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(Top) 1 Teams 2 Standings 3 Matches 3.1 Russia vs New Zealand 3.2 Portugal vs Mexico 3.3 Russia vs Portugal 3.4 Mexico vs New Zealand 3.5 Mexico vs Russia 3.6 New Zealand vs Portugal 4 References 5 External links

2017 FIFA Confederations Cup Group A

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Group A of the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup took place from 17 to 24 June 2017. It consisted of Russia, New Zealand, Portugal, and Mexico. The top two teams, Portugal and Mexico, advanced to the semi-finals.^[1]

Teams[edit]

Draw position	Team	Confederation	Method of qualification	Date of qualification	Finals appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance	FIFA Rankings
Draw position	Team	Confederation	Method of qualification	Date of qualification	Finals appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance	November 2016^{[nb 1]}	June 2017
A1	Russia	UEFA	* Hosts	2 December 2010	1st	—	Debut	55	63
A2	New Zealand	OFC	2016 OFC Nations Cup winners	11 June 2016	4th	2009	Group stage (1999, 2003, 2009)	110	95
A3	Portugal	UEFA	2016 UEFA EuroUEFA Euro 2016 winners	10 July 2016	1st	—	Debut	8	8
A4	Mexico	CONCACAF	2015 CONCACAF Cup winners	10 October 2015	7th	2013	Winners (1999)	18	17

Notes

^ The rankings of November 2016 were used for seeding for the final draw.

Standings[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Portugal	3	2	1	0	7	2	+5	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Mexico	3	2	1	0	6	4	+2	7	Advance to knockout stage
3	Russia (H)	3	1	0	2	3	3	0	3
4	New Zealand	3	0	0	3	1	8	−7	0

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

In the semi-finals:

The winners of Group A, Portugal, advanced to play the runners-up of Group B, Chile.
The runners-up of Group A, Mexico, advanced to play the winners of Group B, Germany.

Matches[edit]

All times Moscow Time (UTC+3).

Russia vs New Zealand[edit]

17 June 2017

18:00

Russia	2–0	New Zealand
Boxall 31' (o.g.) Smolov 69'	Report

Krestovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg

Attendance: 50,251

Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)

Russia^[2]

New Zealand^[2]


GK	1	Igor Akinfeev (c)
CB	6	Georgi Dzhikiya
CB	5	Viktor Vasin
CB	13	Fyodor Kudryashov
RWB	19	Aleksandr Samedov
LWB	18	Yuri Zhirkov
CM	21	Aleksandr Yerokhin	77'
CM	8	Denis Glushakov
CM	17	Aleksandr Golovin
CF	9	Fyodor Smolov	90'
CF	7	Dmitry Poloz	64'
Substitutions:
FW	11	Aleksandr Bukharov	64'
MF	22	Dmitri Tarasov	77'
MF	15	Aleksei Miranchuk	90'
Manager:
Stanislav Cherchesov


GK	1	Stefan Marinovic
CB	20	Tommy Smith
CB	22	Andrew Durante
CB	5	Michael Boxall
RWB	18	Kip Colvey	83'
LWB	3	Deklan Wynne
CM	7	Kosta Barbarouses	61'
CM	8	Michael McGlinchey
CM	14	Ryan Thomas
CF	11	Marco Rojas	71'
CF	9	Chris Wood (c)
Substitutions:
MF	6	Bill Tuiloma	61'
FW	10	Shane Smeltz	71'
FW	13	Monty Patterson	83'
Manager:
Anthony Hudson

Man of the Match:
Fyodor Smolov (Russia)^[3]

Assistant referees:
Alexander Guzman (Colombia)
Cristian De La Cruz (Colombia)
Fourth official:
Mark Geiger (United States)
Video assistant referees:
Sandro Ricci (Brazil)
Joe Fletcher (Canada)
Assistant video assistant referee:
Enrique Cáceres (Paraguay)

Portugal vs Mexico[edit]

18 June 2017

18:00

Portugal	2–2	Mexico
Quaresma 34' Cédric 86'	Report	Hernández 42' Moreno 90+1'

Kazan Arena, Kazan

Attendance: 34,372

Referee: Néstor Pitana (Argentina)

Portugal^[4]

Mexico^[4]


GK	1	Rui Patrício
RB	21	Cédric
CB	3	Pepe
CB	6	José Fonte
LB	5	Raphaël Guerreiro
RM	20	Ricardo Quaresma		82'
CM	14	William Carvalho
CM	8	João Moutinho		58'
LM	15	André Gomes	90+3'
CF	17	Nani		58'
CF	7	Cristiano Ronaldo (c)
Substitutions:
FW	18	Gelson Martins		58'
MF	23	Adrien Silva	68'	58'
FW	9	André Silva		82'
Manager:
Fernando Santos


GK	13	Guillermo Ochoa
RB	3	Carlos Salcedo		67'
CB	5	Diego Reyes
CB	15	Héctor Moreno
LB	7	Miguel Layún
CM	6	Jonathan dos Santos
CM	16	Héctor Herrera
CM	18	Andrés Guardado (c)	73'
RF	11	Carlos Vela		57'
CF	14	Javier Hernández
LF	9	Raúl Jiménez		79'
Substitutions:
MF	10	Giovani dos Santos		57'
DF	2	Néstor Araujo		67'
FW	19	Oribe Peralta		79'
Manager:
Juan Carlos Osorio

Man of the Match:
Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)^[5]

Assistant referees:
Hernán Maidana (Argentina)
Juan Pablo Belatti (Argentina)
Fourth official:
Abdelkader Zitouni (Tahiti)
Video assistant referees:
Jair Marrufo (United States)
Dalibor Đurđević (Serbia)
Assistant video assistant referee:
Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)

Russia vs Portugal[edit]

21 June 2017

18:00

Russia	0–1	Portugal
	Report	Ronaldo 8'

Otkritie Arena, Moscow

Attendance: 42,759

Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)

Russia^[6]

Portugal^[6]


GK	1	Igor Akinfeev (c)
CB	6	Georgi Dzhikiya	72'
CB	5	Viktor Vasin
CB	13	Fyodor Kudryashov		83'
RWB	3	Roman Shishkin		46'
LWB	23	Dmitri Kombarov		68'
RM	19	Aleksandr Samedov	76'
CM	8	Denis Glushakov	26'
CM	17	Aleksandr Golovin
LM	18	Yuri Zhirkov
CF	9	Fyodor Smolov
Substitutions:
MF	21	Aleksandr Yerokhin		46'
FW	7	Dmitry Poloz		68'
FW	11	Aleksandr Bukharov		83'
Manager:
Stanislav Cherchesov


GK	1	Rui Patrício
RB	5	Raphaël Guerreiro		65'
CB	3	Pepe	57'
CB	2	Bruno Alves
LB	21	Cédric
RM	10	Bernardo Silva	71'
CM	14	William Carvalho
CM	23	Adrien Silva		83'
LM	15	André Gomes
CF	9	André Silva		78'
CF	7	Cristiano Ronaldo (c)
Substitutions:
DF	19	Eliseu		65'
FW	18	Gelson Martins		78'
MF	13	Danilo Pereira		83'
Manager:
Fernando Santos

Man of the Match:
Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)^[7]

Assistant referees:
Elenito Di Liberatore (Italy)
Mauro Tonolini (Italy)
Fourth official:
Damir Skomina (Slovenia)
Video assistant referees:
Sandro Ricci (Brazil)
Jure Praprotnik (Slovenia)
Assistant video assistant referee:
Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)

Mexico vs New Zealand[edit]

21 June 2017

21:00

Mexico	2–1	New Zealand
Jiménez 54' Peralta 72'	Report	Wood 42'

Fisht Olympic Stadium, Sochi

Attendance: 25,133

Referee: Bakary Gassama (Gambia)

Mexico^[8]

New Zealand^[8]


GK	12	Alfredo Talavera
CB	3	Carlos Salcedo		33'
CB	2	Néstor Araujo
CB	23	Oswaldo Alanís		46'
RM	10	Giovani dos Santos
CM	5	Diego Reyes (c)	90+6'
CM	8	Marco Fabián
LM	20	Javier Aquino
RF	17	Jürgen Damm
CF	9	Raúl Jiménez
LF	19	Oribe Peralta
Substitutions:
DF	15	Héctor Moreno		33'	68'
MF	16	Héctor Herrera	90+5'	46'
DF	4	Rafael Márquez			68'
Manager:
Juan Carlos Osorio


GK	1	Stefan Marinovic
CB	5	Michael Boxall	90+6'
CB	22	Andrew Durante
CB	20	Tommy Smith
RWB	16	Dane Ingham		82'
LWB	3	Deklan Wynne
CM	15	Clayton Lewis		58'
CM	8	Michael McGlinchey
CM	14	Ryan Thomas	26'
CF	11	Marco Rojas		73'
CF	9	Chris Wood (c)
Substitutions:
MF	6	Bill Tuiloma		58'
FW	7	Kosta Barbarouses		73'
FW	13	Monty Patterson		82'
Manager:
Anthony Hudson

Man of the Match:
Javier Aquino (Mexico)^[9]

Assistant referees:
Jean-Claude Birumushahu (Burundi)
Marwa Range (Kenya)
Fourth official:
Abdelkader Zitouni (Tahiti)
Video assistant referees:
Clément Turpin (France)
Robert Vukan (Slovenia)
Assistant video assistant referee:
Malang Diedhiou (Senegal)

Mexico vs Russia[edit]

24 June 2017

18:00

Mexico	2–1	Russia
Araujo 30' Lozano 52'	Report	Samedov 25'

Kazan Arena, Kazan

Attendance: 41,585

Referee: Fahad Al-Mirdasi (Saudi Arabia)

Mexico^[10]

Russia^[10]


GK	13	Guillermo Ochoa
RB	5	Diego Reyes		39'
CB	2	Néstor Araujo
CB	15	Héctor Moreno
LB	7	Miguel Layún
CM	6	Jonathan dos Santos
CM	16	Héctor Herrera
CM	18	Andrés Guardado (c)	16'	70'
RF	22	Hirving Lozano
CF	14	Javier Hernández
LF	11	Carlos Vela		46'
Substitutions:
DF	21	Luis Reyes		39'
MF	20	Javier Aquino		46'
MF	23	Oswaldo Alanís	90+2'	70'
Manager:
Juan Carlos Osorio


GK	1	Igor Akinfeev (c)
CB	6	Georgi Dzhikiya
CB	5	Viktor Vasin	71'
CB	13	Fyodor Kudryashov	63'
RWB	19	Aleksandr Samedov
LWB	18	Yuri Zhirkov	9' 68'
CM	21	Aleksandr Yerokhin		70'
CM	8	Denis Glushakov
CM	17	Aleksandr Golovin	88'
CF	9	Fyodor Smolov		78'
CF	11	Aleksandr Bukharov		64'
Substitutions:
FW	7	Dmitry Poloz		64'
DF	2	Igor Smolnikov		70'
FW	20	Maksim Kanunnikov		78'
Manager:
Stanislav Cherchesov

Man of the Match:
Hirving Lozano (Mexico)^[11]

Assistant referees:
Abdullah Al-Shalawi (Saudi Arabia)
Mohammed Al-Abakry (Saudi Arabia)
Fourth official:
Alireza Faghani (Iran)
Video assistant referees:
Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
Reza Sokhandan (Iran)
Assistant video assistant referee:
Jair Marrufo (United States)

New Zealand vs Portugal[edit]

24 June 2017

18:00

New Zealand	0–4	Portugal
	Report	Ronaldo 33' (pen.) B. Silva 37' A. Silva 80' Nani 90+1'

Krestovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg

Attendance: 56,290

Referee: Mark Geiger (United States)

New Zealand^[12]

Portugal^[12]


GK	1	Stefan Marinovic
CB	5	Michael Boxall
CB	22	Andrew Durante		74'
CB	20	Tommy Smith
RWB	16	Dane Ingham	82'
LWB	17	Tom Doyle
CM	15	Clayton Lewis	19'	65'
CM	8	Michael McGlinchey		37'
CM	14	Ryan Thomas
CF	11	Marco Rojas
CF	9	Chris Wood (c)
Substitutions:
MF	6	Bill Tuiloma		37'
FW	7	Kosta Barbarouses		65'
FW	10	Shane Smeltz		74'
Manager:
Anthony Hudson


GK	1	Rui Patrício
RB	11	Nélson Semedo	21'
CB	3	Pepe	56'
CB	2	Bruno Alves
LB	19	Eliseu
RM	20	Ricardo Quaresma		83'
CM	13	Danilo Pereira
CM	8	João Moutinho
LM	10	Bernardo Silva		46'
CF	9	André Silva
CF	7	Cristiano Ronaldo (c)		67'
Substitutions:
MF	16	Pizzi		46'
FW	17	Nani		67'
FW	18	Gelson Martins		83'
Manager:
Fernando Santos

Man of the Match:
Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)^[13]

Assistant referees:
Joe Fletcher (Canada)
Charles Justin Morgante (United States)
Fourth official:
Damir Skomina (Slovenia)
Video assistant referees:
Sandro Ricci (Brazil)
Jure Praprotnik (Slovenia)
Assistant video assistant referee:
Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)

References[edit]

^ "Regulations – 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup Russia" (PDF). FIFA.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 November 2016.

^ ^a ^b "Tactical Line-up – Group A – Russia-New Zealand" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 17 June 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 July 2018. Retrieved 17 June 2017.

^ "Russia v New Zealand – Man of the Match". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 17 June 2017. Archived from the original on 21 June 2017. Retrieved 17 June 2017.

^ ^a ^b "Tactical Line-up – Group A – Portugal-Mexico" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 18 June 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 July 2017. Retrieved 18 June 2017.

^ "Portugal v Mexico – Man of the Match". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 18 June 2017. Archived from the original on 21 June 2017. Retrieved 18 June 2017.

^ ^a ^b "Tactical Line-up – Group A – Russia-Portugal" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 21 June 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 July 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2017.

^ "Russia v Portugal – Man of the Match". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 21 June 2017. Archived from the original on 22 June 2017. Retrieved 21 June 2017.

^ ^a ^b "Tactical Line-up – Group A – Mexico-New Zealand" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 21 June 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 July 2017. Retrieved 21 June 2017.

^ "Mexico v New Zealand – Man of the Match". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 21 June 2017. Archived from the original on 24 June 2017. Retrieved 21 June 2017.

^ ^a ^b "Tactical Line-up – Group A – Mexico-Russia" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 24 June 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 July 2017. Retrieved 24 June 2017.

^ "Mexico v Russia – Man of the Match". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 24 June 2017. Archived from the original on 23 June 2017. Retrieved 24 June 2017.

^ ^a ^b "Tactical Line-up – Group A – New Zealand-Portugal" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 24 June 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 July 2017. Retrieved 24 June 2017.

^ "New Zealand v Portugal – Man of the Match". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 24 June 2017. Archived from the original on 27 June 2017. Retrieved 24 June 2017.

External links[edit]

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Stages	Group stage Group A Group B Knockout stage Final
General information	Squads Statistics
Venues	Fisht Olympic Stadium (Sochi) Kazan Arena (Kazan) Krestovsky Stadium (Saint Petersburg) Otkritie Arena (Moscow)
Qualification	World Cup AFC CAF CONCACAF 2013 2015 Play-off CONMEBOL OFC UEFA