2013 FIFA Confederations Cup Group B

Group B of the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup took place from 16 to 23 June 2013 in Belo Horizonte's Mineirão, Fortaleza's Castelão, Recife's Arena Pernambuco, Rio de Janeiro's, Maracanã and Salvador's Arena Fonte Nova.[1] The group consisted of Nigeria, Spain, Tahiti, and Uruguay.[2]

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Spain 3 3 0 0 15 1 +14 9 Advance to knockout stage
2  Uruguay 3 2 0 1 11 3 +8 6
3  Nigeria 3 1 0 2 7 6 +1 3
4  Tahiti 3 0 0 3 1 24 −23 0
Source: FIFA

In the semi-finals:[3]

Matches

Spain vs Uruguay
Spain 2–1 Uruguay
  • Pedro 20'
  • Soldado 32'
 Report
Attendance: 41,705


Spain[4]
Uruguay[4]
GK1Iker Casillas (c)
RB17Álvaro Arbeloa 71'
CB15Sergio Ramos
CB3Gerard Piqué 36'
LB18Jordi Alba
DM16Sergio Busquets
CM8Xavi 77'
CM6Andrés Iniesta
RW11Pedro 81'
LW10Cesc Fàbregas 65'
CF14Roberto Soldado
Substitutions:
MF20Santi Cazorla 65'
MF4Javi Martínez 77'
MF13Juan Mata 81'
Manager:
Vicente del Bosque
GK1Fernando Muslera
RB16Maxi Pereira
CB2Diego Lugano (c) 41'
CB3Diego Godín
LB22Martín Cáceres
CM5Walter Gargano 63'
CM15Diego Pérez 69'
RW18Gastón Ramírez 46'
LW7Cristian Rodríguez
CF9Luis Suárez
CF21Edinson Cavani 27'
Substitutions:
MF20Álvaro González 46'
MF14Nicolás Lodeiro 63'
FW10Diego Forlán 69'
Manager:
Óscar Tabárez

Man of the Match:
Andrés Iniesta (Spain)[5]

Assistant referees:
Toru Sagara (Japan)
Toshiyuki Nagi (Japan)
Fourth official:
Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)
Fifth official:
Sander van Roekel (Netherlands)

Tahiti vs Nigeria
Tahiti 1–6 Nigeria
 Report
Attendance: 20,187
Tahiti[6]
Nigeria[6]
GK23Xavier Samin
CB4Teheivarii Ludivion
CB10Nicolas Vallar (c) 54'
CB17Jonathan Tehau
RM19Vincent Simon 78'
CM7Heimano Bourebare
CM6Henri Caroine
LM16Ricky Aitamai
RW3Marama Vahirua 69'
LW13Steevy Chong Hue
CF2Alvin Tehau
Substitutions:
DF8Stephane Faatiarau 54'
MF11Stanley Atani 69'
DF12Edson Lemaire 78'
Manager:
Eddy Etaeta
GK1Vincent Enyeama (c)
RB5Efe Ambrose
CB2Godfrey Oboabona
CB22Kenneth Omeruo 41' 74'
LB3Uwa Elderson Echiéjilé
RM13Fegor Ogude
CM10John Obi Mikel
LM19Sunday Mba 57'
RF20Nnamdi Oduamadi
CF14Anthony Ujah 52'
LF7Ahmed Musa
Substitutions:
FW8Ideye Brown 52'
MF4John Ugochukwu 57'
DF6Azubuike Egwuekwe 74'
Manager:
Stephen Keshi

Man of the Match:
Nnamdi Oduamadi (Nigeria)[7]

Assistant referees:
William Torres (El Salvador)
Juan Zumba (El Salvador)
Fourth official:
Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
Fifth official:
Abdukhamidullo Rasulov (Uzbekistan)

Spain vs Tahiti
Spain 10–0 Tahiti
 Report
Attendance: 71,806

This game holds the record for the biggest margin of victory in a FIFA senior men's tournament. The previous record was nine goals which occurred three times: the first occurred in 1954 when Hungary defeated South Korea 9–0, the second was during the 1974 FIFA World Cup as Yugoslavia defeated Zaire by the same score of 9–0, and the third and final happened in 1982 when Hungary dispatched El Salvador 10–1.[8]

Spain[9]
Tahiti[9]
GK23Pepe Reina
RB5César Azpilicueta
CB15Sergio Ramos (c) 46'
CB2Raúl Albiol
LB19Nacho Monreal
CM20Santi Cazorla 45' 76'
CM4Javi Martínez
CM21David Silva
RF13Juan Mata 69'
CF9Fernando Torres
LF7David Villa
Substitutions:
MF22Jesús Navas 46'
MF10Cesc Fàbregas 69'
MF6Andrés Iniesta 76'
Manager:
Vicente del Bosque
GK1Mickaël Roche
RB16Ricky Aitamai
CB4Teheivarii Ludivion
CB10Nicolas Vallar (c)
CB17Jonathan Tehau
LB12Edson Lemaire 74'
CM7Heimano Bourebare 69'
CM6Henri Caroine
RW3Marama Vahirua
LW13Steevy Chong Hue
CF2Alvin Tehau 53'
Substitutions:
FW9Teaonui Tehau 53'
MF15Lorenzo Tehau 69'
DF20Yannick Vero 74'
Manager:
Eddy Etaeta

Man of the Match:
Fernando Torres (Spain)[10]

Assistant referees:
Redouane Achik (Morocco)
Abdelhak Etchiali (Algeria)
Fourth official:
Felix Brych (Germany)
Fifth official:
Stefan Lupp (Germany)

Nigeria vs Uruguay
Nigeria 1–2 Uruguay
 Report
Attendance: 26,769
Nigeria[11]
Uruguay[11]
GK1Vincent Enyeama (c)
RB5Efe Ambrose
CB2Godfrey Oboabona
CB22Kenneth Omeruo
LB3Uwa Elderson Echiéjilé
RM4John Ugochukwu 66'
CM10John Obi Mikel
LM13Fegor Ogude
RF20Nnamdi Oduamadi 45'
CF8Brown Ideye 73'
LF7Ahmed Musa
Substitutions:
MF15Michel Babatunde 60' 45'
MF19Sunday Mba 66'
FW9Joseph Akpala 74' 73'
Manager:
Stephen Keshi
GK1Fernando Muslera
CB3Diego Godín
CB2Diego Lugano (c) 79'
CB22Martín Cáceres
CM17Egidio Arévalo
CM20Álvaro González
RW16Maxi Pereira
AM10Diego Forlán
LW7Cristian Rodríguez 88'
CF9Luis Suárez 83'
CF21Edinson Cavani
Substitutions:
DF4Sebastián Coates 84' 83'
MF6Álvaro Pereira 88'
Manager:
Óscar Tabárez

Man of the Match:
Diego Forlán (Uruguay)[12]

Assistant referees:
Sander van Roekel (Netherlands)
Erwin Zeinstra (Netherlands)
Fourth official:
Pedro Proença (Portugal)
Fifth official:
Bertino Miranda (Portugal)

Nigeria vs Spain
Nigeria 0–3 Spain
Report
Attendance: 51,263
Nigeria[13]
Spain[13]
GK1Vincent Enyeama (c)
RB5Efe Ambrose
CB2Godfrey Oboabona
CB22Kenneth Omeruo 12'
LB3Uwa Elderson Echiéjilé
RM19Sunday Mba 63'
CM10John Obi Mikel
LM13Fegor Ogude
RF9Joseph Akpala 71'
CF8Brown Ideye
LF7Ahmed Musa
Substitutions:
DF6Azubuike Egwuekwe 12'
MF4John Ugochukwu 63'
FW11Mohammed Gambo 71'
Manager:
Stephen Keshi
GK12Víctor Valdés
RB17Álvaro Arbeloa
CB3Gerard Piqué
CB15Sergio Ramos
LB18Jordi Alba
DM16Sergio Busquets
CM6Andrés Iniesta
CM8Xavi (c)
RW11Pedro 75'
LW10Cesc Fàbregas 54'
CF14Roberto Soldado 60'
Substitutions:
MF21David Silva 54'
FW9Fernando Torres 60'
FW7David Villa 75'
Manager:
Vicente del Bosque

Man of the Match:
Jordi Alba (Spain)[14]

Assistant referees:
William Torres (El Salvador)
Juan Zumba (El Salvador)
Fourth official:
Diego Abal (Argentina)
Fifth official:
Hernán Maidana (Argentina)

Uruguay vs Tahiti
Uruguay 8–0 Tahiti
 Report
Attendance: 22,047
Uruguay[15]
Tahiti[15]
GK23Martín Silva
RB13Matías Aguirregaray
CB4Sebastián Coates
LB19Andrés Scotti 42'  51'
CM5Walter Gargano
CM15Diego Pérez (c) 84'
RM8Sebastián Eguren
LM6Álvaro Pereira
AM14Nicolás Lodeiro
AM18Gastón Ramírez 69'
CF11Abel Hernández
Substitutions:
FW9Luis Suárez 69'
Manager:
Óscar Tabárez
GK22Gilbert Meriel
RB19Vincent Simon
CB17Jonathan Tehau
CB10Nicolas Vallar (c) 49'
CB4Teheivarii Ludivion 8'  59'
LB16Ricky Aitamai 53'
CM3Marama Vahirua
CM21Samuel Hnanyine 87'
RW6Henri Caroine
LW13Steevy Chong Hue 66'
CF15Lorenzo Tehau 71'
Substitutions:
DF12Edson Lemaire 53'
MF11Stanley Atani 71'
MF18Yohann Tihoni 87'
Manager:
Eddy Etaeta

Man of the Match:
Abel Hernández (Uruguay)[16]

Assistant referees:
Bertino Miranda (Portugal)
Tiago Trigo (Portugal)
Fourth official:
Djamel Haimoudi (Algeria)
Fifth official:
Abdelhak Etchiali (Algeria)

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