At the 1906 Summer Olympics in Athens (often referred to as the "Intercalated Games"), an unofficial football event was held.

Denmark were awarded the gold medal after the Athens team failed to appear for the second half of the final.

The Athens team were subsequently invited to play off in a three-team tournament to decide second place, but refused and were promptly ejected from the competition,[2] leaving Smyrna and Thessaloniki to play off for the silver and bronze medals.

[2] The Smyrna (former name of Turkish city İzmir), a team consisted of English, French and Armenian players, was also part of the competition.

[5][6] The match was abandoned at half-time and Denmark were awarded the gold medal after Ethnikos GS failed to appear for the second half.