Brazil at the 2002 FIFA World Cup

At the 2002 FIFA World Cup, Brazil participated for the 17th time in the event. The country remained as the only national team to have participated in every installment of the FIFA World Cup. They are the only team to win all seven matches they played, achieving the highest number of matches won by a team in a single tournament in the history of the FIFA World Cup.^[1] Brazil reached the final where they defeated Germany 2–0.^[2]

Squad edit

Head coach: Luiz Felipe Scolari

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Marcos	(1973-08-04)4 August 1973 (aged 28)	15	Palmeiras
2	2DF	Cafu (c)	(1970-06-07)7 June 1970 (aged 31)	103	Roma
3	2DF	Lúcio	(1978-05-08)8 May 1978 (aged 24)	15	Bayer Leverkusen
4	2DF	Roque Júnior	(1976-08-31)31 August 1976 (aged 25)	17	Milan
5	2DF	Edmílson	(1976-07-10)10 July 1976 (aged 25)	12	Lyon
6	2DF	Roberto Carlos	(1973-04-10)10 April 1973 (aged 29)	84	Real Madrid
7	3MF	Ricardinho	(1976-05-23)23 May 1976 (aged 26)	3	Corinthians
8	3MF	Gilberto Silva	(1976-10-07)7 October 1976 (aged 25)	6	Atlético Mineiro
9	4FW	Ronaldo	(1976-09-22)22 September 1976 (aged 25)	56	Inter Milan
10	3MF	Rivaldo	(1972-04-19)19 April 1972 (aged 30)	58	Barcelona
11	3MF	Ronaldinho	(1980-03-21)21 March 1980 (aged 22)	24	Paris Saint-Germain
12	1GK	Dida	(1973-10-07)7 October 1973 (aged 28)	49	Corinthians
13	2DF	Juliano Belletti	(1976-06-20)20 June 1976 (aged 25)	10	São Paulo
14	2DF	Ânderson Polga	(1979-02-09)9 February 1979 (aged 23)	5	Grêmio
15	3MF	Kléberson	(1979-06-19)19 June 1979 (aged 22)	5	Atlético Paranaense
16	2DF	Júnior	(1973-06-20)20 June 1973 (aged 28)	12	Parma
17	4FW	Denílson	(1977-08-24)24 August 1977 (aged 24)	53	Real Betis
18	3MF	Vampeta	(1974-03-13)13 March 1974 (aged 28)	36	Corinthians
19	3MF	Juninho	(1973-02-22)22 February 1973 (aged 29)	43	Middlesbrough
20	4FW	Edílson	(1971-09-17)17 September 1971 (aged 30)	17	Cruzeiro
21	4FW	Luizão	(1975-11-14)14 November 1975 (aged 26)	8	Grêmio
22	1GK	Rogério Ceni	(1973-01-22)22 January 1973 (aged 29)	12	São Paulo
23	3MF	Kaká	(1982-04-22)22 April 1982 (aged 20)	2	São Paulo

Brazil vs Turkey edit

3 June 2002

18:00

Brazil	2–1	Turkey
Ronaldo 50' Rivaldo 87' (pen.)	Report	Hasan Şaş 45+2'

Munsu Cup Stadium, Ulsan

Attendance: 33,842

Referee: Kim Young-joo (Korea Republic)

Brazil

Turkey


GK	1	Marcos
CB	4	Roque Júnior
CB	3	Lúcio
CB	5	Edmílson
RWB	2	Cafu (c)
LWB	6	Roberto Carlos
CM	8	Gilberto Silva
CM	19	Juninho		72'
RF	11	Ronaldinho		67'
CF	9	Ronaldo		73'
LF	10	Rivaldo
Substitutions:
FW	17	Denílson	73'	67'
MF	18	Vampeta		72'
FW	21	Luizão		73'
Manager:
Luiz Felipe Scolari


GK	1	Rüştü Reçber
CB	5	Alpay Özalan	44' 86'
CB	16	Ümit Özat
CB	3	Bülent Korkmaz		66'
RM	4	Fatih Akyel	21'
CM	8	Tugay Kerimoğlu		88'
LM	20	Hakan Ünsal	24' 90+4'
RW	21	Emre Belözoğlu
AM	10	Yıldıray Baştürk		66'
LW	11	Hasan Şaş
CF	9	Hakan Şükür (c)
Substitutions:
FW	17	İlhan Mansız		66'
MF	22	Ümit Davala		66'
FW	6	Arif Erdem		88'
Manager:
Şenol Güneş

Man of the Match:
Rivaldo (Brazil)

Assistant referees:
Visva Krishnan (Singapore)
Vladimir Fernández (El Salvador)
Fourth official:
Vítor Melo Pereira (Portugal)

Brazil vs China PR edit

8 June 2002

20:30

Brazil	4–0	China
Roberto Carlos 15' Rivaldo 32' Ronaldinho 45' (pen.) Ronaldo 55'	Report

Jeju World Cup Stadium, Seogwipo

Attendance: 36,750

Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

Brazil

China PR


GK	1	Marcos
CB	3	Lúcio
CB	14	Ânderson Polga
CB	4	Roque Júnior	69'
RWB	2	Cafu (c)
LWB	6	Roberto Carlos
CM	19	Juninho		70'
CM	8	Gilberto Silva
RF	10	Rivaldo
CF	9	Ronaldo		72'
LF	11	Ronaldinho	25'	46'
Substitutions:
FW	17	Denílson		46'
MF	7	Ricardinho		70'
FW	20	Edílson		72'
Manager:
Luiz Felipe Scolari


GK	22	Jiang Jin
RB	21	Xu Yunlong
CB	17	Du Wei
CB	14	Li Weifeng
LB	4	Wu Chengying
CM	8	Li Tie
CM	15	Zhao Junzhe
RM	18	Li Xiaopeng
LM	9	Ma Mingyu (c)	62'
AM	19	Qi Hong	66'
CF	10	Hao Haidong	75'
Substitutions:
MF	3	Yang Pu	62'
MF	6	Shao Jiayi	66'
FW	16	Qu Bo	75'
Manager:
Bora Milutinović

Man of the Match:
Roberto Carlos (Brazil)

Assistant referees:
Leif Lindberg (Sweden)
Bomer Fierro (Ecuador)
Fourth official:
Ali Bujsaim (United Arab Emirates)

Costa Rica vs Brazil edit

13 June 2002

15:30

Costa Rica	2–5	Brazil
Wanchope 39' Gómez 56'	Report	Ronaldo 10', 13' Edmílson 38' Rivaldo 62' Júnior 64'

Suwon World Cup Stadium, Suwon

Attendance: 38,524

Referee: Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt)

Costa Rica

Brazil


GK	1	Erick Lonnis (c)
CB	5	Gilberto Martínez	74'
CB	4	Mauricio Wright
CB	3	Luis Marín
RM	15	Harold Wallace	46'
CM	8	Mauricio Solís	65'
CM	6	Wilmer López
CM	10	Walter Centeno
LM	22	Carlos Castro
CF	9	Paulo Wanchope
CF	11	Rónald Gómez
Substitutions:
FW	16	Steven Bryce	46'
FW	7	Rolando Fonseca	65'
MF	12	Winston Parks	74'
Manager:
Alexandre Guimarães


GK	1	Marcos
CB	3	Lúcio
CB	14	Ânderson Polga
CB	5	Edmílson
RWB	2	Cafu (c)	90+3'
LWB	16	Júnior
CM	19	Juninho		61'
CM	8	Gilberto Silva
RF	20	Edílson		57'
CF	9	Ronaldo
LF	10	Rivaldo		72'
Substitutions:
MF	15	Kléberson		57'
MF	7	Ricardinho		61'
FW	23	Kaká		72'
Manager:
Luiz Felipe Scolari

Man of the Match:
Júnior (Brazil)

Assistant referees:
Wagih Farag (Egypt)
Egon Bereuter (Austria)
Fourth official:
Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)

Brazil vs Belgium edit

17 June 2002

20:30

Brazil	2–0	Belgium
Rivaldo 67' Ronaldo 87'	Report

Kobe Wing Stadium, Kobe

Attendance: 40,440

Referee: Peter Prendergast (Jamaica)

Brazil

Belgium


GK	1	Marcos
CB	3	Lúcio
CB	4	Roque Júnior
CB	5	Edmílson
RWB	2	Cafu (c)
LWB	6	Roberto Carlos	28'
CM	19	Juninho		57'
CM	8	Gilberto Silva
AM	11	Ronaldinho		81'
AM	10	Rivaldo		90'
CF	9	Ronaldo
Substitutions:
MF	17	Denílson		57'
MF	15	Kléberson		81'
MF	7	Ricardinho		90'
Manager:
Luiz Felipe Scolari


GK	1	Geert De Vlieger
RB	15	Jacky Peeters		72'
CB	16	Daniel Van Buyten
CB	6	Timmy Simons
LB	5	Nico Van Kerckhoven
RM	22	Mbo Mpenza
CM	18	Yves Vanderhaeghe	24'
CM	10	Johan Walem
LM	8	Bart Goor
CF	11	Gert Verheyen
CF	7	Marc Wilmots (c)
Substitutions:
FW	9	Wesley Sonck		72'
Manager:
Robert Waseige

Man of the Match:
Rivaldo (Brazil)

Assistant referees:
Yuri Dupanov (Belarus)
Mohamed Saeed (Maldives)
Fourth official:
Toru Kamikawa (Japan)

Brazil vs England edit

21 June 2002

15:30

England	1–2	Brazil
Owen 23'	Report	Rivaldo 45+2' Ronaldinho 50'

Stadium Ecopa, Shizuoka

Attendance: 47,436

Referee: Felipe Ramos (Mexico)

England

Brazil


GK	1	David Seaman
RB	2	Danny Mills
CB	5	Rio Ferdinand	86'
CB	6	Sol Campbell
LB	3	Ashley Cole		80'
RM	7	David Beckham (c)
CM	21	Nicky Butt
CM	8	Paul Scholes	75'
LM	4	Trevor Sinclair		56'
CF	10	Michael Owen		79'
CF	11	Emile Heskey
Substitutions:
MF	23	Kieron Dyer		56'
FW	20	Darius Vassell		79'
FW	17	Teddy Sheringham		80'
Manager:
Sven-Göran Eriksson


GK	1	Marcos
CB	3	Lúcio
CB	5	Edmílson
CB	4	Roque Júnior
RWB	2	Cafu (c)
LWB	6	Roberto Carlos
CM	15	Kléberson
CM	8	Gilberto Silva
AM	11	Ronaldinho	57'
AM	10	Rivaldo
CF	9	Ronaldo		70'
Substitutions:
FW	20	Edílson		70'
Manager:
Luiz Felipe Scolari

Man of the Match:
Rivaldo (Brazil)

Assistant referees:
Héctor Vergara (Canada)
Mohamed Saeed (Maldives)
Fourth official:
Ali Bujsaim (United Arab Emirates)

Brazil vs Turkey edit

26 June 2002

20:30

Brazil	1–0	Turkey
Ronaldo 49'	Report

Saitama Stadium, Saitama

Attendance: 61,058

Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

Brazil

Turkey


GK	1	Marcos
CB	3	Lúcio
CB	4	Roque Júnior
CB	5	Edmílson
RM	2	Cafu (c)
CM	15	Kléberson		85'
CM	8	Gilberto Silva	41'
LM	6	Roberto Carlos
RF	20	Edílson		75'
CF	9	Ronaldo		68'
LF	10	Rivaldo
Substitutions:
FW	21	Luizão		68'
MF	17	Denílson		75'
DF	13	Juliano Belletti		85'
Manager:
Luiz Felipe Scolari


GK	1	Rüştü Reçber
RB	4	Fatih Akyel
CB	5	Alpay Özalan
CB	3	Bülent Korkmaz
LB	18	Ergün Penbe
DM	8	Tugay Kerimoğlu	59'
RM	22	Ümit Davala		74'
CM	10	Yıldıray Baştürk		88'
LM	21	Emre Belözoğlu		62'
CF	11	Hasan Şaş	90'
CF	9	Hakan Şükür (c)
Substitutions:
FW	17	İlhan Mansız		62'
MF	13	Muzzy Izzet		74'
FW	6	Arif Erdem		88'
Manager:
Şenol Güneş

Man of the Match:
Ronaldo (Brazil)

Assistant referees:
Maciej Wierzbowski (Poland)
Igor Šramka (Slovakia)
Fourth official:
Brian Hall (United States)

Final edit

30 June 2002

20:00

Germany	0–2	Brazil
	Report	Ronaldo 67', 79'

International Stadium Yokohama

Attendance: 69,029

Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)

Germany

Brazil


GK	1	Oliver Kahn (c)
CB	2	Thomas Linke
CB	5	Carsten Ramelow
CB	21	Christoph Metzelder
RM	22	Torsten Frings
CM	8	Dietmar Hamann
CM	16	Jens Jeremies		77'
LM	17	Marco Bode		84'
AM	19	Bernd Schneider
CF	11	Miroslav Klose	9'	74'
CF	7	Oliver Neuville
Substitutes:
FW	20	Oliver Bierhoff		74'
FW	14	Gerald Asamoah		77'
DF	6	Christian Ziege		84'
Manager:
Rudi Völler


GK	1	Marcos
CB	3	Lúcio
CB	5	Edmílson
CB	4	Roque Júnior	6'
RM	2	Cafu (c)
CM	8	Gilberto Silva
CM	15	Kléberson
LM	6	Roberto Carlos
AM	11	Ronaldinho		85'
CF	10	Rivaldo
CF	9	Ronaldo		90'
Substitutes:
MF	19	Juninho		85'
MF	17	Denílson		90'
Manager:
Luiz Felipe Scolari

Man of the Match:
Ronaldo (Brazil)

Assistant referees:
Leif Lindberg (Sweden)
Philip Sharp (England)
Fourth official:
Hugh Dallas (Scotland)

References edit

^ France in 1998 had 6 match wins; the Italy match is regarded as drawn although France progressed via penalties. In addition, France's win against Paraguay happened after extra time, while Brazil won all their matches in regulation time.
^ "Brazil crowned world champions". BBC Sport. 30 June 2002. Retrieved 19 June 2014.

[1] France in 1998 had 6 match wins; the Italy match is regarded as drawn although France progressed via penalties. In addition, France's win against Paraguay happened after extra time, while Brazil won all their matches in regulation time.

[2] "Brazil crowned world champions". BBC Sport. 30 June 2002. Retrieved 19 June 2014.

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