2022 FIFA World Cup Group A

Group A of the 2022 FIFA World Cup will be from 21 to 29 November 2022.[1] The teams in the group are Qatar, Ecuador, Senegal and the Netherlands. The top two teams will go to the round of 16.[2]

Teams

Draw position Team Pot Confederation Method of
qualification 		Date of
qualification 		Finals
appearance 		Last
appearance 		Previous best
performance 		FIFA Rankings[3]
March 2022[nb 1] October 2022
A1  Qatar 1 AFC Hosts 2 December 2010 1st — — 51 50
A2  Ecuador 4 CONMEBOL CONMEBOL Round Robin fourth place 24 March 2022 4th 2014 Round of 16 (2006) 46 44
A3  Senegal 3 CAF CAF Third Round winners 29 March 2022 3rd 2018 Quarter-finals (2002) 20 18
A4  Netherlands 2 UEFA UEFA Group G winners 16 November 2021 11th 2014 Runners-up (1974, 1978, 2010) 10 8

Notes

  1. ↑ The rankings of March 2022 were used for seeding for the final draw.

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Netherlands 3 2 1 0 5 1 +4 7 Advanced to knockout stage
2  Senegal 3 2 0 1 5 4 +1 6
3  Ecuador 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 4
4  Qatar (H) 3 0 0 3 1 7 −6 0
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Host

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).[1]

Qatar vs Ecuador

Qatar 0–2 Ecuador
Report
Al Bayt Stadium, Al Khor
Qatar
Ecuador
GK 1 Saad Al-Sheeb  15'
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)  72'
CM 12 Karim Boudiaf  36'
CM 6 Abdulaziz Hatem
CF 19 Almoez Ali  22'  72'
CF 11 Akram Afif  78'
Substitutions:
FW 9 Mohammed Muntari  72'
DF 4 Mohammed Waad  72'
Manager:
Félix Sánchez
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  56'
CM 23 Moisés Caicedo  29'  90'
LM 10 Romario Ibarra  68'
CF 13 Enner Valencia (c)  77'
CF 11 Michael Estrada  90'
Substitutions:
MF 16 Jeremy Sarmiento  68'
MF 5 José Cifuentes  77'
FW 26 Kevin Rodríguez  90'
MF 21 Alan Franco  90'
Manager:
Gustavo Alfaro

Man of the Match:
Enner Valencia (Ecuador)[4]

Assistant referees:
Ciro Carbone (Italy)
Alessandro Giallatini (Italy)
Fourth official:
István Kovács (Romania)
Reserve assistant referee:
Ovidiu Artene (Romania)
Video assistant referee:
Massimiliano Irrati (Italy)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Paolo Valeri (Italy)
Tomasz Listkiewicz (Poland)
Benoît Millot (France)
Stand-by assistant video assistant referee:
Paweł Sokolnicki (Poland)

Senegal vs Netherlands

Senegal 0–2 Netherlands
Report
Al Thumama Stadium, Doha
Senegal
Netherlands
GK 16 Édouard Mendy
RB 21 Youssouf Sabaly
CB 3 Kalidou Koulibaly (c)
CB 4 Pape Abou Cissé
LB 22 Abdou Diallo  62'
CM 8 Cheikhou Kouyaté  73'
CM 6 Nampalys Mendy  90+4'
RW 15 Krépin Diatta  73'
AM 5 Idrissa Gueye  90+6'
LW 18 Ismaïla Sarr
CF 9 Boulaye Dia  69'
Substitutions:
DF 14 Ismail Jakobs  62'
FW 20 Bamba Dieng  69'
MF 26 Pape Gueye  73'
FW 7 Nicolas Jackson  73'
Manager:
Aliou Cissé
GK 23 Andries Noppert
CB 3 Matthijs de Ligt  56'
CB 4 Virgil van Dijk (c)
CB 5 Nathan Aké
RM 22 Denzel Dumfries
CM 11 Steven Berghuis  79'
CM 21 Frenkie de Jong
LM 17 Daley Blind
AM 8 Cody Gakpo  90+4'
CF 18 Vincent Janssen  62'
CF 7 Steven Bergwijn  79'
Substitutions:
FW 10 Memphis Depay  62'
MF 14 Davy Klaassen  79'
MF 20 Teun Koopmeiners  79'
MF 15 Marten de Roon  90+4'
Manager:
Louis van Gaal

Man of the Match:
Cody Gakpo (Netherlands)[5]

Assistant referees:
Bruno Boschilia (Brazil)
Bruno Pires (Brazil)
Fourth official:
Andrés Matonte (Uruguay)
Reserve assistant referee:
Nicolás Taran (Uruguay)
Video assistant referee:
Juan Soto (Venezuela)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Nicolás Gallo (Colombia)
Diego Bonfá (Argentina)
Mauro Vigliano (Argentina)
Stand-by assistant video assistant referee:
Ezequiel Brailovsky (Argentina)

Qatar vs Senegal

Qatar 1–3 Senegal
  • Muntari  78'
 Report
  • Dia  41'
  • Diédhiou  48'
  • B. Dieng  84'
Al Thumama Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 41,797
Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)
Qatar
Senegal
GK 22 Meshaal Barsham
CB 2 Ró-Ró  83'
CB 16 Boualem Khoukhi
CB 3 Abdelkarim Hassan
RWB 17 Ismaeel Mohammad  20'
LWB 14 Homam Ahmed  45+2'  83'
CM 12 Karim Boudiaf  69'
CM 10 Hassan Al-Haydos (c)  74'
CM 23 Assim Madibo  90+1'
CF 19 Almoez Ali
CF 11 Akram Afif
Substitutions:
MF 6 Abdulaziz Hatem  69'
FW 9 Mohammed Muntari  74'
DF 4 Mohammed Waad  83'
DF 5 Tarek Salman  83'
Manager:
Félix Sánchez
GK 16 Édouard Mendy
RB 21 Youssouf Sabaly
CB 3 Kalidou Koulibaly (c)
CB 22 Abdou Diallo
LB 14 Ismail Jakobs  52'  78'
RM 18 Ismaïla Sarr  74'
CM 6 Nampalys Mendy  78'
CM 5 Idrissa Gueye
LM 15 Krépin Diatta  64'
CF 9 Boulaye Dia  30'
CF 19 Famara Diédhiou  74'
Substitutions:
MF 11 Pathé Ciss  87'  64'
FW 13 Iliman Ndiaye  74'
FW 20 Bamba Dieng  74'
DF 4 Pape Abou Cissé  78'
MF 17 Pape Matar Sarr  78'
Manager:
Aliou Cissé

Man of the Match:
Boulaye Dia (Senegal)[6]

Assistant referees:
Pau Cebrián Devís (Spain)
Roberto Díaz Pérez del Palomar (Spain)
Fourth official:
Kevin Ortega (Peru)
Reserve assistant referee:
Djibril Camara (Senegal)
Video assistant referee:
Drew Fischer (Canada)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Fernando Guerrero (Mexico)
Nicolás Taran (Uruguay)
Adil Zourak (Morocco)
Stand-by assistant video assistant referee:
Bruno Pires (Brazil)

Netherlands vs Ecuador

Netherlands 1–1 Ecuador
 Report
Khalifa International Stadium, Al Rayyan
Attendance: 44,833
Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal (Algeria)
Netherlands
Ecuador
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  79'
CM 21 Frenkie de Jong
LM 17 Daley Blind
AM 14 Davy Klaassen  69'
CF 8 Cody Gakpo  79'
CF 7 Steven Bergwijn  46'
Substitutions:
FW 10 Memphis Depay  46'
MF 11 Steven Berghuis  69'
FW 19 Wout Weghorst  79'
MF 15 Marten de Roon  79'
Manager:
Louis van Gaal
GK 1 Hernán Galíndez
CB 25 Jackson Porozo
CB 2 Félix Torres
CB 3 Piero Hincapié
RM 17 Ángelo Preciado
CM 20 Jhegson Méndez  57'
CM 23 Moisés Caicedo
LM 7 Pervis Estupiñán
AM 19 Gonzalo Plata  90'
AM 13 Enner Valencia (c)  90'
CF 11 Michael Estrada  74'
Substitutions:
MF 16 Jeremy Sarmiento  74'
MF 10 Romario Ibarra  90'
FW 26 Kevin Rodríguez  90'
Manager:
Gustavo Alfaro

Man of the Match:
Frenkie de Jong (Netherlands)[7]

Assistant referees:
Mokrane Gourari (Algeria)
Abdelhak Etchiali (Algeria)
Fourth official:
Saíd Martínez (Honduras)
Reserve assistant referee:
Helpys Raymundo Feliz (Dominican Republic)
Video assistant referee:
Shaun Evans (Australia)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Redouane Jiyed (Morocco)
Ashley Beecham (Australia)
Muhammad Taqi (Singapore)
Stand-by assistant video assistant referee:
Anton Shchetinin (Australia)

Ecuador vs Senegal

Ecuador 1–2 Senegal
  • Caicedo  67'
 Report
Khalifa International Stadium, Al Rayyan
Attendance: 44,569
Referee: Clément Turpin (France)
Ecuador
Senegal
GK 1 Hernán Galíndez
RB 17 Ángelo Preciado  85'
CB 2 Félix Torres
CB 3 Piero Hincapié
LB 7 Pervis Estupiñán
DM 8 Carlos Gruezo  46'
CM 21 Alan Franco  46'
CM 23 Moisés Caicedo
RF 19 Gonzalo Plata
CF 11 Michael Estrada  64'
LF 13 Enner Valencia (c)
Substitutions:
MF 5 José Cifuentes  46'
MF 16 Jeremy Sarmiento  46'
FW 24 Djorkaeff Reasco  64'
DF 25 Jackson Porozo  85'
Manager:
Gustavo Alfaro
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  74'
CM 26 Pape Gueye
RW 13 Iliman Ndiaye  74'
AM 5 Idrissa Gueye  66'
LW 18 Ismaïla Sarr
CF 9 Boulaye Dia  90+5'
Substitutions:
MF 6 Nampalys Mendy  74'
FW 20 Bamba Dieng  74'
DF 4 Pape Abou Cissé  90+5'
Manager:
Aliou Cissé

Man of the Match:
Kalidou Koulibaly (Senegal)[8]

Assistant referees:
Nicolas Danos (France)
Cyril Gringore (France)
Fourth official:
István Kovács (Romania)
Reserve assistant referee:
Ovidiu Artene (Romania)
Video assistant referee:
Jérôme Brisard (France)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Benoît Millot (France)
Ciro Carbone (Italy)
Drew Fischer (Canada)
Stand-by assistant video assistant referee:
Alessandro Giallatini (Italy)

Netherlands vs Qatar

Netherlands 2–0 Qatar
 Report
Al Bayt Stadium, Al Khor
Attendance: 66,784
Referee: Bakary Gassama (Gambia)
Netherlands
Qatar
GK 23 Andries Noppert
CB 2 Jurriën Timber
CB 4 Virgil van Dijk (c)
CB 5 Nathan Aké  52'
RM 22 Denzel Dumfries
CM 15 Marten de Roon  82'
CM 21 Frenkie de Jong  86'
LM 17 Daley Blind
AM 14 Davy Klaassen  66'
CF 8 Cody Gakpo  82'
CF 10 Memphis Depay  66'
Substitutions:
MF 11 Steven Berghuis  66'
FW 18 Vincent Janssen  66'
FW 19 Wout Weghorst  82'
MF 20 Teun Koopmeiners  82'
MF 24 Kenneth Taylor  86'
Manager:
Louis van Gaal
GK 22 Meshaal Barsham
CB 2 Ró-Ró
CB 16 Boualem Khoukhi
CB 3 Abdelkarim Hassan
RWB 17 Ismaeel Mohammad  85'
LWB 14 Homam Ahmed
CM 10 Hassan Al-Haydos (c)  64'
CM 23 Assim Madibo  64'
CM 6 Abdulaziz Hatem  85'
CF 19 Almoez Ali  64'
CF 11 Akram Afif
Substitutions:
MF 8 Ali Assadalla  64'
MF 12 Karim Boudiaf  64'
FW 9 Mohammed Muntari  64'
DF 13 Musab Kheder  85'
FW 7 Ahmed Alaaeldin  85'
Manager:
Félix Sánchez

Man of the Match:
Davy Klaassen (Netherlands)[9]

Assistant referees:
Elvis Noupue (Cameroon)
Mahmoud Abouelregal (Egypt)
Fourth official:
Ma Ning (China)
Reserve assistant referee:
Cao Yi (China)
Video assistant referee:
Redouane Jiyed (Morocco)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Adil Zourak (Morocco)
Mokrane Gourari (Algeria)
Julio Bascuñán (Chile)
Stand-by assistant video assistant referee:
Zakhele Siwela (South Africa)

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:[2]

  • 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;
Team Match 1 Match 2 Match 3 Points
           
 Netherlands 1 1 −2
 Ecuador 2 1 −3
 Senegal 2 3 1 −6
 Qatar 4 3 −7

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Match Schedule" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 1 April 2022. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Regulations – FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 15 December 2021. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  3. ↑ "Men's Ranking". FIFA. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  4. ↑ "Valencia the hero as Ecuador down Qatar". FIFA. 20 November 2022. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  5. ↑ "Netherlands' late double downs Senegal". FIFA. 21 November 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  6. ↑ "Senegal hit treble to beat hosts Qatar". FIFA. 25 November 2022. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
  7. ↑ "Valencia strikes again for Ecuador to claim Netherlands draw". FIFA. 25 November 2022. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
  8. ↑ "Koulibaly the hero as Senegal progress to last 16". FIFA. 29 November 2022. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
  9. ↑ "Netherlands cruise past Qatar to top group". FIFA. 29 November 2022. Retrieved 29 November 2022.

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