# Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament – Group B

Group B of the men's football tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics was played from 4 to 10 August 2016, and included Colombia, Japan, Nigeria and Sweden. The top two teams advanced to the knockout stage.
All times are BRT (UTC−3). For matches in Manaus, which is in AMT (UTC−4), local times are listed in parentheses.

## Teams

| Draw position | Team | Confederation | Method of qualification | Date of qualification | Olympic appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance |
| B1 | Sweden | UEFA | UEFA Under-21 Championship 1st place | 24 June 2015 | 10th | 1992 | Gold medal (1948) |
| B2 | Colombia | CONMEBOL | CONCACAF–CONMEBOL play-off winners | 29 March 2016 | 5th | 1992 | Group stage (1968, 1972, 1980, 1992) |
| B3 | Nigeria | CAF | Africa U-23 Cup of Nations 1st place | 9 December 2015 | 7th | 2008 | Gold medal (1996) |
| B4 | Japan | AFC | AFC U-23 Championship 1st place | 26 January 2016 | 10th | 2012 | Bronze medal (1968) |

## Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Nigeria | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Colombia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 5 | Quarter-finals |
| 3 | Japan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | Sweden | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 1 | |

## Matches
### Sweden vs Colombia

| Sweden | Colombia |
| GK | 1 | Andreas Linde |
| DF | 2 | Adam Lundqvist |
| DF | 3 | Alexander Milošević |
| DF | 4 | Joakim Nilsson |
| DF | 5 | Pa Konate |
| MF | 6 | Abdul Khalili |
| MF | 7 | Simon Tibbling |
| MF | 8 | Alexander Fransson |
| MF | 9 | Robin Quaison | 78' |
| MF | 11 | Astrit Ajdarević (c) | 90+1' |
| FW | 12 | Mikael Ishak | 86' |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 17 | Ken Sema | 78' |
| MF | 10 | Muamer Tanković | 86' |
| FW | 21 | Valmir Berisha | 90+1' |
| Manager: ||
| Håkan Ericson ||
| GK | 1 | Cristian Bonilla |
| DF | 2 | William Tesillo |
| DF | 3 | Deivy Balanta | 48' |
| DF | 4 | Deiver Machado |
| DF | 13 | Helibelton Palacios | 50' |
| MF | 12 | Andrés Felipe Roa | | 65' |
| MF | 14 | Sebastián Pérez | 83' |
| MF | 15 | Wílmar Barrios |
| FW | 8 | Dorlan Pabón |
| FW | 9 | Miguel Borja | | 65' |
| FW | 10 | Teófilo Gutiérrez (c) |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 11 | Harold Preciado | | 65' |
| MF | 16 | Kevin Balanta | | 65' |
| Manager: ||
| Carlos Restrepo ||
* Assistant referees:
* Abdullah Al-Shalwai (Saudi Arabia)
* Mohammed Al-Abakry (Saudi Arabia)
* Fourth official:
* Joseph Lamptey (Ghana)

### Nigeria vs Japan

| Nigeria | Japan |
| GK | 12 | Daniel Akpeyi |
| RB | 4 | Shehu Abdullahi |
| CB | 6 | William Troost-Ekong |
| CB | 16 | Stanley Amuzie | 7' |
| LB | 14 | Azubuike Okechukwu |
| DM | 10 | Mikel John Obi (c) | | 87' |
| RM | 2 | Seth Sincere |
| CM | 8 | Peter Etebo |
| CM | 17 | Muhammed Usman Edu | | 73' |
| LM | 13 | Umar Sadiq |
| CF | 9 | Imoh Ezekiel | | 78' |
| Substitutions: ||
| DF | 3 | Kingsley Madu | | 73' |
| DF | 15 | Ndifreke Udo | | 78' |
| MF | 12 | Saliu Popoola | | 87' |
| Manager: ||
| Samson Siasia ||
| GK | 1 | Masatoshi Kushibiki |
| RB | 2 | Sei Muroya |
| CB | 6 | Tsukasa Shiotani |
| CB | 5 | Naomichi Ueda |
| LB | 4 | Hiroki Fujiharu |
| DM | 3 | Wataru Endō |
| CM | 8 | Ryota Oshima |
| CM | 7 | Riki Harakawa (c) | 53' |
| RF | 18 | Takumi Minamino |
| CF | 13 | Shinzo Koroki | 71' |
| LF | 10 | Shoya Nakajima | 76' |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 16 | Takuma Asano | 53' |
| FW | 11 | Musashi Suzuki | 71' |
| MF | 9 | Shinya Yajima | 76' |
| Manager: ||
| Makoto Teguramori ||
* Assistant referees:
* Frédéric Cano (France)
* Nicolas Danos (France)
* Fourth official:
* Diego Haro (Peru)

### Sweden vs Nigeria

| Sweden | Nigeria |
| GK | 1 | Andreas Linde |
| DF | 2 | Adam Lundqvist | 60' | 81' |
| DF | 3 | Alexander Milošević |
| DF | 4 | Joakim Nilsson |
| DF | 5 | Pa Konate |
| MF | 6 | Abdul Khalili |
| MF | 7 | Simon Tibbling |
| MF | 8 | Alexander Fransson | | 62' |
| MF | 9 | Robin Quaison | | 69' |
| MF | 11 | Astrit Ajdarević (c) |
| FW | 12 | Mikael Ishak |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 17 | Ken Sema | 79' | 62' |
| MF | 10 | Muamer Tanković | | 69' |
| DF | 13 | Jacob Une Larsson | | 81' |
| Manager: ||
| Håkan Ericson ||
| GK | 18 | Emmanuel Daniel |
| RB | 4 | Shehu Abdullahi | | 88' |
| CB | 6 | William Troost-Ekong |
| CB | 16 | Stanley Amuzie |
| LB | 14 | Azubuike Okechukwu |
| DM | 10 | Mikel John Obi (c) | | 80' |
| RM | 2 | Seth Sincere |
| CM | 8 | Peter Etebo |
| CM | 17 | Muhammed Usman Edu |
| LM | 13 | Umar Sadiq | | 74' |
| CF | 9 | Imoh Ezekiel |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 7 | Aminu Umar | 79' | 74' |
| DF | 3 | Kingsley Madu | | 80' |
| DF | 15 | Ndifreke Udo | | 88' |
| Manager: ||
| Samson Siasia ||
* Assistant referees:
* Simon Lount (New Zealand)
* Tevita Makasini (Tonga)
* Fourth official:
* Diego Haro (Peru)

### Japan vs Colombia

| Japan | Colombia |
| GK | 12 | Kosuke Nakamura |
| RB | 2 | Sei Muroya | 39' |
| CB | 6 | Tsukasa Shiotani |
| CB | 5 | Naomichi Ueda |
| LB | 4 | Hiroki Fujiharu | 53' | 80' |
| DM | 3 | Wataru Endō (c) | 31' |
| RM | 9 | Shinya Yajima | | 62' |
| CM | 14 | Yosuke Ideguchi | 22' | 62' |
| LM | 10 | Shoya Nakajima |
| SS | 16 | Takuma Asano |
| CF | 13 | Shinzo Koroki |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 8 | Ryota Oshima | | 62' |
| MF | 18 | Takumi Minamino | | 62' |
| DF | 15 | Masashi Kamekawa | | 80' |
| Manager: ||
| Makoto Teguramori ||
| GK | 1 | Cristian Bonilla |
| DF | 2 | William Tesillo | 23' |
| DF | 3 | Deivy Balanta |
| DF | 4 | Deiver Machado |
| DF | 5 | Felipe Aguilar | | 46' |
| MF | 14 | Sebastián Pérez | | 46' |
| MF | 15 | Wílmar Barrios |
| MF | 16 | Kevin Balanta | 76' | 77' |
| FW | 8 | Dorlan Pabón |
| FW | 9 | Miguel Borja |
| FW | 10 | Teófilo Gutiérrez (c) |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 7 | Arley Rodríguez | | 46' |
| DF | 13 | Helibelton Palacios | | 46' |
| MF | 6 | Jefferson Lerma | | 77' |
| Manager: ||
| Carlos Restrepo ||
* Assistant referees:
* Tikhon Kalugin (Russia)
* Nikolay Golubev (Russia)
* Fourth official:
* Joseph Lamptey (Ghana)

### Japan vs Sweden

| Japan | Sweden |
| GK | 12 | Kosuke Nakamura |
| RB | 2 | Sei Muroya |
| CB | 6 | Tsukasa Shiotani |
| CB | 5 | Naomichi Ueda |
| LB | 15 | Masashi Kamekawa |
| CM | 3 | Wataru Endō (c) |
| CM | 8 | Ryota Oshima |
| RM | 18 | Takumi Minamino | 57' |
| LM | 10 | Shoya Nakajima |
| CF | 13 | Shinzo Koroki | 77' |
| CF | 16 | Takuma Asano | 61' |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 9 | Shinya Yajima | 57' |
| FW | 11 | Musashi Suzuki | 61' |
| MF | 14 | Yosuke Ideguchi | 77' |
| Manager: ||
| Makoto Teguramori ||
| GK | 1 | Andreas Linde |
| DF | 2 | Adam Lundqvist |
| DF | 3 | Alexander Milošević | 26' |
| DF | 5 | Pa Konate |
| DF | 13 | Jacob Une Larsson |
| MF | 6 | Abdul Khalili |
| MF | 7 | Simon Tibbling |
| MF | 8 | Alexander Fransson | | 46' |
| MF | 9 | Robin Quaison | | 72' |
| MF | 11 | Astrit Ajdarević (c) |
| FW | 12 | Mikael Ishak | | 83' |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 10 | Muamer Tanković | | 46' |
| MF | 17 | Ken Sema | | 72' |
| FW | 21 | Valmir Berisha | | 83' |
| Manager: ||
| Håkan Ericson ||
* Assistant referees:
* Djibril Camara (Senegal)
* El Hadji Malick Samba (Senegal)
* Fourth official:
* Gehad Grisha (Egypt)

### Colombia vs Nigeria

| Colombia | Nigeria |
| GK | 1 | Cristian Bonilla |
| DF | 2 | William Tesillo |
| DF | 3 | Deivy Balanta |
| DF | 13 | Helibelton Palacios |
| DF | 17 | Cristian Borja |
| MF | 12 | Andrés Felipe Roa |
| MF | 15 | Wílmar Barrios | | 78' |
| MF | 16 | Kevin Balanta | 70' | 72' |
| FW | 8 | Dorlan Pabón | | 86' |
| FW | 10 | Teófilo Gutiérrez (c) |
| FW | 11 | Harold Preciado |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 6 | Jefferson Lerma | | 72' |
| MF | 14 | Sebastián Pérez | | 78' |
| DF | 4 | Deiver Machado | | 86' |
| Manager: ||
| Carlos Restrepo ||
| GK | 1 | Daniel Akpeyi | 62' |
| RB | 2 | Seth Sincere |
| CB | 6 | William Troost-Ekong | 43' |
| CB | 14 | Azubuike Okechukwu | 52' |
| LB | 3 | Kingsley Madu | | 80' |
| CM | 10 | Mikel John Obi (c) |
| CM | 8 | Peter Etebo |
| RW | 15 | Ndifreke Udo |
| AM | 12 | Saliu Popoola | | 70' |
| LW | 7 | Aminu Umar | | 70' |
| CF | 13 | Umar Sadiq |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 9 | Imoh Ezekiel | | 70' |
| MF | 17 | Muhammed Usman Edu | | 70' |
| DF | 16 | Stanley Amuzie | | 80' |
| Manager: ||
| Samson Siasia ||
* Assistant referees:
* Marvin Torrentera (Mexico)
* Miguel Hernández (Mexico)
* Fourth official:
* Walter López Castellanos (Guatemala)