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After the creation of the [[FIFA World Cup]], it was agreed that Olympic football would become exclusively amateur,<ref name="FIFA Olympic history">{{cite web|title=Olympic Football Tournament (men)|url=https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/mencompoly/51/98/60/fs-208_01e_oly_men.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100331091113/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/mencompoly/51/98/60/fs-208_01e_oly_men.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=31 March 2010|publisher=FIFA|access-date=1 February 2012}}</ref> leading to the team competing again in the [[Football at the 1936 Summer Olympics|1936]] Games, this time incorporating players from other Home Nations. After the break caused by World War II, the team then competed in every games from [[Football at the 1948 Summer Olympics|1948]] until [[Football at the 1972 Summer Olympics|1972]], albeit failing to qualify for the main tournament after [[Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics|1960]].<ref name="GB United" /> In this period the team's best performance was fourth place in 1948 at the second Games hosted in London, under manager [[Matt Busby]].<ref name="GB United" />
After the FA abolished the distinction between amateur and professional players in 1974, it stopped entering a team.<ref name="Beck" /> By the [[Football at the 1992 Summer Olympics|1992]] Games teams could use professionals, but were restricted to players under 23 years old, with only three over-age players allowed per squad.<ref name="FIFA Olympic history" /> Despite this change, Great Britain did not enter a football team again until London won the right to host the [[Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics|2012 Games]].<ref name="GB football team to enter Games">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/olympics_2012/5394710.stm|title=GB football team to enter Games|publisher=BBC Sport|date=30 September 2006|access-date=10 March 2010|archive-date=16 March 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070316122947/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/olympics_2012/5394710.stm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name = "compromise"/> The FA organised the team, with [[Stuart Pearce]] appointed manager.<ref name="Stuart Pearce and Hope Powell to lead GB Olympic teams">{{cite news|title=Stuart Pearce and Hope Powell to lead GB Olympic teams|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics/15382675.stm|access-date=20 October 2011|publisher=BBC Sport|date=20 October 2011}}</ref>
A [[Great Britain women's Olympic football team|Great Britain women's team]] also competed at the 2012 and [[Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics|2020]] Games, following the introduction of women's football to the Games in [[Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics#Women's competition|1996]]. ==History==
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For the [[1908 Olympic Games]] in [[London]], the FA persuaded the IOC to include an official football tournament, which they organised.<ref name="Beck" /> A team, made up entirely of English players, was entered.<ref>[https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1908/FTB/mens-football.html Football at the 1908 London Olympics] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100124014611/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1908/FTB/mens-football.html |date=24 January 2010 }} Sports-Reference.com</ref> Some sources continue to refer to this team as the [[England national amateur football team]],<ref name="Beck"/> whilst others still simply label all participations as ''Great Britain''.<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/tableso/olympics.html Football Tournament of the Olympic Games – Overview] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220711203909/https://www.rsssf.org/tableso/olympics.html |date=11 July 2022 }} RSSF; Retrieved 12 December 2008</ref> Although the team competed as the United Kingdom and are listed as such, the official match report refers to "the English team".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1908/1908.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927222443/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1908/1908.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=27 September 2007 |title=The Fourth Olympiad (London), Official Report }} {{small|(14.0 MB)}} The British Olympic Council, 1908; Accessed 10 September 2011</ref> The Scottish Football Association passed a resolution to "protest against one National body in the British Isles being termed the United Kingdom, or playing as such without the consent of the other three National Associations". The resolution was read at the next meeting of the [[International Football Association Board]]. In response, "[t]he Football Association representatives explained that this was the name given by the authorities, and that so far as the Football Association was concerned they had nothing to do with the matter. The Scottish Association were satisfied with this answer."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ssbra.org/ifab/assets/pdf/1909min.pdf |title=Minutes of the Annual Meeting of the International Football Association Board 1909 |page=3 |access-date=2020-03-18 |archive-date=28 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190528005528/https://ssbra.org/ifab/assets/pdf/1909min.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
At the 1908 Olympics, "Great Britain and Ireland" won all three of their matches, defeating [[Sweden men's national football team|Sweden]] and [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]] in the first two rounds. They met [[Denmark national football team|Denmark]] in the final, defeating them 2–0 with goals from [[Vivian Woodward]] and [[Frederick Chapman (footballer)|Frederick Chapman]].<ref>[http://www.linguasport.com/futbol/internacional/olimpiadas/1908_LONDON.htm I Olympic Football Tournament (London 1908)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120613024750/http://www.linguasport.com/futbol/internacional/olimpiadas/1908_LONDON.htm |date=13 June 2012 }} Linguasport; Accessed 10 November 2011</ref>
[[File:1912 Stockholm Football Final.jpg|250px|thumb|left|Scene of the [[Football at the 1912 Summer Olympics|1912 Olympic Final]] match where Great Britain won its second Gold after beating [[Denmark national football team|Denmark]] 4–2]]
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In the [[Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament – Knockout stage|knockout stage]], Great Britain played [[South Korea national under-23 football team|South Korea]] in the quarterfinal round. The match went to a [[Penalty shoot-out (association football)|penalty shoot-out]] after the score was 1–1, after extra time. Great Britain lost the shoot-out 4–5 after Sturridge missed Britain's fifth attempt, while the Koreans converted all five of their attempts.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2012/aug/04/london-2012-team-gb-south-korea|date=4 August 2012|work=The Guardian|first=Daniel|last=Taylor|title=Olympics: Team GB out after Daniel Sturridge's penalty shootout miss|access-date=11 December 2016|archive-date=3 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151003195236/http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2012/aug/04/london-2012-team-gb-south-korea|url-status=live}}</ref>
===2016–present: Negotiations for permanent reformation===
During the 2012 tournament some players such as [[Ryan Giggs]]<ref>{{cite news|last=Winter|first=Henry|title=London 2012 Olympics: Team GB players ready for England promotion despite penalty defeat to South Korea|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/football/9453899/London-2012-Olympics-Team-GB-players-ready-for-England-promotion-despite-penalty-defeat-to-South-Korea.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/football/9453899/London-2012-Olympics-Team-GB-players-ready-for-England-promotion-despite-penalty-defeat-to-South-Korea.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|work=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=6 August 2012|date=5 August 2012}}{{cbignore}}</ref> and some members of the British Olympic Association<ref>{{cite web|last=Toney|first=James|title=LONDON 2012: Team GB football teams could be repeated for Rio and beyond|url=http://www.morethanthegames.co.uk/football/2117726-london-2012-team-gb-football-teams-could-be-repeated-rio-and-beyond|publisher=Sportsbeat|access-date=6 August 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130420234608/http://www.morethanthegames.co.uk/football/2117726-london-2012-team-gb-football-teams-could-be-repeated-rio-and-beyond|archive-date=20 April 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> expressed a desire to enter a football team in future Olympics. After Great Britain's elimination from the 2012 Olympics, there were no public plans to reform the team for future Olympic Games,<ref>{{cite news|last=Fletcher|first=Paul|title=Olympics football: GB beaten by South Korea on penalties|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/18911955|publisher=BBC Sport|access-date=6 August 2012|archive-date=6 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120806082735/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/18911955|url-status=live}}</ref> with Alex Horne, chief-executive of the FA, stating that the FA would not support a future men's football team at the Olympics.<ref>{{cite news|last=Kelso|first=Paul|title=British Olympic Association chief executive Andy Hunt criticises Football Association for lack of support|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/9476068/British-Olympic-Association-chief-executive-Andy-Hunt-criticises-Football-Association-for-lack-of-support.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/9476068/British-Olympic-Association-chief-executive-Andy-Hunt-criticises-Football-Association-for-lack-of-support.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|publisher=Telegraph Media Group|work=The Telegraph|access-date=15 August 2012|date=14 August 2012}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The problem facing any possible future Great Britain team is that there is no mechanism for it to qualify, as the individual home nations compete in the qualifying competition.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19256236|title=Kelly Smith laments Rio snub for GB women's football team|publisher=BBC Sport|date=14 August 2012|access-date=15 August 2012|archive-date=15 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120815201920/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19256236|url-status=live}}</ref>
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An agreement was reached between the four associations for a women's team to be entered in the [[2020 Summer Olympics]], with qualification depending on England's performance in the [[2019 FIFA Women's World Cup|2019 World Cup]], but this did not affect men's football.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/45712449|title=Tokyo 2020 Olympics: Home nations agree to GB women's football team|publisher=BBC Sport|date=1 October 2018|access-date=1 October 2018|archive-date=13 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190513163348/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/45712449|url-status=live}}</ref>
Following Tokyo 2020, [[Sky Sports]] reported that the [[British Olympic Association]] had hoped to have a men's team at [[2024 Summer Olympics|Paris 2024]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.skysports.com/amp/olympics/news/15234/12318496/paris-2024-team-gb-keen-on-return-of-mens-football-team-at-next-olympic-games | title=Paris 2024: Team GB keen on return of men's football team at next Olympic Games }}</ref> However, nothing came of this, as no confirmation of Great Britain either competing or not competing, despite [[England national under-21 football team|England]] finishing in a qualification spot at the [[2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.uefa.com/under21/match/2036152/ | title=History: England-Spain | Under-21 2023 Final }}</ref>
Following the conclusion of the Paris 2024 Olympics, negotiations restarted for Great Britain to be brought back from hiatus for [[2028 Summer Olympics|Los Angeles 2028]].<ref>{{cite web |title=British Olympic chiefs target 2028 men's football |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/articles/cpqjleg8p57o |website=[[BBC Sport]] |access-date=15 August 2024 |date=12 August 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Ingle |first1=Sean |title=Team GB men’s football team back on the Olympic table for Los Angeles 2028 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/article/2024/aug/12/boa-team-gb-mens-football-team-los-angeles-olympics-2028 |website=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=15 August 2024 |date=12 August 2024}}</ref> Contrary to earlier reports, the chief of the [[Football Association of Wales]] [[Noel Mooney]] dismissed the notion that talks had begun and stated that even if the had "our focus is very much here on Wales playing at tournament".<ref>https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/articles/cy76pmk78n6o.amp {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}</ref>
== Criticism ==
The official football organisation officials and some players from Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland were against the move to create a Great Britain football team for the [[2012 Summer Olympics|London 2012 Olympics]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rappaport |first=Sarah |title=UK Olympic Soccer Team in Chaos As Welsh, Scottish, And Northern Irish Still Say No |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/uk-olympic-soccer-team-in-chaos-as-welsh-scottish-and-northern-irish-still-say-no-2011-6 |access-date=2022-09-10 |website=Business Insider |language=en-US |archive-date=22 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922124544/https://www.businessinsider.com/uk-olympic-soccer-team-in-chaos-as-welsh-scottish-and-northern-irish-still-say-no-2011-6 |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[Football Association of Wales|FAW]] did not want their players involved in the GB squad for the London Olympics because they were concerned it could undermine their status as an independent footballing nation.<ref name="Team GB duo targeted by Welsh fans">{{Cite web |date=2012-04-12 |title=Team GB duo targeted by Welsh fans |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/team-gb-duo-targeted-by-welsh-fans-6367483.html |access-date=2022-09-20 |work=Evening Standard |language=en |location=London |archive-date=22 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922112249/https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/team-gb-duo-targeted-by-welsh-fans-6367483.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Welsh fans also unfurled a "NO TEAM GB" banner following a 4–1 win over Norway for Wales at the [[Cardiff
Welsh broadcaster [[Elis James]] said that he "profoundly disagreed at every level" with a GB team. It has been suggested that even an occasional British team "would severely weaken our status as an independent football nation (and Scotland and Northern Ireland’s status as well). Plenty in FIFA resent our position on IFAB, and would like to see us compete as Team GB. This has been brought up since the early 1970s".<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2022-03-25 |title=Times chief football writer shuts down idea of Great Britain team |url=https://nation.cymru/sport/times-chief-football-writer-shuts-down-idea-of-great-britain-team/ |access-date=2022-09-20 |website=Nation.Cymru |language=en-GB |archive-date=3 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221203222245/https://nation.cymru/sport/times-chief-football-writer-shuts-down-idea-of-great-britain-team/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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{{nat fs g player|no=4|pos=MF|name={{flagicon|ENG}} [[Danny Rose (footballer, born 1990)|Danny Rose]] |age=<!--Age during the Games-->{{birth date and age2|2012|7|26|1990|7|2|df=y}}|caps=4|goals=0 |club={{flagicon|ENG}} <!--Club during the Games--> [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]]}}
{{nat fs g player|no=7|pos=MF|name={{flagicon|ENG}} [[Tom Cleverley]] |age=<!--Age during the Games-->{{birth date and age2|2012|7|26|1989|8|12|df=y}}|caps=5|goals=0 |club={{flagicon|ENG}} <!--Club during the Games--> [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]]}}
{{nat fs g player|no=8|pos=MF|name={{flagicon|WAL}} [[
{{nat fs g player|no=11|pos=MF|name={{flagicon|WAL}} [[Ryan Giggs]]*|other=[[Captain (association football)|captain]]|age=<!--Age during the Games-->{{birth date and age2|2012|7|26|1973|11|29|df=y}}|caps=4|goals=1 |club={{flagicon|ENG}} <!--Club during the Games--> [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]]}}
{{nat fs g player|no=13|pos=MF|name={{flagicon|ENG}} [[Jack Cork]] |age=<!--Age during the Games-->{{birth date and age2|2012|7|26|1989|06|25|df=y}}|caps=4|goals=0 |club={{flagicon|ENG}} <!--Club during the Games-->[[Southampton F.C.|Southampton]]}}
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| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Football at the 1992 Summer Olympics|1992]]
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| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|1996]]
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| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|2000]]
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| {{flagicon|GRE}} [[Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|2004]]
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| {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|2008]]
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|style="border: 3px solid red"|{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics - Men's tournament|2012]]
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|[[Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads#Great Britain|Squad]]||{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Stuart Pearce]]
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| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|2016]]
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| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|2020]]
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| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Football at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|2024]]
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!'''Total'''||3 medals||10/
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|team2 = {{fb|NED}}
|goals1 = [[Douglas McBain|McBain]] {{goal|22}}<br>[[Bob Hardisty|Hardisty]] {{goal|58}}<br>[[Dennis Kelleher|Kelleher]] {{goal|77}}<br>[[Harold McIlvenny|McIlvenny]] {{goal|111}}
|goals2 = [[Bram Appel|Appel]] {{goal|9||63}}<br>[[
|stadium = [[Arsenal Stadium|Highbury Stadium]]
|location = [[London]], [[United Kingdom|UK]]
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*[[Great Britain women's Olympic football team]]
*[[United Kingdom national football team]]
*[[List of men's national association football teams#Unaffiliated United Nations states|Unaffiliated United Nations states]]
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