Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament – Group C

Group C of the men's football tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics was played from 22 to 28 July 2021 in Rifu's Miyagi Stadium, Saitama's Saitama Stadium and Sapporo's Sapporo Dome.^[1] The group consisted of Argentina, Australia, Egypt and Spain.^[2] The top two teams, Spain and Egypt, advanced to the knockout stage.^[3]

More information Draw position, Team ...

Draw position	Team	Pot	Confederation	Method of qualification	Date of qualification	Olympic appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance
C1	Egypt	3	CAF	2019 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations champions	22 November 2019	12th	2012	Fourth place (1928, 1964)
C2	Spain	2	UEFA	2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship champions	30 June 2019	11th	2012	Gold medalists (1992)
C3	Argentina	1	CONMEBOL	2020 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament champions	9 February 2020	9th	2016	Gold medalists (2004, 2008)
C4	Australia	4	AFC	2020 AFC U-23 Championship third place	25 January 2020	8th	2008	Fourth place (1992)

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More information Pos, Pld ...

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	5	Advance to knockout stage
2	Egypt	3	1	1	1	2	1	+1	4	Advance to knockout stage
3	Argentina	3	1	1	1	2	3	−1	4
4	Australia	3	1	0	2	2	3	−1	3

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Source: TOCOG and FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

In the quarter-finals,

The winners of Group C, Spain, advanced to play the runners-up of Group D, Ivory Coast.
The runners-up of Group C, Egypt, advanced to play the winners of Group D, Brazil.

Egypt vs Spain

More information Egypt, 0–0 ...

Egypt	0–0	Spain
	Report (TOCOG) Report (FIFA)

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22 July 2021

16:30

Sapporo Dome, Sapporo

Referee: Adham Makhadmeh (Jordan)

Egypt^[4]

Spain^[4]


GK	1	Mohamed El Shenawy
CB	18	Mahmoud Hamdy
CB	6	Ahmed Hegazi (c)	78'
CB	4	Osama Galal	89'
RWB	12	Akram Tawfik
LWB	20	Ahmed Abou El Fotouh	5'
CM	13	Karim El Eraki		89'
CM	15	Emam Ashour		63'
CM	10	Ramadan Sobhi		90+3'
SS	9	Taher Mohamed	44'	62'
CF	14	Ahmed Yasser Rayyan		63'
Substitutions:
FW	11	Ibrahim Adel		62'
FW	7	Salah Mohsen		63'
MF	2	Amar Hamdy		63'
FW	3	Karim Fouad		89'
DF	17	Ahmed Ramadan		90+3'
Head coach:
Shawky Gharieb


GK	1	Unai Simón
RB	2	Óscar Mingueza	23'
CB	12	Eric García
CB	4	Pau Torres
LB	20	Juan Miranda
CM	8	Mikel Merino	68'
CM	10	Dani Ceballos (c)	45+1'
CM	16	Pedri
AM	19	Dani Olmo
CF	7	Marco Asensio	68'
CF	11	Mikel Oyarzabal	68'
Substitutions:
DF	5	Jesús Vallejo	23'
MF	15	Jon Moncayola	45+1'
FW	9	Rafa Mir	68'
MF	21	Bryan Gil	68'
MF	14	Carlos Soler	68'
Head coach:
Luis de la Fuente

Assistant referees:
Ahmad Al-Roalle (Jordan)
Mohammad Al-Kalaf (Jordan)
Fourth official:
Hiroyuki Kimura (Japan)
Video assistant referee:
Abdulla Al-Marri (Qatar)
Assistant video assistant referee:
Wagner Reway (Brazil)

Argentina vs Australia

More information Argentina, 0–2 ...

Argentina	0–2	Australia
	Report (TOCOG) Report (FIFA)	Wales 14' Tilio 80'

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22 July 2021

19:30

Sapporo Dome, Sapporo

Referee: Srđan Jovanović (Serbia)

Argentina^[5]

Australia^[5]


GK	1	Jeremías Ledesma
RB	4	Hernán de la Fuente		62'
CB	2	Nehuén Pérez (c)
CB	14	Facundo Medina	67'
LB	19	Francisco Ortega	45+2' 45+3'
DM	5	Fausto Vera
CM	8	Santiago Colombatto		78'
CM	10	Alexis Mac Allister		78'
RW	21	Carlos Valenzuela		46'
LW	11	Ezequiel Barco		82'
CF	9	Adolfo Gaich	63'
Substitutions:
FW	18	Ezequiel Ponce	85'	46'
DF	13	Marcelo Herrera		62'
MF	17	Tomás Belmonte		78'
MF	16	Martín Payero		78'
FW	15	Pedro de la Vega		82'
Head coach:
Fernando Batista


GK	1	Tom Glover
RB	2	Nathaniel Atkinson	48'
CB	14	Thomas Deng (c)
CB	5	Harry Souttar	86'
LB	16	Joel King
RM	20	Lachlan Wales		72'
CM	17	Connor Metcalfe	50'
LM	11	Daniel Arzani		79'
AM	8	Riley McGree	45+3'	79'
AM	10	Denis Genreau	56'	89'
CF	12	Mitchell Duke	32'
Substitutions:
MF	15	Caleb Watts	90+1'	72'
FW	19	Marco Tilio		79'
FW	9	Nicholas D'Agostino		79'
MF	6	Keanu Baccus		89'
Head coach:
Graham Arnold

Assistant referees:
Uros Stojkovic (Serbia)
Milan Mihajlovic (Serbia)
Fourth official:
Hiroyuki Kimura (Japan)
Video assistant referee:
Tiago Martins (Portugal)
Assistant video assistant referee:
Muhammad Taqi (Singapore)

Egypt vs Argentina

More information Egypt, 0–1 ...

Egypt	0–1	Argentina
	Report (TOCOG) Report (FIFA)	Medina 52'

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25 July 2021

16:30

Sapporo Dome, Sapporo

Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Bulgaria)

Egypt^[6]

Argentina^[6]


GK	1	Mohamed El Shenawy
CB	4	Osama Galal	79'
CB	6	Ahmed Hegazi (c)
CB	18	Mahmoud Hamdy
RWB	12	Akram Tawfik
LWB	20	Ahmed Abou El Fotouh
CM	13	Karim El Eraki	46'
CM	2	Amar Hamdy	60'
CM	10	Ramadan Sobhi
SS	7	Salah Mohsen	60'
CF	14	Ahmed Yasser Rayyan
Substitutions:
FW	3	Karim Fouad	46'
FW	9	Taher Mohamed	60'
FW	11	Ibrahim Adel	60'
MF	8	Nasser Maher	79'
Head coach:
Shawky Gharieb


GK	1	Jeremías Ledesma
RB	4	Hernán de la Fuente
CB	2	Nehuén Pérez (c)	86'
CB	14	Facundo Medina
LB	3	Claudio Bravo
DM	5	Fausto Vera
CM	16	Martín Payero		79'
CM	10	Alexis Mac Allister		89'
RW	15	Pedro de la Vega	84'
LW	11	Ezequiel Barco		62'
CF	9	Adolfo Gaich		62'
Substitutions:
FW	7	Agustín Urzi		62'
FW	18	Ezequiel Ponce	72'	62'
MF	17	Tomás Belmonte	84'	79'
MF	20	Thiago Almada		89'
Head coach:
Fernando Batista

Assistant referees:
Martin Margaritov (Bulgaria)
Diyan Valkov (Bulgaria)
Fourth official:
Hiroyuki Kimura (Japan)
Video assistant referee:
Abdulla Al-Marri (Qatar)
Assistant video assistant referee:
Chris Penso (United States)

Australia vs Spain

More information Australia, 0–1 ...

Australia	0–1	Spain
	Report (TOCOG) Report (FIFA)	Oyarzabal 81'

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25 July 2021

19:30

Sapporo Dome, Sapporo

Referee: Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (Ethiopia)

Australia^[7]

Spain^[7]


GK	1	Tom Glover
RB	2	Nathaniel Atkinson	90+5'
CB	14	Thomas Deng (c)		83'
CB	5	Harry Souttar
LB	16	Joel King
RM	20	Lachlan Wales	43'	63'
CM	17	Connor Metcalfe
LM	11	Daniel Arzani		63'
AM	8	Riley McGree	52'	73'
AM	10	Denis Genreau		72'
CF	12	Mitchell Duke	57'
Substitutions:
FW	19	Marco Tilio		63'
DF	3	Kye Rowles		63'
MF	15	Caleb Watts		72'
MF	6	Keanu Baccus		73'
FW	9	Nicholas D'Agostino		83'
Head coach:
Graham Arnold


GK	1	Unai Simón	90+1'
RB	18	Óscar Gil	3'	77'
CB	12	Eric García
CB	4	Pau Torres
LB	3	Marc Cucurella
DM	6	Martín Zubimendi
CM	14	Carlos Soler		68'
CM	16	Pedri
AM	19	Dani Olmo
CF	17	Javi Puado		57'
CF	11	Mikel Oyarzabal (c)
Substitutions:
FW	21	Bryan Gil		57'
FW	7	Marco Asensio		68'
FW	9	Rafa Mir		77'
Head coach:
Luis de la Fuente

Assistant referees:
Mohammed Ibrahim (Sudan)
Gilbert Cheruiyot (Kenya)
Fourth official:
Hiroyuki Kimura (Japan)
Video assistant referee:
Bibiana Steinhaus (Germany)
Assistant video assistant referee:
Muhammad Taqi (Singapore)

Australia vs Egypt

More information Australia, 0–2 ...

Australia	0–2	Egypt
	Report (TOCOG) Report (FIFA)	Rayyan 44' A. Hamdy 85'

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28 July 2021

20:00

Miyagi Stadium, Rifu

Attendance: 4,471^[8]

Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)

Australia^[9]

Egypt^[9]


GK	1	Tom Glover
CB	3	Kye Rowles
CB	14	Thomas Deng (c)
CB	5	Harry Souttar
CM	13	Dylan Pierias		46'
CM	17	Connor Metcalfe		90+2'
CM	16	Joel King
RW	20	Lachlan Wales		63'
AM	10	Denis Genreau		46'
LW	19	Marco Tilio
CF	9	Nicholas D'Agostino		90+2'
Substitutions:
MF	6	Keanu Baccus	77'	46'
FW	11	Daniel Arzani		46'
DF	4	Jay Rich-Baghuelou		63'
MF	21	Cameron Devlin		90+2'
MF	15	Caleb Watts		90+2'
Head coach:
Graham Arnold


GK	1	Mohamed El Shenawy
CB	12	Akram Tawfik	36'	90+1'
CB	6	Ahmed Hegazi (c)
CB	20	Ahmed Abou El Fotouh
RM	13	Karim El Eraki
CM	4	Osama Galal
CM	18	Mahmoud Hamdy
LM	10	Ramadan Sobhi		90+1'
RF	9	Taher Mohamed		79'
CF	14	Ahmed Yasser Rayyan		79'
LF	7	Salah Mohsen		61'
Substitutions:
MF	2	Amar Hamdy	90+3'	61'
FW	21	Nasser Mansi		79'
FW	11	Ibrahim Adel		79'
MF	15	Emam Ashour		90+1'
MF	8	Nasser Maher		90+1'
Head coach:
Shawky Gharieb

Assistant referees:
Rui Tavares (Portugal)
Paulo Santos (Portugal)
Fourth official:
Jesús Valenzuela (Venezuela)
Video assistant referee:
Paweł Raczkowski (Poland)
Assistant video assistant referee:
Fu Ming (China PR)

Spain vs Argentina

More information Spain, 1–1 ...

Spain	1–1	Argentina
Merino 66'	Report (TOCOG) Report (FIFA)	Belmonte 87'

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28 July 2021

20:00

Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama

Referee: Ismail Elfath (United States)

Spain^[10]

Argentina^[10]


GK	1	Unai Simón
RB	18	Óscar Gil	82'	88'
CB	12	Eric García
CB	4	Pau Torres
LB	3	Marc Cucurella
DM	6	Martín Zubimendi
CM	8	Mikel Merino (c)		88'
CM	16	Pedri		74'
AM	19	Dani Olmo		85'
CF	7	Marco Asensio
CF	11	Mikel Oyarzabal		74'
Substitutions:
FW	9	Rafa Mir		74'
MF	14	Carlos Soler		74'
MF	21	Bryan Gil		85'
DF	5	Jesús Vallejo		88'
DF	15	Jon Moncayola		88'
Head coach:
Luis de la Fuente


GK	1	Jeremías Ledesma
RB	13	Marcelo Herrera
CB	2	Nehuén Pérez (c)	9'
CB	14	Facundo Medina
LB	3	Claudio Bravo	81'	83'
DM	5	Fausto Vera	53'	55'
CM	17	Tomás Belmonte
CM	10	Alexis Mac Allister		55'
RW	7	Agustín Urzi		70'
LW	11	Ezequiel Barco		46'
CF	9	Adolfo Gaich
Substitutions:
FW	15	Pedro de la Vega		46'
MF	16	Martín Payero	61'	55'
MF	8	Santiago Colombatto	58'	55'
MF	20	Thiago Almada		70'
DF	6	Leonel Mosevich	90+2'	83'
Head coach:
Fernando Batista

Assistant referees:
Corey Parker (United States)
Kyle Atkins (United States)
Fourth official:
Adham Makhadmeh (Jordan)
Video assistant referee:
Chris Penso (United States)
Assistant video assistant referee:
Abdulla Al-Marri (Qatar)

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:^[3]

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 is applied to a player in a single match.

More information Team, Match 1 ...

Team	Match 1		Match 2	Match 3	Points
Team					Points
Spain			2	1	–3
Egypt	4			2	–6
Australia	7		4	1	–12
Argentina	3	1	4	6	–16

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