FIFA U-17 World Cup Korea 2007
First stage
Japan - Nigeria
0:3 (0:2)
Match | Date | Venue / Stadium | Time | Attendance |
| 20 | 22 August 2007 | Gwangyang / Gwangyang Soccer Only Field | 20:00 | 4500 |
- Ganiyu OSENI (NGA) 21',
- Macauley CHRISANTUS (NGA) 31',
- Macauley CHRISANTUS (NGA) 82'
Goals scored
Japan
- Ryotaro HIRONAGA (GK)
- Takashi KANAI
- Kimihiro KAI
- Shunki TAKAHASHI
- Tomotaka OKAMOTO
- Yutaka YOSHIDA
- Naoki YAMADA
- Kota MIZUNUMA (C) (-75')
- Takuji YONEMOTO (-55')
- Manabu SAITO (-65')
- Jin HANATO
Line-up
- Yutaro HARA (GK)
- Satoshi YOSHIDA (GK)
- Daisuke SUZUKI
- Yoichiro KAKITANI (+55')
- Kohei HATTANDA
- Tsukasa MASUYAMA
- Hiroki KAWANO (+75')
- Shohei OTSUKA (+65')
- Hiroto TANAKA
- Ryo OKUI
Substitute(s)
Coach
Hiroshi JOFUKU (JPN)Nigeria
- Oladele AJIBOYE (GK)
- Ganiyu OSENI [Y] (-73')
- Usman AMODU
- Azeez BALOGUN
- Kingsley UDOH
- King OSANGA (-77')
- Macauley CHRISANTUS (-87')
- Rabiu IBRAHIM
- Yakubu ALFA
- Mustapha IBRAHIM [Y]
- Lukman HARUNA (C)
Line-up
- Laide OKANLAWON (GK)
- Uche OKAFOR (GK)
- Daniel JOSHUA
- Kabiru AKINSOLA (+73')
- Matthew EDILE
- Lukman ABDULKARIM
- Sheriff ISA (+87')
- Uremu EGBETA (+77')
- Ademola RAFEAL
- Saheed FABIYI [I]
Substitute(s)
Coach
Yemi TELLA (NGA)- Manabu SAITO (JPN) 9'
- , Lukman HARUNA (NGA) 47'
Cautions
Sent off
Match Officials
Referee Ivan BEBEK (CRO) | Assistant Referee 1 Tomislav PETROVIC (CRO) |
Fourth Official Matthew BREEZE (AUS) | Assistant Referee 2 Tomislav SETKA (CRO) |
| Japan (JPN) | Statistics | Nigeria (NGA) |
| 7 | Shots | 30 |
| 2 | Shots on goal | 8 |
| 0 | Goals Scored | 3 |
| 8 | Fouls Committed | 13 |
| 12 | Fouls Suffered | 7 |
| 1 | Corner kicks | 6 |
| 0 | Free kicks Shots (scored) | 3 |
| 0 / 0 | Penalty Kicks (Goals/Shots) | 0 / 0 |
| 1 | Offsides | 4 |
| 0 | Own Goals | 0 |
| 1 | Yellow cards | 1 |
| 0 | Second yellow card and red card | 0 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 33 | Actual playing time | 26 |
| 55% | Possession (%) | 45% |
| # | Name | Pos | MinP | GF | GA | SOG/S | PK (PG/PS) | Fouls | Y | 2YC | R | |
| FC | FS | |||||||||||
| 1 | Ryotaro HIRONAGA | GK | 90 | 3 | ||||||||
| 2 | Takashi KANAI | DF | 90 | |||||||||
| 4 | Kimihiro KAI | DF | 90 | |||||||||
| 5 | Shunki TAKAHASHI | DF | 90 | |||||||||
| 6 | Tomotaka OKAMOTO | MF | 90 | |||||||||
| 7 | Yutaka YOSHIDA | DF | 90 | |||||||||
| 10 | Naoki YAMADA | MF | 90 | |||||||||
| 11 | Kota MIZUNUMA | MF | 75 | |||||||||
| 13 | Takuji YONEMOTO | MF | 55 | |||||||||
| 16 | Manabu SAITO | MF | 65 | 1 | ||||||||
| 17 | Jin HANATO | FW | 90 | |||||||||
| Substitutes | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Yoichiro KAKITANI | FW | 35 | |||||||||
| 14 | Hiroki KAWANO | MF | 15 | |||||||||
| 15 | Shohei OTSUKA | FW | 25 | |||||||||
| Total | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||
| # | Name | Pos | MinP | GF | GA | SOG/S | PK (PG/PS) | Fouls | Y | 2YC | R | |
| FC | FS | |||||||||||
| 12 | Oladele AJIBOYE | GK | 90 | |||||||||
| 2 | Ganiyu OSENI | DF | 73 | 1 | 1/1 | |||||||
| 3 | Usman AMODU | DF | 90 | |||||||||
| 4 | Azeez BALOGUN | DF | 90 | |||||||||
| 5 | Kingsley UDOH | DF | 90 | |||||||||
| 7 | King OSANGA | FW | 77 | |||||||||
| 9 | Macauley CHRISANTUS | FW | 87 | 2 | 2/2 | |||||||
| 10 | Rabiu IBRAHIM | MF | 90 | |||||||||
| 13 | Yakubu ALFA | FW | 90 | |||||||||
| 16 | Mustapha IBRAHIM | MF | 90 | |||||||||
| 20 | Lukman HARUNA | MF | 90 | 1 | ||||||||
| Substitutes | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Kabiru AKINSOLA | FW | 17 | |||||||||
| 15 | Sheriff ISA | MF | 3 | |||||||||
| 17 | Uremu EGBETA | MF | 13 | |||||||||
| Total | 3 | 3/3 | 1 | |||||||||
| a.e.t.: | After extra time | (C): | Captain | PSO: | Penalty Shoot-out |
| GK: | Goalkeeper | N: | Not eligible to play | I: | Injured |
| Y: | Misses next match if booked | Pos: | Positions | A: | Absent |
| DF: | Defender | MF: | Midfielder | MinP: | Minutes Played |
| GF: | Goals for | GA: | Goals against | PK (PG/PS): | Penalty Kicks (Goals/Shots) |
| FC: | Fouls Committed | FS: | Fouls Suffered | R: | Red Cards |
| FW: | Forward | SOG/S: | Shots on Target | Y: 2YC: | Yellow cards Second yellow card and red card |