Football At The 1908 Summer Olympics

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. Great Britain was represented by the England national amateur team. Denmark's Sophus "Krlben" Nielsen set a record by scoring 10 goals in a 17-1 win against France.

Football (soccer), Men

PosAthlete
1(GBR)
Horace Bailey, Walter Corbett, Herbert Smith, Kenneth Hunt, Frederick Chapman, Robert Hawkes, Arthur Berry, Vivian Woodward, Henry Stapley, Clyde Purnell and Harold Hardman
2(DEN)
Ludvig Drescher, Charles Buchwald, Harald Hansen, Harald Bohr, Kristian Middelboe, Nils Middelboe, Oscar Nielsen-Nrland, August Lindgren, Sophus Nielsen, Vilhelm Wolffhagen, Bjrn Rasmussen, P. Marius Andersen and Johannes Gandil
3(NED)
Reinier Beeuwkes, Karel Heijting, Louis Otten, Johannes Sol, Johannes de Korver, Emil Mundt, Jan-Herman Welcker, Everardus Snethlage, Gerard Reeman, Jan Thome, Georges de Bruyn Kops and Johannes Kok

Results

colspan=7 style="background: lightblue;"|First Round
a href="/encyclopedia/October-19" title="October 19">Oct 19 align=right|Denmark align=center|9 align=center|- align=center|0 France B Shepherd's Bush (att. 2,000)
|align=right|N. Middleboe 2, Wolfhagen 4, Bohr 2,
S. Nielsen
|align=center|(4 |align=center|- |align=center|0)
a href="/encyclopedia/October-20" title="October 20">Oct 20 align=right|Great Britain align=center|12 align=center|- align=center|1 Sweden White City (att. 2,000)
|align=right|Robert Hawkes 2, Frederick Chapman,
Arthur Berry, Vivian Woodward 2,
Hubert Stapley 2, Claude Purnell 4
|align=center|(7 |align=center|- |align=center|0) |Bergstrom
olspan=7 style="background: lightblue;"|Semi Finals
a href="/encyclopedia/October-22" title="October 22">Oct 22 align=right|Great Britain align=center|4 align=center|- align=center|0 Netherlands White City (att. 6,000)
|align=right|Hubert Stapley 4 |align=center|(1 |align=center|- |align=center|0)
a href="/encyclopedia/October-22" title="October 22">Oct 22 align=right|France A align=center|1 align=center|- align=center|17 Denmark Shepherd's Bush (att. 1,000)
|align=right|Sartorius |align=center|(1 |align=center|- |align=center|6) |S.E. Nielsen 10, Lindgreen 2,
N. Middleboe, Wolfhagen 4
olspan=7 style="background: lightblue;"|Bronze Medal Match
a href="/encyclopedia/October-23" title="October 23">Oct 23 align=right|Netherlands align=center|2 align=center|- align=center|0 Sweden Shepherd's Bush (att. 1,000)
|align=right|Reeman, Snethlage |align=center|(1 |align=center|- |align=center|0)
olspan=7 style="background: lightblue;"|Final
a href="/encyclopedia/October-24" title="October 24">Oct 24 align=right|Great Britain align=center|2 align=center|- align=center|0 Denmark White City (att. 8,000)
|Frederick Chapman, Vivian Woodward |align=center|(1 |align=center|- |align=center|0)

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