The Official 2016 Summer Olympics Thread

[Say Hey Kid]

The association football tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics is scheduled to be held from 3 to 20 August in Brazil. In addition to the Olympic host city of Rio de Janeiro, matches will also be played in Belo Horizonte, Brasília, Salvador, São Paulo, and Manaus. All six cities hosted matches during the 2014 World Cup, with the Estádio Olímpico João Havelange in Rio the only Olympic venue not to have been a World Cup venue. Associations affiliated with FIFA may send teams to participate in the tournament. Men's teams are restricted to under-23 players (born on or after 1 January 1993) with a maximum of three overage players allowed, while there are no age restrictions on women's teams.

Brazil
Argentina
Denmark
Germany
Portugal
Sweden
Fiji
Honduras
Mexico
Algeria
Nigeria
South Africa
Iraq
Japan
South Korea
Colombia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_at_the_2016_Summer_Olympics

No US or England unfortunately. Who are the favorites? I'm interested to see who their three over 23 players are and what positions they play. Are they going to be world class players?

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[Power Man]

We are going to wiiiiiiiiin.



No :-(

 

[Cucumber]

Brazil will

 

[maclean]

Fiji? Really, Fiji?

 

[kalle wirsch]

Australia has moved to the asian federation.It is easy to grap the ozeanian spot.They will get slaugtered.

 

[kalle wirsch]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_at_the_2016_Summer_Olympics

No US or England unfortunately. Who are the favorites? I'm interested to see who their three over 23 players are and what positions they play. Are they going to be world class players?

Neymar will play for Brasil.

 

[GermanNuck]

The German team is not too shabby.

 

[Say Hey Kid]

The German team is not too shabby.

1 GK Marvin Schwäbe 25 April 1995 (age 21) 1 0 Germany VfL Osnabrück
12 GK Timon Wellenreuther 3 December 1995 (age 20) 8 0 Spain RCD Mallorca
23 GK Jannik Huth 15 April 1994 (age 22) 0 0 Germany Mainz 05
2 DF Jeremy Toljan 8 August 1994 (age 21) 8 0 Germany 1899 Hoffenheim
3 DF Mitchell Weiser 21 April 1994 (age 22) 2 0 Germany Hertha BSC
4 DF Niklas Stark 14 April 1995 (age 21) 6 1 Germany Hertha BSC
5 DF Niklas Süle 3 September 1995 (age 20) 10 1 Germany 1899 Hoffenheim
14 DF Lukas Klostermann 3 June 1996 (age 19) 5 0 Germany RB Leipzig
20 DF Yannick Gerhardt 13 March 1994 (age 22) 6 0 Germany 1. FC Köln
7 MF Max Meyer 18 September 1995 (age 20) 17 6 Germany Schalke 04
10 MF Nadiem Amiri 27 October 1996 (age 19) 1 0 Germany 1899 Hoffenheim
11 MF Julian Brandt 2 May 1996 (age 20) 8 1 Germany Bayer 04 Leverkusen
13 MF Mahmoud Dahoud 1 January 1996 (age 20) 2 0 Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach
16 MF Levin Öztunali 15 March 1996 (age 20) 3 1 Germany Werder Bremen
17 MF Max Christiansen 25 September 1996 (age 19) 2 0 Germany FC Ingolstadt
18 MF Janik Haberer 2 April 1994 (age 22) 1 0 Germany VfL Bochum
22 MF Serge Gnabry 14 July 1995 (age 20) 7 1 England West Bromwich Albion
9 FW Davie Selke 20 January 1995 (age 21) 6 5 Germany RB Leipzig
15 FW Timo Werner 6 March 1996 (age 20) 4 3 Germany VfB Stuttgart
19 FW Leroy Sané 11 January 1996 (age 20) 6 5 Germany Schalke 04

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany_national_under-21_football_team

I couldn't find the exact roster, but I think many of these good under 23 players will be on it.

 

[GermanNuck]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany_national_under-21_football_team

I couldn't find the exact roster, but I think many of these good under 23 players will be on it.

A lot of players you mentioned will be there. But this is an U23, so there a few more guys eligible.
I'd imagine the core something like this:

Timo Horn (1. FC Köln)
Jonathan Tah (Bayer Leverkusen)
Niklas Süle (Hoffenheim)
Mitchell Weiser (Hertha BSC Berlin)
Jeremy Toljan (Hoffenheim)
Max Meyer (Schalke 04)
Leon Goretzka (Schalke 04)
Johannes Geis (Schalke 04)
Maximilian Arnold (Vfl Wolfsburg)
Timo Werner (Vfb Stuttgart)
David Selke (RB Leipzig)

And of course a lot depends on who's going to make Löws squad for France this year.
Kimmich (Bayern), Weigl (Dortmund) Sané (Schalke) can all be added later on.

And then there are Jung (Hamburg), Kohr and Max (Augsburg), Younes (Ajax), Leitner (Dortmund), Bittencourt or Knoche.

And just reading all those names I'm a bit surprised myself. There is a ton of Bundesliga experience in those young guys.

 

[Eye of Ra]

Sweden

Isaksson
Wahlqvist - Lindelöf - Helander - Agustinsson
Zeneli - Tibbling - Fransson - Sam
Zlatan - Guidetti

 

[Eye of Ra]

Nigerias three over 23 is Ahmed Musa, Odion Ighalo & John Obi Mikel.

 

[Eye of Ra]

Argentina squad.

Goalkeepers: Augusto Batalla (River Plate), Geronimo Rulli (Real Sociedad), Ezequiel Unsain (Newell's Old Boys), Axel Werner (Atletico de Rafaela)

Defenders: Victor Cuesta (Independiente), Lautaro Gianetti (Velez Sarsfield), Jose Luis Gomez (Lanus), Jonatan Maidana (River Plate), Emanuel Mammana (River Plate), Ramiro Funes Mori (Everton), Mateo Musacchio (Villarreal), Victor Salazar (Rosario Central), Jonathan Silva (Boca Juniors), Alexis Soto (Banfield), Leandro Vega (River Plate)

Midfielders: Santiago Ascacibar (Estudiantes), Franco Cevi (Rosario Central), Joaquin Correa (Sampdoria), Matias Kranevitter (Atletico Madrid), Manuel Lanzini (West Ham), Giovani Lo Celso (Rosario Central), Mauricio Martinez (Union de Santa Fe), Leandro Paredes (Empoli), Emiliano Rigoni (Independiente), Lucas Romero (Cruzeiro), Ivan Rossi (Banfield)

Forwards: Martin Benitez (Independiente), Jonathan Calleri (Sao Paulo), Angel Correa (Atletico Madrid), Paulo Dybala (Juventus), Christian Espinoza (Huracan), Mauro Icardi (Inter), Cristian Pavon (Boca Juniors), Giovanni Simeone (Banfield), Luciano Vietto (Atletico Madrid)

 

[HajdukSplit]

Zlatan to Rio? He was saying he wants to go but I doubt it especially if he signs with a European club. But technically he is a free agent and can sign for a club whenever he wants

 

[Franck]

Ibra does what he wants. If we get knocked out of the Euro's early I can definitely see him going. Guidetti has said he wants to play in both tournaments as well.

Alexander Milosevic who will miss the Euro's due to injury should be fit for the Olympics and will probably be the third over-ager.

On the other hand, several Scandinavian clubs, including the likes of AIK and FC Copenhagen, have declared that they will not release players for the Olympics. Depending on how many Allsvenskan clubs choose to go down that path we might end up with an absolutely horrendous squad.

 

[SchwenningerWildWing]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany_national_under-21_football_team

I couldn't find the exact roster, but I think many of these good under 23 players will be on it.

Dahoud will not play in the Olympics because M'Gladbach has qualifiers for the Champions League during that time. There will be not more than 2 players from any german team and also teams that have to play a qualification for the CL (Gladbach) or European League (Hertha, so no Weiser and Stark) will sent no players. For example Max Eberl already said that Christensen will also not play for Denmark.

Whatever for a german team will play in the Olympics, I do not expect them to play that big of a role. Also Germany will not use a veteran player or players that are now part of the team for the Euros. So no Leroy Sané, Julian Weigl, Joshua Kimmich, Mahmoud Dahoud, Emre Can, Julian Draxler and Antonio Rüdiger. There will not be much left to choose from.

http://www.eurosport.de/fussball/ol...chrumpft-und-schrumpft_sto5630051/story.shtml

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

Argentina have named 9 of the 18 man roster...the rest will be in the coming days just before they meet up on 4th of July.

Cristian Espinoza, Mauricio Martínez, José Luis Gómez,Gerónimo Rulli, Emanuel Mammana, Jonathan Silva, Giovani Lo Celso, Leandro Paredes and Ãngel Correa.

No real surprises but the one question mark is who will they take the striker. Between Icardi,Vietto, Calleri and good God no Simeone.

I'll assume the rest would be Battalla,Musacchio(if healthy) Kranvitter,Maidana, Lanzini,Cervi,Vega, Calleri and VIetto on bench.

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

Uruguay are rumoured to replace Argentina(should they not be able to form a team)

 

[cgf]

Assuming that means players returning from loan as well as guys who've transfered on a permanent basis to new clubs; we could be picking our 2 per club from these players without using any of the overage slots:

FW/W:
Brandt - Leverkusen
Younes - Ajax
M.Philipp - Freiburg
J.Hoffman - Gladbach
P.Ochs - Hoffenheim
Selke - Leipzig
Gnabry - Arsenal

10:
Meyer - Schalke
Amiri - Hoffenheim

CM/DM:
LeGo - Schalke
Amiri - Hoffenheim
Geis - Schalke
M.Christiansen - Ingolstadt
Henrichs - Leverkusen
R.Bauer - Ingolstadt

LB:
Toiljan - Hoffenheim
P.Max - Augsburg
N.Schulz - Gladbach
R.Bauer - Ingolstadt

RB:
Klostermann - Leipzig
Henrichs - Leverkusen
Passlack - Dortmund

CB:
Sule - Hoffenheim
Ginter - Dortmund
Kempf - Freiburg
Klostermann - Leipzig

GK:
T.Horn - Koln

 

[Just Win]

You also can take Tah, Sane and Weigl off that list. No chance their teams allow them to be in both tourneys regardless if they play or not. There is also that only two players per club agreement between the DFB and the DFL which makes things more complicated. And Hrubesch has indicated that he will mainly nominate players that were part of the team that qualified.

And while Volland is still 23, he is no longer a U23 player (only player born 93 and after). There are also further agreements between the DFB and the DFL: if possible no players that changed the club over the summer (Volland and Werner), no 2nd league players, no players from team that play in CL quali stage and so on. And Stendera also is not available after his knee surgery a month ago.

Source in German:

Das sind die Kriterien:

1. Keine Nominierung von EM-Teilnehmern

2. Möglichst keine Nominierung von Spielern, die im August in Quali zu Champions League oder Europa League dabei sind

3. Möglichst keine Nominierung von Zweitliga-Spielern, da diese schon am 5. August loslegt

4. Möglichst keine Nominierung von Profis, die im Sommer wechseln, damit sich diese auf die Vorbereitung bei ihrem neuen Verein konzentrieren können

5. Auch deutsche Legionäre nominieren, damit die Bundesliga entlastet wird

6. Limitierung von Spielern pro Klub soll noch festgelegt werden

http://www.ran.de/fussball/nationalmannschaft/news/olympia-aerger-fuer-dfb-unfassbares-wirrwarr-um-den-kader-100631

 

[Luigi Habs]

Argentina have named 9 of the 18 man roster...the rest will be in the coming days just before they meet up on 4th of July.

Cristian Espinoza, Mauricio Martínez, José Luis Gómez,Gerónimo Rulli, Emanuel Mammana, Jonathan Silva, Giovani Lo Celso, Leandro Paredes and Ãngel Correa.

No real surprises but the one question mark is who will they take the striker. Between Icardi,Vietto, Calleri and good God no Simeone.

I'll assume the rest would be Battalla,Musacchio(if healthy) Kranvitter,Maidana, Lanzini,Cervi,Vega, Calleri and VIetto on bench.

I'm reading that the situation is so bad at the AFA that they might not even send a team. What a disaster.

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

I'm reading that the situation is so bad at the AFA that they might not even send a team. What a disaster.

Well they now have a coach again for the time being.(let's see how long it lasts) and they named the team (unofficially). Most of the guys that should/could be on the team are not there. Leon,Dybala,Icardi,Mammana,Krane, or Calleri.

Really of the 18 man team, there's 2 maybe 3 players worth watching. This team will get destroyed. Not even worth posting the team.

 

[Cucumber]

Well they now have a coach again for the time being.(let's see how long it lasts) and they named the team (unofficially). Most of the guys that should/could be on the team are not there. Leon,Dybala,Icardi,Mammana,Krane, or Calleri.

Really of the 18 man team, there's 2 maybe 3 players worth watching. This team will get destroyed. Not even worth posting the team.

Same could be said with most teams in the Olympics...

 

[Just Win]

Well they now have a coach again for the time being.(let's see how long it lasts) and they named the team (unofficially). Most of the guys that should/could be on the team are not there. Leon,Dybala,Icardi,Mammana,Krane, or Calleri.

Really of the 18 man team, there's 2 maybe 3 players worth watching. This team will get destroyed. Not even worth posting the team.

Olympics are not part of FIFA and therefore clubs are not required to make their players available. And there really is no reason for any clubs to make players available for most of preseason and the start of the season in most leagues.

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

Same could be said with most teams in the Olympics...

Olympics are not part of FIFA and therefore clubs are not required to make their players available. And there really is no reason for any clubs to make players available for most of preseason and the start of the season in most leagues.

Yeah, but even fringe players are not being able to go. Another, 3 today are banned from going (why name them if your not sure the clubs will release them?:faceplam

View how can't buy minutes at Atelti can't go...Callieri will take his spot. Shame was hoping he would take this opportunity to get some confidence.

Come to think of it, how is Correa allowed to go but not Vietto and even Krane? He's been used a lot more than both combined.

 

[cgf]

Yeah, but even fringe players are not being able to go. Another, 3 today are banned from going (why name them if your not sure the clubs will release them?:faceplam

View how can't buy minutes at Atelti can't go...Callieri will take his spot. Shame was hoping he would take this opportunity to get some confidence.

Come to think of it, how is Correa allowed to go but not Vietto and even Krane? He's been used a lot more than both combined.

Maybe Athletico are more committed to letting Correa shine as much as possible to build on his greater hype in case someone comes in with a re****ed bid?