Group E of the 2022 FIFA World Cup took place from 23 November to 1 December 2022. The group consisted of Spain, Costa Rica, Germany and Japan. The top two teams, Japan and Spain, advanced to the round of 16.
Teams[]
| Draw position | Team | Pot | Confederation | Method of qualification |
Date of qualification |
Finals appearance |
Last appearance |
Previous best performance |
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| E1 |  Spain |
1 | UEFA | UEFA Group B winners | 14 November 2021 | 16th | 2018 | Winners (2010) | 7 | |
| E2 |  Costa Rica |
4 | CONCACAF | CONCACAF v OFC play-off winners | 14 June 2022 | 6th | 2018 | Quarter-finals (2014) | 31 | 31 |
| E3 |  Germany |
2 | UEFA | UEFA Group J winners | 11 October 2021 | 20th | 2018 | Winners (1954, 1974, 1990, 2014) | 12 | |
| E4 |  Japan |
3 | AFC | AFC Third Round Group B runners-up | 24 March 2022 | 7th | 2018 | Round of 16 (2002, 2010, 2018) | 23 | |
Standings[]
| Team | Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 6 | Advance to knockout phase |
| Spain
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 4 | |
| Germany
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 4 | |
| Costa Rica
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 11 | −8 | 3 |
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, AST (UTC+3).
Germany vs Japan[]
The two teams had faced each other twice, most recently in a 2006 friendly, which finished in a 2–2 draw. In the 33rd minute, Germany were awarded a penalty when Japan goalkeeper fouled David Raum. İlkay Gündoğan scored the penalty with a shot down the middle of the net with the goalkeeper diving to the right. In the 75th minute it was 1–1 when Ritsu Dōan scored, finishing a rebound to the net after Manuel Neuer had saved a low shot from the left. Japan went in front eight minutes later when Takuma Asano received the ball down the right wing before running into the penalty area and shooting high to the net from the right of the six yard box. The result was the second consecutive time that Germany lost its opening World Cup match after losing 1–0 to Mexico in 2018.
| 23 November 2022 16:00 |
Germany
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1–2 | Japan
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Khalifa International Stadium, Al Rayyan Attendance: 42,608 Referee: Iván Barton (El Salvador) |
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Gündoğan  33' (pen.)
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Report | Dōan 75' Asano 83'
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Spain vs Costa Rica[]
The Spaniards had met the Costa Ricans three times, all of them being friendly matches, with the most recent on Spanish soil: 5–0 in 2017.
Costa Rica tied their worst defeat ever, alongside another 7–0 defeat by Mexico in 1975.
| 23 November 2022 19:00 |
Spain
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7–0 | Costa Rica
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Al Thumama Stadium, Doha Attendance: 40,013 Referee: Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (United Arab Emirates) |
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| Olmo 11' Asensio 21'F. Torres 31' (pen.), 54'Gavi 74'Soler 90'Morata 90+2'
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Japan vs Costa Rica[]
The Japanese have a history of five friendlies against the Costa Ricans, winning four and drawing one, with their most recent match being a 3–0 victory for the Japanese at Panasonic Stadium Suita on 11 September 2018.
| 27 November 2022 13:00 |
Japan
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0–1 | Costa Rica
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Ahmad bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan Attendance: 41,479 Referee: Michael Oliver (England) |
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| Report | Fuller 81'
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Spain vs Germany[]
The teams have met four times in the World Cup, in Germany's 2–1 group stage victory in 1966, 2–1 second group stage victory in 1982, a 1–1 group stage draw in 1994, and Spain's 1–0 semi-final win in 2010.
| 27 November 2022 22:00 |
Spain
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1–1 | Germany
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Al Bayt Stadium, Al Khor Attendance: 68,895 Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands) |
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| Morata 62'
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Report | Füllkrug 83'
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Germany
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Japan vs Spain[]
The two teams have faced each other once in 2001, a friendly game which Spain won 1–0.
| 1 December 2022 22:00 |
Japan
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2–1 | Spain
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Khalifa International Stadium, Al Rayyan Attendance: 44,851 Referee: Victor Gomes (South Africa) |
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| Dōan 48' Tanaka 51'
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Report | Morata 11'
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Costa Rica vs Germany[]
The Germans have had only one match against Costa Rica, which served as the opening game for the 2006 FIFA World Cup they hosted. Germany beat their opponent 4–2.
| 1 December 2022 22:00 |
Costa Rica
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2–4 | Germany
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Al Bayt Stadium, Al Khor Attendance: 67,054 Referee: Stéphanie Frappart (France) |
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| Tejeda 58' Vargas 70'
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Report | Gnabry 10' Havertz 73', 85'Füllkrug 89'
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Discipline[]
Fair play points will be used as tiebreakers if the overall and head-to-head records of teams are tied. These are calculated based on yellow and red cards received in all group matches as follows:
- first yellow card: −1 point;
- indirect red card (second yellow card): −3 points;
- direct red card: −4 points;
- yellow card and direct red card: −5 points;
Only one of the above deductions can be applied to a player in a single match.
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3 | −3 | |||||||||||
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3 | −3 | |||||||||||
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2 | 3 | −5 | ||||||||||
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