# 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.
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 | Beijing | Shanghai | BeijingQinhuangdaoShanghaiShenyangTianjinclass=notpageimage| Location of the host cities of the football at the 2008 Summer Olympics. |
| Beijing National Stadium | Beijing Workers' Stadium | Shanghai Stadium | BeijingQinhuangdaoShanghaiShenyangTianjinclass=notpageimage| Location of the host cities of the football at the 2008 Summer Olympics. |
| Capacity: 91,000 | Capacity: 70,161 | Capacity: 80,000 | BeijingQinhuangdaoShanghaiShenyangTianjinclass=notpageimage| Location of the host cities of the football at the 2008 Summer Olympics. |
| Tianjin | Shenyang | Qinhuangdao | BeijingQinhuangdaoShanghaiShenyangTianjinclass=notpageimage| Location of the host cities of the football at the 2008 Summer Olympics. |
| Tianjin Olympic Centre Stadium | Shenyang Olympic Stadium | Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Centre Stadium | BeijingQinhuangdaoShanghaiShenyangTianjinclass=notpageimage| Location of the host cities of the football at the 2008 Summer Olympics. |
| Capacity: 60,000 | Capacity: 60,000 | Capacity: 33,000 | BeijingQinhuangdaoShanghaiShenyangTianjinclass=notpageimage| Location of the host cities of the football at the 2008 Summer Olympics. |
Beijing National Stadium only used during the Men's tournament final.

## Men

| 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

| 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 |