Brazil at the 2010 FIFA World Cup

The following article concerns the performance of Brazil at the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Brazil won both their initial qualification group and their group during the tournament itself. They reached the quarter-final stages where they were knocked out by the eventual tournament runners-up, the Netherlands.

Qualification edit

Brazil finished top of the CONMEBOL league table. Matches were played from October 2007 to October 2009.

Final positions edit

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil	18	9	7	2	33	11	+22	34	2010 FIFA World Cup
2	Chile	18	10	3	5	32	22	+10	33
3	Paraguay	18	10	3	5	24	16	+8	33
4	Argentina	18	8	4	6	23	20	+3	28
5	Uruguay	18	6	6	6	28	20	+8	24	Inter-confederation play-offs
6	Ecuador	18	6	5	7	22	26	−4	23
7	Colombia	18	6	5	7	14	18	−4	23
8	Venezuela	18	6	4	8	23	29	−6	22
9	Bolivia	18	4	3	11	22	36	−14	15
10	Peru	18	3	4	11	11	34	−23	13

Source: FIFA

Pre-tournament friendlies edit

10 February 2009

Brazil	2–0	Italy
Elano 13' Robinho 27'

Emirates Stadium, London, United Kingdom

Attendance: 60,077

12 August 2009

Estonia	0–1	Brazil
		Luís Fabiano 43'

Lilleküla Stadium, Tallinn, Estonia

Attendance: 8,550

14 November 2009

Brazil	1–0	England
Nilmar 47'

Sheikh Khalifa International Stadium, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates

Attendance: 50,000

18 November 2009

Oman	0–2	Brazil
		Nilmar 4' Mudhafar 61' (o.g.)

Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat, Oman

Attendance: 20,000

Squad edit

Coach: Carlos Dunga

The selection was characterized by the omission of several fully fit high-profile attacking players, such as Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, Adriano, and Alexandre Pato, as well as the 18-year-old domestic talent Neymar.^[1]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Júlio César	(1979-09-03)3 September 1979 (aged 30)	47	Inter Milan
2	2DF	Maicon	(1981-07-26)26 July 1981 (aged 28)	56	Inter Milan
3	2DF	Lúcio (c)	(1978-05-08)8 May 1978 (aged 32)	89	Inter Milan
4	2DF	Juan	(1979-02-01)1 February 1979 (aged 31)	73	Roma
5	3MF	Felipe Melo	(1983-08-26)26 August 1983 (aged 26)	16	Juventus
6	2DF	Michel Bastos	(1983-08-02)2 August 1983 (aged 26)	3	Lyon
7	3MF	Elano	(1981-06-14)14 June 1981 (aged 28)	41	Galatasaray
8	3MF	Gilberto Silva	(1976-10-07)7 October 1976 (aged 33)	86	Panathinaikos
9	4FW	Luís Fabiano	(1980-11-08)8 November 1980 (aged 29)	36	Sevilla
10	3MF	Ricardo Kaká	(1982-04-22)22 April 1982 (aged 28)	76	Real Madrid
11	4FW	Robinho	(1984-01-25)25 January 1984 (aged 26)	73	Santos
12	1GK	Heurelho Gomes	(1981-02-15)15 February 1981 (aged 29)	9	Tottenham Hotspur
13	2DF	Dani Alves	(1983-05-06)6 May 1983 (aged 27)	33	Barcelona
14	2DF	Luisão	(1981-02-13)13 February 1981 (aged 29)	40	Benfica
15	2DF	Thiago Silva	(1984-09-22)22 September 1984 (aged 25)	4	Milan
16	2DF	Gilberto	(1976-04-25)25 April 1976 (aged 34)	32	Cruzeiro
17	3MF	Josué	(1979-07-19)19 July 1979 (aged 30)	26	VfL Wolfsburg
18	3MF	Ramires	(1987-03-24)24 March 1987 (aged 23)	11	Benfica
19	3MF	Júlio Baptista	(1981-10-01)1 October 1981 (aged 28)	45	Roma
20	3MF	Kléberson	(1979-06-19)19 June 1979 (aged 30)	31	Flamengo
21	4FW	Nilmar	(1984-07-14)14 July 1984 (aged 25)	15	Villarreal
22	1GK	Doni	(1979-10-22)22 October 1979 (aged 30)	10	Roma
23	4FW	Grafite	(1979-04-02)2 April 1979 (aged 31)	2	VfL Wolfsburg

Group stages edit

Brazil vs Korea DPR edit

15 June 2010

20:30

Brazil	2–1	North Korea
Maicon 55' Elano 72'	Report	Ji Yun-nam 89'

Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg

Attendance: 54,331

Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)^[2]

Brazil^[3]

Korea DPR^[3]


BRAZIL:
GK	1	Júlio César
RB	2	Maicon
CB	3	Lúcio (c)
CB	4	Juan
LB	6	Michel Bastos
DM	8	Gilberto Silva
CM	7	Elano		73'
CM	5	Felipe Melo		84'
AM	10	Kaká		78'
SS	11	Robinho
CF	9	Luís Fabiano
Substitutions:
DF	13	Dani Alves		73'
FW	21	Nilmar		78'
MF	18	Ramires	88'	84'
Manager:
Dunga


KOREA DPR:
GK	1	Ri Myong-guk
RB	2	Cha Jong-hyok
CB	13	Pak Chol-jin
CB	4	Pak Nam-chol
LB	5	Ri Kwang-chon
DM	3	Ri Jun-il
RM	11	Mun In-guk	80'
LM	8	Ji Yun-nam
AM	10	Hong Yong-jo (c)
AM	17	An Yong-hak
CF	9	Jong Tae-se
Substitutions:
FW	6	Kim Kum-il	80'
Manager:
Kim Jong-hun

Brazil vs North Korea

Man of the Match:
Maicon (Brazil)

Assistant referees:
Gábor Erős (Hungary)^[2]
Tibor Vámos (Hungary)^[2]
Fourth official:
Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia)^[2]
Fifth official:
Mu Yuxin (China PR)^[2]

Brazil vs Ivory Coast edit

20 June 2010

20:30

Brazil	3–1	Ivory Coast
Luís Fabiano 25', 50' Elano 62'	Report	Drogba 79'

Soccer City, Johannesburg

Attendance: 84,455

Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (France)

Brazil^[4]

Côte d'Ivoire^[4]


BRAZIL:
GK	1	Júlio César
RB	2	Maicon
CB	3	Lúcio (c)
CB	4	Juan
LB	6	Michel Bastos
DM	8	Gilberto Silva
RM	7	Elano		67'
LM	5	Felipe Melo
AM	10	Kaká	85' 88'
SS	11	Robinho		90+3'
CF	9	Luís Fabiano
Substitutions:
DF	13	Dani Alves		67'
MF	18	Ramires		90+3'
Manager:
Dunga


CÔTE D'IVOIRE:
GK	1	Boubacar Barry
RB	20	Guy Demel
CB	4	Kolo Touré
CB	5	Didier Zokora
LB	17	Siaka Tiéné	31'
DM	19	Yaya Touré
CM	21	Emmanuel Eboué		72'
CM	9	Cheick Tioté	86'
RW	15	Aruna Dindane		54'
LW	8	Salomon Kalou		68'
CF	11	Didier Drogba (c)
Substitutions:
FW	10	Gervinho		54'
MF	18	Kader Keïta	75'	68'
MF	13	Romaric		72'
Manager:
Sven-Göran Eriksson

Man of the Match:
Luís Fabiano (Brazil)

Assistant referees:
Éric Dansault (France)
Laurent Ugo (France)
Fourth official:
Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia)
Fifth official:
Mu Yuxin (China PR)

Portugal vs Brazil edit

25 June 2010

16:00

Portugal	0–0	Brazil
	Report

Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban

Attendance: 62,712

Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)

Portugal^[5]

Brazil^[5]


PORTUGAL:
GK	1	Eduardo
RB	21	Ricardo Costa
CB	6	Ricardo Carvalho
CB	2	Bruno Alves
LB	5	Duda	25'	54'
DM	15	Pepe	40'	64'
CM	19	Tiago	31'
CM	16	Raul Meireles		84'
RW	10	Danny
LW	23	Fábio Coentrão	45'
CF	7	Cristiano Ronaldo (c)
Substitutions:
MF	11	Simão		54'
MF	8	Pedro Mendes		64'
MF	14	Miguel Veloso		84'
Manager:
Carlos Queiroz


BRAZIL:
GK	1	Júlio César
RB	2	Maicon
CB	3	Lúcio (c)
CB	4	Juan	25'
LB	6	Michel Bastos
DM	8	Gilberto Silva
CM	13	Dani Alves
CM	5	Felipe Melo	43'	44'
RF	21	Nilmar
CF	19	Júlio Baptista		82'
LF	9	Luís Fabiano	15'	85'
Substitutions:
MF	17	Josué		44'
MF	18	Ramires		82'
FW	23	Grafite		85'
Manager:
Dunga

Man of the Match:
Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)

Assistant referees:
Héctor Vergara (Canada)
Marvin Torrentera (Mexico)
Fourth official:
Peter O'Leary (New Zealand)
Fifth official:
Brent Best (New Zealand)

Final table edit

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Portugal	3	1	2	0	7	0	+7	5	Advance to knockout stage
3	Ivory Coast	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	4
4	North Korea	3	0	0	3	1	12	−11	0

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria

Round of 16 edit

28 June 2010

20:30

Brazil	3–0	Chile
Juan 35' Luís Fabiano 38' Robinho 59'	Report

Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg

Attendance: 54,096

Referee: Howard Webb (England)

Brazil^[6]

Chile^[6]


GK	1	Júlio César
RB	2	Maicon
CB	3	Lúcio (c)
CB	4	Juan
LB	6	Michel Bastos
DM	8	Gilberto Silva
RM	13	Dani Alves
LM	18	Ramires	72'
AM	10	Kaká	30'	81'
SS	11	Robinho		85'
CF	9	Luís Fabiano		76'
Substitutions:
FW	21	Nilmar		76'
MF	20	Kléberson		81'
DF	16	Gilberto		85'
Manager:
Dunga


GK	1	Claudio Bravo (c)
RB	4	Mauricio Isla		62'
CB	5	Pablo Contreras		46'
CB	18	Gonzalo Jara
LB	2	Ismael Fuentes	68'
RM	8	Arturo Vidal	47'
CM	6	Carlos Carmona
LM	15	Jean Beausejour
RW	7	Alexis Sánchez
CF	9	Humberto Suazo
LW	11	Mark González		46'
Substitutions:
MF	10	Jorge Valdivia		46'
MF	21	Rodrigo Tello		46'
MF	20	Rodrigo Millar	80'	62'
Manager:
Marcelo Bielsa

Man of the Match:
Robinho (Brazil)

Assistant referees:
Darren Cann (England)
Mike Mullarkey (England)
Fourth official:
Martin Hansson (Sweden)
Fifth official:
Stefan Wittberg (Sweden)

Quarter-finals edit

The Netherlands came from behind to beat Brazil 2–1, handing the Brazilians their first loss in a World Cup match held outside Europe, other than in a penalty shootout, since 1950.

2 July 2010

16:00

Netherlands	2–1	Brazil
Sneijder 53', 68'	Report	Robinho 10'

Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth

Attendance: 40,186

Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)

Netherlands^[7]

Brazil^[7]


GK	1	Maarten Stekelenburg
RB	2	Gregory van der Wiel	47'
CB	3	John Heitinga	14'
CB	13	André Ooijer	76'
LB	5	Giovanni van Bronckhorst (c)
DM	6	Mark van Bommel
DM	8	Nigel de Jong	64'
RW	11	Arjen Robben
AM	10	Wesley Sneijder
LW	7	Dirk Kuyt
CF	9	Robin van Persie		85'
Substitutions:
FW	21	Klaas-Jan Huntelaar		85'
Manager:
Bert van Marwijk


GK	1	Júlio César
RB	2	Maicon
CB	3	Lúcio (c)
CB	4	Juan
LB	6	Michel Bastos	37'	62'
DM	5	Felipe Melo	73'
RM	13	Dani Alves
LM	8	Gilberto Silva
AM	10	Kaká
SS	11	Robinho
CF	9	Luís Fabiano		77'
Substitutions:
DF	16	Gilberto		62'
FW	21	Nilmar		77'
Manager:
Dunga

Man of the Match:
Wesley Sneijder (Netherlands)

Assistant referees:
Toru Sagara (Japan)
Jeong Hae-sang (Korea Republic)
Fourth official:
Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)
Fifth official:
Hassan Kamranifar (Iran)

References edit

^ "FIFA.com - Dunga names his Seleção". www.fifa.com. Archived from the original on 14 May 2010. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Referee designations for matches 1-16" (PDF). FIFA. 5 June 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 July 2010. Retrieved 5 June 2010.
^ ^a ^b "Tactical Line-up – Group G – Brazil-Korea PRK" (PDF). FIFA. 15 June 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 November 2012. Retrieved 15 June 2010.
^ ^a ^b "Tactical Line-up – Group G – Brazil-Cote d´Ivoire" (PDF). FIFA. 20 June 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 July 2010. Retrieved 20 June 2010.
^ ^a ^b "Tactical Line-up – Group G – Portugal-Brazil" (PDF). FIFA. 25 June 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 July 2010. Retrieved 25 June 2010.
^ ^a ^b "Tactical Line-up – Last 16 – Brazil-Chile" (PDF). FIFA. 28 June 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 July 2010. Retrieved 28 June 2010.
^ ^a ^b "Tactical Line-up – Quarterfinal – Netherlands-Brazil" (PDF). FIFA. 2 July 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 August 2010. Retrieved 2 July 2010.

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