Football at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Matches explained

Football at the 1912 Summer Olympics was the association football tournament that featured eleven teams, all from Europe. Four teams were drawn into eight groups of two where they each played once in a single-elimination format: the rest of the teams directly passed to the quarter-finals. Belgium withdrew shortly before the draw, while France withdrew after the draw.[1]

Great Britain won the competition. Denmark won silver and the Netherlands won bronze.[2]

First round

Finland vs Italy

GK August Syrjäläinen
DF Jalmari Holopainen
DFGösta Löfgren
MF Knut Lund
MFEino Soinio (capt.)
MF Kaarlo Soinio
FW
FW Bror Wiberg
FW Artturi Nyyssönen
FW Jarl Öhman
FW Algoth Niska
Manager:
(none)
GK Piero Campelli
DFAngelo Binaschi
DF Renzo de Vecchi
MF Carlo de Marchi
MF Giuseppe Milano (c)
MF Pietro Leone
FW Enea Zuffi
FW Franco Bontadini
FW Felice Berardo
FW Enrico Sardi
FW Edoardo Mariani
Substitutes:
MF
Manager:
Vittorio Pozzo
Notes

Austria vs Germany

GK Otto Noll
DF Bernhard Graubart
DF Ladislaus Kurpiel
MF Josef Brandstätter
MFKarl Braunsteiner
MF Robert Cimera
FW Ludwig Hussak (c)
FW Alois Müller
FW Johann Studnicka
FW Robert Merz
FW Leopold Neubauer
Manager
ÖFB Committee
GK
DFHelmut Röpnack
DF Ernst Hollstein
MF Georg Krogmann
MF Max Breunig
MF Hermann Bosch
FW Karl Wegele
FW Adolf Jäger (c)
FW
FW Eugen Kipp
FW Julius Hirsch
Manager
DFB Committee

Sweden vs Netherlands

GK Josef Börjesson
DF Jacob Levin
DF Erik Bergström
MF Ragnar Wicksell
MF Gustav Sandberg
MF Karl Gustafsson
FW Herman Myhrberg (c)
FW Ivar Swensson
FW Erik Börjesson
FW Helge Ekroth
FW Karl Ansén
Manager
John Ohlson
GK Just Göbel
DF David Wijnveldt
DF Constant Feith
MF Nico de Wolf
MF Bok de Korver
MF Dirk Lotsy (c)
FW Jan van Breda Kolff
FW Huug de Groot
FW Caesar ten Cate
FW Jan Vos
FW Nico Bouvy
Manager
Edgar Chadwick

Norway vs France

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Second round

Finland vs Russia

GK August Syrjäläinen
DF Jalmari Holopainen
DF Gösta Löfgren
MF Knut Lund
MF Eino Soinio (c)
MFViljo Lietola
FW Ragnar Wickström
FW Bror Wiberg
FW Artturi Nyyssönen
FW Jarl Öhman
FW Algoth Niska
Manager
(none)
GK Lev Favorsky
DF Pyotr Sokolov
DF Vladimir Markov
MF Andrei Akimov
MF Nikita Khromov
MF Nikolai Kynin
FW Mikhail Smirnov
FW Aleksandr Filippov (c)
FW Vasily Butusov
FW Vasily Zhitarev
FW Sergei Filippov
Manager
Robert Fulda and Georgy Dyuperron

Great Britain vs Hungary

GK Ronald Brebner
DF Thomas Burn
DF Arthur Knight
MF Henry Littlewort
MF Edward Hanney
MF Joseph Dines
FW Arthur Berry
FW Vivian Woodward (c)
FW Harold Walden
FW Gordon Hoare
FW Ivan Sharpe
Manager
Adrian Birch
GK László Domonkos
DF Gyula Rumbold
DF Imre Payer
MF Gyula Bíró
MF Jenő Károly (c)
MF Antal Vágó
FW Béla Sebestyén
FWSándor Bodnár
FW Mihály Pataki
FW Imre Schlosser
FW Gáspár Borbás
Manager
Ede Herczog

Denmark vs Norway

GK Sophus Hansen
DF Charles Buchwald
DFHarald Hansen
MF Ivar Lykke
MF Nils Middelboe (c)
MFPaul Berth
FW Axel Petersen
FW Sophus Nielsen
FW Anthon Olsen
FW Hjalmar Christoffersen
FW Vilhelm Wolfhagen
Manager
Louis Østrup
GK Ingolf Pedersen
DF Per Skou
DFEinar Friis Baastad
MF Harald Johansen
MF Charles Herlofson (c)
MF Gunnar Andersen
FW Henry Reinholdt
FW Kristian Krefting
FW Hans Endrerud
FW Rolf Maartmann
FW Erling Maartmann
Manager
James V. Hayes

Netherlands vs Austria

GK Just Göbel
DF David Wijnveldt
DF Piet Bouman
MF Ge Fortgens
MF Joop Boutmy
MF Dirk Lotsy (c)
FW Jan van Breda Kolff
FW Huug de Groot
FW Caesar ten Cate
FW Jan Vos
FW Nico Bouvy
GK Otto Noll
DFBernhard Graubart
DFLadislaus Kurpiel
MF Josef Brandstätter
MFKarl Braunsteiner
MF Robert Cimera
FW Ludwig Hussak (c)
FW Alois Müller
FW Johann Studnicka
FW Robert Merz
FW Leopold Neubauer

Semi finals

Great Britain vs Finland

GKRonald Brebner
DF Thomas Burn
DFArthur Knight
MFHenry Littlewort
MF Harold Stamper
MF Joseph Dines
FW Gordon Wright
FW Vivian Woodward (c)
FW Harold Walden
FW Gordon Hoare
FW Ivan Sharpe
Manager
Adrian Birch
GK August Syrjäläinen
DFJalmari Holopainen
DF Gösta Löfgren
MF Knut Lund
MF Eino Soinio (c)
MF Viljo Lietola
FW vRagnar Wickström
FW Bror Wiberg
FW Artturi Nyyssönen
FW Jarl Öhman
FW Algoth Niska
Manager
(none)

Denmark vs Netherlands

GKSophus Hansen
DFNils Middelboe (c)
DFHarald Hansen
MF Charles Buchwald
MF Emil Jørgensen
MFPaul Berth
FW Oskar Nielsen
FW
FW Anthon Olsen
FW Sophus Nielsen
FW Vilhelm Wolfhagen
Manager
(none)
GK Just Göbel
DFDavid Wijnveldt
DF Piet Bouman
MF Ge Fortgens
MF Joop Boutmy
MF Dirk Lotsy (c)
FW Jan van Breda Kolff
FW Huug de Groot
FW Caesar ten Cate
FW Jan Vos
FW vNico Bouvy
Manager
Edgar Chadwick

Bronze medal game

Netherlands vs Finland

GKJust Göbel
DF David Wijnveldt
DF Constant Feith
MF Nico de Wolf
MF Joop Boutmy
MFDirk Lotsy (c)
FW Jan van Breda Kolff
FW Huug de Groot
FW Jan van der Sluis
FW Jan Vos
FWNico Bouvy
Manager
Edgar Chadwick
GKAugust Syrjäläinen
DF Jalmari Holopainen
DF Gösta Löfgren
MF Knut Lund
MF Eino Soinio (capt.)
MFViljo Lietola
FW Lauri Tanner
FW Bror Wiberg
FW Artturi Nyyssönen
FW Jarl Öhman
FW Algoth Niska
Manager
(none)

Final

Great Britain vs Denmark

GK Ronald Brebner
DF Thomas Burn
DF Arthur Knight
MF Douglas McWhirter
MF Henry Littlewort
MF James Dines
FW Arthur Berry
FW Vivian Woodward
FW Harold Walden
FW Gordon Hoare
FW Ivan Sharpe
Head Coach:
Adrian Birch
GK Sophus Hansen
DF
DF Harald Hansen
MF Charles Buchwald
MF Emil Jorgensen
MF Paul Berth
FW
FW
FW Anthon Olsen
FW Sophus Nielsen
FW Vilhelm Wolfhagen
Head Coach:
Charlie Williams

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418055840/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1912/FTB/ Football at the 1912 Stockholm Summer Games
  2. https://www.rsssf.org/tableso/ol1912f-det.html V. Olympiad Stockholm 1912 Football Tournament