Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament – Group C

Group C of the men's football tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics was played from 22 to 28 July 2021 in Rifu's Miyagi Stadium, Saitama's Saitama Stadium and Sapporo's Sapporo Dome. The group consisted of Argentina, Australia, Egypt and Spain. The top two teams, Spain and Egypt, advanced to the knockout stage.

Standings
In the quarter-finals,
 * The winners of Group C, Spain, advanced to play the runners-up of Group D, Ivory Coast.
 * The runners-up of Group C, Egypt, advanced to play the winners of Group D, Brazil.

Egypt vs Spain
 

Argentina vs Australia
 

Egypt vs Argentina
 

Australia vs Spain
 

Australia vs Egypt
 

Spain vs Argentina
 

Discipline
Fair play points would have been used as a tiebreaker if the overall and head-to-head records of teams were tied. These were calculated based on yellow and red cards received in all group matches as follows:
 * first yellow card: minus 1 point;
 * indirect red card (second yellow card): minus 3 points;
 * direct red card: minus 4 points;
 * yellow card and direct red card: minus 5 points;

Only one of the above deductions is applied to a player in a single match.