# 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. The group consisted of Argentina, Australia, Egypt and Spain. The top two teams, Spain and Egypt, advanced to the knockout stage.

## Teams

| 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) |

## Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | |
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.

## Matches
### Egypt vs Spain

| Egypt | Spain |
| 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

| Argentina | Australia |
| 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

| Egypt | Argentina |
| 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

| Australia | Spain |
| 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

| Australia | Egypt |
| 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

| Spain | Argentina |
| 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)

## 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 is applied to a player in a single match.
| Team | Match 1 | Match 1 | Match 2 | Match 3 | Points |
| Spain | | | 2 | 1 | –3 |
| Egypt | 4 | | | 2 | –6 |
| Australia | 7 | | 4 | 1 | –12 |
| Argentina | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | –16 |