2021 FIFA Arab Cup Group C explained

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]			November 2021^[2]
C1	style=white-space:nowrap		4th	2012 (champions)	data-sort-value="2"	Winners (2012)	34	28
C2	style=white-space:nowrap		7th	2012 (fourth place)	data-sort-value="1"	Winners (1998, 2002)	65	48
C3	style=white-space:nowrap		9th	2002 (semi-finals)	data-sort-value="3"	Fourth place (1988)	95	91
C4	style=white-space:nowrap		5th	2012 (group stage)	data-sort-value="4"	Group stage (1966, 1992, 2002, 2012)	104	98

Standings

In the quarter-finals:

• Morocco advanced to play against Algeria (runners-up of Group D).
• Jordan advanced to play against Egypt (winners of Group D).

Matches

Morocco vs Palestine

width=25 ! width=25 GK 1 Anas Zniti RB 19 CB 13 Badr Benoun (c) CB 4 Marwane Saâdane LB 16 Mohamed Nahiri CM 5 CM 8 CM 18 CF 11 CF 14 CF 17 Achraf Bencharki Substitutes: FW 9 MF 10 FW 21 MF 6 MF 23 Manager: Hussein Ammouta

width=25 ! width=25 GK 16 Amr Kaddoura RB 5 Mohammed Saleh CB 15 Abdelatif Bahdari (c) LB 4 Yaser Hamed RM 20 Abdalsalam Salama CM 8 CM 3 LM 21 Ahmed Qatmish RF 11 CF 9 Tamer Seyam LF 12 Substitutes: FW 19 MF 23 FW 13 DF 6 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

width=25 ! width=25 GK 1 Mohammed Al-Rubaie RB 12 Saud Abdulhamid (c) CB 3 CB 4 Waleed Al-Ahmed LB 2 CM 11 CM 8 Ayman Yahya RW 14 CM 7 LW 13 Moteb Al-Harbi CF 10 Substitutes: DF 17 FW 18 FW 15 MF 19 FW 23 Manager: Laurent Bonadéi

width=25 ! width=25 GK 1 Yazid Abu Layla RB 23 CB 5 Yazan Al-Arab CB 21 LB 2 Mohammad Abu Hasheesh RM 10 CM 8 Noor Al-Rawabdeh CM 4 Baha' Abdel-Rahman (c) LM 13 CF 9 CF 16 Ali Olwan Substitutes: DF 19 MF 14 MF 15 MF 11 FW 20 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

width=25 ! width=25 GK 1 Yazid Abu Layla RB 6 Hadi Al-Hourani CB 19 CB 5 Yazan Al-Arab LB 2 RM 18 CM 8 Noor Al-Rawabdeh CM 17 LM 13 CF 9 Baha' Faisal (c) CF 16 Ali Olwan Substitutes: FW 20 MF 11 MF 4 MF 7 MF 15 Manager: Adnan Hamad

width=25 ! width=25 GK 1 Anas Zniti RB 19 Mohamed Chibi CB 13 Badr Benoun (c) CB 15 Soufiane Bouftini LB 16 CM 8 CM 5 Yahya Jabrane CM 18 CF 11 CF 9 Walid Azaro CF 17 Substitutes: MF 6 FW 21 DF 7 MF 23 MF 20 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

width=25 ! width=25 GK 16 Amr Kaddoura RB 5 Mohammed Saleh CB 15 Abdelatif Bahdari (c) LB 4 Yaser Hamed RW 7 CM 8 CM 3 LW 2 Mohammed Khalil RF 11 CF 9 Tamer Seyam LF 13 Mahmoud Abu Warda Substitutes: MF 6 FW 12 FW 19 MF 23 Manager: Makram Daboub

width=25 ! width=25 GK 22 Zaid Al-Bawardi RB 14 CB 17 CB 4 Waleed Al-Ahmed LB 16 CMF 12 Saud Abdulhamid (c) RW 15 CF 19 CF 6 Nawaf Boushal LW 23 Mohammed Al-Qahtani CF 9 Firas Al-Buraikan Substitutes: FW 8 DF 5 FW 18 FW 10 DF 13 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

width=25 ! width=25 GK 12 Abdelali Mhamdi RB 16 CB 3 Achraf Dari CB 15 Soufiane Bouftini LB 7 CMF 23 Driss Fettouhi CM 6 Mohammed Ali Bemammer (c) CM 10 Ayman El Hassouni RF 20 CF 14 Karim El Berkaoui LF 21 Soufiane Rahimi Substitutes: FW 11 DF 19 Manager: Hussein Ammouta

width=25 ! width=25 GK 22 Zaid Al-Bawardi RB 2 Muhannad Al-Shanqeeti CB 5 Naif Almas CB 12 Saud Abdulhamid (c) LB 13 RM 23 CM 8 CM 7 LM 14 CF 9 CF 10 Substitutes: MF 20 FW 18 FW 15 DF 16 MF 19 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

width=25 ! width=25 GK 1 Yazid Abu Layla RB 14 CB 19 Abdallah Nasib CB 5 Yazan Al-Arab LB 2 Mohammad Abu Hasheesh DM 4 Baha' Abdel-Rahman (c) RM 7 CM 8 Noor Al-Rawabdeh LM 11 CF 16 Ali Olwan CF 20 Substitutes: DF 6 MF 13 FW 10 MF 17 MF 15 Manager: Adnan Hamad

width=25 ! width=25 GK 16 Amr Kaddoura RB 5 Mohammed Saleh CB 15 Abdelatif Bahdari (c) CB 4 Yaser Hamed LB 2 RM 6 Oday Kharoub CM 3 Mohammed Rashid LM 13 Mahmoud Abu Warda RF 7 CF 19 Reebal Dahamshi LF 9 Substitutes: DF 21 FW 12 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 and References

1. Web site: Men's Ranking . fifa.com . 7 April 2021 . 17 December 2021.
2. Web site: Men's Ranking . fifa.com . 19 November 2021 . 6 December 2021.

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