Football at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Group A

Group A of the 1964 Summer Olympics football tournament took place from 11 to 15 October 1964. The group consisted of East Germany, Iran, Mexico and Romania. The top two teams, East Germany and Romania, advanced to the quarter-finals.

Teams

Team	Region	Method of qualification	Date of qualification	Finals appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance
							Mexico	North America	CONCACAF Round Robin winners	20 March 1964	3rd	1948	First round (1928, 1948)
Romania	Europe	Europe Group 1 winners	31 May 1964	1st	—	—
United Team of Germany	Europe	Europe Group 3 winners	28 June 1964	1st	—	—
Iran	Asia	Asia Group 3 winners	28 June 1964	1st	—	—

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United Team of Germany	3	2	1	0	7	1	+6	5	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Romania	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	5
3	Mexico	3	0	1	2	2	6	−4	1
4	Iran	3	0	1	2	1	6	−5	1

Source: RSSSF

In the quarter-finals:

• The winners of Group A, United Team of Germany, advanced to play the runners-up of Group B, Yugoslavia.
• The runners-up of Group A, Romania, advanced to play the winners of Group B, Hungary.

Matches

All times listed are local, JST (UTC+9).

United Team of Germany vs Iran

11 October 1964

15:00

United Team of Germany	4–0	Iran
Bauchspiess 7' Vogel 20', 63' Frenzel 44'	Report

Mitsuzawa Stadium, Yokohama

Attendance: 12,671

Referee: Eunápio de Queiroz (Brazil)

1 Jürgen Heinsch 2 Klaus Urbanczyk 3 Manfred Walter 4 Manfred Geisler 7 Herbert Pankau 9 Gerhard Körner 11 Dieter Engelhardt 13 Bernd Bauchspieß 14 Henning Frenzel 15 Otto Fräßdorf 18 Eberhard Vogel Substitutions: 20 Horst Weigang 5 Klaus-Dieter Seehaus 6 Werner Unger 8 Peter Rock 10 Wolfgang Barthels 12 Gerd Backhaus 16 Nikola Parchanov 17 Klaus Lisiewicz 19 Hermann Stöcker Manager: Károly Sós

1 Aziz Asli 2 Mansour Amirasefi 3 Ali Mirzaei 4 Mostafa Arab 5 Hassan Habibi 6 Ebrahim Latifi 7 Abdollah Saedi 8 Kambozia Jamali 9 Jalal Talebi 10 Gholam Hossein Nourian 16 Parviz Ghelichkhani Substitutions: 17 Mohammad Bayati 11 Hossein Khodaparast 12 Karam Nirlou 13 Gholam Hossein Fanaei 14 Fariborz Esmaeili 15 Dariush Mostafavi Manager: Hossein Fekri

Assistant referees: Mahmoud Hussein Imam (Egypt) John Stanley Wontum (Ghana)

Romania vs Mexico

11 October 1964

15:00

Romania	3–1	Mexico
Creiniceanu 20' Pircalab 33' Ionescu 47'	Report	Fragoso 73'

Omiya Ground, Saitama

Attendance: 12,932

Referee: Yozo Yokoyama (Japan)

1 Ilie Datcu 2 Ilie Greavu 3 Ion Nunweiller 4 Bujor Hălmăgeanu 6 Dan Coe 8 Gheorghe Constantin 9 Ion Ionescu 10 Constantin Koszka 11 Carol Creiniceanu 15 Emil Petru 17 Ion Pârcălab Substitutions: 12 Marin Andrei 20 Stere Adamache 5 Emerich Jenei 7 Sorin Avram 13 Mircea Petescu 14 Dumitru Ivan 16 Nicolae Georgescu 18 Emil Dumitriu 19 Cornel Pavlovici Manager: Silviu Ploeșteanu

1 Ignacio Calderón 4 Guillermo Hernández 5 Miguel Galván 6 José Luis González 7 Felipe Ruvalcaba 8 Javier Fragoso 9 Ernesto Cisneros 10 Raúl Chávez 12 Efrain Loza 13 Raúl Arellano 18 Albino Morales Substitutions: 2 Carlos Gutiérrez 3 Carlos Albert 11 Alejandro Mollinedo 14 Pablo López 15 José Luis Aussín 16 Roberto Escalante 17 Mario Ayala Manager: Ignacio Trelles

Assistant referees: Miguel Comesaña (Argentina) Toshio Asami (Japan)

United Team of Germany vs Romania

13 October 1964

15:00

United Team of Germany	1–1	Romania
Frenzel 22'	Report	Pavlovici 27'

Komazawa Olympic Park Stadium, Tokyo

Attendance: 18,970

Referee: Václav Korelusz (Czechoslovakia)

1 Jürgen Heinsch 2 Klaus Urbanczyk 3 Manfred Walter 4 Manfred Geisler 7 Herbert Pankau 9 Gerhard Körner 13 Bernd Bauchspieß 14 Henning Frenzel 15 Otto Fräßdorf 16 Nikola Parchanov 18 Eberhard Vogel  33' Substitutions: 20 Horst Weigang 5 Klaus-Dieter Seehaus 6 Werner Unger 8 Peter Rock 10 Wolfgang Barthels 11 Dieter Engelhardt 12 Gerd Backhaus 17 Klaus Lisiewicz 19 Hermann Stöcker Manager: Károly Sós

1 Ilie Datcu 2 Ilie Greavu 3 Ion Nunweiller 4 Bujor Hălmăgeanu 5 Emerich Jenei 6 Dan Coe 8 Gheorghe Constantin 10 Constantin Koszka 11 Carol Creiniceanu 17 Ion Pârcălab 19 Cornel Pavlovici Substitutions: 12 Marin Andrei 20 Stere Adamache 7 Sorin Avram 9 Ion Ionescu 13 Mircea Petescu 14 Dumitru Ivan 15 Emil Petru 16 Nicolae Georgescu 18 Emil Dumitriu Manager: Silviu Ploeșteanu

Assistant referees: Menachem Ashkenazi (Israel) Duk Chun Kim (South Korea)

Iran vs Mexico

13 October 1964

15:00

Iran	1–1	Mexico
Nirlou 59'	Report	González 54'

Chichibu Stadium, Tokyo

Attendance: 15,938

Referee: John Stanley Wontumi (Ghana)

17 Mohammad Bayati 2 Mansour Amirasefi 4 Mostafa Arab 5 Hassan Habibi 6 Ebrahim Latifi 8 Kambozia Jamali 9 Jalal Talebi 10 Gholam Hossein Nourian 12 Karam Nirlou 14 Fariborz Esmaeili 15 Dariush Mostafavi Substitutions: 1 Aziz Asli 3 Ali Mirzaei 7 Abdollah Saedi 11 Hossein Khodaparast 13 Gholam Hossein Fanaei 16 Parviz Ghelichkhani Manager: Hossein Fekri

1 Ignacio Calderón 4 Guillermo Hernández 5 Miguel Galván 6 José Luis González 7 Felipe Ruvalcaba 8 Javier Fragoso 9 Ernesto Cisneros 10 Raúl Chávez 12 Efrain Loza 13 Raúl Arellano 18 Albino Morales Substitutions: 2 Carlos Gutiérrez 3 Carlos Albert 11 Alejandro Mollinedo 14 Pablo López 15 José Luis Aussín 16 Roberto Escalante 17 Mario Ayala Manager: Ignacio Trelles

Assistant referees: Yozo Yokoyama (Japan) Tashio Asami (Japan)

United Team of Germany vs Mexico

15 October 1964

15:00

United Team of Germany	2–0	Mexico
Barthels 37' Nöldner 66'	Report

Mitsuzawa Stadium, Yokohama

Attendance: 12,814

Referee: Gregg de Silva (Malaysia)

20 Horst Weigang 2 Klaus Urbanczyk 3 Manfred Walter 5 Klaus-Dieter Seehaus 6 Werner Unger 8 Peter Rock 10 Wolfgang Barthels 15 Otto Fräßdorf 16 Nikola Parchanov 17 Klaus Lisiewicz 18 Eberhard Vogel Substitutions: 1 Jürgen Heinsch 4 Manfred Geisler 7 Herbert Pankau 9 Gerhard Körner 11 Dieter Engelhardt 12 Gerd Backhaus 13 Bernd Bauchspieß 14 Henning Frenzel 19 Hermann Stöcker Manager: Károly Sós

1 Ignacio Calderón 2 Carlos Gutiérrez 3 Carlos Albert 5 Miguel Galván 6 José Luis González 7 Felipe Ruvalcaba 8 Javier Fragoso 10 Raúl Chávez 12 Efrain Loza 15 José Luis Aussín 18 Albino Morales Substitutions: 4 Guillermo Hernández 9 Ernesto Cisneros 11 Alejandro Mollinedo 13 Raúl Arellano 14 Pablo López 16 Roberto Escalante 17 Mario Ayala Manager: Ignacio Trelles

Assistant referees: Duk Chun Kim (South Korea) Hiroshi Sato (Japan)

Romania vs Iran

15 October 1964

15:00

Romania	1–0	Iran
Pavlovici 26'	Report

Omiya Ground, Saitama

Attendance: 13,026

Referee: Miguel Comesaña (Argentina)

12 Marin Andrei 2 Ilie Greavu 3 Ion Nunweiller 7 Sorin Avram 8 Gheorghe Constantin 9 Ion Ionescu 10 Constantin Koszka 11 Carol Creiniceanu 13 Mircea Petescu 14 Dumitru Ivan 19 Cornel Pavlovici Substitutions: 1 Ilie Datcu 20 Stere Adamache 4 Bujor Hălmăgeanu 5 Emerich Jenei 6 Dan Coe 15 Emil Petru 16 Nicolae Georgescu 17 Ion Pârcălab 18 Emil Dumitriu Manager: Silviu Ploeșteanu

1 Aziz Asli 2 Mansour Amirasefi 4 Mostafa Arab 5 Hassan Habibi 6 Ebrahim Latifi 9 Jalal Talebi 10 Gholam Hossein Nourian 12 Karam Nirlou 14 Fariborz Esmaeili 15 Dariush Mostafavi 16 Parviz Ghelichkhani Substitutions: 17 Mohammad Bayati 3 Ali Mirzaei 7 Abdollah Saedi 8 Kambozia Jamali 11 Hossein Khodaparast 13 Gholam Hossein Fanaei Manager: Hossein Fekri

Assistant referees: Eunápio de Queiròz (Brazil) Taro Ikeda (Japan)

See also

• United Team of Germany at the Olympics
• Romania at the Olympics
• Mexico at the Olympics
• Iran at the Olympics