Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics were held in London and several other cities in the United Kingdom, from 25 July to 11 August. The finals were played at Wembley Stadium. Associations affiliated with FIFA were invited to send their full women's national teams and men's U-23 teams to participate. Men's teams were allowed to augment their squad with three players over the age of 23. 504 footballers competed for two sets of gold medals.