2002 FIFA World Cup Group C

Last updated March 15, 2025

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	Advance to knockout stage
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

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

3 June 2002

18:00

Brazil	2–1	Turkey
Ronaldo 50' Rivaldo 87' (pen.)	Report	Hasan Şaş 45+2'

Munsu Football Stadium, Ulsan

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

4 June 2002

15:30

China	0–2	Costa Rica
	Report	Gómez 61' Wright 65'

Gwangju World Cup Stadium, Gwangju

Attendance: 27,217

Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)

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

8 June 2002

20:30

Brazil	4–0	China
Roberto Carlos 15' Rivaldo 32' Ronaldinho 45' (pen.) Ronaldo 55'	Report

Jeju World Cup Stadium, Seogwipo

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

9 June 2002

18:00

Costa Rica	1–1	Turkey
Parks 86'	Report	Emre B. 56'

Incheon World Cup Stadium, Incheon

Attendance: 42,299

Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)

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

13 June 2002

15:30

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

Suwon World Cup Stadium, Suwon

Attendance: 38,524

Referee: Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt)

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

13 June 2002

15:30

Turkey	3–0	China
Hasan Şaş 6' Bülent 9' Davala 85'	Report

Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul

Attendance: 43,605

Referee: Óscar Ruiz (Colombia)

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)

External links

Results

v t e 2002 FIFA World Cup
Stages	Group stage Group A Group B Group C Group D Group E Group F Group G Group H Knockout stage Final
General information	Qualification Broadcasting Discipline Referees Seeding Sponsorship Squads

v t e 2002 FIFA World Cup finalists
Champions	Brazil
Runners-up	Germany
Third place	Turkey
Fourth place	South Korea
Quarter-finals	England Senegal Spain United States
Round of 16	Belgium Denmark Italy Japan Mexico Paraguay Republic of Ireland Sweden
Group stage	Argentina Cameroon China Costa Rica Croatia Ecuador France Nigeria Poland Portugal Russia Saudi Arabia Slovenia South Africa Tunisia Uruguay

2002 FIFA World Cup Group C

Contents

Standings

Matches

Brazil vs Turkey

China vs Costa Rica

Brazil vs China

Costa Rica vs Turkey

Costa Rica vs Brazil

Turkey vs China

External links

See also