# Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament – Group C

Group C of the men's football tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics was played from 4 to 10 August 2016, and included Fiji, Germany, Mexico and South Korea. The top two teams advanced to the knockout stage.
All times are BRT (UTC−3).

## Teams

| Draw position | Team | Confederation | Method of qualification | Date of qualification | Olympic appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance |
| C1 | Fiji | OFC | Pacific Games 1st place | 12 July 2015 | 1st | — | — |
| C2 | South Korea | AFC | AFC U-23 Championship 2nd place | 26 January 2016 | 10th | 2012 | Bronze medal (2012) |
| C3 | Mexico | CONCACAF | CONCACAF Qualifying 1st place | 10 October 2015 | 11th | 2012 | Gold medal (2012) |
| C4 | Germany | UEFA | UEFA Under-21 Championship semi-finalists | 23 June 2015 | 9th | 1988 | Bronze medal (1988) |

## Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | South Korea | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 7 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Germany | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 5 | +10 | 5 | Quarter-finals |
| 3 | Mexico | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 4 | |
| 4 | Fiji | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 23 | −22 | 0 | |

## Matches
### Mexico vs Germany

| Mexico | Germany |
| GK | 1 | Alfredo Talavera |
| DF | 2 | José Abella |
| DF | 4 | César Montes |
| DF | 6 | Jorge Torres Nilo |
| DF | 13 | Carlos Salcedo |
| MF | 5 | Michael Pérez |
| MF | 7 | Rodolfo Pizarro | 81' |
| MF | 15 | Erick Gutiérrez |
| FW | 8 | Hirving Lozano | 83' |
| FW | 9 | Oribe Peralta (c) | 74' |
| FW | 11 | Marco Bueno |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 18 | Erick Torres | 74' |
| FW | 16 | Carlos Cisneros | 81' |
| DF | 10 | Víctor Guzmán | 83' |
| Manager: ||
| Raúl Gutiérrez ||
| GK | 1 | Timo Horn |
| DF | 2 | Jeremy Toljan |
| DF | 3 | Lukas Klostermann |
| DF | 4 | Matthias Ginter |
| DF | 5 | Niklas Süle |
| MF | 6 | Sven Bender |
| MF | 7 | Max Meyer | | 89' |
| MF | 8 | Lars Bender | 26' |
| MF | 10 | Leon Goretzka (c) | | 28' |
| MF | 11 | Julian Brandt |
| FW | 9 | Davie Selke | | 84' |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 17 | Serge Gnabry | | 28' |
| FW | 18 | Nils Petersen | | 84' |
| MF | 15 | Max Christiansen | | 89' |
| Manager: ||
| Horst Hrubesch ||
* Assistant referees:
* Reza Sokhandan (Iran)
* Mohammadreza Mansouri (Iran)
* Fourth official:
* Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)

### Fiji vs South Korea

| Fiji | South Korea |
| GK | 1 | Simione Tamanisau |
| DF | 2 | Praneel Naidu |
| DF | 3 | Filipe Baravilala | | 67' |
| DF | 4 | Jale Dreloa | 71' |
| DF | 11 | Alvin Singh |
| MF | 5 | Antonio Tuivuna |
| MF | 7 | Nickel Chand |
| MF | 12 | Tevita Waranaivalu | | 79' |
| FW | 8 | Setareki Hughes | | 67' |
| FW | 9 | Roy Krishna (c) |
| FW | 13 | Iosefo Verevou |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 6 | Anish Khem | | 67' |
| FW | 15 | Saula Waqa | | 67' |
| MF | 10 | Ratu Nakalevu | | 79' |
| Manager: ||
| Frank Farina ||
| GK | 18 | Gu Sung-yun |
| DF | 2 | Sim Sang-min |
| DF | 3 | Lee Seul-chan |
| DF | 5 | Choi Kyu-baek | 3' |
| DF | 6 | Jang Hyun-soo (c) |
| DF | 15 | Jeong Seung-hyun |
| MF | 8 | Moon Chang-jin |
| MF | 10 | Ryu Seung-woo |
| MF | 16 | Kwon Chang-hoon | | 70' |
| MF | 17 | Lee Chang-min | | 80' |
| FW | 11 | Hwang Hee-chan | | 69' |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 9 | Suk Hyun-jun | | 69' |
| FW | 7 | Son Heung-min | | 70' |
| MF | 4 | Kim Min-tae | | 80' |
| Manager: ||
| Shin Tae-yong ||
* Assistant referees:
* Djibril Camara (Senegal)
* El Hadji Malick Samba (Senegal)
* Fourth official:
* Néstor Pitana (Argentina)

### Fiji vs Mexico

| Fiji | Mexico |
| GK | 1 | Simione Tamanisau |
| DF | 2 | Praneel Naidu |
| DF | 4 | Jale Dreloa |
| DF | 11 | Alvin Singh |
| MF | 5 | Antonio Tuivuna | | 81' |
| MF | 7 | Nickel Chand |
| MF | 10 | Ratu Nakalevu | 36' | 61' |
| FW | 6 | Anish Khem | 70' |
| FW | 8 | Setareki Hughes | | 70' |
| FW | 9 | Roy Krishna (c) |
| FW | 13 | Iosefo Verevou |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 12 | Tevita Waranaivalu | | 61' |
| FW | 14 | Samuela Nabenia | | 70' |
| DF | 3 | Filipe Baravilala | | 81' |
| Manager: ||
| Frank Farina ||
| GK | 1 | Alfredo Talavera |
| DF | 2 | José Abella | 90' |
| DF | 4 | César Montes | | 71' |
| DF | 6 | Jorge Torres Nilo |
| DF | 13 | Carlos Salcedo |
| MF | 5 | Michael Pérez |
| MF | 7 | Rodolfo Pizarro | | 35' |
| MF | 15 | Erick Gutiérrez |
| FW | 8 | Hirving Lozano | | 46' |
| FW | 9 | Oribe Peralta (c) |
| FW | 11 | Marco Bueno |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 16 | Carlos Cisneros | | 35' |
| MF | 17 | Alfonso González | | 46' |
| DF | 14 | Érick Aguirre | | 71' |
| Manager: ||
| Raúl Gutiérrez ||
* Assistant referees:
* Rédouane Achik (Morocco)
* Waleed Ahmed (Sudan)
* Fourth official:
* Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)

### Germany vs South Korea

| Germany | South Korea |
| GK | 1 | Timo Horn |
| DF | 2 | Jeremy Toljan |
| DF | 3 | Lukas Klostermann |
| DF | 4 | Matthias Ginter |
| DF | 5 | Niklas Süle | 88' |
| MF | 6 | Sven Bender |
| MF | 7 | Max Meyer (c) |
| MF | 8 | Lars Bender |
| MF | 11 | Julian Brandt |
| MF | 17 | Serge Gnabry |
| FW | 9 | Davie Selke | | 83' |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 18 | Nils Petersen | | 83' |
| Manager: ||
| Horst Hrubesch ||
| GK | 1 | Kim Dong-jun |
| DF | 2 | Sim Sang-min |
| DF | 3 | Lee Seul-chan |
| DF | 5 | Choi Kyu-baek | 46' |
| DF | 6 | Jang Hyun-soo (c) |
| DF | 15 | Jeong Seung-hyun |
| MF | 8 | Moon Chang-jin | 75' |
| MF | 14 | Park Yong-woo |
| MF | 16 | Kwon Chang-hoon | 82' |
| FW | 7 | Son Heung-min |
| FW | 11 | Hwang Hee-chan |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 12 | Lee Chan-dong | 46' |
| FW | 9 | Suk Hyun-jun | 75' |
| MF | 10 | Ryu Seung-woo | 82' |
| Manager: ||
| Shin Tae-yong ||
* Assistant referees:
* Hernán Maidana (Argentina)
* Juan Pablo Belatti (Argentina)
* Fourth official:
* Sandro Ricci (Brazil)

### Germany vs Fiji

| Germany | Fiji |
| GK | 1 | Timo Horn |
| DF | 2 | Jeremy Toljan | 46' |
| DF | 3 | Lukas Klostermann | 46' |
| DF | 5 | Niklas Süle |
| MF | 6 | Sven Bender |
| MF | 7 | Max Meyer (c) |
| MF | 8 | Lars Bender |
| MF | 11 | Julian Brandt |
| MF | 15 | Max Christiansen | 67' |
| MF | 17 | Serge Gnabry |
| FW | 18 | Nils Petersen |
| Substitutions: ||
| DF | 13 | Philipp Max | 46' |
| DF | 14 | Robert Bauer | 46' |
| MF | 16 | Grischa Prömel | 67' |
| Manager: ||
| Horst Hrubesch ||
| GK | 1 | Simione Tamanisau | 57' |
| DF | 2 | Praneel Naidu |
| DF | 4 | Jale Dreloa |
| DF | 11 | Alvin Singh | 62' |
| MF | 7 | Nickel Chand |
| MF | 10 | Ratu Nakalevu | | 46' |
| MF | 12 | Tevita Waranaivalu |
| FW | 6 | Anish Khem | | 67' |
| FW | 8 | Setareki Hughes | 73' |
| FW | 9 | Roy Krishna (c) |
| FW | 13 | Iosefo Verevou | | 67' |
| Substitutions: ||
| DF | 3 | Filipe Baravilala | | 46' |
| FW | 14 | Samuela Nabenia | | 67' |
| MF | 16 | Joseph Turagabeci | | 67' |
| Manager: ||
| Frank Farina ||
* Assistant referees:
* Abdullah Al-Shalwai (Saudi Arabia)
* Mohammed Al-Abakry (Saudi Arabia)
* Fourth official:
* Ryuji Sato (Japan)

### South Korea vs Mexico

| South Korea | Mexico |
| GK | 18 | Gu Sung-yun | 83' |
| DF | 2 | Sim Sang-min |
| DF | 3 | Lee Seul-chan | 61' |
| DF | 6 | Jang Hyun-soo (c) |
| DF | 15 | Jeong Seung-hyun |
| MF | 10 | Ryu Seung-woo | | 71' |
| MF | 14 | Park Yong-woo |
| MF | 16 | Kwon Chang-hoon | | 90+2' |
| MF | 17 | Lee Chang-min | | 55' |
| FW | 7 | Son Heung-min |
| FW | 11 | Hwang Hee-chan | 90+4' |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 12 | Lee Chan-dong | 69' | 55' |
| FW | 9 | Suk Hyun-jun | | 71' |
| MF | 4 | Kim Min-tae | | 90+2' |
| Manager: ||
| Shin Tae-yong ||
| GK | 1 | Alfredo Talavera (c) |
| DF | 4 | César Montes |
| DF | 6 | Jorge Torres Nilo | | 80' |
| DF | 14 | Erick Aguirre |
| DF | 13 | Carlos Salcedo | 90' |
| MF | 5 | Michael Pérez |
| MF | 15 | Erick Gutiérrez |
| MF | 17 | Alfonso González | | 51' |
| FW | 11 | Marco Bueno | | 69' |
| FW | 16 | Carlos Cisneros |
| FW | 18 | Erick Torres |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 8 | Hirving Lozano | 72' 90+4' | 51' |
| DF | 20 | Raúl López | | 69' |
| FW | 21 | Carlos Fierro | | 80' |
| Manager: ||
| Raúl Gutiérrez ||
* Assistant referees:
* Frédéric Cano (France)
* Nicolas Danos (France)
* Fourth official:
* Sergei Karasev (Russia)