Nigeria will play against Netherlands in their opening match of Group B in Olympic men's soccer in Tianjin?on Thursday:
Location: Tianjin
Time: Thursday August 7, 1945 local time
Olympic Capacity: 60,000
Squad:
Nigeria
Goalkeepers: 1-Ambrose Vanzekin, 18-Ikechukwu Ezenwa
Defenders: 3-Taye Taiwo, 4-Onyekachi Apam, 2-Chibuzo Okonkwo, 5-Ayodele Adeleye, 13-Adefemi Olubayo, 15-Efe Ambrose
Midfielders: 17-Emmanuel Ekpo, 8-Sani Kaita, 6-Monday James, 10-Isaac promise, 12-Olufemi Ajilore
Forwards: 14-Peter Odemwingie, 16-Victor Anichebe, 9-Obinna Nsofor, 11-Solomon Okoronkwo, 7-Chinedu Ogbuke
Netherlands
Goalkeepers: 1-Piet Velthuizen, 18-Kenneth Vermeer
Defenders: 4-Kew Jaliens, 13-Calvin Jong-a-Pin, 3-Dirk Marcellis, 5-Erik Pieters, 2-Gianni Zuiverloon, 8-Urby Emanuelson
Midfielders: 6-Kees Luyckx, 17-Otman Bakkal, 7-Jonathan de Guzman, 12-Hedwiges Maduro, 14-Evander Sno, 15-Royston Drenthe
Strikers: 16-Roy Beerens, 11-Ryan Babel, 9-Roy Makaay, 10-Gerald Sibon
Suspended: None
Injury: None
Referee: Pablo Pozo (Chile)
Linesman: Julio Diaz(Chile), Patricio Basualto(Chile)
(Xinhua News Agency August 7, 2008)