Women's Olympic football tournament records and statistics
This is a list of records and statistics of the football tournament in the Olympic games ever since the inaugural edition in 1996.
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
2 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
3 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
4 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
5 | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
6 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
7 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Totals (8 entries) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 |
Top scorers
All-time top scorers
| Top scorers by tournament
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Winning coaches
| Fair play award
|
General statistics by tournament
Year | Host | Champion | Winning coach | Winning captain | Top scorer(s) |
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1996 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
2000 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
2004 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() ![]() |
2008 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
2012 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
2016 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
2020 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
2024 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Teams: tournament position
Teams having equal quantities in the tables below are ordered by the tournament the quantity was attained in (the teams that attained the quantity first are listed first). If the quantity was attained by more than one team in the same tournament, these teams are ordered alphabetically.
- Most titles won
- 5,
United States (1996, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2024).
- Most finishes in the top two
- 6,
United States (1996–2012, 2024).
- Most finishes in the top three
- 7,
United States (1996–2012, 2020–2024).
- Most finishes in the top four
- 7,
United States (1996–2012, 2020–2024).
- Most appearances
- 8,
Brazil,
United States (all tournaments).
Consecutive
- Most consecutive championships
- 3,
United States (2004–2012).
- Most consecutive finishes in the top two
- 5,
United States (1996–2012).
- Most consecutive finishes in the top three
- 5,
United States (1996–2012).
Gaps
- Longest gap between successive titles
- 12 years,
United States (2012–2024).
Host team
- Best finish by host team
- Champion:
United States (1996).
- Worst finish by host team
- 10th position:
Greece (2004).
Other
- Most finishes in the top two without ever being champion
- 3,
Brazil (2004, 2008, 2024)
- Most finishes in the top three without ever being champion
- 3,
Brazil (2004, 2008, 2024)
- Most finishes in the top four without ever being champion
- 6,
Brazil (1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2016, 2024).
- Most finishes in the top four without ever finishing in the top two
- 1,
France (2012),
Australia (2020),
Spain (2024).
Coaches: tournament position
- Most championships
- 2, Pia Sundhage (
United States, 2008, 2012).
- Most finishes in the top two
- 3, Pia Sundhage (
United States, 2008, 2012;
Sweden, 2016).
- Most finishes in the top three
- 3, Pia Sundhage (
United States, 2008, 2012;
Sweden, 2016).
- Most finishes in the top four
- 3, Pia Sundhage (
United States, 2008, 2012;
Sweden, 2016).
Teams: matches played and goals scored
All time
Source[1]
- Most matches played
- 44,
United States.
- Most wins
- 33,
United States.
- Most losses
- 14,
Brazil.
- Most draws
- 8,
Brazil.
- Most goals scored
- 88,
United States.
- Most hat-tricks scored
- 3,
Zambia.
- Most goals conceded
- 43,
China.
- Fewest goals scored
- 0,
Greece.
- Fewest goals conceded
- 5,
Argentina and
Chile.
- Highest goal difference
- +50,
United States.
- Lowest goal difference
- -23,
New Zealand.
- Highest average of goals scored per match
- 5.75,
Netherlands.
- Highest average of goals conceded per match
- 5.00,
Zimbabwe.
Individual
- Most tournaments played
- 7, Formiga (
Brazil, 1996–2020).
- Most medals
- 4, Christie Rampone (
United States, 2000–2012).
- Most matches played, finals
- 33, Formiga (
Brazil, 1996–2020).[2]
- Most matches won
- 19, Christie Rampone (
United States, 2000–2012).
- Youngest player
- 16 years, 119 days, Ellie Carpenter (
Australia), vs Zimbabwe, 9 August 2016.
- Oldest player
- 43 years, 149 days, Formiga (
Brazil), vs Canada, 30 July 2021.
Goalscoring
Individual
- Most goals scored, overall finals
- 14, Cristiane (
Brazil), 2004–2016.[3]
- Most goals scored in a tournament
- 10, Vivianne Miedema (
Netherlands), 2020.
- Most goals scored in a match
- 4, Birgit Prinz (
Germany), vs China, 2004; Vivianne Miedema (
Netherlands) vs Zambia, 2020; Wang Shuang (
China), vs Zambia, 2020.[4]
- Most goals scored in a lost match
- 3, Christine Sinclair, (
Canada), vs United States, 2012; Barbra Banda, (
Zambia), vs Netherlands, 2020 & vs Australia, 2024.
- Most goals scored in a final match
- 2, Tiffeny Milbrett (
United States), vs Norway, 2000; Carli Lloyd (
United States), vs Japan, 2012.
- Most goals scored in all final matches
- 3, Tiffeny Milbrett (
United States), 1 vs China in 1996 & 2 vs Norway in 2000; Carli Lloyd (
United States), 1 vs Brazil in 2008 & 2 vs Japan in 2012.
- Fastest hat-trick
- 14 minutes, Cristiane (
Brazil), scored at 34', 35' and 45+3', vs Nigeria, 2008.
- Most hat-tricks
- 3, Barbra Banda (
Zambia), 2020-2024.
- Youngest hat-trick scorer
- 19 years, 94 days, Cristiane (
Brazil), vs Greece, 17 August 2004.
- Youngest goalscorer, final
- 20 years, 196 days, Stina Blackstenius (
Sweden), vs Germany, 19 August 2016.
- Oldest hat-trick scorer
- 29 years, 55 days, Christine Sinclair (
Canada), vs United States, 6 August 2012.
- Oldest goalscorer, final
- 30 years, 24 days, Carli Lloyd (
United States), vs Japan, 9 August 2012.
- Most penalties scored (excluding during shootouts)
- 2, Perpetua Nkwocha (
Nigeria), 1 each in 2000 & 2008.
Team
- Biggest margin of victory
- 8,
Germany (8) vs
China (0), 2004.[5]
- Most goals scored in a match, one team
- 10,
Netherlands vs
Zambia, 2020.
- Most goals scored in a match, both teams
- 13,
Netherlands (10) vs
Zambia (3), 2020.
Tournament
[6]
- Most goals scored in a tournament
- 101 goals, 2020.
- Fewest goals scored in a tournament
- 42 goals, 2000.
- Most goals per match in a tournament
- 3.88 goals per match, 2020.
- Fewest goals per match in a tournament
- 2.54 goals per match, 2008, 2016.
Coaching
- Most final appearances as head coach
- 3, Pia Sundhage, (
United States 2008 & 2012,
Sweden 2016), John Herdman (
New Zealand 2008,
Canada 2012 & 2016).
- Most final appearances as player and head coach
- 4, Pia Sundhage, (
Sweden 1996 as player and 2016 as coach;
United States 2008 & 2012 as coach).
Discipline
[7]
- Most sendings off (match, both teams)
- 2,
China (1) vs
Brazil (1), 1996.
- Most cautions (match, both teams)
- 8,
Brazil (4) vs
United States (4), 2000.
Attendance
- Highest attendance in a match
- 80,203,
United States vs
Japan, 9 August 2012, Wembley Stadium, London, 2012.
- Highest attendance in a final
- 80,203,
United States vs
Japan, 9 August 2012, Wembley Stadium, London, 2012.
- Lowest attendance in a match
- 1,418,
United States vs
Japan, 20 August 2004, Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki, 2004.
- Highest average of attendance per match
- 43,235, 1996.
- Highest attendance in a tournament
- 740,014, 2008.
- Lowest average of attendance per match
- 10,432, 2004.
- Lowest attendance in a tournament
- 208,637, 2004.
See also
References
- ^ "All-time Olympic table". weltfussball.com. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
- ^ "Frauen Olympische Spiele - Rekordspieler".
- ^ "Frauen Olympische Spiele - Rekordtorjäger".
- ^ "Frauen Olympische Spiele - Statistik » die meisten Tore eines Spielers pro Spiel".
- ^ "Frauen Olympische Spiele - Statistik » die höchsten Siege".
- ^ "Frauen Olympische Spiele - Statistik » Tore pro Saison".
- ^ "Frauen Olympische Spiele - Statistik » die unfairsten Spiele".