Soccer Nostalgia: Compendium to The Soccernostalgia Interview-Part 41-Matches of France Olympics National team during the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.

France National Team matches under Henri Michel during the 1984 Olympics

July 29, 1982, Olympics, Annapolis, USA, France 2-Qatar 2 (Patrice Garande 43, Daniel Xuereb 61 / Khalid Al Mohamadi 54, 59)

July 31, 1984, Olympics, Cambridge, USA, France 2-Norway 1 (François Brisson 11, 56 / Per-Egil Ahlsen 33 pen)

August 2, 1984, Olympics, Annapolis, USA, France 1-Chile 1 (Fernando Santis 4 / Jean-Claude Lemoult 50)

August 5, 1984, Olympics, Pasadena, USA, France 2-Egypt 0 (Daniel Xuereb 28, Dominique Bijotat 52)

August 8, 1984, Olympics, Pasadena, USA, France 4-Yugoslavia 2 (Dominique Bijotat 6, Phillippe Jeannol 15, Guy Lacombe 95, Daniel Xuereb 120 / Borislav Cvetkovic 63, Stjepan Deveric 75)

August 11, 1984, Olympics, Pasadena, USA, France 2-Brazil 0 (François Brisson 54, Daniel Xuereb 63)

France’s 1984 Olympics Finals squad:

1-Albert Rust (Football Club de Sochaux-Montbéliard) (goalkeeper)

2-William Ayache (Football Club de Nantes)

3-Michel Bibard (Football Club de Nantes)

4-Dominique Bijotat (Association Sportive de Monaco)

5- François Brisson (Racing Club de Lens)

6-Patrick Cubaynes (Nimes Olympiques)

7-Patrice Garande (Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise)

8-Phillipe Jeannol (Association Sportive Nancy-Lorraine)

9-Guy Lacombe (Toulouse Football Club)

10-Jean-Claude Lemoult (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club)

11-Jean-Philippe Rohr (Football Club de Metz)

12-Didier Senac (Racing Club de Lens)

13-Jean –Christophe Thouvenel (Girondins de Bordeaux Football Club)

14-Jose Toure (Football Club de Nantes)

15-Daniel Xuereb (Racing Club de Lens)

16-Jean-Louis Zanon (Association Sportive de Saint-Etienne Loire)

17-Michel Bensoussan (Football Club Grand Rouen) (goalkeeper)

Coach: Henri Michel

Team Captain: Albert Rust

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Note:

1-Albert Rust was the only player to have been in the European Championship and Olympic wining squads.

2-France became the 4th nation to win the Olympic Title and European Nations Cup.

After USSR in 1960, Italy in 1968 and Czechoslovakia in 1980.

Photo From: France Football, Issue 1997, July 17, 1984

(France 1984 Olympics squad)

Date: July 29, 1984

Competition: 1984 Los Angeles Olympics- Group A

Result: France 2-Qatar 2

Venue: Annapolis, Maryland Navy-Marine Corps Stadium, USA

Attendance: 29,240

Referee: Romualdo Arppi Filho (Brazil)

Linesmen: Toshikazu Sano (Japan), Mohamed Hossam El Din (Egypt)

Fourth official: Edward Bellion (USA)

Kick-off time: 16:30

Goalscorers:

(France): Patrice Garande 43, Daniel Xuereb 61

(Qatar): Khalid Al Mohamadi 54, 59

Summary of goals:

1:0 (43^rd minute, France): A cross from the right side was headed in by Garande.

1:1 (54^th minute, Qatar): Al Mohamadi scored with a powerful shot from a narrow angle on the left, just inside the box.

1:2 (59^th minute, Qatar): A long cross from the middle (towards right) was sent not the box at the left, a pass across and Al Mohamadi shot in.

2:2 (61^st minute, France): A free kick from the right side was headed in by Xuereb.

Lineups:

France:

1-Albert Rust (Football Club de Sochaux-Montbéliard)

13-Jean –Christophe Thouvenel (Girondins de Bordeaux Football Club)

12-Didier Senac (Racing Club de Lens)

16-Jean-Louis Zanon (Association Sportive de Saint-Etienne Loire)

2-William Ayache (Football Club de Nantes)

3-Michel Bibard (Football Club de Nantes)

9-Guy Lacombe (Toulouse Football Club)

4-Dominique Bijotat (Association Sportive de Monaco)

14-Jose Toure (Football Club de Nantes)

15-Daniel Xuereb (Racing Club de Lens)

7-Patrice Garande (Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise)

Coach: Henri Michel

Booked: Dominique Bijotat 22, Didier Senac 75

Other Substitutes:

17-Michel Bensoussan (Football Club Grand Rouen)

5-François Brisson (Racing Club de Lens)

8-Phillipe Jeannol (Association Sportive Nancy-Lorraine)

10-Jean-Claude Lemoult (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club)

6-Patrick Cubaynes (Nimes Olympiques)

11-Jean-Philippe Rohr (Football Club de Metz)

Team Captain: Albert Rust

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: Blue (Red Horizontal stripe at top and three thin white horizontal striped) Shirts, White Shorts, Red Socks

Qatar:

1-Younis Lari

2-Mohd Al Sowadi

5-Mubarak Al Ali

6-Faraj Al Mass

10-Mubarak Al Khater

12-Salem Mehaizaa (11-Ali Al Sadah 89)

13-Adel Ahmed Malalla

14-Ibrahim Ahmad

15-Mansoor Bakheet

16-Khalid Al Mohamedi

17-Issa Al Mohamadi

Coach: Evaristo do Macedo (Brazil)

Booked: Ibrahim Ahmad 10

Sent Off: Ibrahim Ahmad 10

Other Substitutes:

3-Sultan Waleed Jamaan

4-Yusuf Mubarak Al Adsani

7-Mubarak Suwaide

8-Mohd Al Ammari

9-Ahmad Almajid

Team Captain: -

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: White (Red Burgundy Tripe at top) Shirts, Burgundy Red Shorts, White Socks

Photo From: Onze, Issue 105, September 1984

(July 29, 1982, Olympics, France 2-Qatar 2)

Date: July 31, 1984

Competition: 1984 Los Angeles Olympics- Group A

Result: France 2-Norway 1

Venue: Cambridge, Massachusetts Harvard Stadium, USA

Attendance: 27,832

Referee: Volker Roth (West Germany)

Linesmen: Jesus Diaz Palacio (Colombia), Bester Kalombo (Malawi)

Fourth official: Enzo Barbaresco (Italy)

Kick-off time: 16:00

Goalscorers:

(France): François Brisson 11,56

(Norway): Per-Egil Ahlsen 33 pen

Summary of goals:

1:0 (11^th minute, France): A corner from the right side was headed across at the edge of the box to the left and Brisson struck in.

1:1 (33^rd minute, France): Ahlesen scored from a penalty kick.

2:1 (56^th minute, France): A cross from the right side was headed at the far post and Brisson scored from close range.

Lineups:

France:

1-Albert Rust (Football Club de Sochaux-Montbéliard)

8-Phillipe Jeannol (Association Sportive Nancy-Lorraine)

13-Jean –Christophe Thouvenel (Girondins de Bordeaux Football Club)

12-Didier Senac (Racing Club de Lens)

2-William Ayache (Football Club de Nantes)

9-Guy Lacombe (Toulouse Football Club)

10-Jean-Claude Lemoult (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club)

4-Dominique Bijotat (Association Sportive de Monaco)

14-Jose Toure (Football Club de Nantes) (11-Jean-Philippe Rohr (Football Club de Metz) 75)

15-Daniel Xuereb (Racing Club de Lens)

5- François Brisson (Racing Club de Lens) (6-Patrick Cubaynes (Nimes Olympiques) 83)

Coach: Henri Michel

Other Substitutes:

17-Michel Bensoussan (Football Club Grand Rouen)

16-Jean-Louis Zanon (Association Sportive de Saint-Etienne Loire)

3-Michel Bibard (Football Club de Nantes)

7-Patrice Garande (Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise)

Team Captain: Albert Rust

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: Blue (Red Horizontal stripe at top and three thin white horizontal striped) Shirts, White Shorts, Red Socks

Norway:

1-Erik Thordsvet (Viking -Stavanger)

2-Svein Fjaellberg (Viking -Stavanger)

4-Knut Thorbjørn Eggen (Rosenborg Ballklub- Trondheim)

3-Terje Kojedal (Hamarkameratene)

7-Per Edmund Mordt (Vålerengens Idrettsforening)

8-Kai Erik Herlovsen (Borussia Verein für Leibesübungen 1900 e.V. Mönchengladbach / West Germany)

6-Per-Egil Ahlsen (Frederikstad Fotballklubb-Ostfold)

10-Tom Sundby (Lillestrøm Sportsklubb- Skedsmo)

11-Stein Kollhaugen (Moss Fotballklubb- Ostfold) (14-Egil Johansen (Vålerengens Idrettsforening) 67)

17-Arve Seland (Start Idrettsklubben- Kristiansand)

16-Andre Krogsaeter (Lillestrøm Sportsklubb- Skedsmo) (15-Jan Berg (Molde Fotballklubb- More og Romsdal) 83)

Coach: Tor Røste Fossen

Booked: Knut Thorbjørn Eggen 77

Other Substitutes:

12-Ola By Rise (Rosenborg Ballklub- Trondheim)

13-Joar Vaadal (Lillestrøm Sportsklubb- Skedsmo)

9-Stein Gran (Vålerengens Idrettsforening)

5-Trond Sirevåg (Bryne Idrettslag-Time)

Team Captain: -

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Hummel

Uniform Colors: White Shirts, White Shorts, White Socks

Date: August 2, 1984

Competition: 1984 Los Angeles Olympics- Group A

Result: France 1-Chile 1

Venue: Annapolis, Maryland Navy-Marine Corps Stadium, USA

Attendance: 28,114

Referee: Jan Keizer (Holland)

Linesmen: Jesus Paulino Siles (Costa Rica), Edward Bellion (USA)

Fourth official: Toshikazu Sano (Japan)

Kick-off time: 16:00

Goalscorers:

(France): Fernando Santis 4

(Chile): Jean-Claude Lemoult 50

Summary of goals:

0:1 (4^th minute, Chile): Santis scored from a long range shot from outside of the box.

1:1 (50^th minute, France): Lemoult scored from a long range shot from the right side from outside of the box. Furniel touched the ball, but it slipped his grasp.

Lineups:

France:

1-Albert Rust (Football Club de Sochaux-Montbéliard)

8-Phillipe Jeannol (Association Sportive Nancy-Lorraine)

13-Jean –Christophe Thouvenel (Girondins de Bordeaux Football Club)

12-Didier Senac (Racing Club de Lens)

2-William Ayache (Football Club de Nantes)

9-Guy Lacombe (Toulouse Football Club)

4-Dominique Bijotat (Association Sportive de Monaco) (11-Jean-Philippe Rohr (Football Club de Metz) 78)

10-Jean-Claude Lemoult (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club)

14-Jose Toure (Football Club de Nantes)

15-Daniel Xuereb (Racing Club de Lens)

5- François Brisson (Racing Club de Lens)

Coach: Henri Michel

Booked: William Ayache 34

Other Substitutes:

17-Michel Bensoussan (Football Club Grand Rouen)

3-Michel Bibard (Football Club de Nantes)

7-Patrice Garande (Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise)

16-Jean-Louis Zanon (Association Sportive de Saint-Etienne Loire)

6-Patrick Cubaynes (Nimes Olympiques)

Team Captain: Albert Rust

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: Blue (Red Horizontal stripe at top and three thin white horizontal striped) Shirts, White Shorts, Red Socks

Chile:

1- Eduardo Furniel (Cobreloa)

2-Daniel Ahumada (U. La Calera)

3- Luis Mosquera (Universidad de Chile)

4-Alex Martinez (San Luis)

5-Leonel Contreras (Everton de Vina del Mar)

6-Alejandro Hisis (Club Social y Deportivo Colo Colo-Santiago)

9- Fernando Santis (Magallanes)

10- Sergio Marchant (U. San Felipe) (8- Jaime Vera (Club Social y Deportivo Colo Colo-Santiago) 55)

11- Juvenal Olmos (Universidad Catolica)

15- Carlos Ramos (Universidad de Chile) (17- Marco Figueroa (Everton de Vina del Mar) 55)

16- Jaime Baeza (Everton de Vina del Mar)

Coach: Issac Carrasco Rivas

Other Substitutes:

7- Alfredo Nunez (Palestino)

12- Patricio Toledo (Universidad Catolica)

13- Luis Perez (Magallanes)

14- Sergio Pacheco (Audax Italiano)

Team Captain: -

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: White Shirts, White Shorts, White Socks

Date: August 5, 1984

Competition: 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, Quarterfinals

Result: France 2-Egypt 0

Venue: Pasadena, California Rose Bowl, USA

Attendance: 66,228

Referee: Cha Kyong-Bok (South Korea)

Linesmen: Jan Keizer (Holland), Antonio Marquez Ramirez (Mexico)

Fourth official: -

Kick-off time: 19:00

Goalscorers:

(France): Daniel Xuereb 28, Dominique Bijotat 52

(Egypt): None

Summary of goals:

1:0 (28^th minute, France): A cross from the right side was headed in by Xuereb.

2:0 (52^nd minute, France): Thouvenel’s cross from the right side was volleyed in by Bijotat.

Lineups:

France:

1-Albert Rust (Football Club de Sochaux-Montbéliard)

8-Phillipe Jeannol (Association Sportive Nancy-Lorraine)

13-Jean –Christophe Thouvenel (Girondins de Bordeaux Football Club)

12-Didier Senac (Racing Club de Lens)

2-William Ayache (Football Club de Nantes)

9-Guy Lacombe (Toulouse Football Club)

4-Dominique Bijotat (Association Sportive de Monaco)

10-Jean-Claude Lemoult (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club)

14-Jose Toure (Football Club de Nantes) (11-Jean-Philippe Rohr (Football Club de Metz) 10)

5- François Brisson (Racing Club de Lens)

15-Daniel Xuereb (Racing Club de Lens) (7-Patrice Garande (Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise) 75)

Coach: Henri Michel

Other Substitutes:

17-Michel Bensoussan (Football Club Grand Rouen)

3-Michel Bibard (Football Club de Nantes)

16-Jean-Louis Zanon (Association Sportive de Saint-Etienne Loire)

6-Patrick Cubaynes (Nimes Olympiques)

Team Captain: Albert Rust

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: Blue (Red Horizontal stripe at top and three thin white horizontal striped) Shirts, White Shorts, Red Socks

Note:

1-Jose Toure was injured and replaced in the 10^th minute. He missed the rest of the Tournament.

Egypt:

17-Ahmed Salem

3-Mohamed Yassine

5-Ibrahim Awadallah

8-Shawky Gharib

9-Abdel Ghani Sayed

10-Mahmoud El Khatib (14-Ahmed Mohamed Mahmoud )

11-Emad Soliman (7-Mustafa Ahmed Ismail )

12-Taher Abouzeid

13- Hamed Mahmoud El Badr

15-Omar El Zeer

16-Morsy El Alaa

Coach: Moussier Fathy

Other Substitutes:

1-Adel Hussaino El Mamour

2-Khaled Gadallah

4-Hesham Saleh

6-Mohamed Sedky

Team Captain: -

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: White Shirts, White Shorts, White Socks

Photo From: France Football, Issue 2001, August 14, 1984

(August 5, 1984, Olympics, France 2-Egypt 0)

Date: August 8, 1984

Competition: 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, Semifinals

Result: France 4-Yugoslavia 2 (After Extra time)

Venue: Pasadena, California Rose Bowl, USA

Attendance: 97,451

Referee: Antonio Marquez Ramirez (Mexico)

Linesmen: Jorge E. Romero (Argentina), Antonio Evangelista (Canada)

Fourth official: Jesus Diaz Palacio (Colombia)

Kick-off time: 18:15

Goalscorers:

(France): Dominique Bijotat 6, Phillippe Jeannol 15, Guy Lacombe 95, Daniel Xuereb 120)

(Yugoslavia): Borislav Cvetkovic 63, Stjepan Deveric 75

Summary of goals:

1:0 (6^th minute, France): Bijotat received the ball near the middle of the field (on the left, just inside the French half), and went on a solo run and scored.

2:0 (15^th minute, France): Jeannol scored from a free kick.

2:1 (63^rd minute, Yugoslavia): Mirsad Baljic’s cross from the left side was shot in by Cvetkovic.

2:2 (75^th minute, Yugoslavia): A cross from the left side was headed by Gracan, Rust parried, Deveric knocked in the rebound.

3:2 (95^th minute, France): A cross from the left side was headed across to Lacombe who shot in.

4:2 (120^th minute, France): Tomislav Ivkovic advanced, he was robbed of the ball by Bijotat, Xuereb knocked into the empty net.

Lineups:

France:

1-Albert Rust (Football Club de Sochaux-Montbéliard)

13-Jean –Christophe Thouvenel (Girondins de Bordeaux Football Club) (3-Michel Bibard (Football Club de Nantes) 23)

12-Didier Senac (Racing Club de Lens) (16-Jean-Louis Zanon (Association Sportive de Saint-Etienne Loire) 46)

8-Phillipe Jeannol (Association Sportive Nancy-Lorraine)

2-William Ayache (Football Club de Nantes)

10-Jean-Claude Lemoult (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club)

4-Dominique Bijotat (Association Sportive de Monaco)

11-Jean-Philippe Rohr (Football Club de Metz)

9-Guy Lacombe (Toulouse Football Club)

15-Daniel Xuereb (Racing Club de Lens)

5- François Brisson (Racing Club de Lens)

Coach: Henri Michel

Booked: Jean-Philippe Rohr 31

Other Substitutes:

17-Michel Bensoussan (Football Club Grand Rouen)

6-Patrick Cubaynes (Nimes Olympiques)

14-Jose Toure (Football Club de Nantes)

7-Patrice Garande (Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise)

Team Captain: Albert Rust

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: Blue (Red Horizontal stripe at top and three thin white horizontal striped) Shirts, White Shorts, Red Socks

Yugoslavia:

12-Tomislav Ivkovic (Fudbalski Klub Crvena zvezda (Red Star) -Beograd)

15-Branko Miljus (Nogometni Klub Hajduk –Split)

5-Marko Elsner (Fudbalski Klub Crvena zvezda (Red Star) -Beograd) (17-Mitar Mrkela (Fudbalski Klub Crvena zvezda (Red Star) -Beograd) 46) (16-Dragan Stojkovic (Fudbalski Klub Radnicki-Nis) 77)

6-Ljubomir Radanovic (Fudbalski Klub Partizan- Beograd)

3-Mirsad Baljic (Fudbalski Klub Zeljeznicar-Sarajevo)

8-Nenad Gracan (Nogometni Klub Rijeka)

4-Srecko Katanec (Nogometni Klub Olimpija- Ljubljana)

10-Mehmed Bazdarevic (Fudbalski Klub Zeljeznicar-Sarajevo)

11-Borislav Cvetkovic (Nogometni Klub Dinamo- Zagreb)

14-Stjepan Deveric (Nogometni Klub Dinamo- Zagreb)

13-Jova Nikolic (Fudbalski Klub Crvena zvezda (Red Star) -Beograd)

Coach:Ivan Toplak

Booked: Mirsad Baljic 8, Srecko Katanec 43, Stjepan Deveric 104, Nenad Gracan 119

Sent off: Jova Nikolic 49, Borislav Cvetkovic 77

Other Substitutes:

1-Ivan Pudar (Nogometni Klub Hajduk –Split)

2-Vlado Capljic (Fudbalski Klub Zeljeznicar-Sarajevo)

7-Admir Smajic (Fudbalski Klub Partizan- Beograd)

9-Milko Djurovski (Fudbalski Klub Crvena zvezda (Red Star) -Beograd)

Team Captain: Marko Elsner

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: White Shirts, White Shorts, White Socks

Photo From: Mondial, new series, issue 54, September 1984

(August 8, 1984, Olympics, France 4-Yugoslavia 2)

Photo From: Mondial, new series, issue 54, September 1984

(August 8, 1984, Olympics, France 4-Yugoslavia 2)

Photo From: Mondial, new series, issue 55, October 1984

(August 8, 1984, Olympics, France 4-Yugoslavia 2)

Date: August 11, 1984

Competition: 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, Final

Result: France 2-Brazil 0

Venue: Pasadena, California Rose Bowl, USA

Attendance: 101,970

Referee: Jan Keizer (Holland)

Linesmen: Jorge E. Romero (Argentina), Cha Kyong-Bok (South Korea)

Fourth official: Antonio Marquez Ramirez (Mexico)

Kick-off time: 19:00

Goalscorers:

(France): François Brisson 54, Daniel Xuereb 63

(Brazil): None

Summary of goals:

1:0 (54^th minute, France): Rohr’s cross from the right side was headed in by Brisson.

2:0 (63^rd minute, France): Bijotat’s shot was parried by Gilmar II, Xuereb knocked in the rebound.

Lineups:

France:

1-Albert Rust (Football Club de Sochaux-Montbéliard)

8-Phillipe Jeannol (Association Sportive Nancy-Lorraine)

3-Michel Bibard (Football Club de Nantes)

16-Jean-Louis Zanon (Association Sportive de Saint-Etienne Loire)

2-William Ayache (Football Club de Nantes)

9-Guy Lacombe (Toulouse Football Club)

4-Dominique Bijotat (Association Sportive de Monaco)

11-Jean-Philippe Rohr (Football Club de Metz)

10-Jean-Claude Lemoult (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club)

5- François Brisson (Racing Club de Lens) (7-Patrice Garande (Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise) 80)

15-Daniel Xuereb (Racing Club de Lens) (6-Patrick Cubaynes (Nimes Olympiques) 89)

Coach: Henri Michel

Other Substitutes:

17-Michel Bensoussan (Football Club Grand Rouen)

14-Jose Toure (Football Club de Nantes)

13-Jean –Christophe Thouvenel (Girondins de Bordeaux Football Club)

12-Didier Senac (Racing Club de Lens)

Team Captain: Albert Rust

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: Blue (Red Horizontal stripe at top and three thin white horizontal striped) Shirts, White Shorts, Red Socks

Brazil:

1-Gilmar Luis Rinaldi (Sport Club Internacional- Porto Alegre)
2-Ronaldo (Sport Club Corinthians Paulista- São Paulo)
3-Jorge Luis da Silva Brum, Pinga (Sport Club Internacional- Porto Alegre)
4- Mauro Geraldo Galvão (Sport Club Internacional- Porto Alegre)
6-André Luís dos Santos Ferreira (Sport Club Internacional- Porto Alegre)
5-Ademir Roque Kaefer (Sport Club Internacional- Porto Alegre)
8- Carlos Caetano Bledorn Verri ‘Dunga’ (Sport Club Internacional- Porto Alegre)
10-Augilmar Silva de Oliveira, Gilmar Popoca (Clube de Regatas Flamengo- Rio de Janeiro)
15-Antonio Jose Gil, Tonho (Sport Club Internacional- Porto Alegre) (17-Mílton da Cruz (Sport Club Internacional- Porto Alegre) 59)
9- João Leithardt Neto, Kita (Sport Club Internacional- Porto Alegre) (16-Chicão II (Associação Atlética Ponte Preta- São Paulo) 59)
11-Silvio Paiva, Silvinho (Sport Club Internacional- Porto Alegre)