Venues
Due to the number of large stadia required for the Olympic tournament, venues in distant cities – often more than 200 km (120 mi) away from the main host – are typically used for the football tournament. In an extreme example, two early-round venues for the 1984 Games were on the East Coast of the United States, well over 2,000 miles (3,200 km) from the host city of Los Angeles. The next Games held in the United States, the 1996 Games, were unique in that no matches were held in the host city of Atlanta; the nearest venue and the site of the finals was 65 miles (105 km) away on the University of Georgia campus in Athens. Counting the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics, there are 120 venues that have hosted Olympic football, the most of any sport.
| Edition of the Olympic Games | City | Stadium |
|---|---|---|
| Athens 1896 | No football tournament | |
| Paris 1900 | Paris | Vélodrome de Vincennes |
| Saint Louis 1904 | St. Louis, Missouri | Francis Field |
| London 1908 | London | White City Stadium |
| Stockholm 1912 | Stockholm | Stockholms Olympiastadion |
| Råsunda Stadium | ||
| Tranebergs Idrottsplats | ||
| Antwerp 1920 | Antwerp | Olympisch Stadion |
| Royal Antwerp Football Club Stadium | ||
| Brussels | Stade de l’Union St. Gilloise | |
| Ghent | Stade d’A.A. La Gantoise | |
| Paris 1924 | Paris | Stade Olympique, Colombes |
| Stade Bergeyre | ||
| Stade de Paris, Saint-Ouen | ||
| Stade Pershing, Vincennes | ||
| Amsterdam 1928 | Amsterdam | Olympisch Stadion |
| Harry Elte Stadium | ||
| Los Angeles 1932 | No football tournament | |
| Berlin 1936 | Berlin | Olympiastadion |
| Poststadion, Tiergarten | ||
| Mommsenstadion, Charlottenburg | ||
| Hertha-BSC-Platz | ||
| London 1948 | London | Empire Stadium, Wembley |
| White Hart Lane, Tottenham | ||
| Selhurst Park, Crystal Palace | ||
| Craven Cottage, Fulham | ||
| Griffin Park, Brentford | ||
| Arsenal Stadium, Highbury | ||
| Lynn Road, Newbury Park, Ilford | ||
| Green Pond Road Stadium, Walthamstow | ||
| Champion Hill, Dulwich | ||
| Brighton | Goldstone Ground | |
| Portsmouth | Fratton Park | |
| Helsinki 1952 | Helsinki | Olympiastadion |
| Töölö Football Grounds | ||
| Turku | Kupittaa Stadium | |
| Tampere | Ratina Stadion | |
| Lahti | Kisapuisto | |
| Kotka | Kotka Stadion | |
| Melbourne 1956 | Melbourne | Melbourne Cricket Ground |
| Football and Athletics Ground, Olympic Park | ||
| Rome 1960 | Rome | Stadio Flaminio |
| Florence | Stadio Comunale | |
| Grosseto | Stadio Comunale | |
| Livorno | Stadio Ardenza | |
| Pescara | Stadio Adriatico | |
| L'Aquila | Stadio Comunale | |
| Naples | Stadio Fuorigrotta | |
| Tokyo 1964 | Tokyo | National Olympic Stadium |
| Prince Chichibu Memorial Field | ||
| Komazawa Stadium | ||
| Ōmiya | Omiya Soccer Stadium | |
| Yokohama | Mitsuzawa Football Stadium | |
| Mexico City 1968 | Mexico City | Estadio Azteca |
| Puebla | Estadio Cuauhtémoc | |
| Guadalajara | Estadio Jalisco | |
| León | Estadio León | |
| Munich 1972 | Munich | Olympiastadion |
| Augsburg | Rosenaustadion | |
| Ingolstadt | ESV-Stadion | |
| Regensburg | Jahnstadion | |
| Nuremberg | Frankenstadion | |
| Passau | Drei Flüsse Stadion | |
| Montreal 1976 | Montreal | Olympic Stadium |
| Sherbrooke | Municipal Stadium | |
| Toronto | Varsity Stadium | |
| Ottawa | Lansdowne Stadium | |
| Moscow 1980 | Moscow | Lenin Stadium |
| Dynamo Stadium | ||
| Leningrad | Kirov Stadium | |
| Kiev | Republican Stadium | |
| Minsk | Dinamo Stadium | |
| Los Angeles 1984 | Pasadena, California | Rose Bowl |
| Boston, Massachusetts | Harvard Stadium | |
| Annapolis, Maryland | Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium | |
| Stanford, California | Stanford Stadium | |
| Seoul 1988 | Seoul | Jamsil Olympic Stadium |
| Dongdaemun Stadium | ||
| Busan | Busan Stadium | |
| Daegu | Daegu Stadium | |
| Daejeon | Daejeon Stadium | |
| Gwangju | Gwangju Stadium | |
| Barcelona 1992 | Barcelona | Camp Nou |
| Estadi de Sarrià | ||
| Sabadell | Estadi de la Nova Creu Alta | |
| Zaragoza | Estadio La Romareda | |
| Valencia | Estadio Luis Casanova | |
| Atlanta 1996 | Athens, Georgia | Sanford Stadium |
| Orlando, Florida | Citrus Bowl | |
| Birmingham, Alabama | Legion Field | |
| Miami, Florida | Miami Orange Bowl | |
| Washington, D.C. | Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium | |
| Sydney 2000 | Sydney | Olympic Stadium |
| Sydney Football Stadium | ||
| Brisbane | Brisbane Cricket Ground | |
| Adelaide | Hindmarsh Stadium | |
| Canberra | Bruce Stadium | |
| Melbourne | Melbourne Cricket Ground | |
| Athens 2004 | Athens | Athens Olympic Stadium |
| Karaiskakis Stadium | ||
| Patras | Pampeloponnisiako Stadium | |
| Volos | Panthessaliko Stadium | |
| Thessaloniki | Kaftanzoglio Stadium | |
| Heraklion | Pankritio Stadium | |
| Beijing 2008 | Beijing | Beijing National Stadium |
| Workers Stadium | ||
| Tianjin | Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium | |
| Shanghai | Shanghai Stadium | |
| Qinhuangdao | Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Center Stadium | |
| Shenyang | Shenyang Olympic Sports Center Stadium | |
| London 2012 | London | Wembley Stadium |
| Glasgow | Hampden Park | |
| Cardiff | Millennium Stadium | |
| Coventry | City of Coventry Stadium | |
| Manchester | Old Trafford | |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | St James' Park | |
| Rio de Janeiro 2016 | Rio de Janeiro | Maracanã |
| São Paulo | Morumbi | |
| Brasília | Estádio Nacional de Brasília | |
| Salvador | Estádio Fonte Nova | |
| Belo Horizonte | Mineirão | |
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