Great Britain women's Olympic football team

Great Britain
Association	The FA
Confederation
Head coach	Hege Riise
Captain	Steph Houghton Sophie Ingle Kim Little
Most caps	Steph Houghton Kim Little Jill Scott (6)
Top scorer	Steph Houghton (3)
First international	Great Britain 0–0 Sweden (Middlesbrough, United Kingdom; 20 July 2012)
Biggest win	Great Britain 3–0 Cameroon (Cardiff, United Kingdom; 28 July 2012)
Biggest defeat	Great Britain 0–2 Canada (Coventry, United Kingdom; 3 August 2012)
Olympic Games appearances	2 (First in 2012)
Best result	Quarter-finals, 2012

The Great Britain women's Olympic football team (also known as Team GB; or occasionally Great Britain and Northern Ireland) represents the United Kingdom in the women's football tournament at the Olympic Games. Normally, no team represents the whole of the United Kingdom in women's football, as separate teams represent England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Women's football was introduced to the Olympic Games in 1996, but Great Britain did not enter the football events at this time. This changed when the 2012 Summer Olympics were hosted by London, as an Olympic football team was created to take the automatic qualifying place of the host nation. Following an agreement between the British Olympic Association (BOA) and The Football Association (FA), which operates the England team, the FA selected the British team, which could include players from across the United Kingdom. The team reached the quarter-finals, losing to Canada.

FIFA stated that they would not allow entry of a British team in future Olympics unless all four Home Nations agreed. No agreement was reached ahead of the 2016 Summer Olympics, but a deal was formed for the 2020 tournament. Great Britain has qualified for that tournament, as England has secured one of the top three places among European teams at the 2019 World Cup.

Results

Main article: Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the games were postponed to the summer of 2021. However, their official name remained 2020 Summer Olympics. Great Britain were placed in pot two for the group stage draw based off the FIFA seeding for England who qualified on behalf of Great Britain. The team was drawn into Group E with host nation Japan, Canada and Chile. They had originally arranged one friendly in Stoke against Zambia who were preparing to make their Olympic debut. However, COVID-19 travel restrictions prevented them from entering the country and they were forced to withdraw. While in Japan, Great Britain eventually managed to play a closed-doors training match a week prior to their opening group game, reportedly beating New Zealand 3–0 at the Todoroki Athletics Stadium on 14 July.

Friendlies

Friendly 1 July 2021	Great Britain	Cancelled	Zambia	Stoke-on-Trent, England
19:15 BST (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stoke City Ground

Training match 14 July 2021	Great Britain	3–0	New Zealand	Tokyo, Japan
	White Parris	Report		Stadium: Todoroki Athletics Stadium Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)

Group stage

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
Great Britain	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	3	Advance to knockout stage
Japan	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1
Canada	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	Possible knockout stage
Chile	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	0

Group stage 21 July 2021	Great Britain	2–0	Chile	Sapporo, Japan
16:30 JST (UTC+9)	White  18', 73'	Report		Stadium: Sapporo Dome Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors) Referee: Salima Mukansanga (Rwanda)

Group stage 24 July 2021	Japan	v	Great Britain	Sapporo, Japan
19:30 JST (UTC+9)				Stadium: Sapporo Dome

Group stage 27 July 2021	Canada	v	Great Britain	Kashima, Japan
20:00 JST (UTC+9)				Stadium: Kashima Stadium

Players

2020 Olympics squad

• The following players were named in the squad for the 2020 Summer Olympics. The squad consisted of 15 English, and two Scots and one Welsh player. No Northern Irish players were selected. Five players - Karen Bardsley, Steph Houghton, Kim Little, Jill Scott and Ellen White - were selected for both the 2012 and 2020 tournaments.

• Caps and goals updated as of 21 July 2021.

Head coach: Hege Riise

#	Pos	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Ellie Roebuck	23 September 1999 (aged 21)	1	0	Manchester City
13	1GK	Carly Telford	7 July 1987 (aged 34)	0	0	Chelsea
22	1GK	Sandy MacIver	18 June 1998 (aged 23)	0	0	Everton
2	2DF	Lucy Bronze	28 October 1991 (aged 29)	1	0	Manchester City
3	2DF	Demi Stokes	12 December 1991 (aged 29)	0	0	Manchester City
5	2DF	Steph Houghton (co-captain)	23 April 1988 (aged 33)	6	3	Manchester City
12	2DF	Rachel Daly	6 December 1991 (aged 29)	1	0	Houston Dash
14	2DF	Millie Bright	21 August 1993 (aged 27)	1	0	Chelsea
16	2DF	Leah Williamson	29 March 1997 (aged 24)	0	0	Arsenal
21	2DF	Lotte Wubben-Moy	11 January 1999 (aged 22)	0	0	Arsenal
4	3MF	Keira Walsh	8 April 1997 (aged 24)	1	0	Manchester City
6	3MF	Sophie Ingle (co-captain)	2 September 1991 (aged 29)	1	0	Chelsea
8	3MF	Kim Little (co-captain)	29 June 1990 (aged 31)	6	0	Arsenal
11	3MF	Caroline Weir	20 June 1995 (aged 26)	1	0	Manchester City
18	3MF	Jill Scott	2 February 1987 (aged 34)	6	1	Manchester City
9	4FW	Ellen White	9 May 1989 (aged 32)	5	2	Manchester City
7	4FW	Nikita Parris	10 March 1994 (aged 27)	1	0	Arsenal
10	4FW	Fran Kirby	29 June 1993 (aged 28)	0	0	Chelsea
15	4FW	Lauren Hemp	7 August 2000 (aged 20)	1	0	Manchester City
17	4FW	Georgia Stanway	3 January 1999 (aged 22)	1	0	Manchester City
19	4FW	Niamh Charles	21 June 1999 (aged 22)	0	0	Chelsea
20	4FW	Ella Toone	2 September 1999 (aged 21)	1	0	Manchester United

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