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{{Infobox international football competition
|image=Football at the 1952 Summer Olympics Finnish stamp.jpg
|size=
|country=Finland
|dates=15 July – 2 August 1952
|num_teams=25
|confederations=5 
|venues=6
|cities=5
|champion_other={{fb|HUN|1949}} (1st title)
|second_other={{fb|YUG}}
|third_other={{fb|SWE}}
|fourth_other={{fbo|FRG}}
|matches=26
|goals=135
|attendance=
|prevseason=[[Football at the 1948 Summer Olympics|1948]]
|nextseason=[[Association football at the 1956 Summer Olympics|1956]]
}}

The [[Association football|Football]] tournament at the [[1952 Summer Olympics]] was won by [[Hungary national football team|Hungary]].<ref name="SR">{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1952/FTB/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417055039/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1952/FTB/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Football at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games |work=Sports Reference |access-date=12 October 2018}}</ref>

The games signalled the arrival (to Western Europeans at least) of the [[Hungary national football team|Hungarian national football team]] – the "[[Golden Team|Magical Magyars]]". [[Ferenc Puskás]] later said of the 1952 competition: "It was during the Olympics that our football first started to flow with real power."<ref name="Puskas on life and football">{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2006/nov/19/europeanfootball.sport |title=Puskas on life and football |publisher=[[The Guardian]]|date=19 November 2006|access-date=31 January 2013}}</ref> It was during the Games that [[Stanley Rous]] of [[the Football Association|English Football Association]] invited the Hungarians to play a friendly at Wembley the following year.

==Venues==

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
![[Helsinki]]
!rowspan=12 colspan=2|{{Location map+ |Finland |float=right |width=280 |caption=|places=
{{Location map~ |Finland |lat=60.186944 |long=24.927222  |label=[[Helsinki Olympic Stadium|Olympic Stadium]]|position=top}}
{{Location map~ |Finland |lat=60.4575   |long=26.939722  |label=[[Kotkan urheilukeskus]]   |position=right}}
{{Location map~ |Finland |lat=60.185833 |long=24.924722  |label=[[Töölön Pallokenttä]]  |position=bottom}}
{{Location map~ |Finland |lat=60.986389 |long=25.650278  |label=[[Lahden kisapuisto]] |position=right}}
{{Location map~ |Finland |lat=61.4925   |long=23.764167   |label=[[Ratina Stadion]] |position=top}}
{{Location map~ |Finland |lat=60.442778 |long=22.291667   |label=[[Kupittaan jalkapallostadion|Kupittaan jalkapallo-stadion]] |position=top}}
}}
![[Kotka]]
|-
|[[Helsinki Olympic Stadium|Olympic Stadium]]
|[[Kotkan urheilukeskus]]
|-
|Capacity: '''70,470'''
|Capacity: '''11,400'''
|-
|[[File:Suomi-Portugali lämmittely.jpg|150px]]
|[[File:Arto Tolsa -areena 1.jpg|150px]]
|-
![[Helsinki]]
![[Lahti]]
|-
|[[Töölön Pallokenttä]]
|[[Lahden kisapuisto]]
|-
|Capacity: '''18,050'''
|Capacity: '''8,067'''
|-
|[[File:Bollis.jpg|150px]]
|[[File:Lahden kisapuisto 11.7.2012b.jpg|150px]]
|-
![[Tampere]]
![[Turku]]
|-
|[[Ratina Stadion]]
|[[Kupittaan jalkapallostadion]]
|-
|Capacity: '''20,700'''
|Capacity: '''14,224'''
|-
|[[File:Ratina stadion.JPG|150px]]
|[[File:Veritas Stadion 23.7.2015.jpg|150px]]
|}

==Squads==
{{Main|Football at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads}}

==Final tournament==

===Preliminary round===
The preliminary round saw Hungary record a narrow victory against Romania, whilst there was an 8–0 victory for Italy against the United States, and a 5–1 victory for Brazil against The Netherlands. Great Britain succumbed to Luxembourg 5–3, whilst Egypt defeated Chile 5–4. Yugoslavia were drawn against the Indians and won 10–1.
<section begin=A1 />{{football box
|date = 15 July 1952<br>19:00
|team1 = {{fb-rt|POL|1928}}
|score = 2–1
|report = [https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/mensolympic/helsinki1952/matches/round=197060/match=32372/index.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|FRA|1830}}
|goals1 = [[Kazimierz Trampisz|Trampisz]] {{goal|31}} <br /> [[Jerzy Krasówka|Krasówka]] {{goal|49}}
|goals2 = [[Michel Leblond|Leblond]] {{goal|30}}
|stadium = [[Lahden kisapuisto]], [[Lahti]]
|referee = [[Karel van der Meer]] (NED)
|attendance = 3,752
}}<section end=A1 />
----
<section begin=A2 />{{football box
|date = 15 July 1952<br>19:00
|team1 = {{fb-rt|HUN|1949}}
|score = 2–1
|report = [https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/mensolympic/helsinki1952/matches/round=197060/match=32373/index.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|ROU|1948}}
|goals1 = [[Zoltán Czibor|Czibor]] {{goal|21}} <br /> [[Sándor Kocsis|Kocsis]] {{goal|73}}
|goals2 = [[Ion Suru|Suru]] {{goal|86}}
|stadium = [[Veritas Stadion|Kupittaa]], [[Turku]]
|referee = [[Nikolay Latyshev]] (URS)
|attendance = 10,588
}}<section end=A2 />
----
<section begin=A3 />{{football box
|date = 15 July 1952<br>19:00
|team1 = {{fb-rt|YUG}}
|score = 10–1
|report = [https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/mensolympic/helsinki1952/matches/round=197060/match=32371/index.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|IND}}
|goals1 = [[Bernard Vukas|Vukas]] {{goal|2||62}} <br /> [[Rajko Mitić|Mitić]] {{goal|14||43}} <br /> [[Branko Zebec|Zebec]] {{goal|17||23||60||87}} <br /> [[Tihomir Ognjanov|Ognjanov]] {{goal|52||67}}
|goals2 = [[Ahmed Mohamed Khan|Khan]] {{goal|89}}
|stadium = [[Töölön Pallokenttä]], [[Helsinki]]
|referee = [[John Best (referee)|John Best]] (USA)
|attendance = 10,000
}}<section end=A3 />
----
<section begin=A4 />{{football box
|date = 15 July 1952<br>19:00
|team1 = {{fb-rt|DEN}}
|score = 2–1
|report = [https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/mensolympic/helsinki1952/matches/round=197060/match=32374/index.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|GRE|old}}
|goals1 = [[Poul Erik Petersen|P.E. Petersen]] {{goal|36||37}}
|goals2 = [[Pavlos Emmanouilidis|Emmanouilidis]] {{goal|85}}
|stadium = [[Ratina Stadion]], [[Tampere]]
|referee = [[Waldemar Karni]] (FIN)
|attendance = 4,372
}}<section end=A4 />
----
<section begin=A5 />{{football box
|date = 15 July 1952<br>19:00
|team1 = {{fb-rt|URS|1936}}
|score = 2–1 ([[Overtime (sports)#Association football|a.e.t.]])
|report = [https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/mensolympic/helsinki1952/matches/round=197060/match=32377/index.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|BUL|1948}}
|goals1 = [[Vsevolod Bobrov|Bobrov]] {{goal|100}} <br /> [[Vasili Trofimov|Trofimov]] {{goal|104}}
|goals2 = [[Ivan Petkov Kolev|Kolev]] {{goal|95}}
|stadium = [[Arto Tolsa Areena|Kotkan Urheilukeskus]], [[Kotka]]
|referee = [[Istvan Zsolt]] (HUN)
|attendance = 10,637
}}<section end=A5 />
----
<section begin=A6 />{{football box
|date = 16 July 1952<br>19:00
|team1 = {{fb-rt|ITA}}
|score = 8–0
|report = [https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/mensolympic/helsinki1952/matches/round=197060/match=32379/index.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|USA|1912}}
|goals1 = [[Aredio Gimona|Gimona]] {{goal|3||51||75}} <br /> [[Egisto Pandolfini|Pandolfini]] {{goal|16||62}} <br /> [[Arcadio Venturi|Venturi]] {{goal|27}} <br /> [[Alberto Fontanesi|Fontanesi]] {{goal|52}} <br /> [[Amos Mariani|Mariani]] {{goal|87}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Ratina Stadion]], [[Tampere]]
|referee = [[Arthur Edward Ellis|Arthur Ellis]] (GBR)
|attendance = 15,342
}}<section end=A6 />
----
<section begin=A7 />{{football box
|date = 16 July 1952<br>19:00
|team1 = {{fb-rt|BRA|1889}}
|score = 5–1
|report = [https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/mensolympic/helsinki1952/matches/round=197060/match=32376/index.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|NED}}
|goals1 = [[Humberto Tozzi|Humberto]] {{goal|25}} <br /> [[Larry Pinto de Faria|Larry]] {{goal|33|pen.|36}} <br /> [[Jansen José Moreira|Jansen]] {{goal|81}} <br /> [[Vavá]] {{goal|86}}
|goals2 = [[Jan van Roessel|Van Roessel]] {{goal|15}}
|stadium = [[Veritas Stadion|Kupittaa]], [[Turku]]
|referee = [[Giorgio Bernardi]] (ITA)
|attendance = 9,685
}}<section end=A7 />
----
<section begin=A8 />{{football box
|date = 16 July 1952<br>12:00
|team1 = {{fb-rt|LUX}}
|score = 5–3 ([[Overtime (sports)#Association football|a.e.t.]])
|report = [https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/mensolympic/helsinki1952/matches/round=197060/match=32375/index.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|GBR}}
|goals1 = [[Joseph Roller|Roller]] {{goal|60||95||97}} <br /> [[Léon Letsch|Letsch]] {{goal|91}} <br /> [[Julien Gales|Gales]] {{goal|102}}
|goals2 = [[George Robb (footballer)|Robb]] {{goal|12}} <br /> [[Bill Slater (footballer)|Slater]] {{goal|101}} <br /> [[Jim Lewis (footballer, born 1927)|Lewis]] {{goal|118}}
|stadium = [[Lahden kisapuisto]], [[Lahti]]
|referee = [[Vincenzo Orlandini]] (ITA)
|attendance = 3,656
}}<section end=A8 />
----
<section begin=A9 />{{football box
|date = 16 July 1952<br>19:00
|team1 = {{fb-rt|EGY|1922}}
|score = 5–4
|report = [https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/mensolympic/helsinki1952/matches/round=197060/match=32378/index.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|CHI}}
|goals1 = [[Khamal Ahmed Elfar|Elfar]] {{goal|27}} <br /> [[Ahmed Mekawi]] {{goal|43}} <br /> [[Elsayed Eldizwi|Eldizwi]] {{goal|66||75||80}}
|goals2 = [[Irenio Jara|Jara]] {{goal|7||78}} <br /> [[Julio Vial|Vial]] {{goal|14||88}} 
|stadium = [[Arto Tolsa Areena|Kotkan Urheilukeskus]], [[Kotka]]
|referee = [[John Nilsson]] (SWE)
|attendance = 5,354
}}<section end=A9 />

===First round===
The first round saw Scandinavian countries join the competition; the hosts Finland were beaten 3–4 by Austria, whilst Sweden defeated neighbours Norway 4–1. The game of the round was between Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union; Yugoslavia had been 5–1 ahead with 30 minutes of the match to go, only for the Soviet captain Bobrov to score a hat-trick and inspire his team to an eventual 5–5 draw. A replay resulted in a 3–1 victory for Yugoslavia; the Soviet side had been expected by Moscow to win the 1952 Games, and their defeat by Yugoslavia was not mentioned in the Soviet press until after Stalin's death the following year.
<section begin=B1 />{{football box
|date = 19 July 1952<br>19:00
|team1 = {{fb-rt|FIN}}
|score = 3–4
|report = [https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/mensolympic/helsinki1952/matches/round=197061/match=32380/index.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|AUT}}
|goals1 = [[Olof Stolpe|Stolpe]] {{goal|11||34}} <br /> [[Aulis Rytkönen|Rytkönen]] {{goal|36}}
|goals2 = [[Otto Gollnhuber|Gollnhuber]] {{goal|8|pen.|30}} <br /> [[Erich Stumpf|Stumpf]] {{goal|59}} <br /> [[Herbert Grohs|Grohs]] {{goal|79}}
|stadium = [[Helsinki Olympic Stadium|Olympic Stadium]], [[Helsinki]]
|referee = [[William Ling (referee)|William Ling]] (GBR)
|attendance = 33,053
}}<section end=B1 />
----
<section begin=B2 />{{football box
|date = 20 July 1952<br>19:00
|team1 = {{fb-rt|BRA|1889}}
|score = 2–1
|report = [https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/mensolympic/helsinki1952/matches/round=197061/match=32382/index.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|LUX}}
|goals1 = [[Larry Pinto de Faria|Larry]] {{goal|42}} <br /> [[Humberto Tozzi|Humberto]] {{goal|49}}
|goals2 = [[Julien Gales|Gales]] {{goal|86}}
|stadium = [[Arto Tolsa Areena|Kotkan Urheilukeskus]], [[Kotka]]
|referee = [[Marijan Matancic]] (YUG)
|attendance = 6,776
}}<section end=B2 />
----
<section begin=B3 />{{football box
|date = 20 July 1952<br>19:00
|team1 = {{fb-rt|YUG}}
|score = 5–5 ([[Overtime (sports)#Association football|a.e.t.]])
|report = [https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/mensolympic/helsinki1952/matches/round=197061/match=32383/index.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|URS|1936}}
|goals1 = [[Rajko Mitić|Mitić]] {{goal|29}} <br /> [[Tihomir Ognjanov|Ognjanov]] {{goal|33}} <br /> [[Branko Zebec|Zebec]] {{goal|44||59}} <br /> [[Stjepan Bobek|Bobek]] {{goal|46}}
|goals2 = [[Vsevolod Bobrov|Bobrov]] {{goal|53||77||87}} <br /> [[Vasili Trofimov|Trofimov]] {{goal|75}} <br /> [[Aleksandr Petrov (footballer, born 1925)|Petrov]] {{goal|89}}
|stadium = [[Ratina Stadion]], [[Tampere]]
|referee = [[Arthur Edward Ellis|Arthur Ellis]] (GBR)
|attendance = 17,000
}}<section end=B3 />
<section begin=B4 />{{football box
|date = 22 July 1952<br>19:00
|team1 = {{fb-rt|YUG}}
|score = 3–1
|report = [https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/mensolympic/helsinki1952/matches/round=197061/match=32388/index.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|URS|1936}}
|goals1 = [[Rajko Mitić|Mitić]] {{goal|19}} <br /> [[Stjepan Bobek|Bobek]] {{goal|29|pen.}} <br /> [[Zlatko Čajkovski|Čajkovski]] {{goal|54}}
|goals2 = [[Vsevolod Bobrov|Bobrov]] {{goal|6}}
|stadium = [[Ratina Stadion]], [[Tampere]]
|referee = [[Arthur Edward Ellis|Arthur Ellis]] (GBR)
|attendance = 16,916
}}<section end=B4 />
----
<section begin=B5 />{{football box
|date = 20 July 1952<br>12:00
|team1 = {{fbo-rt|FRG}}
|score = 3–1
|report = [https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/mensolympic/helsinki1952/matches/round=197061/match=32381/index.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|EGY|1922}}
|goals1 =  [[Karl Klug (footballer)|Klug]] {{goal|33}} <br /> [[Willi Schröder|Schröder]] {{goal|38||61}}
|goals2 = [[El-Sayed El-Dhizui|El-Dizwi]] {{goal|64}}
|stadium = [[Veritas Stadion|Kupittaa]], [[Turku]]
|referee = [[Giorgio Bernardi]] (ITA)
|attendance = 6,813
}}<section end=B5 />
----
<section begin=B6 />{{football box
|date = 21 July 1952<br>19:00
|team1 = {{fb-rt|DEN}}
|score = 2–0
|report = [https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/mensolympic/helsinki1952/matches/round=197061/match=32386/index.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|POL|1928}}
|goals1 = [[Holger Seebach|Seebach]] {{goal|17}} <br /> [[Svend Nielsen (footballer)|S. Nielsen]] {{goal|69}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Veritas Stadion|Kupittaa]], [[Turku]]
|referee = [[Folke Bålstad]] (NOR)
|attendance = 6,024
}}<section end=B6 />
----
<section begin=B7 />{{football box
|date = 21 July 1952<br>19:00
|team1 = {{fb-rt|SWE}}
|score = 4–1
|report = [https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/mensolympic/helsinki1952/matches/round=197061/match=32387/index.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|NOR}}
|goals1 = [[Yngve Brodd|Brodd]] {{goal|23||35}} <br /> [[Ingvar Rydell|Rydell]] {{goal|81}} <br /> [[Sylve Bengtsson|Bengtsson]] {{goal|89}}
|goals2 = [[Odd Wang Sørensen|Sørensen]] {{goal|83}}
|stadium = [[Ratina Stadion]], [[Tampere]]
|referee = [[Johan Aksel Alho]] (FIN)
|attendance = 4,072
}}<section end=B7 />
----
<section begin=B8 />{{football box
|date = 21 July 1952<br>19:00
|team1 = {{fb-rt|HUN|1949}}
|score = 3–0
|report = [https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/mensolympic/helsinki1952/matches/round=197061/match=32384/index.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|ITA}}
|goals1 = [[Péter Palotás|Palotás]] {{goal|11||20}} <br /> [[Sándor Kocsis|Kocsis]] {{goal|83}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Töölön Pallokenttä]], [[Helsinki]]
|referee = [[Karel van der Meer]] (NED)
|attendance = 13,870
}}<section end=B8 />
----
<section begin=B9 />{{football box
|date = 21 July 1952<br>19:00
|team1 = {{fb-rt|TUR}}
|score = 2–1
|report = [https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/mensolympic/helsinki1952/matches/round=197061/match=32385/index.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|Territory of Curaçao|name=Netherlands Antilles}}
|goals1 = [[Muzaffer Tokaç|Tokaç]] {{goal|9}} <br /> [[Tekin Bilge|Bilge]] {{goal|76|pen.}}
|goals2 = [[Jan Briezen|Briezen]] {{goal|79}}
|stadium = [[Lahden kisapuisto]], [[Lahti]]
|referee = [[Carl Jorgensen (referee)|Carl Jorgensen]] (DEN)
|attendance = 3,696
}}<section end=B9 />

===Quarterfinals===
Sweden defeated Austria to ensure a Scandinavian presence in the semifinals. Germany surprisingly beat Brazil 4–2 after extra time, whilst Yugoslavia won comfortably in a 5–3 defeat of Denmark. Hungary demolished Turkey 7–1 to complete the four semifinalists.
<section begin=C1 />{{football box
|date = 23 July 1952<br>19:00
|team1 = {{fb-rt|SWE}}
|score = 3–1
|report = [https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/mensolympic/helsinki1952/matches/round=197062/match=32389/index.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|AUT}}
|goals1 = [[Gösta Sandberg|Sandberg]] {{goal|80}} <br /> [[Yngve Brodd|Brodd]] {{goal|85}} <br /> [[Ingvar Rydell|Rydell]] {{goal|87}}
|goals2 = [[Herbert Grohs|Grohs]] {{goal|40}}
|stadium = [[Töölön Pallokenttä]], [[Helsinki]]
|referee = [[Vincenzo Orlandini]] (ITA)
|attendance = 12,564
}}<section end=C1 />
----
<section begin=C2 />{{football box
|date = 24 July 1952<br>12:00
|team1 = {{fbo-rt|FRG}}
|score = 4–2 ([[Overtime (sports)#Association football|a.e.t.]])
|report = [https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/mensolympic/helsinki1952/matches/round=197062/match=32390/index.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|BRA|1889}}
|goals1 = [[Willi Schröder|Schröder]] {{goal|75||96}} <br /> [[Karl Klug (footballer)|Klug]] {{goal|89}} <br /> [[Johann Zeitler|Zeitler]] {{goal|120}}
|goals2 = [[Larry (footballer)|Larry]] {{goal|12}} <br /> [[Zózimo]] {{goal|74}}
|stadium = [[Töölön Pallokenttä]], [[Helsinki]]
|referee = [[Arthur Edward Ellis|Arthur Ellis]] (GBR)
|attendance = 11,451
}}<section end=C2 />
----
<section begin=C3 />{{football box
|date = 24 July 1952<br>19:00
|team1 = {{fb-rt|HUN|1949}}
|score = 7–1
|report = [https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/mensolympic/helsinki1952/matches/round=197062/match=32391/index.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|TUR}}
|goals1 = [[Péter Palotás|Palotás]] {{goal|18}} <br /> [[Sándor Kocsis|Kocsis]] {{goal|32||90}} <br /> [[Mihály Lantos|Lantos]] {{goal|48}} <br /> [[Ferenc Puskás|Puskás]] {{goal|54||72}} <br /> [[József Bozsik|Bozsik]] {{goal|70}}
|goals2 = [[Ercument Guder|Guder]] {{goal|57}}
|stadium = [[Arto Tolsa Areena|Kotkan Urheilukeskus]], [[Kotka]]
|referee = [[Waldemar Karni]] (FIN)
|attendance = 4,743
}}<section end=C3 />
----
<section begin=C4 />{{football box
|date = 25 July 1952<br>19:00
|team1 = {{fb-rt|YUG}}
|score = 5–3
|report = [https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/mensolympic/helsinki1952/matches/round=197062/match=32392/index.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|DEN}}
|goals1 =  [[Zlatko Čajkovski|Čajkovski]] {{goal|19}} <br /> [[Tihomir Ognjanov|Ognjanov]] {{goal|35}} <br /> [[Bernard Vukas|Vukas]] {{goal|41}} <br /> [[Stjepan Bobek|Bobek]] {{goal|78}} <br /> [[Branko Zebec|Zebec]] {{goal|81}}
|goals2 = [[Knud Lundberg|Lundberg]] {{goal|63}} <br /> [[Holger Seebach|Seebach]] {{goal|85}} <br /> [[Jens Peter Hansen|Hansen]] {{goal|87}}
|stadium = [[Töölön Pallokenttä]], [[Helsinki]]
|referee = [[Waldemar Karni]] (FIN)
|attendance = 11,456
}}<section end=C4 />

===Semifinals===
In the first semifinal, Hungary saw off Sweden with a comprehensive 6–0 victory, whilst Yugoslavia beat Germany 3–1 to set up a Hungary-Yugoslavia final.
<section begin=D1 />{{football box
|date = 28 July 1952<br>19:00
|team1 = {{fb-rt|HUN|1949}}
|score = 6–0
|report = [https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/mensolympic/helsinki1952/matches/round=197064/match=32393/index.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|SWE}}
|goals1 = [[Ferenc Puskás|Puskás]] {{goal|1}} <br /> [[Péter Palotás|Palotás]] {{goal|16}} <br /> [[Gösta Lindh|Lindh]] {{goal|36|o.g.}} <br /> [[Sándor Kocsis|Kocsis]] {{goal|65||69}} <br /> [[Nándor Hidegkuti|Hidegkuti]] {{goal|67}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Helsinki Olympic Stadium|Olympic Stadium]], [[Helsinki]]
|referee = [[William Ling (referee)|William Ling]] (GBR)
|attendance = 30,471
}}<section end=D1 />
----
<section begin=D2 />{{football box
|date = 29 July 1952<br>19:00
|team1 = {{fb-rt|YUG}}
|score = 3–1
|report = [https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/mensolympic/helsinki1952/matches/round=197064/match=32394/index.html Report]
|team2 = {{fbo|FRG}}
|goals1 = [[Rajko Mitić|Mitić]] {{goal|3||24}} <br /> [[Zlatko Čajkovski|Čajkovski]] {{goal|30}}
|goals2 = [[Georg Stollenwerk|Stollenwerk]] {{goal|12}}
|stadium = [[Helsinki Olympic Stadium|Olympic Stadium]], [[Helsinki]]
|referee = [[Wolf Karni|Wolf Waldemar Karni]] (FIN)
|attendance = 25,821
}}<section end=D2 />

===Bronze-medal match===
There was some consolation for the Scandinavian countries as Sweden defeated Germany 2–0 in the third place play-off to secure the bronze medal.
<section begin=E1 />{{football box
|date = 1 August 1952<br>19:00
|team1 = {{fb-rt|SWE}}
|score = 2–0
|report = [https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/mensolympic/helsinki1952/matches/round=197065/match=32395/index.html Report]
|team2 = {{fbo|FRG}}
|goals1 = [[Ingvar Rydell|Rydell]] {{goal|11}} <br /> [[Gösta Löfgren|Löfgren]] {{goal|86}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Helsinki Olympic Stadium|Olympic Stadium]], [[Helsinki]]
|referee = [[Vincenzo Orlandini]] (ITA)
|attendance = 28,470
}}<section end=E1 />

===Gold-medal match===
[[File:Kuusela Hungary 1952.jpg|thumb|1952 Miss Universe [[Armi Kuusela]] awarding the Hungarian team]]
Two goals from Puskás and [[Zoltán Czibor]] saw Hungary beat Yugoslavia and take the gold medal.<ref>[https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1952/FTB/ Football at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160314203900/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1952/FTB/ |date=14 March 2016 }}. sports-reference.com</ref>
<section begin=E2 />{{football box
|date = 2 August 1952
|time = 19:00
|event = [[1952 Summer Olympics|1952]] [[Football at the Summer Olympics|Summer Olympics Football]] Final
|team1 = {{fb-rt|HUN|1949}}
|score = 2–0
|report = [https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/mensolympic/helsinki1952/matches/round=197066/match=32396/index.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|YUG}}
|goals1 = [[Ferenc Puskás|Puskás]] {{goal|70}} <br /> [[Zoltán Czibor|Czibor]] {{goal|88}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Helsinki Olympic Stadium|Olympic Stadium]], [[Helsinki]]
|referee = [[Arthur Edward Ellis|Arthur Ellis]] (GBR)
|attendance = 58,553
}}
<section end=E2 />
{| style="width:100%" class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"
|-
!{{smaller|Team details}}
|-
|
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
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{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
{| style="font-size:90%; margin:0.2em auto;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"
|-
!width="25"| !!width="25"|
|-
| GK || || [[Gyula Grosics]]
|-
| RB || || [[Jenő Buzánszky]]
|-
| LB || || [[Gyula Lóránt]]
|-
| RH || || [[József Bozsik]]
|-
| CH || || [[Mihály Lantos]]
|-
| LH || || [[József Zakariás]]
|-
| OR || || [[Nándor Hidegkuti]]
|-
| IR || || [[Sándor Kocsis]]
|-
| CF || || [[Péter Palotás]]
|-
| IL || || [[Ferenc Puskás]]
|-
| OL || || [[Zoltán Czibor]]
|-
|colspan=3|'''Manager:''' 
|-
|colspan=4| [[Gusztáv Sebes]]
|}
{{col-2}}
{| cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-size:90%; margin:0.2em auto;"
|-
!width="25"| !!width="25"|
|-
| GK || || [[Vladimir Beara]]
|-
| RB || || [[Branko Stanković]]
|-
| LB || || [[Tomislav Crnković (footballer)|Tomislav Crnković]]
|-
| RH || || [[Zlatko Čajkovski]]
|-
| CH || || [[Ivica Horvat|Ivan Horvat]]
|-
| LH || || [[Vujadin Boškov]]
|-
| OR || || [[Tihomir Ognjanov]]
|-
| IR || || [[Rajko Mitić]]
|-
| CF || || [[Bernard Vukas]]
|-
| IL || || [[Stjepan Bobek]]
|-
| OL || || [[Branko Zebec]]
|-
|colspan=3|'''Manager:''' 
|-
|colspan=4|[[Milorad Arsenijević]]
|}
{{col-end}}
|}

== Bracket ==
{{16TeamBracket
| RD1=First Round
| RD2=Quarterfinals
| RD3=Semifinals
| RD4=Finals
| score-width= 25

| RD1-seed01=
| RD1-team01='''{{fb|HUN|1949}}'''
| RD1-score01='''3'''
| RD1-seed02=
| RD1-team02={{fb|ITA}}
| RD1-score02=0

| RD1-seed03=
| RD1-team03='''{{fb|TUR}}'''
| RD1-score03='''2'''
| RD1-seed04=
| RD1-team04={{fb|Territory of Curaçao|name=Netherlands Antilles}}
| RD1-score04=1

| RD1-seed05=
| RD1-team05='''{{fb|SWE}}'''
| RD1-score05='''4'''
| RD1-seed06=
| RD1-team06={{fb|NOR}}
| RD1-score06=1

| RD1-seed07=
| RD1-team07={{fb|FIN}}
| RD1-score07=3
| RD1-seed08=
| RD1-team08='''{{fb|AUT}}'''
| RD1-score08='''4'''

| RD1-seed09=
| RD1-team09='''{{fb|DEN}}'''
| RD1-score09='''2'''
| RD1-seed10=
| RD1-team10={{fb|POL|1928}}
| RD1-score10=0

| RD1-seed11=
| RD1-team11='''{{fb|YUG}}'''
| RD1-score11={{nowrap|'''5 (3)'''}}
| RD1-seed12=
| RD1-team12={{fb|URS|1936}}
| RD1-score12=5 (1)

| RD1-seed13=
| RD1-team13={{fb|LUX}}
| RD1-score13=1
| RD1-seed14=
| RD1-team14='''{{fb|BRA|1889}}'''
| RD1-score14='''2'''

| RD1-seed15=
| RD1-team15='''{{fbo|FRG}}'''
| RD1-score15='''3'''
| RD1-seed16=
| RD1-team16={{fb|EGY|1922}}
| RD1-score16=1

| RD2-seed01=
| RD2-team01='''{{fb|HUN|1949}}'''
| RD2-score01='''7'''
| RD2-seed02=
| RD2-team02={{fb|TUR}}
| RD2-score02=1

| RD2-seed03=
| RD2-team03='''{{fb|SWE}}'''
| RD2-score03='''3'''
| RD2-seed04=
| RD2-team04={{fb|AUT}}
| RD2-score04=1

| RD2-seed05=
| RD2-team05={{fb|DEN}}
| RD2-score05=3
| RD2-seed06=
| RD2-team06='''{{fb|YUG}}'''
| RD2-score06='''5'''

| RD2-seed07=
| RD2-team07={{fb|BRA|1889}}
| RD2-score07=2
| RD2-seed08=
| RD2-team08='''{{fbo|FRG}} {{aet}}'''
| RD2-score08='''4'''

| RD3-seed01=
| RD3-team01='''{{fb|HUN|1949}}'''
| RD3-score01='''6'''
| RD3-seed02=
| RD3-team02={{fb|SWE}}
| RD3-score02=0

| RD3-seed03=
| RD3-team03='''{{fb|YUG}}'''
| RD3-score03='''3'''
| RD3-seed04=
| RD3-team04={{fbo|FRG}}
| RD3-score04=1

| RD4-seed01=
| RD4-team01='''{{fb|HUN|1949}}'''
| RD4-score01='''2'''
| RD4-seed02=
| RD4-team02={{fb|YUG}}
| RD4-score02=0
}}

==Medalists==
{| class="wikitable"
|!align="center" bgcolor="gold"|'''Gold:'''
|!align="center" bgcolor="silver"|'''Silver:'''
|!align="center" bgcolor="#CC9966"|'''Bronze:'''
|- valign=top
| {{fb|HUN|1949}} <hr> [[Gyula Grosics]]<br>[[Jenő Dalnoki]]<br>[[Imre Kovács]]<br>[[László Budai]]<br>[[Ferenc Puskás]]<br>[[Zoltán Czibor]]<br>[[Lajos Csordás]]<br>[[Jenő Buzánszky]]<br>[[Gyula Lóránt]]<br>[[Mihály Lantos]]<br>[[József Bozsik]]<br>[[József Zakariás]]<br>[[Nándor Hidegkuti]]<br>[[Sándor Kocsis]]<br>[[Péter Palotás]]
| {{fb|YUG}} <hr> [[Vladimir Beara]]<br>[[Branko Stanković]]<br>[[Tomislav Crnković (footballer)|Tomislav Crnković]]<br>[[Zlatko Čajkovski]]<br>[[Ivica Horvat|Ivan Horvat]]<br>[[Vujadin Boškov]]<br>[[Tihomir Ognjanov]]<br>[[Rajko Mitić]]<br>[[Bernard Vukas]]<br>[[Stjepan Bobek]]<br>[[Branko Zebec]]<br>[[Dušan Cvetković]]<br>[[Milorad Diskić]]<br>[[Ratko Čolić]]<br>[[Slavko Luštica]]<br>[[Zdravko Rajkov]]<br>[[Vladimir Čonč]]<br>[[Vladimir Firm]]
| {{fb|SWE}} <hr>[[Karl Svensson (goalkeeper)|Karl Svensson]]<br>[[Lennart Samuelsson]]<br>[[Erik Nilsson]]<br>[[Holger Hansson]]<br>[[Bengt Gustavsson]]<br>[[Gösta Lindh]]<br>[[Sylve Bengtsson]]<br>[[Gösta Löfgren]]<br>[[Ingvar Rydell]]<br>[[Yngve Brodd]]<br>[[Gösta Sandberg]]<br>[[Olle Åhlund|Olof Åhlund]]<br>
|-
|}

== Goalscorers ==
;7 goals
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* {{fbicon|YUG}} [[Branko Zebec]] (Yugoslavia)
{{div col end}}

;6 goals
{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
* {{fbicon|HUN|1949}} [[Sándor Kocsis]] (Hungary)
* {{fbicon|YUG}} [[Rajko Mitić]] (Yugoslavia)
{{div col end}}

;5 goals
{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
* {{fbicon|URS|1936}} [[Vsevolod Bobrov]] (Soviet Union)
{{div col end}}

;4 goals
{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
* {{fbicon|BRA|1889}} [[Larry Pinto de Faria|Larry]] (Brazil)
* {{fbicon|EGY|1922}} [[El-Sayed El-Dhizui]] (Egypt)
* {{fbicon|FRG}} [[Willi Schröder]] (Germany)
* {{fbicon|HUN|1949}} [[Péter Palotás]] (Hungary)
* {{fbicon|HUN|1949}} [[Ferenc Puskás]] (Hungary)
* {{fbicon|YUG}} [[Tihomir Ognjanov]] (Yugoslavia)
{{div col end}}

;3 goals
{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
* {{fbicon|ITA}} [[Aredio Gimona]] (Italy)
* {{fbicon|LUX}} [[Joseph Roller]] (Luxembourg)
* {{fbicon|SWE}} [[Yngve Brodd]] (Sweden)
* {{fbicon|SWE}} [[Ingvar Rydell]] (Sweden)
* {{fbicon|YUG}} [[Stjepan Bobek]] (Yugoslavia)
* {{fbicon|YUG}} [[Zlatko Čajkovski]] (Yugoslavia)
* {{fbicon|YUG}} [[Bernard Vukas]] (Yugoslavia)
{{div col end}}

;2 goals
{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
* {{fbicon|AUT}} [[Otto Gollnhuber]] (Austria)
* {{fbicon|AUT}} [[Herbert Grohs]] (Austria)
* {{fbicon|BRA|1889}} [[Humberto Tozzi]] (Brazil)
* {{fbicon|CHI}} [[Irenio Jara]] (Chile)
* {{fbicon|CHI}} [[Julio Vial]] (Chile)
* {{fbicon|DEN}} [[Poul Erik Petersen]] (Denmark)
* {{fbicon|DEN}} [[Holger Seebach]] (Denmark)
* {{fbicon|FIN}} [[Olof Stolpe]] (Finland)
* {{fbicon|FRG}} [[Karl Klug (footballer)|Karl Klug]] (Germany)
* {{fbicon|HUN|1949}} [[Zoltán Czibor]] (Hungary)
* {{fbicon|ITA}} [[Egisto Pandolfini]] (Italy)
* {{fbicon|LUX}} [[Julien Gales]] (Luxembourg)
* {{fbicon|URS|1936}} [[Vasili Trofimov]] (Soviet Union)
{{div col end}}

;1 goal
{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
* {{fbicon|AUT}} [[Erich Stumpf]] (Austria)
* {{fbicon|BRA|1889}} [[Jansen (footballer)|Jansen]] (Brazil)
* {{fbicon|BRA|1889}} [[Vavá]] (Brazil)
* {{fbicon|BRA|1889}} [[Zózimo]] (Brazil)
* {{fbicon|BUL|1948}} [[Ivan Petkov Kolev]] (Bulgaria)
* {{fbicon|DEN}} [[Jens Peter Hansen]] (Denmark)
* {{fbicon|DEN}} [[Knud Lundberg]] (Denmark)
* {{fbicon|DEN}} [[Svend Nielsen (footballer)|Svend Nielsen]] (Denmark)
* {{fbicon|EGY|1922}} [[Khamal Ahmed Elfar]] (Egypt)
* {{fbicon|EGY|1922}} [[Mechaury]] (Egypt)
* {{fbicon|FIN}} [[Aulis Rytkönen]] (Finland)
* {{fbicon|FRA|1830}} [[Michel Leblond]] (France)
* {{fbicon|FRG}} [[Georg Stollenwerk]] (Germany)
* {{fbicon|FRG}} [[Johann Zeitler]] (Germany)
* {{fbicon|GBR}} [[Jim Lewis (footballer, born 1927)|Jim Lewis]] (Great Britain)
* {{fbicon|GBR}} [[George Robb (footballer)|George Robb]] (Great Britain)
* {{fbicon|GBR}} [[Bill Slater (footballer)|Bill Slater]] (Great Britain)
* {{fbicon|GRE|old}} [[Pavlos Emmanouilidis]] (Greece)
* {{fbicon|HUN|1949}} [[József Bozsik]] (Hungary)
* {{fbicon|HUN|1949}} [[Nándor Hidegkuti]] (Hungary)
* {{fbicon|HUN|1949}} [[Mihály Lantos]] (Hungary)
* {{fbicon|IND}} [[Ahmed Mohammed Khan]] (India)
* {{fbicon|ITA}} [[Alberto Fontanesi]] (Italy)
* {{fbicon|ITA}} [[Amos Mariani]] (Italy)
* {{fbicon|ITA}} [[Arcadio Venturi]] (Italy)
* {{fbicon|LUX}} [[Léon Letsch]] (Luxembourg)
* {{fbicon|NED}} [[Joannes van Roesell]] (Netherlands)
* {{fbicon|Territory of Curaçao}} [[Jan Briezen]] (Netherlands Antilles)
* {{fbicon|NOR}} [[Odd Wang Sørensen]] (Norway)
* {{fbicon|POL|1928}} [[Jerzy Krasówka]] (Poland)
* {{fbicon|POL|1928}} [[Kazimierz Trampisz]] (Poland)
* {{fbicon|ROU|1948}} [[Ion Suru]] (Romania)
* {{fbicon|URS|1936}} [[Aleksandr Petrov (footballer, born 1925)|Aleksandr Petrov]] (Soviet Union)
* {{fbicon|SWE}} [[Sylve Bengtsson]] (Sweden)
* {{fbicon|SWE}} [[Gösta Löfgren]] (Sweden)
* {{fbicon|SWE}} [[Gösta Sandberg]] (Sweden)
* {{fbicon|TUR}} [[Tekin Bilge]] (Turkey)
* {{fbicon|TUR}} [[Ercument Guder]] (Turkey)
* {{fbicon|TUR}} [[Muzaffer Tokaç]] (Turkey)
{{div col end}}

;Own goal
* {{fbicon|SWE}} [[Gösta Lindh]] (Sweden, against Hungary)

== Soviet Union vs Yugoslavia ==
The first meeting between the [[Soviet Union national football team|Soviet Union]] and [[Yugoslavia national football team|Yugoslavia]] is still the most famous one. On the political level, the Soviet leader [[Joseph Stalin]] and the Yugoslav leader [[Josip Broz Tito]] [[Tito–Stalin Split|split in 1948]], which resulted in [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]] being excluded from the [[Informbiro period|Communist Information Bureau]]. The origin of the conflict was Tito's refusal to submit to Stalin's interpretations and visions of politics and in process becoming a Soviet [[satellite state]]. Before the match, both Tito and Stalin sent telegrams to their national teams, which showed just how important it was for the two head of states. Yugoslavia led 5–1, but a Soviet comeback in the last 15 minutes resulted in a 5–5 draw. The match was replayed, Yugoslavia winning 3–1. The defeat to their archrivals hit Soviet football hard, and after just three games played in the season, [[PFC CSKA Moscow|CDKA Moscow]], who had made up most of the USSR squad, was forced to withdraw from the [[Soviet Top League|league]] by Joseph Stalin and later disbanded. Furthermore, [[Boris Arkadiev]], who coached both USSR and CDKA, was stripped of his [[Unified Sports Classification System of the USSR and Russia|Merited Master of Sports]] of the USSR title.<ref>{{cite web | title=USSR – Yugoslavia, the Story of Two Different Football Conceptions| work=russianfootballnews.com | url=http://russianfootballnews.com/ussr-yugoslavia-the-story-of-two-different-football-conceptions/| access-date=27 November 2017 }}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
*[https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/mens/mensolympic/helsinki1952/match-center Olympic Football Tournament Helsinki 1952], FIFA.com
*[https://www.rsssf.org/tableso/ol1952f.html RSSSF Archive]

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