div class="tright">[[Image:Football pictogram.svg|100px|border|Football]]</div>
== Football medal winners at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics ==
{| border="1" cellpadding="2"
|'''Event:'''
|'''Gold:'''
|'''Silver:'''
|'''Bronze:'''
|-
|Men's football
|[[Nigeria national football team|Nigeria]]
|[[Argentina national football team|Argentina]]
|[[Brazil national football team|Brazil]]
|-
|Women's football
|[[United States women's national soccer team|USA]]
|[[China women's national football team|China]]
|[[Norway women's national football team|Norway]]
|}
==Men's competition==
===Qualification===
The following sixteen teams qualified for the 1996 Olympics football tournament:
{{col-begin-small}}
{{col-3}}
*'''Africa ([[Confederation of African Football|CAF]])'''
**{{fb|GHA}}
**{{fb|NGA}}
**{{fb|TUN}}
<br>
*'''Asia ([[Asian Football Confederation|AFC]])'''
**{{fb|KOR}}
**{{fb|JPN}}
**{{fb|KSA}}
<br>
*'''Europe ([[UEFA]])'''
**{{fb|FRA}}
**{{fb|HUN}}
**{{fb|ITA}}
**{{fb|POR}}
**{{fb|ESP}}
{{col-3}}
*'''North and Central America ([[CONCACAF]])'''
**{{fb|MEX}}
<br>
*'''South America ([[CONMEBOL]])'''
**{{fb|ARG}}
**{{fb|BRA}}
<br>
*'''Oceania ([[Oceania Football Confederation|OFC]])'''
**{{fb|AUS}}
<br>
*'''Hosting nation'''
**{{fb|USA}}
{{col-end}}
===Match officials===
{{col-begin-small}}
{{col-2}}
;Africa
* {{flagicon|NER}} [[Lucien Bouchardeau]]
* {{flagicon|EGY}} [[Gamal Al-Ghandour]]
<br>
;Asia
* {{flagicon|KSA}} [[Omer Al Mehannah]]
* {{flagicon|THA}} [[Pirom Un-Prasert]]
<br>
;North and Central America
* {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Benito Archundia]]
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Esfandiar Baharmast]]
<br>
;South America
* {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Antônio Pereira]]
* {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Roberto Ruscio]]
{{col-2}}
;Europe
* {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Pierluigi Collina]]
* {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Hugh Dallas]]
* {{flagicon|ESP}} [[José Garcia Aranda]]
<br>
;Oceania
* {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Edward Lennie]]
{{col-end}}
<br>
===Squads===
{{Main|Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics - Men's team squads}}
=== Medal winners ===
{{col-begin-small}}
{{col-3}}
[[Image:Med_1.png|Gold]] '''Gold Medal''' – {{fb|NGA}}<hr>
[[Daniel Amokachi]]<br>
[[Emmanuel Amunike]]<br>
[[Tijani Babangida]]<br>
[[Celestine Babayaro]]<br>
[[Emmanuel Babayaro]]<br>
[[Teslim Fatusi]]<br>
[[Victor Ikpeba]]<br>
[[Dosu Joseph]]<br>
[[Nwankwo Kanu]]<br>
[[Garba Lawal]]<br>
[[Abiodun Obafemi]]<br>
[[Kingsley Obiekwu]]<br>
[[Uche Okechukwu]]<br>
[[Jay-Jay Okocha]]<br>
[[Sunday Oliseh]]<br>
[[Mobi Oparaku]]<br>
[[Wilson Oruma]]<br>
[[Taribo West]]<br>
Coach: [[Jo Bonfrere]]
{{col-3}}
[[Image:Med_2.png|Silver]] '''Silver Medal''' – {{fb|ARG}}<hr>
[[Matías Almeyda]]<br>
[[Roberto Ayala]]<br>
[[Christian Bassedas]]<br>
[[Carlos Bossio]]<br>
[[Pablo Cavallero]]<br>
[[José Chamot]]<br>
[[Hernán Crespo]]<br>
[[Marcelo Delgado]]<br>
[[Marcelo Gallardo]]<br>
[[Claudio López]]<br>
[[Gustavo Adrián López|Gustavo López]]<br>
[[Hugo Morales]]<br>
[[Ariel Ortega]]<br>
[[Pablo Paz]]<br>
[[Héctor Pineda]]<br>
[[Roberto Sensini]]<br>
[[Diego Simeone]]<br>
[[Javier Zanetti]]<br>
Coach: [[Daniel Passarella]]
{{col-3}}
[[Image:Med_3.png|Bronze]] '''Bronze Medal''' – {{fb|BRA}}<hr>
[[Nelson de Jesus Silva|Dida]]<br>
[[José Marcelo Ferreira|Zé María]]<br>
[[Aldair]]<br>
[[Ronaldo]]<br>
[[Flávio Conceição]]<br>
[[Roberto Carlos da Silva|Roberto Carlos]]<br>
[[Bebeto]]<br>
[[Alexandre da Silva Mariano|Amaral]]<br>
[[Juninho Paulista|Juninho]]<br>
[[Rivaldo]]<br>
[[Sávio]]<br>
[[Danrlei]]<br>
[[Narciso]]<br>
[[André Luiz Moreira|André Luiz]]<br>
[[Zé Elias]]<br>
[[Marcelinho Paulista]]<br>
[[Luiz Carlos Bombonato Goulart|Luizão]]<br>
[[Ronaldo Guiaro]]<br><!--Ronaldo Guiaro not equal to Ronaldinho, Ronaldinho at that timee only 16 years-old-->
Coach: [[Mario Zagallo]]
{{col-end}}
===Tournament details===
====First round====
=====Group A=====
{| border=1 cellpadding=5 cellspacing=0
!bgcolor="#efefef" width="120"|
!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Pld
!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|W
!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|D
!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|L
!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|GF
!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|GA
!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Pts
|- align=center bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|align=left|{{fb|ARG}}
|3||1||2||0||5||3||'''5'''
|- align=center bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|align=left|{{fb|POR}}
|3||1||2||0||4||2||'''5'''
|- align=center
|align=left|{{fb|USA}}
|3||1||1||1||4||4||'''4'''
|- align=center
|align=left|{{fb|TUN}}
|3||0||1||2||1||5||'''1'''
|}
<br>
{{footballbox
|date = [[July 20]], [[1996]]<br>15:00
|team1 = {{fb-rt|POR}}
|score = 2–0
|report = [http://www.fifa.com/en/comp/report/0,5733,OLY-1996-2-32221-POR-TUN,00.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|TUN}}
|goals1 = [[Afonso Martins|Martins]] 13', 68'
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[RFK Stadium]], [[Washington, D.C.]]<br />
'''Attendance:''' 34.746<br />
'''Referee:''' [[Antônio Pereira|Pereira]] (BRA)
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date = [[July 20]], [[1996]]<br>19.30
|team1 = {{fb-rt|USA}}
|score = 1–3
|report = [http://www.fifa.com/en/comp/report/0,5733,OLY-1996-1-32218-USA-ARG,00.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|ARG}}
|goals1 = [[Claudio Reyna|Reyna]] 1'
|goals2 = [[Gustavo Adrián López|G. López]] 26'<br>[[Hernán Crespo|Crespo]] 55'<br>[[Diego Simeone|Simeone]] 90'
|stadium = [[Legion Field]], [[Birmingham, Alabama|Birmingham]]<br />
'''Attendance:''' 83.810<br />
'''Referee:''' [[Lucien Bouchardeau|Bouchardeau]] (NIG)
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date = [[July 22]], [[1996]]<br>19:30
|team1 = {{fb-rt|ARG}}
|score = 1–1
|report = [http://www.fifa.com/en/comp/report/0,5733,OLY-1996-10-32229-ARG-POR,00.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|POR}}
|goals1 = [[Ariel Ortega|Ortega]] 45'
|goals2 = [[Nuno Gomes]] 70'
|stadium = [[RFK Stadium]], [[Washington, D.C.]]<br />
'''Attendance:''' 25.811<br />
'''Referee:''' [[Omer Al Mehannah|Al Mehannah]] (KSA)
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date = [[July 22]], [[1996]]<br>19:30
|team1 = {{fb-rt|USA}}
|score = 2–0
|report = [http://www.fifa.com/en/comp/report/0,5733,OLY-1996-9-32226-USA-TUN,00.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|TUN}}
|goals1 = [[Jovan Kirovski|Kirovski]] 38'<br>[[Brian Maisonneuve|Maisonneuve]] 90'
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Legion Field]], [[Birmingham, Alabama|Birmingham]]<br />
'''Attendance:''' 45.687<br />
'''Referee:''' [[Hugh Dallas|Dallas]] (SCO)
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date = [[July 24]], [[1996]]<br>19.30
|team1 = {{fb-rt|ARG}}
|score = 1–1
|report = [http://www.fifa.com/en/comp/report/0,5733,OLY-1996-18-32234-ARG-TUN,00.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|TUN}}
|goals1 = [[Ariel Ortega|Ortega]] 5'
|goals2 = [[Mohamed M'Kacher|M'Kacher]] 74'
|stadium = [[Legion Field]], [[Birmingham, Alabama|Birmingham]]<br />
'''Attendance:''' 16.826<br />
'''Referee:''' [[Pirom Un-Prasert|Un-Prasert]] (THA)
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date = [[July 24]], [[1996]]<br>19:30
|team1 = {{fb-rt|USA}}
|score = 1–1
|report = [http://www.fifa.com/en/comp/report/0,5733,OLY-1996-17-32237-USA-POR,00.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|POR}}
|goals1 = [[Brian Maisonneuve|Maisonneuve]] 75'
|goals2 = [[Paulo Alves]] 33'
|stadium = [[RFK Stadium]], [[Washington, D.C.]]<br />
'''Attendance:''' 58.012<br />
'''Referee:''' [[Edward Lennie|Lennie]] (AUS)
}}
----
<br>
=====Group B=====
{| border=1 cellpadding=5 cellspacing=0
!bgcolor="#efefef" width="120"|
!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Pld
!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|W
!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|D
!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|L
!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|GF
!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|GA
!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Pts
|- align=center bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|align=left|{{fb|FRA}}
|3||2||1||0||5||2||'''7'''
|- align=center bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|align=left|{{fb|ESP}}
|3||2||1||0||5||3||'''7'''
|- align=center
|align=left|{{fb|AUS}}
|3||1||0||2||4||6||'''3'''
|- align=center
|align=left|{{fb|KSA}}
|3||0||0||3||2||5||'''0'''
|}
<br>
{{footballbox
|date = [[July 20]], [[1996]]<br>18:30
|team1 = {{fb-rt|ESP}}
|score = 1–0
|report = [http://www.fifa.com/en/comp/report/0,5733,OLY-1996-3-32220-ESP-KSA,00.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|KSA}}
|goals1 = [[Óscar García Junyent|Óscar]] 80'
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Citrus Bowl]], [[Orlando, Florida|Orlando]]<br />
'''Attendance:''' 28.774<br />
'''Referee:''' [[Pierluigi Collina|Collina]] (ITA)
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date = [[July 20]], [[1996]]<br>18:30
|team1 = {{fb-rt|FRA}}
|score = 2–0
|report = [http://www.fifa.com/en/comp/report/0,5733,OLY-1996-4-32219-FRA-AUS,00.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|AUS}}
|goals1 = [[Robert Pirès|Pirès]] 11'<br>[[Florian Maurice|Maurice]] 74'
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Miami Orange Bowl|Orange Bowl]], [[Miami, Florida|Miami]]<br />
'''Attendance:''' 14.322<br />
'''Referee:''' [[Roberto Ruben Ruscio|Ruscio]] (ARG)
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date = [[July 22]], [[1996]]<br>19:00
|team1 = {{fb-rt|FRA}}
|score = 1–1
|report = [http://www.fifa.com/en/comp/report/0,5733,OLY-1996-11-32228-FRA-ESP,00.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|ESP}}
|goals1 = [[Sylvain Legwinski|Legwinski]] 38'
|goals2 = [[Óscar García Junyent|Óscar]] 80'
|stadium = [[Citrus Bowl]], [[Orlando, Florida|Orlando]]<br />
'''Attendance:''' 16.773<br />
'''Referee:''' [[Pirom Un-Prasert|Un-Prasert]] (THA)
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date = [[July 22]], [[1996]]<br>19:00
|team1 = {{fb-rt|AUS}}
|score = 2–1
|report = [http://www.fifa.com/en/comp/report/0,5733,OLY-1996-12-32227-AUS-KSA,00.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|KSA}}
|goals1 = [[Peter Tsekenis|Tsekenis]] 11'<br>[[Mark Viduka|Viduka]] 63'
|goals2 = [[Mohammed Al-Khilaiwi|Al-Khilaiwi]] 37'
|stadium = [[Miami Orange Bowl|Orange Bowl]], [[Miami, Florida|Miami]]<br />
'''Attendance:''' 5.997<br />
'''Referee:''' [[Esfandiar Baharmast|Baharmast]] (USA)
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date = [[July 24]], [[1996]]<br>19:00
|team1 = {{fb-rt|ESP}}
|score = 3–2
|report = [http://www.fifa.com/en/comp/report/0,5733,OLY-1996-19-32236-ESP-AUS,00.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|AUS}}
|goals1 = [[Raúl González|Raúl]] 40', 90'<br>[[Santiago Denia|Santi]] 86'
|goals2 = [[Aurelio Vidmar|Vidmar]] 3', 12'
|stadium = [[Citrus Bowl]], [[Orlando, Florida|Orlando]]<br />
'''Attendance:''' 12.050<br />
'''Referee:''' [[Hugh Dallas|Dallas]] (SCO)
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date = [[July 24]], [[1996]]<br>19:00
|team1 = {{fb-rt|FRA}}
|score = 2–1
|report = [http://www.fifa.com/en/comp/report/0,5733,OLY-1996-20-32235-FRA-KSA,00.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|KSA}}
|goals1 = [[Florian Maurice|Maurice]] 20' ([[penalty kick|pen]])<br>[[Antoine Sibierski|Sibierski]] 49'
|goals2 = [[Fuad Amin|Amin]] 26'
|stadium = [[Miami Orange Bowl|Orange Bowl]], [[Miami, Florida|Miami]]<br />
'''Attendance:''' 4.615<br />
'''Referee:''' [[Benito Archundia|Archundia]] (MEX)
}}
----
<br>
=====Group C=====
{| border=1 cellpadding=5 cellspacing=0
!bgcolor="#efefef" width="120"|
!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Pld
!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|W
!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|D
!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|L
!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|GF
!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|GA
!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Pts
|- align=center bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|align=left|{{MEX}}
|3||1||2||0||2||1||'''5'''
|- align=center bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|align=left|{{fb|GHA}}
|3||1||1||1||4||4||'''4'''
|- align=center
|align=left|{{fb|KOR}}
|3||1||1||1||2||2||'''4'''
|- align=center
|align=left|{{fb|ITA}}
|3||1||0||2||4||5||'''3'''
|}
<br>
{{footballbox
|date = [[July 21]], [[1996]]<br>12.00
|team1 = {{fb-rt|KOR}}
|score = 1–0
|report = [http://www.fifa.com/en/comp/report/0,5733,OLY-1996-5-32225-KOR-GHA,00.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|GHA}}
|goals1 = [[Yoon Jung-Hwan]] 41' ([[penalty kick|pen]])
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[RFK Stadium]], [[Washington, D.C.]]<br />
'''Attendance:''' 45.946<br />
'''Referee:''' [[Edward Lennie|Lennie]] (AUS)
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date = [[July 21]], [[1996]]<br>17.00
|team1 = {{fb-rt|MEX}}
|score = 1–0
|report = [http://www.fifa.com/en/comp/report/0,5733,OLY-1996-6-32222-MEX-ITA,00.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|ITA}}
|goals1 = [[Francisco Palencia|Palencia]] 83'
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Legion Field]], [[Birmingham, Alabama|Birmingham]]<br />
'''Attendance:''' 44.211<br />
'''Referee:''' [[Hugh Dallas|Dallas]] (SCO)
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date = [[July 23]], [[1996]]<br>20.00
|team1 = {{fb-rt|MEX}}
|score = 0–0
|report = [http://www.fifa.com/en/comp/report/0,5733,OLY-1996-14-32230-MEX-KOR,00.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|KOR}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Legion Field]], [[Birmingham, Alabama|Birmingham]]<br />
'''Attendance:''' 26.111<br />
'''Referee:''' [[Lucien Bouchardeau|Bouchardeau]] (NIG)
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date = [[July 23]], [[1996]]<br>21.00
|team1 = {{fb-rt|GHA}}
|score = 3–2
|report = [http://www.fifa.com/en/comp/report/0,5733,OLY-1996-13-32233-GHA-ITA,00.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|ITA}}
|goals1 = [[Christian Sabah|Sabah]] 15', 74'<br>[[Augustine Ahinful|Ahinful]] 63' ([[penalty kick|pen]])
|goals2 = [[Marco Branca|Branca]] 8', 44' ([[penalty kick|pen]])
|stadium = [[RFK Stadium]], [[Washington, D.C.]]<br />
'''Attendance:''' 27.849<br />
'''Referee:''' [[José Garcia Aranda|Garcia Aranda]] (ESP)
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date = [[July 25]], [[1996]]<br>21.00
|team1 = {{fb-rt|MEX}}
|score = 1–1
|report = [http://www.fifa.com/en/comp/report/0,5733,OLY-1996-21-32241-MEX-GHA,00.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|GHA}}
|goals1 = [[José Manuel Abundis|Abundis]] 65'
|goals2 = [[Hagan Ebenzer|Ebenzer]] 44'
|stadium = [[RFK Stadium]], [[Washington, D.C.]]<br />
'''Attendance:''' 30.237<br />
'''Referee:''' [[Antônio Pereira|Pereira]] (BRA)
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date = [[July 25]], [[1996]]<br>21.00
|team1 = {{fb-rt|ITA}}
|score = 2–1
|report = [http://www.fifa.com/en/comp/report/0,5733,OLY-1996-22-32238-ITA-KOR,00.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|KOR}}
|goals1 = [[Marco Branca|Branca]] 24', 82'
|goals2 = [[Lee Ki-Hyung]] 62'
|stadium = [[Legion Field]], [[Birmingham, Alabama|Birmingham]]<br />
'''Attendance:''' 28.319<br />
'''Referee:''' [[Robert Ruben Ruscio|Ruscio]] (ARG)
}}
----
<br>
=====Group D=====
{| border=1 cellpadding=5 cellspacing=0
!bgcolor="#efefef" width="120"|
!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Pld
!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|W
!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|D
!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|L
!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|GF
!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|GA
!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Pts
|- align=center bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|align=left|{{fb|BRA}}
|3||2||0||1||4||2||'''6'''
|- align=center bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|align=left|{{fb|NGA}}
|3||2||0||1||3||1||'''6'''
|- align=center
|align=left|{{fb|JPN}}
|3||2||0||1||4||4||'''6'''
|- align=center
|align=left|{{fb|HUN}}
|3||0||0||3||3||7||'''0'''
|}
<br>
{{footballbox
|date = [[July 21]], [[1996]]<br>18:30
|team1 = {{fb-rt|JPN}}
|score = 1–0
|report = [http://www.fifa.com/en/comp/report/0,5733,OLY-1996-7-32223-JPN-BRA,00.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|BRA}}
|goals1 = [[Teruyoshi Ito|Ito]] 72'
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Miami Orange Bowl|Orange Bowl]], [[Miami, Florida|Miami]]<br />
'''Attendance:''' 46.713<br />
'''Referee:''' [[Benito Archundia|Archundia]] (MEX)
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date = [[July 21]], [[1996]]<br>18:30
|team1 = {{fb-rt|NGA}}
|score = 1–0
|report = [http://www.fifa.com/en/comp/report/0,5733,OLY-1996-8-32224-NGA-HUN,00.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|HUN}}
|goals1 = [[Nwankwo Kanu|Kanu]] 44'
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Citrus Bowl]], [[Orlando, Florida|Orlando]]<br />
'''Attendance:''' 25.303<br />
'''Referee:''' [[Pirom Un-Prasert|Un-Prasert]] (THA)
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date = [[July 23]], [[1996]]<br>20:30
|team1 = {{fb-rt|BRA}}
|score = 3–1
|report = [http://www.fifa.com/en/comp/report/0,5733,OLY-1996-15-32231-BRA-HUN,00.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|HUN}}
|goals1 = [[Ronaldo]] 35'<br>[[Juninho Paulista|Juninho]] 61'<br>[[Bebeto]] 84'
|goals2 = [[Csaba Madar|Madar]] 58'
|stadium = [[Miami Orange Bowl|Orange Bowl]], [[Miami, Florida|Miami]]<br />
'''Attendance:''' 34.871<br />
'''Referee:''' [[Gamal Al-Ghandour|Al-Ghandour]] (EGY)
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date = [[July 23]], [[1996]]<br>20:30
|team1 = {{fb-rt|NGA}}
|score = 2–0
|report = [http://www.fifa.com/en/comp/report/0,5733,OLY-1996-16-32232-NGA-JPN,00.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|JPN}}
|goals1 = [[Tijani Babangida|Babangida]] 82'<br>[[Jay Jay Okocha|Okocha]] 90' ([[penalty kick|pen]])
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Citrus Bowl]], [[Orlando, Florida|Orlando]]<br />
'''Attendance:''' 22.734<br />
'''Referee:''' [[Pierluigi Collina|Collina]] (ITA)
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date = [[July 25]], [[1996]]<br>21:00
|team1 = {{fb-rt|BRA}}
|score = 1–0
|report = [http://www.fifa.com/en/comp/report/0,5733,OLY-1996-23-32239-BRA-NGA,00.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|NGA}}
|goals1 = [[Ronaldo]] 30'
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Miami Orange Bowl|Orange Bowl]], [[Miami, Florida|Miami]]<br />
'''Attendance:''' 55.650<br />
'''Referee:''' [[Esfandiar Baharmast|Baharmast]] (USA)
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date = [[July 23]], [[1996]]<br>21:00
|team1 = {{fb-rt|JPN}}
|score = 3–2
|report = [http://www.fifa.com/en/comp/report/0,5733,OLY-1996-24-32240-JPN-HUN,00.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|HUN}}
|goals1 = [[Masakiyo Maezono|Maezono]] 39' ([[penalty kick|pen]]), 91'<br>[[Kenichi Uemura|Uemura]] 90'
|goals2 = [[Tamas Sandor|Sandor]] 2'<br>[[Csaba Madar|Madar]] 48'
|stadium = [[Citrus Bowl]], [[Orlando, Florida|Orlando]]<br />
'''Attendance:''' 20.834<br />
'''Referee:''' [[Lucien Bouchardeau|Bouchardeau]] (NIG)
}}
----
<br>
====Knockout stage====
{{Round8-with third
<!--Date-Place|Team 1|Score 1|Team 2|Score 2 -->
<!--quarterfinals -->
|[[July 27]] - [[Miami, Florida|Miami]]|'''{{fb|POR}}''' ([[Extra time|AET]])|2|{{fb|FRA}}|1
|[[July 27]] - [[Birmingham, Alabama|Birmingham]]|'''{{fb|ARG}}'''|4|{{fb|ESP}}|0
|[[July 28]] - [[Birmingham, Alabama|Birmingham]]|'''{{fb|MEX}}'''|0|{{fb|NGA}}|2
|[[July 28]] - [[Miami, Florida|Miami]]|'''{{fb|BRA}}'''|4|{{fb|GHA}}|2
<!--semi-finals -->
|[[July 30]] - [[Athens, Georgia]]|'''{{fb|POR}}'''|0|{{fb|ARG}}|2
|[[July 31]] - [[Athens, Georgia]]|'''{{fb|NGA}}''' ([[Extra time|AET]])|4|{{fb|BRA}}|3
<!--final -->
|[[August 3]] - [[Athens, Georgia|Athens]]|'''{{fb|NGA}}'''|3|{{fb|ARG}}|2
<!--third place match-->
|[[August 2]] - [[Athens, Georgia|Athens]]|'''{{fb|BRA}}'''|5|{{fb|POR}}|0
}}
<br>
=====Quarter-finals=====
{{footballbox
|date = [[July 27]], [[1996]]<br>18:00
|team1 = {{fb-rt|POR}}
|score = 2–1 <small>(AET)</small>
|report = [http://www.fifa.com/en/comp/report/0,5733,OLY-1996-26-32243-POR-FRA,00.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|FRA}}
|goals1 = [[Nuno Capucho|Capucho]] 7'<br>[[José Calado|Calado]] 105'<br>([[penalty kick|pen]] and [[golden goal]])
|goals2 = [[Florian Maurice|Maurice]] 49'
|stadium = [[Miami Orange Bowl|Orange Bowl]], [[Miami, Florida|Miami]]<br />
'''Attendance:''' 22.339<br />
'''Referee:''' [[Pierluigi Collina|Collina]] (ITA)
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date = [[July 27]], [[1996]]<br>19:30
|team1 = {{fb-rt|ARG}}
|score = 4–0
|report = [http://www.fifa.com/en/comp/report/0,5733,OLY-1996-25-32242-ARG-ESP,00.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|ESP}}
|goals1 = [[Hernán Crespo|Crespo]] 47', 88'<br>[[Victor Aranzábal|Aranzábal]] 52' ([[own goal]])<br>[[Claudio López|C. López]] 66'
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Legion Field]], [[Birmingham, Alabama|Birmingham]]<br />
'''Attendance:''' 43.507<br />
'''Referee:''' [[Gamal Al-Ghandour|Al-Ghandour]] (EGY)
}}
-----
{{footballbox
|date = [[July 28]], [[1996]]<br>16:00
|team1 = {{fb|MEX}}
|score = 0–2
|report = [http://www.fifa.com/en/comp/report/0,5733,OLY-1996-27-32244-MEX-NGA,00.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb-rt|NGA}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 = [[Jay Jay Okocha|Okocha]] 20'<br>[[Celestine Babayaro|C. Babayaro]] 84'
|stadium = [[Legion Field]], [[Birmingham, Alabama|Birmingham]]<br />
'''Attendance:''' 44.788<br />
'''Referee:''' [[Omer Al Mehannah|Al Mehannah]] (KSA)
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date = [[July 28]], [[1996]]<br>18:00
|team1 = {{fb-rt|BRA}}
|score = 4–2
|report = [http://www.fifa.com/en/comp/report/0,5733,OLY-1996-28-32245-BRA-GHA,00.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|GHA}}
|goals1 = [[Afo Duodu|Duodu]] 18' ([[own goal]])<br>[[Ronaldo]] 56', 62'<br>[[Bebeto]] 72'
|goals2 = [[Charles Akonnor|Akonnor]] 23'<br>[[Felix Aboagye|Aboagye]] 53'
|stadium = [[Miami Orange Bowl|Orange Bowl]], [[Miami, Florida|Miami]]<br />
'''Attendance:''' 45.257<br />
'''Referee:''' [[Pirom Un-Prasert|Un-Prasert]] (THA)
}}
----
<br>
=====Semi-finals=====
{{footballbox
|date = [[July 30]], [[1996]]<br>18:00
|team1 = {{fb-rt|POR}}
|score = 0–2
|report = [http://www.fifa.com/en/comp/report/0,5733,OLY-1996-29-32246-ARG-POR,00.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|ARG}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 = [[Hernán Crespo|Crespo]] 55', 61'
|stadium = [[Sanford Stadium]], [[Athens, Georgia|Athens]]<br />
'''Attendance:''' 78.212<br />
'''Referee:''' [[Esfandiar Baharmast|Baharmast]] (USA)
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date = [[July 31]], [[1996]]<br>18:00
|team1 = {{fb-rt|NGA}}
|score = 4–3 <small>(AET)</small>
|report = [http://www.fifa.com/en/comp/report/0,5733,OLY-1996-30-32247-NGA-BRA,00.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|BRA}}
|goals1 = [[Roberto Carlos da Silva|Roberto Carlos]] 20' ([[own goal|OG]])<br>[[Victor Ikpeba|Ikpeba]] 78'<br>[[Nwankwo Kanu|Kanu]] 90', 94' ([[golden goal]])
|goals2 = [[Flavio Conceição]] 1', 38'<br>[[Bebeto]] 28'
|stadium = [[Sanford Stadium]], [[Athens, Georgia|Athens]]<br />
'''Attendance:''' 78.587<br />
'''Referee:''' [[José Garcia Aranda|Garcia Aranda]] (ESP)
}}
----
<br>
=====Bronze Medal game=====
{{footballbox
|date = [[August 2]], [[1996]]<br>18:00
|team1 = {{fb-rt|BRA}}
|score = 5–0
|report = [http://www.fifa.com/en/comp/report/0,5733,OLY-1996-31-32248-BRA-POR,00.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|POR}}
|goals1 = [[Ronaldo]] 4'<br>[[Flavio Conceição]] 10'<br>[[Bebeto]] 46', 53', 74'
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Sanford Stadium]], [[Athens, Georgia|Athens]]<br />
'''Attendance:''' 68.173<br />
'''Referee:''' [[Gamal Al-Ghandour|Al-Ghandour]] (EGY)
}}
----
<br>
=====Gold Medal game=====
{{footballbox
|date = [[August 3]], [[1996]]<br>15:45
|team1 = {{fb-rt|NGA}}
|score = 3–2
|report = [http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=512/edition=197142/matches/match=32249/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|ARG}}
|goals1 = [[Celestine Babayaro|Babayaro]] 28'<br>[[Daniel Amokachi|Amokachi]] 74'<br>[[Emmanuel Amunike|Amunike]] 90'
|goals2 = [[Claudio López|C. López]] 3'<br>[[Hernán Crespo|Crespo]] 50'
|stadium = [[Sanford Stadium]], [[Athens, Georgia|Athens]]<br />
'''Attendance:''' 86.117<br />
'''Referee:''' [[Pierluigi Collina|Collina]] (ITA)
}}
----
<br>
==Women's competition==
===Qualification===
The following eight teams qualified for the 1996 Olympics football tournament:
{{col-begin-small}}
{{col-3}}
*'''Asia ([[Asian Football Confederation|AFC]])'''
**{{fbw|CHN}}
**{{fbw|JPN}}
<br>
*'''South America ([[CONMEBOL]])'''
**{{fbw|BRA}}
{{col-3}}
*'''Europe ([[UEFA]])'''
**{{fbw|DEN}}
**{{fbw|GER}}
**{{fbw|NOR}}
**{{fbw|SWE}}
<br>
*'''Hosting nation'''
**{{fbw|USA}}
{{col-end}}
=== Match officials ===
{{col-begin-small}}
{{col-2}}
;North and Central America
* {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Sonia Denoncourt]]
<br>
;South America
* {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Claudia Vasconcelos]]
{{col-2}}
;Europe
* {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Ingrid Jonsson]]
* {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Bente Skogvang]]
{{col-end}}
<br>
===Squads===
{{main|Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics - Women's team squads}}
=== Medal winners===
{| {{Medallists}}
|- valign=top
|width=150|{{flagIOCteam|USA|1996 Summer}}<hr>[[Michelle Akers]]<br>[[Brandi Chastain]]<br>[[Joy Fawcett]]<br>[[Julie Foudy]]<br>[[Carin Gabarra]]<br>[[Mia Hamm]]<br>[[Mary Harvey (footballer)|Mary Harvey]]<br>[[Kristine Lilly]]<br>[[Shannon MacMillan]]<br>[[Tiffeny Milbrett]]<br>[[Carla Overbeck]]<br>[[Cindy Parlow]]<br>[[Tiffany Roberts]]<br>[[Briana Scurry]]<br>[[Tisha Venturini]]<br>[[Staci Wilson]]
|width=150|{{flagIOCteam|CHN|1996 Summer}}<hr>[[Chen Yufeng]]<br>[[Fan Yunjie]]<br>[[Gao Hong (footballer)|Gao Hong]]<br>[[Liu Ailing]]<br>[[Liu Ying (footballer)|Liu Ying]]<br>[[Shi Guihong]]<br>[[Shui Qingxia]]<br>[[Sun Qingmei]]<br>[[Sun Wen (football)|Sun Wen]]<br>[[Wang Liping (footballer)|Wang Liping]]<br>[[Wei Haiying]]<br>[[Wen Lirong]]<br>[[Xie Huilin]]<br>[[Yu Hongqi]]<br>[[Zhao Lihong]]<br>[[Zhong Honglian]]
|width=150|{{flagIOCteam|NOR|1996 Summer}}<hr>[[Ann Kristin Aarønes]]<br>[[Agnete Carlsen]]<br>[[Gro Espeseth]]<br>[[Tone Gunn Frustøl]]<br>[[Tone Haugen]]<br>[[Linda Medalen]]<br>[[Merete Myklebust]]<br>[[Bente Nordby]]<br>[[Anne Nymark Andersen]]<br>[[Nina Nymark Andersen]]<br>[[Marianne Pettersen]]<br>[[Hege Riise]]<br>[[Brit Sandaune]]<br>[[Reidun Seth]]<br>[[Heidi Støre]]<br>[[Tina Svensson]]<br>[[Trine Tangeraas]]<br>[[Kjersti Thun]]
|}
===Results===
{{main|Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics - Women's tournament matches}}
====Preliminary Round====
=====Group E=====
{| class="wikitable" border=1 cellpadding=5 cellspacing=0
!bgcolor="#efefef"|Rank
!bgcolor="#efefef" width="160"|Team
!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Pld
!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|W
!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|D
!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|L
!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|GF
!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|GA
!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Pts
!bgcolor="#efefef"|
!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|{{flagicon|CHN}}
!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|{{flagicon|USA}}
!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|{{flagicon|SWE}}
!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|{{flagicon|DEN}}
|- align=center bgcolor=lightblue
|1.
|align=left|{{flagIOCteam|CHN|1996 Summer}}
|3||2||1||0||7||1||'''7'''|| ||X||0:0||'''2:0'''||'''5:1'''
|- align=center bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|2.
|align=left|{{flagIOCteam|USA|1996 Summer}}
|3||2||1||0||5||1||'''7'''|| ||0:0||X||'''2:1'''||'''3:0'''
|- align=center
|3.
|align=left|{{flagIOCteam|SWE|1996 Summer}}
|3||1||0||2||4||5||'''3'''|| ||0:2||1:2||X||'''3:1'''
|- align=center
|4.
|align=left|{{flagIOCteam|DEN|1996 Summer}}
|3||0||0||3||2||11||'''0'''|| ||1:5||0:3||1:3||X
|}
=====Group F=====
{| class="wikitable" border=1 cellpadding=5 cellspacing=0
!bgcolor="#efefef"|Rank
!bgcolor="#efefef" width="160"|Team
!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Pld
!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|W
!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|D
!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|L
!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|GF
!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|GA
!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Pts
!bgcolor="#efefef"|
!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|{{flagicon|NOR}}
!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|{{flagicon|BRA}}
!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|{{flagicon|GER}}
!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|{{flagicon|JPN}}
|- align=center bgcolor=lightblue
|1.
|align=left|{{flagIOCteam|NOR|1996 Summer}}
|3||2||1||0||9||4||'''7'''|| ||X||2:2||'''3:2'''||'''4:0'''
|- align=center bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|2.
|align=left|{{flagIOCteam|BRA|1996 Summer}}
|3||1||2||0||5||3||'''5'''|| ||2:2||X||'''1:1'''||'''2:0'''
|- align=center
|3.
|align=left|{{flagIOCteam|GER|1996 Summer}}
|3||1||1||1||6||6||'''4'''|| ||2:3||1:1||X||'''3:2'''
|- align=center
|4.
|align=left|{{flagIOCteam|JPN|1996 Summer}}
|3||0||0||3||2||9||'''0'''|| ||0:4||0:2||2:3||X
|}
====Knockout stages====
{{Round4-with third
<!--Date-Place|Team 1|Score 1|Team 2|Score 2 -->
<!--semi-finals -->
|[[July 28]] - [[Athens, Georgia]]|'''{{fbw|CHN}}'''|'''3'''|{{fbw|BRA}}'''|2
|[[July 28]] - [[Athens, Georgia]]|{{fbw|NOR}}|1|'''{{fbw|USA}}''' ([[Extra time|AET]])|'''2'''
<!--final -->
|[[August 1]] - [[Athens, Georgia|Athens]]|{{fbw|CHN}}|1|'''{{fbw|USA}}'''|'''2'''
<!--third place match-->
|[[August 1]] - [[Athens, Georgia|Athens]]|{{fbw|BRA}}|0|'''{{fbw|NOR}}'''|'''2'''
}}
==FIFA Fair play award==
Women's tournament
*'''{{fbw|USA}}'''
Men's tournament
*'''{{fb|ARG}}'''
==Top scoring teams==
Men's tournament
*[[Brazil]] 16 goals
*[[Argentina]] 13 goals
*[[Nigeria]] 11 goals
*[[France]] 7 goals
Women's tournament
*[[Norway women's national football team|Norway]] 12 goals
*[[China women's national football team|China PR]] 11 goals
*[[United States women's national soccer team|United States]] 9 goals
*[[Brazil women's national football team|Brazil]] 7 goals
==Top qualifiers==
Men's tournament
*[[France]] - [[Spain]] 7 points
*[[Brazil]] - [[Nigeria]] 6 points
Women's tournament
*[[China women's national football team|China PR]] - [[Norway women's national football team|Norway]] - [[United States women's national soccer team|United States]] each 7 points
*[[Brazil women's national football team|Brazil]] 5 points
==Top scorers==
Men's tournament
;Six goals
* {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Hernán Crespo]]
* {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Bebeto]]
<br>
;Five goals
* {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Ronaldo]]
<br>
;Four goals
* {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Marco Branca]]
<br>
;Three goals
* {{flagicon|NGA}} [[Nwankwo Kanu]]
* {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Flavio Conceição]]
* {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Florian Maurice]]
<br>
Women's tournament
;Four goals
* {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Ann Kristin Aarønes]]
* {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Linda Medalen]]
* {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Pretinha]]
<br>
;Three goals
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Shannon MacMillan]]
* {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Sun Qingmei]]
<br>
{{EventsAt1996SummerOlympics}}
{{Olympic Games Football}}
== References ==
* [http://www.fifa.com/en/comp/prevmatches/0,4645,OLY1996S8,00.html FIFA Match Reports]
* [http://www.rsssf.com/tableso/ol1996f-det.html RSSSF Archive]
* [http://www.fifa.com/en/comp/prevmatches/0,4645,OFW1996S8,00.html FIFA Women's Tournament Match Reports]
* [http://www.rsssf.com/tableso/ol1996f-women.html RSSSF Archive]
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