2018 FIFA World Cup Group F

Group F of the 2018 FIFA World Cup took place from 17 to 27 June 2018.^[1] The group consisted of Germany, Mexico, Sweden, and South Korea. The top two teams 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
F1	Germany	1	UEFA	UEFA Group C winners	5 October 2017	19th[nb 2]	2014	Winners (1954, 1974, 1990, 2014)	1
F2	Mexico	2	CONCACAF	CONCACAF Fifth Round winners	1 September 2017	16th	2014	Quarter-finals (1970, 1986)	16
F3	Sweden	3	UEFA	UEFA Second Round winners	13 November 2017	12th	2006	Runners-up (1958)	25
F4	South Korea	4	AFC	AFC Third Round Group A runners-up	5 September 2017	10th	2014	Fourth place (2002)	62

Notes

1. The rankings of October 2017 were used for seeding for the final draw.
2. Germany competed between 1951 and 1990 as West Germany.

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	Mexico	3	2	0	1	3	4	−1	6
3	South Korea	3	1	0	2	3	3	0	3
4	Germany	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	3

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

In the round of 16:

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

Matches

All times listed are local time.^[1]

Germany vs Mexico

17 June 2018 (2018-06-17)

18:00 MSK (UTC+3)

Germany	0–1	Mexico
	Report	Lozano  35'

Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow

Attendance: 78,011^[3]

Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)

Germany[4]

Mexico[4]

GK 1 Manuel Neuer (c) RB 18 Joshua Kimmich CB 17 Jérôme Boateng CB 5 Mats Hummels  84' LB 2 Marvin Plattenhardt  79' CM 8 Toni Kroos CM 6 Sami Khedira  60' RW 13 Thomas Müller  83' AM 10 Mesut Özil LW 7 Julian Draxler CF 9 Timo Werner  86' Substitutions: FW 11 Marco Reus  60' FW 23 Mario Gómez  79' MF 20 Julian Brandt  86' Manager: Joachim Löw

GK 13 Guillermo Ochoa RB 3 Carlos Salcedo CB 2 Hugo Ayala CB 15 Héctor Moreno  40' LB 23 Jesús Gallardo CM 16 Héctor Herrera  90' CM 18 Andrés Guardado (c)  74' RW 7 Miguel Layún AM 11 Carlos Vela  58' LW 22 Hirving Lozano  66' CF 14 Javier Hernández Substitutions: DF 21 Edson Álvarez  58' FW 9 Raúl Jiménez  66' DF 4 Rafael Márquez  74' Manager: Juan Carlos Osorio

Man of the Match: Hirving Lozano (Mexico)[5] Assistant referees:[4] Reza Sokhandan (Iran) Mohammadreza Mansouri (Iran) Fourth official: Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (United Arab Emirates) Fifth official[broken anchor]: Mohamed Al Hammadi (United Arab Emirates) Video assistant referee: Massimiliano Irrati (Italy) Assistant video assistant referees: Wilton Sampaio (Brazil) Carlos Astroza (Chile) Mark Geiger (United States)

Sweden vs South Korea

18 June 2018 (2018-06-18)

15:00 MSK (UTC+3)

Sweden	1–0	South Korea
Granqvist  65' (pen.)	Report

Nizhny Novgorod Stadium, Nizhny Novgorod

Attendance: 42,300^[6]

Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)

Sweden[7]

South Korea[7]

GK 1 Robin Olsen RB 6 Ludwig Augustinsson CB 4 Andreas Granqvist (c) CB 18 Pontus Jansson LB 2 Mikael Lustig RM 17 Viktor Claesson  61' CM 7 Sebastian Larsson  81' CM 8 Albin Ekdal  71' LM 10 Emil Forsberg CF 9 Marcus Berg CF 20 Ola Toivonen  77' Substitutions: MF 15 Oscar Hiljemark  71' FW 22 Isaac Kiese Thelin  77' MF 13 Gustav Svensson  81' Manager: Janne Andersson

GK 23 Cho Hyun-woo RB 2 Lee Yong CB 20 Jang Hyun-soo CB 19 Kim Young-gwon LB 6 Park Joo-ho  28' CM 17 Lee Jae-sung CM 16 Ki Sung-yueng (c) CM 13 Koo Ja-cheol  73' RF 11 Hwang Hee-chan  55' CF 9 Kim Shin-wook  13'  66' LF 7 Son Heung-min Substitutions: DF 12 Kim Min-woo  28' MF 15 Jung Woo-young  66' MF 10 Lee Seung-woo  73' Manager: Shin Tae-yong

Man of the Match: Andreas Granqvist (Sweden)[8] Assistant referees:[7] Juan Zumba (El Salvador) Juan Carlos Mora (Costa Rica) Fourth official: Norbert Hauata (Tahiti) Fifth official[broken anchor]: Bertrand Brial (New Caledonia) Video assistant referee: Mauro Vigliano (Argentina) Assistant video assistant referees: Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar) Taleb Al Maari (Qatar) Daniele Orsato (Italy)

South Korea vs Mexico

23 June 2018 (2018-06-23)

18:00 MSK (UTC+3)

South Korea	1–2	Mexico
Son Heung-min  90+3'	Report	Vela  26' (pen.) Hernández  66'

Rostov Arena, Rostov-on-Don

Attendance: 43,472^[9]

Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)

South Korea[10]

Mexico[10]

GK 23 Cho Hyun-woo RB 2 Lee Yong  63' CB 20 Jang Hyun-soo CB 19 Kim Young-gwon  58' LB 12 Kim Min-woo  84' RM 18 Moon Seon-min  77' CM 8 Ju Se-jong  64' CM 16 Ki Sung-yueng (c) LM 11 Hwang Hee-chan CF 17 Lee Jae-sung CF 7 Son Heung-min Substitutions: MF 10 Lee Seung-woo  72'  64' MF 15 Jung Woo-young  80'  77' DF 14 Hong Chul  84' Manager: Shin Tae-yong

GK 13 Guillermo Ochoa RB 21 Edson Álvarez CB 3 Carlos Salcedo CB 15 Héctor Moreno LB 23 Jesús Gallardo CM 7 Miguel Layún CM 16 Héctor Herrera CM 18 Andrés Guardado (c)  68' RF 11 Carlos Vela  77' CF 14 Javier Hernández LF 22 Hirving Lozano  71' Substitutions: DF 4 Rafael Márquez  68' MF 17 Jesús Manuel Corona  71' MF 10 Giovani dos Santos  77' Manager: Juan Carlos Osorio

Man of the Match: Javier Hernández (Mexico)[11] Assistant referees:[10] Milovan Ristić (Serbia) Dalibor Đurđević (Serbia) Fourth official: John Pitti (Panama) Fifth official[broken anchor]: Gabriel Victoria (Panama) Video assistant referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy) Assistant video assistant referees: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal) Carlos Astroza (Chile) Tiago Martins (Portugal)

Germany vs Sweden

23 June 2018 (2018-06-23)

21:00 MSK (UTC+3)

Germany	2–1	Sweden
Reus  48' Kroos  90+5'	Report	Toivonen  32'

Fisht Olympic Stadium, Sochi

Attendance: 44,287^[12]

Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

Germany[13]

Sweden[13]

GK 1 Manuel Neuer (c) RB 18 Joshua Kimmich CB 16 Antonio Rüdiger CB 17 Jérôme Boateng  71'  82' LB 3 Jonas Hector  87' CM 19 Sebastian Rudy  31' CM 8 Toni Kroos RW 13 Thomas Müller AM 7 Julian Draxler  46' LW 11 Marco Reus CF 9 Timo Werner Substitutions: MF 21 İlkay Gündoğan  31' FW 23 Mario Gómez  46' MF 20 Julian Brandt  87' Manager: Joachim Löw

GK 1 Robin Olsen RB 2 Mikael Lustig CB 3 Victor Lindelöf CB 4 Andreas Granqvist (c) LB 6 Ludwig Augustinsson RM 17 Viktor Claesson  74' CM 7 Sebastian Larsson  90+7' CM 8 Albin Ekdal  52' LM 10 Emil Forsberg CF 9 Marcus Berg  90' CF 20 Ola Toivonen  78' Substitutions: MF 21 Jimmy Durmaz  74' FW 11 John Guidetti  78' FW 22 Isaac Kiese Thelin  90' Manager: Janne Andersson

Man of the Match: Marco Reus (Germany)[14] Assistant referees:[13] Paweł Sokolnicki (Poland) Tomasz Listkiewicz (Poland) Fourth official: Ryuji Sato (Japan) Fifth official[broken anchor]: Toru Sagara (Japan) Video assistant referee: Clément Turpin (France) Assistant video assistant referees: Paweł Gil (Poland) Cyril Gringore (France) Paolo Valeri (Italy)

South Korea vs Germany

27 June 2018 (2018-06-27)

17:00 MSK (UTC+3)

South Korea	2–0	Germany
Kim Young-gwon  90+3' Son Heung-min  90+6'	Report

Kazan Arena, Kazan

Attendance: 41,835^[15]

Referee: Mark Geiger (United States)

South Korea[16]

Germany[16]

GK 23 Cho Hyun-woo RB 2 Lee Yong CB 5 Yun Young-sun CB 19 Kim Young-gwon LB 14 Hong Chul RM 17 Lee Jae-sung  23' CM 15 Jung Woo-young  9' CM 20 Jang Hyun-soo LM 18 Moon Seon-min  48'  69' CF 13 Koo Ja-cheol  56' CF 7 Son Heung-min (c)  65' Substitutions: FW 11 Hwang Hee-chan  56'  79' MF 8 Ju Se-jong  69' DF 22 Go Yo-han  79' Manager: Shin Tae-yong

GK 1 Manuel Neuer (c) RB 18 Joshua Kimmich CB 5 Mats Hummels CB 15 Niklas Süle LB 3 Jonas Hector  78' CM 6 Sami Khedira  56' CM 8 Toni Kroos RW 14 Leon Goretzka  63' AM 10 Mesut Özil LW 11 Marco Reus CF 9 Timo Werner Substitutions: FW 23 Mario Gómez  58' FW 13 Thomas Müller  63' MF 20 Julian Brandt  78' Manager: Joachim Löw

Man of the Match: Cho Hyun-woo (South Korea)[17] Assistant referees:[16] Joe Fletcher (Canada) Frank Anderson (United States) Fourth official: Julio Bascuñán (Chile) Fifth official[broken anchor]: Christian Schiemann (Chile) Video assistant referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands) Assistant video assistant referees: Tiago Martins (Portugal) Corey Rockwell (United States) Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)

Mexico vs Sweden

27 June 2018 (2018-06-27)

19:00 YEKT (UTC+5)

Mexico	0–3	Sweden
	Report	Augustinsson  50' Granqvist  62' (pen.) Álvarez  74' (o.g.)

Central Stadium, Yekaterinburg

Attendance: 33,061^[18]

Referee: Néstor Pitana (Argentina)

Mexico[19]

Sweden[19]

GK 13 Guillermo Ochoa RB 21 Edson Álvarez CB 3 Carlos Salcedo CB 15 Héctor Moreno  61' LB 23 Jesús Gallardo  1'  65' CM 18 Andrés Guardado (c)  75' CM 16 Héctor Herrera RW 7 Miguel Layún  86'  89' AM 11 Carlos Vela LW 22 Hirving Lozano CF 14 Javier Hernández Substitutions: MF 8 Marco Fabián  65' MF 17 Jesús Manuel Corona  75' FW 19 Oribe Peralta  89' Manager: Juan Carlos Osorio

GK 1 Robin Olsen RB 2 Mikael Lustig  88' CB 3 Victor Lindelöf CB 4 Andreas Granqvist (c) LB 6 Ludwig Augustinsson RM 17 Viktor Claesson CM 7 Sebastian Larsson  26'  57' CM 8 Albin Ekdal  80' LM 10 Emil Forsberg CF 9 Marcus Berg  68' CF 20 Ola Toivonen Substitutions: MF 13 Gustav Svensson  57' FW 22 Isaac Kiese Thelin  68' MF 15 Oscar Hiljemark  80' Manager: Janne Andersson

Man of the Match: Ludwig Augustinsson (Sweden)[20] Assistant referees:[19] Hernán Maidana (Argentina) Juan Pablo Bellati (Argentina) Fourth official: Andrés Cunha (Uruguay) Fifth official[broken anchor]: Mauricio Espinosa (Uruguay) Video assistant referee: Mauro Vigliano (Argentina) Assistant video assistant referees: Gery Vargas (Bolivia) Carlos Astroza (Chile) Wilton Sampaio (Brazil)