2018 FIFA World Cup. Group B

The games in Group B at the 2018 World Cup were held from June 15 to 25 . The group consisted of the national teams of Portugal , Spain , Morocco and Iran .

In the playoffs, the team taking 1st place will play with the team taking 2nd place in group A , and the team taking 2nd place will play with the winner of group A.

Commands

National team	Qualification Method	Final Tournament Release Date	Participation in the final tournament	Contract	Last time	Best result	FIFA ranking at the start of the tournament
Portugal	UEFA Group B 1st Place	October 10, 2017	7	five	2014	3rd place ( 1966 )	four
Spain	UEFA Group G 1st Place	October 6, 2017	15	eleven	2014	Champion ( 2010 )	ten
Morocco	KAF, group C, 1st place	November 11, 2017	five	one	1998	1/8 finals ( 1986 )	41
Iran	AFC, group A, 1st place	June 12, 2017	five	2	2014	Group Tournament ( 1978 , 1998 , 2006 , 2014 )	37

Table

Pos	Team	AND	AT	N	P	MH	MP	PM	ABOUT	Qualification
one	Spain	3	one	2	0	6	five	+1	five	Playoffs
2	Portugal	3	one	2	0	five	four	+1	five	Playoffs
3	Iran	3	one	one	one	2	2	0	four
four	Morocco	3	0	one	2	2	four	−2	one

Updated for matches played on June 25, 2018. Source: FIFA
Classification Rules: Team Classification Criteria

Matches start time is local.

Round 1

Match 3: Morocco - Iran

June 15, 2018
18:00 MSK ( UTC + 3 )

Morocco	0: 1	Iran
	(report)	Buhadduz 90 + 5 '( aut. )

Stadium "St. Petersburg" , St. Petersburg
Spectators: 62 548
Judge: Junite Chakyr

Morocco ^[1]

Iran ^[1]


VR	12	Munir Mohamedi
Defense	2	Ashraf Hakimi
Defense	five	Mehdi Benatia
Defense	6	Romain Saiss
PP	14	Mubarak Bussouf
PP	7	Hakim Ziyekh
PP	eight	Karim Al Ahmadi	34 '
PP	18	Amin Harit		82 '
Nap	sixteen	Nordin Amrabat		76 '
Nap	9	Ayub El Qa'abi		77 '
Nap	ten	Younes Belanda
Spare:
PP	21	Sofyan Amrabat		76 '
Nap	20	Aziz Bukhadduz		77 '
Defense	four	Manuel Da Costa		82 '
Main coach:
Herve Renard


VR	one	Alireza Beiravand
Defense	23	Ramin Rezaeyan
Defense	four	Ruzbe Cheshmi
Defense	eight	Morteza Purliganji
PP	ten	Karim Ansarifard	90 + 2 '
PP	9	Omid Ebrahimi		81 '
PP	3	Ehsan Hajsafi
PP	7	Masood Shojai	ten'	68 '
Nap	18	Alireza Jahanbahsh	47 '	85 '
Nap	20	Serdar Azmun
Nap	eleven	Wahid Amiri
Spare:
Nap	17	Mehdi Taremi		68 '
Defense	nineteen	Majid Hosseini		81 '
Nap	14	Saman Goddos		85 '
Main coach:
Carlos Keyrosh

Player of the match:
Amin Harit (Morocco)

Assistant Judges ^[1] :
Bahattin Duran ( Turkey )
Tariq Ongun (Turkey)
Reserve Judge:
Sergey Karasev (Russia)
Fifth referee:
Anton Averyanov (Russia)
Arbiter video assistant :
Felix Zweyer (Germany)
Assistant Arbiter Video Assistants :
Bastian Dankert (Germany)
Mark Bosch (Germany)
Jair Marrufo (USA)

Match # 4: Portugal - Spain

June 15, 2018
21:00 MSK ( UTC + 3 )

Portugal	3: 3	Spain
Ronaldo 4 '( pen. ) , 44' , 88 '	(report)	Costa 24 ' , 55' Nacho 58 '

Fisht Olympic Stadium , Sochi
Spectators: 43,866
Judge: Gianluca Rocky

Portugal ^[2]

Spain ^[2]


VR	one	Rui Patriciu
Defense	21	Cedric Suaresh
Defense	3	Pepe
Defense	6	Jose Fonte
Defense	five	Rafael Guerreiro
PP	14	William Carvalho
PP	eight	João Moutinho
PP	eleven	Bernardo Silva		69 '
PP	17	Gonçalo Gedesh		80 '
PP	sixteen	Bruno Fernandes	28 '	68 '
Nap	7	Cristiano Ronaldo
Spare:
PP	ten	Joao Mariou		68 '
Nap	20	Ricardo Quaresma		69 '
Nap	9	Andre Silva		80 '
Main coach:
Fernando Santos


VR	one	David De Gea
Defense	four	Nacho
Defense	3	Gerard Piquet
Defense	15	Sergio Ramos
Defense	18	Jordi Alba
PP	five	Sergio Busquets	17 '
PP	eight	Koke
PP	21	David Silva		86 '
PP	22	Isko
PP	6	Andres Iniesta		70 '
Nap	nineteen	Costa		77 '
Spare:
PP	ten	Thiago Alcantara		70 '
Nap	17	Iago Aspas		77 '
Nap	eleven	Lucas vazquez		86 '
Main coach:
Fernando Hierro

Player of the match:
Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) ^[3]

Assistant Judges ^[2] :
Elenito Di Liberatore ( Italy )
Mauro Tonolini (Italy)
Reserve Judge:
Ryuji Sato ( Japan )
Fifth referee:
Toru Sagara (Japan)
Arbiter video assistant :
Massimiliano Iratti (Italy)
Assistant Arbiter Video Assistants :
Paolo Valerie (Italy)
Carlos Astros (Chile)
Daniele Orsato (Italy)

Round 2

Match 19. Portugal - Morocco.

June 20, 2018
15:00 MSK ( UTC + 3 )

Portugal	1-0	Morocco
Ronaldo four'	(report)

Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow
Spectators: 78 011
Judge: Mark Geiger

Portugal

Morocco


VR	one	Rui Patriciu
Defense	five	Rafael Guerreiro
Defense	6	Jose Fonte
Defense	3	Pepe
Defense	21	Cedric Suaresh
PP	ten	João Mariou		70 '
PP	eight	João Moutinho		89 '
PP	14	William Carvalho
PP	eleven	Bernardo Silva		59 '
Nap	7	Cristiano Ronaldo
Nap	17	Gonçalo Gedesh
Spare:
PP	sixteen	Bruno Fernandes		70 '
PP	23	Adrien Silva	90 + 2 '	89 '
PP	18	Jelson Martins		59 '
Main coach:
Fernando Santos


VR	12	Munir Mohamedi
Defense	17	Nabil Dirar
Defense	five	Mehdi Benatia	40 '
Defense	four	Manuel da Costa
Defense	2	Ashraf Hakimi
PP	eight	Karim Al Ahmadi		86 '
PP	14	Mubarak Bussouf
PP	sixteen	Nordin Amrabat
PP	ten	Younes Belanda		75 '
PP	7	Hakim Ziyekh
Nap	13	Khalid Butaib		69 '
Spare:
PP	eleven	Faisal Fajr		86 '
PP	23	Mehdi Carcela-Gonzalez		75 '
Nap	9	Ayub El Qa'abi		69 '
Main coach:
Herve Renard

Player of the match:
Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) ^[4]

Assistant Judges :
Joe Fletcher ( Canada )
Frank Anderson ( USA )
Reserve Judge:
Sergey Karasev ( Russia )
Fifth referee:
Anton Averyanov ( Russia )
Arbiter video assistant :
Felix Zweyer ( Germany )
Assistant Arbiter Video Assistants :
Simon Lunt ( New Zealand )
Jair Marrufo ( USA )
Bastian Dankert ( Germany )

Match 20. Iran - Spain

June 20, 2018
21:00 MSK ( UTC + 3 )

Iran	0: 1	Spain
	(report)	Costa 54 '

Kazan Arena , Kazan
Spectators: 42 718
Judge: Andres Cugna

Iran

Spain


VR	one	Alireza Beiravand
Defense	23	Ramin Rezaeyan
Defense	nineteen	Majid Hosseini
Defense	eight	Morteza Purliganji
Defense	3	Ehsan Hajsafi		69 '
PP	9	Omid Ebrahimi	90 + 2 '
PP	6	Said Ezzatollahi
PP	7	Karim Ansarifard		74 '
PP	17	Mehdi Taremi
PP	eleven	Wahid Amiri	79 '	86 '
Nap	20	Serdar Azmun
Spare:
Defense	five	Milad Mohammadi		69 '
PP	18	Alireza Jahanbahsh		74 '
PP	14	Saman Goddos		86 '
Main coach:
Carlos Keyrosh


VR	one	David De Gea
Defense	2	Daniel Carvajal
Defense	3	Gerard Piquet
Defense	15	Sergio Ramos
Defense	18	Jordi Alba
PP	five	Sergio Busquets
PP	6	Andres Iniesta	71 '
PP	21	David Silva
PP	22	Isco
PP	eleven	Lucas vazquez	80 '
Nap	nineteen	Diego Costa	89 '
Spare:
PP	eight	Koke	71 '
PP	20	Marco Asensio	80 '
Nap	9	Rodrigo Moreno	89 '
Main coach:
Fernando Hierro

Player of the match:
Diego Costa (Spain) ^[5]

Assistant Judges :
Nicholas Taran ( Uruguay )
Mauricio Espinosa ( Uruguay )
Reserve Judge:
Julio Baskunyan (Chile)
Fifth referee:
Christian Schimann (Chile)
Arbiter video assistant :
Mauro Vigliano ( Argentina )
Assistant Arbiter Video Assistants :
Alexander Guzman ( Colombia )
Wilton Sampaio ( Brazil )
Massimiliano Irrati ( Italy )

Round 3

Match 35. Iran - Portugal

June 25, 2018
21:00 MSK ( UTC + 3 )

Iran	1: 1	Portugal
Ansarifard 90 + 3 '( pen. )	(report)	Quaresma 45 '

Mordovia Arena , Saransk
Spectators: 41,685
Judge: Enrique Cáceres

Iran ^[6]

Portugal ^[6]


VR	one	Alireza Beiravand
Zash	23	Ramin Rezaeyan
Defense	nineteen	Majid Hosseini
Defense	eight	Morteza Purliganji
Defense	3	Ehsan Hajsafi	52 '	56 '
PP	6	Said Ezzatollahi		76 '
PP	18	Alireza Jahanbahsh		70 '
PP	9	Omid Ebrahimi
PP	17	Mehdi Taremi
PP	eleven	Wahid Amiri
Nap	20	Serdar Azmun	54 '
Spare:
Defense	five	Milad Mohammadi		56 '
Defense	14	Saman Goddos		70 '
Defense	ten	Karim Ansarifard		76 '
Main coach:
Carlos Keyrosh


VR	one	Rui Patriciu
Defense	21	Cedric Suaresh	90 + 8 '
Defense	3	Pepe
Defense	6	Jose Fonte
Defense	five	Rafael Guerreiro	33 '
PP	20	Ricardo Quaresma	64 '	70 '
PP	14	William Carvalho
PP	23	Adrien Silva
PP	ten	Joao Mariou		84 '
Nap	9	Andre Silva		90 + 6 '
Nap	7	Cristiano Ronaldo	83 '
Substitutions:
PP	eleven	Bernardo Silva		70 '
PP	eight	João Moutinho		84 '
Nap	17	Gonçalo Gedesh		90 + 6 '
Main coach:
Fernando Santos

Player of the match:
Ricardo Quaresma (Portugal) ^[7]

Assistant Judges : ^[6]
Eduardo Cardozo (Paraguay)
Juan Sorrilla (Paraguay)
Reserve Judge:
Mehdi Abid Sharef (Algeria)
Fifth referee:
Anuar Khmila (Tunisia)
Arbiter video assistant :
Massimiliano Iratti (Italy)
Assistant Arbiter Video Assistants :
Heri Vargas (Bolivia)
Hernan Maidana (Argentina)
Paolo Valerie (Italy)

Match 36. Spain - Morocco

June 25, 2018
20:00 KALT ( UTC + 2 )

Spain	2: 2	Morocco
Isco nineteen' Aspas 90 + 1 '	(report)	Butaib 14' Nesiri 81 '

Stadium "Kaliningrad" , Kaliningrad
Spectators: 33 973
Judge: Ravshan Irmatov

Spain ^[8]

Morocco ^[8]


VR	one	David De Gea
Defense	2	Dani Carvajal
Defense	3	Gerard Piquet
Defense	15	Sergio Ramos
Defense	18	Jordi Alba
PP	five	Sergio Busquets
PP	ten	Thiago Alcantara	74 '
PP	21	David Silva	84 '
PP	22	Isko
PP	6	Andres Iniesta
Nap	nineteen	Diego Costa	74 '
Substitutions:
Nap	17	Iago Aspas	74 '
PP	20	Marco Asensio	74 '
Nap	9	Rodrigo Moreno	84 '
Main coach:
Fernando Hierro


VR	12	Munir Mohamedi	88 '
Defense	17	Nabil Dirar
Defense	four	Manuel da Costa	31 '
Defense	6	Romain Saiss
Defense	2	Ashraf Hakimi	90 + 3 '
PP	eight	Karim Al Ahmadi	21 '
PP	14	Mubarak Bussouf	31 '
PP	sixteen	Nordin Amrabat	29 '
PP	ten	Younes Belanda		63 '
PP	7	Hakim Ziyekh		85 '
Nap	13	Khalid Butaib		72 '
Substitutions:
PP	eleven	Faisal Fajr		63 '
Nap	nineteen	Youssef En Nesiri		72 '
Nap	20	Aziz Bukhadduz		85 '
Main coach:
Herve Renard

Player of the match:
Isco (Spain) ^[9]

Assistant Judges : ^[8]
Abdukhamidullo Rasulov (Uzbekistan)
Jahangir Saidov (Uzbekistan)
Reserve Judge:
Mohamed Abdula Mohamed (UAE)
Fifth referee:
Mohamed Alhammadi (UAE)
Arbiter video assistant :
Felix Zweyer (Germany)
Assistant Arbiter Video Assistants :
Bastian Dankert (Germany)
Mark Borsch (Germany)
Danny Mackely (Netherlands)

Notes

↑ ¹ ² ³ Tactical Line-up - Group B - Morocco-Iran (neopr.) (PDF). FIFA.com Fédération Internationale de Football Association (June 15, 2018). Date of appeal June 15, 2018.
↑ ¹ ² ³ Tactical Line-up - Group B - Portugal-Spain (Neopr.) (PDF). FIFA.com Fédération Internationale de Football Association (June 15, 2018). Date of appeal June 15, 2018.
↑ Portugal v Spain - Man of the Match (Neopr.) . Fédération Internationale de Football Association (June 15, 2018).
↑ Portugal v Morocco - Man of the Match (neopr.) . Fédération Internationale de Football Association (June 20, 2018).
↑ Iran v Spain - Man of the Match (Neopr.) . Fédération Internationale de Football Association (June 20, 2018).
↑ ¹ ² ³ Tactical Line-up - Group B - IR Iran v Portugal (Neopr.) (PDF). FIFA.com Fédération Internationale de Football Association (June 25, 2018). Date of treatment June 25, 2018.
↑ IR Iran v Portugal - Man of the Match (Neopr.) . FIFA.com Fédération Internationale de Football Association (June 25, 2018). Date of treatment June 25, 2018.
↑ ¹ ² ³ Tactical Line-up - Group B - Spain v Morocco (Neopr.) (PDF). FIFA.com Fédération Internationale de Football Association (June 25, 2018). Date of treatment June 25, 2018.
↑ Spain v Morocco - Man of the Match (neopr.) . FIFA.com Fédération Internationale de Football Association (June 25, 2018). Date of treatment June 25, 2018.

Links

2018 FIFA World Cup Group B on FIFA.com

[MAR-IRN_line-ups-1] ¹ ² ³ Tactical Line-up - Group B - Morocco-Iran (neopr.) (PDF). FIFA.com Fédération Internationale de Football Association (June 15, 2018). Date of appeal June 15, 2018.

[POR-ESP_line-ups-2] ¹ ² ³ Tactical Line-up - Group B - Portugal-Spain (Neopr.) (PDF). FIFA.com Fédération Internationale de Football Association (June 15, 2018). Date of appeal June 15, 2018.

[3] Portugal v Spain - Man of the Match (Neopr.) . Fédération Internationale de Football Association (June 15, 2018).

[4] Portugal v Morocco - Man of the Match (neopr.) . Fédération Internationale de Football Association (June 20, 2018).

[5] Iran v Spain - Man of the Match (Neopr.) . Fédération Internationale de Football Association (June 20, 2018).

[IRN-POR_line-ups-6] ¹ ² ³ Tactical Line-up - Group B - IR Iran v Portugal (Neopr.) (PDF). FIFA.com Fédération Internationale de Football Association (June 25, 2018). Date of treatment June 25, 2018.

[7] IR Iran v Portugal - Man of the Match (Neopr.) . FIFA.com Fédération Internationale de Football Association (June 25, 2018). Date of treatment June 25, 2018.

[ESP-MAR_line-ups-8] ¹ ² ³ Tactical Line-up - Group B - Spain v Morocco (Neopr.) (PDF). FIFA.com Fédération Internationale de Football Association (June 25, 2018). Date of treatment June 25, 2018.

[9] Spain v Morocco - Man of the Match (neopr.) . FIFA.com Fédération Internationale de Football Association (June 25, 2018). Date of treatment June 25, 2018.