Atlanta 1996 Olympic Nigeria Squad Listed Fully

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See Also: Nigeria Squad 1998 In FIFA World Cup All Listed

Atlanta 1996 Olympic Football Results

Group Stages

20 Jul 1996 – Portugal 2-0 Tunisia

22 Jul 1996 – Argentina 1-1 Portugal

22 Jul 1996 – USA 2-0 Tunisia

24 Jul 1996 – Argentina 1-1 Tunisia

24 Jul 1996 – USA 1-1 Portugal

20 Jul 1996 – France 2-0 Australia

22 Jul 1996 – Australia 2-1 Saudi Arabia

22 Jul 1996 – France 1-1 Spain

24 Jul 1996 – France 2-1 Saudi Arabia

24 Jul 1996 – Spain 3-2 Australia

21 Jul 1996 – Korea Republic 1-0 Ghana

21 Jul 1996 – Mexico 1-0 Italy

23 Jul 1996 – Ghana 3-2 Italy

25 Jul 1996 – Ghana 1-1 Mexico

21 Jul 1996 – Japan 1-0 Brazil

21 Jul 1996 – Nigeria 1-0 Hungary

23 Jul 1996 – Brazil 3-1 Hungary

23 Jul 1996 – Nigeria 2-0 Japan

25 Jul 1996 – Brazil 1-0 Nigeria

25 Jul 1996 – Japan 3-2 Hungary

Quarter-finals

27 Jul 1996 – Argentina 4:0 Spain     

27 Jul 1996 – France 1:2 Portugal     

28 Jul 1996 – Brazil 4:2 Ghana          

28 Jul 1996 – Nigeria 2:0 Mexico      

Semi-finals

30 Jul 1996 – Argentina 2:0 Portugal

31 Jul 1996 – Nigeria 4:3 Brazil         

3rd place

02 Aug 1996 – Brazil 5:2 Portugal     

Final

03 Aug 1996 – Nigeria 3:2 Argentina

Olympics 1996 Goal Scorers

7 Goals

Ronaldo (Brazil)

6 Goals

Bebeto (Brazil)

5 Goals

Hernan Crespo (Argentina)

3 Goals

Flavio Conceicao (Brazil); Nwankwo Kanu (Nigeria); Florian Maurice (France)

2 Goals

Celestine Babayaro (Nigeria); Marco Branca (Italy); Claudio Lopez (Argentina); Csaba Madar (Hungary); Masakiyo Maezono (Japan); Brian Maisonneuve (USA); Afonso Martins (Portugal); Jay Jay Okocha (Nigeria); Ariel Ortega (Argentina); Raúl (Spain); Christian Sabah (Ghana); Peter Tsekenis (Australia)

1 Goal

Junior Oswaldo ‘Juninho’ (Brazil); Felix Aboagye (Ghana); José Abundis (Mexico); Augustine Ahinful (Ghana); Charles Akunnor (Ghana); Daniel Amokachi (Nigeria); Emmanuel Amunike (Nigeria); Faud Anwar (Saudi Arabia); Tijana Babangida (Nigeria); Capucho (Portugal); SANTI Denia Sanchez (Spain); OSCAR Garcia Junyent (Spain); Ebenezer Hagan (Ghana); Victor Ikpeba (Nigeria); Teruyoshi Ito (Japan); YOON Jong-Hwan (Korea Republic); José Calado (Portugal); Jovan Kirovski (USA); Sylvain Legwinski (France); Mohamed Mkacher (Tunisia); Nuno Gomes (Portugal); Francisco Palencia (Mexico); Paulo Alves (Portugal); Robert Pirés (France); Tamás Sándor (Hungary); Antoine Sibierski (France); Kenichi Uemura (Japan); Aurelio Vidmar (Australia); Mark Viduka (Australia)

1996 Nigeria V Hungary Lineup

• Goalkeeper: Joseph Dosu
• Defenders: Uche Okechukwu; Mobi Obaraku; Taribo West; Celestine Babayaro
• Midfielders: Emmanuel Amunike; Jay-Jay Okocha; Sunday Oliseh
• Forwards: Daniel Amokachi; Tijana Babangida; Nwankwo Kanu

Garba Lawal came in for Amunike in the 75th minute and Victor Ikpeba for Kanu in the 80th minute.

The scoreline ended as Nigeria 1-0 Hungary and the goal was scored by Kanu (77″).

1996 Nigeria V Japan Lineup

• Goalkeeper: Joseph Dosu
• Defenders: Mobi Obaraku; Uche Okechukwu; Taribo West; Celestine Babayaro
• Midfielders: Emmanuel Amunike; Jay-Jay Okocha; Sunday Oliseh
• Forwards: Daniel Amokachi; Tijana Babangida; Nwankwo Kanu

Garba Lawal came in as a substitute for Amunike in the 72nd minute and Victor Ikpeba for Kanu in the 86th minute.

The scoreline ended as Nigeria 2-0 Japan and the goals were scored by Babangida (82″) and Okocha (89″) via penalty kick.

Brazil Vs Nigeria 1996 Squad

• Goalkeeper: Joseph Dosu
• Defenders: Abiodun Obafemi; Mobi Obaraku; Uche Okechukwu; Taribo West
• Midfielders: Emmanuel Amunike; Jay-Jay Okocha; Sunday Oliseh
• Forwards: Daniel Amokachi; Tijana Babangida; Nwankwo Kanu

Garba Lawal came in for Obafemi in the 47th minute, Victor Ikpeba for Amunike in the 63rd minute and Teslim Babatunde Fatusi for Babangida in the 81st minute.

The scoreline ended as Brazil 1-0 Nigeria and the goal was scored by Ronaldo (30″).

Nigeria v Mexico Atlanta 96 Lineup

• Goalkeeper: Joseph Dosu
• Defenders: Mobi Obaraku; Uche Okechukwu; Taribo West; Celestine Babayaro
• Midfielders: Emmanuel Amunike; Jay-Jay Okocha; Sunday Oliseh
• Forwards: Daniel Amokachi; Tijana Babangida; Nwankwo Kanu

Victor Ikpeba was brought in for Babangida in the 56th minute, Teslim Fatusi for Kanu in the 67th minute and Garba Lawal for Amunike in the 86th minute.

The scoreline ended as Nigeria 2-0 Mexico and the goals were scored by Okocha (20″) and Babayaro (85″).

Nigeria Vs Brazil Olympic 1996 Lineup

• Goalkeeper: Joseph Dosu
• Defenders: Mobi Obaraku; Uche Okechukwu; Taribo West; Celestine Babayaro
• Midfielders: Emmanuel Amunike; Garba Lawal; Jay-Jay Okocha
• Forwards: Daniel Amokachi; Tijana Babangida; Nwankwo Kanu

Victor Ikpeba came in for Amunike in the 46th minute, Teslim Fatusi for Babangida in the 68th-minute and Wilson Oruma for Obaraku in the 83rd minute.

Unlike when both teams met in the group stage and Brazil beat Naija by a lone goal, the Atlanta 1996 Nigeria vs Brazil scores in the semifinal was 4-3 and the goals were scored by Roberto Carlos – Own Goal (20″), Ikpeba (78″), Kanu (90″), and Kanu (93″).

As for Brazil, their goals were scored by Flavio Conceicao (2″), Bebeto (27″) and Flavio Conceicao (37″).

See highlights of Nigeria vs Brazil Atlanta 1996 below:

Nigeria Vs Brazil 1996 Highlights Video

Isn’t the Nigeria Atlanta ’96 jersey a cool one?

Nigeria Vs Argentina Olympic Final 1996 Lineup

• Goalkeeper: Joseph Dosu
• Defenders: Mobi Obaraku; Uche Okechukwu; Taribo West; Celestine Babayaro
• Midfielders: Jay-Jay Okocha; Sunday Oliseh
• Forwards: Daniel Amokachi; Tijana Babangida; Victor Ikpeba; Nwankwo Kanu

Garba Lawal came in for Okocha in the 59th minute, Wilson Oruma for Obaraku in the 61st minute, and Emmanuel Amunike for Ikpeba in the 72nd minute.

The Nigeria vs Argentina 1996 scoreline ended as 3-2 and the goals were scored by Babayaro (28″) and Amokachi (74″), Amunike (89″). As for Argentina, the goals were by Claudio Lopez (3″) and Hernan Crespo (49″) via penalty kick.

Atlanta 1996 Final Highlights

Let’s now see Atlanta 1996 Olympic Nigeria squad.

Nigeria Squad Atlanta 1996

As you can see from the above table, the Nigeria Olympic football team 1996 coach is Jo Bonfrere while Kanu was the one who captained Nigeria in Atlanta 1996. The Atlanta 1996 Olympic Nigeria squad list above also showed the clubs each player was in during the tournament, their dates of birth and their jersey numbers.

But before I go, let’s take a look at the Olympic men’s football gold medal winners list history.

Olympic Men’s Football Winners List