Women's Olympic football tournament records and statistics

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This is a list of records and statistics of the football tournament in the Olympic games ever since the inaugural edition in 1996.

Contents

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4116
2Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1034
3Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1023
4Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1012
5Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 0202
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 0202
7Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 0101
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 0101
Totals (8 entries)77721

Top scorers

General statistics by tournament

YearHostChampionWinning coachWinning captainTop scorer(s)
1996 Flag of the United States.svg Atlanta Flag of the United States.svg  United States Flag of the United States.svg Tony DiCicco Flag of the United States.svg Carla Overbeck Flag of Norway.svg Ann Kristin Aarønes (4)
Flag of Norway.svg Linda Medalen (4)
Flag of Brazil.svg Pretinha (4)
2000 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sydney Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Flag of Norway.svg Per-Mathias Høgmo Flag of Norway.svg Gøril Kringen Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Sun Wen (4)
2004 Flag of Greece.svg Athens Flag of the United States.svg  United States Flag of the United States.svg April Heinrichs Flag of the United States.svg Julie Foudy Flag of Brazil.svg Cristiane (5)
Flag of Germany.svg Birgit Prinz (5)
2008 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Beijing Flag of the United States.svg  United States Flag of Sweden.svg Pia Sundhage Flag of the United States.svg Christie Rampone Flag of Brazil.svg Cristiane (5)
2012 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg London Flag of the United States.svg  United States Flag of Sweden.svg Pia Sundhage Flag of the United States.svg Christie Rampone Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Christine Sinclair (6)
2016 Flag of Brazil.svg Rio de Janeiro Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Flag of Germany.svg Silvia Neid Flag of Germany.svg Saskia Bartusiak Flag of Germany.svg Melanie Behringer (5)
2020 Flag of Japan.svg Tokyo Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Bev Priestman Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Christine Sinclair Flag of the Netherlands.svg Vivianne Miedema (10)

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
4, Flag of the United States.svg  United States (1996, 2004, 2008, 2012)
Most finishes in the top two
5, Flag of the United States.svg  United States.
Most finishes in the top three
6, Flag of the United States.svg  United States (all but 2016).
Most finishes in the top four
6, Flag of the United States.svg  United States (all but 2016)
Most appearances
8, Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil, Flag of the United States.svg  United States (all tournaments)

Consecutive

Most consecutive championships
3, Flag of the United States.svg  United States (2004–2012).
Most consecutive finishes in the top two
5, Flag of the United States.svg  United States (1996–2012).
Most consecutive finishes in the top three
5, Flag of the United States.svg  United States (1996–2012).

Gaps

Longest gap between successive titles
8 years, Flag of the United States.svg  United States (1996–2004).

Host team

Best finish by host team
Champion: Flag of the United States.svg  United States (1996).
Worst finish by host team
10th position: Flag of Greece.svg  Greece (2004).

Other

Most finishes in the top two without ever being champion
2, Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil (2004, 2008), Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden (2016, 2020).
Most finishes in the top three without ever being champion
2, Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil (2004, 2008), Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden (2016, 2020).
Most finishes in the top four without ever being champion
5, Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil (1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2016).
Most finishes in the top four without ever finishing in the top two
1, Flag of France.svg  France (2012), Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia (2020).

Coaches: tournament position

Most championships
2, Pia Sundhage (Flag of the United States.svg  United States, 2008-2012).
Most finishes in the top two
3, Pia Sundhage (Flag of the United States.svg  United States, 2008-2012; Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden, 2016).
Most finishes in the top three
3, Pia Sundhage (Flag of the United States.svg  United States, 2008-2012; Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden, 2016).
Most finishes in the top four
3, Pia Sundhage (Flag of the United States.svg  United States, 2008-2012; Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden, 2016).

Teams: matches played and goals scored

All time

Source [1]

Most matches played
38, Flag of the United States.svg  United States.
Most wins
27, Flag of the United States.svg  United States.
Most losses
12, Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden.
Most draws
8, Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil.
Most goals scored
76, Flag of the United States.svg  United States.
Most hat-tricks scored
2, Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil.
Most goals conceded
34, Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden.
Fewest goals scored
0, Flag of Greece.svg  Greece.
Fewest goals conceded
7, Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain.
Highest goal difference
+40, Flag of the United States.svg  United States.
Lowest goal difference
-12, Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe.
Highest average of goals scored per match
2.33, Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia.
Highest average of goals conceded per match
5.00, Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia, Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe.

Individual

Most tournaments played
7, Formiga (Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil, 1996–2020).
Most medals
4, Christie Rampone (Flag of the United States.svg  United States, 2000–2012).
Most matches played, finals
33, Formiga (Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil, 1996–2016). [2]
Most matches won
19, Christie Rampone (Flag of the United States.svg  United States, 2000–2012).
Youngest player
16 years, 119 days, Ellie Carpenter (Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia), vs Zimbabwe, 9 August 2016.
Oldest player
43 years, 149 days, Formiga (Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil), vs Canada, 30 July 2021.

Goalscoring

Individual

Most goals scored, overall finals
14, Cristiane (Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil), 2004–2016. [3]
Most goals scored in a tournament
10, Vivianne Miedema (Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands), 2020.
Most goals scored in a match
4, Birgit Prinz (Flag of Germany.svg  Germany), vs China, 2004; Vivianne Miedema (Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands) vs Zambia, 2020; Wang Shuang (Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China), vs Zambia, 2020. [4]
Most goals scored in a lost match
3, Christine Sinclair, (Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada), vs United States, 2012; Barbra Banda, (Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia), vs Netherlands, 2020.
Most goals scored in a final match
2, Tiffeny Milbrett (Flag of the United States.svg  United States), vs Norway, 2000; Carli Lloyd (Flag of the United States.svg  United States), vs Japan, 2012.
Most goals scored in all final matches
3, Tiffeny Milbrett (Flag of the United States.svg  United States), 1 vs China in 1996 & 2 vs Norway in 2000; Carli Lloyd (Flag of the United States.svg  United States), 1 vs Brazil in 2008 & 2 vs Japan in 2012.
Fastest hat-trick
14 minutes, Cristiane (Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil), scored at 34', 35' and 45+3', vs Nigeria, 2008.
Most hat-tricks
2, Cristiane (Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil), 2004–2008; Barbra Banda (Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia), 2020
Youngest hat-trick scorer
19 years, 94 days, Cristiane (Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil), vs Greece, 17 August 2004.
Youngest goalscorer, final
20 years, 196 days, Stina Blackstenius (Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden), vs Germany, 19 August 2016.
Oldest hat-trick scorer
29 years, 55 days, Christine Sinclair (Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada), vs United States, 6 August 2012.
Oldest goalscorer, final
30 years, 24 days, Carli Lloyd (Flag of the United States.svg  United States), vs Japan, 9 August 2012.
Most penalties scored (excluding during shootouts)
2, Perpetua Nkwocha (Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria), 1 each in 2000 & 2008.

Team

Biggest margin of victory
8, Flag of Germany.svg  Germany (8) vs Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China (0), 2004. [5]
Most goals scored in a match, one team
10, Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands vs Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia, 2020.
Most goals scored in a match, both teams
13, Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands (10) vs Flag of Zambia.svg  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, (Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2008 & 2012, Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2016), John Herdman (Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 2008, Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2012 & 2016).
Most final appearances as player and head coach
4, Pia Sundhage, (Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1996 as player and 2016 as coach; Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2008 & 2012 as coach).

Discipline

[7]

Most sendings off (match, both teams)
2, Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China (1) vs Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil (1), 1996.
Most cautions (match, both teams)
8, Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil (4) vs Flag of the United States.svg  United States (4), 2000.

Attendance

Highest attendance in a match
80,203, Flag of the United States.svg  United States vs Flag of Japan.svg  Japan, 9 August 2012, Wembley Stadium, London, 2012.
Highest attendance in a final
80,203, Flag of the United States.svg  United States vs Flag of Japan.svg  Japan, 9 August 2012, Wembley Stadium, London, 2012.
Lowest attendance in a match
1,418, Flag of the United States.svg  United States vs Flag of Japan.svg  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.

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