Women's Olympic football tournament records and statistics explained
This is a list of records and statistics of the football tournament in the Olympic games ever since the inaugural edition in 1996.
Top scorers
All-time top scorers
Top scorers by tournament
Winning coaches
Fair play award
| Year | Team |
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| 1996 | |
| 2000 | |
| 2004 |
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| 2008 | |
| 2012 | |
| 2016 | |
| 2020 | Not awarded |
| 2024 | Not awarded | |
General statistics by tournament
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, (1996, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2024).
Most finishes in the top two: 6, (1996–2012, 2024).
Most finishes in the top three: 7, (1996–2012, 2020–2024).
Most finishes in the top four: 7, (1996–2012, 2020–2024).
Most appearances: 8,, (all tournaments).
Consecutive
- Most consecutive championships: 3, (2004–2012).
Most consecutive finishes in the top two: 5, (1996–2012).
Most consecutive finishes in the top three: 5, (1996–2012).
Gaps
- Longest gap between successive titles: 12 years, (2012–2024).
Host team
- Best finish by host team: Champion: (1996).
Worst finish by host team: 10th position: (2004).
Other
- Most finishes in the top two without ever being champion: 3, (2004, 2008, 2024)
Most finishes in the top three without ever being champion: 3, (2004, 2008, 2024)
Most finishes in the top four without ever being champion: 6, (1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2016, 2024).
Most finishes in the top four without ever finishing in the top two: 1, (2012), (2020), (2024).
Coaches: tournament position
- Most championships: 2, Pia Sundhage (2008, 2012).
Most finishes in the top two: 3, Pia Sundhage (2008, 2012;, 2016).
Most finishes in the top three: 3, Pia Sundhage (2008, 2012;, 2016).
Most finishes in the top four: 3, Pia Sundhage (2008, 2012;, 2016).
Teams: matches played and goals scored
All time
Source[1]
- Most matches played: 44, .
Most wins: 33, .
Most losses: 14, .
Most draws: 8, .
Most goals scored: 88, .
Most hat-tricks scored: 3, .
Most goals conceded: 43, .
Fewest goals scored: 0, .
Fewest goals conceded: 5, and .
Highest goal difference: +50, .
Lowest goal difference: -23, .
Highest average of goals scored per match: 5.75, .
Highest average of goals conceded per match: 5.00, .
Individual
- Most tournaments played: 7, Formiga (1996–2020).
Most medals: 4, Christie Rampone (2000–2012).
Most matches played, finals: 33, Formiga (1996–2020).[2]
Most matches won: 19, Christie Rampone (2000–2012).
Youngest player:, Ellie Carpenter, vs Zimbabwe, 9 August 2016.
Oldest player:, Formiga, vs Canada, 30 July 2021.
Goalscoring
Individual
- Most goals scored, overall finals: 14, Cristiane, 2004–2016.[3]
Most goals scored in a tournament: 10, Vivianne Miedema, 2020.
Most goals scored in a match: 4, Birgit Prinz, vs China, 2004; Vivianne Miedema vs Zambia, 2020; Wang Shuang, vs Zambia, 2020.[4]
Most goals scored in a lost match: 3, Christine Sinclair,, vs United States, 2012; Barbra Banda,, vs Netherlands, 2020 & vs Australia, 2024.
Most goals scored in a final match: 2, Tiffeny Milbrett, vs Norway, 2000; Carli Lloyd, vs Japan, 2012.
Most goals scored in all final matches: 3, Tiffeny Milbrett, 1 vs China in 1996 & 2 vs Norway in 2000; Carli Lloyd, 1 vs Brazil in 2008 & 2 vs Japan in 2012.
Fastest hat-trick: 14 minutes, Cristiane, scored at 34', 35' and 45+3', vs Nigeria, 2008.
Most hat-tricks: 3, Barbra Banda, 2020-2024.
Youngest hat-trick scorer:, Cristiane, vs Greece, 17 August 2004.
Youngest goalscorer, final:, Stina Blackstenius, vs Germany, 19 August 2016.
Oldest hat-trick scorer:, Christine Sinclair, vs United States, 6 August 2012.
Oldest goalscorer, final:, Carli Lloyd, vs Japan, 9 August 2012.
Most penalties scored (excluding during shootouts): 2, Perpetua Nkwocha, 1 each in 2000 & 2008.
Team
- Biggest margin of victory: 8, (8) vs (0), 2004.[5]
Most goals scored in a match, one team: 10, vs, 2020.
Most goals scored in a match, both teams: 13, (10) vs (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, (2008 & 2012, 2016), John Herdman (2008, 2012 & 2016).
- Most final appearances as player and head coach: 4, Pia Sundhage, (1996 as player and 2016 as coach; 2008 & 2012 as coach).
Discipline
[7]
- Most sendings off (match, both teams): 2, (1) vs (1), 1996.
Most cautions (match, both teams): 8, (4) vs (4), 2000.
Attendance
- Highest attendance in a match: 80,203, vs, 9 August 2012, Wembley Stadium, London, 2012.
Highest attendance in a final: 80,203, vs, 9 August 2012, Wembley Stadium, London, 2012.
Lowest attendance in a match: 1,418, vs, 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
Notes and References
- Web site: All-time Olympic table . weltfussball.com . 14 August 2016.
- Web site: Frauen Olympische Spiele - Rekordspieler.
- Web site: Frauen Olympische Spiele - Rekordtorjäger.
- Web site: Frauen Olympische Spiele - Statistik » die meisten Tore eines Spielers pro Spiel.
- Web site: Frauen Olympische Spiele - Statistik » die höchsten Siege.
- Web site: Frauen Olympische Spiele - Statistik » Tore pro Saison.
- Web site: Frauen Olympische Spiele - Statistik » die unfairsten Spiele.
Carli Lloyd
Lotta Schelin
Sun Wen
Ann Kristin Aarønes 
Pretinha
Birgit Prinz
Christine Sinclair
Marie-Antoinette Katoto
Bev Priestman
Sydney
Athens
Tokyo
Vivianne Miedema (10)