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The following is the Great Britain squad in the men's football tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics. [2] As part of an agreement with the FA, no players from England's Euro 2012 squad were selected. However, an agreement was made to allow Jack Butland to play on both squads.
The 2012 squad contained 13 English and 5 Welsh players but no Scottish or Northern Irish players. [58] Jack Butland, the third choice goalkeeper for England, was the only player selected for both the Olympics and the England Euro 2012 squad. [90] Ryan Giggs, Craig Bellamy and Micah Richards were selected as the three overage players. [91]
A men's football team representing Great Britain competed in the Olympics until 1972, albeit failing to qualify for the main tournament after 1960. After the Football Association abolished the distinction between amateur and professionals, a ruling that came into force in 1974, Great Britain did not subsequently attempt to qualify in football ...
It was the first men's Olympic football tournament to feature a team representing Great Britain since the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. [1] The competition also marked Uruguay's men's football team's first Olympic appearance since 1928, when it won its second consecutive gold medal. The gold medal was won by Mexico who defeated Brazil 2–1 in ...
The team is organised by the British Olympic Association (BOA) who have since 1999 branded it Team GB, explaining that "Team GB is the Great Britain and Northern Ireland Olympic Team." [ 19 ] The BOA selected a team of 541 athletes, 279 men and 262 women, to compete in all sports after gaining automatic qualification places in their respective ...
2004 • 2008 • 2012 • 2016 • 2020 • 2024 • 2028 This category includes football (soccer) players who participated in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London , United Kingdom . See also
It was the 23rd final of the men's football tournament at the Summer Olympics, a quadrennial tournament contested for the men's under-23 national teams of FIFA to decide the Olympic champions. In front of a crowd of 86,162, Mexico won their first Olympic gold medal in modality, beating Brazil , 2–1.
The women's football tournament at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London was held from 25 July to 9 August 2012. The women's tournament was a full international tournament with no restrictions on age. The twelve national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of 18 players, including two goalkeepers.