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The men's football tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics was held in Beijing and four other cities in the People's Republic of China from 7 to 23 August. Associations affiliated with FIFA were invited to enter their men's under-23 teams in regional qualifying competitions, from which 15 teams, plus the host nation, reached the final tournament.
This article lists the team squads of Men's Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Each nation had to submit a squad of 18 players, 15 of which had to be born on or after 1 January 1985, and 3 of which could have been older dispensation players, by 23 July 2008. [ 1 ]
It was the 22nd 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 89,102, Argentina won their second consecutive Olympic gold medal in football, beating Nigeria, 1–0. [2]
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.
Games Gold Silver Bronze 1896 Athens: not officially included in the Olympic program: 1900 Paris [a] details Great Britain (GBR) [b] James Jones Claude Buckenham William Gosling
Roster. Sergio Batista, head coach of the men's football team, announced his final squad for the Olympics on 3 July. [5] Pareja takes the place of Burdisso, whose club did not grant permission. The following is the Argentina squad in the men's football tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics. [6] Head coach: Sergio Batista
A total of sixteen teams participated in the finals of the Olympic tournament for men. These finals were [1] The host nation (automatically qualified) China; Four teams from Europe Netherlands Serbia Belgium Italy; Two teams from South America Brazil Argentina; Two teams from North America, Central America, and the Caribbean Honduras
Olympic Games. 2008 Summer Olympics squads – China; Asian Games. 2002 Asian Games squads – China; 2006 Asian Games squads – China; 2010 Asian Games squads – China; 2014 Asian Games squads – China; 2018 Asian Games squads – China; 2022 Asian Games squads – China; AFC U-23 Asian Cup. 2013 AFC U-22 Championship; 2016 AFC U-23 ...