The following is a list of squads for each nation that competed in
men's football at the 2016 Summer Olympics in
Rio de Janeiro
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. Each nation had to submit a squad of eighteen players, at least fifteen of whom had to be born on or after 1 January 1993, and three of whom could be older dispensation players.
A minimum of two goalkeepers (plus one optional dispensation goalkeeper) had to be included in the squad.
''Age, caps and goals as of the start of the tournament, 4 August 2016.''
Group A
Brazil
The following was the Brazil squad in the men's football tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics. The team of 18 players was officially named on 29 June and confirmed on 14 July. On 31 July,
Fernando Prass
Fernando Büttenbender Prass (born 9 July 1978) is a Brazilian football pundit and former player who played as a goalkeeper.
Club career Early years
Prass was born in Porto Alegre. After starting professionally with local Grêmio (but never pl ...
left the squad due to an elbow injury and was replaced by
Weverton.
Head coach:
Rogério Micale
Mário Rogério Reis Micale (born 28 March 1969), known as Rogério Micale, is a Brazilian professional football coach and former player. He’s currently the head coach of the Egypt national U20 football team.
Career
Micale also represented L ...
* Over-aged player.
Douglas Costa was originally considered for the squad, but due to injury and his club Bayern Munich's refusal to release him, he was replaced by Renato Augusto. Fred, from Shakhtar Donetsk, was also considered for the squad, but his club did not release him for the tournament, and he was replaced by Walace.
Denmark
The following is the Danish final squad in the men's football tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Yussuf Poulsen
Yussuf Yurary Poulsen (; born 15 June 1994) is a Danish professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), forward for Bundesliga club RB Leipzig and the Denmark national football team, Denmark national t ...
,
Uffe Bech
Uffe Manich Bech (; born 13 January 1993) is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a winger.
Youth career
His career started in Hellerup IK, where he at the age of 13 switched to Lyngby Boldklub. Throughout his young career he ...
and
Lasse Vigen Christensen
Lasse Vigen Christensen (; born 15 August 1994) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Danish 1st Division side Esbjerg fB.
Club career Early career
Born in Esbjerg, Denmark, Christensen began his football career at ...
left the squad due to several reasons and were replaced by
Jacob Bruun Larsen
Jacob Bruun Larsen (born 19 September 1998) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a winger for German club VfB Stuttgart and the Denmark national team.
Bruun Larsen represented Denmark at UEFA Euro 2024. He also competed at the 20 ...
,
Jacob Barrett Laursen
Jacob Barrett Laursen (born 17 November 1994) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Swedish Allsvenskan club BK Häcken.
Club career
Juventus signed Laursen in 2012 for €1 million from Aalborg BK. After spending one ...
and
Mathias Hebo.
Head coach:
Niels Frederiksen
Niels Frederiksen (; born 5 November 1970) is a Danish professional association football, football Manager (association football), manager who is currently in charge of Polish Ekstraklasa club Lech Poznań.
Frederiksen began his career as a head ...
* Over-aged player.
Iraq
The following is the Iraq squad in the men's football tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics. The team of 18 players was officially named on 14 July.
Head coach:
Abdul-Ghani Shahad
Abdul-Ghani Shahad (; born 7 March 1968) is an Iraqi professional football coach and former player who is currently manager of Naft Al-Wasat SC in the Iraqi Premier League. Abdul-Ghani started his playing career at Al-Najaf FC and remained a on ...
* Over-aged player.
South Africa
The following is the South Africa squad in the men's football tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics. The team of 18 players was officially named on 14 July.
Head coach:
Owen Da Gama
* Over-aged player.
Group B
Colombia
The following is the Colombia squad in the men's football tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics. The team of 18 players was officially named on 14 July.
Andrés Rentería
Andrés Jair Rentería Morelo (born 6 March 1993), commonly known as Andrés Rentería, is a Colombian footballer who plays as a forward for Alianza Petrolera.
Club career
Atlético Nacional and Alianza Petrolera
Rentería started his caree ...
withdrew due to injury and was replaced by
Arley Rodríguez
Arley Rodríguez (born 13 February 1993) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as forward for Liga 1 club UCV.
Honours
;Atlético Nacional
* Superliga Colombiana: 2016
2016 was designated as:
* International Year of Pulse ...
.
Head coach:
Carlos Restrepo
* Over-aged player.
Japan
The following is the Japan squad in the men's football tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics. The team of 18 players was officially named on 1 July.
Head coach:
Makoto Teguramori
* Over-aged player.
Nigeria
The following is the Nigerian squad in the men's football tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Head coach:
Samson Siasia
Samson Siasia (born 14 August 1967) is a Nigerian former professional football striker and the former head coach of the Nigeria national team from 2010 to October 2011. He was reappointed in 2016.
On 16 August 2019, FIFA banned Siasia from all ...
* Over-aged player.
Sweden
The following is the Swedish squad in the men's football tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics. The team of 18 players was officially named on 15 July.
On 23 July,
Jordan Larsson left the squad due to refusal of his club to release for the Games.
Head coach:
Håkan Ericson
Håkan Georg Ericson (born 29 May 1960) is a Swedish association football, football manager (association football), manager and the former manager of the Faroe Islands national football team, Faroe Islands national team. During his playing caree ...
* Over-aged player.
Group C
Fiji
On 8 July, the Fiji Football Association announced a 24-man preliminary squad for the men's football tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics. On 16 July, the final 18-man squad was officially announced. However,
Kolinio Sivoki and Sakaraia Naisua were axed from the squad due to disciplinary reasons and Joseph Turagabeci joined the squad as a replacement.
Head coach:
Frank Farina
Frank Farina Order of Australia, OAM (born 5 September 1964) is an Australian Association football, football (soccer) coach and former player who played as a Forward (association football), forward.
His playing career spanned Australia, Belg ...
* Over-aged player.
Germany
The following is the Germany final squad in the men's football tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Leon Goretzka
Leon Christoph Goretzka (born 6 February 1995) is a German professional Association football, footballer who plays as a midfielder for club FC Bayern Munich, Bayern Munich and the Germany national football team, Germany national team.
Starting ...
, the team
captain
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, was injured in the first match of the tournament, though no alternate was initially used. However, he was later replaced by goalkeeper
Eric Oelschlägel for only the gold medal match.
Head coach:
Horst Hrubesch
Horst Hrubesch (; born 17 April 1951) is a German professional football manager and former player who last managed the Germany women's national team. As a player, Hrubesch won three West German championships with his club side, Hamburger SV, as ...
* Over-aged player.
Mexico
The following is the Mexico squad in the men's football tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics. The team of 18 players was officially named on 7 July.
Head coach:
Raúl Gutiérrez
Raúl Erasto Gutiérrez Jacobo (born 16 October 1966), also known as El Potro, is a Mexican professional football manager and former player. At the 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup, he coached the Mexico U-17 team to their second title.
Playing care ...
* Over-aged player.
South Korea
The following is the South Korea squad in the men's football tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics. The team of 18 players was officially named on 29 June. On 17 July,
Song Ju-hun left the squad due to injury and was replaced by
Kim Min-tae.
Head coach:
Shin Tae-yong
Shin Tae-yong (; born 11 October 1970) is a South Korean football manager and former professional player who most recently managed the Indonesian national team from 2020 until 2025. He is the first man to win the AFC Champions League (Asian Cl ...
* Over-aged player.
Group D
Algeria
The following is the Algeria squad in the men's football tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics. The team of 18 players was officially named on 14 July.
Head coach:
Pierre-André Schürmann
* Over-aged player.
Argentina
The following is the Argentina squad in the men's football tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics. The team of 18 players was officially named on 6 July and confirmed on 14 July. On 26 July,
Manuel Lanzini
Manuel Lanzini (; born 15 February 1993) is an Argentine professional Association football, footballer who plays as an Midfielder#Attacking midfielder, attacking midfielder for Argentine Primera División club Club Atlético River Plate, River Pl ...
left the squad due to injury and was replaced by
Cristian Pavón
Cristian David Pavon (born 21 January 1996) is an Argentine professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Midfielder#Winger, winger for Grêmio FBPA, Grêmio.
Club career Talleres
Pavon played for Talleres de Córdoba's youth setu ...
.
Head coach:
Julio Olarticoechea
Julio Jorge Olarticoechea (born 18 October 1958) is an Argentine former footballer who played as a defender. At international level, he represented Argentina at the 1986 and the 1990 World Cups, winning the former edition of the tournament. Ol ...
* Over-aged player.
Honduras
The following is the Honduras final squad in the men's football tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics. On 28 July, Kevin López left the squad due to injury and was replaced by Marcelo Espinal.
Head coach:
Jorge Luis Pinto
Jorge Luis Pinto Afanador (born 16 December 1952) is a Colombian football manager.
Managing career
Pinto managed several teams in Colombia, including Santa Fe and Unión Magdalena on two occasions, before joining Club Alianza Lima (Peru) in 199 ...
* Over-aged player.
Portugal
The following is the Portugal squad in the men's football tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics. The team of 18 players was officially named on 14 July. On 17 July,
Pité
Luís Pedro de Freitas Pinto Trabulo (born 22 August 1994), known as Pité, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liga Portugal 2 club Torreense.
He played 82 games and scored six goals in the Primeira Liga for T ...
replaced
Nuno Santos. On 21 July,
Fábio Sturgeon
Fábio Miguel dos Santos Sturgeon (born 4 February 1994) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder.
Club career
Born in Almada, Setúbal District to an English father and a Portuguese mother, Sturgeon joined C ...
left the squad due to injury and was replaced by
Fernando Fonseca
Fernando Manuel Ferreira Fonseca (born 14 March 1997) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a right-back for AVS Futebol SAD.
Club career Porto
Born in Porto, Fonseca joined FC Porto's youth system in 2009, from neighbours Boavi ...
.
Head coach:
Rui Jorge
Rui Jorge de Sousa Dias Macedo de Oliveira (born 27 March 1973), known as Rui Jorge, is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a left-back, currently manager of the Portugal national under-21 team.
He spent 14 seasons in t ...
* Over-aged player.
See also
*
Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's team squads
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics - Men's team squads
2016 Summer Olympics Men's
squads
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Lists of competitors at the 2016 Summer Olympics