Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics was held in Beijing and several other cities in the People's Republic of China from 6 to 23 August. Associations affiliated with FIFA were invited to send their full women's national teams and men's U-23 teams to participate. Men's teams were allowed to augment their squad with three players over the age of 23.

Football at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Football pictogram for the 2008 Summer Olympics
Event details
Games	2008 Summer Olympics
Host country	China
Dates	6–23 August 2008
Venues	6 (in 5 host cities)
Competitors	469 from 21 nations
Men's tournament
Teams	16 (from 6 confederations)
Medalists Gold  Argentina Silver  Nigeria Bronze  Brazil
Women's tournament
Teams	12 (from 6 confederations)
Medalists Gold  United States Silver  Brazil Bronze  Germany
Editions
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For these games, the men competed in a 16-team tournament, and the women in a 12-team tournament. Preliminary matches commenced two days before the Opening Ceremony of the Games on 8 August.

Venues

Beijing		Shanghai	Beijing Qinhuangdao Shanghai Shenyang Tianjin Location of the host cities of the football at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Beijing National Stadium	Beijing Workers' Stadium	Shanghai Stadium
Capacity: 91,000	Capacity: 70,161	Capacity: 80,000
Tianjin	Shenyang	Qinhuangdao
Tianjin Olympic Centre Stadium	Shenyang Olympic Stadium	Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Centre Stadium
Capacity: 60,000	Capacity: 60,000	Capacity: 33,000

Beijing National Stadium only used during the Men's tournament final.

Men

Main article: Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

See also: Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men	Argentina (ARG) Oscar Ustari Ezequiel Garay Luciano Fabián Monzón Pablo Zabaleta Fernando Gago Federico Fazio José Ernesto Sosa Éver Banega Ezequiel Lavezzi Juan Román Riquelme (captain) Ángel Di María Nicolás Pareja Lautaro Acosta Javier Mascherano Lionel Messi Sergio Agüero Diego Buonanotte Sergio Romero Nicolás Navarro	Nigeria (NGR) Ambruse Vanzekin Chibuzor Okonkwo Onyekachi Apam Dele Adeleye Monday James Chinedu Obasi Sani Kaita Victor Obinna Isaac Promise (captain) Solomon Okoronkwo Oluwafemi Ajilore Olubayo Adefemi Peter Odemwingie Efe Ambrose Victor Anichebe Emmanuel Ekpo Ikechukwu Ezenwa Oladapo Olufemi	Brazil (BRA) Diego Alves Renan Rafinha Alex Silva Thiago Silva Marcelo Ilsinho Breno Hernanes Anderson Lucas Ronaldinho (captain) Ramires Diego Thiago Neves Alexandre Pato Rafael Sóbis Jô

Women

Main article: Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

See also: Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's team squads

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Women	United States (USA) Hope Solo Heather Mitts Christie Rampone (captain) Rachel Buehler Lindsay Tarpley Natasha Kai Shannon Boxx Amy Rodriguez Heather O'Reilly Aly Wagner Carli Lloyd Lauren Cheney Tobin Heath Stephanie Cox Kate Markgraf Angela Hucles Lori Chalupny Nicole Barnhart	Brazil (BRA) Andréia Simone Andréia Rosa Tânia (captain) Renata Costa Maycon Daniela Formiga Ester Marta Cristiane Bárbara Francielle Pretinha Fabiana Érika Maurine Rosana	Germany (GER) Nadine Angerer Kerstin Stegemann Saskia Bartusiak Babett Peter Annike Krahn Linda Bresonik Melanie Behringer Sandra Smisek Birgit Prinz (captain) Renate Lingor Anja Mittag Ursula Holl Célia Okoyino da Mbabi Simone Laudehr Fatmire Bajramaj Conny Pohlers Ariane Hingst Kerstin Garefrekes

See also

• Football 5-a-side at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
• Football 7-a-side at the 2008 Summer Paralympics