Chelsea Women will have seven representatives from five counties at this edition of the games, with some of our players returning Olympians and others set to make their debuts at the event.

The women's football tournament begins on Thursday, 25 July - with games kicking off at 4pm, 6pm, and 8pm - and will be hosted in seven French cities: Paris, Marseille, Lyon, Bordeaux, Saint-Etienne, Nice and Nantes. The group stage matches conclude on July 31, with the gold-medal contest set to take place on Saturday, 10 August.

You can watch Chelsea's Olympians in action on streaming platform Discovery Plus and the BBC.

Let's take a closer look at the Blues who will be gunning for gold on the international stage this summer...

Kadeisha Buchanan

Country: Canada

Position: Defender

The Blues defender is no stranger to the Olympic games. This is not Buchanan's first, nor her second outing at the iconic competition – it is her third. And this time, she goes to Paris in hope of defending a gold medal.

At the delayed Tokyo Olympics in 2021, Canada did two better than the previous edition in 2016 in Rio, where they won bronze. Beating Sweden on penalties in the final, Buchanan and her compatriots wrote their name into Olympic history.

Buchanan played throughout Canada's six matches in Japan and was a pivotal part of a defensive unit that conceded only four goals, including clean sheets against Brazil and the USA in the knock-out rounds.

If they are to defend their crown this time around, Canada will have to overcome New Zealand, France and Colombia in Group A.

Ashley Lawrence

Country: Canada

Position: Defender

Like Buchanan, this will be the third consecutive Olympic games for Lawrence, who also made her debut in 2016, winning bronze, before returning to win gold in Tokyo five years later.

In Brazil, a then-21-year-old Lawrence featured in all six games, starting five, en route to third place and assisted the first goal in the 2-1 win against Brazil which secured a medal.

She would play her part again in Tokyo, starting all six matches as her country won a historic first gold medal in this event.

With the Olympics being held in Paris and the gold medal match taking place at PSG's Parc de Princes, Lawrence will hope for the chance to defend Canada's title at the home of her former club.

Will Lawrence make it three medals from three games and return to London with another accolade to add to her collection?

Mayra Ramirez

Country: Colombia

Position: Forward

After a successful half-season in Blue and a title-winning worthy display on the final day of our WSL campaign, Ramirez is set to make her Olympic debut this summer.

Representing Colombia, the 25 year-old striker will aim to help her country achieve a best-ever result at the games.

Colombia have featured in this event at two previous Olympics - in London in 2012 and Rio in 2016 - when they failed to make it out of the group stage.

If they are going to progress in France, Ramirez will have to overcome reigning gold medalists Canada, hosts France and New Zealand in the group stages.

There is every possibility Colombia could make history with the South Americans currently boasting their highest-ever world ranking of 22 following an impressive run of form which saw them reach the quarter-finals of last year's World Cup.

Sandy Baltimore

Country: France

Position: Forward

The newest Blue at this summer's Olympics will be Baltimore, who will feature for the hosts after signing for Chelsea earlier this month.

Baltimore will return to her home country of France in the hope of arriving to London for her first season as a Blue with a medal in tow. Also in Group A, the winger will come up against some of her new team-mates.

As the host nation, it will be a special summer for Baltimore and her French compatriots. A medal could only make that better - and our new signing is not unfamiliar with winning on the international stage.

In 2019, Baltimore scored the opening goal in the final of the Under-19 European Championships as France beat Germany 2-1 to win their then fifth title.

Eve Perisset

Country: France

Position: Defender

Perisset was named as an alternate player, but could still feature with temporary replacements due to injury to be permitted throughout the summer tournament.

This is set to be Perisset's first involvement at an Olympic games as France return to the event for the first time since Rio in 2016.

Three of the stadiums hosting the women's football matches are the former clubs of Perisset. Before joining Chelsea, our defender enjoyed successful spells in her native country at Lyon, PSG and Bordeaux.

Perisset has already been in action for her country this summer, having featured in the last round of Euro 2025 group stage qualifying matches which saw France top their group and secure a place at next year's major tournament.

Sjoeke Nusken

Country: Germany

Position: Midfielder

Like Ramirez, Baltimore and Perisset, Nusken has been named in her first Olympics squad.

With four medals from five previous appearances at the Olympic games, Germany are the second most successful nation in the women's football event, with the USA being the first with six medals - four gold - from seven games.

And in France, Germany will meet the United States in the groups, where Nusken will come up against the woman who brought her to Chelsea as Emma Hayes leads the USWNT at a tournament for the first time.

As well as the States, Nusken's Germany will face Australia, who finished fourth in Tokyo, and Zambia in Group B.

Nusken arrived at the Blues ahead of the 2023 World Cup where she was used sparsely by Germany.

But after a successful first season in London where she established herself as a versatile component in midfield, the 23-year-old is likely to play a key part in her country's campaign this summer.

Maika Hamano

Country: Japan

Position: Forward

Our youngest representative at this year's Olympics will be Hamano, who will represent Japan.

The 20-year-old is set to make her debut at the games in France where Japan will face world champions Spain, Brazil and Nigeria in a tough Group C.

Hamano travels to the Olympics in good form for her country who have won their last three friendly matches, scoring 10 goals in the process and only conceding one.

Our forward is tied with two other players as her country's top scorer in 2024, having scored a brace against New Zealand and netting against Ghana.

Hosting the last edition of the Olympics in 2021, Japan reached the quarter-finals where they were beaten 3-1 by eventual silver medalists Sweden. How will they fare this time around?