2018 FIFA World Cup Group E

Group E of the 2018 FIFA World Cup took place from 17 to 27 June 2018.^[1] The group consisted of Brazil, Switzerland, Costa Rica, and Serbia. The top two teams, Brazil and Switzerland, advanced to the round of 16.^[2]

Teams

Draw position	Team	Pot	Confederation	Method of qualification	Date of qualification	Finals appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance	FIFA Rankings
									October 2017[nb 1]	June 2018
E1	Brazil	1	CONMEBOL	CONMEBOL Round Robin winners	28 March 2017	21st	2014	Winners (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002)	2
E2	Switzerland	2	UEFA	UEFA Second Round winners	12 November 2017	11th	2014	Quarter-finals (1934, 1938, 1954)	11
E3	Costa Rica	3	CONCACAF	CONCACAF Fifth Round runners-up	7 October 2017	5th	2014	Quarter-finals (2014)	22
E4	Serbia	4	UEFA	UEFA Group D winners	9 October 2017	12th[nb 2]	2010	Fourth place (1930, 1962)[nb 3]	38

Notes

1. The rankings of October 2017 were used for seeding for the final draw.
2. This is the 2nd appearance of Serbia at the FIFA World Cup. However, FIFA considers Serbia as the successor team of Yugoslavia, who qualified on 8 occasions, and Serbia and Montenegro, who qualified on 2 occasions.
3. Serbia's best result is group stage in 2010. However, FIFA considers Serbia as the successor team of Yugoslavia.

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Switzerland	3	1	2	0	5	4	+1	5
3	Serbia	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	3
4	Costa Rica	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	1

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

In the round of 16:

• The winners of Group E will advance to play the runners-up of Group F.
• The runners-up of Group E will advance to play the winners of Group F.

Matches

All times listed are local time.^[1]

Costa Rica vs Serbia

17 June 2018 (2018-06-17)

16:00 SAMT (UTC+4)

Costa Rica	0–1	Serbia
	Report	Kolarov  56'

Cosmos Arena, Samara

Attendance: 41,432^[3]

Referee: Malang Diedhiou (Senegal)

Costa Rica[4]

Serbia[4]

GK 1 Keylor Navas SW 3 Giancarlo González CB 2 Johnny Acosta CB 6 Óscar Duarte RWB 16 Cristian Gamboa LWB 15 Francisco Calvo  22' CM 20 David Guzmán  56'  73' CM 5 Celso Borges RW 11 Johan Venegas  60' LW 10 Bryan Ruiz (c) CF 21 Marco Ureña  66' Substitutions: MF 7 Christian Bolaños  60' FW 12 Joel Campbell  66' MF 9 Daniel Colindres  73' Manager: Óscar Ramírez

GK 1 Vladimir Stojković RB 6 Branislav Ivanović  59' CB 15 Nikola Milenković CB 3 Duško Tošić LB 11 Aleksandar Kolarov (c) CM 21 Nemanja Matić CM 4 Luka Milivojević RW 10 Dušan Tadić  83' AM 20 Sergej Milinković-Savić LW 22 Adem Ljajić  70' CF 9 Aleksandar Mitrović  90' Substitutions: MF 17 Filip Kostić  70' DF 2 Antonio Rukavina  83' FW 8 Aleksandar Prijović  90+8'  90' Manager: Mladen Krstajić

Man of the Match: Aleksandar Kolarov (Serbia)[5] Assistant referees:[4] Djibril Camara (Senegal) El Hadji Samba (Senegal) Fourth official: Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (Ethiopia) Fifth official[broken anchor]: Tikhon Kalugin (Russia) Video assistant referee: Clément Turpin (France) Assistant video assistant referees: Paweł Gil (Poland) Cyril Gringore (France) Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)

Brazil vs Switzerland

17 June 2018 (2018-06-17)

21:00 MSK (UTC+3)

Brazil	1–1	Switzerland
Coutinho  20'	Report	Zuber  50'

Rostov Arena, Rostov-on-Don

Attendance: 43,109^[6]

Referee: César Arturo Ramos (Mexico)

Brazil[7]

Switzerland[7]

GK 1 Alisson RB 14 Danilo CB 2 Thiago Silva CB 3 Miranda LB 12 Marcelo (c) CM 5 Casemiro  47'  60' CM 15 Paulinho  67' RW 19 Willian AM 11 Philippe Coutinho LW 10 Neymar CF 9 Gabriel Jesus  79' Substitutions: MF 17 Fernandinho  60' MF 8 Renato Augusto  67' FW 20 Roberto Firmino  79' Manager: Tite

GK 1 Yann Sommer RB 2 Stephan Lichtsteiner (c)  31'  87' CB 22 Fabian Schär  65' CB 5 Manuel Akanji LB 13 Ricardo Rodríguez CM 11 Valon Behrami  68'  71' CM 10 Granit Xhaka RW 23 Xherdan Shaqiri AM 15 Blerim Džemaili LW 14 Steven Zuber CF 9 Haris Seferović  80' Substitutions: MF 17 Denis Zakaria  71' FW 7 Breel Embolo  80' DF 6 Michael Lang  87' Manager: Vladimir Petković

Man of the Match: Philippe Coutinho (Brazil)[8] Assistant referees:[7] Marvin Torrentera (Mexico) Miguel Hernández (Mexico) Fourth official: John Pitti (Panama) Fifth official[broken anchor]: Gabriel Victoria (Panama) Video assistant referee: Paolo Valeri (Italy) Assistant video assistant referees: Mauro Vigliano (Argentina) Elenito Di Liberatore (Italy) Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)

Brazil vs Costa Rica

22 June 2018 (2018-06-22)

15:00 MSK (UTC+3)

Brazil	2–0	Costa Rica
Coutinho  90+1' Neymar  90+7'	Report

Krestovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg

Attendance: 64,468^[9]

Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

Brazil[10]

Costa Rica[10]

GK 1 Alisson RB 22 Fagner CB 2 Thiago Silva (c) CB 3 Miranda LB 12 Marcelo CM 5 Casemiro CM 15 Paulinho  68' RW 19 Willian  46' AM 11 Philippe Coutinho  81' LW 10 Neymar  81' CF 9 Gabriel Jesus  90+3' Substitutions: FW 7 Douglas Costa  46' FW 20 Roberto Firmino  68' MF 17 Fernandinho  90+3' Manager: Tite

GK 1 Keylor Navas SW 2 Johnny Acosta  84' CB 3 Giancarlo González CB 6 Óscar Duarte RWB 16 Cristian Gamboa  75' LWB 8 Bryan Oviedo CM 20 David Guzmán  83' CM 5 Celso Borges RW 11 Johan Venegas LW 10 Bryan Ruiz (c) CF 21 Marco Ureña  54' Substitutions: MF 7 Christian Bolaños  54' DF 15 Francisco Calvo  75' MF 17 Yeltsin Tejeda  83' Manager: Óscar Ramírez

Man of the Match: Philippe Coutinho (Brazil)[11] Assistant referees:[10] Sander van Roekel (Netherlands) Erwin Zeinstra (Netherlands) Fourth official: Damir Skomina (Slovenia) Fifth official[broken anchor]: Jure Praprotnik (Slovenia) Video assistant referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands) Assistant video assistant referees: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal) Joe Fletcher (Canada) Mark Geiger (United States)

Serbia vs Switzerland

22 June 2018 (2018-06-22)

20:00 KALT (UTC+2)

Serbia	1–2	Switzerland
Mitrović  5'	Report	Xhaka  52' Shaqiri  90'

Kaliningrad Stadium, Kaliningrad

Attendance: 33,167^[12]

Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

Serbia[13]

Switzerland[13]

GK 1 Vladimir Stojković RB 6 Branislav Ivanović CB 15 Nikola Milenković CB 3 Duško Tošić LB 11 Aleksandar Kolarov (c) CM 21 Nemanja Matić  45+2' CM 4 Luka Milivojević  39'  81' RW 10 Dušan Tadić AM 20 Sergej Milinković-Savić  34' LW 17 Filip Kostić  64' CF 9 Aleksandar Mitrović  87' Substitutions: MF 22 Adem Ljajić  64' FW 18 Nemanja Radonjić  81' Manager: Mladen Krstajić

GK 1 Yann Sommer RB 2 Stephan Lichtsteiner (c) CB 22 Fabian Schär CB 5 Manuel Akanji LB 13 Ricardo Rodríguez CM 11 Valon Behrami CM 10 Granit Xhaka RW 23 Xherdan Shaqiri  90+2' AM 15 Blerim Džemaili  73' LW 14 Steven Zuber  90+4' CF 9 Haris Seferović  46' Substitutions: FW 18 Mario Gavranović  46' FW 7 Breel Embolo  73' FW 19 Josip Drmić  90+4' Manager: Vladimir Petković

Man of the Match: Xherdan Shaqiri (Switzerland)[14] Assistant referees:[13] Mark Borsch (Germany) Stefan Lupp (Germany) Fourth official: Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain) Fifth official[broken anchor]: Yaser Tulefat (Bahrain) Video assistant referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany) Assistant video assistant referees: Bastian Dankert (Germany) Carlos Astroza (Chile) Clément Turpin (France)

Serbia vs Brazil

27 June 2018 (2018-06-27)

21:00 MSK (UTC+3)

Serbia	0–2	Brazil
	Report	Paulinho  36' Thiago Silva  68'

Otkritie Arena, Moscow

Attendance: 44,190^[15]

Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)

Serbia[16]

Brazil[16]

GK 1 Vladimir Stojković RB 2 Antonio Rukavina CB 15 Nikola Milenković CB 13 Miloš Veljković LB 11 Aleksandar Kolarov (c) CM 21 Nemanja Matić  48' CM 20 Sergej Milinković-Savić RW 10 Dušan Tadić AM 22 Adem Ljajić  33'  75' LW 17 Filip Kostić  82' CF 9 Aleksandar Mitrović  70'  89' Substitutions: MF 7 Andrija Živković  75' FW 18 Nemanja Radonjić  82' FW 19 Luka Jović  89' Manager: Mladen Krstajić

GK 1 Alisson RB 22 Fagner CB 2 Thiago Silva CB 3 Miranda (c) LB 12 Marcelo  10' CM 15 Paulinho  66' CM 5 Casemiro RW 19 Willian AM 11 Philippe Coutinho  80' LW 10 Neymar CF 9 Gabriel Jesus Substitutions: DF 6 Filipe Luís  10' MF 17 Fernandinho  66' MF 8 Renato Augusto  80' Manager: Tite

Man of the Match: Paulinho (Brazil)[17] Assistant referees:[16] Reza Sokhandan (Iran) Mohammadreza Mansouri (Iran) Fourth official: Jair Marrufo (United States) Fifth official[broken anchor]: Anouar Hmila (Tunisia) Video assistant referee: Massimiliano Irrati (Italy) Assistant video assistant referees: Paweł Gil (Poland) Paweł Sokolnicki (Poland) Paolo Valeri (Italy)

Switzerland vs Costa Rica

27 June 2018 (2018-06-27)

21:00 MSK (UTC+3)

Switzerland	2–2	Costa Rica
Džemaili  31' Drmić  88'	Report	Waston  56' Sommer  90+3' (o.g.)

Nizhny Novgorod Stadium, Nizhny Novgorod

Attendance: 43,319^[18]

Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

Switzerland[19]

Costa Rica[19]

GK 1 Yann Sommer RB 2 Stephan Lichtsteiner (c)  37' CB 22 Fabian Schär  83' CB 5 Manuel Akanji LB 13 Ricardo Rodríguez CM 11 Valon Behrami  60' CM 10 Granit Xhaka RW 23 Xherdan Shaqiri  81' AM 15 Blerim Džemaili LW 7 Breel Embolo CF 18 Mario Gavranović  69' Substitutions: MF 17 Denis Zakaria  75'  60' FW 19 Josip Drmić  69' DF 6 Michael Lang  81' Manager: Vladimir Petković

GK 1 Keylor Navas SW 3 Giancarlo González CB 2 Johnny Acosta CB 19 Kendall Waston  89' RWB 16 Cristian Gamboa  11'  90+3' LWB 8 Bryan Oviedo CM 5 Celso Borges CM 20 David Guzmán  90+1' RW 9 Daniel Colindres  81' LW 10 Bryan Ruiz (c) CF 12 Joel Campbell  29' Substitutions: MF 13 Rodney Wallace  81' MF 14 Randall Azofeifa  90+1' DF 4 Ian Smith  90+3' Manager: Óscar Ramírez

Man of the Match: Blerim Džemaili (Switzerland)[20] Assistant referees:[19] Nicolas Danos (France) Cyril Gringore (France) Fourth official: Norbert Hauata (Tahiti) Fifth official[broken anchor]: Bertrand Brial (New Caledonia) Video assistant referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany) Assistant video assistant referees: Bastian Dankert (Germany) Mark Borsch (Germany) Szymon Marciniak (Poland)