2022 FIFA World Cup Group C

**Group C of the 2022 FIFA World Cup** will be from 22 to 30 November 2022. The teams in the group are Argentina, Saudi Arabia, Mexico and Poland. 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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|C1||1|CONMEBOL|CONMEBOL Round Robin runners-up|16 November 2021|18th|2018|**Winners** (1978, 1986)|4|3||||||||||
|C2||4|AFC|AFC Third Round Group B winners|24 March 2022|6th|2018|Round of 16 (1994)|49|51||||||||||
|C3||2|CONCACAF|CONCACAF Third Round runners-up|30 March 2022|17th|2018|Quarter-finals (1970, 1986)|9|13||||||||||
|C4||3|UEFA|UEFA Second Round Path B winners|29 March 2022|9th|2018|Third place (1974, 1982)|26|26||||||||||
**Notes**

## Standings

In the round of 16:
- The winners of Group C will play the runners-up of Group D.
- The runners-up of Group C will play the winners of Group D.

## Matches

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

### Argentina vs Saudi Arabia

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|GK|**23**|Emiliano Martínez|||||
|RB|**26**|Nahuel Molina|||||
|CB|**13**|Cristian Romero|||||
|CB|**19**|Nicolás Otamendi|||||
|LB|**3**|Nicolás Tagliafico|||||
|CM|**7**|Rodrigo De Paul|||||
|CM|**5**|Leandro Paredes|||||
|RW|**11**|Ángel Di María|||||
|LW|**17**|Papu Gómez|||||
|CF|**10**|Lionel Messi (c)|||||
|CF|**22**|Lautaro Martínez|||||
|colspan=3|**Substitutions:**||||||
|DF|**25**|Lisandro Martínez|||||
|FW|**9**|Julián Alvarez|||||
|MF|**24**|Enzo Fernández|||||
|MF|**8**|Marcos Acuña|||||
|colspan=3|**Manager:**||||||
|colspan=3|Lionel Scaloni|}|valign="top"||valign="top" width="50%"|{| style="font-size:90%; margin:auto" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"|
|GK|**21**|Mohammed Al-Owais|||||
|RB|**12**|Saud Abdulhamid|||||
|CB|**17**|Hassan Al-Tombakti|||||
|CB|**5**|Ali Al-Bulaihi|||||
|LB|**13**|Yasser Al-Shahrani|||||
|DM|**8**|Abdulellah Al-Malki|||||
|RM|**9**|Firas Al-Buraikan|||||
|CM|**7**|Salman Al-Faraj (c)|||||
|CM|**23**|Mohamed Kanno|||||
|LM|**10**|Salem Al-Dawsari|||||
|CF|**11**|Saleh Al-Shehri|||||
|colspan=3|**Substitutions:**||||||
|MF|**18**|Nawaf Al-Abed|||||
|DF|**2**|Sultan Al-Ghannam|||||
|DF|**4**|Abdulelah Al-Amri|||||
|FW|**25**|Haitham Asiri|||||
|DF|**6**|Mohammed Al-Breik|||||
|colspan=3|**Manager:**||||||
|colspan=3|Hervé Renard|}|||||

### Mexico vs Poland

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|GK|**13**|Guillermo Ochoa (c)|||||
|RB|**19**|Jorge Sánchez|||||
|CB|**3**|César Montes|||||
|CB|**15**|Héctor Moreno|||||
|LB|**23**|Jesús Gallardo|||||
|DM|**4**|Edson Álvarez|||||
|CM|**16**|Héctor Herrera|||||
|CM|**24**|Luis Chávez|||||
|RF|**22**|Hirving Lozano|||||
|CF|**20**|Henry Martín|||||
|LF|**10**|Alexis Vega|||||
|colspan=3|**Substitutions:**||||||
|MF|**8**|Carlos Rodríguez|||||
|FW|**9**|Raúl Jiménez|||||
|FW|**21**|Uriel Antuna|||||
|colspan=3|**Other disciplinary actions:**||||||
||**—**|Jorge Theiler|||||
|colspan=3|**Manager:**||||||
|colspan=3|Gerardo Martino|}|valign="top"||valign="top" width="50%"|{| style="font-size:90%; margin:auto" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"|
|GK|**1**|Wojciech Szczęsny|||||
|CB|**18**|Bartosz Bereszyński|||||
|CB|**15**|Kamil Glik|||||
|CB|**14**|Jakub Kiwior|||||
|DM|**10**|Grzegorz Krychowiak|||||
|CM|**13**|Jakub Kamiński|||||
|CM|**19**|Sebastian Szymański|||||
|RW|**2**|Matty Cash|||||
|LW|**21**|Nicola Zalewski|||||
|CF|**20**|Piotr Zieliński|||||
|CF|**9**|Robert Lewandowski (c)|||||
|colspan=3|**Substitutions:**||||||
|MF|**6**|Krystian Bielik|||||
|MF|**24**|Przemysław Frankowski|||||
|FW|**7**|Arkadiusz Milik|||||
|colspan=3|**Manager:**||||||
|colspan=3|Czesław Michniewicz|}|||||

### Poland vs Saudi Arabia

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|GK|**1**|Wojciech Szczęsny|||||
|CB|**18**|Bartosz Bereszyński|||||
|CB|**15**|Kamil Glik|||||
|CB|**14**|Jakub Kiwior|||||
|RM|**2**|Matty Cash|||||
|CM|**6**|Krystian Bielik|||||
|CM|**10**|Grzegorz Krychowiak|||||
|LM|**24**|Przemysław Frankowski|||||
|AM|**20**|Piotr Zieliński|||||
|CF|**7**|Arkadiusz Milik|||||
|CF|**9**|Robert Lewandowski (c)|||||
|colspan=3|**Substitutions:**||||||
|MF|**13**|Jakub Kamiński|||||
|FW|**23**|Krzysztof Piątek|||||
|colspan=3|**Manager:**||||||
|colspan=3|Czesław Michniewicz|}|valign="top"||valign="top" width="50%"|{| style="font-size:90%; margin:auto" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"|
|GK|**21**|Mohammed Al-Owais|||||
|RB|**12**|Saud Abdulhamid|||||
|CB|**4**|Abdulelah Al-Amri|||||
|CB|**5**|Ali Al-Bulaihi|||||
|LB|**6**|Mohammed Al-Breik|||||
|DM|**8**|Abdulellah Al-Malki|||||
|CM|**16**|Sami Al-Najei|||||
|CM|**23**|Mohamed Kanno|||||
|RW|**9**|Firas Al-Buraikan|||||
|LW|**10**|Salem Al-Dawsari (c)|||||
|CF|**11**|Saleh Al-Shehri|||||
|colspan=3|**Substitutions:**||||||
|MF|**18**|Nawaf Al-Abed|||||
|DF|**2**|Sultan Al-Ghannam|||||
|FW|**20**|Abdulrahman Al-Aboud|||||
|MF|**24**|Nasser Al-Dawsari|||||
|FW|**19**|Hattan Bahebri|||||
|colspan=3|**Other disciplinary actions:**||||||
||**—**|Laurent Bonadei|||||
|colspan=3|**Manager:**||||||
|colspan=3|Hervé Renard|}|||||

### Argentina vs Mexico

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|GK|**23**|Emiliano Martínez|||||
|RB|**4**|Gonzalo Montiel|||||
|CB|**19**|Nicolás Otamendi|||||
|CB|**25**|Lisandro Martínez|||||
|LB|**8**|Marcos Acuña|||||
|CM|**7**|Rodrigo De Paul|||||
|CM|**18**|Guido Rodríguez|||||
|RW|**11**|Ángel Di María|||||
|LW|**20**|Alexis Mac Allister|||||
|CF|**10**|Lionel Messi (c)|||||
|CF|**22**|Lautaro Martínez|||||
|colspan=3|**Substitutions:**||||||
|MF|**24**|Enzo Fernández|||||
|FW|**9**|Julián Alvarez|||||
|DF|**26**|Nahuel Molina|||||
|MF|**14**|Exequiel Palacios|||||
|DF|**13**|Cristian Romero|||||
|colspan=3|**Manager:**||||||
|colspan=3|Lionel Scaloni|}|valign="top"||valign="top" width="50%"|{| style="font-size:90%; margin:auto" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"|
|GK|**13**|Guillermo Ochoa|||||
|CB|**2**|Néstor Araujo|||||
|CB|**3**|César Montes|||||
|CB|**15**|Héctor Moreno|||||
|RWB|**26**|Kevin Álvarez|||||
|LWB|**23**|Jesús Gallardo|||||
|CM|**24**|Luis Chávez|||||
|CM|**16**|Héctor Herrera|||||
|CM|**18**|Andrés Guardado (c)|||||
|CF|**22**|Hirving Lozano|||||
|CF|**10**|Alexis Vega|||||
|colspan=3|**Substitutions:**||||||
|MF|**14**|Érick Gutiérrez|||||
|FW|**9**|Raúl Jiménez|||||
|FW|**21**|Uriel Antuna|||||
|FW|**25**|Roberto Alvarado|||||
|colspan=3|**Manager:**||||||
|colspan=3|Gerardo Martino|}|||||

### Poland vs Argentina

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|GK|**1**|Wojciech Szczęsny|||||
|RB|**2**|Matty Cash|||||
|CB|**15**|Kamil Glik|||||
|CB|**14**|Jakub Kiwior|||||
|LB|**18**|Bartosz Bereszyński|||||
|RM|**20**|Piotr Zieliński|||||
|CM|**6**|Krystian Bielik|||||
|CM|**10**|Grzegorz Krychowiak|||||
|LM|**24**|Przemysław Frankowski|||||
|CF|**9**|Robert Lewandowski (c)|||||
|CF|**16**|Karol Świderski|||||
|colspan=3|**Substitutions:**||||||
|MF|**26**|Michał Skóraś|||||
|MF|**13**|Jakub Kamiński|||||
|MF|**8**|Damian Szymański|||||
|DF|**3**|Artur Jędrzejczyk|||||
|FW|**23**|Krzysztof Piątek|||||
|colspan=3|**Manager:**||||||
|colspan=3|Czesław Michniewicz|}|valign="top"||valign="top" width="50%"|{| style="font-size:90%; margin:auto" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"|
|GK|**23**|Emiliano Martínez|||||
|RB|**26**|Nahuel Molina|||||
|CB|**13**|Cristian Romero|||||
|CB|**19**|Nicolás Otamendi|||||
|LB|**8**|Marcos Acuña|||||
|DM|**24**|Enzo Fernández|||||
|CM|**7**|Rodrigo De Paul|||||
|CM|**20**|Alexis Mac Allister|||||
|RF|**11**|Ángel Di María|||||
|CF|**10**|Lionel Messi (c)|||||
|LF|**9**|Julián Alvarez|||||
|colspan=3|**Substitutions:**||||||
|MF|**5**|Leandro Paredes|||||
|DF|**3**|Nicolás Tagliafico|||||
|DF|**6**|Germán Pezzella|||||
|FW|**22**|Lautaro Martínez|||||
|MF|**16**|Thiago Almada|||||
|colspan=3|**Manager:**||||||
|colspan=3|Lionel Scaloni|}|||||

### Saudi Arabia vs Mexico

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|GK|**21**|Mohammed Al-Owais|||||
|CB|**17**|Hassan Al-Tombakti|||||
|CB|**4**|Abdulelah Al-Amri|||||
|CB|**5**|Ali Al-Bulaihi|||||
|RM|**2**|Sultan Al-Ghannam|||||
|CM|**15**|Ali Al-Hassan|||||
|CM|**23**|Mohamed Kanno|||||
|LM|**12**|Saud Abdulhamid|||||
|RF|**9**|Firas Al-Buraikan|||||
|CF|**11**|Saleh Al-Shehri|||||
|LF|**10**|Salem Al-Dawsari (c)|||||
|colspan=3|**Substitutions:**||||||
|MF|**26**|Riyadh Sharahili|||||
|DF|**3**|Abdullah Madu|||||
|FW|**20**|Abdulrahman Al-Aboud|||||
|FW|**19**|Hattan Bahebri|||||
|colspan=3|**Manager:**||||||
|colspan=3|Hervé Renard|}|valign="top"||valign="top" width="50%"|{| style="font-size:90%; margin:auto" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"|
|GK|**13**|Guillermo Ochoa (c)|||||
|RB|**19**|Jorge Sánchez|||||
|CB|**3**|César Montes|||||
|CB|**15**|Héctor Moreno|||||
|LB|**23**|Jesús Gallardo|||||
|CM|**4**|Edson Álvarez|||||
|CM|**24**|Luis Chávez|||||
|RW|**22**|Hirving Lozano|||||
|AM|**17**|Orbelín Pineda|||||
|LW|**10**|Alexis Vega|||||
|CF|**20**|Henry Martín|||||
|colspan=3|**Substitutions:**||||||
|FW|**21**|Uriel Antuna|||||
|FW|**9**|Raúl Jiménez|||||
|MF|**8**|Carlos Rodríguez|||||
|DF|**26**|Kevin Álvarez|||||
|FW|**11**|Rogelio Funes Mori|||||
|colspan=3|**Manager:**||||||
|colspan=3|Gerardo Martino|}|||||

## 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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