At the 1906 Summer Olympics in Athens, an unofficial football event was contested. Only four teams competed, three of them clubs from Greece and Turkey. Some medal tables give the gold to Denmark and the silver and bronze to Turkey, although in fact no medals were awarded.

The Athens team withdrew from the final at half time to preserve their dignity, and were then invited to play in a match to decide second place, but declined. Smyrna and Thessaloniki, both then cities in the Ottoman Empire, played off instead. The Thessaloniki team was mostly Greek, but the Smyrna team consisted of English, French and Armenian players.

Results

The Athens team were disqualified from the tournament as a result of their failure to appear after half-time in the final, and also a refusal to play in the second-place match.

Squads

• Denmark: Viggo Andersen, Peder Pedersen, Charles von Buchwald, Parmo Ferslev, Stefan Rasmussen, Aage Andersen, Oscar Nielsen, Carl Pedersen, Holger Frederiksen, August Lindgren, Henry Rambusch, Hjalmar Herup.

• Smyrna: Edwin Charnaud, Zareck Couyoumdzian, Edouard Giraud, Jacques Giraud, Henri Joly, Percy de la Fontaine, Donald Whittal, Albert Whittal, Godfrey Whittal, Harold Whittal, Edward Whittal.

• Thessaloniki: Georgios Vaporis, Nikolaos Pindos, Antonios Tegos, Nikolaos Pentzikis, Ioannis Kyrou, Georgios Sotiriadis, Vasilios Zarkadis, Dimitrios Mikhitsopoulos, Antonios Karagionidis, Ioannis Abbot, Ioannis Saridakis.

• Athens: Panagiotis Vrionis, Nikolaos Dekavalas, Georgios Merkouris, Konstantinos Botasis, Grigorios Vrionis, Panagiotis Botasis, Georgios Gerontakis, Georgios Kalafatis, Theodoros Nikolaidis, Konstantinos Siriotis, A. Georgiadis.

References

• RSSSF - 1906 Summer Olympics

Football at the Olympics | 1906 Summer Olympics

Olympische Zwischenspiele 1906/Fußball | Calcio alle olimpiadi estive 1906 | Olympische Zomerspelen 1906/Voetbal