Football at the 1908 Summer Olympics
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At the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, England, an official football tournament was contested for the first time. Eight teams entered (two from France), although Hungary and Bohemia withdrew before the start. England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales had the option to each enter their own team for the competition (as all four did in the field hockey competition. Only the English FA took up the opportunity so Great Britain was represented by the England national amateur team. Denmark's Sophus "Krølben" Nielsen set a record by scoring 10 goals in a 17-1 win against France.
Medal table
| Position | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Great Britain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 |
Denmark | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 |
Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| — |
France | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sweden | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Medal summary
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's tournament |
Great Britain |
Denmark |
Netherlands |
Team rosters
Great Britain
Great Britain was represented by the England national amateur football team.
- Horace Bailey (goalkeeper)
- Arthur Berry
- Frederick Chapman (captain)
- Walter Corbett
- Harold Hardman
- Robert Hawkes
- Kenneth Hunt
- Herbert Smith
- Henry Stapley
- Clyde Purnell
- Vivian Woodward
Denmark
Denmark was represented by the Denmark national football team.
- P. Marius Andersen
- Harald Bohr
- Charles Buchwald
- Ludvig Drescher (goalkeeper)
- Johannes Gandil
- Harald Hansen
- August Lindgren
- Kristian Middelboe (captain)
- Nils Middelboe
- Sophus Nielsen
- Oscar Nielsen-Nørland
- Bjørn Rasmussen
- Vilhelm Wolffhagen
Netherlands
The Netherlands was represented by the Netherlands national football team.
- Reinier Beeuwkes (goalkeeper)
- Georges de Bruyn Kops
- Karel Heijting
- Johannes Kok
- Johannes de Korver (captain)
- Emil Mundt
- Louis Otten
- Gerard Reeman
- Everardus Snethlage
- Johannes Sol
- Jan Thomée
- Jan-Herman Welcker
Sweden
Sweden was represented by the Sweden national football team.
- Sune Almkvist
- Nils Andersson
- Karl Ansén
- Oskar Bengtsson (goalkeeper)
- Gustaf Bergström
- Arvid Fagrell
- Åke Fjästad
- Karl Gustafsson
- Valter Lidén
- Hans Lindman (captain)
- Teodor Malm
- Sven Ohlsson
- Olle Olsson
- Sven Olsson
France
France was represented by the France national football team, divided into two squads.
France A
- Yves Albert
- Georges Bayrou
- Gaston Cypres
- Jules Dubly
- Jean Fenouillere
- Albert François (captain)
- Charles Renaux
- Émile Sartorius
- Roland Schubart
- Maurice Tillette (goalkeeper)
- Ursule Wibaut
France B
- Charles Bilot
- Serge Dastarac
- Victor Denis
- François Desrousseaux (goalkeeper)
- Marcel Eucher
- Adrien Filez
- Henri Holgart
- Fernand Jenicot
- Paul Mathaux
- E. Morillon
- Jules Verlet (captain)
Results
Matches
First round
| October 19 | Denmark | 9 | - | 0 | France B | Shepherd's Bush (att. 2,000) |
| N. Middleboe 2, Wolfhagen 4, Bohr 2, S. Nielsen | (4 | - | 0) | |||
| October 20 | Great Britain | 12 | - | 1 | Sweden | White City (att. 2,000) |
| Hawkes 2, Chapman, Berry, Woodward 2, Stapley 2, Purnell 4 | (7 | - | 0) | Bergstrom | ||
Semifinals
| October 22 | Great Britain | 4 | - | 0 | Netherlands | White City (att. 6,000) |
| Stapley 4 | (1 | - | 0) | |||
| October 22 | France A | 1 | - | 17 | Denmark | Shepherd's Bush (att. 1,000) |
| Sartorius | (1 | - | 6) | S. Nielsen 10, Lindgreen 2, N. Middleboe, Wolfhagen 4 | ||
Bronze medal match
This match is not listed in the official report. The appearance of Sweden in the game is also odd, as France A had been the team that lost to Denmark in the semifinals. Sweden had lost in the first round. A possible explanation is that the football tournament used a similar repechage system to that used in Fencing at the 1908 Summer Olympics, in which the first-round loser to the eventual champion was relegated but the semifinal loser to the eventual loser of the final was eliminated.
| October 23 | Netherlands | 2 | - | 0 | Sweden | Shepherd's Bush (att. 1,000) |
| Reeman, Snethlage | (1 | - | 0) | |||
Final
| October 24 | Great Britain | 2 | - | 0 | Denmark | White City (att. 8,000) |
| Chapman, Woodward | (1 | - | 0) | |||
Statistics
Scoring
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.
| Place | Name | Nation | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sophus Nielsen |
Denmark | 11 |
| 2 | Vilhelm Wolffhagen |
Denmark | 8 |
| 3 | Henry Stapley |
Great Britain | 6 |
| 4 | Clyde Purnell |
Great Britain | 4 |
| 5 | Nils Middleboe |
Denmark | 3 |
| Vivian Woodward |
Great Britain | 3 | |
| 7 | Harald Bohr |
Denmark | 2 |
| Frederick Chapman |
Great Britain | 2 | |
| Robert Hawkes |
Great Britain | 2 | |
| August Lindgren |
Denmark | 2 | |
| 11 | Gustaf Bergström |
Sweden | 1 |
| Arthur Berry |
Great Britain | 1 | |
| Gerard Reeman |
Netherlands | 1 | |
| Émile Sartorius |
France | 1 | |
| Everardus Snethlage |
Netherlands | 1 |
Goalkeeping
| Place | Name | Nation | 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 | François Desrousseaux |
France | 9 | 1 | 9.00 |
| 6 | Maurice Tillette |
France | 17 | 1 | 17.00 |
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