Group C of the 2022 FIFA World Cup took place from 22 to 30 November 2022.[1] The group consisted of eventual champions Argentina, Saudi Arabia, Mexico and Poland. The top two teams, Argentina and Poland, advanced to the round of 16. This marked the first time that Mexico did not advance past the first round since 1978.[2]

Argentina playing against Mexico

Teams

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The teams were decided by the World Cup draw that took place on 1 April 2022.[3] The group was set to receive one team from each pot, which sorted all World Cup teams by position on the FIFA World Rankings.[3]

FIFA World Cup Group C draw[4]
Draw position Team Pot Confederation Method of
qualification
Date of
qualification
Finals
appearance
Last
appearance
Previous best
performance
FIFA Rankings[5]
March 2022[nb 1] October 2022
C1   Argentina 1 CONMEBOL CONMEBOL Round Robin runners-up 16 November 2021 18th 2018 Winners (1978, 1986) 4 3
C2   Saudi Arabia 4 AFC AFC third round Group B winners 24 March 2022 6th 2018 Round of 16 (1994) 49 51
C3   Mexico 2 CONCACAF CONCACAF third round runners-up 30 March 2022 17th 2018 Quarter-finals (1970, 1986) 9 13
C4   Poland 3 UEFA UEFA second round Path B winners 29 March 2022 9th 2018 Third place (1974, 1982) 26 26

Notes

  1. ^ The rankings of March 2022 were used for seeding for the final draw.

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Argentina 3 2 0 1 5 2 +3 6 Advanced to knockout stage
2   Poland 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 4
3   Mexico 3 1 1 1 2 3 −1 4
4   Saudi Arabia 3 1 0 2 3 5 −2 3
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

In the round of 16:

  • The winners of Group C, Argentina, advanced to play the runners-up of Group D, Australia.
  • The runners-up of Group C, Poland, advanced to play the winners of Group D, France.

Matches

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All times listed are local, AST (UTC+3).[1]

Argentina vs Saudi Arabia

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The teams had faced each other four times prior to the tournament, most recently in 2012, a 0–0 draw in a friendly.

Argentina took the lead in the 10th minute with a penalty from Lionel Messi, awarded for a foul on Leandro Paredes, which he rolled into the left corner. Argentina would have three further first-half goals ruled out for marginal offsides, once from Messi and twice from Lautaro Martínez. In the second half, Saudi Arabia would quickly find an equalizer, with Saleh Al-Shehri converting a low shot into the net's right corner in the 48th minute.[6] Saudi Arabia then took the lead five minutes later when Salem Al-Dawsari curled the ball into the right corner of the net from just inside the penalty area. Following nearly fourteen minutes of stoppage time caused by a delay in the match due to Saudi defender Yasser Al-Shahrani colliding with his own goalkeeper Mohammed Al-Owais, Saudi Arabia managed to see out the victory.[7]

Saudi Arabia's victory ended Argentina's 36-match unbeaten streak, dating back to 2019.[8] According to Gracenote, the win was the "most surprising" in World Cup history, with many calling it one of the biggest World Cup upsets of all time.[9] This was also the first World Cup since 1990 in which Argentina lost their opening match. Following their eventual victory in the final, Argentina became just the second side to win the tournament despite losing their first game; Spain did the same in 2010 after losing their opener against Switzerland.[10]

Argentina  1–2  Saudi Arabia
  • Messi   10' (pen.)
Report
Attendance: 88,012
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Argentina
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Saudi Arabia
GK 23 Emiliano Martínez
RB 26 Nahuel Molina
CB 13 Cristian Romero   59'
CB 19 Nicolás Otamendi
LB 3 Nicolás Tagliafico   71'
CM 7 Rodrigo De Paul
CM 5 Leandro Paredes   59'
RW 11 Ángel Di María
LW 17 Papu Gómez   59'
CF 10 Lionel Messi (c)
CF 22 Lautaro Martínez
Substitutions:
DF 25 Lisandro Martínez   59'
FW 9 Julián Álvarez   59'
MF 24 Enzo Fernández   59'
MF 8 Marcos Acuña   71'
Manager:
Lionel Scaloni
 
GK 21 Mohammed Al-Owais   90+2'
RB 12 Saud Abdulhamid   82'
CB 17 Hassan Al-Tambakti
CB 5 Ali Al-Bulaihi   75'
LB 13 Yasser Al-Shahrani   90+9'
DM 8 Abdulellah Al-Malki   67'
RM 9 Firas Al-Buraikan   89'
CM 7 Salman Al-Faraj (c)   45+4'
CM 23 Mohamed Kanno
LM 10 Salem Al-Dawsari   79'
CF 11 Saleh Al-Shehri   78'
Substitutions:
MF 18 Nawaf Al-Abed   88'   45+4'   89'
DF 2 Sultan Al-Ghannam   78'
DF 4 Abdulelah Al-Amri   89'
FW 25 Haitham Asiri   89'
DF 6 Mohammed Al-Breik   90+9'
Manager:
  Hervé Renard

Man of the Match:
Mohammed Al-Owais (Saudi Arabia)[11]

Assistant referees:
Tomaž Klančnik (Slovenia)
Andraž Kovačič (Slovenia)
Fourth official:
Maguette Ndiaye (Senegal)
Reserve assistant referee:
El Hadj Malick Samba (Senegal)
Video assistant referee:
Pol van Boekel (Netherlands)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Bastian Dankert (Germany)
Abdelhak Etchiali (Algeria)
Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea (Spain)
Stand-by assistant video assistant referee:
Nicolas Danos (France)

Mexico vs Poland

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The teams had met eight times previously, including once in the World Cup, a 3–1 first group stage victory for Poland in 1978, and most recently in 2017, a 1–0 win for Mexico in a friendly.[12]

The only shot on target of the first half was from Mexico's Jorge Sánchez, which was punched away by goalkeeper Wojciech Szczęsny.[13] In the 54th minute, Poland captain Robert Lewandowski was awarded a penalty after the video assistant referee judged that Héctor Moreno had fouled him inside the penalty area.[14] Guillermo Ochoa saved the penalty taken by Lewandowski, diving to his left, and the game stayed goalless.[15][16] At the other end of the field, Mexico had a chance to win the game as a ball into the penalty area from Edson Álvarez went towards Henry Martín who attempted to head the ball beyond Szczęsny; however, the Poland goalkeeper managed to beat the ball away.

Poland failed to win their opening match in a World Cup for the eighth time, having won just one of their nine opening tournament games, though for the first time since 1986, they did not lose the opener.[17]

Mexico  0–0  Poland
Report
Attendance: 39,369
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mexico
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Poland
GK 13 Guillermo Ochoa (c)
RB 19 Jorge Sánchez   29'
CB 3 César Montes
CB 15 Héctor Moreno   56'
LB 23 Jesús Gallardo
DM 4 Edson Álvarez
CM 16 Héctor Herrera   71'
CM 24 Luis Chávez
RF 22 Hirving Lozano
CF 20 Henry Martín   71'
LF 10 Alexis Vega   84'
Substitutions:
MF 8 Carlos Rodríguez   71'
FW 9 Raúl Jiménez   71'
FW 21 Uriel Antuna   84'
Other disciplinary actions:
TS   Jorge Theiler   61'
Manager:
  Gerardo Martino
 
GK 1 Wojciech Szczęsny
CB 18 Bartosz Bereszyński
CB 15 Kamil Glik
CB 14 Jakub Kiwior
DM 10 Grzegorz Krychowiak
CM 13 Jakub Kamiński
CM 19 Sebastian Szymański   71'
RW 2 Matty Cash
LW 21 Nicola Zalewski   46'
CF 20 Piotr Zieliński   87'
CF 9 Robert Lewandowski (c)
Substitutions:
MF 6 Krystian Bielik   46'
MF 24 Przemysław Frankowski   76'   71'
FW 7 Arkadiusz Milik   87'
Manager:
Czesław Michniewicz

Man of the Match:
Guillermo Ochoa (Mexico)[18]

Assistant referees:
Anton Shchetinin (Australia)
Ashley Beecham (Australia)
Fourth official:
Stéphanie Frappart (France)
Reserve assistant referee:
Neuza Back (Brazil)
Video assistant referee:
Shaun Evans (Australia)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Nicolás Gallo (Colombia)
Martín Soppi (Uruguay)
Juan Soto (Venezuela)
Stand-by assistant video assistant referee:
Djibril Camara (Senegal)

Poland vs Saudi Arabia

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The teams had previously faced each other four times, most recently in 2006, a 2–1 win for Poland in a friendly match.[19]

Piotr Zieliński scored the opening goal for Poland in the 39th minute. At the end of the first half, Saleh Al-Shehri was fouled in the box and awarded a penalty kick. However, Salem Al-Dawsari's attempt would be saved by Polish goalkeeper Wojciech Szczęsny. In the second half, an error by Abdulellah Al-Malki led to Robert Lewandowski scoring his first World Cup goal in the 82nd minute, as Poland would win the match 2–0.[20]

The result meant that Poland went unbeaten in their opening two World Cup games for the first time since 1986.[21]

Poland  2–0  Saudi Arabia
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Poland
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Saudi Arabia
GK 1 Wojciech Szczęsny
CB 18 Bartosz Bereszyński
CB 15 Kamil Glik
CB 14 Jakub Kiwior   15'
RM 2 Matty Cash   16'
CM 6 Krystian Bielik
CM 10 Grzegorz Krychowiak
LM 24 Przemysław Frankowski
AM 20 Piotr Zieliński   63'
CF 7 Arkadiusz Milik   19'   71'
CF 9 Robert Lewandowski (c)
Substitutions:
MF 13 Jakub Kamiński   63'
FW 23 Krzysztof Piątek   71'
Manager:
Czesław Michniewicz
 
GK 21 Mohammed Al-Owais
RB 12 Saud Abdulhamid
CB 4 Abdulelah Al-Amri   45+4'
CB 5 Ali Al-Bulaihi
LB 6 Mohammed Al-Breik   65'
DM 8 Abdulellah Al-Malki   20'   85'
CM 16 Sami Al-Najei   46'
CM 23 Mohamed Kanno
RW 9 Firas Al-Buraikan
LW 10 Salem Al-Dawsari (c)
CF 11 Saleh Al-Shehri   85'
Substitutions:
MF 18 Nawaf Al-Abed   46'   90+5'
DF 2 Sultan Al-Ghannam   65'
FW 20 Abdulrahman Al-Aboud   85'
MF 24 Nasser Al-Dawsari   85'
FW 19 Hattan Bahebri   90+5'
Other disciplinary actions:
TS   Laurent Bonadéi   27'
Manager:
  Hervé Renard

Man of the Match:
Robert Lewandowski (Poland)[22]

Assistant referees:
Bruno Boschilia (Brazil)
Bruno Pires (Brazil)
Fourth official:
Kevin Ortega (Peru)
Reserve assistant referee:
Michael Orué (Peru)
Video assistant referee:
Drew Fischer (Canada)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Armando Villarreal (United States)
Nicolás Taran (Uruguay)
Leodán González (Uruguay)
Stand-by assistant video assistant referee:
Martín Soppi (Uruguay)

Argentina vs Mexico

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The teams had faced each other at the FIFA World Cup on three previous occasions, with Argentina winning all three matches: a 6–3 group stage victory in 1930, a 2–1 round of 16 win in 2006, and another round of 16 victory by a 3–1 scoreline in 2010.[23]

After a goalless first half,[24] Lionel Messi put Argentina in the lead in the 64th minute with a shot from outside the penalty area.[25] Enzo Fernández made it 2–0 and secured the win in the 87th minute with a curled finish in the top right corner of the net.

Messi's assist for Fernández's goal made him the first player to record assists at five different World Cups.[26] The match's reported attendance of 88,966 was the highest for a World Cup fixture since the 94,194 spectators at the Rose Bowl for the 1994 final.[27]

Argentina  2–0  Mexico
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Attendance: 88,966
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Argentina
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mexico
GK 23 Emiliano Martínez
RB 4 Gonzalo Montiel   43'   63'
CB 19 Nicolás Otamendi
CB 25 Lisandro Martínez
LB 8 Marcos Acuña
CM 7 Rodrigo De Paul
CM 18 Guido Rodríguez   57'
RW 11 Ángel Di María   69'
LW 20 Alexis Mac Allister   69'
CF 10 Lionel Messi (c)
CF 22 Lautaro Martínez   63'
Substitutions:
MF 24 Enzo Fernández   57'
FW 9 Julián Álvarez   63'
DF 26 Nahuel Molina   63'
MF 14 Exequiel Palacios   69'
DF 13 Cristian Romero   69'
Manager:
Lionel Scaloni
 
GK 13 Guillermo Ochoa
CB 2 Néstor Araujo   22'
CB 3 César Montes
CB 15 Héctor Moreno
RWB 26 Kevin Álvarez   66'
LWB 23 Jesús Gallardo
CM 24 Luis Chávez
CM 16 Héctor Herrera   66'
CM 18 Andrés Guardado (c)   42'
CF 22 Hirving Lozano   73'
CF 10 Alexis Vega   66'
Substitutions:
MF 14 Érick Gutiérrez   50'   42'
FW 9 Raúl Jiménez   66'
FW 21 Uriel Antuna   66'
FW 25 Roberto Alvarado   89'   73'
Manager:
  Gerardo Martino

Man of the Match:
Lionel Messi (Argentina)[28]

Assistant referees:
Ciro Carbone (Italy)
Alessandro Giallatini (Italy)
Fourth official:
István Kovács (Romania)
Reserve assistant referee:
Ovidiu Artene (Romania)
Video assistant referee:
Massimiliano Irrati (Italy)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Paolo Valeri (Italy)
Roberto Díaz Pérez del Palomar (Spain)
Jérôme Brisard (France)
Stand-by assistant video assistant referee:
Jerson dos Santos (Angola)

Poland vs Argentina

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The teams had met eleven previous times, including twice in the World Cup; Poland's 3–2 first group stage victory in 1974 and Argentina's 2–0 second group stage win in 1978.

Argentina were awarded a first-half penalty when Polish goalkeeper Wojciech Szczęsny was adjudged to have made illegal contact with Lionel Messi while attempting to punch the ball away. However, Szczęsny would then keep out Messi's subsequent spot kick, saving a penalty for the second match in a row. Szczęsny would nevertheless concede for the first time in the tournament after Argentina scored twice in the second half; the first goal came from Alexis Mac Allister with a low shot to the left corner immediately following the restart, and the second from Julián Álvarez with a shot to the top right of the net, as the Argentines won 2–0 and topped the group with six points, reaching the knockout stage for the thirteenth time in their last fourteen World Cup appearances.[29]

Szczęsny became just the third goalkeeper to save multiple penalties at a single World Cup (excluding shoot-outs), following compatriot Jan Tomaszewski in 1974 and Brad Friedel in 2002. Despite defeat, Poland would still join Argentina in the last 16 thanks to a superior goal difference to Mexico, ending their 36-year knockout stage drought.[30][31]

Poland  0–2  Argentina
Report
Attendance: 44,089
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Poland
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Argentina
GK 1 Wojciech Szczęsny
RB 2 Matty Cash
CB 15 Kamil Glik
CB 14 Jakub Kiwior
LB 18 Bartosz Bereszyński   72'
RM 20 Piotr Zieliński
CM 6 Krystian Bielik   62'
CM 10 Grzegorz Krychowiak   78'   83'
LM 24 Przemysław Frankowski   46'
CF 9 Robert Lewandowski (c)
CF 16 Karol Świderski   46'
Substitutions:
MF 26 Michał Skóraś   46'
MF 13 Jakub Kamiński   46'
MF 8 Damian Szymański   62'
DF 3 Artur Jędrzejczyk   72'
FW 23 Krzysztof Piątek   83'
Manager:
Czesław Michniewicz
 
GK 23 Emiliano Martínez
RB 26 Nahuel Molina
CB 13 Cristian Romero
CB 19 Nicolás Otamendi
LB 8 Marcos Acuña   49'   59'
DM 24 Enzo Fernández   79'
CM 7 Rodrigo De Paul
CM 20 Alexis Mac Allister   83'
RF 11 Ángel Di María   59'
CF 10 Lionel Messi (c)
LF 9 Julián Álvarez   79'
Substitutions:
MF 5 Leandro Paredes   59'
DF 3 Nicolás Tagliafico   59'
DF 6 Germán Pezzella   79'
FW 22 Lautaro Martínez   79'
MF 16 Thiago Almada   83'
Manager:
Lionel Scaloni

Man of the Match:
Alexis Mac Allister (Argentina)[32]

Assistant referees:
Hessel Steegstra (Netherlands)
Jan de Vries (Netherlands)
Fourth official:
Saíd Martínez (Honduras)
Reserve assistant referee:
Helpys Raymundo Feliz (Dominican Republic)
Video assistant referee:
Pol van Boekel (Netherlands)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Bastian Dankert (Germany)
Kathryn Nesbitt (United States)
Juan Soto (Venezuela)
Stand-by assistant video assistant referee:
Anton Shchetinin (Australia)

Saudi Arabia vs Mexico

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The teams had met five previous times, most recently in 1999, a 5–1 win for Mexico at the FIFA Confederations Cup.[33]

After a goalless first half, Mexico struck twice in the second half, first with a volley from a corner by Henry Martín in the 47th minute, and then with a thunderous free kick by Luis Chávez in the 52nd minute. However, Mexico failed to find a third goal, which they needed to overtake Poland on goal difference; Mexico had received more yellow cards than Poland and would have been eliminated on this basis if the teams finished level on points, goal difference, and goals scored. Salem Al-Dawsari, however, would score for Saudi Arabia in the fifth minute of added time with a goal after a one-two, confirming both teams' elimination as Mexico claimed the 2–1 win.[34]

This was the first time Mexico failed to advance to the knockout stage at a FIFA World Cup since 1978; meanwhile, Saudi Arabia's knockout stage drought extended to 32 years, having failed to progress past the group stage since the country's tournament debut in 1994, standing as the second longest knockout stage drought after that of North Korea.

Saudi Arabia  1–2  Mexico
Report
Attendance: 84,985
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Saudi Arabia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mexico
GK 21 Mohammed Al-Owais
CB 17 Hassan Al-Tambakti   52'
CB 4 Abdulelah Al-Amri   90+1'
CB 5 Ali Al-Bulaihi   37'
RM 2 Sultan Al-Ghannam   88'
CM 15 Ali Al-Hassan   34'   46'
CM 23 Mohamed Kanno
LM 12 Saud Abdulhamid
RF 9 Firas Al-Buraikan
CF 11 Saleh Al-Shehri   28'   62'
LF 10 Salem Al-Dawsari (c)
Substitutions:
MF 26 Riyadh Sharahili   37'
DF 3 Abdullah Madu   81'   46'
FW 20 Abdulrahman Al-Aboud   62'
FW 19 Hattan Bahebri   90+7'   88'
Manager:
  Hervé Renard
 
GK 13 Guillermo Ochoa (c)
RB 19 Jorge Sánchez   86'
CB 3 César Montes
CB 15 Héctor Moreno
LB 23 Jesús Gallardo
CM 4 Edson Álvarez   16'   86'
CM 24 Luis Chávez
RW 22 Hirving Lozano
AM 17 Orbelín Pineda   77'
LW 10 Alexis Vega   46'
CF 20 Henry Martín   77'
Substitutions:
FW 21 Uriel Antuna   46'
FW 9 Raúl Jiménez   77'
MF 8 Carlos Rodríguez   77'
DF 26 Kevin Álvarez   86'
FW 11 Rogelio Funes Mori   86'
Manager:
  Gerardo Martino

Man of the Match:
Luis Chávez (Mexico)[35]

Assistant referees:
Stuart Burt (England)
Simon Bennett (England)
Fourth official:
István Kovács (Romania)
Reserve assistant referee:
Vasile Marinescu (Romania)
Video assistant referee:
Massimiliano Irrati (Italy)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Paolo Valeri (Italy)
Alessandro Giallatini (Italy)
Alejandro Hernández Hernández (Spain)
Stand-by assistant video assistant referee:
Ciro Carbone (Italy)

Discipline

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Fair play points would have been used as tiebreakers 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:[2]

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

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

Team Match 1 Match 2 Match 3 Points
                                   
  Argentina 1 1 −2
  Poland 1 3 1 −5
  Mexico 2 4 1 −7
  Saudi Arabia 6 2 6 −14

See also

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References

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