2013 FIFA Confederations Cup Group A

Football tournament group stage Group A of the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup took place from 15 to 22 June 2013 in Belo Horizonte's Mineirão, Brasília's Mané Garrincha, Fortaleza's Castelão, Recife's Arena Pernambuco, Rio de Janeiro's, Maracanã and Salvador's Arena Fonte Nova.http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/01/64/15/83/fcc2013_matchschedule_6c_17052013.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20130611202452/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/01/64/15/83/fcc2013_matchschedule_6c_17052013.pdf dead 2013-06-11 Match Schedule – FIFA Confederations Cup Brazil 2013 FIFA The group consisted of host nation and defending champions Brazil, Italy, Japan, and Mexico.http://www.fifa.com/confederationscup/news/newsid=1960374/index.html?intcmp=newsreader_news_caption https://web.archive.org/web/20121204133744/http://www.fifa.com/confederationscup/news/newsid=1960374/index.html?intcmp=newsreader_news_caption 2012-12-04 Brazil drawn with Italy, Spain to meet Uruguay FIFA Teams Draw position Team Confederation Method ofqualification Date ofqualification Finalsappearance Lastappearance Previous bestperformance FIFA Rankings November 2012nb The rankings of November 2013 were used for seeding for the final draw. June 2013 A1 BRA CONMEBOL Host 30 October 2007 1997, 1999, 2005, 2009 2009 Champions (1997, 2005, 2009) A2 ITA UEFA UEFA Euro 2012 runners-upnb Due to Spain qualifying as 2010 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2012 winners. 28 June 2012 N/A 2009 Group stage (2009) A3 MEX CONCACAF 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup winners 25 June 2011 1999 2005 Champions (1999) A4 JPN AFC 2011 AFC Asian Cup winners 29 January 2011 2001 2005 Runners-up (2001) Notes nb Standings Group A In the semi-finals:http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/01/99/46/55/regulationsconfederationscup2013_e.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20140709114817/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/01/99/46/55/regulationsconfederationscup2013_e.pdf dead 2014-07-09 Regulations – FIFA Confederations Cup Brazil 2013 FIFA The winners of Group A, Brazil, advanced to play the runners-up of Group B, Uruguay. The runners-up of Group A, Italy, advanced to play the winners of Group B, Spain. Matches Brazil vs Japan 2013 6 15 y 16:00 BRA 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup Group A#Brazil vs Japan 3–0 https://www.fifa.com/confederationscup/matches/round=274633/match=300334883/report.html JPN Neymar 3 Paulinho 48 Jô 90+3 Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha, Brasília 67,423 Pedro Proença (Portugal) _bra13h _bra13h _bra13h _bra13h _bra13al FFCC00 FFCC00 FFCC00 0000BB 0000BB Brazilhttps://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/02/11/00/12/eng_01_0615_bra-jpn_tacticalstartlist_english.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20131217224514/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/02/11/00/12/eng_01_0615_bra-jpn_tacticalstartlist_english.pdf dead December 17, 2013 Tactical Line-up – Group A – Brazil-Japan 15 June 2013 FIFA.com Fédération Internationale de Football Association PDF 15 June 2013 _JFA_12a _JFA_12a _JFA_12a _CONDIVO12_ONWHITE _JFA_12a FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 000040 FF0000 Japan GK 12 Júlio César RB 2 Dani Alves CB 3 Thiago Silva (c) CB 4 David Luiz LB 6 Marcelo DM 17 Luiz Gustavo CM 18 Paulinho AM 11 Oscar RW 19 Hulk 75 LW 10 Neymar 74 CF 9 Fred 81Substitutions: MF 7 Lucas Moura 74 MF 8 Hernanes 75 FW 21 Jô 81Manager:Luiz Felipe Scolari300px GK 1 Eiji Kawashima RB 6 Atsuto Uchida CB 22 Maya Yoshida CB 15 Yasuyuki Konno LB 5 Yuto Nagatomo CM 17 Makoto Hasebe (c) 45+1 CM 7 Yasuhito Endō 78 RW 8 Hiroshi Kiyotake 51 AM 4 Keisuke Honda 88 LW 10 Shinji Kagawa CF 9 Shinji OkazakiSubstitutions: FW 18 Ryoichi Maeda 51 MF 13 Hajime Hosogai 78 MF 19 Takashi Inui 88Manager:ITA Alberto Zaccheroni Man of the Match: Neymar (Brazil)https://www.fifa.com/confederationscup/matches/round=255199/match=300200118/manofthematch.html https://web.archive.org/web/20130618014619/http://www.fifa.com/confederationscup/matches/round=255199/match=300200118/manofthematch.html dead June 18, 2013 Brazil v Japan – Man of the Match FIFA.com Fédération Internationale de Football Association 15 June 2013 15 June 2013 Assistant referees: Bertino Miranda (Portugal) José Trigo (Portugal) Fourth official: Felix Brych (Germany) Fifth official: Mark Borsch (Germany) Mexico vs Italy 2013 6 16 y 16:00 MEX 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup Group A#Mexico vs Italy 1–2 https://www.fifa.com/confederationscup/matches/round=274633/match=300334883/report.html ITA Hernández 34 pen. Pirlo 27 Balotelli 78 Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro 73,123 Enrique Osses (Chile) _FEMEXFUT_11h _FEMEXFUT_11h _FEMEXFUT_11h _FEMEXFUT_13t _3_stripes_white FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FF0000 FF0000 Mexicohttps://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/02/11/06/92/eng_02_0616_mex-ita_tacticalstartlist_neutral.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20131216211057/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/02/11/06/92/eng_02_0616_mex-ita_tacticalstartlist_neutral.pdf dead December 16, 2013 Tactical Line-up – Group A – Mexico-Italy 16 June 2013 FIFA.com Fédération Internationale de Football Association PDF 16 June 2013 _ita12a _colchester0809t _ita12a FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF Italy GK 12 José de Jesús Corona RB 22 Gerardo Flores CB 2 Francisco Javier Rodríguez (c) CB 15 Héctor Moreno 47 LB 3 Carlos Salcido CM 17 Jesús Zavala 86 CM 6 Gerardo Torrado RW 11 Javier Aquino 53 AM 10 Giovani dos Santos 58 LW 18 Andrés Guardado CF 14 Javier HernándezSubstitutions: DF 21 Hiram Mier 53 FW 19 Raúl Jiménez 86Manager:José Manuel de la Torre300px GK 1 Gianluigi Buffon (c) RB 20 Ignazio Abate CB 15 Andrea Barzagli 34 CB 3 Giorgio Chiellini LB 5 Mattia De Sciglio RM 16 Daniele De Rossi 81 CM 21 Andrea Pirlo LM 18 Riccardo Montolivo AM 8 Claudio Marchisio 68 AM 22 Emanuele Giaccherini 88 CF 9 Mario Balotelli 79 86Substitutions: MF 17 Alessio Cerci 68 FW 11 Alberto Gilardino 86 MF 7 Alberto Aquilani 88Manager:Cesare Prandelli Man of the Match: Andrea Pirlo (Italy)https://www.fifa.com/confederationscup/matches/round=255199/match=300222462/manofthematch.html https://web.archive.org/web/20130619031454/http://www.fifa.com/confederationscup/matches/round=255199/match=300222462/manofthematch.html dead June 19, 2013 Mexico v Italy – Man of the Match FIFA.com Fédération Internationale de Football Association 16 June 2013 16 June 2013 Assistant referees: Carlos Astroza (Chile) Sergio Román (Chile) Fourth official: Djamel Haimoudi (Algeria) Fifth official: Redouane Achik (Morocco) Brazil vs Mexico 2013 6 19 y 16:00 BRA 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup Group A#Brazil vs Mexico 2–0 https://www.fifa.com/confederationscup/matches/round=274633/match=300334883/report.html MEX Neymar 9 Jô 90+3 Estádio Castelão, Fortaleza 57,804 Howard Webb (England) _bra13h _bra13h _bra13h _bra13h _bra13al FFCC00 FFCC00 FFCC00 0000BB 0000BB Brazilhttps://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/02/11/30/38/eng_05_0619_bra-mex_tacticalstartlist.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20131217224645/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/02/11/30/38/eng_05_0619_bra-mex_tacticalstartlist.pdf dead December 17, 2013 Tactical Line-up – Group A – Brazil-Mexico 19 June 2013 FIFA.com Fédération Internationale de Football Association PDF 19 June 2013 _FEMEXFUT_11h _FEMEXFUT_11h _FEMEXFUT_11h _mex11h _3_stripes_red FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF Mexico GK 12 Júlio César RB 2 Dani Alves 76 CB 3 Thiago Silva (c) 44 CB 4 David Luiz LB 6 Marcelo DM 17 Luiz Gustavo CM 18 Paulinho CM 11 Oscar 62 RW 19 Hulk 78 LW 10 Neymar CF 9 Fred 82Substitutions: MF 8 Hernanes 62 MF 7 Lucas Moura 78 FW 21 Jô 82Manager:Luiz Felipe Scolari300px GK 12 José de Jesús Corona RB 21 Hiram Mier CB 2 Francisco Javier Rodríguez (c) 90 CB 15 Héctor Moreno LB 20 Jorge Torres Nilo 70 CM 3 Carlos Salcido CM 6 Gerardo Torrado 88 RW 22 Gerardo Flores 58 AM 10 Giovani dos Santos LW 18 Andrés Guardado 21 CF 14 Javier HernándezSubstitutions: MF 16 Héctor Herrera 89 58 MF 7 Pablo Barrera 70 FW 19 Raúl Jiménez 88Manager:José Manuel de la Torre Man of the Match: Neymar (Brazil)https://www.fifa.com/confederationscup/matches/round=255199/match=300200117/manofthematch.html https://web.archive.org/web/20130619075758/http://www.fifa.com/confederationscup/matches/round=255199/match=300200117/manofthematch.html dead June 19, 2013 Brazil v Mexico – Man of the Match FIFA.com Fédération Internationale de Football Association 19 June 2013 19 June 2013 Assistant referees: Michael Mullarkey (England) Darren Cann (England) Fourth official: Enrique Osses (Chile) Fifth official: Carlos Astroza (Chile) Italy vs Japan 2013 6 19 y 19:00 ITA 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup Group A#Italy vs Japan 4–3 https://www.fifa.com/confederationscup/matches/round=274633/match=300334883/report.html JPN De Rossi 41 Uchida 50 o.g. Balotelli 52 pen. Giovinco 86 Honda 21 pen. Kagawa 33 Okazaki 69 Itaipava Arena Pernambuco, Recife 40,489 Diego Abal (Argentina) _ITA1314h _ITA1314h _ITA1314h _ITA1314h_blue_shorts _ITA1314h 0000FF 0000FF 0000FF 0000FF 0000FF Italyhttps://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/02/11/32/97/eng_06_0619_ita-jpn_tacticalstartlist.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20131216211704/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/02/11/32/97/eng_06_0619_ita-jpn_tacticalstartlist.pdf dead December 16, 2013 Tactical Line-up – Group A – Italy-Japan 19 June 2013 FIFA.com Fédération Internationale de Football Association PDF 19 June 2013 _JFA_12a _JFA_12a _JFA_12a _CONDIVO12_ONWHITE _JFA_12a FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 000040 FF0000 Japan GK 1 Gianluigi Buffon (c) 20 RB 2 Christian Maggio 59 CB 15 Andrea Barzagli CB 3 Giorgio Chiellini LB 5 Mattia De Sciglio DM 21 Andrea Pirlo RM 18 Riccardo Montolivo LM 16 Daniele De Rossi 36 AM 7 Alberto Aquilani 30 AM 22 Emanuele Giaccherini 68 CF 9 Mario BalotelliSubstitutions: FW 10 Sebastian Giovinco 30 DF 20 Ignazio Abate 59 MF 8 Claudio Marchisio 68Manager:Cesare Prandelli300px GK 1 Eiji Kawashima RB 6 Atsuto Uchida 73 CB 22 Maya Yoshida CB 15 Yasuyuki Konno 90 LB 5 Yuto Nagatomo CM 17 Makoto Hasebe (c) 52 90+2 CM 7 Yasuhito Endō RW 9 Shinji Okazaki AM 4 Keisuke Honda LW 10 Shinji Kagawa CF 18 Ryoichi Maeda 79Substitutions: DF 21 Hiroki Sakai 73 FW 11 Mike Havenaar 79 MF 14 Kengo Nakamura 90+2Manager:ITA Alberto Zaccheroni Man of the Match: Shinji Kagawa (Japan)https://www.fifa.com/confederationscup/matches/round=255199/match=300222456/manofthematch.html https://web.archive.org/web/20130622235435/http://www.fifa.com/confederationscup/matches/round=255199/match=300222456/manofthematch.html dead June 22, 2013 Italy v Japan – Man of the Match FIFA.com Fédération Internationale de Football Association 19 June 2013 19 June 2013 Assistant referees: Hernán Maidana (Argentina) Juan Pablo Belatti (Argentina) Fourth official: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador) Fifth official: William Torres (El Salvador) Italy vs Brazil Brazil–Italy football rivalry 2013 6 22 y 16:00 ITA 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup Group A#Italy vs Brazil 2–4 https://www.fifa.com/confederationscup/matches/round=274633/match=300334883/report.html BRA Giaccherini 51 Chiellini 71 Dante 45+1 Neymar 55 Fred 66 89 Itaipava Arena Fonte Nova, Salvador 48,874 Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan) _ITA1314h _ITA1314h _ITA1314h _ITA1314h_blue_shorts _ITA1314h 0000FF 0000FF 0000FF 0000FF 0000FF Italyhttps://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/02/11/58/87/eng_09_0622_ita-bra_tacticalstartlist.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20131216211052/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/02/11/58/87/eng_09_0622_ita-bra_tacticalstartlist.pdf dead December 16, 2013 Tactical Line-up – Group A – Italy-Brazil 22 June 2013 FIFA.com Fédération Internationale de Football Association PDF 22 June 2013 _bra13h _bra13h _bra13h _bra13a _bra13hl FFCC00 FFCC00 FFCC00 FFFFFF FFFFFF Brazil GK 1 Gianluigi Buffon (c) RB 20 Ignazio Abate 30 CB 19 Leonardo Bonucci CB 3 Giorgio Chiellini LB 5 Mattia De Sciglio CM 18 Riccardo Montolivo 26 CM 7 Alberto Aquilani RW 6 Antonio Candreva AM 8 Claudio Marchisio 40 LW 23 Alessandro Diamanti 72 CF 9 Mario BalotelliSubstitutions: MF 22 Emanuele Giaccherini 26 DF 2 Christian Maggio 30 FW 14 Stephan El Shaarawy 72Manager:Cesare Prandelli300px GK 12 Júlio César RB 2 Dani Alves CB 3 Thiago Silva (c) CB 4 David Luiz 8 33 LB 6 Marcelo CM 8 Hernanes CM 17 Luiz Gustavo 44 RW 19 Hulk 76 AM 11 Oscar LW 10 Neymar 28 69 CF 9 FredSubstitutions: DF 13 Dante 33 MF 20 Bernard 69 MF 5 Fernando 76Manager:Luiz Felipe Scolari Man of the Match: Neymar (Brazil)https://www.fifa.com/confederationscup/matches/round=255199/match=300222457/manofthematch.html https://web.archive.org/web/20130625053857/http://www.fifa.com/confederationscup/matches/round=255199/match=300222457/manofthematch.html dead June 25, 2013 Italy v Brazil – Man of the Match FIFA.com Fédération Internationale de Football Association 22 June 2013 22 June 2013 Assistant referees: Abduxamidullo Rasulov (Uzbekistan) Bakhadyr Kochkarov (Kyrgyzstan) Fourth official: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan) Fifth official: Toru Sagara (Japan) Japan vs Mexico 2013 6 22 y 16:00 JPN 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup Group A#Japan vs Mexico 1–2 https://www.fifa.com/confederationscup/matches/round=274633/match=300334883/report.html MEX Okazaki 86 Hernández 54 66 Estádio Mineirão, Belo Horizonte 52,690 Felix Brych (Germany) _JFA_12h _JFA_12h _JFA_12h _JFA_12h _JFA_12h FFFFFF FF0000 FFFFFF FFFFFF FF0000 Japanhttps://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/02/11/58/76/eng_10_0622_jpn-mex_tacticalstartlist.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20131217224534/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/02/11/58/76/eng_10_0622_jpn-mex_tacticalstartlist.pdf dead December 17, 2013 Tactical Line-up – Group A – Japan-Mexico 22 June 2013 FIFA.com Fédération Internationale de Football Association PDF 22 June 2013 _FEMEXFUT_13t _FEMEXFUT_13t _FEMEXFUT_13t _FEMEXFUT_13t _3_stripes_red FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF Mexico GK 1 Eiji Kawashima RB 21 Hiroki Sakai 38 58 CB 16 Yuzo Kurihara CB 15 Yasuyuki Konno LB 5 Yuto Nagatomo 77 CM 13 Hajime Hosogai CM 7 Yasuhito Endō (c) RW 9 Shinji Okazaki AM 4 Keisuke Honda LW 10 Shinji Kagawa CF 18 Ryoichi Maeda 65Substitutions: DF 6 Atsuto Uchida 58 DF 22 Maya Yoshida 65 MF 14 Kengo Nakamura 77Manager:ITA Alberto Zaccheroni300px GK 1 Guillermo Ochoa 90+5 RB 21 Hiram Mier CB 4 Diego Reyes CB 15 Héctor Moreno LB 20 Jorge Torres Nilo CM 6 Gerardo Torrado (c) CM 17 Jesús Zavala RW 10 Giovani dos Santos 78 LW 18 Andrés Guardado 71 CF 19 Raúl Jiménez 90 CF 14 Javier HernándezSubstitutions: DF 3 Carlos Salcido 71 MF 7 Pablo Barrera 78 MF 11 Javier Aquino 90Manager:José Manuel de la Torre Man of the Match: Javier Hernández (Mexico)https://www.fifa.com/confederationscup/matches/round=255199/match=300222460/manofthematch.html https://web.archive.org/web/20130625201510/http://www.fifa.com/confederationscup/matches/round=255199/match=300222460/manofthematch.html dead June 25, 2013 Japan v Mexico – Man of the Match FIFA.com Fédération Internationale de Football Association 22 June 2013 22 June 2013 Assistant referees: Mark Borsch (Germany) Stefan Lupp (Germany) Fourth official: Howard Webb (England) Fifth official: Michael Mullarkey (England) References External links Official site Official Documents and Match Documents Group A Group Group Group Group Category:Football in Brasília 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup Group A Category:International sports competitions in Rio de Janeiro (city) Category:Football competitions in Rio de Janeiro (city) Category:2013 in Rio de Janeiro (city) Category:Sport in Fortaleza Category:Football in Ceará Category:Sport in Recife Category:Football in Pernambuco Category:Sport in Salvador, Bahia Category:Football in Bahia Category:Football competitions in Belo Horizonte Category:21st 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