Football at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament – Group D

Group D of the men's football tournament at the 2024 Summer Olympics was played from 24 to 30 July 2024.^[1]^[2] The group consisted of Israel, Japan, Mali and Paraguay.^[3] The top two teams, Japan and Paraguay, advanced to the knockout stage.^[4]

Teams

Draw position	Team	Pot	Confederation	Method of qualification	Date of qualification	Olympic appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance
D1	Japan^[a]	1	AFC	2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup top three	29 April 2024	12th	2020	Bronze medalists (1968)
D2	Paraguay	2	CONMEBOL	2024 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament top two	11 February 2024	3rd	2004	Silver medalists (2004)
D3	Mali	3	CAF	2023 U-23 Africa Cup of Nations top three	7 July 2023	2nd	2004	Fifth place (2004)
D4	Israel	4	UEFA	2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship top three	2 July 2023	3rd	1976	Fifth place (1968)

^ The qualifiers from AFC were not known at the time of the draw.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan	3	3	0	0	7	0	+7	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Paraguay	3	2	0	1	5	7	−2	6	Advance to knockout stage
3	Mali	3	0	1	2	1	3	−2	1
4	Israel	3	0	1	2	3	6	−3	1

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

In the quarter-finals:

The winners of Group D, Japan, advance to play the runners-up of Group C, Spain.
The runners-up of Group D, Paraguay, advance to play the winners of Group C, Egypt.

Matches

Japan vs Paraguay

24 July 2024

19:00

Japan	5–0	Paraguay
Mito 18', 63' Yamamoto 69' Fujio 81', 87'	Report

Stade de Bordeaux, Bordeaux

Attendance: 14,000^[5]

Referee: François Letexier (France)

Japan^[6]

Paraguay^[6]


GK	1	Leo Kokubo
RB	4	Hiroki Sekine	57'
CB	5	Seiji Kimura
CB	15	Kota Takai	50'
LB	16	Ayumu Ohata		81'
CM	7	Rihito Yamamoto		73'
CM	8	Joel Chima Fujita (c)
RW	14	Shunsuke Mito		73'
AM	10	Koki Saito		73'
LW	17	Yu Hirakawa		35'
CF	11	Mao Hosoya
Substitutions:
FW	18	Kein Sato		35'
MF	13	Ryotaro Araki		73'
FW	9	Shōta Fujio		73'
MF	6	Sota Kawasaki		73'
DF	3	Ryūya Nishio		81'
Manager:
Gō Ōiwa


GK	1	Gatito Fernández
CB	14	Fabián Balbuena
CB	3	Ronaldo De Jesús	80'
CB	5	Gilberto Flores
RM	10	Wílder Viera	25'
CM	8	Diego Gómez (c)		82'
CM	6	Marcos Gómez
LM	4	Daniel Rivas		82'
RF	17	Gustavo Caballero		62'
CF	7	Marcelo Fernández	8'	62'
LF	15	Julio Enciso		74'
Substitutions:
FW	9	Kevin Parzajuk		62'
FW	18	Marcelo Pérez		62'
DF	2	Alan Núñez		74'
DF	13	Alexis Cantero		82'
MF	11	Enso González	90+5'	82'
Manager:
Carlos Jara Saguier

Assistant referees:
Cyril Mugnier (France)
Mehdi Rahmouni (France)
Fourth official:
Jelena Cvetković (Serbia)
Video assistant referee:
Jérôme Brisard (France)
Assistant video assistant referee:
David Coote (Great Britain)

Mali vs Israel

24 July 2024

21:00

Mali	1–1	Israel
Doumbia 63'	Report	H. Diallo 56' (o.g.)

Parc des Princes, Paris

Attendance: 26,305^[7]

Referee: Campbell-Kirk Kawana-Waugh (New Zealand)

Mali^[8]

Israel^[8]


GK	1	Lassine Diarra
RB	17	Ahmed Diomandé	90+1'
CB	4	Mamadou Tounkara
CB	3	Hamidou Diallo
LB	2	Fodé Doucouré
RM	8	Boubacar Traoré (c)
CM	18	Moussa Diakité
CM	13	Brahima Diarra		74'
LM	11	Thiemoko Diarra
CF	10	Salam Jiddou		74'
CF	9	Cheickna Doumbia
Substitutions:
FW	14	Demba Diallo		74'
MF	6	Coli Saco		74'
Manager:
Alou Badra Diallo


GK	1	Omer Nir'on
RB	12	Noam Ben Harush
CB	2	Ilay Feingold
CB	4	Stav Lemkin
LB	3	Sean Goldberg
RM	11	Liel Abada	67'
CM	6	Omri Gandelman (c)
CM	14	Ayano Preda	46'
LM	10	Oscar Gloukh	82'
CF	13	Elad Madmon	46'
CF	9	Dor Turgeman
Substitutions:
MF	17	Ido Shahar	46'
MF	8	Ethan Azoulay	46'
FW	7	Osher Davida	67'
MF	15	Adi Yona	82'
Manager:
Guy Luzon

Assistant referees:
Isaac Trevis (New Zealand)
Bernard Mutukera (Solomon Islands)
Fourth official:
Saíd Martínez (Honduras)
Video assistant referee:
Leodán González (Uruguay)
Assistant video assistant referee:
Daiane Muniz (Brazil)

Israel vs Paraguay

27 July 2024

19:00

Israel	2–4	Paraguay
Gandelman 53' Gloukh 80'	Report	M. Fernández 25', 90+6' Enciso 69' Balbuena 90+3'

Parc des Princes, Paris

Attendance: 28,887^[9]

Referee: Drew Fischer (Canada)

Israel^[10]

Paraguay^[10]


GK	1	Omer Nir'on
RB	12	Noam Ben Harush
CB	4	Stav Lemkin		90+10'
CB	3	Sean Goldberg
LB	2	Ilay Feingold
RM	8	Ethan Azoulay	81'
CM	6	Omri Gandelman (c)
CM	10	Oscar Gloukh
LM	17	Ido Shahar		72'
CF	9	Dor Turgeman		72'
CF	11	Liel Abada		85'
Substitutions:
MF	15	Adi Yona		72'
FW	13	Elad Madmon		72'
FW	7	Osher Davida		85'
DF	16	Or Israelov		90+10'
Manager:
Guy Luzon


GK	1	Gatito Fernández
RB	2	Alan Núñez
CB	14	Fabián Balbuena
CB	3	Ronaldo De Jesús
LB	4	Daniel Rivas
RM	18	Marcelo Pérez		90+9'
CM	8	Diego Gómez (c)
CM	6	Marcos Gómez
LM	11	Enso González		14'
CF	15	Julio Enciso
CF	7	Marcelo Fernández		90+9'
Substitutions:
FW	17	Gustavo Caballero	45+1'	14' 90+1'
FW	9	Kevin Parzajuk		90+1'
DF	5	Gilberto Flores		90+9'
DF	16	Fernando Román		90+9'
Manager:
Carlos Jara Saguier

Assistant referees:
Micheal Barwegen (Canada)
Lyes Arfa (Canada)
Fourth official:
Ramon Abatti (Brazil)
Video assistant referee:
Ivan Bebek (Croatia)
Assistant video assistant referee:
Rodrigo Carvajal (Chile)

Japan vs Mali

27 July 2024

21:00

Japan	1–0	Mali
Yamamoto 82'	Report

Stade de Bordeaux, Bordeaux

Attendance: 9,893^[11]

Referee: Edina Alves Batista (Brazil)

Japan^[12]

Mali^[12]


GK	1	Leo Kokubo
RB	4	Hiroki Sekine
CB	15	Kota Takai
CB	3	Ryūya Nishio	45+1'
LB	16	Ayumu Ohata
DM	8	Joel Chima Fujita (c)	28'
CM	7	Rihito Yamamoto		89'
CM	13	Ryotaro Araki		57'
RF	20	Fuki Yamada		69'
CF	11	Mao Hosoya
LF	10	Koki Saito		57'
Substitutions:
FW	9	Shōta Fujio		57'
MF	14	Shunsuke Mito		57'
FW	18	Kein Sato		69'
MF	6	Sota Kawasaki		89'
Manager:
Gō Ōiwa


GK	1	Lassine Diarra
RB	17	Ahmed Diomandé
CB	4	Mamadou Tounkara
CB	5	Ibrahima Cissé
LB	2	Fodé Doucouré
DM	18	Moussa Diakité
CM	10	Salam Jiddou	55'	70'
CM	8	Boubacar Traoré (c)
RF	13	Brahima Diarra		77'
CF	9	Cheickna Doumbia
LF	11	Thiemoko Diarra
Substitutions:
MF	12	Issouf Sissokho		70'
FW	14	Demba Diallo		77'
Manager:
Alou Badra Diallo

Assistant referees:
Neuza Back (Brazil)
Fabrini Bevilaqua (Brazil)
Fourth official:
Jelena Cvetković (Serbia)
Video assistant referee:
Daiane Muniz (Brazil)
Assistant video assistant referee:
Héctor Paletta (Argentina)

Israel vs Japan

30 July 2024

21:00

Israel	0–1	Japan
	Report	Hosoya 90+1'

Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes

Attendance: 11,671^[13]

Referee: Saíd Martínez (Honduras)

Israel^[14]

Japan^[14]


GK	1	Omer Nir'on
RB	5	Roy Revivo
CB	4	Stav Lemkin
CB	3	Sean Goldberg
LB	2	Ilay Feingold	72'
RM	8	Ethan Azoulay		69'
CM	6	Omri Gandelman (c)		84'
CM	17	Ido Shahar	16'	46'
LM	10	Oscar Gloukh
CF	13	Elad Madmon		46'
CF	11	Liel Abada
Substitutions:
MF	14	Ayano Preda		46'
FW	9	Dor Turgeman		46'
MF	15	Adi Yona		69'
FW	7	Osher Davida		84'
Manager:
Guy Luzon


GK	1	Leo Kokubo
RB	21	Takashi Uchino
CB	2	Kaito Suzuki
CB	3	Ryūya Nishio
LB	5	Seiji Kimura
RM	20	Fuki Yamada	61'
CM	7	Rihito Yamamoto (c)	46'
CM	6	Sota Kawasaki	79'
LM	13	Ryotaro Araki	79'
CF	18	Kein Sato
CF	9	Shōta Fujio
Substitutions:
FW	19	Asahi Uenaka	46'
MF	14	Shunsuke Mito	61'
FW	11	Mao Hosoya	79'
MF	8	Joel Chima Fujita	79'
Manager:
Gō Ōiwa

Assistant referees:
Walter López (Honduras)
Christian Ramírez (Honduras)
Fourth official:
Odette Hamilton (Jamaica)
Video assistant referee:
David Coote (Great Britain)
Assistant video assistant referee:
Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)

Paraguay vs Mali

30 July 2024

21:00

Paraguay	1–0	Mali
M. Fernández 5'	Report

Parc des Princes, Paris

Attendance: 35,736^[15]

Referee: Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan)

Paraguay^[16]

Mali^[16]


GK	1	Gatito Fernández	90+11'
RB	2	Alan Núñez
CB	14	Fabián Balbuena
CB	3	Ronaldo De Jesús
LB	4	Daniel Rivas
RM	7	Marcelo Fernández	58'	88'
CM	6	Marcos Gómez		70'
CM	8	Diego Gómez (c)	45+7'	88'
LM	13	Alexis Cantero
CF	18	Marcelo Pérez	38'
CF	15	Julio Enciso		82'
Substitutions:
MF	20	Ángel Cardozo Lucena	71'	70'
DF	5	Gilberto Flores		82'
FW	17	Gustavo Caballero	90+12'	88'
FW	9	Kevin Parzajuk		88'
Manager:
Carlos Jara Saguier


GK	1	Lassine Diarra
RB	17	Ahmed Diomandé
CB	5	Ibrahima Cissé	90+8'
CB	4	Mamadou Tounkara
LB	2	Fodé Doucouré
DM	18	Moussa Diakité		78'
CM	10	Salam Jiddou		46'
CM	8	Boubacar Traoré (c)
RF	6	Coli Saco
CF	9	Cheickna Doumbia	90+8'
LF	11	Thiemoko Diarra		32'
Substitutions:
FW	13	Brahima Diarra		32'
FW	7	Wilson Samaké		46'
FW	14	Demba Diallo		78'
Other disciplinary actions:
MF	15	Fodé Doucouré	90+12'
Manager:
Alou Badra Diallo

Assistant referees:
Andrey Tsapenko (Uzbekistan)
Timur Gaynullin (Uzbekistan)
Fourth official:
Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)
Video assistant referee:
Jérôme Brisard (France)
Assistant video assistant referee:
Khamis Al-Marri (Qatar)

Discipline

Fair play points would have been used as a tiebreaker if the overall and head-to-head records of teams were tied. These were calculated based on yellow and red cards received in all group matches as follows:

first yellow card: minus 1 point;
indirect red card (second yellow card): minus 3 points;
direct red card: minus 4 points;
yellow card and direct red card: minus 5 points;

Only one of the above deductions could be applied to a player in a single match.

Team	Match 1		Match 2	Match 3	Points
Team					Points
Israel			1	2	–3
Japan	2		2		–4
Mali	1		1	3	–5
Paraguay	2	1	1	6	–13

References

^ "Match schedules confirmed for Olympic Football Tournaments at Paris 2024". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 28 July 2022. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
^ "Paris 2024 Olympic Football Tournament: Match Schedule" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 10 April 2024. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
^ "Paris 2024 draws produce blockbuster match-ups". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 20 March 2024. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
^ "Regulations for the Olympic Football Tournaments Paris 2024" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 17 December 2023. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
^ "Match report – Japan v Paraguay" (PDF). Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. 24 July 2024. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Tactical Line-up – Japan v Paraguay" (PDF). Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. 24 July 2024. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
^ "Match report – Mali v Israel" (PDF). Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. 24 July 2024. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Tactical Line-up – Mali v Israel" (PDF). Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. 24 July 2024. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
^ "Match report – Israel v Paraguay" (PDF). Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. 27 July 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Tactical Line-up – Israel v Paraguay" (PDF). Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. 27 July 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
^ "Match report – Japan v Mali" (PDF). Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. 27 July 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Tactical Line-up – Japan v Mali" (PDF). Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. 27 July 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
^ "Match report – Israel v Paraguay" (PDF). Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. 30 July 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Tactical Line-up – Israel v Paraguay" (PDF). Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. 30 July 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
^ "Match report – Paraguay v Mali" (PDF). Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. 30 July 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Tactical Line-up – Paraguay v Mali" (PDF). Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. 30 July 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2024.

External links

Olympic Football Tournament Paris 2024, FIFA.com

[5] The qualifiers from AFC were not known at the time of the draw.

[1] "Match schedules confirmed for Olympic Football Tournaments at Paris 2024". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 28 July 2022. Retrieved 28 July 2022.

[2] "Paris 2024 Olympic Football Tournament: Match Schedule" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 10 April 2024. Retrieved 29 July 2024.

[3] "Paris 2024 draws produce blockbuster match-ups". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 20 March 2024. Retrieved 20 March 2024.

[4] "Regulations for the Olympic Football Tournaments Paris 2024" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 17 December 2023. Retrieved 29 July 2024.

[6] "Match report – Japan v Paraguay" (PDF). Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. 24 July 2024. Retrieved 24 July 2024.

[JPN-PAR_line-ups-7] "Tactical Line-up – Japan v Paraguay" (PDF). Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. 24 July 2024. Retrieved 24 July 2024.

[8] "Match report – Mali v Israel" (PDF). Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. 24 July 2024. Retrieved 24 July 2024.

[MLI-ISR_line-ups-9] "Tactical Line-up – Mali v Israel" (PDF). Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. 24 July 2024. Retrieved 24 July 2024.

[10] "Match report – Israel v Paraguay" (PDF). Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. 27 July 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2024.

[ISR-PAR_line-ups-11] "Tactical Line-up – Israel v Paraguay" (PDF). Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. 27 July 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2024.

[12] "Match report – Japan v Mali" (PDF). Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. 27 July 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2024.

[JPN-MLI_line-ups-13] "Tactical Line-up – Japan v Mali" (PDF). Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. 27 July 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2024.

[14] "Match report – Israel v Paraguay" (PDF). Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. 30 July 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2024.

[ISR-JPN_line-ups-15] "Tactical Line-up – Israel v Paraguay" (PDF). Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. 30 July 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2024.

[16] "Match report – Paraguay v Mali" (PDF). Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. 30 July 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2024.

[PAR-MLI_line-ups-17] "Tactical Line-up – Paraguay v Mali" (PDF). Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. 30 July 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2024.

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