Association football has been included in every Summer Olympic Games as a men's competition sport, except 1896 and 1932. Women's football was added to the official program at the Atlanta 1996 Games.
Olympic Challenge football trophy offered by The Football Association
The Uruguay national football team that won the 1928 Olympic tournament
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The Fédération Internationale de Football Association is an international self-regulatory governing body of association football, beach soccer, and futsal. It was founded on 21 May 1904 to oversee int
Football at the Summer Olympics
…release players for the men's tournament, but must release players for the women's event. In order to avoid competition with the Men's FIFA World Cup, FIFA have restricted participation of elite players in the men's tournament in various ways: currently, squads for the men's tournament are required to be…
FIFA headquarters in Zürich, Switzerland