2014 FIFA World Cup Group C

Football tournament group stage July 2014 July 2014 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. The top two teams, Colombia and Greece, advanced to the round of 16. Teams Draw position Team Confederation Method ofqualification Date ofqualification Finalsappearance Lastappearance Previous bestperformance FIFA Rankings October 2013nb The rankings of October 2013 were used for seeding for the final draw. June 2014 C1 (seed) COL CONMEBOL CONMEBOL 2nd runners-up 11 October 2013 5th 1998 Round of 16 (1990) 4 8 C2 GRE UEFA UEFA Play-off winners 19 November 2013 3rd 2010 Group stage (1994, 2010) 15 12 C3 CIV CAF CAF third round winners 16 November 2013 3rd 2010 Group stage (2006, 2010) 17 23 C4 JPN AFC AFC fourth round Group B 1st winners 4 June 2013 5th 2010 Round of 16 (2002, 2010) 44 46 Notes nb Standings main WDL standings complete FIFA 200 COL GRE CIV JPN KO KO Tie-breaking criteria 3 0 0 9 2 1 1 1 2 4 1 0 2 4 5 0 1 2 2 6 COL GRE CIV JPN Q green1 Advance to knockout stage 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 The two teams had met in one previous match, in a friendly in 1994, where Colombia won 2–0.https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/mencompwc/51/97/38/2014fwc_kit_matches_neutral.pdf#page=11 2014 FIFA World Cup – Statistical Kit FIFA.com 11 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140629232249/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/mencompwc/51/97/38/2014fwc_kit_matches_neutral.pdf 29 June 2014 Colombia midfielder Fredy Guarín was suspended for the match, after being sent off in the team's final qualifier against Paraguay.https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/y=2014/m=2/news=match-suspensions-served-the-final-competition-the-fifa-world-cup-2282433.html https://web.archive.org/web/20140414075701/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/y=2014/m=2/news=match-suspensions-served-the-final-competition-the-fifa-world-cup-2282433.html dead 14 April 2014 Match suspensions to be served at the final competition of the FIFA World Cup FIFA.com 24 February 2014 Colombia took the lead within five minutes, Juan Cuadrado's cutback was converted by Pablo Armero via a deflection off Greek defender Kostas Manolas. Colombia extended the lead in the second half, when Abel Aguilar flicked on a corner kick from James Rodríguez and Teófilo Gutiérrez scored from close range.https://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/jun/15/fernando-santos-konstantinos-katsouranis-greece-colombia Greece play blame game following World Cup defeat by Colombia 15 June 2014 The Guardian 30 October 2014 Greece's best chance fell to Theofanis Gekas, who headed against the bar. In stoppage time, Cuadrado set up James to complete the scoring with a low shot.https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/25285057 Colombia 3 Greece 0 BBC Sport 14 June 2014 The 3–0 scoreline was Colombia's biggest win to date in the World Cup.https://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/world-cup-colombia-greece-matchpack-can-greece-upset-054750016--sow.html World Cup - Colombia ease to win over Greece Yahoo! Sport 14 June 2014 main c1 2014 6 14 y 13:00 BRT (UTC−3) COL 2014 FIFA World Cup Group C#Colombia vs Greece 3–0 GRE Armero 5 Gutiérrez 58 Rodríguez 90+3 Estádio Mineirão, Belo Horizonte 57,174 Mark Geiger (United States) https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/17/251164/255931/300186471 Colombia vs Greece First stage 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil FIFA 1 May 2026 http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=255931/match=300186471/report.html 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil – Matches – Colombia v Greece FIFA 1 May 2026 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20171228033100/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=255931/match=300186471/report.html 28 December 2017 https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/1f80923164c7516e/original/amxpbeuqozjto4iotldb-pdf.pdf Match report – Group C – Colombia v Greece FIFA 14 June 2014 1 May 2026 live https://web.archive.org/web/20260413060951/https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/1f80923164c7516e/original/amxpbeuqozjto4iotldb-pdf.pdf 13 April 2026 _colombia14h _colombia14h _colombia14h _colombia14h _colombia14h FFFF00 FFFF00 FFFF00 FFFFFF FFFFFF Colombiahttps://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/42bb69a1830a4891/original/izr0kv5kvwkrgscux5at-pdf.pdf Tactical Line-up – Group C – Colombia v Greece FIFA 14 June 2014 1 May 2026 live https://web.archive.org/web/20260522173204/https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/42bb69a1830a4891/original/izr0kv5kvwkrgscux5at-pdf.pdf 22 May 2026 _greece1415a _greece1415away _greece1415a 2447D5 2447D5 2447D5 2447D5 2447D5 Greece GK 1 David OspinaRB 18Juan Camilo ZúñigaCB 2 Cristián ZapataCB 3 Mario Yepes (c)LB 7 Pablo Armero 74CM 6 Carlos Sánchez 26CM 8 Abel Aguilar 69RW 11Juan CuadradoAM 10James RodríguezLW 14Víctor IbarboCF 9 Teófilo Gutiérrez 76Substitutions:MF 15Alexander Mejía 69DF 4 Santiago Arias 74FW 21Jackson Martínez 76Manager:ARG José Pékerman300px GK 1 Orestis KarnezisRB 15Vasilis TorosidisCB 4 Kostas ManolasCB 19Sokratis Papastathopoulos 52LB 20José HolebasRM 14Dimitris Salpingidis 55 57CM 2 Giannis ManiatisCM 21Kostas Katsouranis (c)LM 8 Panagiotis Kone 78CF 7 Georgios SamarasCF 17Theofanis Gekas 64Substitutions:MF 18Giannis Fetfatzidis 57FW 9 Konstantinos Mitroglou 64MF 10Giorgos Karagounis 78Manager:POR 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 The two teams had met in three previous matches, all in friendlies, most recently in 2010.https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/mencompwc/51/97/38/2014fwc_kit_matches_neutral.pdf#page=12 2014 FIFA World Cup – Statistical Kit FIFA.com 12 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140629232249/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/mencompwc/51/97/38/2014fwc_kit_matches_neutral.pdf 29 June 2014 Japan took the lead in the first half, when Keisuke Honda collected a pass from Yuto Nagatomo after a quick throw-in to strike home with his left foot high into the net.https://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/jun/15/ivory-coast-japan-group-c-match-report Ivory Coast stage World Cup fight back to see off Japan 15 June 2014 The Guardian 30 October 2014 However, Ivory Coast came back with two goals in two minutes in the second half, first Wilfried Bony headed in from Serge Aurier's cross from the right from six yards, followed by a Gervinho header from six yards from another cross from Aurier on the right.https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/25285078 Ivory Coast 2 Japan 1 BBC Sport 14 June 2014 With his goal, Honda became the first Japanese player to score in two World Cups, and also claimed sole possession of being the top Japanese scorer in World Cup history with three total goals.http://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20140615p2g00m0sp001000c.html Japan beaten by Drogba-inspired Ivory Coast in World Cup opener The Mainichi 15 June 2014 15 June 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140618193820/http://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20140615p2g00m0sp001000c.html 18 June 2014 dead dmy-all main c2 2014 6 14 y 22:00 BRT (UTC−3) CIV 2014 FIFA World Cup Group C#Ivory Coast vs Japan 2–1 JPN Bony 64 Gervinho 66 Honda 16 Itaipava Arena Pernambuco, Recife 40,267 Enrique Osses (Chile) https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/17/251164/255931/300186507 Côte d'Ivoire vs Japan First stage 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil FIFA 1 May 2026 http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=255931/match=300186507/report.html 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil – Matches – Côte d'Ivoire v Japan FIFA 1 May 2026 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20170709061839/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=255931/match=300186507/report.html 9 July 2017 https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/25835a0506930f30/original/ovok6wgn6pal2iujauip-pdf.pdf Match report – Group C – Côte d'Ivoire v Japan FIFA 14 June 2014 1 May 2026 live https://web.archive.org/web/20260413061047/https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/25835a0506930f30/original/ovok6wgn6pal2iujauip-pdf.pdf 13 April 2026 _ic1415h _ic1415home _ic1415h _ic1415h _ic1415h FF8A15 FF8A15 FF8A15 FF8A15 FF8A15 Ivory Coasthttps://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/54853fd52f7c4b66/original/xucshjbccbpewqcpoccs-pdf.pdf Tactical Line-up – Group C – Côte d'Ivoire v Japan FIFA 15 June 2014 1 May 2026 live https://web.archive.org/web/20260522173223/https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/54853fd52f7c4b66/original/xucshjbccbpewqcpoccs-pdf.pdf 22 May 2026 _JFA_14h _JFA_14h _JFA_14h _JFA_14h _JFA_14h FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF Japan GK 1 Boubacar BarryRB 17Serge AurierCB 5 Didier Zokora 58CB 22Sol Bamba 54LB 3 Arthur Boka 75CM 9 Cheick TiotéCM 20Serey Die 62AM 19Yaya Touré (c)RF 8 Salomon KalouCF 12Wilfried Bony 78LF 10GervinhoSubstitutions:FW 11Didier Drogba 62DF 18Constant Djakpa 75FW 13Didier Ya Konan 78Manager:FRA 1974 Sabri Lamouchi300px GK 1 Eiji KawashimaRB 2 Atsuto UchidaCB 22Maya Yoshida 23CB 6 Masato Morishige 64LB 5 Yuto NagatomoDM 16Hotaru YamaguchiDM 17Makoto Hasebe (c) 54RW 9 Shinji OkazakiAM 4 Keisuke HondaLW 10Shinji Kagawa 86CF 18Yuya Osako 67Substitutions:MF 7 Yasuhito Endō 54FW 13Yoshito Ōkubo 67MF 11Yoichiro Kakitani 86Manager:ITA 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 The two teams had never met before.https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/mencompwc/51/97/38/2014fwc_kit_matches_neutral.pdf#page=29 2014 FIFA World Cup – Statistical Kit FIFA.com 29 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140629232249/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/mencompwc/51/97/38/2014fwc_kit_matches_neutral.pdf 29 June 2014 After a goalless first half, Colombia scored first when James Rodríguez headed in Juan Cuadrado's corner.https://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/jun/19/colombia-ivory-coast-group-c-world-cup Colombia win again as Juan Quintero's winner sinks skilful Ivory Coast 19 June 2014 The Guardian 30 October 2014 The lead was extended six minutes later when Ivory Coast was caught in possession, and Teófilo Gutiérrez released substitute Juan Quintero to score. Ivory Coast reduced the deficit through Gervinho, who received a pass from Arthur Boka in the left wing, dribbled past three Colombian players and shot home.https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/25285169 Colombia 2 Ivory Coast 1 BBC Sport 19 June 2014 The second goal of the tournament by James allowed him to join Bernardo Redín and Adolfo Valencia as the only Colombian players to score more than one goal in the World Cup.http://www.mundodeportivo.com/20140620/futbol/james-rodriguez-iguala-a-bernardo-redin-y-adolfo-valencia-con-dos-goles_54409240435.html James Rodríguez iguala a Bernardo Redín y Adolfo Valencia con dos goles Spanish Mundo Deportivo 20 June 2014 main c3 2014 6 19 y 13:00 BRT (UTC−3) COL 2014 FIFA World Cup Group C#Colombia vs Ivory Coast 2–1 CIV Rodríguez 64 Quintero 70 Gervinho 73 Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha, Brasília 68,748 Howard Webb (England) https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/17/251164/255931/300186468 Colombia vs Côte d'Ivoire First stage 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil FIFA 1 May 2026 http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=255931/match=300186468/report.html 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil – Matches – Colombia v Côte d'Ivoire FIFA 1 May 2026 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20171227055717/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=255931/match=300186468/report.html 27 December 2017 https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/49d1b5115eae3800/original/lfnxsac5pcvxeawmpwfy-pdf.pdf Match report – Group C – Colombia v Côte d'Ivoire FIFA 19 June 2014 1 May 2026 live https://web.archive.org/web/20260413061454/https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/49d1b5115eae3800/original/lfnxsac5pcvxeawmpwfy-pdf.pdf 13 April 2026 _colombia14h _colombia14h _colombia14h _colombia14h _colombia14h FFFF00 FFFF00 FFFF00 FFFFFF FFFFFF Colombiahttps://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/6bd1362862927aa3/original/uk5ir19ocw1g3ftgkdze-pdf.pdf Tactical Line-up – Group C – Colombia v Côte d'Ivoire FIFA 19 June 2014 1 May 2026 live https://web.archive.org/web/20260522173635/https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/6bd1362862927aa3/original/uk5ir19ocw1g3ftgkdze-pdf.pdf 22 May 2026 _ic1415a _ic1415away _ic1415a _ic1415a _ic1415a 26A064 26A064 26A064 26A064 26A064 Ivory Coast GK 1 David OspinaRB 18Juan Camilo ZúñigaCB 2 Cristián ZapataCB 3 Mario Yepes (c)LB 7 Pablo Armero 72CM 8 Abel Aguilar 79CM 6 Carlos SánchezRW 11Juan CuadradoAM 10James RodríguezLW 14Víctor Ibarbo 53CF 9 Teófilo GutiérrezSubstitutions:MF 20Juan Quintero 53DF 4 Santiago Arias 72MF 15Alexander Mejía 79Manager:ARG José Pékerman300px GK 1 Boubacar BarryRB 17Serge AurierCB 5 Didier Zokora 55CB 22Sol BambaLB 3 Arthur BokaCM 20Serey Die 73CM 9 Cheick Tioté 90RW 10GervinhoAM 19Yaya Touré (c)LW 15Max Gradel 67CF 12Wilfried Bony 60Substitutions:FW 11Didier Drogba 60FW 8 Salomon Kalou 67MF 6 Mathis Bolly 73Manager:FRA 1974 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 thumbnail|right|Arena das Dunas before the Japan x Greece match. The two teams had met in one previous match, in the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup group stage, won by Japan 1–0. Greece was reduced to ten men in the first half when Kostas Katsouranis was booked twice in eleven minutes. In the second half, Greece had a Theofanis Gekas header saved, while Japan, which needed at least a point to stay alive in the competition, had chances to score through Yoshito Ōkubo and Atsuto Uchida, but the game finished goalless.https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/25285183 Japan 0 Greece 0 BBC Sport 19 June 2014 The result ensured Colombia's qualification to the knockout stage, their first since 1990.https://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/jun/20/japan-greece-match-report-group-c Greece keep Japan at bay after Kostas Katsouranis gets early red card 20 June 2014 The Guardian 30 October 2014 This was the first clean sheet kept by Greece in World Cup history.https://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/world-cup-japan-greece-matchpack-will-kagawa-keep-135219004--sow.html World Cup - Ten-man Greece hang on for draw against Japan Yahoo! Sport 20 June 2014 main c4 2014 6 19 y 19:00 BRT (UTC−3) JPN 2014 FIFA World Cup Group C#Japan vs Greece 0–0 GRE Arena das Dunas, Natal 39,485 Joel Aguilar (El Salvador) https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/17/251164/255931/300186454 Japan vs Greece First stage 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil FIFA 1 May 2026 http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=255931/match=300186454/report.html 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil – Matches – Japan v Greece FIFA 1 May 2026 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20170709053047/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=255931/match=300186454/report.html 9 July 2017 https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/6a298e10cc6a38b5/original/sasaeovinei4fh7hczfp-pdf.pdf Match report – Group C – Japan v Greece FIFA 19 June 2014 1 May 2026 live https://web.archive.org/web/20260413061520/https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/6a298e10cc6a38b5/original/sasaeovinei4fh7hczfp-pdf.pdf 13 April 2026 _JFA_14h _JFA_14h _JFA_14h _JFA_14h _JFA_14h 000080 000080 000080 000080 000080 Japanhttps://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/746ec7f25ad0d01b/original/fiy1zhfxikalec8i4lc8-pdf.pdf Tactical Line-up – Group C – Japan v Greece FIFA 19 June 2014 1 May 2026 live https://web.archive.org/web/20260522173647/https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/746ec7f25ad0d01b/original/fiy1zhfxikalec8i4lc8-pdf.pdf 22 May 2026 _greece1415h _greece1415home _greece1415h FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF Greece GK 1 Eiji KawashimaRB 2 Atsuto UchidaCB 22Maya YoshidaCB 15Yasuyuki KonnoLB 5 Yuto NagatomoCM 16Hotaru YamaguchiCM 17Makoto Hasebe (c) 12 46RW 9 Shinji OkazakiAM 4 Keisuke HondaLW 13Yoshito ŌkuboCF 18Yuya Osako 57Substitutions:MF 7 Yasuhito Endō 46MF 10Shinji Kagawa 57Manager:ITA Alberto Zaccheroni300px GK 1 Orestis KarnezisRB 15Vasilis Torosidis 89CB 4 Kostas ManolasCB 19Sokratis PapastathopoulosLB 20José HolebasDM 21Kostas Katsouranis (c) 2 27 38CM 2 Giannis ManiatisCM 8 Panagiotis Kone 81RW 18Giannis Fetfatzidis 41LW 7 Georgios Samaras 55CF 9 Kostas Mitroglou 35Substitutions:FW 17Theofanis Gekas 35MF 10Giorgos Karagounis 41FW 14Dimitris Salpingidis 81Manager:POR 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 The two teams had met in two previous matches, most recently in a friendly in 2007, and also in the 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup group stage, won by Colombia 1–0.2014 FIFA World Cup – Statistical Kit https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/mencompwc/51/97/38/2014fwc_kit_matches_neutral.pdf#page=42 FIFA.com 42 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140629232249/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/mencompwc/51/97/38/2014fwc_kit_matches_neutral.pdf 29 June 2014 Colombia took the lead mid-way through the first half, with Juan Cuadrado taking a penalty kick, shooting low down the middle after Japan centre back Yasuyuki Konno fouled Colombia striker Adrián Ramos in the box.https://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/jun/24/japan-colombia-world-cup-group-c-match-report Colombia post their third group win to put Japan through the exit door 24 June 2014 The Guardian 30 October 2014 Japan then equalised through Shinji Okazaki's headed goal from a cross from Keisuke Honda on the right in first half stoppage time. Colombia's James Rodríguez was introduced after the half time break, and was credited for providing two assists for two goals scored by Jackson Martínez, on 55 minutes when he shot low to the net with his left foot, and 82 minutes when he curled the ball in from the right of the penalty area with his left foot, before finishing off the scoring with a strike of his own, assisted by Ramos, where he beat the last man before clipping the ball over the goalkeeper.https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/25455848 Japan 1 Colombia 4 24 June 2014 BBC Sport 25 June 2014 Colombia, which had already qualified for the knockout stage and would do so as group winners if either they didn't lose this match or Ivory Coast did not beat Greece in the other match, finished as group winners with a perfect record of three wins out of three, while Japan, which had to win the match to have any chance to qualify, were eliminated. Faryd Mondragón became the oldest player to make an appearance in the history of the World Cup, at the age of 1971 6 21 2014 6 24, when he came on for the last five minutes of the match, breaking the record of Roger Milla, who played at the 1994 World Cup at the age of 42.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/world-cup/10923335/Japan-vs-Colombia-Jackson-Martinez-scores-twice-as-Carlos-Valderramas-side-top-group-to-set-up-Uruguay-tie.html Jackson Martínez scores twice as Carlos Valderrama's side top group to set up Uruguay tie 24 June 2014 Daily Telegraph 25 June 2014 He also set the record for the longest time between World Cup appearances as 15 years and 363 days had passed since his last versus England at the 1998 World Cup, breaking Alfred Bickel's record of 12 years and 13 days between appearances (1938–1950).Late goals decisive on big day for keepers 25 June 2014 FIFA.com https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/y=2014/m=6/news=late-goals-decisive-on-big-day-for-keepers-2384705.html https://web.archive.org/web/20140625062552/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/y=2014/m=6/news=late-goals-decisive-on-big-day-for-keepers-2384705.html dead 25 June 2014 25 June 2014 main c5 2014 6 24 y 16:00 AMT (UTC−4) JPN 2014 FIFA World Cup Group C#Japan vs Colombia 1–4 COL Okazaki 45+1 Cuadrado 17 pen. Martínez 55 82 Rodríguez 90 Arena Pantanal, Cuiabá 40,340 Pedro Proença (Portugal) https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/17/251164/255931/300186457 Japan vs Colombia First stage 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil FIFA 1 May 2026 http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=255931/match=300186457/report.html 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil – Matches – Japan v Colombia FIFA 1 May 2026 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20171210012636/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=255931/match=300186457/report.html 10 December 2017 https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/4dc2e3886f5a1903/original/k8oc04rtyz5pno2s7zle-pdf.pdf Match report – Group C – Japan v Colombia FIFA 24 June 2014 1 May 2026 live https://web.archive.org/web/20260413061858/https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/4dc2e3886f5a1903/original/k8oc04rtyz5pno2s7zle-pdf.pdf 13 April 2026 _JFA_14h _JFA_14h _JFA_14h _JFA_14h _JFA_14h 000080 000080 000080 000080 000080 Japanhttps://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/216bfe438a79d3d4/original/qub7bacqrhafjcfusqux-pdf.pdf Tactical Line-up – Group C – Japan v Colombia FIFA 24 June 2014 1 May 2026 live https://web.archive.org/web/20260522181723/https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/216bfe438a79d3d4/original/qub7bacqrhafjcfusqux-pdf.pdf 22 May 2026 _colombia14h _colombia14h _colombia14h _colombia14h _colombia14h FFFF00 FFFF00 FFFF00 FFFFFF FFFFFF Colombia GK 1 Eiji KawashimaRB 2 Atsuto UchidaCB 22Maya YoshidaCB 15Yasuyuki Konno 16LB 5 Yuto NagatomoCM 14Toshihiro Aoyama 62CM 17Makoto Hasebe (c)RW 9 Shinji Okazaki 69AM 4 Keisuke HondaLW 10Shinji Kagawa 85CF 13Yoshito ŌkuboSubstitutions:MF 16Hotaru Yamaguchi 62FW 11Yoichiro Kakitani 69MF 8 Hiroshi Kiyotake 85Manager:ITA Alberto Zaccheroni300px GK 1 David Ospina (c) 85RB 4 Santiago AriasCB 23Carlos ValdésCB 16Éder BalantaLB 7 Pablo ArmeroRM 11Juan Cuadrado 46CM 15Alexander MejíaCM 13Fredy Guarín 63LM 20Juan Quintero 46SS 19Adrián RamosCF 21Jackson MartínezSubstitutions:MF 5 Carlos Carbonero 46MF 10James Rodríguez 46GK 22Faryd Mondragón 85Manager:ARG 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 List of 2014 FIFA World Cup controversies#Greece vs Ivory Coast The two teams had never met before. Greece midfielder Kostas Katsouranis (red card in previous match) and Ivory Coast defender Didier Zokora (accumulation of yellow cards) were suspended for the match.http://www.newindianexpress.com/fifaworldcup/news/Goalless-Draw-Keeps-Japan-And-Greece-Alive/2014/06/20/article2290235.ece Goalless Draw Keeps Japan And Greece Alive The New Indian Express 20 June 2014 22 June 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140714113202/http://www.newindianexpress.com/fifaworldcup/news/Goalless-Draw-Keeps-Japan-And-Greece-Alive/2014/06/20/article2290235.ece 14 July 2014 dead dmy-allhttp://www.kickoff.com/worldcup2014/news/45787/world-cup-group-c-match-report-colombia-2-1-ivory-coast Colombia edge Ivorians Kickoff.com 19 June 2014 22 June 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140714160853/http://www.kickoff.com/worldcup2014/news/45787/world-cup-group-c-match-report-colombia-2-1-ivory-coast 14 July 2014 dead Greece, which had to win to have any chance to qualify for the knockout stage, went in front in the 42nd minute after Cheick Tioté's defensive mistake allowed substitute Andreas Samaris to steal the ball, play a one-two with Georgios Samaras, and run in on goal before shooting past the goalkeeper with his right foot. In the second half, substitute Wilfried Bony equalised with a low right foot finish after Gervinho's pass from the left. As Japan were losing to Colombia in the other match played at the same time, Ivory Coast only required a point to qualify for the knockout stage for the first time.https://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/jun/24/greece-ivory-coast-world-cup-2014-match-report Greece advance with last-gasp penalty to deny Ivory Coast progress 24 June 2014 The Guardian 25 June 2014 The game looked to be heading for a draw, until Greece won a penalty in injury time when Giovanni Sio tripped Samaras as he was about to strike the ball, and Samaras scored the penalty hitting the ball to the goalkeeper's left. The win meant Greece finished as the group runners-up, and put them into the knockout stage for the first time in its World Cup history (after unsuccessful campaigns in 1994 and 2010), while Ivory Coast were eliminated in the group stage for the third tournament in a row.https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/25285284 Greece 2 Ivory Coast 1 24 June 2014 BBC Sport 25 June 2014 main c6 2014 6 24 y 17:00 BRT (UTC−3) GRE 2014 FIFA World Cup Group C#Greece vs Ivory Coast 2–1 CIV Samaris 42 Samaras 90+3 pen. Bony 74 Estádio Castelão, Fortaleza 59,095 Carlos Vera (Ecuador) https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/17/251164/255931/300186455 Greece vs Côte d'Ivoire First stage 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil FIFA 1 May 2026 http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=255931/match=300186455/report.html 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil – Matches – Greece v Côte d'Ivoire FIFA 1 May 2026 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20170709053340/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=255931/match=300186455/report.html 9 July 2017 https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/7878923234b4e518/original/ae5690wvavqfm8a5jsp9-pdf.pdf Match report – Group C – Greece v Côte d'Ivoire FIFA 24 June 2014 1 May 2026 live https://web.archive.org/web/20260413061911/https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/7878923234b4e518/original/ae5690wvavqfm8a5jsp9-pdf.pdf 13 April 2026 _greece1415h _greece1415home _greece1415h FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF Greecehttps://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/78c6fbf42e482bae/original/oqbtlitdcfgxfyskmhms-pdf.pdf Tactical Line-up – Group C – Greece v Côte d'Ivoire FIFA 24 June 2014 1 May 2026 live https://web.archive.org/web/20260522181748/https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/78c6fbf42e482bae/original/oqbtlitdcfgxfyskmhms-pdf.pdf 22 May 2026 _ic1415a _ic1415away _ic1415a _ic1415a _ic1415a 26A064 26A064 26A064 26A064 26A064 Ivory Coast GK 1 Orestis Karnezis 24RB 15Vasilis TorosidisCB 4 Kostas ManolasCB 19Sokratis PapastathopoulosLB 20José HolebasDM 10Giorgos Karagounis (c) 78CM 2 Giannis ManiatisCM 16Lazaros ChristodoulopoulosRW 8 Panagiotis Kone 12LW 7 Georgios SamarasCF 14Dimitris SalpingidisSubstitutions:MF 22Andreas Samaris 12GK 12Panagiotis Glykos 24FW 17Theofanis Gekas 78Manager:POR Fernando Santos300px GK 1 Boubacar BarryRB 17Serge AurierCB 4 Kolo TouréCB 22Sol BambaLB 3 Arthur BokaCM 9 Cheick Tioté 61CM 20Serey Die 70RW 8 Salomon Kalou 62AM 19Yaya TouréLW 10Gervinho 83CF 11Didier Drogba (c) 37 78Substitutions:FW 12Wilfried Bony 61MF 14Ismaël Diomandé 78FW 21Giovanni Sio 83Manager:FRA 1974 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) See also Colombia at the FIFA World Cup Greece at the FIFA World Cup Ivory Coast at the FIFA World Cup Japan at the FIFA World Cup References Match reports Report External links 2014 FIFA World Cup Group C, FIFA.com C Category:Greece at the 2014 FIFA World Cup Category:Colombia at the 2014 FIFA World Cup Category:Japan at the 2014 FIFA World Cup Category:Ivory Coast at the 2014 FIFA World Cup Category:Football competitions in Belo Horizonte Category:21st century in Belo Horizonte Category:Sport in Recife Category:Football in Pernambuco Category:Football in Brasília 2014 FIFA World Cup Group C Category:Natal, Rio Grande do Norte Category:Football in Rio Grande do Norte Category:Cuiabá Category:Football in Mato Grosso Category:Sport in Fortaleza Category:Football in Ceará