Brazil at the 2002 FIFA World Cup explained

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

Head coach: Luiz Felipe Scolari

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)

Brazil vs China PR

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 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)

Brazil vs Belgium

GK 1 Marcos CB 3 Lúcio CB 4 Roque Júnior CB 5 Edmílson RWB 2 Cafu (c) LWB 6 CM 19 CM 8 Gilberto Silva AM 11 AM 10 CF 9 Ronaldo Substitutions: MF 17 MF 15 MF 7 Manager: Luiz Felipe Scolari

GK 1 Geert De Vlieger RB 15 CB 16 Daniel Van Buyten CB 6 Timmy Simons LB 5 Nico Van Kerckhoven RM 22 Mbo Mpenza CM 18 CM 10 Johan Walem LM 8 Bart Goor CF 11 Gert Verheyen CF 7 Marc Wilmots (c) Substitutions: FW 9 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

GK 1 David Seaman RB 2 Danny Mills CB 5 CB 6 Sol Campbell LB 3 RM 7 David Beckham (c) CM 21 Nicky Butt CM 8 LM 4 CF 10 CF 11 Emile Heskey Substitutions: MF 23 FW 20 FW 17 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 AM 10 Rivaldo CF 9 Substitutions: FW 20 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

GK 1 Marcos CB 3 Lúcio CB 4 Roque Júnior CB 5 Edmílson RM 2 Cafu (c) CM 15 CM 8 LM 6 Roberto Carlos RF 20 CF 9 LF 10 Rivaldo Substitutions: FW 21 MF 17 DF 13 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 RM 22 CM 10 LM 21 CF 11 CF 9 Hakan Şükür (c) Substitutions: FW 17 MF 13 FW 6 Manager: Şenol Güneş

Man of the Match: Ronaldo (Brazil) Assistant referees Maciej Wierzbowski (Poland) Igor Šramka (Slovakia) Fourth official Brian Hall (United States)

Final

See main article: 2002 FIFA World Cup Final.

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 LM 17 AM 19 Bernd Schneider CF 11 CF 7 Oliver Neuville Substitutes: FW 20 FW 14 DF 6 Manager: Rudi Völler

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

Man of the Match: Ronaldo (Brazil) Assistant referees Leif Lindberg (Sweden) Philip Sharp (England) Fourth official Hugh Dallas (Scotland)

Notes and References

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