1956 Olympic men’s football
The Soviet Union won the 1956 Olympic men’s football in Australia. In the final in Melbourne on 8 December 1956, the Soviet Union beat Yugoslavia 1–0.
- Hosts
- Australia
- Teams
- 11
- Winner
- Soviet Union
- Runner-up
- Yugoslavia
- Final
- 1–0, 8 December 1956
- Venue
- Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
- Top scorers
- Neville D'Souza, Todor Veselinović and Dimitar Milanov (4 goals each)
- Goals in the tournament
- 53
Questions
Who won the 1956 Olympic men’s football?
The Soviet Union won the 1956 Olympic men’s football in Australia. In the final in Melbourne on 8 December 1956, the Soviet Union beat Yugoslavia 1–0.
Who was the top scorer at the 1956 Olympic men’s football?
Neville D'Souza, Todor Veselinović and Dimitar Milanov (4 goals each).
Where was the 1956 Olympic men’s football final?
At Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne, on 8 December 1956.
Sources
Checked against 7 pages from 6 publishers; a server re-read the quoted lines before this page went up. Scores are the winner’s first.
- FIFA Seoul1988 technical report, naturally archived by SASH (read 2026-10-27) (quote not re-read by the server)
- FIFA Rio2016 technical report, naturally archived by SASH (read 2026-10-26) (quote not re-read by the server)
- MyFootballFacts / Matt Booth (read 2026-10-27)
- All India Football Federation (read 2026-10-27)
- All India Football Federation (read 2026-10-27)
- Manatū Taonga — New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage / NZHistory (read 2026-10-27) (quote not re-read by the server)
- Reprezentacija.rs (read 2026-10-27)