2002 FIFA World Cup Group C

Group C of the 2002 FIFA World Cup took place between 3 and 13 June 2002. The group consisted of eventual champions Brazil, Turkey, Costa Rica, and China. Brazil finished top of the group, winning all three matches, and advanced to the second round, alongside Turkey. Costa Rica were eliminated on goal difference, having shared the same number of points as Turkey, while China lost all three of their matches, failing to score a goal in any of them.

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Brazil 3 3 0 0 11 3 +8 9 Advance to knockout stage
2  Turkey 3 1 1 1 5 3 +2 4
3  Costa Rica 3 1 1 1 5 6 −1 4
4  China 3 0 0 3 0 9 −9 0
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria

Matches

All times are local (UTC+9)

Brazil vs Turkey

Brazil 2–1 Turkey
Ronaldo 50'
Rivaldo 87' (pen.)
Report Hasan Şaş 45+2'
Attendance: 33,842
Referee: Kim Young-joo (South Korea)
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 Paulista  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)

China vs Costa Rica

China 0–2 Costa Rica
Report Gómez 61'
Wright 65'
China
Costa Rica
GK 22 Jiang Jin
RB 21 Xu Yunlong  72'
CB 5 Fan Zhiyi  74'
CB 14 Li Weifeng
LB 4 Wu Chengying
DM 8 Li Tie  60'
RM 7 Sun Jihai  26'
LM 9 Ma Mingyu (c)
AM 18 Li Xiaopeng  77'
CF 10 Hao Haidong
CF 20 Yang Chen  66'
Substitutions:
FW 16 Qu Bo  26'
FW 12 Su Maozhen  66'
MF 11 Yu Genwei  74'
Manager:
Bora Milutinović
GK 1 Erick Lonnis (c)
CB 3 Luis Marín  15'
CB 4 Mauricio Wright
CB 5 Gilberto Martínez
RM 15 Harold Wallace  70'
CM 8 Mauricio Solís  17'
CM 10 Walter Centeno  85'
CM 11 Rónald Gómez  79'
LM 22 Carlos Castro
CF 7 Rolando Fonseca  57'
CF 9 Paulo Wanchope  80'
Substitutions:
FW 17 Hernán Medford  57'
FW 16 Steven Bryce  70'
MF 6 Wilmer López  80'
Manager:
Alexandre Guimarães

Man of the Match:
Rónald Gómez (Costa Rica)

Assistant referees:
Carlos Mato (Portugal)
Jaap Pool (Netherlands)
Fourth official:
Anders Frisk (Sweden)

Brazil vs China

Brazil 4–0 China
Roberto Carlos 15'
Rivaldo 32'
Ronaldinho 45' (pen.)
Ronaldo 55'
Report
Attendance: 36,750
Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)
Brazil
China
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 Paulista  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 Turkey

Costa Rica 1–1 Turkey
Parks 86' Report Emre B. 56'
Costa Rica
Turkey
GK 1 Erick Lonnis (c)
CB 5 Gilberto Martínez  24'
CB 4 Mauricio Wright
CB 3 Luis Marín
RM 15 Harold Wallace  77'
CM 10 Walter Centeno  66'
CM 8 Mauricio Solís
CM 6 Wilmer López  77'
CM 11 Rónald Gómez
LM 22 Carlos Castro  43'
CF 9 Paulo Wanchope
Substitutions:
FW 17 Hernán Medford  66'
MF 12 Winston Parks  77'
FW 16 Steven Bryce  77'
Manager:
Alexandre Guimarães
GK 1 Rüştü Reçber
CB 16 Ümit Özat
CB 2 Emre Aşık  20'
CB 18 Ergün Penbe
RM 4 Fatih Akyel
CM 8 Tugay Kerimoğlu  45'  88'
LM 21 Emre Belözoğlu  89'
RW 22 Ümit Davala
AM 10 Yıldıray Baştürk  79'
LW 11 Hasan Şaş
CF 9 Hakan Şükür (c)  75'
Substitutions:
FW 17 İlhan Mansız  75'
FW 15 Nihat Kahveci  79'
FW 6 Arif Erdem  88'
Manager:
Şenol Güneş

Man of the Match:
Paulo Wanchope (Costa Rica)

Assistant referees:
Dramane Danté (Mali)
Brighton Mudzamiri (Zimbabwe)
Fourth official:
Óscar Ruiz (Colombia)

Costa Rica vs Brazil

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

Turkey vs China

Turkey 3–0 China
Hasan Şaş 6'
Bülent 9'
Davala 85'
Report
Attendance: 43,605
Turkey
China
GK 1 Rüştü Reçber  35'
CB 4 Fatih Akyel
CB 2 Emre Aşık  19'
CB 3 Bülent Korkmaz
RM 22 Ümit Davala
CM 8 Tugay Kerimoğlu  84'
LM 20 Hakan Ünsal
RW 10 Yıldıray Baştürk  70'
AM 11 Hasan Şaş  81'
LW 21 Emre Belözoğlu  30'
CF 9 Hakan Şükür (c)
Substitutions:
GK 12 Ömer Çatkıç  35'
FW 17 İlhan Mansız  70'
MF 14 Tayfur Havutçu  84'
Manager:
Şenol Güneş
GK 22 Jiang Jin (c)
RB 21 Xu Yunlong
CB 17 Du Wei
CB 14 Li Weifeng  62'
LB 4 Wu Chengying  46'
RM 18 Li Xiaopeng
CM 8 Li Tie
CM 15 Zhao Junzhe
LM 3 Yang Pu  45+1'
CF 10 Hao Haidong  73'
CF 20 Yang Chen  73'
Substitutions:
MF 6 Shao Jiayi  58'  46'
MF 11 Yu Genwei  73'
FW 16 Qu Bo  73'
Manager:
Bora Milutinović

Man of the Match:
Hasan Şaş (Turkey)

Assistant referees:
Ali Tomusange (Uganda)
Curtis Charles (Antigua and Barbuda)
Fourth official:
Byron Moreno (Ecuador)

See also