Football at the 1908 Summer Olympics


At the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, Great Britain, an official football tournament between national representative selections was contested for the first time: football at the two previous games had been played between club teams. Eight teams entered, although Hungary and Bohemia withdrew before the start. Denmark's Sophus "Krølben" Nielsen set a record by scoring 10 goals in a 17-1 win against France. Great Britain won the gold. Among those representing the Danish team was the famous mathematician Harald Bohr.

Venue

Squads

Tournament

The matches: on IFFHS

First round

----
----
Byes: and .

Semi-finals

----
----

Bronze medal match

The French were so shocked by their 17–1 defeat against Denmark that they declined to play for the bronze medal; therefore, the Netherlands played Sweden for third place.
----

Gold medal match

Team details-

Medal summary

Medal table

Medalists

Complete list of medal winners:
EventGoldSilverBronze
Men's tournament
Horace Bailey
Arthur Berry
Frederick Chapman
Walter Corbett
Harold Hardman
Robert Hawkes
Kenneth Hunt
Herbert Smith
Harold Stapley
Clyde Purnell
Vivian Woodward
George Barlow
Albert Bell
Ronald Brebner
W. Crabtree
Walter Daffern
Thomas Porter
Albert Scothern

Peter Marius Andersen
Harald Bohr
Charles Buchwald
Ludvig Drescher
Johannes Gandil
Harald Hansen
August Lindgren
Kristian Middelboe
Nils Middelboe
Sophus Nielsen
Oskar Nørland
Bjørn Rasmussen
Vilhelm Wolfhagen
Magnus Beck
Ødbert E. Bjarnholt
Knud Hansen
Einar Middelboe

Reinier Beeuwkes
Frans de Bruyn Kops
Karel Heijting
Jan Kok
Bok de Korver
Emil Mundt
Louis Otten
Jops Reeman
Edu Snethlage
Ed Sol
Jan Thomée
Caius Welcker
Jan van den Berg
Lo la Chapelle
Vic Gonsalves
John Heijting
Tonie van Renterghem

Statistics

Goalscorers

;11 goals
  • Sophus Nielsen
;8 goals
  • Vilhelm Wolfhagen
;6 goals
  • Harold Stapley
;4 goals
;3 goals
  • Nils Middelboe
  • Vivian Woodward
;2 goals
  • Harald Bohr
  • August Lindgren
  • Frederick Chapman
  • Robert Hawkes
;1 goal
PlaceNameTeamGoals allowedGamesGAA
1Horace Bailey130.33
2Ludvig Drescher331.00
3Reinier Beeuwkes422.00
4Oskar Bengtsson1427.00
5Fernand Desrousseaux919.00
6Maurice Tillette17117.00

OWIKI.org. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.