Birgit Prinz is a German former footballer, two-time FIFA Women's World Cup champion and three-time FIFA World Player of the Year. In addition to the German national team, Prinz played for 1. FFC Frankfurt in the Frauen-Bundesliga as well as the Carolina Courage in the Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA), the first professional women's league in the United States. Prinz remains one of the game's most prolific strikers and is the second FIFA Women's World Cup all-time leading scorer with 14 goals. In 2011, she announced the end of her active career. She currently works as a sport psychologist for the men's and women's teams of Bundesliga club TSG 1899 Hoffenheim.
Homare Sawa is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a forward or a midfielder. Regarded by many as one of the greatest female footballers of all time, Sawa had a professional club career spanning 24 seasons, mostly with Nippon TV Beleza and INAC Kobe Leonessa. She also spent 22 years with the Japan national team, most notably captaining them to a FIFA Women's World Cup win in 2011 and an Olympic silver medal finish in 2012.
Cristiane Rozeira de Souza Silva, known as Cristiane, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Flamengo and the Brazilian women's national team. A prolific forward, she was part of Brazil's silver medal-winning teams at the 2004 and 2008 Olympic football tournaments. In total she has participated in five FIFA Women's World Cups and four Olympics.
Renata Aparecida da Costa, commonly known as Renata Costa or Kóki, is a Brazilian football coach and former player, most recently an assistant coach with Iranduba. She represented the Brazil women's national football team at three editions of the FIFA Women's World Cup and three Olympic football tournaments.
Ester Aparecida dos Santos, commonly known mononymously as Ester, is a Brazilian former footballer. She played as a "volante" for clubs including Chelsea of the English FA WSL and BV Cloppenburg of the German Frauen-Bundesliga. Ester was part of the Brazil women's national football team which finished as runners-up in the 2007 World Cup and 2008 Summer Olympics.
Grazielle Pinheiro Nascimento, commonly known as Grazielle or Grazi, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a right winger. She was part of the Brazil women's national football team at two Olympic soccer tournaments and at three editions of the FIFA Women's World Cup.
Daiane Menezes Rodrigues, commonly known as Bagé, is a Brazilian former footballer. She played as a defender for various Brazilian clubs and for the Brazil national team.
Bárbara Micheline do Monte Barbosa, commonly known as Bárbara, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Internacional and the Brazil women's national team. She has played for clubs in Italy, Sweden and Germany, as well as in her native country, Brazil. Since making her national team debut in 2007, she has won over 30 caps for Brazil. She has been part of her country's squad at four editions of the FIFA Women's World Cup and at two Olympic football tournaments.
Érika Cristiano dos Santos, commonly known as Érika, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for Corinthians and the Brazilian women's national team. Érika played as a forward for her clubs and Brazil's youth teams, but mainly as a central defender or "volante" for the senior national team. She was part of Brazil's silver medal-winning team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and also played at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup, the 2012 London Olympics, the 2016 Rio Olympics, and the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Fabiana da Silva Simões, known as Fabiana, Fabi Simões or Fabiana Baiana, is a Brazilian footballer. Mainly a right back, she can also play as a right winger.
WFC Rossiyanka was a Russian women's football club from Khimki.
Brazil competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's twenty-first appearance at the Summer Olympics, having missed the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam. The Brazilian Olympic Committee sent a total of 258 athletes to the Games, 136 men and 122 women, to compete in 24 sports. Brazil left London with a total of 17 Olympic medals, winning their third largest number of medals at a single games.
Eva Sofia Jakobsson is a Swedish professional footballer who plays for London City Lionesses in the FA Women's Championship. She made her debut for the Sweden women's national football team in 2011 and won her 100th cap in 2019. Jakobsson represented her country in the 2013 edition of the UEFA Women's Championship, as well as at the 2011, 2015 and 2019 FIFA Women's World Cups. She also played at the 2012, 2016 and 2020 Olympic Football Tournaments.
Elvira Zurabovna Todua is an Abkhazian, Georgian, Russian football goalkeeper who plays for CSKA Moscow of the Russian Women's Football Championship.
Carolina Ana Trindade Coruche Mendes is a Portuguese football striker, who plays for Racing Power and the Portugal women's national football team.
Olivia Alma Charlotta Schough is a Swedish footballer who plays as a midfielder for Damallsvenskan club FC Rosengård and the Sweden women's national team.
Nompumelelo "Mpumi" Nyandeni is a South African soccer player who plays as a midfielder for SAFA Women's League side JVW.
Francisca Ordega is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a forward for CSKA Moscow in the Russian Women's Football Championship.
Vino Inès Nrehy Tia, also known as Inès Tia, is an Ivorian women's football forward who plays for the WK League side Hyundai Steel Red Angels. She was part of the Ivorian squad for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.
The CONMEBOL–CAF play-off of the 2008 Women's Olympic Football Tournament qualification competition was a single-legged knockout match that decided one spot in the Olympic football tournament in China. The play-off was contested by the runners-up from CONMEBOL, Brazil, and the runners-up from CAF, Ghana. Brazil won the match 5–1 to qualify for their fourth successive Olympic football tournament.
