The FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar kick-started with the host taking on Ecuador in a Group A fixture in the Al Bayt Stadium.
62 matches later, only Lionel Messi’s Argentina stands in the way of France as Didier Deschamps’ men attempt to defend their title.
Argentina forward Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe of France lead the Golden Boot charts with five goals.
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All goals scored and goalscorers from FIFA World Cup matches so far -
| Match No. | Fixtures and results | Goalscorers | Date (As per IST) |
| 1 | Group A - Qatar 0-2 Ecuador | Enner Valencia (16' P, 31') | November 20 |
| 2 | Group B - England 6-2 Iran | England - Jude Bellingham (35'), Bukayo Saka (43', 62'), Raheem Sterling (45+1'), Marcus Rashford (71'), Jack Grealish (90'); Iran - Mehdi Taremi (65', 90+13' P) | November 21 |
| 3 | Group A - Senegal 0-2 Netherlands | Cody Gakpo (84'), Davy Klaassen (90+9') | November 21 |
| 4 | Group B - USA 1-1 Wales | USA - Timothy Weah (36'); Wales - Gareth Bale (82' P) | November 22 |
| 5 | Group C - Argentina 1-2 Saudi Arabia | Argentina - Lionel Messi (10' P); Saudi Arabia - Saleh Al-Shehri (48'), Salem Aldawsari (53') | November 22 |
| 6 | Group D - Denmark 0-0 Tunisia | - | November 22 |
| 7 | Group C - Mexico 0-0 Poland | - | November 22 |
| 8 | Group D - France 4-1 Australia | France - Adrien Rabiot (27'), Olivier Giroud (32', 71'), Kylian Mbappe (68'); Australia - Craig Goodwin (9') | November 23 |
| 9 | Group F - Morocco 0-0 Croatia | - | November 23 |
| 10 | Group E - Germany 1-2 Japan | Germany - Ikay Gundogan (33' P); Japan - Ritsu Doan (75'), Takuma Asano (83') | November 23 |
| 11 | Group E - Spain 7-0 Costa Rica | Dani Olmo (11'), Marco Asensio (21'), Ferran Torres (31' P, 54'), Gavi (74'), Carlos Soler (90'), Alvaro Morata (90+2') | November 23 |
| 12 | Group F - Belgium 1-0 Canada | Michy Batshuayi (44') | November 24 |
| 13 | Group G - Switzerland 1-0 Cameroon | Breel Embolo (48') | November 24 |
| 14 | Group H - Uruguay 0-0 South Korea | - | November 24 |
| 15 | Group H - Portugal 3-2 Ghana | Portugal - Cristiano Ronaldo (65' P), Joao Felix(78'), Rafael Leao(80'); Ghana - Andre Ayew (73'), Osman Bukari (89') | November 24 |
| 16 | Group G - Brazil 2-0 Serbia | Richarlison (62', 73') | November 25 |
| 17 | Group B - Wales 0-2 Iran | Rouzbeh Cheshmi (90+8'), Ramin Rezaeian (90+11') | November 25 |
| 18 | Group A - Qatar 1-3 Senegal | Qatar - Mohammed Muntari (78'); Senegal - Boulaye Dia (41'), Famara Diedhiou (48'), Bamba Dieng (84') | November 25 |
| 19 | Group A - Netherlands 1-1 Ecuador | Netherlands - Cody Gakpo (6'); Ecuador - Enner Valencia (49') | November 25 |
| 20 | Group B - England 0-0 USA | - | November 26 |
| 21 | Group D - Tunisia 0-1 Australia | Mitchell Duke (23') | November 26 |
| 22 | Group C - Poland 2-0 Saudi Arabia | Piotr Zielinski (39'), Robert Lewandowski (82') | November 26 |
| 23 | Group D - France 2-1 Denmark | France - Kylian Mbappe (61', 86'); Denmark - Andreas Christensen (68') | November 26 |
| 24 | Group C - Argentina 2-0 Mexico | Lionel Messi (64'), Enzo Fernandez (87') | November 27 |
| 25 | Group E - Japan 0-1 Costa Rica | Keysher Fuller (81') | November 27 |
| 26 | Group F - Belgium 0-2 Morocco | Abdelhamid Sabiri (73'), Zakaria Aboukhlal (90+2') | November 27 |
| 27 | Group F - Croatia 4-1 Canada | Croatia - Andrej Kramaric (36', 70'), Marko Livaja (44'), Lovro Majer (90+4'); Canada - Alphonso Davies (2') | November 27 |
| 28 | Group E - Spain 1-1 Germany | Spain - Alvaro Morata (62'); Germany - Niclas Füllkrug (83') | November 28 |
| 29 | Group G- Cameroon 3-3 Serbia | Cameroon - Jean-Charles Castelletto (29'), Vincent Aboubakar (63'), Eric Choupo-Moting (66'); Serbia - Strahinja Pavlovic (45+1'), Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (45+3'), Aleksandar Mitrovic (53') | November 28 |
| 30 | Group H - South Korea 2-3 Ghana | South Korea - Cho Gue-sung (58', 61'); Ghana - Mohammed Salisu (24'), Mohammed Kudus (34', 68') | November 28 |
| 31 | Group G - Brazil 1-0 Switzerland | Casemiro (83') | November 28 |
| 32 | Group H - Portugal 2-0 Uruguay* | Bruno Fernandes (54', 90+3') | November 29 |
| 33 | Group A - Ecuador 1-2 Senegal | Senegal - Ismaila Sarr (44'), Kalidou Koulibaly (70'); Ecuador - Moises Caicedo (67') | November 29 |
| 34 | Group A - Netherlands 2-0 Qatar | Cody Gakpo (26'), Frenkie De Jong (49') | November 29 |
| 35 | Group B - Iran 0-1 USA | Christian Pulisic (38') | November 30 |
| 36 | Group B - Wales 0-3 England | Marcus Rashford (50', 68'), Phil Foden (51') | November 30 |
| 37 | Group D - Tunisia 1-0 France | Wahbi Khazri (58') | November 30 |
| 38 | Group D - Australia 1-0 Denmark | Mathew Leckie (60') | November 30 |
| 39 | Group C - Poland 0-2 Argentina | Alexis Mac Allister (46'), Julian Alvarez (67') | December 1 |
| 40 | Group C - Saudi Arabia 1-2 Mexico | Mexico - Henry Martin (47'), Luis Chavez (52'); Saudi Arabia - Salem Aldawsari (90+5') | December 1 |
| 41 | Group F - Canada 1-2 Morocco | Morocco - Hakim Ziyech (4'), Youssef En-Nesyri (23'); Canada - Nayef Aguerd (40' OG) | December 1 |
| 42 | Group F - Croatia 0-0 Belgium | - | December 1 |
| 43 | Group E - Japan 2-1 Spain | Spain - Alvaro Morata (11'); Japan - Ritsu Doan (48'), Ao Tanaka (51') | December 2 |
| 44 | Group E - Costa Rica 2-4 Germany | Germany - Serge Gnabry (10'), Kai Havertz (73', 85'), Niclas Fullkrug (89'); Costa Rica - Yeltsin Tejeda (58'), Juan Pablo Vargas (70') | December 2 |
| 45 | Group H - Ghana 0-2 Uruguay | Giorgian de Arrascaeta (26', 32') | December 2 |
| 46 | Group H - South Korea 2-1 Portugal | South Korea - Kim Young-gwon (27'), Hwang Hee-chan (90+1'); Portugal - Ricardo Horta (5') | December 2 |
| 47 | Group G - Cameroon 1-0 Brazil | Vincent Aboubakar (90+2') | December 3 |
| 48 | Group G - Serbia 2-3 Switzerland | Serbia - Aleksandar Mitrovic (26'), Dusan Vlahovic (35'); Switzerland - Xherdan Shaqiri (20'), Breel Embolo (44'), Remo Freuler (48') | December 3 |
| 49 | Round of 16 - Netherlands 3-1 USA | Netherlands - Memphis Depay (10'), Daley Blind (45+1'), Denzel Dumfries (81'); USA - Haji Wright (76') | December 3 |
| 50 | Round of 16 - Argentina 2-1 Australia | Argentina - Lionel Messi (35'), Julian Alvarez (57'); Australia - Enzo Fernandez (OG 77') | December 4 |
| 51 | Round of 16 - France 3-1 Poland | France - Olivier Giroud (44'), Kylian Mbappe (74', 90+1'); Poland - Robert Lewandowski (P 90+9') | December 4 |
| 52 | Round of 16 - England 3-0 Senegal | Jordan Henderson (38'), Harry Kane (45+3'), Bukayo Saka (57') | December 5 |
| 53 | Round of 16 - Japan 1-1 Croatia (1-3 on penalties) | Japan - Daizen Maeda (43'); Croatia - Ivan Perisic (55') | December 5 |
| 54 | Round of 16 - Brazil 4-1 South Korea | Brazil - Vinicius Jr (7'), Neymar (P 13'), Richarlison (29'), Lucas Paqueta (36'); South Korea - Paik Seung-ho (76') | December 6 |
| 55 | Round of 16 - Morocco 0-0 Spain (3-0 on penalties) | - | December 6 |
| 56 | Round of 16 - Portugal 6-1 Switzerland | Portugal - Goncalo Ramos (17', 51', 66'), Pepe (33'), Raphael Guerreiro (55'), Rafael Leao (90+2'); Switzerland - Manuel Akanji (58') | December 7 |
| 57 | Quarterfinal - Croatia 1-1 Brazil (4-2 on penalties) | Brazil - Neymar (105+1'); Croatia - Bruno Petkovic (117') | December 9 |
| 58 | Quarterfinal - Netherlands 2-2 Argentina (3-4 on penalties) | Netherlands - Wout Weghorst (83', 90+11'), ; Argentina - Nahuel Molina (35'), Lionel Messi (P 73') | December 10 |
| 59 | Quarterfinal - Morocco 1-0 Portugal | Youssef En-Nesyri (42') | December 10 |
| 60 | Quarterfinal - England 1-2 France | France - Aurelien Tchouameni (17'), Olivier Giroud (78'); England - Harry Kane (P 54') | December 11 |
| 61 | Semifinal - Argentina 3-0 Croatia | Lionel Messi (P 34'), Julian Alvarez (39', 69') | December 14 |
| 62 | Semifinal - France 2-0 Morocco | Theo Hernandez (5'), Randal Kolo Muani (79') | December 15 |
| 63 | Third-place playoff: Croatia 2-1 Morocco | Croatia - Josko Gvardiol (7'), Mislav Orsic (42'); Morocco - Achraf Dari (9') | December 17 |
| 64 | FINAL: Argentina 3-3 France (4-2 on penalties) | Argentina - Lionel Messi (23' P, 108'), Angel Di Maria (36'); France - Kylian Mbappe (80' P, 81', 117') | December 18 |
KEY: * --> Match in progress
(This list updates after every match)
