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Confederation of Denmark">Denmark XI</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Runners-up</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Greece" title="Greece"><img alt="Greece" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Flag_of_Greece_%281822-1978%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Greece_%281822-1978%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Flag_of_Greece_%281822-1978%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Greece_%281822-1978%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Flag_of_Greece_%281822-1978%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Greece_%281822-1978%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> Podilatikos Syllogos Athinon</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Tournament statistics</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Matches played</th><td class="infobox-data">1</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Goals scored</th><td class="infobox-data">15 (15 per match)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top:#bbb solid 1px"><div style="float: right;"><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1900_Summer_Olympics" title="Football at the 1900 Summer Olympics">1900</a> → </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">International football competition</div> <p>At the <a href="/wiki/1896_Summer_Olympics" title="1896 Summer Olympics">1896 Summer Olympics</a> in <a href="/wiki/Athens" title="Athens">Athens</a>, an unofficial <a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">football</a> event was held on 12 April between two representative teams of <a href="/wiki/Greece" title="Greece">Greece</a> and <a href="/wiki/Denmark" title="Denmark">Denmark</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Neo_Phaliron_Velodrome" title="Neo Phaliron Velodrome">Podilatodromio</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-RSSSF_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RSSSF-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/International_Olympic_Committee" title="International Olympic Committee">International Olympic Committee</a> (IOC) does not recognize the existence of an official football tournament at the 1896 Olympics and the majority of works devoted to the 1896 Olympic Games do not actually mention a football competition; however, there is incontrovertible evidence that the aforementioned match was played as either a part of the (unofficial) programme, or as a "demonstration sport" during the Olympic Games.<sup id="cite_ref-TOP_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TOP-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The reason why this match was more or less ignored was because of a recommendation from <a href="/wiki/Constantine_I_of_Greece" title="Constantine I of Greece">Crown Prince Constantine</a>, the chairman of the 1896 Olympic Organizing Committee, who publicly said that the sports which were not part of the official Olympic programme should not be mentioned, and thus, due to its unofficial classification, the football match was forbidden to be reported anywhere, neither by the local or the national press.<sup id="cite_ref-RSSSF_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RSSSF-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-TOP_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TOP-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-atletifo_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-atletifo-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a result, the final score of the game remains uncertain with various sources agreeing it was either a 9–0 or a 15–0 victory for the Danish, who were later awarded bronze medals by the local organizing committee.<sup id="cite_ref-RSSSF_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RSSSF-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Remarkably, it was Prince Constantine's younger brother, <a href="/wiki/Prince_George_of_Greece_and_Denmark" title="Prince George of Greece and Denmark">George, Prince of both Greece and Denmark</a>, who refereed the football match.<sup id="cite_ref-RSSSF_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RSSSF-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Football_at_the_1896_Summer_Olympics&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The organization of a football tournament at the 1896 Games was directly raised during the first-ever <a href="/wiki/List_of_IOC_meetings" title="List of IOC meetings">IOC meeting</a> held in November 1894, which means that an Olympic football tournament was originally planned to be held at the games.<sup id="cite_ref-RSSSF_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RSSSF-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By early 1896, the <a href="/wiki/Hellenic_Olympic_Committee" title="Hellenic Olympic Committee">Greek Olympic Organizing Committee</a> had been informed that four foreign football teams were interested in sending a team, and thus, on 17 March, it was decided to include football in the official programme of the 1896 Games.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEYoung1996139_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEYoung1996139-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, none of the four clubs showed up in Athens, and thus, despite the Greek preparations for a football tournament, it was ultimately decided to remove football from the official Olympic programme due to the small number of participants on 28 March, in a meeting of the Greek organizing committee.<sup id="cite_ref-RSSSF_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RSSSF-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The deadline for both federations and clubs to sign up was six days later (3 April). By that day the Secretary-General had only received name lists from <a href="/wiki/Greece" title="Greece">Greece</a> and <a href="/wiki/Denmark" title="Denmark">Denmark</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-RSSSF_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RSSSF-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Football was thus (like <a href="/wiki/Boxing" title="Boxing">boxing</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cricket" title="Cricket">cricket</a>, <a href="/wiki/Horse_racing" title="Horse racing">horse racing</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rowing_(sport)" title="Rowing (sport)">rowing</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sailing_(sport)" title="Sailing (sport)">sailing</a>) only unofficially part of the Olympic programme in Athens in 1896.<sup id="cite_ref-RSSSF_1-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RSSSF-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Squad">Squad</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Football_at_the_1896_Summer_Olympics&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Squad"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Greek team was represented by sports club <i>Podilatikos Syllogos Athinón</i> (one of the pioneers of Greek football), who also represented Greece at the track cycling Competitions which were also conducted at the <a href="/wiki/Neo_Phaliron_Velodrome" title="Neo Phaliron Velodrome">Neo Phaliron Velodrome</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-TOP_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TOP-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Denmark team, however, was much harder to put together. <a href="/wiki/K%C3%B8benhavns_Roklub" title="Københavns Roklub">Københavns Roklub</a> (KR) had a good football team in the 1890s, so they received an invitation from the founder of the modern Olympic Games, <a href="/wiki/Pierre_de_Coubertin" title="Pierre de Coubertin">Pierre de Coubertin</a>, to participate in the 1896 Olympics, but apparently, they sent just two players to represent them, <a href="/wiki/Eugen_Schmidt" title="Eugen Schmidt">Eugen Schmidt</a> and <a href="/wiki/Holger_Nielsen" title="Holger Nielsen">Holger Nielsen</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-TOP_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TOP-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> who filled the rest of team with Danes who lived in Athens or who just happened to be there at the time for work reasons, such as sailors and businessmen, along with some members of <a href="/wiki/%C3%98sterbro_Boldklub" class="mw-redirect" title="Østerbro Boldklub">Østerbro Boldklub</a> (ØB).<sup id="cite_ref-RSSSF_1-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RSSSF-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-atletifo_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-atletifo-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> KR and ØB had been among the founding members of the <a href="/wiki/National_Olympic_Committee_and_Sports_Confederation_of_Denmark" title="National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark">Dansk Idræts-Forbund</a> (DIF, Danish Sports Confederation), founded on 14 February 1896, which selected the team sent to Athens.<sup id="cite_ref-RSSSF_1-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RSSSF-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The ØB players who were sent to Athens were replaced by the ones who had left <a href="/wiki/Boldklubben_Frem" title="Boldklubben Frem">Boldklubben Frem</a>, apparently for economic reasons.<sup id="cite_ref-RSSSF_1-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RSSSF-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Czech author Jiří Guth-Jarkovský, who was one of the founding members of the IOC in 1894 and was in Athens in 1896 as an IOC member, reported in 1896 that Denmark had 12 participants at the Olympic Games, which explains how Denmark could field a whole football team.<sup id="cite_ref-RSSSF_1-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RSSSF-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later reports state that Denmark only had 3 participants, but the 9 additional participants were most likely only part of the unofficial football match, and therefore they were never listed in official sources.<sup id="cite_ref-RSSSF_1-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RSSSF-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Both Schmidt and Nielsen competed in other events at the <a href="/wiki/1896_Summer_Olympics" title="1896 Summer Olympics">1896 Summer Olympics</a>, with Schmidt competing in both the <a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1896_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_100_metres" title="Athletics at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres">100 metre sprint</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Shooting_at_the_1896_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_200_metre_military_rifle" title="Shooting at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre military rifle">military rifle shooting event</a>, although he did not achieve any notable feats.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nielsen competed in <a href="/wiki/Fencing" title="Fencing">fencing</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shooting_sports" title="Shooting sports">firearms</a> and <a href="/wiki/Discus_throw" title="Discus throw">discus</a> events.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Podhlatodromio_karaiskakh_1896.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Podhlatodromio_karaiskakh_1896.jpg/220px-Podhlatodromio_karaiskakh_1896.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="130" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Podhlatodromio_karaiskakh_1896.jpg/330px-Podhlatodromio_karaiskakh_1896.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Podhlatodromio_karaiskakh_1896.jpg/440px-Podhlatodromio_karaiskakh_1896.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1181" data-file-height="696" /></a><figcaption>The 'Podilatodromio' in Athens, venue for the tournament, as seen in 1896</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Venue">Venue</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Football_at_the_1896_Summer_Olympics&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Venue"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>All the matches were hosted at "<a href="/wiki/Neo_Phaliron_Velodrome" title="Neo Phaliron Velodrome">Neo Phaliron Velodrome</a>" (or "Podilatodromio"), originally a <a href="/wiki/Velodrome" title="Velodrome">velodrome</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sports_arena" class="mw-redirect" title="Sports arena">sports arena</a> in the Neo Faliro District of <a href="/wiki/Piraeus" title="Piraeus">Piraeus</a>. This venue was also used for the <a href="/wiki/Track_cycling" title="Track cycling">track cycling</a> events at the 1896 Olympics.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The match attracted a significant number of spectators at the time, over 6,000 people attended the Velodrome.<sup id="cite_ref-TOP_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TOP-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="The_match">The match</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Football_at_the_1896_Summer_Olympics&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: The match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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.footballbox .fdate,.mw-parser-output .footballbox .ftime,.mw-parser-output .footballbox .frnd{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .footballbox .fleft,.mw-parser-output .footballbox .fright{float:left;padding:2px 0}.mw-parser-output .footballbox .fleft{width:15%;overflow:auto}.mw-parser-output .footballbox .fevent{float:left;width:61%}.mw-parser-output .footballbox .fevent,.mw-parser-output .footballbox .fright{margin-bottom:0}.mw-parser-output .footballbox .fright{font-size:85%;width:24%}}</style><div itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsEvent" class="footballbox"> <div class="fleft"><time itemprop="startDate" datetime="1896-04-12T15:40:00+00:00"><div class="fdate">12 April 1896</div><div class="ftime">15:40</div></time></div><table class="fevent"><tbody><tr itemprop="name"> <th class="fhome" itemprop="homeTeam" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsTeam"><span itemprop="name"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Greece" title="Greece"><img alt="Greece" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Flag_of_Greece_%281822-1978%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Greece_%281822-1978%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Flag_of_Greece_%281822-1978%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Greece_%281822-1978%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Flag_of_Greece_%281822-1978%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Greece_%281822-1978%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> Podilatikos Syllogos Athinon</span></th><th class="fscore">0–9<br />or<br />0–15</th><th class="faway" itemprop="awayTeam" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/SportsTeam"><span itemprop="name"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Denmark" title="Denmark"><img alt="Denmark" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/20px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/31px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/40px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="387" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/National_Olympic_Committee_and_Sports_Confederation_of_Denmark" title="National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark">Denmark XI</a></span></th></tr><tr class="fgoals"> <td class="fhgoal"></td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.rsssf.org/tableso/ol1896f.html">Report</a></td> <td class="fagoal"></td> </tr></tbody></table><div class="fright"><div itemprop="location" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"><span itemprop="name"><a href="/wiki/Neo_Phaliron_Velodrome" title="Neo Phaliron Velodrome">Podilatodromio</a></span>, <span itemprop="address"><a href="/wiki/Athens" title="Athens">Athens</a>, Greece</span></div><div>Attendance: 6,000</div><div>Referee: <a href="/wiki/Prince_George_of_Greece_and_Denmark" title="Prince George of Greece and Denmark">Prince George</a> (Greece)</div></div></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1216972533">.mw-parser-output .col-begin{border-collapse:collapse;padding:0;color:inherit;width:100%;border:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .col-begin-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .col-break{vertical-align:top;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .col-break-2{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-3{width:33.3%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-4{width:25%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-5{width:20%}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .col-begin,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr,.mw-parser-output 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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Flag_of_Greece_%281822-1978%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Greece_%281822-1978%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> Pavlos Kountouriotis </td></tr> <tr> <td>DF</td> <td></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Greece" title="Greece"><img alt="Greece" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Flag_of_Greece_%281822-1978%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Greece_%281822-1978%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Flag_of_Greece_%281822-1978%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Greece_%281822-1978%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Flag_of_Greece_%281822-1978%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Greece_%281822-1978%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> Kavalieratos Anninos </td></tr> <tr> <td>DF</td> <td></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Greece" title="Greece"><img alt="Greece" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Flag_of_Greece_%281822-1978%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Greece_%281822-1978%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Flag_of_Greece_%281822-1978%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Greece_%281822-1978%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Flag_of_Greece_%281822-1978%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Greece_%281822-1978%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> Konstantinos Zervoudakis </td></tr> <tr> <td>MF</td> <td></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Greece" title="Greece"><img alt="Greece" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Flag_of_Greece_%281822-1978%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Greece_%281822-1978%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Flag_of_Greece_%281822-1978%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Greece_%281822-1978%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Flag_of_Greece_%281822-1978%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Greece_%281822-1978%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Demetrios_Petrokokkinos" title="Demetrios Petrokokkinos">Demetrios Petrokokkinos</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>MF</td> <td></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Greece" title="Greece"><img alt="Greece" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Flag_of_Greece_%281822-1978%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Greece_%281822-1978%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" 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<td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Greece" title="Greece"><img alt="Greece" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Flag_of_Greece_%281822-1978%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Greece_%281822-1978%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Flag_of_Greece_%281822-1978%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Greece_%281822-1978%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Flag_of_Greece_%281822-1978%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Greece_%281822-1978%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> P. Gasparis </td></tr> <tr> <td>FW</td> <td></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Greece" title="Greece"><img alt="Greece" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Flag_of_Greece_%281822-1978%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Greece_%281822-1978%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Flag_of_Greece_%281822-1978%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Greece_%281822-1978%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Flag_of_Greece_%281822-1978%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Greece_%281822-1978%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> Epamaindos Harilaos </td></tr> <tr> <td>FW</td> <td></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Greece" title="Greece"><img alt="Greece" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Flag_of_Greece_%281822-1978%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Greece_%281822-1978%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Flag_of_Greece_%281822-1978%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Greece_%281822-1978%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Flag_of_Greece_%281822-1978%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Greece_%281822-1978%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Stamatios_Nikolopoulos" title="Stamatios Nikolopoulos">Stamatios Nikolopoulos</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>FW</td> <td></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Greece" title="Greece"><img alt="Greece" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Flag_of_Greece_%281822-1978%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Greece_%281822-1978%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Flag_of_Greece_%281822-1978%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Greece_%281822-1978%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Flag_of_Greece_%281822-1978%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Greece_%281822-1978%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> Eleftherios Psaroudas </td></tr> </tbody></table> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <table style="font-size:90%; margin:0.2em auto;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody><tr> <th width="25"></th> <th width="25"> </th></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Denmark" title="Denmark"><img alt="Denmark" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/20px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/31px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/40px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="387" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Eugen_Schmidt" title="Eugen Schmidt">Eugen Schmidt</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Denmark" title="Denmark"><img alt="Denmark" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/20px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/31px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/40px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="387" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Holger_Nielsen" title="Holger Nielsen">Holger Nielsen</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td></td> <td>+ 9 unknown players (Danish sailors and businessmen, members of the <a href="/wiki/%C3%98sterbro_Boldklub" class="mw-redirect" title="Østerbro Boldklub">Østerbro Boldklub</a>, who happened to be in Athens) </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Tournament_ranking">Tournament ranking</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Football_at_the_1896_Summer_Olympics&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Tournament ranking"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th>Pos. </th> <th width="250px">Team </th> <th width="30px">Pld </th> <th width="30px">W </th> <th width="30px">D </th> <th width="30px">L </th></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="gold">1</td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Denmark" title="Denmark"><img alt="Denmark" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/20px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/31px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/40px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="387" /></a></span></span> Denmark XI (DEN)</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="silver">2</td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Greece" title="Greece"><img alt="Greece" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Flag_of_Greece_%281822-1978%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Greece_%281822-1978%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Flag_of_Greece_%281822-1978%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Greece_%281822-1978%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Flag_of_Greece_%281822-1978%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Greece_%281822-1978%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> Podilatikos Syllogos Athinon (GRE)</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>1 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Disputes_and_proof">Disputes and proof</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Football_at_the_1896_Summer_Olympics&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Disputes and proof"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Disputes">Disputes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Football_at_the_1896_Summer_Olympics&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Disputes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2017, Olympic historians <a href="/wiki/Volker_Kluge" title="Volker Kluge">Volker Kluge</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bill_Mallon" title="Bill Mallon">Bill Mallon</a> published the results of an investigation into a possible football game at the 1896 Olympic Games. They cite a book (published in 1998) about the 1896 Olympic Games written by <a href="/wiki/Bill_Mallon" title="Bill Mallon">Bill Mallon</a> himself and Ture Widlund. In the book, they concluded that; </p><p>"Football is sometimes listed as having been contested in 1896 as an exhibition sport or demonstration sport at the Olympic Games, although no such designation existed at the time of the 1896 Olympics. Supposedly, a match between a Greek club and a Danish club was conducted. No 1896 source supports this and we think this is most likely an error that has been perpetrated in multiple texts. No such match occurred."<sup id="cite_ref-isoh_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-isoh-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The theory that Mallon and Kluge put forward is that the match between Denmark and Athens at the <a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1906_Intercalated_Games" title="Football at the 1906 Intercalated Games">1906 Intercalated Games</a> has, in the course of history, been wrongly reported as happening at the 1896 Olympic Games.<sup id="cite_ref-isoh_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-isoh-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In fact, one source dictates that the 1896 match was contested by an Athens XI and a Smyrna XI, but this game actually took place at the Intercalated Games and is alleged to be a mistake that has persisted through time.<sup id="cite_ref-atletifo_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-atletifo-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Proof">Proof</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Football_at_the_1896_Summer_Olympics&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Proof"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Olympic historians <a href="/wiki/Erik_Bergvall" title="Erik Bergvall">Erik Bergvall</a>, Fritz Wasner, <a href="/wiki/Herbert_Sander" title="Herbert Sander">Herbert Sander</a> and <a href="/wiki/Peder_Christian_Andersen" title="Peder Christian Andersen">Peder Christian Andersen</a> all independently agree that football was played at the 1896 Olympic Games, and that there can be no question of a confusion between the football tournaments played in 1896 and 1906.<sup id="cite_ref-RSSSF_1-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RSSSF-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1970, an old Greek footballer Malonis Isaias, who also played at the <a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_Inter-Allied_Games_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_team_squads" title="Football at the Inter-Allied Games – Men's team squads">1919 Inter-Allied Games</a>, gave an interview about the beginning of Greek football, in which he stated that football was played at the 1896 Olympic Games.<sup id="cite_ref-TOP_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TOP-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The information about the match most likely comes mostly from one of the founders of the IOC <a href="/wiki/Aleksei_Butovsky" title="Aleksei Butovsky">Aleksei Butovsky</a> (1838–1917), who was a witness to the match in 1896. According to him the score was 0–9.<sup id="cite_ref-TOP_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TOP-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>FIFA News number 155 from April 1976 lists Denmark as the first Olympic champions.<sup id="cite_ref-TOP_2-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TOP-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later that year in July, <a href="/wiki/FIFA" title="FIFA">FIFA</a> held its 40th congress, which officially recognised the 1896 Olympic Games as the first Olympic football tournament.<sup id="cite_ref-TOP_2-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TOP-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Football_at_the_1896_Summer_Olympics&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1906_Intercalated_Games" title="Football at the 1906 Intercalated Games">1906 (unofficial)</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1908_Summer_Olympics" title="Football at the 1908 Summer Olympics">1908</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1912_Summer_Olympics" title="Football at the 1912 Summer Olympics">1912</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1912_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Consolation_tournament" title="Football at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Consolation tournament">consolation</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1920_Summer_Olympics" title="Football at the 1920 Summer Olympics">1920</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1924_Summer_Olympics" title="Football at the 1924 Summer Olympics">1924</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1928_Summer_Olympics" title="Football at the 1928 Summer Olympics">1928</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#aaa">1932</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1936_Summer_Olympics" title="Football at the 1936 Summer Olympics">1936</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1948_Summer_Olympics" title="Football at the 1948 Summer Olympics">1948</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1952_Summer_Olympics" title="Football at the 1952 Summer Olympics">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Association_football_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Association football at the 1956 Summer Olympics">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1960_Summer_Olympics" title="Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1964_Summer_Olympics" title="Football at the 1964 Summer Olympics">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1968_Summer_Olympics" title="Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics" title="Football at the 1972 Summer Olympics">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1976_Summer_Olympics" title="Football at the 1976 Summer Olympics">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1980_Summer_Olympics" title="Football at the 1980 Summer Olympics">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1984_Summer_Olympics" title="Football at the 1984 Summer Olympics">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1988_Summer_Olympics" title="Football at the 1988 Summer Olympics">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1992_Summer_Olympics" title="Football at the 1992 Summer Olympics">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1996_Summer_Olympics" title="Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_2000_Summer_Olympics" title="Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics" title="Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics" title="Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_2016_Summer_Olympics" title="Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics" title="Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_2024_Summer_Olympics" title="Football at the 2024 Summer Olympics">2024</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="6" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Football_pictogram.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Football_pictogram.svg/80px-Football_pictogram.svg.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Football_pictogram.svg/120px-Football_pictogram.svg.png 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href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1906_Intercalated_Games" title="Football at the 1906 Intercalated Games">1906 (unofficial)</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1908_Summer_Olympics" title="Football at the 1908 Summer Olympics">1908</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1912_Summer_Olympics" title="Football at the 1912 Summer Olympics">1912</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1912_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Consolation_tournament" title="Football at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Consolation tournament">consolation</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1920_Summer_Olympics" title="Football at the 1920 Summer Olympics">1920</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1924_Summer_Olympics" title="Football at the 1924 Summer Olympics">1924</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1928_Summer_Olympics" title="Football at the 1928 Summer Olympics">1928</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#aaa">1932</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1936_Summer_Olympics" title="Football at the 1936 Summer Olympics">1936</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1948_Summer_Olympics" title="Football at the 1948 Summer Olympics">1948</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1952_Summer_Olympics" title="Football at the 1952 Summer Olympics">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Association_football_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Association football at the 1956 Summer Olympics">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1960_Summer_Olympics" title="Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1964_Summer_Olympics" title="Football at the 1964 Summer Olympics">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1968_Summer_Olympics" title="Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics" title="Football at the 1972 Summer Olympics">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1976_Summer_Olympics" title="Football at the 1976 Summer Olympics">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1980_Summer_Olympics" title="Football at the 1980 Summer Olympics">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1984_Summer_Olympics" title="Football at the 1984 Summer Olympics">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1988_Summer_Olympics" title="Football at the 1988 Summer Olympics">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1992_Summer_Olympics" title="Football at the 1992 Summer Olympics">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1996_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_tournament" title="Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_2000_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_tournament" title="Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_tournament" title="Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_tournament" title="Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_tournament" title="Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_2016_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_tournament" title="Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_tournament" title="Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_2024_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_tournament" title="Football at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament">2024</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Women</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1996_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_tournament" title="Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_2000_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_tournament" title="Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_tournament" title="Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_tournament" title="Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_tournament" title="Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_2016_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_tournament" title="Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_tournament" title="Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_2024_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_tournament" title="Football at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament">2024</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Qualifications</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Men</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Association_football_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_qualification" title="Association football at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1960_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_qualification" title="Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1964_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_qualification" title="Football at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1968_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_qualification" title="Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_qualification" title="Football at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1976_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_qualification" title="Football at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1980_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_qualification" title="Football at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1984_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_qualification" title="Football at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1988_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_qualification" title="Football at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1992_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_qualification" title="Football at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1996_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_qualification" title="Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_2000_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_qualification" class="mw-redirect" title="Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_qualification" class="mw-redirect" title="Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_qualification" title="Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_qualification" title="Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_2016_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_qualification" class="mw-redirect" title="Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_qualification" title="Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_2024_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_qualification" title="Football at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification">2024</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Women</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1996_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_qualification" title="Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_2000_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_qualification" title="Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_qualification" title="Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_qualification" title="Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_qualification" title="Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_2016_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_qualification" title="Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_qualification" title="Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_2024_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_qualification" title="Football at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification">2024</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Finals</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Men</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1920_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_final" title="Football at the 1920 Summer Olympics – final">1920</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1960_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_final" title="Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics – final">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1964_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_final" title="Football at the 1964 Summer Olympics – final">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_tournament_final" title="Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament final">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_tournament_final" title="Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament final">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_2016_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_tournament_final" title="Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament final">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_tournament_final" title="Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament final">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_2024_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_tournament_final" title="Football at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament final">2024</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Women</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_tournament_final" title="Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament final">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_2024_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_tournament_final" title="Football at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament final">2024</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Squads</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Men</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1900_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_team_squads" title="Football at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads">1900</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1904_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_team_squads" title="Football at the 1904 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads">1904</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1906_Intercalated_Games_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_team_squads" title="Football at the 1906 Intercalated Games – Men's team squads">1906 (unofficial)</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1908_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_team_squads" title="Football at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads">1908</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1912_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_team_squads" title="Football at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads">1912</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1920_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_team_squads" title="Football at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads">1920</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1924_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_team_squads" title="Football at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads">1924</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1928_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_team_squads" title="Football at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads">1928</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1936_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_team_squads" title="Football at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads">1936</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1948_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_team_squads" title="Football at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads">1948</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1952_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_team_squads" title="Football at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Association_football_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_team_squads" title="Association football at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1960_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_team_squads" title="Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1964_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_team_squads" title="Football at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1968_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_team_squads" title="Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_team_squads" title="Football at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1976_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_team_squads" title="Football at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1980_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_team_squads" title="Football at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1984_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_team_squads" title="Football at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1988_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_team_squads" title="Football at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1992_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_team_squads" title="Football at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1996_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_team_squads" title="Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_2000_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_team_squads" title="Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_team_squads" title="Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_team_squads" title="Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_team_squads" title="Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_2016_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_team_squads" title="Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_team_squads" title="Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_2024_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_team_squads" title="Football at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads">2024</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_overage_players_in_Olympic_football" title="List of overage players in Olympic football">Overage players</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Women</th><td 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