British women's national soccer team

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United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Nickname (s) Team GB
Association British Olympic Association
Technical sponsor adidas
Head coach Hope Powell
Assistant coach Brent Hills ,
Keith Rees
captain Casey Stoney
Record scorer Steph Houghton (3 goals)
Record player several players with 5 games each
FIFA code GBR (It is the Olympic symbol for the United Kingdom , which is not a member of FIFA )
First jersey
Second jersey
Balance sheet
5 games
3 wins
1 draw
1 loss
statistics
First international United Kingdom 0-0 Sweden 20 July 2012 , Middlesbrough
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Biggest win United Kingdom 3-0 Cameroon 28 July 2012 , Cardiff
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Biggest defeat United Kingdom 0-2 Canada August 3, 2012 , Coventry
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Successes in tournaments
Olympic games
Quarter finals 2012
(As of August 3, 2012)

A British women's national football team does not regularly exist due to the traditional independence of the football associations of England , Northern Ireland , Scotland and Wales , but they took part in the 2012 Olympic Games in London as the Great Britain women's Olympic football team or Team GB , thus representing the United States Kingdom . She will also take part in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

background

All four associations play their own championships and have their own national soccer team, which are authorized to compete independently of one another for European and world championships .

Since the International Olympic Committee, unlike FIFA and UEFA , only insists on one team per participating country, it is not possible for all four British national teams to compete in the Olympic Games.

Thus, in 1996 Brazil instead of England nominated and 2008 found Denmark and Sweden the third European participants after England as the third-best European team in serving as qualifying soccer Women's World Cup in 2007 had cut. In the games in between, no British team could qualify.

Olympic Football Tournament in London 2012

The 2012 Olympic Games were held in London, and there was also a political desire for the host country, which regards itself as the motherland of football , to be represented at this tournament. The four football associations reacted differently to this proposal. While England and Northern Ireland agreed in principle, Wales acted rather negatively. The Scottish Football Association, on the other hand, strictly rejected a British professional team and did not take part in the relevant deliberations. It was feared that the creation of a British national team could weaken the special status of the four British football associations.

In June 2011 it was finally decided that a British team would compete for both men and women, which should consist of all four associations. FIFA had previously given assurances that participation in the Olympic football tournament would have no effect on the autonomy and independence of the four British associations. The organization of the team Team GB defeated the English FA Association.

Squad

On June 28, Hope Powell , coach of England's women's national soccer team, named the roster for the Olympic Games . She mainly relied on players from the English national team who had already played at the 2007 and / or 2011 World Cups and who also had international experience through their clubs. There were also three Scottish players, one as a substitute and the Northern Irish goalkeeper, who was also only nominated as a substitute. No player from Wales was nominated.

No. Player Date of birth society National team International matches International goals World Cup games OS games
goal
1 Karen Bardsley October 14, 1984 SwedenSweden Linköpings FC England 022nd 000 4 (2011) 4 (2012)
18th Rachel Brown 2nd July 1980 EnglandEngland Everton LFC England 078 000 4 (2007, 2011 )
Defense
5 Sophie Bradley May 5th 1989 EnglandEngland Lincoln LFC England 015th 000 3 (2011) 3 (2012)
13 Ifeoma Dieke February 25, 1981 SwedenSweden Vittsjö GIK Scotland 090 000 2 (2012)
3 Steph Houghton April 23, 1988 EnglandEngland Arsenal LFC England 027 004th 1 (2011) 4 (2012)
16 Claire Rafferty January 10, 1989 EnglandEngland Chelsea LFC England 006th 000 1 (2011)
2 Alex Scott October 14, 1984 EnglandEngland Arsenal LFC England 090 012 8 (2007, 2011) 4 (2012)
6th Casey Stoney (C)Captain of the crew May 13, 1982 EnglandEngland Lincoln LFC England 103 004th 8 (2007, 2011) 4 (2012)
midfield
14th Anita Asante April 27, 1985 SwedenSweden Kopparbergs / Gothenburg FC England 055 001 5 (2007, 2011) 4 (2012)
4th Jill Scott 2nd February 1987 EnglandEngland Everton LFC England 058 010 8 (2007, 2011) 4 (2012)
8th Fara Williams January 25, 1984 EnglandEngland Everton LFC England 105 036 6 (2007, 2011) 4 (2012)
11 Rachel Yankey November 1, 1979 EnglandEngland Arsenal LFC England 119 018th 8 (2007, 2011) 4 (2012)
attack
15th Eniola Aluko February 21, 1987 EnglandEngland Birmingham City LFC England 061 011 6 (2007, 2011) 4 (2012)
7th Karen Carney August 1, 1987 EnglandEngland Birmingham City LFC England 075 013 7 (2007, 2011) 4 (2012)
12 Kim Little June 29, 1990 EnglandEngland Arsenal LFC Scotland 070 023 4 (2012)
10 Kelly Smith August 29, 1978 EnglandEngland Arsenal LFC England 111 045 8 (2007, 2011) 3 (2012)
9 Ellen White May 9, 1989 EnglandEngland Arsenal LFC England 029 009 4 (2011) 3 (2012)
17th Rachel Williams January 10, 1988 EnglandEngland Birmingham City LFC England 011 003 1 (2012)
Coaching staff
Trainer Hope Powell December 6, 1966 England 066
150		 35
0 		3 (1995)
8 (2007, 2011)
4 (2012)
Assistant coach Brent Hills
Assistant coach Keith Rees
Remarks:
  1. ↑ Numbers according to the FIFA squad list
  2. ↑ a b Data according to association websites on the Internet, goals and games for the respective national team (as of June 28, 2012; see here and here )
  3. ↑ italic = in the squad, but without commitment
  4. ↑ a b c as a player
  5. ↑ a b c as a trainer

Reserve players:

No. Player Date of birth society National team International matches International goals World Cup games
goal
22nd Emma Higgins May 15, 1986 IcelandIceland KR Reykjavík Northern Ireland 053 000
Defense
19th Dunia Susi August 10, 1987 EnglandEngland Chelsea LFC England 016 000 0 ( 2011 )
attack
20th Jessica Clarke May 5th 1989 EnglandEngland Lincoln LFC England 034 009 2 (2011)
21st Jane Ross September 18, 1989 ScotlandScotland Glasgow City LFC Scotland 039 013
Remarks:
  1. ↑ a b Data according to association websites on the Internet, goals and games for the respective national team (as of June 28, 2012; see here and here )
  2. ↑ italic = in the squad, but without commitment

Games

The team before the first group game

For the Olympic Games, the United Kingdom was set as the head of group E and Brazil, Cameroon and New Zealand were drawn. On July 20, 2012, the team played a test match against Sweden at Riverside Stadium in Middlesbrough (final score 0-0). Team GB won the three group games without conceding a goal and thus moved into the quarter-finals as group winners. There she was defeated by the Canadian team and was eliminated without a medal. The audience of 70,584 in the third group match is the highest to date for a British women's team and was initially the highest for a women's game in the UK. It was exceeded in the final between the USA and Japan with 80,203.

25 July 2012, 4:00 p.m., group stage, Cardiff, Millennium Stadium
United Kingdom - New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand 1: 0 (0: 0)
28 July 2012, 5:15 pm, group stage, Cardiff, Millennium Stadium
United Kingdom - CameroonCameroon Cameroon 3: 0 (2: 0)
31st July 2012, 7:45 pm, group stage, London, Wembley Stadium
United Kingdom - BrazilBrazil Brazil 1: 0 (1: 0)
3rd August 2012, 7:30 p.m., quarterfinals, Coventry, City of Coventry Stadium
United Kingdom - CanadaCanada Canada 0: 2 (0: 2)

Olympic football tournament 2020 in Tokyo

After no British team took part in the 2016 Olympic football tournament in Rio de Janeiro, even though the English team was the best European team at the 2015 World Cup , the four British associations have agreed to send a joint women's team to the tournament in Tokyo, provided that England would qualify for it at the 2019 World Cup . Since England reached the World Cup semi-finals as one of three European teams, the British team can start in Tokyo.

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Team GB decision reached. The Football Association, June 21, 2011, accessed August 22, 2012 .
  2. ↑ thefa.com: Powell confirms Olympic line-up (Engl.)
  3. ↑ Ifeoma Dieke (Eng.)
  4. ↑ Kim Little (Eng.)
  5. ↑ Jane Ross (Eng.)
  6. ↑ svenskfotboll.se: Damer Landskamp Match information: Stor Great Britain - Sverige (swe.)
  7. ↑ fifa.com: Important decisions of the Organizing Committee for the FIFA Women's World Cup ™