Brazil at the 2010 FIFA World Cup

The following article concerns the performance of Brazil at the 2010 FIFA World Cup . Brazil won both their initial qualification group and their group during the tournament itself. They reached the quarter-final stages where they were knocked out by the eventual tournament runners-up, the Netherlands.

Qualification

Main article: 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)

Brazil finished top of the CONMEBOL league table. Matches were played from October 2007 to October 2009.

Final positions

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil	18	9	7	2	33	11	+22	34	2010 FIFA World Cup
2	Chile	18	10	3	5	32	22	+10	33
3	Paraguay	18	10	3	5	24	16	+8	33
4	Argentina	18	8	4	6	23	20	+3	28
5	Uruguay	18	6	6	6	28	20	+8	24	Inter-confederation play-offs
6	Ecuador	18	6	5	7	22	26	−4	23
7	Colombia	18	6	5	7	14	18	−4	23
8	Venezuela	18	6	4	8	23	29	−6	22
9	Bolivia	18	4	3	11	22	36	−14	15
10	Peru	18	3	4	11	11	34	−23	13

Source: FIFA

Pre-tournament friendlies

10 February 2009

Brazil	2–0	Italy
Elano 13' Robinho 27'

Emirates Stadium, London, United Kingdom

Attendance: 60,077

12 August 2009

Estonia	0–1	Brazil
		Luís Fabiano 43'

Lilleküla Stadium, Tallinn, Estonia

Attendance: 8,550

14 November 2009

Brazil	1–0	England
Nilmar 47'

Sheikh Khalifa International Stadium, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates

Attendance: 50,000

18 November 2009

Oman	0–2	Brazil
		Nilmar 4' Mudhafar 61' (o.g.)

Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat, Oman

Attendance: 20,000

Squad

Coach: Carlos Dunga

The selection was characterized by the omission of several fully fit high-profile attacking players, such as Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, Adriano, and Alexandre Pato, as well as the 18-year-old domestic talent Neymar. ^[1]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1 GK	Júlio César	(1979-09-03)3 September 1979 (aged 30)	47	Inter Milan
2	2 DF	Maicon	(1981-07-26)26 July 1981 (aged 28)	56	Inter Milan
3	2 DF	Lúcio (c)	(1978-05-08)8 May 1978 (aged 32)	89	Inter Milan
4	2 DF	Juan	(1979-02-01)1 February 1979 (aged 31)	73	Roma
5	3 MF	Felipe Melo	(1983-08-26)26 August 1983 (aged 26)	16	Juventus
6	2 DF	Michel Bastos	(1983-08-02)2 August 1983 (aged 26)	3	Lyon
7	3 MF	Elano	(1981-06-14)14 June 1981 (aged 28)	41	Galatasaray
8	3 MF	Gilberto Silva	(1976-10-07)7 October 1976 (aged 33)	86	Panathinaikos
9	4 FW	Luís Fabiano	(1980-11-08)8 November 1980 (aged 29)	36	Sevilla
10	3 MF	Kaká	(1982-04-22)22 April 1982 (aged 28)	76	Real Madrid
11	4 FW	Robinho	(1984-01-25)25 January 1984 (aged 26)	73	Santos
12	1 GK	Heurelho Gomes	(1981-02-15)15 February 1981 (aged 29)	9	Tottenham Hotspur
13	2 DF	Dani Alves	(1983-05-06)6 May 1983 (aged 27)	33	Barcelona
14	2 DF	Luisão	(1981-02-13)13 February 1981 (aged 29)	40	Benfica
15	2 DF	Thiago Silva	(1984-09-22)22 September 1984 (aged 25)	4	Milan
16	2 DF	Gilberto	(1976-04-25)25 April 1976 (aged 34)	32	Cruzeiro
17	3 MF	Josué	(1979-07-19)19 July 1979 (aged 30)	26	VfL Wolfsburg
18	3 MF	Ramires	(1987-03-24)24 March 1987 (aged 23)	11	Benfica
19	3 MF	Júlio Baptista	(1981-10-01)1 October 1981 (aged 28)	45	Roma
20	3 MF	Kléberson	(1979-06-19)19 June 1979 (aged 30)	31	Flamengo
21	4 FW	Nilmar	(1984-07-14)14 July 1984 (aged 25)	15	Villarreal
22	1 GK	Doni	(1979-10-22)22 October 1979 (aged 30)	10	Roma
23	4 FW	Grafite	(1979-04-02)2 April 1979 (aged 31)	2	VfL Wolfsburg

Group stages

Main article: 2010 FIFA World Cup Group G

Brazil vs Korea DPR

15 June 2010

20:30

Brazil	2–1	North Korea
Maicon 55' Elano 72'	Report	Ji Yun-nam 89'

Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg

Attendance: 54,331

Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary) ^[2]

Brazil [3]

Korea DPR [3]

BRAZIL: GK 1 Júlio César RB 2 Maicon CB 3 Lúcio (c) CB 4 Juan LB 6 Michel Bastos DM 8 Gilberto Silva CM 7 Elano  73' CM 5 Felipe Melo  84' AM 10 Kaká  78' SS 11 Robinho CF 9 Luís Fabiano Substitutions: DF 13 Dani Alves  73' FW 21 Nilmar  78' MF 18 Ramires  88'  84' Manager: Dunga

KOREA DPR: GK 1 Ri Myong-guk RB 2 Cha Jong-hyok CB 13 Pak Chol-jin CB 4 Pak Nam-chol LB 5 Ri Kwang-chon DM 3 Ri Jun-il RM 11 Mun In-guk  80' LM 8 Ji Yun-nam AM 10 Hong Yong-jo (c) AM 17 An Yong-hak CF 9 Jong Tae-se Substitutions: FW 6 Kim Kum-il  80' Manager: Kim Jong-hun

Brazil vs North Korea

Man of the Match: Maicon (Brazil) Assistant referees: Gábor Erős (Hungary) [2] Tibor Vámos (Hungary) [2] Fourth official: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia) [2] Fifth official: Mu Yuxin (China PR) [2]

Brazil vs Ivory Coast

20 June 2010

20:30

Brazil	3–1	Ivory Coast
Luís Fabiano 25', 50' Elano 62'	Report	Drogba 79'

Soccer City, Johannesburg

Attendance: 84,455

Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (France)

Brazil [4]

Côte d'Ivoire [4]

BRAZIL: GK 1 Júlio César RB 2 Maicon CB 3 Lúcio (c) CB 4 Juan LB 6 Michel Bastos DM 8 Gilberto Silva RM 7 Elano  67' LM 5 Felipe Melo AM 10 Kaká  85'  88' SS 11 Robinho  90+3' CF 9 Luís Fabiano Substitutions: DF 13 Dani Alves  67' MF 18 Ramires  90+3' Manager: Dunga

CÔTE D'IVOIRE: GK 1 Boubacar Barry RB 20 Guy Demel CB 4 Kolo Touré CB 5 Didier Zokora LB 17 Siaka Tiéné  31' DM 19 Yaya Touré CM 21 Emmanuel Eboué  72' CM 9 Cheick Tioté  86' RW 15 Aruna Dindane  54' LW 8 Salomon Kalou  68' CF 11 Didier Drogba (c) Substitutions: FW 10 Gervinho  54' MF 18 Kader Keïta  75'  68' MF 13 Romaric  72' Manager: Sven-Göran Eriksson

Man of the Match: Luís Fabiano (Brazil) Assistant referees: Éric Dansault (France) Laurent Ugo (France) Fourth official: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia) Fifth official: Mu Yuxin (China PR)

Portugal vs Brazil

25 June 2010

16:00

Portugal	0–0	Brazil
	Report

Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban

Attendance: 62,712

Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)

Portugal [5]

Brazil [5]

PORTUGAL: GK 1 Eduardo RB 21 Ricardo Costa CB 6 Ricardo Carvalho CB 2 Bruno Alves LB 5 Duda  25'  54' DM 15 Pepe  40'  64' CM 19 Tiago  31' CM 16 Raul Meireles  84' RW 10 Danny LW 23 Fábio Coentrão  45' CF 7 Cristiano Ronaldo (c) Substitutions: MF 11 Simão  54' MF 8 Pedro Mendes  64' MF 14 Miguel Veloso  84' Manager: Carlos Queiroz

BRAZIL: GK 1 Júlio César RB 2 Maicon CB 3 Lúcio (c) CB 4 Juan  25' LB 6 Michel Bastos DM 8 Gilberto Silva CM 13 Dani Alves CM 5 Felipe Melo  43'  44' RF 21 Nilmar CF 19 Júlio Baptista  82' LF 9 Luís Fabiano  15'  85' Substitutions: MF 17 Josué  44' MF 18 Ramires  82' FW 23 Grafite  85' Manager: Dunga

Man of the Match: Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) Assistant referees: Héctor Vergara (Canada) Marvin Torrentera (Mexico) Fourth official: Peter O'Leary (New Zealand) Fifth official: Brent Best (New Zealand)

Final table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Portugal	3	1	2	0	7	0	+7	5
3	Ivory Coast	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	4
4	North Korea	3	0	0	3	1	12	−11	0

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria

Round of 16

28 June 2010

20:30

Brazil	3–0	Chile
Juan 35' Luís Fabiano 38' Robinho 59'	Report

Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg

Attendance: 54,096

Referee: Howard Webb (England)

Brazil [6]

Chile [6]

GK 1 Júlio César RB 2 Maicon CB 3 Lúcio (c) CB 4 Juan LB 6 Michel Bastos DM 8 Gilberto Silva RM 13 Dani Alves LM 18 Ramires  72' AM 10 Kaká  30'  81' SS 11 Robinho  85' CF 9 Luís Fabiano  76' Substitutions: FW 21 Nilmar  76' MF 20 Kléberson  81' DF 16 Gilberto  85' Manager: Dunga

GK 1 Claudio Bravo (c) RB 4 Mauricio Isla  62' CB 5 Pablo Contreras  46' CB 18 Gonzalo Jara LB 2 Ismael Fuentes  68' RM 8 Arturo Vidal  47' CM 6 Carlos Carmona LM 15 Jean Beausejour RW 7 Alexis Sánchez CF 9 Humberto Suazo LW 11 Mark González  46' Substitutions: MF 10 Jorge Valdivia  46' MF 21 Rodrigo Tello  46' MF 20 Rodrigo Millar  80'  62' Manager: Marcelo Bielsa

Man of the Match: Robinho (Brazil) Assistant referees: Darren Cann (England) Mike Mullarkey (England) Fourth official: Martin Hansson (Sweden) Fifth official: Stefan Wittberg (Sweden)

Quarter-finals

The Netherlands came from behind to beat Brazil 2–1, handing the Brazilians their first loss in a World Cup match held outside Europe, other than in a penalty shootout, since 1950.

2 July 2010

16:00

Netherlands	2–1	Brazil
Sneijder 53', 68'	Report	Robinho 10'

Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth

Attendance: 40,186

Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)

Netherlands [7]

Brazil [7]

GK 1 Maarten Stekelenburg RB 2 Gregory van der Wiel  47' CB 3 John Heitinga  14' CB 13 André Ooijer  76' LB 5 Giovanni van Bronckhorst (c) DM 6 Mark van Bommel DM 8 Nigel de Jong  64' RW 11 Arjen Robben AM 10 Wesley Sneijder LW 7 Dirk Kuyt CF 9 Robin van Persie  85' Substitutions: FW 21 Klaas-Jan Huntelaar  85' Manager: Bert van Marwijk

GK 1 Júlio César RB 2 Maicon CB 3 Lúcio (c) CB 4 Juan LB 6 Michel Bastos  37'  62' DM 5 Felipe Melo  73' RM 13 Dani Alves LM 8 Gilberto Silva AM 10 Kaká SS 11 Robinho CF 9 Luís Fabiano  77' Substitutions: DF 16 Gilberto  62' FW 21 Nilmar  77' Manager: Dunga

Man of the Match: Wesley Sneijder (Netherlands) Assistant referees: Toru Sagara (Japan) Jeong Hae-sang (Korea Republic) Fourth official: Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia) Fifth official: Hassan Kamranifar (Iran)

References

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