Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament – Group D explained

Group D of the men's football tournament at the 2012 Summer Olympics took place from 26 July to 1 August 2012 in Coventry's City of Coventry Stadium, Glasgow's Hampden Park, Manchester's Old Trafford and Newcastle's St James' Park.^[1] The group contained Honduras, Japan, Morocco and Spain.^[2]

Teams

Draw position	Team	Pot	Confederation	Method of qualification	Date of qualification	Olympic appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance
D1		1
D2		3
D3		2
D4		4

Matches

Honduras vs Morocco


GK	1	José Mendoza
DF	3	Maynor Figueroa
DF	5
DF	16	Johnny Leverón (c)
MF	6
MF	7
MF	8	Alfredo Mejía
MF	10
MF	14	Andy Najar
MF	15
FW	11
Substitutions:
FW	13
FW	9
DF	8
Manager:
Luis Suárez

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GK	1	Mohamed Amsif
DF	3	Mohamed Abarhoun
DF	4	Abdelhamid El Kaoutari
DF	5
DF	16	Yassine Jebbour
MF	8	Driss Fettouhi (c)
MF	10
MF	14
FW	7	Zakaria Labyad
FW	9
FW	11
Substitutions:
DF	2
MF	6
MF	12
Manager:
Pim Verbeek

Assistant referees

Martin Wilczek (Czech Republic)
Antonín Kordula (Czech Republic)
Fourth official

Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)

Spain vs Japan


GK	1	David de Gea
DF	3
DF	5
DF	6
DF	12	Martín Montoya
MF	4	Javi Martínez (c)
MF	11
MF	15
FW	7
FW	9	Rodrigo
FW	10	Juan Mata
Substitutions:
MF	17
MF	14
FW	16
Manager:
Luis Milla

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GK	1	Shūichi Gonda
RB	4
CB	13	Daisuke Suzuki
CB	5	Maya Yoshida (c)
LB	2	Yūhei Tokunaga
CM	16	Hotaru Yamaguchi
CM	3
RW	17	Hiroshi Kiyotake
AM	10	Keigo Higashi
LW	7
CF	11	Kensuke Nagai
Substitutions:
FW	15
DF	12
DF	8
Manager:
Takashi Sekizuka

Assistant referees

Mark Hurd (United States)
Joe Fletcher (Canada)
Fourth official

Roberto García (Mexico)

Japan vs Morocco

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GK	1	Shūichi Gonda
RB	12	Gōtoku Sakai
CB	13	Daisuke Suzuki
CB	5	Maya Yoshida (c)
LB	2	Yūhei Tokunaga
CM	16	Hotaru Yamaguchi
CM	3	Takahiro Ogihara
RW	17
AM	10	Keigo Higashi
LW	7
CF	11	Kensuke Nagai
Substitutions:
FW	15
FW	9
Manager:
Takashi Sekizuka

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GK	1	Mohamed Amsif
DF	2
DF	4	Abdelhamid El Kaoutari
DF	5	Zakarya Bergdich
DF	16	Yassine Jebbour
MF	8	Driss Fettouhi (c)
MF	10	Abdelaziz Barrada
MF	14	Houssine Kharja
FW	7	Zakaria Labyad
FW	9
FW	11
Substitutions:
MF	6
MF	12
FW	17
Manager:
Pim Verbeek

Assistant referees

Kim Haglund (Norway)
Frank Andas (Norway)
Fourth official

Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)

Spain vs Honduras


GK	1	David de Gea
DF	3	Álvaro Domínguez
DF	6	Jordi Alba
DF	12
DF	13
MF	4	Javi Martínez (c)
MF	11
MF	15
FW	7	Adrián López
FW	8
FW	10
Substitutions:
MF	17
MF	9
FW	16
Other disciplinary actions:
GK	18
Manager:
Luis Milla


GK	1
DF	2	Wilmer Crisanto
DF	3	Maynor Figueroa
DF	5	José Velásquez
DF	16	Johnny Leverón (c)
MF	6
MF	7	Mario Martínez
MF	14
MF	15
MF	17
FW	11
Substitutions:
MF	8
MF	12
MF	9
Manager:
Luis Suárez

Assistant referees

Jorge Urrego (Venezuela)
Carlos López (Venezuela)
Fourth official

Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)

Japan vs Honduras

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GK	1	Shūichi Gonda
RB	6	Taisuke Muramatsu
CB	13	Daisuke Suzuki
CB	5	Maya Yoshida (c)
LB	12	Gōtoku Sakai
CM	16	Hotaru Yamaguchi
CM	8	Kazuya Yamamura
RW	14	Takashi Usami
AM	7
LW	15
CF	9
Substitutions:
MF	17
FW	11
MF	10
Manager:
Takashi Sekizuka


GK	1	José Mendoza
DF	2
DF	3	Maynor Figueroa
DF	5	José Velásquez
DF	16	Johnny Leverón (c)
MF	7	Mario Martínez
MF	8	Alfredo Mejía
MF	14
MF	17	Luis Garrido
FW	9
FW	11	Jerry Bengtson
Substitutions:
MF	10
MF	12
Manager:
Luis Suárez

Assistant referees

Bechir Hassani (Tunisia)
Sherif Hassan (Egypt)
Fourth official

Felix Brych (Germany)

Spain vs Morocco


GK	1	David de Gea
DF	2	César Azpilicueta
DF	5
DF	6	Jordi Alba
DF	13	Alberto Botía
MF	4	Javi Martínez (c)
MF	14	Oriol Romeu
MF	15
FW	7	Adrián López
FW	8
FW	10
Substitutions:
MF	17
FW	16
MF	11
Manager:
Luis Milla

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GK	1	Mohamed Amsif
DF	2	Abdelatif Noussir
DF	3	Mohamed Abarhoun
DF	13
DF	16	Yassine Jebbour
MF	8	Driss Fettouhi (c)
MF	10	Abdelaziz Barrada
MF	14	Houssine Kharja
FW	7	Zakaria Labyad
FW	9	Nordin Amrabat
FW	11
Substitutions:
FW	17
Manager:
Pim Verbeek

Assistant referees

Matthew Cream (Australia)
Hakan Anaz (Australia)
Fourth official

Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)

Notes and References

Web site: London 2012 Olympic Football Tournament: Match Schedule . FIFA.com . Fédération Internationale de Football Association . 14 July 2021.
Web site: Draw shows the road to London gold . https://web.archive.org/web/20120426215745mp_/http://www.fifa.com/mensolympic/news/newsid=1619744/index.html?intcmp=newsreader_news_caption . 26 April 2012 . FIFA.com . Fédération Internationale de Football Association . 14 July 2021.