The UK Olympic Football Team ( eng. Great Britain Olympic football team ) is a team representing the UK at the Olympic Games in the discipline of " Football ". The national team application may include players no older than 23 years old, with the exception of three players who may be older than this age [3] .
| UK Olympic Football Team | |||||||||||||
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| Nickname | Team GB | ||||||||||||
| Federation | Football Association of England (1908-1972; 2011-2012) | ||||||||||||
| Main trainer |  Stuart Pearce [1] | ||||||||||||
| Captain |  Ryan Giggs [2] | ||||||||||||
| FIFA code | GBR | ||||||||||||
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| The first game | |||||||||||||
 Great Britain 12: 1 Sweden  ( London , United Kingdom ; October 20, 1908) | |||||||||||||
| Biggest win | |||||||||||||
| Great Britain 12: 1 Sweden ( London , United Kingdom ; October 20, 1908) | |||||||||||||
| Biggest defeat | |||||||||||||
 Bulgaria 6: 1 United Kingdom ( Melbourne , Australia ; November 30, 1956) | |||||||||||||
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In 2012, the Olympic team of Great Britain under the leadership of the Football Association of England took part in the Summer Olympics , which were held in London [4] . The head coach of the team was appointed Stuart Pearce , who could call players from all over the UK to the national team [1] , although the football associations of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland protested against bringing their players to the unified national team [5] . These associations feared that the creation of a unified UK team could threaten their independent status [5] .
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History
At the Olympic Games, the national team was called the "Olympic football team of Great Britain and Northern Ireland" ( eng. Great Britain and Northern Ireland Olympic football team ). The British national team played until the 1972 Games, after which, due to the abolition of the Football Association of England in 1974, the differences between professionals and amateurs were no longer collected. The governing body of the team is the British Olympic Committee .
The national team is a triple Olympic champion in 1900 , 1908 and 1912 . In 1900, the amateur football club Upton Park acted as a national team, and that tournament had only indicative status. Officially, football became an Olympic sport in 1908, so formally the UK team is the first ever Olympic champion in the sport.
From 1972 to 2012, the UK national team did not conduct games and did not convene. The British Olympic Committee officially announced the convening of the national team to participate in the 2012 Olympic football tournament. [6]
Currently, the UK state in the international football arena represent four national teams - England , Northern Ireland , Wales and Scotland . The teams are full members of FIFA and UEFA and are entitled to participate in the draws of the European and World Championships .
Performance statistics
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| Year | Coach [7] | Round | A place | M | AT | H | P | MOH | MP | |
| 1900 | The UK was represented by Upton Park | |||||||||
| 1904 | Did not participate | |||||||||
| 1908 | Alfred Davis | Gold | one | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18 | one | |
| 1912 | Adrian Birch | Gold | one | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | |
| 1916 | Games canceled | |||||||||
| 1920 | George latam | 1 round | - | one | 0 | 0 | one | one | 3 | |
| 1924 | Withdrawn from participation | |||||||||
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| 1936 | William Voyzy | Quarter finals | - | 2 | one | 0 | one | 6 | five | |
| 1940 | Games canceled | |||||||||
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| 1948 | Matt busby | Semi final | four | four | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | eleven | |
| 1952 | Walter Winterbottom | Preliminary round | - | one | 0 | 0 | one | 3 | five | |
| 1956 | Norman Creek | Quarter finals | - | one | 0 | 0 | one | one | 6 | |
| 1960 | 1 round | - | 3 | one | one | one | eight | eight | ||
| 1964 | Charles Hughes | Not qualified | ||||||||
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| 1976 | Did not participate | |||||||||
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| 2012 | Stuart Pearce [1] | Quarter finals | - | four | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | |
| 2016 | Did not participate | |||||||||
| Total | 9/25 | 2 medals | 23 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 76 | 44 | ||
Current squad lineup
Below are the players who were included in the application of the UK team for the 2012 Olympic Games in London [8] .
National team matches in 2012It was expected that the Olympic team of Great Britain will hold two friendly matches before the start of the 2012 Olympic Games [9] . These matches should not have been held in stadiums that will be used during the Games. As one of the stadiums, it was proposed to use the Birmingham Villa Park [10] . Following the draw, held April 24, 2012, at the Olympics, the UK was in the group for the teams of Uruguay, the United Arab Emirates and Senegal [11] . Two days after the draw, it was announced that before the start of the tournament the national team would hold one friendly match against the Brazilian national team at the Riverside Stadium on July 20 [12] . It was the first match of the UK national team since May 1971. [13]
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