2022 FIFA World Cup Group A

**Group A of the 2022 FIFA World Cup** will be from 21 to 29 November 2022. The teams in the group are Qatar, Ecuador, Senegal and the Netherlands. The top two teams will go to the round of 16.

## Teams

|rowspan=2|Draw position|rowspan=2|Team|rowspan=2|Pot|rowspan=2|Confederation|rowspan=2|Method of qualification|rowspan=2|Date of qualification|rowspan=2 data-sort-type="number"|Finals appearance|rowspan=2|Last appearance|rowspan=2|Previous best performance|colspan=2|FIFA Rankings|
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|A1||1|AFC|Hosts|2 December 2010|1st|—|—|51|50||||||||||
|A2||4|CONMEBOL|CONMEBOL Round Robin fourth place|24 March 2022|4th|2014|Round of 16 (2006)|46|44||||||||||
|A3||3|CAF|CAF Third Round winners|29 March 2022|3rd|2018|Quarter-finals (2002)|20|18||||||||||
|A4||2|UEFA|UEFA Group G winners|16 November 2021|11th|2014|Runners-up (1974, 1978, 2010)|10|8||||||||||
**Notes**

## Standings

In the round of 16:
- The winners of Group A will play the runners-up of Group B.
- The runners-up of Group A will play the winners of Group B.

## Matches

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

### Qatar vs Ecuador

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|GK|**1**|Saad Al-Sheeb|||||
|CB|**15**|Bassam Al-Rawi|||||
|CB|**16**|Boualem Khoukhi|||||
|CB|**3**|Abdelkarim Hassan|||||
|RWB|**2**|Ró-Ró|||||
|LWB|**14**|Homam Ahmed|||||
|CM|**10**|Hassan Al-Haydos (c)|||||
|CM|**12**|Karim Boudiaf|||||
|CM|**6**|Abdulaziz Hatem|||||
|CF|**19**|Almoez Ali|||||
|CF|**11**|Akram Afif|||||
|colspan=3|**Substitutions:**||||||
|FW|**9**|Mohammed Muntari|||||
|DF|**4**|Mohammed Waad|||||
|colspan=3|**Manager:**||||||
|colspan=3|Félix Sánchez|}|valign="top"||valign="top" width="50%"|{| style="font-size:90%; margin:auto" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"|
|GK|**1**|Hernán Galíndez|||||
|RB|**17**|Ángelo Preciado|||||
|CB|**2**|Félix Torres|||||
|CB|**3**|Piero Hincapié|||||
|LB|**7**|Pervis Estupiñán|||||
|RM|**19**|Gonzalo Plata|||||
|CM|**20**|Jhegson Méndez|||||
|CM|**23**|Moisés Caicedo|||||
|LM|**10**|Romario Ibarra|||||
|CF|**13**|Enner Valencia (c)|||||
|CF|**11**|Michael Estrada|||||
|colspan=3|**Substitutions:**||||||
|MF|**16**|Jeremy Sarmiento|||||
|MF|**5**|José Cifuentes|||||
|FW|**26**|Kevin Rodríguez|||||
|MF|**21**|Alan Franco|||||
|colspan=3|**Manager:**||||||
|colspan=3|Gustavo Alfaro|}|||||

### Senegal vs Netherlands

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|GK|**16**|Édouard Mendy|||||
|RB|**21**|Youssouf Sabaly|||||
|CB|**3**|Kalidou Koulibaly (c)|||||
|CB|**4**|Pape Abou Cissé|||||
|LB|**22**|Abdou Diallo|||||
|CM|**8**|Cheikhou Kouyaté|||||
|CM|**6**|Nampalys Mendy|||||
|RW|**15**|Krépin Diatta|||||
|AM|**5**|Idrissa Gueye|||||
|LW|**18**|Ismaïla Sarr|||||
|CF|**9**|Boulaye Dia|||||
|colspan=3|**Substitutions:**||||||
|DF|**14**|Ismail Jakobs|||||
|FW|**20**|Bamba Dieng|||||
|MF|**26**|Pape Gueye|||||
|FW|**7**|Nicolas Jackson|||||
|colspan=3|**Manager:**||||||
|colspan=3|Aliou Cissé|}|valign="top"||valign="top" width="50%"|{| style="font-size:90%; margin:auto" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"|
|GK|**23**|Andries Noppert|||||
|CB|**3**|Matthijs de Ligt|||||
|CB|**4**|Virgil van Dijk (c)|||||
|CB|**5**|Nathan Aké|||||
|RM|**22**|Denzel Dumfries|||||
|CM|**11**|Steven Berghuis|||||
|CM|**21**|Frenkie de Jong|||||
|LM|**17**|Daley Blind|||||
|AM|**8**|Cody Gakpo|||||
|CF|**18**|Vincent Janssen|||||
|CF|**7**|Steven Bergwijn|||||
|colspan=3|**Substitutions:**||||||
|FW|**10**|Memphis Depay|||||
|MF|**14**|Davy Klaassen|||||
|MF|**20**|Teun Koopmeiners|||||
|MF|**15**|Marten de Roon|||||
|colspan=3|**Manager:**||||||
|colspan=3|Louis van Gaal|}|||||

### Qatar vs Senegal

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|GK|**22**|Meshaal Barsham|||||
|CB|**2**|Ró-Ró|||||
|CB|**16**|Boualem Khoukhi|||||
|CB|**3**|Abdelkarim Hassan|||||
|RWB|**17**|Ismaeel Mohammad|||||
|LWB|**14**|Homam Ahmed|||||
|CM|**12**|Karim Boudiaf|||||
|CM|**10**|Hassan Al-Haydos (c)|||||
|CM|**23**|Assim Madibo|||||
|CF|**19**|Almoez Ali|||||
|CF|**11**|Akram Afif|||||
|colspan=3|**Substitutions:**||||||
|MF|**6**|Abdulaziz Hatem|||||
|FW|**9**|Mohammed Muntari|||||
|DF|**4**|Mohammed Waad|||||
|DF|**5**|Tarek Salman|||||
|colspan=3|**Manager:**||||||
|colspan=3|Félix Sánchez|}|valign="top"||valign="top" width="50%"|{| style="font-size:90%; margin:auto" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"|
|GK|**16**|Édouard Mendy|||||
|RB|**21**|Youssouf Sabaly|||||
|CB|**3**|Kalidou Koulibaly (c)|||||
|CB|**22**|Abdou Diallo|||||
|LB|**14**|Ismail Jakobs|||||
|RM|**18**|Ismaïla Sarr|||||
|CM|**6**|Nampalys Mendy|||||
|CM|**5**|Idrissa Gueye|||||
|LM|**15**|Krépin Diatta|||||
|CF|**9**|Boulaye Dia|||||
|CF|**19**|Famara Diédhiou|||||
|colspan=3|**Substitutions:**||||||
|MF|**11**|Pathé Ciss|||||
|FW|**13**|Iliman Ndiaye|||||
|FW|**20**|Bamba Dieng|||||
|DF|**4**|Pape Abou Cissé|||||
|MF|**17**|Pape Matar Sarr|||||
|colspan=3|**Manager:**||||||
|colspan=3|Aliou Cissé|}|||||

### Netherlands vs Ecuador

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|GK|**23**|Andries Noppert|||||
|CB|**2**|Jurriën Timber|||||
|CB|**4**|Virgil van Dijk (c)|||||
|CB|**5**|Nathan Aké|||||
|RM|**22**|Denzel Dumfries|||||
|CM|**20**|Teun Koopmeiners|||||
|CM|**21**|Frenkie de Jong|||||
|LM|**17**|Daley Blind|||||
|AM|**14**|Davy Klaassen|||||
|CF|**8**|Cody Gakpo|||||
|CF|**7**|Steven Bergwijn|||||
|colspan=3|**Substitutions:**||||||
|FW|**10**|Memphis Depay|||||
|MF|**11**|Steven Berghuis|||||
|FW|**19**|Wout Weghorst|||||
|MF|**15**|Marten de Roon|||||
|colspan=3|**Manager:**||||||
|colspan=3|Louis van Gaal|}|valign="top"||valign="top" width="50%"|{| style="font-size:90%; margin:auto" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"|
|GK|**1**|Hernán Galíndez|||||
|CB|**25**|Jackson Porozo|||||
|CB|**2**|Félix Torres|||||
|CB|**3**|Piero Hincapié|||||
|RM|**17**|Ángelo Preciado|||||
|CM|**20**|Jhegson Méndez|||||
|CM|**23**|Moisés Caicedo|||||
|LM|**7**|Pervis Estupiñán|||||
|AM|**19**|Gonzalo Plata|||||
|AM|**13**|Enner Valencia (c)|||||
|CF|**11**|Michael Estrada|||||
|colspan=3|**Substitutions:**||||||
|MF|**16**|Jeremy Sarmiento|||||
|MF|**10**|Romario Ibarra|||||
|FW|**26**|Kevin Rodríguez|||||
|colspan=3|**Manager:**||||||
|colspan=3|Gustavo Alfaro|}|||||

### Ecuador vs Senegal

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|GK|**1**|Hernán Galíndez|||||
|RB|**17**|Ángelo Preciado|||||
|CB|**2**|Félix Torres|||||
|CB|**3**|Piero Hincapié|||||
|LB|**7**|Pervis Estupiñán|||||
|DM|**8**|Carlos Gruezo|||||
|CM|**21**|Alan Franco|||||
|CM|**23**|Moisés Caicedo|||||
|RF|**19**|Gonzalo Plata|||||
|CF|**11**|Michael Estrada|||||
|LF|**13**|Enner Valencia (c)|||||
|colspan=3|**Substitutions:**||||||
|MF|**5**|José Cifuentes|||||
|MF|**16**|Jeremy Sarmiento|||||
|FW|**24**|Djorkaeff Reasco|||||
|DF|**25**|Jackson Porozo|||||
|colspan=3|**Manager:**||||||
|colspan=3|Gustavo Alfaro|}|valign="top"||valign="top" width="50%"|{| style="font-size:90%; margin:auto" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"|
|GK|**16**|Édouard Mendy|||||
|RB|**21**|Youssouf Sabaly|||||
|CB|**3**|Kalidou Koulibaly (c)|||||
|CB|**22**|Abdou Diallo|||||
|LB|**14**|Ismail Jakobs|||||
|CM|**11**|Pathé Ciss|||||
|CM|**26**|Pape Gueye|||||
|RW|**13**|Iliman Ndiaye|||||
|AM|**5**|Idrissa Gueye|||||
|LW|**18**|Ismaïla Sarr|||||
|CF|**9**|Boulaye Dia|||||
|colspan=3|**Substitutions:**||||||
|MF|**6**|Nampalys Mendy|||||
|FW|**20**|Bamba Dieng|||||
|DF|**4**|Pape Abou Cissé|||||
|colspan=3|**Manager:**||||||
|colspan=3|Aliou Cissé|}|||||

### Netherlands vs Qatar

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|GK|**23**|Andries Noppert|||||
|CB|**2**|Jurriën Timber|||||
|CB|**4**|Virgil van Dijk (c)|||||
|CB|**5**|Nathan Aké|||||
|RM|**22**|Denzel Dumfries|||||
|CM|**15**|Marten de Roon|||||
|CM|**21**|Frenkie de Jong|||||
|LM|**17**|Daley Blind|||||
|AM|**14**|Davy Klaassen|||||
|CF|**8**|Cody Gakpo|||||
|CF|**10**|Memphis Depay|||||
|colspan=3|**Substitutions:**||||||
|MF|**11**|Steven Berghuis|||||
|FW|**18**|Vincent Janssen|||||
|FW|**19**|Wout Weghorst|||||
|MF|**20**|Teun Koopmeiners|||||
|MF|**24**|Kenneth Taylor|||||
|colspan=3|**Manager:**||||||
|colspan=3|Louis van Gaal|}|valign="top"||valign="top" width="50%"|{| style="font-size:90%; margin:auto" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"|
|GK|**22**|Meshaal Barsham|||||
|CB|**2**|Ró-Ró|||||
|CB|**16**|Boualem Khoukhi|||||
|CB|**3**|Abdelkarim Hassan|||||
|RWB|**17**|Ismaeel Mohammad|||||
|LWB|**14**|Homam Ahmed|||||
|CM|**10**|Hassan Al-Haydos (c)|||||
|CM|**23**|Assim Madibo|||||
|CM|**6**|Abdulaziz Hatem|||||
|CF|**19**|Almoez Ali|||||
|CF|**11**|Akram Afif|||||
|colspan=3|**Substitutions:**||||||
|MF|**8**|Ali Assadalla|||||
|MF|**12**|Karim Boudiaf|||||
|FW|**9**|Mohammed Muntari|||||
|DF|**13**|Musab Kheder|||||
|FW|**7**|Ahmed Alaaeldin|||||
|colspan=3|**Manager:**||||||
|colspan=3|Félix Sánchez|}|||||

## Discipline

Fair play points will be used as tiebreakers if the teams are tied after the overall and head-to-head rules. These points are based on yellow and red cards given to a team. The points are:
- 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;

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