The 28th edition of the men’s Olympic football tournament will get underway from 24 July 2024 and end with the final at Paris on August 9, 2024. As known, the men’s competition will be a U-23 tournament with a maximum of three overage players allowed in the squad. Brazil were the defending champions but did not qualify for this tournament. It opens the door for a new Gold medalist next month. 16 teams have made it to the final competition divided into four groups. The top two teams from each group will qualify for the quarter final stage.
Among the favourites to win this edition of the Olympics is host France led by the nation’s legendary striker Thierry Henry. However, the team with title-winning experience will be Argentina with recent Copa America winners Julian Alvarez and captain Nicolas Otamendi included in the team. La Albiceleste will be managed by their legend Javier Mascherano, who won the Olympics twice in 2006 and 2008 as a player. Spain will also want to be on the list and carry the title-winning success of their senior side in the recently concluded European Championship.
Here is the squad list of all teams participating in the Paris Olympics 2024 Men’s Football Tournament:
Group A
France
Goalkeepers: Obed Nkambadio (Paris FC), Guillaume Restes (Toulouse FC)
Defenders: Castello Lukeba (RB Leipzig), Adrien Truffert (Rennes), Kiliann Sildillia (Freiburg), Soungoutou Magassa (Monaco), Bradley Locko (Brest), Loïc Badé (Sevilla)
Midfielders: Désiré Doué (Rennes), Enzo Millot (Stuttgart), Joris Chotard (Montpellier), Manu Koné (Borussia Mönchengladbach), Maghnes Akliouche (Monaco)
Forwards: Michael Olise (Bayern Munich), Arnaud Kalimuendo (Rennes), Alexandre Lacazette (Lyon), Jean-Philippe Mateta (Crystal Palace), Rayan Cherki (Lyon)
Captain: Alexandre Lacazette
Head coach: Thierry Henry
Overage Players: Alexandre Lacazette, Loïc Badé and Jean-Philippe Mateta
USA
Goalkeepers: Patrick Schulte (Columbus Crew), Gaga Slonina (Chelsea)
Defenders: Maximilian Dietz (Greuther Furth), Nathan Harriel (Philadelphia Union), Miles Robinson (FC Cincinnati), John Tolkin (New York Red Bulls), Caleb Wiley (Atlanta United)
Walker Zimmerman (Nashville SC)
Midfielders: Gianluca Busio (Venezia), Benjamin Cremaschi (Inter Miami CF), Jack McGlynn (Philadelphia Union), Djordje Mihailovic (Colorado Rapids), Tanner Tessmann (Venezia)
Forwards: Paxten Aaronson (FC Utrecht) Taylor Booth (FC Utrecht), Duncan McGuire (Orlando City), Kevin Paredes (Wolfsburg), Griffin Yow (KVC Westerlo)
Captain: Walker Zimmerman
Head coach: Marko Mitrović
Overage Players: Walker Zimmerman, Miles Robinson and Djordje Mihailovic
Guinea
Goalkeepers: Mory Keita (Sangarédi), Soumaïla Sylla (Reims)
Defenders: Mohamed Soumah (Gent), Madiou Keita (Auxerre), Naby Oulare (Boluspor)
Bangaly Cissé (Kaloum), Rayane Doucouré (Red Star)
Midfielders: Aguibou Camara (Atromitos), Ilaix Moriba (Getafe), Issiaga Camara (Nice),
Abdoulaye Touré (Le Havre), Naby Keïta (Werder Bremen), Amadou Diawara (Anderlecht)
Forwards: Algassime Bah (Olympiakos), Ousmane Camara (Annecy), Amadou Diallo (Rennes), Aliou Baldé (Nice), Henry Camara (Atalanta)
Captain: Naby Keïta
Head coach: Morlaye Cissé
Overage Players: Abdoulaye Touré, Naby Keïta and Amadou Diawara
New Zealand
Goalkeepers: Alex Paulsen (Bournemouth), Kees Sims (GAIS Göteborg)
Defenders: Tyler Bindon (Reading FC), Michael Boxall (Minnesota United), Lukas Kelly-Heald (Wellington Phoenix), Matthew Sheridan (Wellington Phoenix), Finn Surman (Wellington Phoenix), Sam Sutton (Wellington Phoenix)
Midfielders: Joe Bell (Viking FK), Fin Conchie (Wellington Phoenix), Matt Garbett (Breda), Ben Old (Saint-Etienne), Sarpreet Singh (Free Agent)
Forwards: Riley Bidois (Loudoun United), Jay Herdman (Vancouver Whitecaps), Jesse Randall (Auckland FC), Oskar van Hattum (Wellington Phoenix), Ben Waine (Plymouth Argyle)
Captain: Michael Boxall
Head coach: Darren Bazeley
Overage Players: Michael Boxall, Joe Bell and Sarpreet Singh
Group B
Argentina
Goalkeepers: Geronimo Rulli (Villarreal CF), Leandro Brey (Boca Juniors)
Defenders: Nicolas Otamendi (Benfica), Marco Di Cesare (Racing Club), Julio Soler (Lanús), Gonzalo Lujan (San Lorenzo), Joaquin Garcia (Vélez Sarseld), Bruno Amione (Club Santos Laguna),
Midfielders: Ezequiel Fernandez (Boca Juniors), Kevin Zenon (Boca Juniors), Cristian Medina (Boca Juniors), Thiago Almada (Botafogo), Claudio Echeverri (River Plate), Santiago Hezze (Olympiacos)
Forwards: Luciano Gondou (Argentinos Juniors), Julian Alvarez (Manchester City), Giuliano Simeone (Deportivo Alaves), Lucas Beltran (Fiorentina)
Captain: Nicolas Otamendi
Head coach: Javier Mascherano
Overage Players: Geronimo Rulli, Nicolas Otamendi and Julian Alvarez
Iraq
Goalkeepers: Kumel Al-Rekabe (Naft Al-Basra), Hassan Abbas (Amanat Baghdad), Hussein Hassan (Al-Karkh)
Defenders: Josef Al-Imam (Olympic), Ahmed Maknzi (Erbil), Zaid Tahseen (Al-Talaba), Hussein Amer (Naft Maysan), Mustafa Saadoon (Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya), Karrar Saad (Al-Talaba), Saad Natiq (Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya), Hussein Ali (Heerenveen)
Midfielders: Ali Jassim (Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya), Nihad Mohammed (Al-Talaba), Muntadher Mohammed (Esteghlal FC), Mohammed Al-Mukhtar (Al-Talaba), Muntadher Abdul-Amir (Al-Zawraa), Ibrahim Bayesh (Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya)
Forwards: Hussein Abdullah (Al-Talaba), Ridha Fadhil (Amanat Baghdad), Aymen Hussein (Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya)
Captain: Muntadher Mohammed
Head coach: Radhi Shenaishil
Overage Players: Saad Natiq, Ibrahim Bayesh and Aymen Hussein
Morocco
Goalkeepers: Munir El Kajoui (RS Berkane), Rachid Ghanimi (FUS Rabat), Mohamed Reda Asmama (Union Touarga)
Defenders: Achraf Hakimi (PSG), Ayman El Wafi (FC Lugano), Mehdi Boukamir (Royal Charleroi), Akram Nakach (Union Touarga), Zakaria El Ouahidi (Genk), Adil Tahif (RS Berkane ), Haytam Manaout (Union Touarga)
Midfielders: Bilal El Khannouss (Genk), Benjamin Bouchouari (Saint Etienne), Yassine Kechta (Le Havre), Oussama Targhaline (Le Havre), Oussama El Azzouzi (Bologna), Amir Richardson (Stade de Reims), Mehdi El Moubarik (Al-Aïn)
Forwards: Abde Ezzalzouli (Real Betis), Ilias Akhomach (Villarreal), Soufiane Rahimi (Al-Aïn), Eliesse Ben Seghir (AS Monaco), El Mehdi Maouhoub (Raja Casablanca)
Captain: Abde Ezzalzouli
Head coach: Tarik Sektioui
Overage Players: Munir El Kajoui, Achraf Hakimi and Soufiane Rahimi
Ukraine
Goalkeepers: Yakiv Kinareikin (Dnipro), Kirill Fesyun (Shakhtar Donetsk), Georgiy Yermakov (Oleksandriya Oleksandriya)
Defenders: Maksym Taloverov (LASK), Arseniy Batagov (Zorya Luhansk), Yevhen Pavliuk (Vorskla Poltava), Oleksandr Martyniuk (Oleksandriya Oleksandriya), Oleksiy Sych (Rukh Lviv), Volodymyr Saliuk (Chornomorets Odesa), Ilya Krupskiy (Vorskla Poltava)
Midfielders: Maksym Hlan (Lechia), Valentyn Rubchynskyi (Dnipro), Artem Shulianskyi (Oleksandriia), Kyrylo Sigeev (Shakhtar Donetsk), Mykola Mykhailenko (Dynamo Kyiv), Vladyslav Velyten (Kolos Kovalivka), Oleh Fedor (Rukh Lviv), Dmytro Kryskiv (Shakhtar Donetsk), Maksym Bragaru (Dynamo Kyiv), Oleh Ocheretko (Shakhtar Donetsk)
Forwards: Ihor Krasnopir (Rukh Lviv), Danylo Sikan (Shakhtar Donetsk)
Captain: Danylo Sikan
Head coach: Ruslan Rotan
Overage Players: Danylo Sikan and Maksym Talovyerov
Group C
Dominican Republic
Goalkeepers: Enrique Bösl (Ingolstadt), Xavier Valdez (Houston Dynamo), Anthony Núñez (Mansfield Town)
Defenders: Joao Urbáez (Leganés), Thomas Jungbauer (Dynamo Ceske), Francisco Marizán (Volendam), Edgar Pujol (Real Madrid Castilla), Luiyi de Lucas (AEL Limassol), Junior Firpo (Leeds United), Nelson Lemaire (Saint-Gilloise)
Midfielders: Omar de la Cruz ( Peña Deportiva), Fabian Messina (FSV Frankfurt), Ángel Montes de Oca (Cibao), Heinz Mörschel (Újpest)
Forwards: Edison Azcona (Las Vegas Lights), Rafael Núñez (Elche Ilicitano), Josué Báez (O&M), Nowend Lorenzo (Osasuna), Oscar Ureña (Leganés), José de León (Alavés), Peter González (Valencia)
Captain: Luiyi de Lucas
Head coach: Ibai Gómez
Overage Players: Luiyi de Lucas, Junior Firpo and Heinz Mörschel
Egypt
Goalkeepers: Hamza Alaa (Al-Ahly), Ali El Gabry (Ceramica Cleopatra)
Defenders: Hossam Abdelmaguid (Zamalek) Omar Fayed (Novi Pazar), Karim El Debes (Al-Ahly), Mohamed Tarek (Al-Masry), Ahmed Eid (Al-Masry)
Midfielders: Mohamed Elneny (Free Agent), Ibrahim Adel (Pyramids), Ahmed Nabil Koka (Al-Ahly), Ziad Kamal (Zamalek), Mahmoud Saber (Pyramids), Mohamed Shehata (Zamalek), Mustafa Saad (ZED FC), Ahmed Atef (ZED FC), Ahmed Sayed (Zamalek)
Forwards: Osama Faisal (National Bank of Egypt), Bilal Mazhar (Panathinaikos)
Captain: Mohamed Elneny
Head coach: Rogério Micale
Overage Players: Mohamed Elneny and Ahmed Sayed
Spain
Goalkeepers: Joan Garcia (Espanyol), Arnau Tenas (PSG)
Defenders: Marc Pubill (Almería), Eric García (Girona), Juan Miranda (Real Betis), Pau Cubarsí (Barcelona), Jon Pacheco (Real Sociedad), Miguel Gutiérrez (Girona)
Midfielders: Beñat Turrientes (Real Sociedad), Pablo Barrios (Atlético Madrid), Álex Baena (Villarreal), Aimar Oroz (Osasuna), Adrián Bernabé (Parma), Sergio Gómez (Manchester City)
Forwards: Abel Ruiz (Braga), Diego López (Valencia), Fermín López (Barcelona), Samu Omorodion (Alavés)
Head coach: Santi Denia
Overage Players: Juan Miranda, Sergio Gómez and Abel Ruiz
Uzbekistan
Goalkeepers: Abduvohid Nematov (Nasaf), Vladimir Nazarov (Pakhtakor),
Defenders: Saidazamat Mirsaidov (Olympic Tashkent), Abdukodir Khusanov (Lens), Husniddin Aliqulov (Çaykur Rizespor), Mukhammadkodir Khamraliev (Pakhtakor), Ibrokhimkhalil Yuldoshev (Kairat), Zafarmurod Abdurakhmatov (Nasaf)
Midfielders: Jasurbek Jaloliddinov (Neftchi Fergana), Umarali Rakhmonaliev (Rubin Kazan), Diyor Kholmatov (Pakhtakor), Abdurauf Buriev (Olympic Tashkent)
Forwards: Eldor Shomurodov (Cagliari), Abbosbek Fayzullaev (CSKA Moscow), Ruslanbek Jiyanov (Navbahor Namangan), Khusayin Norchaev (Neftchi Fergana)
Captain: Eldor Shomurodov
Head coach: Timur Kapadze
Overage Players: Eldor Shomurodov, Oston Urunov, and Husniddin Aliqulov
Group D
Israel
Goalkeepers: Omer Nir'on (Maccabi Netanya), Niv Eliasi (Hapoel Be'er Sheva)
Defenders: Sean Goldberg (Maccabi Haifa), Stav Lemkin (Shakhtar Donetsk), Ilay Feingold (Maccabi Haifa), Roy Revivo (Tel Aviv), Noam Ben Harush (Hapoel Haifa), Or Israelov (Hapoel Tel Aviv)
Midfielders: Omri Gandelman (Gent), Ethan Azoulay (Maccabi Netanya), Oscar Gloukh (RB Salzburg), Ayano Preda (Hapoel Jerusalem), Adi Yona (Beitar Jerusalem), Ido Shahar (Tel Aviv),
Forwards: Osher Davida (Tel Aviv), Dor Turgeman (Tel Aviv), Liel Abada (Charlotte FC), Elad Madmon (Tel Aviv),
Captain: Sean Goldberg
Head coach: Guy Luzon
Overage Players: Sean Goldberg, Omri Gandelman
Japan
Goalkeepers: Kokubo Leo (Benfica), Nozawa Taishi (FC Tokyo)
Defenders: Ohata Ayumu (Urawa Reds), Nishio Ryuya (Cerezo Osaka), Kimua Seiji (Sagan Tosu), Sekine Hiroki (Kashiwa Reysol), Takai Kota (Kawasaki Frontale)
Midfielders: Kawasaki Sota (Kyoto Sanga), Yamamoto Rihito (Sint-Truiden VV), Araki Ryutaro (FC Tokyo), Fujita Joel Chima (Sint-Truiden VV), Mito Shunsuke (Sparta Rotterdam)
Forwards: Hirakawa Yu (Machida Zelvia), Fujio Shota (Machida), Sato Kein (Werder Bremen), Saito Koki (Rommel SK), Hosoya Mao (Kashiwa)
Head coach: Oiwa Go
Mali
Goalkeepers: Lassine Diarra (Lyon), Oumar Coulibaly (CO Bamako),
Defenders: Fodé Doucouré (Red Star), Hamidou Diallo (Farense), Mamadou Tounkara (Vitória Guimarães), Ibrahima Cissé (Schalke 04), Ahmed Diomandé (Ittifaq Marrakech), Mohamed Cisset (Nittany Lions)
Midfielders: Salam Jiddou (ES Sétif), Coli Saco (Ancona), Boubacar Traoré (Wolves), Issouf Sissokho (Bordeaux), Moussa Diakité (Cádiz)
Forwards: Thiemoko Diarra (Châteauroux), Brahima Diarra (Huddersfield Town), Wilson Samaké (Rennes), Demba Diallo (Manisa), Cheickna Doumbia (Shabab Al-Ahli)
Captain: Salam Jiddou
Head coach: Alou Badra Diallo
Overage Players: Salam Jiddou and Demba Diallo
Paraguay
Goalkeepers: Roberto Fernández (Botafogo), Rodrigo Frutos (Olimpia)
Defenders: Fabián Balbuena (Dynamo Moscow), Alexis Cantero (Guaraní), Ronaldo Dejesús (Cerro Porteño), Gilberto Flores (Sportivo Trinidense), Alan Núñez (Cerro Porteño), Daniel Rivas (Nacional), Fernando Román (Guaraní)
Midfielders: Diego Gómez (Inter Miami), Marcos Gómez (Olimpia), Enso Gonzále (Wolves) Wílder Viera (Cerro Porteño)
Forwards: Marcelo Fernández (Libertad), Diego González (Lazio), Kevin Parzajuk (Olimpia) Marcelo Pérez (Huracán), Julio Enciso (Brighton & Hove Albion)
Head coach: Carlos Jara Saguier
Overage Players: Roberto Fernández and Fabián Balbuena
