# 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup Group C

Group C of the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup consisted of Japan, Switzerland, Cameroon and Ecuador. Matches were played from 8 to 16 June 2015.

## Teams

| Draw position | Team | Confederation | Method of qualification | Date of qualification | Finals appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance | FIFA Rankings at start of event |
| C1 (seed) | Japan | AFC | AFC Women's Asian Cup winners | 18 May 2014 | 7th | 2011 | Winners (2011) | 4 |
| C2 | Switzerland | UEFA | UEFA Group 3 winners | 15 June 2014 | 1st | — | — | 19 |
| C3 | Cameroon | CAF | African Women's Championship runners-up | 22 October 2014 | 1st | — | — | 53 |
| C4 | Ecuador | CONMEBOL | CONMEBOL-CONCACAF play-off winners | 2 December 2014 | 1st | — | — | 48 |

## Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Japan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Cameroon | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Switzerland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 3 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 4 | Ecuador | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 17 | −16 | 0 | |
In the round of 16:
* Japan advanced to play Netherlands (third-placed team of Group A).
* Cameroon advanced to play China PR (runner-up of Group A).
* Switzerland (as one of the four best third-placed teams) advanced to play Canada (winner of Group A).

## Matches
### Cameroon vs Ecuador

Cameroon's 6–0 win is the biggest ever win by a team in their first ever FIFA Women's World Cup match, breaking the record of Italy, who beat Chinese Taipei 5–0 in 1991.
| Cameroon | Ecuador |
| GK | 1 | Annette Ngo Ndom |
| RB | 12 | Claudine Meffometou |
| CB | 13 | Cathy Bou Ndjouh |
| CB | 2 | Christine Manie (c) |
| LB | 4 | Yvonne Leuko |
| CM | 8 | Raissa Feudjio |
| CM | 10 | Jeannette Yango | 38' |
| RW | 17 | Gaëlle Enganamouit |
| AM | 20 | Genevieve Ngo | | 61' |
| LW | 7 | Gabrielle Onguéné | | 83' |
| CF | 9 | Madeleine Ngono Mani | | 74' |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 6 | Francine Zouga | | 61' |
| FW | 3 | Ajara Nchout | | 74' |
| FW | 18 | Henriette Akaba | | 83' |
| Manager: ||
| Ngachu Enow ||
| GK | 1 | Shirley Berruz |
| RB | 19 | Kerly Real | 43' |
| CB | 3 | Lorena Aguilar |
| CB | 16 | Ligia Moreira (c) | 66' |
| LB | 6 | Angie Ponce |
| CM | 5 | Mayra Olivera |
| CM | 20 | Denise Pesántes |
| RW | 13 | Madelin Riera |
| LW | 21 | Mabel Velarde | | 45' |
| SS | 10 | Ámbar Torres | | 54' |
| CF | 11 | Mónica Quinteros | | 72' |
| Substitutions: ||
| DF | 7 | Ingrid Rodríguez | 45+2' | 45' |
| FW | 9 | Giannina Lattanzio | | 54' |
| DF | 2 | Katherine Ortíz | 70' | 72' |
| Manager: ||
| Vanessa Arauz ||
* Player of the Match:
* Gaëlle Enganamouit (Cameroon)
* Assistant referees:
* Natalie Aspinall (England)
* Anna Nyström (Sweden)
* Fourth official:
* Tupou Patia (Cook Islands)
* Fifth official:
* Katrin Rafalski (Germany)

### Japan vs Switzerland

| Japan | Switzerland |
| GK | 21 | Erina Yamane |
| RB | 19 | Saori Ariyoshi |
| CB | 3 | Azusa Iwashimizu |
| CB | 4 | Saki Kumagai |
| LB | 13 | Rumi Utsugi |
| CM | 6 | Mizuho Sakaguchi |
| CM | 10 | Homare Sawa | 57' |
| RW | 11 | Shinobu Ohno | 90' |
| LW | 8 | Aya Miyama (c) |
| CF | 7 | Kozue Ando | 32' |
| CF | 17 | Yūki Ōgimi |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 15 | Yuika Sugasawa | 32' |
| DF | 20 | Yuri Kawamura | 57' |
| MF | 9 | Nahomi Kawasumi | 90' |
| Manager: ||
| Norio Sasaki ||
| GK | 1 | Gaëlle Thalmann | 28' |
| RB | 5 | Noelle Maritz |
| CB | 15 | Caroline Abbé (c) | 90+3' |
| CB | 9 | Lia Wälti |
| LB | 4 | Rachel Rinast |
| CM | 7 | Martina Moser | | 81' |
| CM | 22 | Vanessa Bernauer |
| RW | 16 | Fabienne Humm | | 46' |
| LW | 13 | Ana-Maria Crnogorčević |
| CF | 10 | Ramona Bachmann | 22' |
| CF | 11 | Lara Dickenmann |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 19 | Eseosa Aigbogun | | 46' |
| MF | 8 | Cinzia Zehnder | | 81' |
| Manager: ||
| Martina Voss-Tecklenburg ||
* Player of the Match:
* Aya Miyama (Japan)
* Assistant referees:
* Kimberly Moreira (Costa Rica)
* Shirley Perello (Honduras)
* Fourth official:
* Yeimy Martinez (Colombia)
* Fifth official:
* Janette Arcanjo (Brazil)

### Switzerland vs Ecuador

| Switzerland | Ecuador |
| GK | 1 | Gaëlle Thalmann |
| RB | 5 | Noelle Maritz | 57' |
| CB | 15 | Caroline Abbé (c) | 51' |
| CB | 14 | Rahel Kiwic | 72' |
| LB | 4 | Rachel Rinast |
| CM | 7 | Martina Moser |
| CM | 9 | Lia Wälti |
| RW | 19 | Eseosa Aigbogun |
| LW | 13 | Ana-Maria Crnogorčević |
| CF | 16 | Fabienne Humm |
| CF | 10 | Ramona Bachmann |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 8 | Cinzia Zehnder | 51' |
| DF | 2 | Nicole Remund | 57' |
| DF | 6 | Selina Kuster | 72' |
| Manager: ||
| Martina Voss-Tecklenburg ||
| GK | 1 | Shirley Berruz |
| RB | 7 | Ingrid Rodríguez |
| CB | 2 | Katherine Ortíz | | 46' |
| CB | 3 | Nancy Aguilar (c) |
| LB | 6 | Angie Ponce |
| CM | 5 | Mayra Olivera |
| CM | 20 | Denise Pesántes | 72' |
| RW | 19 | Kerly Real |
| AM | 15 | Ana Palacios | | 69' |
| LW | 21 | Mabel Velarde | | 79' |
| CF | 11 | Mónica Quinteros |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 17 | Alexandra Salvador | | 46' |
| MF | 18 | Adriana Barré | | 69' |
| MF | 8 | Erika Vásquez | | 79' |
| Manager: ||
| Vanessa Arauz ||
* Player of the Match:
* Ramona Bachmann (Switzerland)
* Assistant referees:
* Widiya Shamsuri (Malaysia)
* Sarah Ho (Australia)
* Fourth official:
* Gladys Lengwe (Zambia)
* Fifth official:
* Lidwine Rakotozafinoro (Madagascar)

### Japan vs Cameroon

| Japan | Cameroon |
| GK | 18 | Ayumi Kaihori |
| RB | 2 | Yukari Kinga |
| CB | 3 | Azusa Iwashimizu |
| CB | 4 | Saki Kumagai |
| LB | 5 | Aya Sameshima |
| CM | 6 | Mizuho Sakaguchi | 64' |
| CM | 13 | Rumi Utsugi |
| RW | 9 | Nahomi Kawasumi | 55' |
| LW | 8 | Aya Miyama (c) |
| CF | 15 | Yuika Sugasawa | 85' |
| CF | 17 | Yūki Ōgimi |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 11 | Shinobu Ohno | 55' |
| MF | 10 | Homare Sawa | 64' |
| DF | 12 | Megumi Kamionobe | 85' |
| Manager: ||
| Norio Sasaki ||
| GK | 1 | Annette Ngo Ndom |
| RB | 12 | Claudine Meffometou |
| CB | 13 | Cathy Bou Ndjouh |
| CB | 2 | Christine Manie (c) |
| LB | 4 | Yvonne Leuko |
| CM | 8 | Raissa Feudjio |
| CM | 10 | Jeannette Yango |
| RW | 7 | Gabrielle Onguéné | | 72' |
| AM | 20 | Genevieve Ngo | 43' | 46' |
| LW | 17 | Gaëlle Enganamouit |
| CF | 9 | Madeleine Ngono Mani | | 62' |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 6 | Francine Zouga | | 46' |
| FW | 3 | Ajara Nchout | | 62' |
| DF | 5 | Augustine Ejangue | | 72' |
| Manager: ||
| Ngachu Enow ||
* Player of the Match:
* Aya Miyama (Japan)
* Assistant referees:
* Anna Nyström (Sweden)
* Natalie Aspinall (England)
* Fourth official:
* Tupou Patia (Cook Islands)
* Fifth official:
* Bernadettar Kwimbira (Malawi)

### Ecuador vs Japan

| Ecuador | Japan |
| GK | 1 | Shirley Berruz |
| RB | 7 | Ingrid Rodríguez |
| CB | 2 | Katherine Ortíz |
| CB | 16 | Ligia Moreira (c) |
| LB | 6 | Angie Ponce |
| DM | 3 | Nancy Aguilar | 52' |
| RM | 19 | Kerly Real |
| CM | 20 | Denise Pesántes |
| CM | 5 | Mayra Olivera |
| LM | 8 | Erika Vásquez | 39' | 90' |
| CF | 11 | Mónica Quinteros | | 83' |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 14 | Carina Caicedo | | 83' |
| MF | 13 | Madelin Riera | | 90' |
| Manager: ||
| Vanessa Arauz ||
| GK | 1 | Miho Fukumoto |
| RB | 19 | Saori Ariyoshi |
| CB | 23 | Kana Kitahara | | 46' |
| CB | 20 | Yuri Kawamura |
| LB | 5 | Aya Sameshima |
| CM | 14 | Asuna Tanaka |
| CM | 10 | Homare Sawa |
| RW | 11 | Shinobu Ohno | 17' | 75' |
| LW | 8 | Aya Miyama (c) |
| CF | 15 | Yuika Sugasawa | | 80' |
| CF | 17 | Yūki Ōgimi |
| Substitutions: ||
| DF | 12 | Megumi Kamionobe | | 46' |
| MF | 22 | Asano Nagasato | | 75' |
| FW | 16 | Mana Iwabuchi | | 80' |
| Manager: ||
| Norio Sasaki ||
* Player of the Match:
* Aya Miyama (Japan)
* Assistant referees:
* Yolanda Parga (Spain)
* Manuela Nicolosi (France)
* Fourth official:
* Quetzalli Alvarado (Mexico)
* Fifth official:
* Shirley Perello (Honduras)

### Switzerland vs Cameroon

| Switzerland | Cameroon |
| GK | 1 | Gaëlle Thalmann |
| RB | 5 | Noelle Maritz |
| CB | 9 | Lia Wälti | 82' |
| CB | 6 | Selina Kuster |
| LB | 4 | Rachel Rinast |
| CM | 7 | Martina Moser (c) |
| CM | 14 | Rahel Kiwic | | 65' |
| RW | 10 | Ramona Bachmann |
| LW | 11 | Lara Dickenmann | | 80' |
| CF | 16 | Fabienne Humm | | 69' |
| CF | 13 | Ana-Maria Crnogorčević |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 22 | Vanessa Bernauer | | 65' |
| FW | 19 | Eseosa Aigbogun | | 69' |
| DF | 2 | Nicole Remund | | 80' |
| Manager: ||
| Martina Voss-Tecklenburg ||
| GK | 1 | Annette Ngo Ndom |
| RB | 5 | Augustine Ejangue |
| CB | 11 | Aurelle Awona |
| CB | 2 | Christine Manie (c) |
| LB | 12 | Claudine Meffometou | 68' |
| CM | 8 | Raissa Feudjio | 19' |
| CM | 10 | Jeannette Yango |
| RW | 7 | Gabrielle Onguéné | | 90+2' |
| AM | 6 | Francine Zouga | | 87' |
| LW | 3 | Ajara Nchout | 35' | 57' |
| CF | 17 | Gaëlle Enganamouit | 90+2' |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 9 | Madeleine Ngono Mani | | 57' |
| MF | 19 | Agathe Ngani | | 87' |
| MF | 18 | Henriette Akaba | | 90+2' |
| Manager: ||
| Ngachu Enow ||
* Player of the Match:
* Gabrielle Onguéné (Cameroon)
* Assistant referees:
* Luciana Mascaraña (Uruguay)
* Loreto Toloza (Chile)
* Fourth official:
* Yeimy Martinez (Colombia)
* Fifth official:
* Janette Arcanjo (Brazil)