Football At The 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's Team Squads
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The following teams took part at the 1908 Summer Olympics:


Great Britain

Great Britain was represented by the England national amateur football team.
Coach: Alfred Davis The following players were also part of Great Britain's squad, but did not play in any matches: Robert Bill Bayley, Arthur Bell, John Charnley, Paul Hayden,
Willie Jordan William Charles Jordan (9 December 1885 – 1 December 1949) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Everton, West Bromwich Albion and Wolverhampton Wanderers. He was also part of Great Britain's squad for the foot ...
, Lionel Louch,
Eversley Mansfield Eversley Mansfield (4 July 1887 – 18 October 1954) was an English amateur footballer who played in the Scottish League for Queen's Park as an inside right. He was capped by England at amateur level. He was also part of Great Britain's squad ...
, Charles Horace Pearce, Arthur Prest,
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, Ernest Proud,
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,
Harold Uren Harold John Uren (23 August 1885 – 7 April 1955) was an English association football, footballer who played as a midfielder for Liverpool F.C., Liverpool in The Football League. Uren started his career in the reserves at Liverpool and progr ...
, Ernest Williams, Gordon Wright


Denmark

Denmark was represented by the
Denmark national football team The Denmark men's national football team ( da, Danmarks herre-fodboldlandshold or ''herrelandsholdet'') represents Denmark in men's international football competitions. It is controlled by the Danish Football Association (DBU), the governing bo ...
.
Coach: Charles Williams


Netherlands

Netherlands was represented by the
Netherlands national football team The Netherlands national football team ( nl, Nederlands voetbalelftal or simply ''Het Nederlands elftal'') has represented the Netherlands in international men's football matches since 1905. The men's national team is controlled by the Royal Du ...
.
Coach:
Edgar Chadwick Edgar Wallace Chadwick (14 June 1869 – 14 February 1942) was a left-sided footballer who had a long and distinguished career with Everton during the 1890s. He was also the national coach for the Netherlands from 1908 to 1913. His cousin, ...
The following players were also part of the Dutch squad, but did not play in any matches:
Jack Akkersdijk Jan Akkersdijk ( – ) was a Dutch footballer. Career Akkersdijk played his club football for Velocitas in Breda. He made his debut for the Netherlands in an April 1908 friendly match against Belgium and earned a total of 2 caps, scoring one g ...
, Aaron Cas Julian Begeer,
Kees Bekker Kees Bekker (26 January 1883 – 28 December 1964) was a Dutch international footballer who earned six caps for the national side between 1906 and 1908. Club career Bekker scored 82 goals in 150 matches for HBS Craeyenhout, where we has made hon ...
, Jan Brutel de la Riviere, Jur Haak,
John Heijning John Heijning ( – ) was a Dutch footballer. He was part of the Netherlands national football team, playing 8 matches between 1907 and 1912. He played his first match on 1 April 1907. He was also part of the Dutch squad for the football tournam ...
, Ernest Jacobi, Hannes Mads Linthout, Friedrich Giovanni Pluim, Noud Stempels,
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, Hubertus Leopoldus Visser,
Willem Boerdam Willem Boerdam (2 November 1883 – 9 December 1966) was a Dutch footballer. He was part of the Netherlands national football team, playing 2 matches. Career An agile and stocky technician, he was nicknamed ''Willem de Springer'' (Willem the Ju ...


Sweden

Sweden was represented by the
Sweden national football team The Sweden national football team ( sv, svenska fotbollslandslaget) represents Sweden in men's international football and it is controlled by the Swedish Football Association, the governing body of football in Sweden. Sweden's home ground is F ...
. Head coach:
Ludvig Kornerup Christian Ludvig Kornerup (19 February 1871–27 March 1946) was a football referee and a pioneer in Swedish football. He was born in Denmark and lived in Scotland for a while before moving to Sweden in 1899. He then gained Swedish citizenship ...
The following players were also part of Sweden's squad, but did not play in any matches:
Erik Bergström Erik "Backen" Bergström (6 January 1886 – 30 January 1966) was a Swedish amateur football (soccer) player who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. He was a member of the Swedish Olympic squad in 1912. He played as defender one match in the ...
, Kenneth Börjeson,
Thor Ericsson Thor Ericsson (9 October 1885 – 20 April 1975) was a Swedish footballer who played as a midfielder. He represented Örgryte IS with whom he won three Swedish Championships. He made four appearances for the Sweden national team between 1 ...
,
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, Gunnar Jonas Mellin


France

France was represented by the
France national football team The France national football team (french: Équipe de France de football) represents France in men's international football matches. It is governed by the French Football Federation (FFF; ), the governing body for football in France. It is a ...
, divided into two squads.


France B


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1908 Summer Olympics The 1908 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the IV Olympiad and also known as London 1908) were an international multi-sport event held in London, England, United Kingdom, from 27 April to 31 October 1908. The 1908 Games were ori ...
Football at the 1908 Summer Olympics