Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics

The football

Football at the Summer Olympics

Association football, usually known simply as football or soccer, has been included in every Olympiad except 1896 and 1932 as a men's competition sport. Women's football was added to the official programme in 1996.-Early history:...

tournament at the 2000 Summer Olympics

2000 Summer Olympics

The Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...

was the 20th official Olympic

Olympic Games

The Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...

football tournament. A women's tournament was held for the second time.

Medal winners

	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men	Cameroon Cameroon national football team The Cameroon national football team, nicknamed Les Lions Indomptables , is controlled by the Fédération Camerounaise de Football and is Africa's most successful side in FIFA world cup; having qualified for the FIFA World Cup six times – in 1982, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002 and 2010– more than any...	Spain Spain national football team The Spain national football team represents Spain in international association football and is controlled by the Royal Spanish Football Federation, the governing body for football in Spain. The current head coach is Vicente del Bosque...	Chile Chile national football team The Chilean national football team represents Chile in all major international football competitions. The team is controlled by the Federación de Fútbol de Chile which was established in 1895. They have appeared in eight World Cup tournaments and were hosts of the 1962 FIFA World Cup finishing in...
Women	Norway Norway women's national football team The Norway women's national football team represents Norway in international women's football. The team, controlled by the Football Association of Norway, are former European, World and Olympic champions and thus one of the most successful national teams...	USA United States women's national soccer team The United States women's national soccer team represents the United States in international soccer competition and is controlled by U.S. Soccer. The U.S. team won the first ever Women's World Cup in 1991, and has since been a superpower in women's soccer. It is currently ranked first in the world...	Germany Germany women's national football team The German women's national football team represents Germany in international women's football and is directed by the German Football Association . The team – informally called West Germany in English – played its first international match in 1982...

Venues

Olympic Stadium, Sydney
Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
Bruce Stadium
Canberra Stadium
Canberra Stadium is a facility primarily used for rugby league and rugby union games, located adjacent to the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra, the capital of Australia...

, Canberra
Canberra
Canberra is the capital city of Australia. With a population of over 345,000, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth-largest city overall. The city is located at the northern end of the Australian Capital Territory , south-west of Sydney, and north-east of Melbourne...
Hindmarsh Stadium
Hindmarsh Stadium
Hindmarsh Stadium is a rectangular stadium located in Adelaide, South Australia. It is the home of the Australian A-League team, Adelaide United....

, Adelaide
Adelaide
Adelaide is the capital city of South Australia and the fifth-largest city in Australia. Adelaide has an estimated population of more than 1.2 million...
Brisbane Cricket Ground
Brisbane Cricket Ground
The Brisbane Cricket Ground, commonly known as The Gabba, is a major sports stadium in Brisbane, the capital of Queensland. It is named after the suburb of Woolloongabba, in which it is located....

, Brisbane
Brisbane
Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...
Melbourne Cricket Ground
Melbourne Cricket Ground
The Melbourne Cricket Ground is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne and is home to the Melbourne Cricket Club. It is the tenth largest stadium in the world, the largest in Australia, the largest stadium for playing cricket, and holds the world record for the highest light...

, Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...

Qualification

The following 16 teams qualified for the 2000 Olympic men's football tournament:
Africa (CAF

Confederation of African Football

The Confederation of African Football is the administrative and controlling body for African association football.CAF represents the national football associations of Africa, runs continental, national, and club competitions, and controls the prize money, regulations and media rights to those...

)

Asia (AFC

Asian Football Confederation

The Asian Football Confederation is the governing body of association football in Asia. It has 46 member countries, mostly located on the Asian continent. However, due to the disputed boundary of Europe and Asia, nations such as Russia and Turkey which are located mostly in geographic Asia are...

)

North and Central America (CONCACAF

CONCACAF

The Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football is the continental governing body for association football in North America, Central America and the Caribbean...

)

South America (CONMEBOL

CONMEBOL

The South American Football Confederation , commonly known as CONMEBOL , is the continental governing body of association football in South America and it is one of FIFA's six continental confederations...

)

Europe (UEFA

UEFA

The Union of European Football Associations , almost always referred to by its acronym UEFA is the administrative and controlling body for European association football, futsal and beach soccer....

)

Hosting nation
Four countries competed for the first time in 2000: the Czech Republic

Czech Republic national football team

The Czech Republic national football team represents the Czech Republic in association football and is controlled by the Football Association of the Czech Republic, the governing body for football in the Czech Republic. Their current head coach is Michal Bílek...

and Slovakia

Slovakia national football team

The Slovakia national football team represents Slovakia in association football and is controlled by the Slovak Football Association , the governing body for football in Slovakia. Slovakia's home stadium is Štadión Pasienky and their head coach is Vladimír Weiss...

(previously champions together as Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia national football team

The Czechoslovakia national football team was the national association football team of Czechoslovakia from 1922 to 1993. At the dissolution of Czechoslovakia at the end of 1992, the team was participating in UEFA qualifying Group 4 for the 1994 World Cup; it completed this campaign under the name...

at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Football at the 1980 Summer Olympics

thumb|right|Official Programme of the match [[USSR]] vs [[Venezuela]]The football tournament at the 1980 Summer Olympics started on July 20 and ended on August 2. Only one event, the men's tournament, was contested...

), South Africa

South Africa national football team

The South Africa national football team represents South Africa in association football and is controlled by the South African Football Association, the governing body for football in South Africa. South Africa's home ground is Soccer City, known as FNB Stadium due to a naming rights deal, in...

and Honduras

Honduras national football team

The Honduran national football team, nicknamed Los Catrachos, La Bicolor or La H, is the national team of Honduras and is controlled by the Federación Nacional Autónoma de Fútbol de Honduras...

Match officials

Africa Mourad Daami

Mourad Daami

Mourad Daami in Monastir is a retired Tunisian football referee. He is known for supervising one match during the 2002 FIFA World Cup co hosted by South Korea and Japan.-References:...

Falla N'Doye

Falla N'Doye is a football referee from Senegal. He is known for supervising one match during the 2002 FIFA World Cup.-References:...

Felix Tangawarima

Asia Jun Lu

Jun Lu

Lu Jun is a soccer referee from China. He supervised two matches in the 2002 FIFA World Cup in South Korea and Japan, one between Croatia and Mexico in Niigata, and another between Poland and the United States in Daejeon...

Saad Mane

North and Central America Peter Prendergast

Peter Prendergast (referee)

Peter Prendergast is a football referee from Jamaica. A FIFA referee since January 1, 1994, his first international match was USA against Ireland, on June 9, 1996...

Felipe Ramos

Felipe de Jesús Ramos Rizo is a FIFA football referee from Mexico, who officiated three matches at the 2002 FIFA World Cup. He made his debut as a referee on May 2, 1983....

South America Mario Sanchez Yanten

Mario Sanchez Yanten

Mario Sánchez Yanten is a retired Chilean football referee.He refereed two matches in the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France: Nigeria's 1-0 win over Bulgaria, and South Africa's 2-2 draw with Saudi Arabia. He awarded three penalties in the latter match, two to the Saudis and one to the South Africans...

Carlos Simon

Carlos Eugênio Simon

Carlos Eugênio Simon is a ex-FIFA football referee from Brazil. He is also a journalist and a former trade unionist. Simon has been an international referee since 1998 and his first international game was between Ecuador and Peru. He was a referee in the 2002 FIFA World Cup, 2006 FIFA World Cup,...

Europe Stéphane Bré

Stéphane Bré

Stéphane Bré is a French football referee. He has refereed in the French Football Federation since 1992 and has been a FIFA-referee since 1998. He has officiated the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.-References:*...

Herbert Fandel

Herbert Fandel is a former German football referee who was in charge of the 2007 UEFA Champions League final. Fandel refereed the UEFA Cup final in 2006 between the English side Middlesbrough and the Spanish side Sevilla. He also refereed the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup on home soil in Germany...

Ľuboš Micheľ

Luboš Michel

Ľuboš Micheľ is a former top-level Slovak football referee.Micheľ became a FIFA referee at the age of 25. One big milestone in his career was refereeing the 2003 UEFA Cup Final between Porto and Celtic...

Oceania Simon Micallef Bruce Grimshaw

Seeding

Pot 1: Africa	Pot 2: Americas	Pot 3: Europe	Pot 4: Rest of the World
			(hosts)

Group A

3
Team
	3	2	1	0	5	2
7
	3	1	2	0	7	6
5
	3	1	1	1	6	7	−1	4
	3	0	0	3	3	6	−3	0

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Group B

4
Team
	3	2	0	1	7	3
6
	3	2	0	1	6	3
6
	3	2	0	1	2	3	−1	6
	3	0	0	3	1	7	−6	0

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Group C

2
Team
	3	1	2	0	6	4
5
	3	1	2	0	5	4
5
	3	1	0	2	6	8	−2	3
	3	0	2	1	5	6	−1	2

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Group D

1
Team
	3	2	0	1	5	4
6
	3	2	0	1	4	3
6
	3	1	0	2	5	5	0	3
	3	1	0	2	4	6	−2	3

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Knockout stage

Note: Extra time periods were played under the golden goal

Golden goal

The golden goal is a method used in association football, field hockey, ice hockey and korfball to decide the winner of games in elimination matches which end in a draw after the end of regulation time. It is a type of sudden death. Golden goal rules allow the team that scores the first goal during...

rule.

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Bronze medal match

Gold medal match

Medal winners

Gold Medal –

Samuel Eto'o

Samuel Eto'o Fils is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Russian team Anzhi Makhachkala. He is also the current captain of the Cameroon national team.Eto'o trained at Kadji Sports Academy...

Serge Mimpo

Serge Mimpo-Tsintsémé, known as Serge Mimpo is a Cameroonian professional football player. Currently, he plays in the Championnat de France amateur for Red Star Saint-Ouen. He also holds French citizenship....

Clément Beaud

Clément Beaud is a Cameroonian footballer who plays for Portuguese Third Division side Clube Desportivo de Cinfães.-Career:...

Aaron Nguimbat

Aaron Nguimbat is a Cameroonian footballer who plays as a defender. He played for Cameroon at the 2000 Sydney Olympics where he won a gold medal.-External links:**...

Joël Epalle

Modeste M'bami

Modeste M'Bami

Modeste M'bami is a Cameroonian football player .-Club career:M'Bami started his career in his home country by playing for Dynamo Douala but was quickly spotted by foreign clubs. He joined CS Sedan Ardennes during the summer of 2000...

Patrice Abanda

Patrice Abanda Etong is a Cameroonian football player, currently playing for KS Besa Kavajë in Albania. His position is central defender.He has previously played for Apollon Kalamarias F.C...

Nicolas Alnoudji

Nicolas Alnoudji is a Cameroonian football player who currently plays for Cotonsport Garoua.- International career :Alnoudji plays for Cameroon national football team and was a participant at the 2000 Olympic Games and at the 2002 FIFA World Cup.-Career:Nicolas Alnoudji is a Cameroonian football...

Daniel Bekono

Daniel N´Dene Bekono is a Cameroonian football player who last played as a goalkeeper for CSKA Sofia in the Bulgarian A Professional Football Group.-Career:...

Serge Branco

-Club:Branco spent the initial years of his career in Germany. He signed for Leeds United in August 2004, but was released on 13 September for fitness reasons. From 2005 to 2007 he played in the Russian league.-International:...

Lauren

Lauren Etame Mayer

Laureano Bisan-Etame Mayer , commonly known as Lauren, is a retired Cameroonian footballer of Equatoguinean origin, who formerly played for the Cameroonian national team.-Early career:...

Carlos Kameni

Idriss Carlos Kameni

Idriss Carlos Kameni is a Cameroonian footballer who plays for RCD Espanyol in the Spanish first division, as a goalkeeper.-France:...

Patrick Mboma

Albert Meyong

Daniel Ngom Kome

Daniel Ngom Kome

Daniel Armand Ngom Kome is a Cameroonian footballer who plays as a midfielder.Playing in Spain since 1999, and representing nearly ten different clubs during his professional career, he received a passport from that country in August 2006.-Club career:Born in Bangou, Kome moved to Spain in 1999,...

Geremi

Patrick Suffo

Patrick Suffo

Patrick Suffo Kengné is a footballer who is currently signed to Bedworth Liberal FC.- Club career :...

Pierre Womé

Pierre Wome

Pierre Nlend Womé is a Cameroonian football defender who is currently a free agent after being released from 1. FC Köln in 2010...

Coach: Jean-Paul Akono

Silver Medal –

David Albelda

David Albelda Aliqués is a Spanish footballer who plays for Valencia CF as a defensive midfielder.He played mainly for local Valencia during his extensive professional career, being team captain for over a decade....

Iván Amaya

Iván Amaya Carazo is a Spanish footballer who plays for Real Murcia as a central defender.-Club career:...

Miguel Ángel Angulo

Daniel Aranzubia

Daniel Aranzubia

Daniel Aranzubia Aguado is a Spanish footballer who plays for Deportivo de La Coruña in Segunda División, as a goalkeeper.-Athletic Bilbao:...

Joan Capdevila

Joan Capdevila i Méndez is a Spanish footballer who plays for S.L. Benfica in Portugal, and the Spanish national team.His usual position is left defender, but he is also capable of operating as a winger and, from a defensive position, often contributes with goals...

Jordi Ferrón

Gabriel García

Xavier Hernández

Xavi

Xavier Hernández i Creus , commonly known as Xavi Hernández or simply Xavi , is a Spanish footballer who plays as a central midfielder for La Liga club FC Barcelona, where he has spent his entire 14-year career....

Jesús María Lacruz

Jesús María Lacruz Gómez is a Spanish footballer who plays for Real Unión as a versatile defender.-Football career:...

Albert Luque

Albert Luque Martos is a Spanish footballer who plays as either a left winger or striker.His 14-year professional career was mainly associated with Mallorca and Deportivo, and he amassed La Liga totals of 245 games and 61 goals over the course of nine seasons...

Carlos Marchena

Carlos Marchena López is a Spanish footballer who plays for Villarreal CF and the Spanish national team.Mainly a central defender with an aggressive approach, he can also pitch in as a defensive midfielder...

Felip Ortiz

Carles Puyol

Carles Puyol

Carles Puyol i Saforcada is a Spanish footballer who plays for FC Barcelona and the Spanish national team.Mainly a central defender, he can also play on either flank, especially as a right back...

José María Romero

José Mari

José María Romero Poyón , aka José Mari, is a Spanish footballer who plays for Xerez CD as a forward or winger.-Club career:...

Ismael Ruiz

Raúl Tamudo

Raúl Tamudo

Raúl Tamudo Montero is a Spanish footballer who currently plays for Rayo Vallecano as a striker....

Antonio Velamazán

Unai Vergara

Unai Vergara

Unai Vergara Díez Caballero, simply Unai , is a retired Spanish footballer who played as a central defender.-Club career:...

Coach: Iñaki Sáez

Iñaki Sáez

José Ignacio "Iñaki" Sáez Ruiz is a retired Spanish football defender and manager.The vast majority of his professional career was spent with Athletic Bilbao, which he later also coached in various levels, appearing in more than 300 official games with his main club.In addition to two other clubs...

Bronze Medal

Pedro Reyes

See also, Pedro Reyes Pedro Antonio Reyes González is a former Chilean football defender....

Nelson Tapia

Héctor Tapia

Hector Tapia

Héctor Santiago Tapia Urdile or just "Tito Tapia" is a former football player from Chile.- Career :In 2004 and 2005 he played for Cruzeiro of Brazil...

Iván Zamorano

Iván Luis Zamorano Zamora is a retired Chilean football striker. Along with former world-class forward Marcelo Salas and former world player of the year Elias Figueroa he is regarded as one of Chile's most recognized footballers.He was a member of the Chilean national team and played in the 1998...

Javier di Gregorio

Javier di Gregorio is a Chilean football goalkeeper. He was born in the city of Mendoza in the Mendoza Province of Argentina. He plays for Deportes Melipilla.Javier di Gregorio was born in Argentina to Chilean parents...

Cristián Álvarez

Cristian Álvarez

Cristián Andrés Álvarez Valenzuela is a Chilean football defender, who currently plays for Universidad Católica of the Primera División in Chile.-Career:...

Francisco Arrué

Francisco Esteban Arrué Pardo is a Chilean footballer, who plays as an Attacking midfielder. He currently plays for Santiago Morning of the Chilean Primera División. Arrué also is one of six Chilean players that play in the three giant clubs: Colo-Colo, Universidad de Chile and Universidad Católica...

Pablo Contreras

Pablo Andrés Contreras Fica is a Chilean footballer who plays for PAOK F.C. in Greece. Primarily a central defender, he can also operate as a right back....

Sebastián González

Sebastián Ignacio González Valdés , is a Chilean football striker who currently plays for The Strongest. His nickname is "Chamagol".- Career :...

David Henríquez

David Andrés Henríquez Espinoza is a Chilean footballer. He currently plays for Universidad Católica.-Career:...

Manuel Ibarra

Manuel Ibarra is a Chilean footballer. He has played on Chilean clubs Coquimbo Unido, Santiago Morning, Cobresal, Everton, Magallanes, Unión Española, and Universidad de Chile. He played in 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney...

Claudio Maldonado

Reinaldo Navia

Reinaldo Navia

Reinaldo Marcelino Navia Amador is a Chilean footballer, who currently plays for the Chilean Primera División side Ñublense as Striker....

Rodrigo Núñez

Rodrigo Fabián Núñez Ortiz is a Chilean football midfielder, who made his debut for the Chile national football team on 2000-02-09...

Rafael Olarra

Rafael Andrés Olarra Guerrero is a footballer. He plays as a defender, currently in Unión Española.-Career:Olarra began his career in Audax Italiano...

Patricio Ormazábal

Luis Patricio Ormazábal Mozó is a Chilean football midfielder, who plays for Huachipato in Chile.He started to alternate with the starting lineup ever since his debut in 1997. He played all over the midfield either as a defensive or double 5, side-half or even as an attacking midfielder...

David Pizarro

David Marcelo Pizarro Cortés is a Chilean football Midfielder. Pizarro. He also plays for the Chile national team, for which he won the Bronze medal at 2000 Summer Olympics, at Sydney...

Rodrigo Tello

Rodrigo Álvaro Tello Valenzuela is a Chilean footballer who plays with Eskişehirspor in Turkey.Left-footed, he usually operates as a left midfielder, but can also appear in the middle, and as an offensive left back...

Mauricio Rojas

Coach: Nelson Acosta

Nelson Acosta

Nelson Bonifacio Acosta López, nicknamed Pelado Acosta and "El Ratón" , is a former Uruguayan football player. He became a nationalized Chilean in 1984 and is currently a football coach.He managed the national team of Chile from 1996 to 2001, leading them to the 1998 FIFA World Cup...

Qualification

The following eight teams qualified for the 2000 Olympic women's football tournament:
Africa (CAF

Confederation of African Football

)

Asia (AFC

Asian Football Confederation

)

North and Central America (CONCACAF

CONCACAF

The Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football is the continental governing body for association football in North America, Central America and the Caribbean...

)

South America (CONMEBOL

CONMEBOL

)

Europe (UEFA

UEFA

The Union of European Football Associations , almost always referred to by its acronym UEFA is the administrative and controlling body for European association football, futsal and beach soccer....

)

Hosting nation

Seeding

Pot 1	Pot 2
(hosts)

Match officials

Africa Bola Abidoye

Asia Im Eun Ju

North and Central America Sonia Denoncourt

Sonia Denoncourt

Sonia Denoncourt is a retired football referee from Canada.Denoncourt became the first female FIFA accredited referee in 1994. She went on to referee the 1995, 1999 and 2003 FIFA Women's World Cups as well as the 1996 and 2000 Olympic football tournaments...

Sandra Hunt

South America Martha Toro
Europe Vibeke Karlsen

Vibeke Karlsen

Vibeke Karlsen is a Norwegian football referee.She took up refereeing in 1983, has officiated in the Toppserien since 1992 and was a FIFA referee from 1996 to 2004. She officiated in Euro 1997 and the 2000 Olympic Games. She resides in Nesbru, and represents SF Grei.-References:...

Nicole Petignat

Nicole Petignat was born on October 27, 1966 in La Chaux-de-Fonds, in Switzerland. In August 2003 she became the first female referee of a men's football game organized by the UEFA, AIK Fotboll versus Fylkir in the preliminary round of the UEFA Cup....

Wendy Toms

Wendy Toms is an English football referee from Broadstone, Poole, Dorset, who has officiated in the Football League and then the Premier League, both as assistant referee. She was the first female ever to fulfil such roles at those levels. She also served for FIFA on the women's international list...

Oceania Tammy Ogsten

Group E

5
Team
	3	3	0	0	6	1
9
	3	2	0	1	5	3
6
	3	0	1	2	1	4	−3	1
	3	0	1	2	2	6	−4	1

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Group F

4
Team
	3	2	1	0	6	2
7
	3	2	0	1	5	4
6
	3	1	1	1	5	4
4
	3	0	0	3	3	9	−6	0

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Knockout stages

Semi-finals

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Bronze medal match

Gold medal match

Medal winners

Gold Medal –

Gro Espeseth

Gro Espeseth is a former Norwegian footballer, world champion and olympic champion.She played for the clubs Sandviken and Trondheims-Ørn, debuted for the Norwegian national team in 1991, and played 105 matches for the national team.She received a bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in...

Bente Nordby

Bente Nordby is a former Norwegian football goalkeeper, who last played for Olympique Lyonnais in Lyon, France. She played with the Norwegian Women's National Football Team from 1991 to 2007.- Career :...

Marianne Pettersen

Marianne Iren Pettersen is a Norwegian footballer. She was a forward for the club Asker, whom she joined from Gjelleråsen after the 1996 season, and became the top scorer with 36 goals in the 1998 season of 18 matches. For the Norwegian national team, she debuted in 1994, scoring against Italy....

Hege Riise

Hege Riise is a female footballer from Norway.-Club career:Riise started playing football at age 6 and played in a boys' team until age 14....

Kristin Bekkevold

Kristin Bekkevold is a former Norwegian footballer and olympic champion.She received a gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.-References:...

Ragnhild Gulbrandsen

Ragnhild Gulbrandsen is a Norwegian football striker from the city of Trondheim who retired from football at the end of 2007...

Solveig Gulbrandsen

Solveig Gulbrandsen is a Norwegian footballer from the Oppegård area to the South-East of Oslo. She is a midfielder on her club side Stabæk Fotball....

Margunn Haugenes

Margunn Haugenes is a Norwegian footballer and Olympic champion.Haugenes debuted for the Norwegian national team in 1990 at the age of 20, also moving from her lower-division club Kaupanger IL to the Toppserien club Asker SK...

Ingeborg Hovland

Ingeborg Hovland is a former Norwegian footballer and olympic champion.She received a gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.-References:...

Christine Bøe Jensen

Christine Bøe Jensen is a Norwegian footballer and Olympic champion.She received a gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.-References:...

Silje Jørgensen

Silje Jørgensen is a former Norwegian footballer and olympic champion.She played for the club Klepp IL, debuted for the Norwegian national team in 1996, and played 43 matches for the national team....

Monica Knudsen

Monica Knudsen is a former Norwegian footballer and Olympic champion.She played for the club Asker in the Toppserien league, debuted for the Norwegian national team in 1996, and played 87 matches for the national team....

Gøril Kringen

Gøril Kringen is a former Norwegian footballer and Olympic champion.She played club football for Trondheims-Ørn, and holds the record for total matches played for the club ....

Anne Tønnessen

Anne Tønnessen is a Norwegian footballer and Olympic champion.She received a gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, playing for the Norwegian team...

Unni Lehn

Unni Lehn is a Norwegian football midfielder. She has 133 appearances for Norway's national team. In 2000 Lehn played 86 minutes of the Olympic Final in Sydney, in which Norway beat the USA in extra time to take the Gold medal...

Dagny Mellgren

Dagny Mellgren from Ålgård is a former Norwegian footballer. She retired in December 2005 while playing for Klepp. She has also played for Boston Breakers, in the WUSA. She scored the golden goal which gave Norway the Olympic gold medal in Sydney 2000.-References:...

Anita Rapp

Anita Rapp is a former Norwegian footballer and Olympic champion.She debuted for the Norwegian national team in 1998, and played 62 matches for the national team.She received a gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney....

Brit Sandaune

Brit Sandaune is a Norwegian soccer player and pre-school teacher. She is originally from the rural area of Skatval in the municipality of Stjørdal, Nord-Trøndelag, and is educated in economy and administration...

Bente Kvitland

Bente Kvitland is a former Norwegian footballer and olympic champion.She debuted for the Norwegian national team in 1999, and played 37 matches for the national team.She received a gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney....

Coach: Per Mathias Høgmo

Silver Medal –

Brandi Chastain

Brandi Denise Chastain is a professional American soccer defender and midfielder who plays for the team California Storm of Women's Premier Soccer League and is a former member of the United States women's national soccer team....

Joy Fawcett

Julie Foudy

Mia Hamm

Mia Hamm

Mariel Margaret "Mia" Hamm is a retired American soccer player. Hamm played many years as a forward for the United States women's national soccer team and was a founding member of the Washington Freedom. Hamm has scored more international goals in her career than any other player, male or female,...

Michelle French

Kristine Lilly

Kristine Lilly

Kristine Marie Lilly Heavey is a retired American soccer player who last played for Boston Breakers of Women's Professional Soccer and was a member of the United States women's national soccer team for 24 years...

Tiffeny Milbrett

Carla Overbeck

Cindy Parlow

Briana Scurry

Briana Scurry

Briana Colette Scurry is a retired American soccer goalkeeper. Scurry was the starting goalkeeper for the United States women's national soccer team at the 1995 World Cup , 1996 Olympics , 1999 World Cup , 2003 World Cup , 2004 Olympics and 2007 World Cup...

Lorrie Fair

Lorraine Ming "Lorrie" Fair was a member of the World Cup Champion United States national soccer team. Over the span of ten years, she was a part of one World Cup Team and three Olympic teams, and retired from international play in 2005.Her twin sister, Veronica Ching Fair, was also a member of...

Shannon MacMillan

-References:...

Siri Mullinix

Siri Lynn Mullinix is an American soccer goalkeeper. As keeper for the 2000 U.S. women's Olympic soccer team, she recorded two shutouts helping the team win the silver medal...

Christie Pearce

Christie Rampone

Christie Patricia Rampone is an American soccer defender currently playing for magicJack of Women's Professional Soccer. She is a member and current Captain of the United States women's national soccer team.-High school:...

Nikki Serlenga

Danielle Slaton

Kate Sobrero

Kate Markgraf

Kate Markgraf , is an American soccer defender and was a member of the U.S. women's national team.-Early life:...

Sara Whalen

Sara Whalen Hess was born on April 28, 1976, in Natick, Massachusetts. Whalen played for the United States Women's National Soccer Team from 1997 to 2000, and was a founding player of WUSA.-Soccer career:...

Coach: April Heinrichs

Bronze Medal –

Ariane Hingst

Ariane Hingst is a German footballer. Primarily utilized as a defender or a defensive holding, midfielder Hingst announced this summer that she would be retiring from international football with the German national team. In addition it was announced by 1...

Melanie Hoffmann

Steffi Jones

Steffi Jones

Stephanie Ann "Steffi" Jones is a retired German football defender. She now works as a football administrator, and was in charge of organizing the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup in Germany.- Biography :...

Renate Lingor

Renate Lingor is a retired female German international football player.-Club career:Lingor began her career in 1981 with SV Blankenloch at the age of six, in 1983 she joined the youth team of Karlsruher SC. Aged 14 she signed with SC Klinge Seckach where she started her professional career in...

Maren Meinert

Maren Meinert is a retired German football midfielder/striker and currently the coach for the German U-20 Women's squad...

Sandra Minnert

Sandra Minnert is a former German football defender. She played for SC 07 Bad Neuenahr and the German national team.-Coaching career:...

Claudia Müller

Claudia Müller is a retired German football striker. She scored 23 goals in 46 caps for the German national team between 1996 and 2001....

Birgit Prinz

Birgit Prinz is a former German female professional association football player. She last played for 1. FFC Frankfurt and the German national team. Prinz is one of the game's most prolific strikers and the FIFA Women's World Cup all-time leading scorer with 14 goals . She has been named FIFA...

Silke Rottenberg

Silke Rottenberg is a former German football goalkeeper.-Career:She last played for 1. FFC Frankfurt. She announced her retirement from the German national team on May 27, 2008. After the game Germany versus Wales on May 29, 2008, she formally retired from international football...

Kerstin Stegemann

Kerstin Stegemann is a former female football player from Germany.Born in Rheine-Mesum, she made her football debut at age 15 in 1993, playing for FFC Heike Rheine in the Frauen Bundesliga. Within two years, she made her first appearance for the German national team, playing in an April 13, 1995...

Bettina Wiegmann

Bettina Wiegmann is a retired German football midfielder. She scored 51 goals in 154 caps for the German national team between 1989 and 2003. In 1997 she was selected German Female Footballer of the Year....

Tina Wunderlich

Tina Wunderlich is a German former football defender. She played for 1. FFC Frankfurt, and was capped for the Germany women's national football team.-Club career:...

Nicole Brandebusemeyer

Nicole Brandebusemeyer is a retired German football defender. She got 8 caps for the German national team between 1998 and 2000.-References:*...

Nadine Angerer

Doris Fitschen

Jeannette Götte

Stefanie Gottschlich

Stefanie Gottschlich

Stefanie Gottschlich is a retired German football defender. She scored 3 goals in 43 caps for the German national team between 1997 and 2006.Gottschlich played for Germany at the 2000 Summer Olympics.-References:...

Inka Grings

Inka Grings is a German footballer. She played sixteen years as a striker for FCR 2001 Duisburg, today she plays for FC Zürich Frauen. She also plays for the German national team. Grings is the all-time leading goalscorer in Germany's top division, the Bundesliga, having claimed the league's...

Coach: Tina Theune-Meyer

Tina Theune-Meyer

Christina Theune is a graduate sports teacher, and the former national coach of the German women's national football team. After her marriage she bore the surname 'Theune-Meyer' until her divorce in 2008....

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4 goals Sun Wen

Sun Wen (football)

Sun Wen is a retired well-known female Chinese football player.Sun appeared in the national squad at the age of 17 . A strong striker with great skills and passing abilities, Sun won both the Golden Boot and the Golden Ball for the 1999 Women's World Cup, and became the first woman to be...

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3 goals Tiffeny Milbrett (5 apps) Birgit Prinz

Birgit Prinz

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2 goals Mercy Akide

Mercy Akide

Mercy Akide Udoh is a former Nigerian football player.-Early life:Mercy started playing football at the age of five with her brothers Seleipiri and Ipali in the sandy field of Bundu Waterside, close to Port Harcourt Prisons in Port Harcourt...

(3 apps) Mia Hamm

Mia Hamm

(5 apps) Kátia

Kátia Cilene Teixeira da Silva

Kátia Cilene Teixeira da Silva , known simply as Kátia is a female Brazilian footballer.-Career:...

(5 apps) Renate Lingor

Renate Lingor

(5 apps) Dagny Mellgren

Dagny Mellgren

(5 apps) Marianne Pettersen

Marianne Pettersen

(5 apps) Raquel (5 apps)

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