2014 FIFA World Cup Group C

Group C of the 2014 FIFA World Cup consisted of Colombia, Greece, Ivory Coast, and Japan. Play began on 14 June and ended on 24 June 2014.

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Colombia	3	3	0	0	9	2	+7	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Greece	3	1	1	1	2	4	−2	4	Advance to knockout stage
3	Ivory Coast	3	1	0	2	4	5	−1	3
4	Japan	3	0	1	2	2	6	−4	1

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria

Colombia advanced to play Uruguay (runner-up of Group D) in the round of 16.
Greece advanced to play Costa Rica (winner of Group D) in the round of 16.

Matches

Colombia vs Greece

14 June 2014

13:00 UTC−3

Colombia	3–0	Greece
Armero 5' Gutiérrez 58' Rodríguez 90+3'	Report

Estádio Mineirão, Belo Horizonte

Attendance: 57,174

Referee: Mark Geiger (United States)^[1]

Colombia

Greece


GK	1	David Ospina
RB	18	Juan Camilo Zúñiga
CB	2	Cristián Zapata
CB	3	Mario Yepes (c)
LB	7	Pablo Armero		74'
CM	6	Carlos Sánchez	26'
CM	8	Abel Aguilar		69'
RW	11	Juan Cuadrado
AM	10	James Rodríguez
LW	14	Víctor Ibarbo
CF	9	Teófilo Gutiérrez		76'
Substitutions:
MF	15	Alexander Mejía		69'
DF	4	Santiago Arias		74'
FW	21	Jackson Martínez		76'
Manager:
José Pékerman


GK	1	Orestis Karnezis
RB	15	Vasilis Torosidis
CB	4	Kostas Manolas
CB	19	Sokratis Papastathopoulos	52'
LB	20	José Holebas
RM	14	Dimitris Salpingidis	55'	57'
CM	2	Giannis Maniatis
CM	21	Kostas Katsouranis (c)
LM	8	Panagiotis Kone		78'
CF	7	Georgios Samaras
CF	17	Theofanis Gekas		64'
Substitutions:
MF	18	Ioannis Fetfatzidis		57'
FW	9	Konstantinos Mitroglou		64'
MF	10	Giorgos Karagounis		78'
Manager:
Fernando Santos

Man of the Match:
James Rodríguez (Colombia)

Assistant referees:
Mark Hurd (United States)
Joe Fletcher (Canada)
Fourth official:
Alireza Faghani (Iran)
Fifth official:
Hassan Kamranifar (Iran)

Ivory Coast vs Japan

14 June 2014

22:00 UTC−3

Ivory Coast	2–1	Japan
Bony 64' Gervinho 66'	Report	Honda 16'

Itaipava Arena Pernambuco, Recife

Attendance: 40,267

Referee: Enrique Osses (Chile)^[1]

Ivory Coast

Japan


GK	1	Boubacar Barry
RB	17	Serge Aurier
CB	5	Didier Zokora	58'
CB	22	Sol Bamba	54'
LB	3	Arthur Boka		75'
CM	9	Cheick Tioté
CM	20	Serey Die		62'
AM	19	Yaya Touré (c)
RF	8	Salomon Kalou
CF	12	Wilfried Bony		78'
LF	10	Gervinho
Substitutions:
FW	11	Didier Drogba		62'
DF	18	Constant Djakpa		75'
FW	13	Didier Ya Konan		78'
Manager:
Sabri Lamouchi



GK	1	Eiji Kawashima
RB	2	Atsuto Uchida
CB	22	Maya Yoshida	23'
CB	6	Masato Morishige	64'
LB	5	Yuto Nagatomo
DM	16	Hotaru Yamaguchi
DM	17	Makoto Hasebe (c)		54'
RW	9	Shinji Okazaki
AM	4	Keisuke Honda
LW	10	Shinji Kagawa		86'
CF	18	Yuya Osako		67'
Substitutions:
MF	7	Yasuhito Endō		54'
FW	13	Yoshito Ōkubo		67'
MF	11	Yoichiro Kakitani		86'
Manager:
Alberto Zaccheroni

Man of the Match:
Yaya Touré (Ivory Coast)

Assistant referees:
Carlos Astroza (Chile)
Sergio Román (Chile)
Fourth official:
Néant Alioum (Cameroon)
Fifth official:
Djibril Camara (Senegal)

Colombia vs Ivory Coast

19 June 2014

13:00 UTC−3

Colombia	2–1	Ivory Coast
Rodríguez 64' Quintero 70'	Report	Gervinho 73'

Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha, Brasília

Attendance: 68,748

Referee: Howard Webb (England)

Colombia

Ivory Coast


GK	1	David Ospina
RB	18	Juan Camilo Zúñiga
CB	2	Cristián Zapata
CB	3	Mario Yepes (c)
LB	7	Pablo Armero	72'
CM	8	Abel Aguilar	79'
CM	6	Carlos Sánchez
RW	11	Juan Cuadrado
AM	10	James Rodríguez
LW	14	Víctor Ibarbo	53'
CF	9	Teófilo Gutiérrez
Substitutions:
MF	20	Juan Quintero	53'
DF	4	Santiago Arias	72'
MF	15	Alexander Mejía	79'
Manager:
José Pékerman


GK	1	Boubacar Barry
RB	17	Serge Aurier
CB	5	Didier Zokora	55'
CB	22	Sol Bamba
LB	3	Arthur Boka
CM	20	Serey Die		73'
CM	9	Cheick Tioté	90'
RW	10	Gervinho
AM	19	Yaya Touré (c)
LW	15	Max Gradel		67'
CF	12	Wilfried Bony		60'
Substitutions:
FW	11	Didier Drogba		60'
FW	8	Salomon Kalou		67'
MF	6	Mathis Bolly		73'
Manager:
Sabri Lamouchi

Man of the Match:
James Rodríguez (Colombia)

Assistant referees:
Michael Mullarkey (England)
Darren Cann (England)
Fourth official:
Víctor Hugo Carrillo (Peru)
Fifth official:
Rodney Aquino (Paraguay)

Japan vs Greece

19 June 2014

19:00 UTC−3

Japan	0–0	Greece
	Report

Arena das Dunas, Natal

Attendance: 39,485

Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)

Japan

Greece


GK	1	Eiji Kawashima
RB	2	Atsuto Uchida
CB	22	Maya Yoshida
CB	15	Yasuyuki Konno
LB	5	Yuto Nagatomo
CM	16	Hotaru Yamaguchi
CM	17	Makoto Hasebe (c)	12'	46'
RW	9	Shinji Okazaki
AM	4	Keisuke Honda
LW	13	Yoshito Ōkubo
CF	18	Yuya Osako		57'
Substitutions:
MF	7	Yasuhito Endō		46'
MF	10	Shinji Kagawa		57'

Manager:
Alberto Zaccheroni


GK	1	Orestis Karnezis
RB	15	Vasilis Torosidis	89'
CB	4	Kostas Manolas
CB	19	Sokratis Papastathopoulos
LB	20	José Holebas
DM	21	Kostas Katsouranis (c)	27' 38'
CM	2	Giannis Maniatis
CM	8	Panagiotis Kone		81'
RW	18	Giannis Fetfatzidis		41'
LW	7	Georgios Samaras	55'
CF	9	Kostas Mitroglou		35'
Substitutions:
FW	17	Theofanis Gekas		35'
MF	10	Giorgos Karagounis		41'
FW	14	Dimitris Salpingidis		81'
Manager:
Fernando Santos

Man of the Match:
Keisuke Honda (Japan)

Assistant referees:
William Torres (El Salvador)
Juan Zumba (El Salvador)
Fourth official:
Norbert Hauata (Tahiti)
Fifth official:
Aden Marwa (Kenya)

Japan vs Colombia

24 June 2014

16:00 UTC−4

Japan	1–4	Colombia
Okazaki 45+1'	Report	Cuadrado 17' (pen.) Martínez 55', 82' Rodríguez 90'

Arena Pantanal, Cuiabá

Attendance: 40,340

Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal)

Japan

Colombia


GK	1	Eiji Kawashima
RB	2	Atsuto Uchida
CB	22	Maya Yoshida
CB	15	Yasuyuki Konno	16'
LB	5	Yuto Nagatomo
CM	14	Toshihiro Aoyama		62'
CM	17	Makoto Hasebe (c)
RW	9	Shinji Okazaki		69'
AM	4	Keisuke Honda
LW	10	Shinji Kagawa		85'
CF	13	Yoshito Ōkubo
Substitutions:
MF	16	Hotaru Yamaguchi		62'
FW	11	Yoichiro Kakitani		69'
MF	8	Hiroshi Kiyotake		85'
Manager:
Alberto Zaccheroni


GK	1	David Ospina (c)		85'
RB	4	Santiago Arias
CB	23	Carlos Valdés
CB	16	Éder Balanta
LB	7	Pablo Armero
DM	15	Alexander Mejía
DM	13	Fredy Guarín	63'
RM	11	Juan Cuadrado		46'
LM	20	Juan Quintero		46'
SS	19	Adrián Ramos
CF	21	Jackson Martínez
Substitutions:
MF	5	Carlos Carbonero		46'
MF	10	James Rodríguez		46'
GK	22	Faryd Mondragón		85'
Manager:
José Pékerman

Man of the Match:
Jackson Martínez (Colombia)

Assistant referees:
Bertino Cunha (Portugal)
Tiago Trigo (Portugal)
Fourth official:
Roberto Moreno (Panama)
Fifth official:
Eric Boria (United States)

Greece vs Ivory Coast

24 June 2014

17:00 UTC−3

Greece	2–1	Ivory Coast
Samaris 42' Samaras 90+3' (pen.)	Report	Bony 74'

Estádio Castelão, Fortaleza

Attendance: 59,095

Referee: Carlos Vera (Ecuador)

Greece

Ivory Coast


GK	1	Orestis Karnezis	24'
RB	15	Vasilis Torosidis
CB	4	Kostas Manolas
CB	19	Sokratis Papastathopoulos
LB	20	José Holebas
DM	10	Giorgos Karagounis (c)	78'
CM	2	Giannis Maniatis
CM	16	Lazaros Christodoulopoulos
RW	8	Panagiotis Kone	12'
LW	7	Georgios Samaras
CF	14	Dimitris Salpingidis
Substitutions:
MF	22	Andreas Samaris	12'
GK	12	Panagiotis Glykos	24'
FW	17	Theofanis Gekas	78'
Manager:
Fernando Santos


GK	1	Boubacar Barry
RB	17	Serge Aurier
CB	4	Kolo Touré
CB	22	Sol Bamba
LB	3	Arthur Boka
CM	9	Cheick Tioté		61'
CM	20	Serey Die	70'
RW	8	Salomon Kalou	62'
AM	19	Yaya Touré
LW	10	Gervinho		83'
CF	11	Didier Drogba (c)	37'	78'
Substitutions:
FW	12	Wilfried Bony		61'
MF	14	Ismaël Diomandé		78'
FW	21	Giovanni Sio		83'
Manager:
Sabri Lamouchi

Man of the Match:
Georgios Samaras (Greece)

Assistant referees:
Christian Lescano (Ecuador)
Byron Romero (Ecuador)
Fourth official:
Sandro Ricci (Brazil)
Fifth official:
Emerson de Carvalho (Brazil)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 "Referee designations for matches 5-8" (PDF). fifa.com. 12 June 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 June 2014. Retrieved 30 July 2018.

Other websites

2014 FIFA World Cup Group C Archived 2018-09-16 at the Wayback Machine, FIFA.com

[2014_Group_C_Matches_5-8-1] 1.0 ^1.1 "Referee designations for matches 5-8" (PDF). fifa.com. 12 June 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 June 2014. Retrieved 30 July 2018.

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