Great Britain national cerebral palsy football team

There have been a number of players for the British squad.

In 2011 and 2012, the team was coached by Lyndon Lynch.^[3][4]

Great Britain has participated in a number of international tournaments. At the BT Paralympic World Cup in Manchester in May 2012, Great Britain met Brazil in the finals after defeating Ireland 7–3 in the semi-final.^[5] Great Britain finished third at the 2016 Pre-Paralympic Tournament in Salou, Spain after losing to the Netherlands 3 - 2 in the bronze medal game.^[6]

Great Britain has participated in 7-a-side football at the Paralympic Games.^[11]

Great Britain secured qualification for Rio by finishing fifth at the 2015 Cerebral Palsy Football World Championships.^[12][13]

The draw for the tournament was held on May 6 at the 2016 Pre Paralympic Tournament in Salou, Spain. Great Britain was put into Group A with Ukraine, Brazil and Ireland.^[14] The tournament where the draw took place featured 7 of the 8 teams participating in Rio. It was the last major preparation event ahead of the Rio Games for all teams participating.^[15] Great Britain finished fourth, after losing 2 - 3 to the Netherlands in the 3rd place match.^[16]

Going into the Rio Games, England was ranked seventh in the world, while Scotland was ninth, Northern Ireland was thirteenth and Wales was unranked. No Great Britain team was ranked.^[17] On 13 June 2016, the British Paralympic Association announced the selection of the fourteen members of the British 7-a-side squad.^[18] The team includes several players from Scotland. These are FT7 classified players Martin Hickman, Jonathan Paterson and David Porcher.^[19]

Pool A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ukraine	3	3	0	0	10	2	+8	9	Semi finals
2	Brazil (H)	3	2	0	1	10	4	+6	6
3	Great Britain	3	1	0	2	7	5	+2	3	5th–6th place match
4	Ireland	3	0	0	3	2	18	−16	0	7th–8th place match