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
Draw position	Team	Finals appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance	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 v t e	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	Advance to knockout stage
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:

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

1 December 2021

19:00

Morocco	4–0	Palestine
Nahiri 31' Hafidi 56', 64' Benoun 87' (pen.)	Report

Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah

Attendance: 3,843

Referee: Matthew Conger (New Zealand)

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

1 December 2021

22:00

Saudi Arabia	0–1	Jordan
	Report	Al-Dawsari 62' (o.g.)

Education City Stadium, Al Rayyan

Attendance: 4,777

Referee: Bakary Gassama (Gambia)

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

4 December 2021

13:00

Jordan	0–4	Morocco
	Report	Jabrane 4' Benoun 25' Chibi 45+3' Rahimi 88' (pen.)

Ahmad bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan

Attendance: 7,890

Referee: Facundo Tello (Argentina)

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

4 December 2021

22:00

Palestine	1–1	Saudi Arabia
Rashid 45+2'	Report	Al-Hamdan 81'

Education City Stadium, Al Rayyan

Attendance: 3,075

Referee: Said Martínez (Honduras)

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

7 December 2021

18:00

Morocco	1–0	Saudi Arabia
El Berkaoui 45+4' (pen.)	Report

Al Thumama Stadium, Doha

Attendance: 8,502

Referee: Andrés Matonte (Uruguay)

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

7 December 2021

18:00

Jordan	5–1	Palestine
Abdel-Rahman 9' (pen.) Al-Dardour 24' Al-Mardi 82' Al-Naimat 86', 90+1'	Report	Seyam 44'

Stadium 974, Doha

Attendance: 9,750

Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)

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

^ The rankings of April 2021 were used for seeding for the final draw.
^ 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.
^ This is the sixth appearance for the Saudi Arabia first team at the tournament. The U23 team participated in the 1988 edition.

References

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

External links

Official website

[2] The rankings of April 2021 were used for seeding for the final draw.

[4] 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.

[5] This is the sixth appearance for the Saudi Arabia first team at the tournament. The U23 team participated in the 1988 edition.

[1] "Men's Ranking". fifa.com. 7 April 2021. Retrieved 17 December 2021.

[3] "Men's Ranking". fifa.com. 19 November 2021. Retrieved 6 December 2021.

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