2002 FIFA World Cup Group C explained

Group C of the 2002 FIFA World Cup took place between 3 and 13 June 2002. Brazil won the group, and advanced to the second round, along with Turkey. Costa Rica was level with Turkey on points, but had a worse goal difference. China finished bottom of the group, having lost all three of their matches.

Standings

Brazil advanced to play Belgium (runner-up of Group H) in the round of 16.
Turkey advanced to play Japan (winner of Group H) in the round of 16.

Matches

All times are local (UTC+9)

Brazil vs 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
RF	11
CF	9
LF	10	Rivaldo
Substitutions:
FW	17
MF	18
FW	21
Manager:
Luiz Felipe Scolari


GK	1	Rüştü Reçber
CB	5
CB	16	Ümit Özat
CB	3
RM	4
CM	8
LM	20
RW	21	Emre Belözoğlu
AM	10
LW	11	Hasan Şaş
CF	9	Hakan Şükür (c)
Substitutions:
FW	17
MF	22
FW	6
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


GK	22	Jiang Jin
RB	21
CB	5
CB	14	Li Weifeng
LB	4	Wu Chengying
DM	8
RM	7
LM	9	Ma Mingyu (c)
AM	18
CF	10	Hao Haidong
CF	20
Substitutions:
FW	16
FW	12
MF	11
Manager:
Bora Milutinović


GK	1	Erick Lonnis (c)
CB	3
CB	4	Mauricio Wright
CB	5	Gilberto Martínez
RM	15
CM	8
CM	10
CM	11
LM	22	Carlos Castro
CF	7
CF	9
Substitutions:
FW	17
FW	16
MF	6
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


GK	1	Marcos
CB	3	Lúcio
CB	14	Ânderson Polga
CB	4
RWB	2	Cafu (c)
LWB	6	Roberto Carlos
CM	19
CM	8	Gilberto Silva
RF	10	Rivaldo
CF	9
LF	11
Substitutions:
FW	17
MF	7
FW	20
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)
AM	19
CF	10
Substitutions:
MF	3
MF	6
FW	16
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


GK	1	Erick Lonnis (c)
CB	5
CB	4	Mauricio Wright
CB	3	Luis Marín
RM	15
CM	10
CM	8	Mauricio Solís
CM	6
CM	11	Rónald Gómez
LM	22
CF	9	Paulo Wanchope
Substitutions:
FW	17
MF	12
FW	16
Manager:
Alexandre Guimarães


GK	1	Rüştü Reçber
CB	16	Ümit Özat
CB	2
CB	18	Ergün Penbe
RM	4	Fatih Akyel
CM	8
LM	21
RW	22	Ümit Davala
AM	10
LW	11	Hasan Şaş
CF	9	Hakan Şükür (c)
Substitutions:
FW	17
FW	15
FW	6
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


GK	1	Erick Lonnis (c)
CB	5
CB	4	Mauricio Wright
CB	3	Luis Marín
RM	15
CM	8
CM	6	Wilmer López
CM	10	Walter Centeno
LM	22	Carlos Castro
CF	9	Paulo Wanchope
CF	11	Rónald Gómez
Substitutions:
FW	16
FW	7
MF	12
Manager:
Alexandre Guimarães


GK	1	Marcos
CB	3	Lúcio
CB	14	Ânderson Polga
CB	5	Edmílson
RWB	2	Cafu (c)
LWB	16	Júnior
CM	19
CM	8	Gilberto Silva
RF	20
CF	9	Ronaldo
LF	10
Substitutions:
MF	15
MF	7
FW	23
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


GK	1
CB	4	Fatih Akyel
CB	2
CB	3	Bülent Korkmaz
RM	22	Ümit Davala
CM	8
LM	20	Hakan Ünsal
RW	10
AM	11
LW	21
CF	9	Hakan Şükür (c)
Substitutions:
GK	12
FW	17
MF	14
Manager:
Şenol Güneş


GK	22	Jiang Jin (c)
RB	21	Xu Yunlong
CB	17	Du Wei
CB	14
LB	4
RM	18	Li Xiaopeng
CM	8	Li Tie
CM	15	Zhao Junzhe
LM	3
CF	10
CF	20
Substitutions:
MF	6
MF	11
FW	16
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)

External links

Results