Australia v Nigeria, 16 September 2000

Score3-2 to Nigeria
CompetitionOlympics Finals Group A
VenueSydney
Attendance38,080

2  Australia

Manager: Raul Blanco

3  Nigeria

Manager: Johannes Bonfrere

Goals:

Hayden Foxe 41 G
Kasey Wehrman 44 G

Goals:

Pius Ikedia 16 G
Julius Aghahowa 22 G
Victor Agali 64 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Danny Milosevic
Defender Simon Colosimo
Defender Brett Emerton
Defender Hayden Foxe
Midfielder Vince Grella
Midfielder Stan Lazaridis
Midfielder Josip Skoko
Midfielder Kasey Wehrman
Forward Mark Viduka

Starting lineup:

Greg Etafia Goalkeeper
Christopher Kanu Defender
Godwin Okpara Defender
Azubuike Oliseh Defender
Isaac Okoronkwo Defender/Centre back
Celestine Babayaro Defender/Left back
Garba Lawal Midfielder
Victor Agali Forward
Julius Aghahowa Forward
Pius Ikedia Forward
Yakubu Forward

Substitutions:

Lucas Neill for Kasey Wehrman 61
Nicky Rizzo for Simon Colosimo 74
Clayton Zane for Michael Curcija 79

Substitutions:

Blessing Kaku for Victor Agali 81
Johnson Sunday for Pius Ikedia 85

Cards:

Stan Lazaridis Y
Brett Emerton 56 R

Cards:

Azubuike Oliseh Y
Julius Aghahowa Y
Yakubu Y
Celestine Babayaro Y
Celestine Babayaro 56 Y
Celestine Babayaro 56 R

On the bench:

Defender/Midfielder Lucas Neill
Forward Nicky Rizzo
Forward Clayton Zane

On the bench:

Midfielder Blessing Kaku

2  Australia

Manager: Raul Blanco

Goals:

Hayden Foxe 41 G
Kasey Wehrman 44 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Danny Milosevic
Defender Simon Colosimo
Defender Brett Emerton
Defender Hayden Foxe
Midfielder Vince Grella
Midfielder Stan Lazaridis
Midfielder Josip Skoko
Midfielder Kasey Wehrman
Forward Mark Viduka

Substitutions:

Lucas Neill for Kasey Wehrman 61
Nicky Rizzo for Simon Colosimo 74
Clayton Zane for Michael Curcija 79

Cards:

Stan Lazaridis Y
Brett Emerton 56 R

On the bench:

Defender/Midfielder Lucas Neill
Forward Nicky Rizzo
Forward Clayton Zane

3  Nigeria

Manager: Johannes Bonfrere

Goals:

Pius Ikedia 16 G
Julius Aghahowa 22 G
Victor Agali 64 G

Starting lineup:

Greg Etafia Goalkeeper
Christopher Kanu Defender
Godwin Okpara Defender
Azubuike Oliseh Defender
Isaac Okoronkwo Defender/Centre back
Celestine Babayaro Defender/Left back
Garba Lawal Midfielder
Victor Agali Forward
Julius Aghahowa Forward
Pius Ikedia Forward
Yakubu Forward

Substitutions:

Blessing Kaku for Victor Agali 81
Johnson Sunday for Pius Ikedia 85

Cards:

Azubuike Oliseh Y
Julius Aghahowa Y
Yakubu Y
Celestine Babayaro Y
Celestine Babayaro 56 Y
Celestine Babayaro 56 R

On the bench:

Midfielder Blessing Kaku