Olympic Football Tournaments Sydney 2000 - Men

First stage

Australia - Nigeria

2:3 (2:2)

Match	Date	Venue / Stadium	Time	Attendance
9	16 September 2000	Sydney / Sydney Soccer Stadium	20:00	38080

Goals scored

Pius IKEDIA (NGA) 16',
Julius AGHAHOWA (NGA) 22',
Hayden FOXE (AUS) 41',
Kasey WEHRMAN (AUS) 44',
Victor AGALI (NGA) 64'

Australia

Line-up

[1]
Danny MILOSEVIC (GK)
[2]
Simon COLOSIMO (-74')
[3]
Stan LAZARIDIS
[4]
Hayden FOXE
[5]
Josip SKOKO
[6]
Steve LAYBUTT
[7]
Brett EMERTON
[9]
Mark VIDUKA
[10]
Kasey WEHRMAN (-61')
[13]
Vince GRELLA
[17]
Michael CURCIJA (-79')

Substitute(s)

[8]
Lucas NEILL (+61')
[11]
Clayton ZANE (+79')
[12]
Con BLATSIS
[14]
Nicola RIZZO (+74')
[15]
Marco BRESCIANO
[16]
Jason CULINA
[18]
Michael TURNBULL

Coach

Raul BLANCO (AUS)

Nigeria

Line-up

[1]
Greg ETAFIA (GK)
[3]
Celestine BABAYARO
[6]
Christopher KANU
[7]
Victor AGALI (-81')
[9]
Yakubu AYEGBENI
[10]
Azubuike OLISEH
[11]
Garba LAWAL
[13]
Pius IKEDIA (-85')
[15]
Godwin OKPARA
[16]
Isaac OKORONKWO
[17]
Julius AGHAHOWA

Substitute(s)

[2]
Gbenga OKUNOWO
[4]
Johnson SUNDAY (+85')
[5]
Furo IYENEMI
[8]
Bright IGBINADOLOR
[12]
Henry ONWUZURUIKE
[14]
Blessing KAKU (+81')
[18]
Sam OKOYE

Coach

Jo BONFRERE (NED)

Cautions

Yakubu AYEGBENI (NGA) 35'
, Celestine BABAYARO (NGA) 43'
, Stan LAZARIDIS (AUS) 57'
, Azubuike OLISEH (NGA) 57'
, Julius AGHAHOWA (NGA) 88'

Sent off

Brett EMERTON (AUS) 56',
Celestine BABAYARO (NGA) 56'

Match Officials

Referee Carlos SIMON (BRA)	Assistant Referee 1 Vladimir FERNANDEZ (SLV)
Fourth Official Stephane BRE (FRA)	Assistant Referee 2 Volodymyr PETROV (UKR)

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