2002 FIFA World Cup Group E explained

Group E of the 2002 FIFA World Cup took place on 11 June 2002. Germany won the group, and advanced to the second round, along with the Republic of Ireland. Cameroon and Saudi Arabia failed to advance.

Standings

Germany advanced to play Paraguay (runner-up of Group B) in the round of 16.
Republic of Ireland advanced to play Spain (winner of Group B) in the round of 16.

Matches

All times local (UTC+9)

Republic of Ireland vs Cameroon


GK	1	Shay Given
RB	18	Gary Kelly
CB	14	Gary Breen
CB	5	Steve Staunton (c)
LB	3
RM	7
CM	12	Mark Kinsella
CM	8	Matt Holland
LM	11	Kevin Kilbane
CF	10	Robbie Keane
CF	9	Damien Duff
Substitutions:
DF	2
MF	21
Manager:
Mick McCarthy


GK	1	Boukar Alioum
CB	4	Rigobert Song (c)
CB	5
CB	2	Bill Tchato
RWB	8	Geremi
LWB	3	Pierre Womé
CM	12	Lauren
CM	17	Marc-Vivien Foé
CM	20	Salomon Olembé
CF	9	Samuel Eto'o
CF	10
Substitutions:
FW	18
Manager:
Winfried Schäfer

Man of the Match:
Matt Holland (Republic of Ireland)

Assistant referees:
Mat Lazim Awang Hamat (Malaysia)
Roland Van Nylen (Belgium)
Fourth official:
Peter Prendergast (Jamaica)

Germany vs Saudi Arabia


GK	1	Oliver Kahn (c)
CB	2	Thomas Linke
CB	5
CB	21	Christoph Metzelder
RM	22	Torsten Frings
CM	19	Bernd Schneider
CM	8
LM	6
AM	13	Michael Ballack
CF	11
CF	9
Substitutions:
MF	16
FW	20
FW	7
Manager:
Rudi Völler


GK	1	Mohammed Al-Deayea
RB	12	Ahmed Al-Dokhi
CB	3	Redha Tukar
CB	4	Abdullah Zubromawi
LB	13	Hussein Abdulghani
RM	8
CM	16
CM	17	Abdullah Al-Waked
LM	18
CF	9	Sami Al-Jaber (c)
CF	20
Substitutions:
MF	7
MF	14
FW	15
Manager:
Nasser Al-Johar

Man of the Match:
Miroslav Klose (Germany)

Assistant referees:
Miguel Giacomuzzi (Paraguay)
Michael Ragoonath (Trinidad and Tobago)
Fourth official:
René Ortubé (Bolivia)

Germany vs Republic of Ireland


GK	1	Oliver Kahn (c)
CB	2	Thomas Linke
CB	5	Carsten Ramelow
CB	21	Christoph Metzelder
CM	22	Torsten Frings
CM	8	Dietmar Hamann
RW	19
AM	13	Michael Ballack
LW	6	Christian Ziege
CF	11
CF	9
Substitutions:
FW	20
MF	17
MF	16
Manager:
Rudi Völler


GK	1	Shay Given
RB	2	Steve Finnan
CB	14	Gary Breen
CB	5	Steve Staunton (c)
LB	3
RM	18
CM	12	Mark Kinsella
CM	8	Matt Holland
LM	11	Kevin Kilbane
CF	10	Robbie Keane
CF	9	Damien Duff
Substitutions:
FW	17
MF	21
DF	4
Manager:
Mick McCarthy

Man of the Match:
Robbie Keane (Republic of Ireland)

Assistant referees:
Jens Larsen (Denmark)
Evzen Amler (Czech Republic)
Fourth official:
Mourad Daami (Tunisia)

Cameroon vs Saudi Arabia


GK	1	Boukar Alioum
CB	4	Rigobert Song (c)
CB	5	Raymond Kalla
CB	2	Bill Tchato
RWB	8	Geremi
LWB	3
CM	12	Lauren
CM	17	Marc-Vivien Foé
CM	23
CF	10
CF	9	Samuel Eto'o
Substitutions:
MF	20
FW	11
DF	6
Manager:
Winfried Schäfer


GK	1	Mohamed Al-Deayea (c)
CB	3	Redha Tukar
CB	6	Fouzi Al-Shehri
CB	4
RWB	2	Mohammed Al-Jahani
LWB	13	Hussein Abdulghani
RM	17	Abdullah Al-Waked
CM	18	Nawaf Al-Temyat
CM	7	Ibrahim Al-Shahrani
LM	14
CF	11
Substitutions:
FW	20
MF	15
MF	8
Manager:
Nasser Al-Johar

Man of the Match:
Samuel Eto'o (Cameroon)

Assistant referees:
Roland Van Nylen (Belgium)
Maciej Wierzbowsky (Poland)
Fourth official:
Carlos Simon (Brazil)

Cameroon vs Germany


GK	1	Alioum Boukar
CB	4	Rigobert Song (c)
CB	5	Raymond Kalla
CB	2
RWB	8
LWB	3	Pierre Womé
CM	12
CM	17
CM	20
CF	9	Samuel Eto'o
CF	10
Substitutions:
FW	18
MF	23
FW	21
Manager:
Winfried Schäfer


GK	1	Oliver Kahn (c)
CB	2	Thomas Linke
CB	5
CB	21	Christoph Metzelder
CM	22
CM	8
RW	19
AM	13
LW	6
CF	11
CF	9
Substitutions:
MF	17
MF	16
FW	7
Manager:
Rudi Völler

Man of the Match:
Miroslav Klose (Germany)

Assistant referees:
Mohamed Saeed (Maldives)
Jorge Oliveira (Brazil)
Fourth official:
Pierluigi Collina (Italy)

Saudi Arabia vs Republic of Ireland


GK	1	Mohamed Al-Deayea (c)
CB	3	Redha Tukar
CB	6	Fouzi Al-Shehri
CB	4
RWB	2
LWB	13	Hussein Abdulghani
RM	18
CM	7	Ibrahim Al-Shahrani
CM	16	Khamis Al-Dosari
LM	14
CF	20	Al-Hasan Al-Yami
Substitutions:
MF	10
MF	15
DF	12
Manager:
Nasser Al-Johar


GK	1	Shay Given
RB	2	Steve Finnan
CB	14	Gary Breen
CB	5	Steve Staunton (c)
LB	3
RM	18
CM	12
CM	8	Matt Holland
LM	11	Kevin Kilbane
CF	10	Robbie Keane
CF	9	Damien Duff
Substitutions:
FW	17
MF	7
MF	22
Manager:
Mick McCarthy

Man of the Match:
Damien Duff (Republic of Ireland)

Assistant referees:
Maciej Wierzbowski (Poland)
Frédéric Arnault (France)
Fourth official:
Lu Jun (China)

See also

External links

Results