Olympic Football Tournaments Atlanta 1996 - Men

Gold medal match

Nigeria - Argentina

3:2 (1:1)

Match	Date	Venue / Stadium	Time	Attendance
32	03 August 1996	Athens, Ga / Sanford Stadium	15:45	86117

Goals scored

Claudio LOPEZ (ARG) 3',
Celestine BABAYARO (NGA) 28',
Hernan CRESPO (ARG) 50' Penalty goal,
Daniel AMOKACHI (NGA) 74',
Emmanuel AMUNIKE (NGA) 90'

Nigeria

Line-up

[18]
Joseph DOSU (GK)
[2]
Celestine BABAYARO
[3]
Taribo WEST
[4]
Nwankwo KANU
[5]
Uche OKECHUKWU
[7]
Tijani BABANGIDA
[10]
Jay Jay OKOCHA (-59')
[11]
Victor IKPEBA (-72')
[14]
Daniel AMOKACHI
[15]
Sunday OLISEH
[17]
Mobi OPARAKU (-62')

Substitute(s)

[1]
Emmanuel BABAYARO
[6]
Emmanuel AMUNIKE (+72')
[8]
Wilson ORUMA (+62')
[9]
Teslim FATUSI
[12]
Abiodon OBAFEMI
[13]
Garba LAWAL (+59')
[16]
Kingsley OBIEKWU

Coach

Jo BONFRERE (NED)

Argentina

Line-up

[12]
Pablo CAVALLERO (GK)
[2]
Roberto AYALA
[3]
Jose CHAMOT
[4]
Javier ZANETTI
[5]
Matias ALMEYDA
[6]
Roberto SENSINI
[7]
Claudio LOPEZ
[9]
Hernan CRESPO
[10]
Ariel ORTEGA
[11]
Hugo MORALES (-58')
[15]
Christian BASSEDAS

Substitute(s)

[1]
Carlos BOSSIO
[8]
Diego SIMEONE (+58')
[13]
Mauricio PINEDA
[14]
Pablo PAZ
[16]
Gustavo LOPEZ
[17]
Marcelo DELGADO
[18]
Marcelo GALLARDO

Coach

Daniel PASSARELLA (ARG)

Cautions

Roberto SENSINI (ARG) 12'
, Sunday OLISEH (NGA) 22'
, Wilson ORUMA (NGA) 70'
, Joseph DOSU (NGA) 90'

Sent off

Match Officials

Referee Pierluigi COLLINA (ITA)	Assistant Referee 1 Peter KELLY (TRI)
	Assistant Referee 2 Lencie FRED (VAN)

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