2021 FIFA Arab Cup Group C

Group C of the 2021 FIFA Arab Cup took place from 1 to 7 December 2021. The group consisted of Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Palestine.

The top two teams, Morocco and Jordan, advanced to the quarter-finals.

Teams

Draw position Team Finals
appearance
Last
appearance
Previous best
performance
FIFA Rankings
April 2021[1][nb 1] November 2021[2]
C1  Morocco 4th[nb 2] 2012 (champions) Winners (2012) 34 28
C2  Saudi Arabia 7th[nb 3] 2012 (fourth place) Winners (1998, 2002) 65 48
C3  Jordan 9th 2002 (semi-finals) Fourth place (1988) 95 91
C4  Palestine 5th 2012 (group stage) Group stage (1966, 1992, 2002, 2012) 104 98

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Morocco 3 3 0 0 9 0 +9 9 Advance to knockout stage
2  Jordan 3 2 0 1 6 5 +1 6
3  Saudi Arabia 3 0 1 2 1 3 −2 1
4  Palestine 3 0 1 2 2 10 −8 1
Source: FIFA

In the quarter-finals:

Matches

Morocco vs Palestine

Morocco 4–0 Palestine
  • Nahiri 31'
  • Hafidi 56', 64'
  • Benoun 87' (pen.)
Report
Morocco
Palestine
GK 1 Anas Zniti
RB 19 Mohamed Chibi  40'
CB 13 Badr Benoun (c)
CB 4 Marwane Saâdane
LB 16 Mohamed Nahiri
CM 5 Yahya Jabrane  83'
CM 8 Walid El Karti  76'
CM 18 Abdelilah Hafidi  72'
CF 11 Ismail El Haddad  72'
CF 14 Karim El Berkaoui  46'
CF 17 Achraf Bencharki
Substitutes:
FW 9 Walid Azaro  46'
MF 10 Ayman El Hassouni  72'
FW 21 Soufiane Rahimi  72'
MF 6 Mohammed Ali Bemammer  76'
MF 23 Driss Fettouhi  83'
Manager:
Hussein Ammouta
GK 16 Amr Kaddoura
RB 5 Mohammed Saleh
CB 15 Abdelatif Bahdari (c)
LB 4 Yaser Hamed
RM 20 Abdalsalam Salama
CM 8 Mohammed Yameen  89'
CM 3 Mohammed Rashid  72'
LM 21 Ahmed Qatmish
RF 11 Mahmoud Eid  72'
CF 9 Tamer Seyam
LF 12 Layth Kharoub  29'  72'
Substitutes:
FW 19 Reebal Dahamshi  72'
MF 23 Mohamed Darwish  72'
FW 13 Mahmoud Abu Warda  72'
DF 6 Oday Kharoub  89'
Manager:
Makram Daboub

Assistant referees:
Tevita Masakini (Tonga)
Bernard Mutukera (Solomon Islands)
Fourth official:
Saíd Martínez (Honduras)
Video assistant referee:
Shaun Evans (Australia)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Juan Soto (Venezuela)
Ezequiel Brailovsky (Argentina)
Eber Aquino (Paraguay)

Saudi Arabia vs Jordan

Saudi Arabia 0–1 Jordan
Report
Saudi Arabia
Jordan
GK 1 Mohammed Al-Rubaie
RB 12 Saud Abdulhamid (c)
CB 3 Khalifah Al-Dawsari  56'  73'
CB 4 Waleed Al-Ahmed
LB 2 Muhannad Al-Shanqeeti  69'
CM 11 Bader Munshi  69'
CM 8 Ayman Yahya
RW 14 Ali Majrashi  81'
CM 7 Turki Al-Ammar  47'  89'
LW 13 Moteb Al-Harbi
CF 10 Abdullah Al-Hamdan  81'
Substitutes:
DF 17 Meshal Al-Sebyani  69'
FW 18 Haitham Asiri  69'
FW 15 Abdullah Radif  81'
MF 19 Hamed Al-Ghamdi  81'
FW 23 Mohammed Al-Qahtani  89'
Manager:
Laurent Bonadéi
GK 1 Yazid Abu Layla
RB 23 Ihsan Haddad  53'
CB 5 Yazan Al-Arab
CB 21 Mohammad Al-Dmeiri  61'
LB 2 Mohammad Abu Hasheesh
RM 10 Yazan Al-Naimat  61'
CM 8 Noor Al-Rawabdeh
CM 4 Baha' Abdel-Rahman (c)  71'
LM 13 Mahmoud Al-Mardi  83'
CF 9 Baha' Faisal  51'  83'
CF 16 Ali Olwan
Substitutes:
DF 19 Abdallah Nasib  61'
MF 14 Ahmad Tha'er  61'
MF 15 Ibrahim Sadeh  71'
MF 11 Yaseen Al-Bakhit  83'
FW 20 Hamza Al-Dardour  83'
Manager:
Adnan Hamad

Assistant referees:
Djibril Camara (Senegal)
Elvis Noupué (Cameroon)
Fourth official:
Wilton Sampaio (Brazil)
Video assistant referee:
Jair Marrufo (United States)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Fernando Guerrero (Mexico)
Paweł Sokolnicki (Poland)
Tomasz Kwiatkowski (Poland)

Jordan vs Morocco

Jordan 0–4 Morocco
Report
Jordan
Morocco
GK 1 Yazid Abu Layla
RB 6 Hadi Al-Hourani
CB 19 Abdallah Nasib  66'  72'
CB 5 Yazan Al-Arab
LB 2 Mohammad Abu Hasheesh  41'
RM 18 Ahmad Sariweh  46'
CM 8 Noor Al-Rawabdeh
CM 17 Rajaei Ayed  46'
LM 13 Mahmoud Al-Mardi  76'
CF 9 Baha' Faisal (c)  15'
CF 16 Ali Olwan
Substitutes:
FW 20 Hamza Al-Dardour  15'
MF 11 Yaseen Al-Bakhit  46'
MF 4 Baha' Abdel-Rahman  46'
MF 7 Sharara  72'
MF 15 Ibrahim Sadeh  76'
Manager:
Adnan Hamad
GK 1 Anas Zniti
RB 19 Mohamed Chibi
CB 13 Badr Benoun (c)
CB 15 Soufiane Bouftini
LB 16 Mohamed Nahiri  72'
CM 8 Walid El Karti  72'
CM 5 Yahya Jabrane
CM 18 Abdelilah Hafidi  61'
CF 11 Ismail El Haddad  85'
CF 9 Walid Azaro
CF 17 Achraf Bencharki  61'
Substitutes:
MF 6 Mohammed Ali Bemammer  61'
FW 21 Soufiane Rahimi  61'
DF 7 Hamza El Moussaoui  72'
MF 23 Driss Fettouhi  72'
MF 20 Mohamed Fouzair  85'
Manager:
Hussein Ammouta

Assistant referees:
Ezequiel Brailovsky (Argentina)
Gabriel Chade (Argentina)
Fourth official:
Alireza Faghani (Iran)
Video assistant referee:
Juan Soto (Venezuela)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Rafael Traci (Brazil)
Jun Mihara (Japan)
Leodán González (Uruguay)

Palestine vs Saudi Arabia

Palestine 1–1 Saudi Arabia
Report
Palestine
Saudi Arabia
GK 16 Amr Kaddoura
RB 5 Mohammed Saleh
CB 15 Abdelatif Bahdari (c)
LB 4 Yaser Hamed
RW 7 Khaled Salem  62'
CM 8 Mohammed Yameen  46'
CM 3 Mohammed Rashid  79'
LW 2 Mohammed Khalil
RF 11 Layth Kharoub  62'
CF 9 Tamer Seyam
LF 13 Mahmoud Abu Warda
Substitutes:
MF 6 Oday Kharoub  66'  46'
FW 12 Mahmoud Eid  62'
FW 19 Reebal Dahamshi  62'
MF 23 Mohammed Darweesh  79'
Manager:
Makram Daboub
GK 22 Zaid Al-Bawardi
RB 14 Ali Majrashi  46'
CB 17 Meshal Al-Sebyani  46'
CB 4 Waleed Al-Ahmed
LB 16 Sulaiman Hazazi  84'
CMF 12 Saud Abdulhamid (c)  59'
RW 15 Abdullah Radif  60'
CF 19 Hamed Al-Ghamdi  60'
CF 6 Nawaf Boushal
LW 23 Mohammed Al-Qahtani
CF 9 Firas Al-Buraikan
Substitutes:
FW 8 Ayman Yahya  46'
DF 5 Naif Almas  46'
FW 18 Haitham Asiri  60'
FW 10 Abdullah Al-Hamdan  60'
DF 13 Moteb Al-Harbi  84'
Manager:
Laurent Bonadéi

Assistant referees:
Walter López (Honduras)
Christian Ramírez (Honduras)
Fourth official:
Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)
Video assistant referee:
Fernando Guerrero (Mexico)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Eber Aquino (Paraguay)
Rafael Foltyn (Germany)
Jair Marrufo (United States)

Morocco vs Saudi Arabia

Morocco 1–0 Saudi Arabia
Report
Attendance: 8,502
Morocco
Saudi Arabia
GK 12 Abdelali Mhamdi
RB 16 Mohamed Nahiri  75'
CB 3 Achraf Dari
CB 15 Soufiane Bouftini
LB 7 Hamza El Moussaoui  45+1'
CMF 23 Driss Fettouhi
CM 6 Mohammed Ali Bemammer (c)
CM 10 Ayman El Hassouni
RF 20 Mohamed Fouzair  75'
CF 14 Karim El Berkaoui
LF 21 Soufiane Rahimi
Substitutes:
FW 11 Ismail El Haddad  75'
DF 19 Mohamed Chibi  75'
Manager:
Hussein Ammouta
GK 22 Zaid Al-Bawardi
RB 2 Muhannad Al-Shanqeeti
CB 5 Naif Almas
CB 12 Saud Abdulhamid (c)  55'
LB 13 Moteb Al-Harbi  65'
RM 23 Mohammed Al-Qahtani  46'
CM 8 Ayman Yahya  82'
CM 7 Turki Al-Ammar  65'
LM 14 Ali Majrashi  53'  79'
CF 9 Firas Al-Buraikan  74'  82'
CF 10 Abdullah Al-Hamdan  90'
Substitutes:
MF 20 Ibrahim Mahnashi  46'
FW 18 Haitham Asiri  65'
FW 15 Abdullah Radif  65'
DF 16 Sulaiman Hazazi  82'
MF 19 Hamed Al-Ghamdi  82'
Manager:
Laurent Bonadéi

Assistant referees:
Martín Soppi (Uruguay)
Carlos Barreiro (Uruguay)
Fourth official:
Saíd Martínez (Honduras)
Video assistant referee:
Leodán González (Uruguay)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Eber Aquino (Paraguay)
Jerson Dos Santos (Angola)
Shaun Evans (Australia)

Jordan vs Palestine

Jordan 5–1 Palestine
Report
Attendance: 9,750
Jordan
Palestine
GK 1 Yazid Abu Layla
RB 14 Ahmad Tha'er  46'
CB 19 Abdallah Nasib
CB 5 Yazan Al-Arab
LB 2 Mohammad Abu Hasheesh
DM 4 Baha' Abdel-Rahman (c)  75'
RM 7 Mohammad Abu Zrayq  86'
CM 8 Noor Al-Rawabdeh
LM 11 Yaseen Al-Bakhit  60'
CF 16 Ali Olwan
CF 20 Hamza Al-Dardour  75'
Substitutes:
DF 6 Hadi Al-Hourani  46'
MF 13 Mahmoud Al-Mardi  60'
FW 10 Yazan Al-Naimat  75'
MF 17 Rajaei Ayed  75'
MF 15 Ibrahim Sadeh  86'
Manager:
Adnan Hamad
GK 16 Amr Kaddoura
RB 5 Mohammed Saleh
CB 15 Abdelatif Bahdari (c)
CB 4 Yaser Hamed
LB 2 Mohammed Khalil  79'
RM 6 Oday Kharoub
CM 3 Mohammed Rashid
LM 13 Mahmoud Abu Warda
RF 7 Khaled Salem  79'
CF 19 Reebal Dahamshi
LF 9 Tamer Seyam  45+2'
Substitutes:
DF 21 Ahmed Qatmish  79'
FW 12 Mahmoud Eid  79'
Manager:
Makram Daboub

Assistant referees:
Mohammadreza Abdolfazl (Iran)
Paweł Sokolnicki (Poland)
Fourth official:
Wilton Sampaio (Brazil)
Video assistant referee:
Abdulla Al-Marri (Qatar)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Jair Marrufo (United States)
Rafael Foltyn (Germany)
Christian Dingert (Germany)

Notes

  1. ^ The rankings of April 2021 were used for seeding for the final draw.
  2. ^ This is the first appearance for the Morocco first team at the tournament. The U23 team participated in the 1998 and 2002 editions, while the local (A') team participated in 2012.
  3. ^ This is the sixth appearance for the Saudi Arabia first team at the tournament. The U23 team participated in the 1988 edition.

References

  1. ^ "Men's Ranking". fifa.com. 7 April 2021. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  2. ^ "Men's Ranking". fifa.com. 19 November 2021. Retrieved 6 December 2021.