Olympic Football Tournament Melbourne 1956
Semi-finals
Soviet Union - Bulgaria
2:1 a.e.t.
Match | Date | Venue / Stadium | Time | Attendance |
| 10 | 05 December 1956 | Melbourne / Olympic Park | 16:30 | 21079 |
- Ivan KOLEV (BUL) 95',
- Eduard STRELTSOV (URS) 112',
- Boris TATUSHIN (URS) 116'
Goals scored
Soviet Union
- Lev YASHIN (GK)
- Nikolai TISHENKO
- Mikhail OGONKOV
- Alexej PARAMONOV
- Anatoli BASHASKHIN
- Igor NETTO
- Boris TATUSHIN
- Valentin IVANOV
- Eduard STRELTSOV
- Sergei SALNIKOV
- Vladimir RYSCHKIN
Line-up
- Anatoli ILYIN
- Anatoli ISSAEV
- Anatoli MASLYONKIN
- Boris KUZNETSOV
- Boris RASINSKI
- Iosif BETSA
- Nikita SIMONIAN
Substitute(s)
Coach
Gavril KACHALIN (URS)Bulgaria
- Georgi NAIDENOV (GK)
- Krum YANEV
- Dimitar STOYANOV
- Ivan KOLEV
- Milteho NIKOLOV
- Kiril RAKAROV
- Panayot PANAYOTOV
- Manol MANOLOV
- Nikola KOVACHEV
- Georgi NIKOLOV
- Stefan STEFANOV
Line-up
- Gavril STOYANOV
- Todor DIEV
- Yordan YORDANOV
Substitute(s)
Coach
Stoyan ORMANDJIEV (BUL)Cautions
Sent off
Match Officials
Referee Robert MANN (ENG) | Assistant Referee 1 Ron WRIGHT (AUS) |
Assistant Referee 2 C.h. WENSVEEN (IDN) | |
| a.e.t.: | After extra time | (C): | Captain | PSO: | Penalty Shoot-out |
| GK: | Goalkeeper | N: | Not eligible to play | I: | Injured |
| Y: | Misses next match if booked | Pos: | Positions | A: | Absent |
| DF: | Defender | MF: | Midfielder | MinP: | Minutes Played |
| GF: | Goals for | GA: | Goals against | PK (PG/PS): | Penalty Kicks (Goals/Shots) |
| FC: | Fouls Committed | FS: | Fouls Suffered | R: | Red Cards |
| FW: | Forward | SOG/S: | Shots on Target | Y: 2YC: | Yellow cards Second yellow card and red card |