2013 FIFA Confederations Cup Group A

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.^[1] The group consisted of host nation and defending champions Brazil, Italy, Japan, and Mexico.^[2]

Teams

Draw position	Team	Confederation	Method of qualification	Date of qualification	Finals appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance	FIFA Rankings
								November 2012[nb 1]	June 2013
A1	Brazil	CONMEBOL	Host	30 October 2007	1997, 1999, 2005, 2009	2009	Champions (1997, 2005, 2009)
A2	Italy	UEFA	UEFA Euro 2012 runners-up[nb 2]	28 June 2012	N/A	2009	Group stage (2009)
A3	Mexico	CONCACAF	2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup winners	25 June 2011	1999	2005	Champions (1999)
A4	Japan	AFC	2011 AFC Asian Cup winners	29 January 2011	2001	2005	Runners-up (2001)

Notes

1. The rankings of November 2013 were used for seeding for the final draw.
2. Due to Spain qualifying as 2010 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2012 winners.

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil (H)	3	3	0	0	9	2	+7	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Italy	3	2	0	1	8	8	0	6
3	Mexico	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	3
4	Japan	3	0	0	3	4	9	−5	0

Source: FIFA
(H) Hosts

In the semi-finals:^[3]

• 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

15 June 2013 (2013-06-15)

16:00

Brazil	3–0	Japan
Neymar 3' Paulinho 48' Jô 90+3'	Report

Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha, Brasília

Attendance: 67,423

Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal)

Brazil[4]

Japan[4]

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  81' Substitutions: MF 7 Lucas Moura  74' MF 8 Hernanes  75' FW 21 Jô  81' Manager: Luiz Felipe Scolari

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 Okazaki Substitutions: FW 18 Ryoichi Maeda  51' MF 13 Hajime Hosogai  78' MF 19 Takashi Inui  88' Manager: Alberto Zaccheroni

Man of the Match: Neymar (Brazil)[5] Assistant referees: Bertino Miranda (Portugal) José Trigo (Portugal) Fourth official: Felix Brych (Germany) Fifth official: Mark Borsch (Germany)

Mexico vs Italy

16 June 2013 (2013-06-16)

16:00

Mexico	1–2	Italy
Hernández 34' (pen.)	Report	Pirlo 27' Balotelli 78'

Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 73,123

Referee: Enrique Osses (Chile)

Mexico[6]

Italy[6]

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 Hernández Substitutions: DF 21 Hiram Mier  53' FW 19 Raúl Jiménez  86' Manager: José Manuel de la Torre

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'  86' Substitutions: MF 17 Alessio Cerci  68' FW 11 Alberto Gilardino  86' MF 7 Alberto Aquilani  88' Manager: Cesare Prandelli

Man of the Match: Andrea Pirlo (Italy)[7] Assistant referees: Carlos Astroza (Chile) Sergio Román (Chile) Fourth official: Djamel Haimoudi (Algeria) Fifth official: Redouane Achik (Morocco)

Brazil vs Mexico

19 June 2013 (2013-06-19)

16:00

Brazil	2–0	Mexico
Neymar 9' Jô 90+3'	Report

Estádio Castelão, Fortaleza

Attendance: 57,804

Referee: Howard Webb (England)

Brazil[8]

Mexico[8]

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  82' Substitutions: MF 8 Hernanes  62' MF 7 Lucas Moura  78' FW 21 Jô  82' Manager: Luiz Felipe Scolari

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 Hernández Substitutions: MF 16 Héctor Herrera  89'  58' MF 7 Pablo Barrera  70' FW 19 Raúl Jiménez  88' Manager: José Manuel de la Torre

Man of the Match: Neymar (Brazil)[9] Assistant referees: Michael Mullarkey (England) Darren Cann (England) Fourth official: Enrique Osses (Chile) Fifth official: Carlos Astroza (Chile)

Italy vs Japan

19 June 2013 (2013-06-19)

19:00

Italy	4–3	Japan
De Rossi 41' Uchida 50' (o.g.) Balotelli 52' (pen.) Giovinco 86'	Report	Honda 21' (pen.) Kagawa 33' Okazaki 69'

Itaipava Arena Pernambuco, Recife

Attendance: 40,489

Referee: Diego Abal (Argentina)

Italy[10]

Japan[10]

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 Balotelli Substitutions: FW 10 Sebastian Giovinco  30' DF 20 Ignazio Abate  59' MF 8 Claudio Marchisio  68' Manager: Cesare Prandelli

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  79' Substitutions: DF 21 Hiroki Sakai  73' FW 11 Mike Havenaar  79' MF 14 Kengo Nakamura  90+2' Manager: Alberto Zaccheroni

Man of the Match: Shinji Kagawa (Japan)[11] Assistant referees: Hernán Maidana (Argentina) Juan Pablo Belatti (Argentina) Fourth official: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador) Fifth official: William Torres (El Salvador)

Italy vs Brazil

See also: Brazil–Italy football rivalry

22 June 2013 (2013-06-22)

16:00

Italy	2–4	Brazil
Giaccherini 51' Chiellini 71'	Report	Dante 45+1' Neymar 55' Fred 66', 89'

Itaipava Arena Fonte Nova, Salvador

Attendance: 48,874

Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

Italy[12]

Brazil[12]

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 Balotelli Substitutions: MF 22 Emanuele Giaccherini  26' DF 2 Christian Maggio  30' FW 14 Stephan El Shaarawy  72' Manager: Cesare Prandelli

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 Fred Substitutions: DF 13 Dante  33' MF 20 Bernard  69' MF 5 Fernando  76' Manager: Luiz Felipe Scolari

Man of the Match: Neymar (Brazil)[13] Assistant referees: Abduxamidullo Rasulov (Uzbekistan) Bakhadyr Kochkarov (Kyrgyzstan) Fourth official: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan) Fifth official: Toru Sagara (Japan)

Japan vs Mexico

22 June 2013 (2013-06-22)

16:00

Japan	1–2	Mexico
Okazaki 86'	Report	Hernández 54', 66'

Estádio Mineirão, Belo Horizonte

Attendance: 52,690

Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

Japan[14]

Mexico[14]

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  65' Substitutions: DF 6 Atsuto Uchida  58' DF 22 Maya Yoshida  65' MF 14 Kengo Nakamura  77' Manager: Alberto Zaccheroni

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 Hernández Substitutions: DF 3 Carlos Salcido  71' MF 7 Pablo Barrera  78' MF 11 Javier Aquino  90' Manager: José Manuel de la Torre

Man of the Match: Javier Hernández (Mexico)[15] Assistant referees: Mark Borsch (Germany) Stefan Lupp (Germany) Fourth official: Howard Webb (England) Fifth official: Michael Mullarkey (England)