See main article: Football at the 1908 Summer Olympics. The following teams took part at the 1908 Summer Olympics:[1] [2]
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:[1] Robert Bill Bayley, Arthur Bell, John Charnley, Paul Hayden, Willie Jordan, Lionel Louch, Eversley Mansfield, Charles Horace Pearce, Arthur Prest, John Prosser, Ernest Proud, James Raine, Harold Uren, Ernest Williams, Gordon Wright
Netherlands was represented by the Netherlands national football team.
Coach: Edgar Chadwick
The following players were also part of the Dutch squad, but did not play in any matches:[1] Jack Akkersdijk, Aaron Cas Julian Begeer, Kees Bekker, Jan Brutel de la Riviere, Jur Haak, John Heijning, Ernest Jacobi, Hannes Mads Linthout, Friedrich Giovanni Pluim, Noud Stempels, Sebastian Veen, Hubertus Leopoldus Visser, Willem Boerdam
Sweden was represented by the Sweden men's national football team.
Head coach: Ludvig Kornerup
The following players were also part of Sweden's squad, but did not play in any matches:[1] Erik Bergström, Kenneth Börjeson, Thor Ericsson, Gustav Thomas Lindblom, and Gunnar Jonas Mellin.
France was represented by the France national football team, divided into two squads.
The following players were also part of France's squad, but did not play in any matches: Oscar Desaulty (AS Française), Julien du Rhéart (Club Français), Jean Zimmermann (AS Française), and Gabriel Hanot (US Tourcoing).[2]
The following players were chosen as reserves, but did not travel: Marius Royet (US Parisienne), André Puget (Racing Club de France), and André Saint-Ignan (Club Français); and the following players were originally chosen for France A, but were unavailable due to military service: Emile Fontaine (Olympique Lillois), Henri Moigneu (US Tourquennoise), Victor Bentall-Sergent (Racing Club de France), and Louis Mesnier (CA Paris).[2]
Étienne Morillon (Red Star Amical Club) and Albert Schaff (CA XIVeme) were also part of France B's squad, but withdrew at the last moment, while Victor Denis (US Tourcoing) and Robert Eucher (AS Française) were part of the squad, but did not play in any matches.[2]
The following players were chosen as reserves, but did not travel: Julien Denis (US de Calais), Auguste Schalbart (Stade Français), Raymond Gigot (Club Français), Ernest Guéguen (Gallia Club), Raymond Jouve (Gallia Club); and the following 2 players were originally chosen for France B, but were unavailable: Zacharie Bâton (Olympique Lillois), and Fernand Canelle (Club Français).[2]
Initially, the USFSA intended to send three teams to the Olympic Games, so they listed a total of 29 players for this would-be squad, which included the likes of Pierre Allemane, Georges Bon, René Camard, Jacques Davy, Henri Guerre, Félix Julien, Eugène Maës, Henri Mouton, Eugène Nicolaï, Ernest Tossier, Charles Wilkes, Paul Zeiger, and Jules Verbrugge.[2]