Brazilian Women's National Football Team / Olympic Games

Brazil
Brasil

(Association logo with the men's World Cup stars)
OS record goal scorer :	Cristiane (14, record)
OS record player:	Formiga (29, record)
Rank :	3
Balance sheet
32 OS games 15 wins 6 draws 11 losses 53:29 goals
statistics
First OS game Brazil 2-2 Norway Washington, DC ( USA ); July 21, 1996
Biggest OS win Brazil 7-0 Greece Patras ( GRE ); August 17, 2004
Biggest OS defeats Brazil 0-2 Norway Athens ( USA ); August 1, 1996 Brazil 0-2 Germany Sydney ( AUS ); September 28, 2000 Brazil 0-2 USA Thessaloniki ( GRE ); August 14, 2004 Brazil 0-2 Japan Cardiff ( GBR ); August 3, 2012
successes
Olympic games:
Participation in the finals	6 ( first : 1996 )
Best results	Silver medal ( 2004 , 2008 )
(As of August 20, 2016 )

The article provides a detailed account of the Brazilian national soccer team for women at the Summer Olympics . Brazil was the only South American team to take part in all women's tournaments and reached the finals twice, but lost each time to the USA. In the medal count Brazil is ranked fourth

The national team at the Olympic Games

Overview

Olympic Games in	Participation until ...	opponent	Result	Trainer	Comments and special features
Atlanta 1996	Bronze game	Norway	4th Place	José Duarte
Sydney 2000	Bronze game	Germany	4th Place	José Duarte
Athens 2004	final	United States	Silver medal	Renê Simoes
Beijing 2008	final	United States	Silver medal	Jorge Barcellos
London 2012	Quarter finals	Japan	-	Jorge Barcellos
Rio de Janeiro 2016	3rd place match	Canada	4th Place	Vadão	Automatically qualifies as a host. Opponents in the group stage were China , Sweden and South Africa . As group winners, the quarterfinals against Australia were reached, which was won on penalties . Failed in the semi-finals on penalties to Sweden.
Tokyo 2020	qualified				Qualified as 2018 South American Champion

The tournaments

Olympia 1996 in Atlanta

The Brazilians were able to take part in the first Olympic tournament to which the eight best teams from the 1995 World Cup were invited because England, as one of these teams without its own Olympic Committee, was not allowed to start and Brazil was invited to do so. In preparation, the Brazilians played only one test match under new national coach José Duarte , which they won 2-1 against Canada and started the tournament with a 2-2 win against world champions Norway , with Pretinha equalizing one minute before the end of the game. Then they won 2-0 against Japan and achieved a 1-1 draw against runner-up world champions Germany , which eliminated Germany and made it into the semi-finals as second in the group. There they were defeated by the People's Republic of China 2: 3 with a goal in the final minute. In the match for bronze they met again against group opponents Norway, but this time lost 2-0. With this game, Duarte's first term ended. With four goals, Pretinha was the top scorer of the tournament together with the two Norwegians Ann Kristin Aarønes and Linda Medalen .

Olympia 2000 in Sydney

For the second Olympic tournament, the Brazilians qualified as one of the seven best teams in the 1999 World Cup. Duarte took over the national team for the third time in June 2000 and reached the final against the USA with the team as a guest at the CONCACAF Gold Cup 2000 , but lost it. In the first game at the Olympic tournament they met Sweden and won 2-0. After a 1: 2 defeat against Germany they had to win against hosts Australia in the last game, which made them 0: 1 deficit with goals from Raquel and Kátia . As runners-up in the group, they met defending champions USA in the semi-finals and lost 1-0. In the match for bronze they met again against group opponents Germany, this time even lost with 0: 2.

Olympia 2004 in Athens

The Brazilians were also qualified again for the third Olympic women's football tournament. In April 2004 Renê Simões had taken over the team and prepared for the tournament in friendly matches against American university and Swedish and Norwegian club teams and an international game that was lost 1: 5 against the USA. In the only group of four, they first met Australia and won 1-0 with a goal from Marta . But then they lost 2-0 to the USA even though they were the better team for 45 minutes. With a 7-0 win against Greece, with Cristiane scoring three goals, they qualified as second in the group for the first-ever quarter-finals. Here they continued scoring in the 5-0 win against Mexico. They then had more trouble in the semifinals against vice world champions Sweden and it took until the 64th minute before Pretinha scored the 1-0 victory. This was the first time they were in the final and again faced group opponents USA. Here it was again Pretinha who equalized the USA's 1-0 lead, but since neither team managed to score another goal in 90 minutes, it was overtime and the USA again had luck on their side and won with 2: 1 her second gold medal. With the final, the term of office of Simões ended. With four goals each, Cristiane and the German Birgit Prinz were the top goal scorers of the tournament.

2008 Olympics in Beijing

For the tournament in Beijing , the 2006 South American Women's Soccer Championship was considered a qualifying tournament, and the South American champions qualified for Beijing. Before the championship, Jorge Luiz Barcellos took over the position of national coach. Since Brazil surprisingly lost the last game against Argentina 2-0 in the final round, Argentina qualified directly. Brazil was able to qualify through a playoff game against the second in the Africa qualification, the team from Ghana. The play-off took place in Beijing and Brazil won 5-1.

At the beginning of the tournament, the final of the 2007 World Cup against world champions Germany was repeated, but this time neither of them could score a goal. With a 2-1 win against North Korea and a 3-1 win against Nigeria, in which Cristiane managed a "flawless hat trick ", Brazil won the group. Cristiane is the only player to score three goals in two games. They then won 2-1 against Norway in the quarter-finals and then faced Germany again in the semi-finals. The German team took the lead in the 10th minute through Birgit Prinz, but Brazil were able to equalize with Formiga two minutes before the half-time break . In the second half, the world champion was countered several times and the Brazilians were able to win 4-1 for the first time against Germany and thus take revenge for the final defeat at the World Cup. In the final, like four years before, the USA was the opponent and this time the decision had to be made in extra time, but this time after 90 minutes without a goal. And again the Americans had the better end for themselves and defended their title. Barcellos then retired as national coach, but was again national coach after the disappointing 2011 World Cup and the subsequent defeat in the final of the 2011 Pan American Games. With five goals, Cristiane was the tournament's top scorer.

Olympia 2012 in London

As four years before, the South American Football Championship was again considered a qualifying tournament, and this time Brazil was able to win the tournament again and qualify for London. There they met Cameroon, which had qualified for the first time for an intercontinental tournament for women, and won 5-0. Cristiane scored her 11th goal at the Olympic Games with the 4-0 goal and thus became the sole record holder (previously together with Birgit Prinz). They then had more trouble with New Zealand, which they defeated 1-0 with a goal from Cristiane, who improved her record to twelve goals. With that, Brazil qualified for the quarter-finals, and in the last game against Team GB , which was composed of English and a few Scottish players especially for this tournament, it was all about winning the group. In front of 70,584 spectators at Wembley Stadium , the highest number of spectators at a game by a British women's team, the Brazilians lost 1-0, with the goal falling in the second minute. In the quarter-finals they then met world champions Japan and lost 2-0, which meant that the tournament for Brazil was ended for the first time before the semi-finals and Barcellos' second term ended.

Olympia 2016 in Rio de Janeiro

Brazil was automatically qualified as host for the tournament in Rio de Janeiro , but it would also have qualified as South American champions in 2014 . The Brazilians, together with world champions USA and European champions Germany, were placed in pot 1 for the draw, so that they could not meet these two teams in the group stage. Opponents in the preliminary round were China , Sweden and South Africa . Brazil started the tournament with a 3-0 win against China and a 5-1 win against Sweden and then spared some players against South Africa. Despite the goalless draw, Brazil qualified as group winners for the quarter-finals. Here it came to revenge for the last 16 defeat at the 2015 World Cup against Australia. However, the Brazilians needed the penalty shoot-out to reach the semi-finals after a goalless 120 minutes, where they met the Swedes again, who for their part had eliminated defending champions USA on penalties. The semi-finals were also goalless, but this time the Brazilians lost on penalties. In the game for the bronze medal they then lost to Canada 1: 2

Olympia 2020 in Tokyo

As before, the South American Football Championship was again considered a qualifying tournament, and Brazil was able to win the tournament again and qualify for Tokyo. The Brazilians won all seven games with a total goal difference of 31-2 and qualified as the first team after hosts Japan.

statistics

Record against the Olympic champions at the Olympic Games

• Germany : 5 games - 1 win, 2 draws, 2 defeats - 6: 6 goals
• Norway : 3 games - 1 win, 1 draw, 1 defeat - 4-5 goals
• USA : 4 games - 4 defeats - 1: 6 goals

Games

Record player Formiga

Brazil has played 32 games in the Olympic Games so far - two fewer than the maximum possible. Of these, 15 were won, 11 lost and six ended in a draw. Four games went into overtime because a winner had to be determined. Two were lost to goals, one won and one lost on penalties. The Brazilians had six home games (record), played three times against the hosts, three times against the eventual Olympic champion (2004 in the preliminary round and in the final and in 2008 in the final) and twice against the defending champion. The Brazilians played most often against Germany (5 times). The most frequent last opponents were the USA (2 times). Four games were the first against the respective opponent so far, and these were also the first games of a South American team against these opponents.

So far Brazil has played against teams from all other confederations and also against their champions (15 times), most often against the European champions (5 times). Brazil have met the reigning world champions six times, winning only once and drawing twice.

Most of the games played the record national player Formiga , who was used in 29 games in six tournaments and is therefore also the Olympic record holder. The most goals were scored by Cristiane , who is also the record holder with 14 goals.

No.	date	Result	opponent	venue	AH/*	occasion	comment
1	07/21/1996	2: 2	Norway *	Washington, DC ( USA )	*	Group game
2	07/23/1996	2-0	Japan	Birmingham ( USA )	*	Group game
3	07/25/1996	1: 1	Germany	Birmingham ( USA )	*	Group game
4th	07/28/1996	2: 3	People's Republic of China	Athens ( USA )	*	Semifinals
5	08/01/1996	0: 2	Norway *	Athens ( USA )	*	Bronze game	Last game in José Duarte's first term
6th	13.09.2000	2-0	Sweden	Melbourne ( AUS )	*	Group game
7th	09/16/2000	1: 2	Germany	Canberra ( AUS )	*	Group game
8th	09/19/2000	2: 1	Australia	Sydney ( AUS )	A.	Group game
9	09/24/2000	0: 1	USA *	Canberra ( AUS )	*	Semifinals
10	09/28/2000	0: 2	Germany	Sydney ( AUS )	*	3rd place match	Last game under José Duarte
11	08/11/2004	1-0	Australia	Thessaloniki ( GRE )	*	Group game
12	08/14/2004	0: 2	United States	Thessaloniki ( GRE )	*	Group game
13	08/17/2004	7-0	Greece	Patras ( GRE )	A.	Group game	First game of a South American team against Greece
14th	08/20/2004	5-0	Mexico	Heraklion ( GRE )	*	Quarter finals
15th	08/23/2004	1-0	Sweden	Patras ( GRE )	*	Semifinals
16	08/26/2004	1: 2 a.d.	United States	Piraeus ( GRE )	*	final	Last game under Renê Simões
17th	08/06/2008	0-0	Germany *	Shenyang ( CHN )	*	Group game
18th	08/09/2008	2: 1	North Korea	Shenyang ( CHN )	*	Group game	First game of a South American team against North Korea
19th	08/12/2008	3: 1	Nigeria	Beijing ( CHN )	*	Group game
20th	08/15/2008	2: 1	Norway	Tianjin ( CHN )	*	Quarter finals
21st	08/18/2008	4: 1	Germany *	Shanghai ( CHN )	*	Semifinals	So far the only win against a reigning world champion
22nd	08/21/2008	0: 1 a.d.	United States	Beijing ( CHN )	*	final	Last game in Jorge Luiz Barcellos' first term
23	July 25, 2012	5-0	Cameroon	Cardiff ( GBR )	*	Group game	First game of a South American team against Cameroon. Highest win of a South American team against an African team
24	07/28/2012	1-0	New Zealand	Cardiff ( GBR )	*	Group game
25th	July 31, 2012	0: 1	United Kingdom	London ( GBR )	A.	Group game	First game of a South American team against Great Britain, with 70,584 spectators the highest number of spectators was achieved in a game of a British women's team
26th	08/03/2012	0: 2	Japan *	Cardiff ( GBR )	*	Quarter finals	Last game in Jorge Luiz Barcellos' second term
27	08/03/2016	3-0	People's Republic of China	Rio de Janeiro ( BRA )	H	Preliminary round
28	08/06/2016	5: 1	Sweden	Rio de Janeiro ( BRA )	H	Preliminary round
29	08/09/2016	0-0	South Africa	Manaus ( BRA )	H	Preliminary round
30th	08/12/2016	0: 0 n.V .; 7: 6 i. E.	Australia	Belo Horizonte ( BRA )	H	Quarter finals
31	08/16/2016	0: 0 n.V .; 3: 4 i. E.	Sweden	Rio de Janeiro ( BRA )	H	Semifinals
32	08/19/2016	1: 2	Canada	Sao Paulo ( BRA )	H	3rd place match
	August 2020		NN	( JPN )	* / A	Preliminary round
	August 2020		NN	( JPN )	* / A	Preliminary round
	August 2020		NN	( JPN )	* / A	Preliminary round

Note: Teams marked in bold were continental champions at the time of the game, teams marked with "*" were world champions.

Records

Record goal scorer Cristiane

• The only South American participant who was always there.
• Most games: Formiga - 29
• Most: Finals participations: Formiga - 6
• Most goals: Cristiane - 14
• Most clean sheets : Andréia - 9
• The oldest player: Meg at the age of 40 in 1996 playing for third place
• The youngest player: Daniela at the age of 16 and 8 months at the 2000 tournament
• The youngest medalist: Renata Costa at 18 years and 49 days when she won the silver medal in 2004
• The youngest referee: Ana Paula Oliveira at the age of 26 years and 2 months on August 17, 2004 as lines judge in the match between Sweden and Nigeria
• The most common pairing: Brazil versus Germany - 5 × (1996, 2000/2, 2008/2)
• Most draws: Brazil and Sweden 6 each
• Most penalty shoot-outs: Brazil and Sweden 2 each
• Most home games: 6

The Brazilian team achieved their highest victories at the Olympic Games against these countries:

•  Germany 4: 1 semi-finals 2008 - only victory against Germany
•  Greece 7-0 preliminary round 2004 - only game against Greece
•  Japan 2-0 preliminary round 1996
•  Cameroon 5-0 preliminary round 2012 - only game against Cameroon
•  Nigeria 3-1 preliminary round 2008
•  North Korea 2-1 preliminary round 2008 - only game against North Korea
•  Sweden 5-1 preliminary round 2016

The Brazilian team suffered their biggest defeats at the Olympic Games against these countries:

•  People's Republic of China 2: 3 semi-finals 1996 - only loss to China
•  Norway 0-2 game for bronze in 1996
•  United Kingdom 0-1 preliminary round 2012 - only game against Great Britain

Negative records

• Most yellow cards in one game: Brazil vs. USA in the semi-finals on September 24, 2000 (4 cards each)
• Most red cards or yellow-red cards in one game: Brazil against PR China in the semi-finals on July 28, 1996 (1 card each)
• The first yellow-red card: Tânia in the 43rd minute against China PR in the semi-finals on July 28, 1996

Web links

• Women's Olympic Football Tournament - Statistical Kit - Statistics, Facts & Figures 1996 - 2012

Individual evidence

1. ↑ FIFA.com: Atlanta Women's Olympic Football Tournament 1996
2. ↑ Seleção Brasileira Feminina (Brazilian National Womens' Team) 2003-2005