Football at the Summer Olympics

Football at the Summer Olympics, also referred to as the Olympic Football Tournament, has been included in every Summer Olympic Games as a men's competition sport, except 1896 (the inaugural Games) and 1932 (in an attempt to promote the new FIFA World Cup tournament). Women's football was added to the official program at the Atlanta 1996 Games.

This article is about the history of association football, also known as soccer, at the Olympics. For gridiron football, see American football at the Summer Olympics. For the Australian rules football demonstration, see Australian football at the 1956 Summer Olympics.

Football at the Summer Olympics
IOC Discipline CodeFBL
Governing bodyFIFA
Events2 (men: 1; women: 1)
Games
  • Medalists
Tournaments (men・women)

In order to avoid competition with the World Cup, FIFA have restricted participation of elite players in the men's tournament in various ways: currently, squads for the men's tournament are required to be composed of players under 23 years of age, with three permitted exceptions.

By comparison, the women's football tournament is a full senior-level international tournament, second in prestige only to the FIFA Women's World Cup.

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