Olympic Football Tournaments Beijing 2008 - Men
First stage
Nigeria - Japan
2:1 (0:0)
Match | Date | Venue / Stadium | Time | Attendance |
| 11 | 10 August 2008 | Tianjin / Tianjin Olympic Sports Center Stadium | 17:00 | 42592 |
- Victor OBINNA (NGA) 58',
- Victor ANICHEBE (NGA) 74',
- Yohei TOYODA (JPN) 79'
Goals scored
Nigeria
- Ambruse VANZEKIN (GK)
- Chibuzor OKONKWO
- Onyekachi APAM
- Dele ADELEYE
- Sani KAITA
- Victor OBINNA (-77')
- Promise ISAAC (C) (-73')
- Solomon OKORONKWO
- Ebenezer AJILORE
- Olubayo ADEFEMI
- Peter ODEMWINGIE (-62')
Line-up
- Monday JAMES
- Chinedu OGBUKE OBASI (+73')
- Efe AMBROSE
- Victor ANICHEBE (+62')
- Emmanuel EKPO (+77')
- Ikechukwu EZENWA
- Oladapo OLUFEMI
Substitute(s)
Coach
Samson SIASIA (NGA)Japan
- Shusaku NISHIKAWA (GK)
- Hajime HOSOGAI (-75')
- Hiroki MIZUMOTO (C)
- Masato MORISHIGE
- Atsuto UCHIDA
- Keisuke HONDA
- Hiroyuki TANIGUCHI
- Michihiro YASUDA
- Shinji KAGAWA (-63')
- Takuya HONDA
- Tadanari LEE (-63')
Line-up
- Maya YOSHIDA
- Yuto NAGATOMO
- Yohei TOYODA (+63')
- Yohei KAJIYAMA (+75')
- Shinji OKAZAKI (+63')
- Takayuki MORIMOTO
- Kaito YAMAMOTO
Substitute(s)
Coach
Yasuharu SORIMACHI (JPN)- Chibuzor OKONKWO (NGA) 16'
- , Hajime HOSOGAI (JPN) 57'
- , Olubayo ADEFEMI (NGA) 59'
- , Takuya HONDA (JPN) 84'
- , Onyekachi APAM (NGA) 90'
Cautions
Sent off
Match Officials
Referee Masoud MORADI (IRN) | Assistant Referee 1 Hassan KAMRANIFAR (IRN) |
Fourth Official Khalil AL GHAMDI (KSA) | Assistant Referee 2 Luay SUBHI (IRQ) |
| 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 |