# 2021 FIFA Arab Cup Group D

Group D of the 2021 FIFA Arab Cup took place from 1 to 7 December 2021. The group consisted of Algeria, Egypt, Lebanon and Sudan.
The top two teams, Egypt and Algeria, advanced to the quarter-finals.

## Teams

| Draw position | Team | Finals appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance | FIFA Rankings | FIFA Rankings |
| Draw position | Team | Finals appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance | April 2021 | November 2021 |
| D1 | Algeria | 3rd | 1998 (group stage) | Group stage (1988, 1998) | 33 | 32 |
| D2 | Egypt | 5th | 2012 (group stage) | Winners (1992) | 46 | 45 |
| D3 | Lebanon | 8th | 2012 (group stage) | Third place (1963) | 93 | 94 |
| D4 | Sudan | 4th | 2012 (group stage) | Group stage (1998, 2002, 2012) | 123 | 124 |

## Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Egypt | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Algeria | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Lebanon | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 3 | |
| 4 | Sudan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | −10 | 0 | |
* 1 2 Fair-play points: Egypt –6, Algeria –11.
In the quarter-finals:
* Egypt advanced to play against Jordan (runners-up of Group C).
* Algeria advanced to play against Morocco (winners of Group C).

## Matches

All times listed are local time.

### Algeria vs Sudan

| Algeria | Sudan |
| GK | 23 | Raïs M'Bolhi (c) |
| RB | 3 | Houcine Benayada |
| CB | 4 | Djamel Benlamri |
| CB | 19 | Abdelkader Bedrane |
| LB | 20 | Ilyes Chetti |
| CM | 18 | Houssem Eddine Mrezigue |
| CM | 14 | Sofiane Bendebka | 64' |
| RW | 11 | Yacine Brahimi | 87' |
| AM | 15 | Hillal Soudani | 87' |
| LW | 8 | Amir Sayoud |
| CF | 9 | Baghdad Bounedjah | 79' |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 17 | Zakaria Draoui | 64' |
| FW | 22 | Zineddine Boutmène | 79' |
| MF | 6 | Yacine Titraoui | 87' |
| FW | 13 | Merouane Zerrouki | 87' |
| Manager: ||
| Madjid Bougherra ||
| GK | 1 | Ali Abu Eshrein |
| RB | 13 | Walid Hassan |
| CB | 4 | Amir Kamal |
| CB | 6 | Mohamed Ering |
| LB | 3 | Faris Abdalla |
| DM | 23 | Nasr Eldin El Shigail (c) |
| RM | 9 | Yaser Muzmel | 63' |
| LM | 21 | Walieldin Khedr | 63' |
| AM | 19 | Dhiya Mahjoub | 46' |
| CF | 7 | Ramadan Agab | 46' |
| CF | 10 | Mohamed Abdelrahman | 75' |
| Substitutions: ||
| DF | 12 | Ahmed Bibo | 46' |
| MF | 14 | Salah Adel | 46' |
| MF | 2 | Abuaagla Abdalla | 63' |
| FW | 22 | Al-Jezoli Nouh | 63' |
| FW | 11 | Muaaz Al-Quoz | 75' |
| Manager: ||
| Hubert Velud ||
* Man of the Match:
* Baghdad Bounedjah (Algeria)
* Assistant referees:
* Jun Mihara (Japan)
* Hiroshi Yamauchi (Japan)
* Fourth official:
* Fernando Hernández Gómez (Mexico)
* Video assistant referee:
* Hiroyuki Kimura (Japan)
* Assistant video assistant referees:
* Abdulla Al Marri (Qatar)

### Egypt vs Lebanon

Right from the start, Egypt dominated possession, holding 76% of the ball in the first 15 minutes. Despite their dominance on the ball, they could not break through Lebanon's defence, having to resort to harmless crosses and long-distance shots. The first dangerous chance of the game came in the 33rd minute, when Egypt's Ahmed Hegazi headed from Mostafa Fathi's free kick, with Lebanon's Mostafa Matar saving the shot; El Wensh's rebound was cleared off the line by Felix Michel Melki. At half time, the result was 0–0, with Egypt incapable of capitalising from a couple of attacking opportunities. Matar proved decisive once again in the second half, saving a one-on-one attack from Afsha. It was Afsha who broke the deadlock in the 71st minute through a penalty, after Ahmed Abou El Fotouh was brought down inside the penalty area by Alexander Michel Melki. In the final 20 minutes, Lebanon modestly attempted to equalise in vain.
| Egypt | Lebanon |
| GK | 1 | Mohamed El Shenawy |
| RB | 14 | Akram Tawfik | 45+3' | 84' |
| CB | 11 | Ahmed Hegazi |
| CB | 15 | Mahmoud Hamdy |
| LB | 13 | Ahmed Abou El Fotouh |
| CM | 5 | Hamdy Fathy | | 38' |
| CM | 4 | Amr El Solia (c) |
| RW | 8 | Mostafa Fathi | | 46' |
| AM | 22 | Mohamed Magdy | | 90+5' |
| LW | 9 | Mohamed Sherif | 73' | 84' |
| CF | 10 | Marwan Hamdy | | 66' |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 17 | Mohanad Lasheen | | 38' |
| FW | 7 | Ahmed Refaat | | 46' |
| MF | 21 | Ahmed Sayed | | 66' |
| DF | 3 | Omar Kamal | | 84' |
| FW | 19 | Osama Faisal | | 84' |
| DF | 12 | Ayman Ashraf | | 90+5' |
| Manager: ||
| Carlos Queiroz ||
| GK | 21 | Mostafa Matar |
| RB | 12 | Alexander Michel Melki |
| CB | 4 | Nour Mansour (c) | 86' | 89' |
| CB | 13 | Felix Michel Melki |
| LB | 18 | Kassem El Zein |
| DM | 6 | Mouhammed-Ali Dhaini |
| RM | 22 | Abbas Assi |
| LM | 3 | Maher Sabra | | 83' |
| AM | 10 | Mohamad Haidar | | 75' |
| SS | 20 | Rabih Ataya | | 74' |
| CF | 9 | Hilal El-Helwe | | 75' |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 15 | Walid Shour | | 74' |
| MF | 14 | Nader Matar | | 75' |
| FW | 17 | Fadel Antar | | 75' |
| DF | 16 | Hassan Chaitou | | 83' |
| MF | 5 | Jihad Ayoub | | 89' |
| Manager: ||
| Ivan Hašek ||
* Man of the Match:
* Amr El Solia (Egypt)
* Assistant referees:
* Rafael Foltyn (Germany)
* Christian Gittelmann (Argentina)
* Fourth official:
* Andrés Matonte (Uruguay)
* Video assistant referee:
* Christian Dingert (Germany)
* Assistant video assistant referees:
* Kevin Blom (Netherlands)
* Tomasz Listkiewicz (Poland)
* Rafael Traci (Brazil)

### Lebanon vs Algeria

Despite Algeria dominating play, Lebanon brought the first half to a goalless draw thanks to their defending, most notably through their goalkeeper Mostafa Matar and defender Alexander Michel Melki. The second half initially proceeded in a similar fashion to the first, until Youcef Belaïli was brought down in the box by Hussein El Dor; Yacine Brahimi converted the subsequent penalty in the 69th minute. Lebanon reacted from the conceded goal, attempting attacks of their own. In the 78th minute, Houssem Eddine Mrezigue of Algeria was sent off, before Lebanon's Kassem El Zein also got a second yellow card, reducing both teams to 10 men in the final minutes. Following a missed chance by Baghdad Bounedjah one-on-one against the goalkeeper, Algeria doubled their lead in added time after Tayeb Meziani scored from a counter attack.
| Lebanon | Algeria |
| GK | 21 | Mostafa Matar |
| RB | 12 | Alexander Michel Melki |
| CB | 4 | Nour Mansour (c) | | 46' |
| CB | 2 | Hussein El Dor | | 80' |
| LB | 18 | Kassem El Zein | 45' 83' |
| CM | 5 | Jihad Ayoub | | 73' |
| CM | 6 | Mouhammed-Ali Dhaini |
| RW | 20 | Rabih Ataya | 44' | 73' |
| AM | 14 | Nader Matar | | 63' |
| LW | 16 | Hassan Chaitou |
| CF | 9 | Hilal El-Helwe |
| Substitutions: ||
| DF | 3 | Maher Sabra | | 46' |
| MF | 10 | Mohamad Haidar | | 63' |
| MF | 13 | Felix Michel Melki | | 73' |
| MF | 8 | Mahdi Zein | | 73' |
| FW | 17 | Fadel Antar | | 80' |
| Manager: ||
| Ivan Hašek ||
| GK | 1 | Moustapha Zeghba |
| RB | 3 | Houcine Benayada |
| CB | 12 | Mohamed Amine Tougai |
| CB | 5 | Mehdi Tahrat |
| LB | 20 | Ilyes Chetti |
| CM | 18 | Houssem Eddine Mrezigue | 72' 78' |
| CM | 14 | Sofiane Bendebka |
| RW | 15 | Hillal Soudani | | 66' |
| AM | 11 | Yacine Brahimi (c) | | 80' |
| LW | 10 | Youcef Belaïli | | 87' |
| CF | 9 | Baghdad Bounedjah |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 7 | Tayeb Meziani | | 66' |
| MF | 17 | Zakaria Draoui | | 80' |
| FW | 22 | Zineddine Boutmène | | 87' |
| Manager: ||
| Madjid Bougherra ||
* Man of the Match:
* Yacine Brahimi (Algeria)
* Assistant referees:
* Paweł Sokolnicki (Poland)
* Tomasz Listkiewicz (Poland)
* Fourth official:
* Ryuji Sato (Japan)
* Video assistant referee:
* Tomasz Kwiatkowski (Poland)
* Assistant video assistant referees:
* Guillermo Cuadra Fernández (Spain)
* Elvis Noupue (Cameroon)
* Hiroyuki Kimura (Japan)

### Sudan vs Egypt

| Sudan | Egypt |
| GK | 1 | Ali Abu Eshrein |
| RB | 18 | Samawal Merghani | | 83' |
| CB | 5 | Ahmed Wadah |
| CB | 4 | Amir Kamal |
| LB | 3 | Faris Abdalla | 50' 53' |
| DM | 23 | Nasr Eldin El Shigail (c) | | 64' |
| DM | 14 | Salah Adel | | 83' |
| CM | 2 | Abuaagla Abdalla |
| RF | 9 | Yaser Muzmel | 26' |
| CF | 10 | Mohamed Abdelrahman | | 58' |
| LF | 22 | Al-Jezoli Nouh | | 46' |
| Substitutions: ||
| DF | 12 | Ahmed Bibo | | 46' |
| DF | 6 | Mohamed Ering | | 58' |
| DF | 15 | Ather El Tahir | | 64' |
| MF | 21 | Walieldin Khedr | | 83' |
| MF | 19 | Dhiya Mahjoub | | 83' |
| Manager: ||
| Hubert Velud ||
| GK | 1 | Mohamed El Shenawy |
| CB | 11 | Ahmed Hegazi |
| CB | 15 | Mahmoud Hamdy | | 60' |
| CB | 12 | Ayman Ashraf |
| CM | 3 | Omar Kamal |
| CM | 4 | Amr El Solia (c) |
| CM | 13 | Ahmed Abou El Fotouh | | 73' |
| RW | 21 | Ahmed Sayed | | 60' |
| AM | 20 | Hussein Faisal |
| LW | 7 | Ahmed Refaat | | 73' |
| CF | 10 | Marwan Hamdy | | 73' |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 8 | Mostafa Fathi | 75' | 60' |
| MF | 22 | Mohamed Magdy | | 60' |
| FW | 19 | Osama Faisal | | 73' |
| FW | 9 | Mohamed Sherif | | 73' |
| DF | 6 | Marwan Dawoud | | 73' |
| Manager: ||
| Carlos Queiroz ||
* Man of the Match:
* Hussein Faisal (Egypt)
* Assistant referees:
* Tevita Makasini (Tonga)
* Bernard Mutukera (Solomon Islands)
* Fourth official:
* Andrés Matonte (Uruguay)
* Video assistant referee:
* Kevin Blom (Netherlands)
* Assistant video assistant referees:
* Christian Dingert (Germany)
* Christian Gittelmann (Germany)
* Abdulla Ali Al Marri (Qatar)

### Algeria vs Egypt

| Algeria | Egypt |
| GK | 23 | Raïs M'Bolhi (c) |
| RB | 3 | Houcine Benayada |
| CB | 12 | Mohamed Amine Tougai | 59' |
| CB | 19 | Abdelkader Bedrane |
| LB | 20 | Ilyes Chetti |
| CM | 17 | Zakaria Draoui | 71' | 90+1' |
| CM | 14 | Sofiane Bendebka |
| RW | 7 | Tayeb Meziani | | 75' |
| AM | 11 | Yacine Brahimi |
| LW | 10 | Youcef Belaïli | 40' |
| CF | 9 | Baghdad Bounedjah | | 46' |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 15 | Hillal Soudani | 90+2' | 46' |
| FW | 22 | Zineddine Boutmène | | 75' |
| MF | 6 | Yacine Titraoui | 90+6' | 90+1' |
| Manager: ||
| Madjid Bougherra ||
| GK | 1 | Mohamed El Shenawy |
| RB | 11 | Ahmed Hegazi | | 31' |
| CB | 15 | Mahmoud Hamdy |
| CB | 5 | Hamdy Fathy | 39' |
| LB | 12 | Ayman Ashraf | | 9' |
| CM | 14 | Akram Tawfik | 18' |
| CM | 4 | Amr El Solia (c) | 80' | 83' |
| CM | 13 | Ahmed Abou El Fotouh |
| AM | 20 | Hussein Faisal |
| CF | 9 | Mohamed Sherif | | 83' |
| CF | 10 | Marwan Hamdy | | 46' |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 8 | Mostafa Fathi | | 9' |
| DF | 2 | Ahmed Yassin | | 31' |
| MF | 17 | Mohanad Lasheen | | 46' |
| DF | 3 | Omar Kamal | | 83' |
| MF | 21 | Ahmed Sayed | | 83' |
| Manager: ||
| Carlos Queiroz ||
* Man of the Match:
* Yacine Brahimi (Algeria)
* Assistant referees:
* Ezequiel Brailovsky (Argentina)
* Gabriel Chade (Argentina)
* Fourth official:
* Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)
* Video assistant referee:
* Guillermo Cuadra Fernández (Spain)
* Assistant video assistant referees:
* Juan Soto (Venezuela)
* Danilo Manis (Brazil)
* Rafael Traci (Brazil)

### Lebanon vs Sudan

Lebanon began the first half strong, with Sudanese goalkeeper Ali Abu Eshrein saving a shot from Rabih Ataya and a close-range header from Maher Sabra. Sudan's only attempts did not threaten Lebanon's goal. Ataya was sent off in the 62nd minute, reducing Lebanon to 10 men. Both Lebanon and Sudan came close to scoring in the 70th and 75th minute respectively, with Fadel Antar and Mohamed Ering having their close-range shots saved. Sudan's Ahmed Wadah received a red card in the 76th minute and both teams headed into the last 14 minutes with 10 men each. Lebanon gained the lead the same minute, with Abu Eshrein punching the subsequent free kick cross into his own net. It proved to be the only goal of the game, which ended in a 1–0 win for Lebanon.
| Lebanon | Sudan |
| GK | 23 | Ali Daher |
| RB | 17 | Mohamad Zein Tahan | | 90+6' |
| CB | 12 | Alexander Michel Melki |
| CB | 13 | Felix Michel Melki |
| LB | 3 | Maher Sabra |
| DM | 6 | Mouhammed-Ali Dhaini | 58' | 73' |
| RM | 16 | Hassan Chaitou |
| LM | 8 | Mahdi Zein | | 73' |
| AM | 10 | Mohamad Haidar (c) | | 53' |
| SS | 20 | Rabih Ataya | 62' |
| CF | 9 | Hilal El-Helwe | | 53' |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 14 | Nader Matar | | 53' |
| FW | 17 | Fadel Antar | | 53' |
| DF | 2 | Hussein El Dor | | 73' |
| DF | 22 | Abbas Assi | | 73' |
| MF | 11 | Hussein Awada | | 90+6' |
| Manager: ||
| Ivan Hašek ||
| GK | 1 | Ali Abu Eshrein |
| CB | 5 | Ahmed Wadah | 76' |
| CB | 12 | Ahmed Bibo |
| CB | 6 | Mohamed Ering |
| RWB | 13 | Walid Hassan | | 57' |
| LWB | 18 | Samawal Merghani |
| DM | 14 | Salah Adel | | 57' |
| CM | 8 | Mohamed Al Rashed | 19' |
| CM | 21 | Walieldin Khedr | | 46' |
| CF | 7 | Ramadan Agab (c) |
| CF | 10 | Mohamed Abdelrahman | | 81' |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 2 | Abuaagla Abdalla | | 46' | 61' |
| FW | 11 | Muaaz Al-Quoz | | 57' |
| MF | 23 | Nasr Eldin El Shigail | | 57' |
| MF | 19 | Dhiya Mahjoub | | 61' |
| FW | 22 | Al-Jezoli Nouh | | 81' |
| Manager: ||
| Hubert Velud ||
* Man of the Match:
* Felix Michel Melki (Lebanon)
* Assistant referees:
* Micheal Barwegen (Canada)
* Karen Díaz (Mexico)
* Fourth official:
* Matthew Conger (New Zealand)
* Video assistant referee:
* Adonai Escobedo (Mexico)
* Assistant video assistant referees:
* Fernando Guerrero Ramirez (Mexico)
* Bruno Pires (Brazil)
* Tomasz Kwiatkowski (Poland)