Nigeria will play against Netherlands in their opening match of Group B in Olympic men's soccer 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)