<P> Tournaments were played at the 1900 and 1904 games and the Intercalated Games of 1906 , but these were contested by various clubs and scratch teams . Although the IOC considers the 1900 and 1904 tournaments to be official Olympic events , they are not recognized by FIFA ; neither recognizes the Intercalated Games today . In 1906 teams from Great Britain , Germany , Austria , the Netherlands and France withdrew from an unofficial competition and left Denmark , Smyrna ( one Armenian , two Frenchmen and eight Britons ) , Athens and Thessaloniki to compete . Denmark won the final against Athens 9 -- 0 . </P>
<P> Tournaments were played at the 1900 and 1904 games and the Intercalated Games of 1906 , but these were contested by various clubs and scratch teams . Although the IOC considers the 1900 and 1904 tournaments to be official Olympic events , they are not recognized by FIFA ; neither recognizes the Intercalated Games today . In 1906 teams from Great Britain , Germany , Austria , the Netherlands and France withdrew from an unofficial competition and left Denmark , Smyrna ( one Armenian , two Frenchmen and eight Britons ) , Athens and Thessaloniki to compete . Denmark won the final against Athens 9 -- 0 . </P>
when was soccer first introduced in the olympics
when was soccer first introduced in the olympics
1900
1900