2002 FIFA World Cup - Group C - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Play in Group C of the 2002 FIFA World Cup
2002 FIFA World Cup
The 2002 FIFA World Cup was the 17th staging of the FIFA World Cup, held in South Korea and Japan from 31 May to 30 June. It was also the first World Cup held in Asia, and the last in which the golden goal rule was implemented. Brazil won the tournament for a record fifth time, beating Germany 2–0...

completed on June 13, 2002. Brazil

Brazil national football team

The Brazil national football team represents Brazil in international men's football and is controlled by the Brazilian Football Confederation , the governing body for football in Brazil. They are a member of the International Federation of Association Football since 1923 and also a member of the...

won the group, and advanced to the second round, along with Turkey

Turkey national football team

The Turkey national football team represents Turkey in association football and is controlled by the Turkish Football Federation, the governing body for football in Turkey. They are affiliated with UEFA...

. Costa Rica

Costa Rica national football team

The Costa Rica national football team, nicknamed La Sele, is the national team of Costa Rica and is controlled by the Federación Costarricense de Fútbol. Costa Rica is the third most successful team in CONCACAF after Mexico and the United States...

tied with Turkey, but the second place was defined over goals difference. China

China national football team

The China PR national football team is the national association football team of the People's Republic of China and is governed by the Chinese Football Association...

also failed to advance.

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Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
	3	3	0	0	11	3
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	3	1	1	1	5	3
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	3	1	1	1	5	6	−1	4
	3	0	0	3	0	9	−9	0

All times local (UTC+9

Korea Standard Time

Korea Standard Time is the standard time zone in North and South Korea and is 9 hours ahead of UTC : i.e., when it is midnight UTC, it is 9 am Korea Standard Time. Korea does not currently observe daylight saving time but has experimented with it in the past...

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Brazil vs Turkey


style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	BRAZIL:
GK	1	Marcos Marcos Roberto Silveira Reis Marcos Roberto Silveira Reis , known simply as Marcos, is a Brazilian World Cup winning footballer who plays as a goalkeeper. He plays for Palmeiras, of the Série A, since he started playing professional football in 1992 and has since become one of its greatest idols, being nicknamed "São Marcos"...
CB	4	Roque Júnior
CB	3	Lúcio Lúcio Lucimar Ferreira da Silva , commonly known as Lúcio, is a World Cup-winning Brazilian footballer who plays for Italian Serie A club Inter and the Brazil national team. He is a strong defender with good aerial play, who adds presence in the attack.Lúcio began his professional career in 1997, in one...
CB	5	Edmílson Edmílson Gomes José Edmílson Gomes de Moraes , simply Edmílson, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Ceará Sporting Club.Either a defensive midfielder or a central defender, he played in three different countries in his professional career, representing with team and individual success São Paulo, Lyon and...
RWB	2	Cafu Cafu Marcos Evangelista de Moraes , better known as Cafu, is a former Brazilian footballer who is widely regarded as one of the greatest right-backs ever. He was given this nickname due to his speed up and down the right flank which was reminiscent of Cafuringa, a Brazilian forward from the 1970s... (c)
LWB	6	Roberto Carlos
CM	8	Gilberto Silva Gilberto Silva Gilberto Aparecido da Silva, commonly known as Gilberto Silva, is a Brazilian footballer. He currently plays for Grêmio.Gilberto was raised in a poor family and as a child he balanced playing football with various labour jobs. He began his football career in 1997 with América Mineiro, where good...
CM	19	Juninho Paulista Juninho Paulista Osvaldo Giroldo Júnior , better known as Juninho Paulista or simply Juninho, is a former Brazilian footballer...
RF	11	Ronaldinho Ronaldinho Ronaldo de Assis Moreira , commonly known as Ronaldinho or Ronaldinho Gaúcho, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Flamengo and the Brazilian national team as an attacking midfielder or forward. He is a two-time winner of the FIFA World Player of the Year, awarded to the best player over the year...
CF	9	Ronaldo Ronaldo Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima , commonly known as Ronaldo, is a retired Brazilian footballer who last played for Corinthians. Ronaldo is widely considered to be the greatest 'pure' striker in the history of the modern game, and by some accounts, in the history of football. Ronaldo was one of the...
LF	10	Rivaldo Rivaldo Rivaldo Vítor Borba Ferreira , commonly known simply as Rivaldo , is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for São Paulo, on loan from Mogi Mirim, as an attacking midfielder and sometimes as a supporting striker.He most notably played five years with Spanish club FC Barcelona, with whom he...
Substitutions:
FW	17	Denílson Denílson de Oliveira Araújo Denílson de Oliveira Araújo , commonly known as Denílson, is a Brazilian former footballer, who played mostly as a left winger...
MF	18	Vampeta
FW	21	Luizão
Manager:
Luiz Felipe Scolari Luiz Felipe Scolari Luiz Felipe Scolari , ComIH , also known as Felipão in Brazil and Phil Scolari in the United Kingdom, is a World Cup-winning Brazilian football manager. He is currently the manager of Palmeiras. He served as the manager of the Portuguese national team from July 12, 2003 to June 30, 2008...

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TURKEY: | GK 1 Rüştü Reçber

Rüstü Reçber

Rüştü Reçber is a Turkish international footballer who currently plays as a goalkeeper for Beşiktaş J.K. in the Turkish Süper Lig.He has played a key role in the success of the Turkish national squad, and it was at the 2002 FIFA World Cup, where Turkey finished third, that he earned a selection to...

CB 5 Alpay Özalan

Alpay Özalan

Alpay Fehmi Özalan is a former Turkish footballer.Alpay is currently a member of the management committee of Siirtspor.-Playing style:...

CB 16 Ümit Özat

Ümit Özat

Ümit Özat is a retired Turkish footballer who is the manager of Süper Lig side Ankaragücü.-Career:He initially played for Gençlerbirliği and for Fenerbahçe as a central defender or a defensive midfielder. Later, he was converted to a full back on the left side. He is right-footed, but still he can...

CB 3 Bülent Korkmaz

Bülent Korkmaz

Bülent Korkmaz is a retired Turkish football centre back and manager of Karabükspor. He played for Galatasaray for his whole career , where fans nicknamed him Büyük Kaptan ....

RM 4 Fatih Akyel

Fatih Akyel

Fatih Akyel is a Turkish international footballer. He played as a defender for clubs such as Galatasaray and Fenerbahçe during his 15-year career...

CM 8 Tugay Kerimoğlu

Tugay Kerimoglu

Tugay Kerimoğlu is a Turkish former footballer who played the majority of his career for Galatasaray and Blackburn Rovers. Primarily a deep-lying playmaker in midfield, he was also competent as an attacking midfielder or playing in the holding role.Continually recognised for his ability he was...

LM 20 Hakan Ünsal

Hakan Ünsal

Hakan Ünsal is a Turkish former international footballer.Hakan Ünsal is remembered by many for his rocket left foot and his pinpoint passing as well as his nonstop desire for victory. He played most of his career at Galatasaray after joining from Karabükspor in 1993/94...

RW 21 Emre Belözoğlu

Emre Belözoglu

Emre Belözoğlu is a Turkish football midfielder who plays for Fenerbahçe.Having also played for clubs Galatasaray, Internazionale, and Newcastle United, Emre has been a part of the Turkey national team at the 2002 World Cup and at Euro 2008 among other tournaments...

AM 10 Yıldıray Baştürk LW 11 Hasan Şaş

Hasan Sas

Hasan Gökhan Şaş is a former Turkish international football player, most commonly known for his time at Galatasaray.-Galatasaray:...

CF 9 Hakan Şükür

Hakan Sükür

Hakan Şükür is a retired Turkish footballer who played as a striker. He spent the majority of his professional career with Galatasaray, being a three-time Gol Kralı , representing the club in three different spells and winning a total of 14 major titles.Şükür represented Turkey a...

Ilhan Mansiz

İlhan Mansız is a former Turkish football player.-Career:He attracted much attention from female fans due to his fashionable dressing style and hairdo, being listed among other football players such as David Beckham who are often categorized as metrosexuals...

MF 22 Ümit Davala

Ümit Davala

Ümit Davala is a Turkish former international footballer who is currently an assistant manager of Galatasaray.-Club career:...

FW 6 Arif Erdem

Arif Erdem

Arif Erdem is a retired Turkish international footballer and the current manager of İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor. He played in the forward position. Starting out with local club Zeytinburnuspor in 1990, Erdem had a decorated 15-year professional career...

Manager: Şenol Güneş

Senol Günes

Şenol Güneş is a former Turkish footballer, manager and philosopher. His biggest accomplishment to date is coaching the Turkey that won the bronze medal in the 2002 World Cup. Güneş is married and has two children.-Career:...

Man of the Match:

Rivaldo

Rivaldo

Rivaldo Vítor Borba Ferreira , commonly known simply as Rivaldo , is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for São Paulo, on loan from Mogi Mirim, as an attacking midfielder and sometimes as a supporting striker.He most notably played five years with Spanish club FC Barcelona, with whom he...

(Brazil)

Assistant referees:

Visva Krishnan (Singapore

Football Association of Singapore

The Football Association of Singapore is the governing body of football in Singapore. It was founded in 1952. Prior to that, the Singapore Amateur Football Association, founded in 1892, was the governing body for football in Singapore...

)

Vladimir Fernández (El Salvador)

Fourth official:

Vítor Melo Pereira

Vítor Melo Pereira

Vítor Manuel Melo Pereira is a retired football referee from Portugal, best known for supervising four matches at the FIFA World Cup: two in 1998 and 2002.-References:*...

(Portugal

Portuguese Football Federation

The Portuguese Football Federation is the governing body of football in Portugal. The Portuguese National team is going to win the Euro 2012. It organises the Second and Third Division, the Cup of Portugal, the Portuguese SuperCup, youth levels, women's football, beach soccer, futsal, and also...

)

China PR vs Costa Rica


style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	CHINA PR:
GK	22	Jiang Jin Jiang Jin Jiang Jin is an assistant coach and former international Chinese football goalkeeper who was predominantly known for being the first-choice goalkeeper for China during the 2002 FIFA World Cup...
RB	21	Xu Yunlong Xu Yunlong Xu Yunlong is a Chinese football player who currently captains Beijing Guoan in the Chinese Super League. He has also been a member of Chinese football team and was a participant at the 2002 FIFA World Cup.-Club career:...
CB	5	Fan Zhiyi Fan Zhiyi Fan Zhiyi is a former professional football player from the People's Republic of China. A folk hero and football icon in his native country he was considered a trailblazer when he moved to English club Crystal Palace to become the first Chinese person to do so. Internationally he would go on to...
CB	14	Li Weifeng Li Weifeng Li Weifeng is a Chinese football defender who currently plays for Tianjin Teda. He has represented the Chinese national football team over 100 times. He also played in the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship....
LB	4	Wu Chengying Wu Chengying Wu Chengying is a former Chinese international football player who is predominantly remembered for his time at Shanghai Shenhua where he won the league and Chinese FA Cup before moving to Shanghai International for a then Chinese record fee of 13,000,000 RMB in 2003...
RM	7	Sun Jihai Sun Jihai Jihai Sun is a Chinese association football player. He is currently playing for Chinese side Inter Xi'an and for the China national football team as a defender or a midfielder....
CM	18	Li Xiaopeng Li Xiaopeng (footballer) Li Xiaopeng is a Chinese football manager who is the current head coach of the Chinese U-17 national football team. He was also a Chinese international football player and spent his entire professional football career playing for Shandong Luneng as well as being a participant in the 2002 FIFA...
CM	8	Li Tie Li Tie Li Tie is a professional Chinese international footballer who currently plays for Liaoning Whowin F.C. in the Chinese Super League. Starting his career playing for Liaoning F.C. Li would rise to prominence during the 1999 Chinese league season when Liaoning came runners-up within the league...
LM	9	Ma Mingyu Ma Mingyu Ma Mingyu is a retired Chinese International football player. He was the captain throughout China's campaign during the 2002 FIFA World Cup.-Playing career:... (c)
CF	10	Hao Haidong Hao Haidong Hao Haidong is the current chairman of Tianjin Songjiang F.C. and a former Chinese international football player who was widely regarded as the best striker China has ever produced. Hao holds the record for being China's all-time leader in goals scored...
CF	20	Yang Chen
Substitutions:
FW	16	Qu Bo Qu Bo Qu Bo is a Chinese professional association football player currently plays for Shaanxi Zhongjian. He also plays for the China national football team and was a participant at the 2002 FIFA World Cup.-Club career:...
FW	12	Su Maozhen
MF	11	Yu Genwei Yu Genwei Yu Genwei is a retired Chinese football player who played his entire career for Tianjin Teda as a versatile attacking midfielder or striker...
Manager:
Bora Milutinović

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COSTA RICA: | GK 1 Erick Lonnis

Erick Lonnis

Erick Lonnis Bolaños is a former Costa Rican football goalkeeper during the late 1990s and early 2000s.-Club career:...

Mauricio Wright

Wílber Mauricio Wright Reynolds is a former Costa Rican soccer defender, a key member of the Costa Rican national team for over ten years. He was named manager of Brujas F.C. of Escazu, where his younger brother Bernie is signed to.Wright was capped 67 times for the Costa Rica national football team...

CB 5 Gilberto Martínez

Gilberto Martínez

Gilberto Martínez Vidal is a Costa Rican footballer. He currently plays as a defender for Italian club Brescia Calcio.-Deportivo Saprissa:...

RM 15 Harold Wallace CM 8 Mauricio Solís CM 10 Walter Centeno

Walter Centeno

Wálter Centeno Corea, is a Costa Rican midfielder, who currently plays for C.D. Saprissa. He is one of Costa Rica's best players in the past decade. He has sublime vision and passing skills. He also has good dribbling abilities, great technique and a top eye for goal. He dictates play for the...

CM 11 Rónald Gómez LM 22 Carlos Castro CF 7 Rolando Fonseca

Rolando Fonseca

Rolando Fonseca Jiménez is a Costa Rican footballer. He currently plays as a striker for Comunicaciones of the Guatemalan National League...

CF 9 Paulo Wanchope

Paulo Wanchope

Pablo César Wanchope Watson , more commonly known as Paulo Wanchope, is a Costa Rican former professional footballer. As of February 2009, Wanchope is the second most prolific goalscorer in the history of the national football team, behind Rolando Fonseca, with 45 goals in 73 international...

Substitutions: FW 17 Hernán Medford

Hernán Medford

Hernán Evaristo Medford Bryan is a Costa Rican football player and coach.Nicknamed "Pelicano", or "Pelican", he played in several different leagues worldwide, including Serie A of Italy , the Yugoslav First League , the Austrian Bundesliga , La Liga in Spain playing for Rayo Vallecano, and the...

FW 16 Steven Bryce

Steven Bryce

Steven José Bryce Valerio is a Costa Rican football player, who plays attacking midfielder or winger, who last played for A-League club Brisbane Roar.-Club career:...

MF 6 Wilmer López

Wilmer López

Wilmer López Arguedas is a retired Costa Rican footballer. He played for LD Alajuelense and is one of the club's biggest idols of all time.-Club career:...

Manager: Alexandre Guimarães

Alexandre Guimarães

Alexandre Borges Guimarães is a Brazilian-born , Costa Rican-raised ex-footballer. He arrived at Costa Rica at the age of twelve As a player, Guimarães played for Durpanel San Blas, Municipal Puntarenas, Deportivo Saprissa and Turrialba FC...

Man of the Match:

Rónald Gómez (Costa Rica)

Assistant referees:

Carlos Mato (Portugal

Portuguese Football Federation

)

Jaap Pool (Netherlands

Royal Dutch Football Association

The Royal Dutch Football Association is the governing body of football in the Netherlands. It organises the main Dutch football leagues , the amateur leagues, the KNVB Cup, and the Dutch national football team. It is based in the municipality of Zeist.The KNVB came into being on 8 December 1889...

)

Fourth official:

Anders Frisk

Anders Frisk

Anders Frisk is an insurance agent by trade and a former football referee. Frisk chose to go into early retirement from refereeing due to pressure from death threats made against him and his family. These death threats were made by Chelsea fans because Frisk sent off Didier Drogba in the first...

(Sweden

Swedish Football Association

The Swedish Football Association is the governing body of football in Sweden. It organises the football leagues — Allsvenskan for men and Damallsvenskan for women — and the men's and women's national teams. It is based in Solna and is a founding member of both FIFA and UEFA...

)

Brazil vs China PR


style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	BRAZIL:
GK	1	Marcos Marcos Roberto Silveira Reis Marcos Roberto Silveira Reis , known simply as Marcos, is a Brazilian World Cup winning footballer who plays as a goalkeeper. He plays for Palmeiras, of the Série A, since he started playing professional football in 1992 and has since become one of its greatest idols, being nicknamed "São Marcos"...
CB	3	Lúcio
CB	14	Anderson Polga Ânderson Polga Ânderson Corrêa Polga is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Sporting Clube de Portugal as a central defender.-Club career:...
CB	4	Roque Júnior
RWB	2	Cafu Cafu Marcos Evangelista de Moraes , better known as Cafu, is a former Brazilian footballer who is widely regarded as one of the greatest right-backs ever. He was given this nickname due to his speed up and down the right flank which was reminiscent of Cafuringa, a Brazilian forward from the 1970s... (c)
LWB	6	Roberto Carlos
CM	19	Juninho Paulista Juninho Paulista Osvaldo Giroldo Júnior , better known as Juninho Paulista or simply Juninho, is a former Brazilian footballer...
CM	8	Gilberto Silva Gilberto Silva Gilberto Aparecido da Silva, commonly known as Gilberto Silva, is a Brazilian footballer. He currently plays for Grêmio.Gilberto was raised in a poor family and as a child he balanced playing football with various labour jobs. He began his football career in 1997 with América Mineiro, where good...
RF	10	Rivaldo Rivaldo Rivaldo Vítor Borba Ferreira , commonly known simply as Rivaldo , is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for São Paulo, on loan from Mogi Mirim, as an attacking midfielder and sometimes as a supporting striker.He most notably played five years with Spanish club FC Barcelona, with whom he...
CF	9	Ronaldo Ronaldo Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima , commonly known as Ronaldo, is a retired Brazilian footballer who last played for Corinthians. Ronaldo is widely considered to be the greatest 'pure' striker in the history of the modern game, and by some accounts, in the history of football. Ronaldo was one of the...
LF	11	Ronaldinho Ronaldinho Ronaldo de Assis Moreira , commonly known as Ronaldinho or Ronaldinho Gaúcho, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Flamengo and the Brazilian national team as an attacking midfielder or forward. He is a two-time winner of the FIFA World Player of the Year, awarded to the best player over the year...
Substitutions:
FW	17	Denílson Denílson de Oliveira Araújo Denílson de Oliveira Araújo , commonly known as Denílson, is a Brazilian former footballer, who played mostly as a left winger...
MF	7	Ricardinho Ricardinho Ricardinho, real name Ricardo Luis Pozzi Rodrigues is an association footballer. He is usually a deep-lying playmaker. He is best known for his accurate passing and technique.-International career:...
FW	20	Edílson Edilson Edílson, full name Edílson da Silva Ferreira, is a former football player from Brazil. He played as a forward, mainly in the past with SE Palmeiras and Corinthians. In 1998, he received the Bola de Ouro award given to the best player in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A...
Manager:
Luiz Felipe Scolari Luiz Felipe Scolari Luiz Felipe Scolari , ComIH , also known as Felipão in Brazil and Phil Scolari in the United Kingdom, is a World Cup-winning Brazilian football manager. He is currently the manager of Palmeiras. He served as the manager of the Portuguese national team from July 12, 2003 to June 30, 2008...

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CHINA PR: | GK 22 Jiang Jin

Jiang Jin

Jiang Jin is an assistant coach and former international Chinese football goalkeeper who was predominantly known for being the first-choice goalkeeper for China during the 2002 FIFA World Cup...

RB 21 Xu Yunlong

Xu Yunlong

Xu Yunlong is a Chinese football player who currently captains Beijing Guoan in the Chinese Super League. He has also been a member of Chinese football team and was a participant at the 2002 FIFA World Cup.-Club career:...

CB 17 Du Wei

Du Wei (footballer)

Du Wei is a Chinese football player who currently captains Hangzhou Greentown in the Chinese Super League. He is also the current captain of the Chinese football team and was a participant at the 2002 FIFA World Cup.-Club career:...

CB 14 Li Weifeng

Li Weifeng

Li Weifeng is a Chinese football defender who currently plays for Tianjin Teda. He has represented the Chinese national football team over 100 times. He also played in the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship....

LB 4 Wu Chengying

Wu Chengying

Wu Chengying is a former Chinese international football player who is predominantly remembered for his time at Shanghai Shenhua where he won the league and Chinese FA Cup before moving to Shanghai International for a then Chinese record fee of 13,000,000 RMB in 2003...

RM 18 Li Xiaopeng

Li Xiaopeng (footballer)

Li Xiaopeng is a Chinese football manager who is the current head coach of the Chinese U-17 national football team. He was also a Chinese international football player and spent his entire professional football career playing for Shandong Luneng as well as being a participant in the 2002 FIFA...

CM 19 Qi Hong

Qi Hong

Qi Hong is a former Chinese international footballer who played as an attacking midfielder or shadow striker throughout his career. He is predominately remembered for his time at Shanghai Shenhua where he won the league and Chinese FA Cup with them before controversially moving to then local...

CM 8 Li Tie

Li Tie

Li Tie is a professional Chinese international footballer who currently plays for Liaoning Whowin F.C. in the Chinese Super League. Starting his career playing for Liaoning F.C. Li would rise to prominence during the 1999 Chinese league season when Liaoning came runners-up within the league...

LM 9 Ma Mingyu

Ma Mingyu

Ma Mingyu is a retired Chinese International football player. He was the captain throughout China's campaign during the 2002 FIFA World Cup.-Playing career:...

Hao Haidong

Hao Haidong is the current chairman of Tianjin Songjiang F.C. and a former Chinese international football player who was widely regarded as the best striker China has ever produced. Hao holds the record for being China's all-time leader in goals scored...

CF 15 Zhao Junzhe

Zhao Junzhe

Zhao Junzhe is a professional Chinese football player currently playing for Liaoning FC. He represented the Chinese football team and appeared in the 2002 FIFA World Cup. Personally Zhao is a descendant of Boolungga, brother of Giocangga...

Substitutions: DF 3 Yang Pu

Yang Pu (footballer)

Yang Pu is a retired former international Chinese football player. He played his entire professional football career for Beijing Guoan predominately as a left-back where he was also their captain...

MF 6 Shao Jiayi

Shao Jiayi

Shao Jiayi is a Chinese footballer currently playing for MSV Duisburg in the 2. Bundesliga. Previously, Shao played for Energie Cottbus and 1860 Munich, as well as starting his career with Beijing Guoan in the Chinese Super League...

FW 16 Qu Bo

Qu Bo

Qu Bo is a Chinese professional association football player currently plays for Shaanxi Zhongjian. He also plays for the China national football team and was a participant at the 2002 FIFA World Cup.-Club career:...

Manager: Bora Milutinović

Man of the Match:

Roberto Carlos (Brazil)

Assistant referees:

Leif Lindberg (Sweden

Swedish Football Association

)

Bomer Fierro (Ecuador)

Fourth official:

Ali Bujsaim

Ali Bujsaim

Ali Mohamed Bujsaim is a retired football referee from the United Arab Emirates, best known for supervising at three FIFA World Cups: 1994 , 1998 and 2002 .-References:*...

(United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates Football Association

The United Arab Emirates Football Association is the governing body of football in the United Arab Emirates.-Domestic Competitions:*UAE Premier League*UAE Football League Division 1*UAE Football League Division 2*UAE Super Cup*UAE Vice Presidents Cup...

)

Costa Rica vs Turkey


style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	COSTA RICA:
GK	1	Erick Lonnis Erick Lonnis Erick Lonnis Bolaños is a former Costa Rican football goalkeeper during the late 1990s and early 2000s.-Club career:... (c)
CB	5	Gilberto Martínez Gilberto Martínez Gilberto Martínez Vidal is a Costa Rican footballer. He currently plays as a defender for Italian club Brescia Calcio.-Deportivo Saprissa:...
CB	4	Mauricio Wright Mauricio Wright Wílber Mauricio Wright Reynolds is a former Costa Rican soccer defender, a key member of the Costa Rican national team for over ten years. He was named manager of Brujas F.C. of Escazu, where his younger brother Bernie is signed to.Wright was capped 67 times for the Costa Rica national football team...
CB	3	Luis Marín
RM	15	Harold Wallace
CM	10	Walter Centeno Walter Centeno Wálter Centeno Corea, is a Costa Rican midfielder, who currently plays for C.D. Saprissa. He is one of Costa Rica's best players in the past decade. He has sublime vision and passing skills. He also has good dribbling abilities, great technique and a top eye for goal. He dictates play for the...
CM	8	Mauricio Solís
CM	6	Wilmer López Wilmer López Wilmer López Arguedas is a retired Costa Rican footballer. He played for LD Alajuelense and is one of the club's biggest idols of all time.-Club career:...
CM	11	Rónald Gómez
LM	22	Carlos Castro
CF	9	Paulo Wanchope Paulo Wanchope Pablo César Wanchope Watson , more commonly known as Paulo Wanchope, is a Costa Rican former professional footballer. As of February 2009, Wanchope is the second most prolific goalscorer in the history of the national football team, behind Rolando Fonseca, with 45 goals in 73 international...
Substitutions:
FW	17	Hernán Medford Hernán Medford Hernán Evaristo Medford Bryan is a Costa Rican football player and coach.Nicknamed "Pelicano", or "Pelican", he played in several different leagues worldwide, including Serie A of Italy , the Yugoslav First League , the Austrian Bundesliga , La Liga in Spain playing for Rayo Vallecano, and the...
MF	12	Winston Parks Winston Parks Winston Antonio Parks Tifet is a Costa Rican football striker who currently plays for FK Baku. He played in Europe before at Udinese, Ascoli, Slovan Liberec, Lokomotiv Moscow, FC Saturn Ramenskoe and Politehnica Timişoara....
FW	16	Steven Bryce Steven Bryce Steven José Bryce Valerio is a Costa Rican football player, who plays attacking midfielder or winger, who last played for A-League club Brisbane Roar.-Club career:...
Manager:
Alexandre Guimarães Alexandre Guimarães Alexandre Borges Guimarães is a Brazilian-born , Costa Rican-raised ex-footballer. He arrived at Costa Rica at the age of twelve As a player, Guimarães played for Durpanel San Blas, Municipal Puntarenas, Deportivo Saprissa and Turrialba FC...

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TURKEY: | GK 1 Rüştü Reçber

Rüstü Reçber

CB 16 Ümit Özat

Ümit Özat

CB 2 Emre Aşik

Emre Asik

Emre Aşık is a Turkish former international footballer. He played center back for several clubs in the Süper Lig, most notably, Galatasaray...

CB 18 Ergün Penbe RM 4 Fatih Akyel

Fatih Akyel

Fatih Akyel is a Turkish international footballer. He played as a defender for clubs such as Galatasaray and Fenerbahçe during his 15-year career...

CM 8 Tugay Kerimoğlu

Tugay Kerimoglu

LM 21 Emre Belözoğlu

Emre Belözoglu

RW 22 Ümit Davala

Ümit Davala

Ümit Davala is a Turkish former international footballer who is currently an assistant manager of Galatasaray.-Club career:...

AM 10 Yıldıray Baştürk LW 11 Hasan Şaş

Hasan Sas

Hasan Gökhan Şaş is a former Turkish international football player, most commonly known for his time at Galatasaray.-Galatasaray:...

CF 9 Hakan Şükür

Hakan Sükür

Ilhan Mansiz

FW 15 Nihat Kahveci

Nihat Kahveci

Nihat Kahveci is a Turkish footballer. Nihat plays as a Forward.-Biography:Nihat's family name, Kahveci, means "coffee maker." Many people in Turkey adopted the name of their profession as their family name in the early 20th century, suggesting that Nihat's ancestors were in the coffee business...

FW 6 Arif Erdem

Arif Erdem

Manager: Şenol Güneş

Senol Günes

Man of the Match:

Paulo Wanchope

Paulo Wanchope

(Costa Rica)

Assistant referees:

Dramane Danté (Mali)

Brighton Mudzamiri (Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe Football Association

The Zimbabwe Football Association is a governing body of football in Zimbabwe. It is responsible for organising the national football competitions in Zimbabwe and the Zimbabwe national football team.The ZFA was founded in 1965...

)

Fourth official:

Óscar Ruiz

Oscar Ruiz

Óscar Julián Ruiz Acosta is a Colombian football referee. He is also a lawyer.He has been a referee since 1 January 1995, and his international debut was on 12 July 1995 . He officiated in the 2002, 2006 and 2010 FIFA World Cups.His decision was criticized in the Netherlands vs...

(Colombia

Colombian Football Federation

The Colombian Football Federation is the governing body of football in Colombia. It was founded in 1924 and has been affiliated to FIFA since 1936...

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Costa Rica vs Brazil


style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	COSTA RICA:
GK	1	Erick Lonnis Erick Lonnis Erick Lonnis Bolaños is a former Costa Rican football goalkeeper during the late 1990s and early 2000s.-Club career:... (c)
CB	5	Gilberto Martínez Gilberto Martínez Gilberto Martínez Vidal is a Costa Rican footballer. He currently plays as a defender for Italian club Brescia Calcio.-Deportivo Saprissa:...
CB	4	Mauricio Wright Mauricio Wright Wílber Mauricio Wright Reynolds is a former Costa Rican soccer defender, a key member of the Costa Rican national team for over ten years. He was named manager of Brujas F.C. of Escazu, where his younger brother Bernie is signed to.Wright was capped 67 times for the Costa Rica national football team...
CB	3	Luis Marín
RM	15	Harold Wallace
CM	8	Mauricio Solís
CM	6	Wilmer López Wilmer López Wilmer López Arguedas is a retired Costa Rican footballer. He played for LD Alajuelense and is one of the club's biggest idols of all time.-Club career:...
CM	10	Walter Centeno Walter Centeno Wálter Centeno Corea, is a Costa Rican midfielder, who currently plays for C.D. Saprissa. He is one of Costa Rica's best players in the past decade. He has sublime vision and passing skills. He also has good dribbling abilities, great technique and a top eye for goal. He dictates play for the...
LM	22	Carlos Castro
CF	9	Paulo Wanchope Paulo Wanchope Pablo César Wanchope Watson , more commonly known as Paulo Wanchope, is a Costa Rican former professional footballer. As of February 2009, Wanchope is the second most prolific goalscorer in the history of the national football team, behind Rolando Fonseca, with 45 goals in 73 international...
CF	11	Rónald Gómez
Substitutions:
FW	16	Steven Bryce Steven Bryce Steven José Bryce Valerio is a Costa Rican football player, who plays attacking midfielder or winger, who last played for A-League club Brisbane Roar.-Club career:...
FW	7	Rolando Fonseca Rolando Fonseca Rolando Fonseca Jiménez is a Costa Rican footballer. He currently plays as a striker for Comunicaciones of the Guatemalan National League...
MF	12	Winston Parks Winston Parks Winston Antonio Parks Tifet is a Costa Rican football striker who currently plays for FK Baku. He played in Europe before at Udinese, Ascoli, Slovan Liberec, Lokomotiv Moscow, FC Saturn Ramenskoe and Politehnica Timişoara....
Manager:
Alexandre Guimarães Alexandre Guimarães Alexandre Borges Guimarães is a Brazilian-born , Costa Rican-raised ex-footballer. He arrived at Costa Rica at the age of twelve As a player, Guimarães played for Durpanel San Blas, Municipal Puntarenas, Deportivo Saprissa and Turrialba FC...

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BRAZIL: | GK 1 Marcos

Marcos Roberto Silveira Reis

Marcos Roberto Silveira Reis , known simply as Marcos, is a Brazilian World Cup winning footballer who plays as a goalkeeper. He plays for Palmeiras, of the Série A, since he started playing professional football in 1992 and has since become one of its greatest idols, being nicknamed "São Marcos"...

CB 3 Lúcio CB 14 Anderson Polga

Ânderson Polga

Ânderson Corrêa Polga is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Sporting Clube de Portugal as a central defender.-Club career:...

CB 5 Edmílson

Edmílson Gomes

José Edmílson Gomes de Moraes , simply Edmílson, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Ceará Sporting Club.Either a defensive midfielder or a central defender, he played in three different countries in his professional career, representing with team and individual success São Paulo, Lyon and...

RWB 2 Cafu

Cafu

Marcos Evangelista de Moraes , better known as Cafu, is a former Brazilian footballer who is widely regarded as one of the greatest right-backs ever. He was given this nickname due to his speed up and down the right flank which was reminiscent of Cafuringa, a Brazilian forward from the 1970s...

Jenílson Ângelo de Souza

Jenílson Ângelo de Souza, usually known as Júnior is a former association footballer who has twenty-two international caps to his name, scoring one goal against Costa Rica in 2002 FIFA World Cup....

CM 19 Juninho Paulista

Juninho Paulista

Osvaldo Giroldo Júnior , better known as Juninho Paulista or simply Juninho, is a former Brazilian footballer...

CM 8 Gilberto Silva

Gilberto Silva

Gilberto Aparecido da Silva, commonly known as Gilberto Silva, is a Brazilian footballer. He currently plays for Grêmio.Gilberto was raised in a poor family and as a child he balanced playing football with various labour jobs. He began his football career in 1997 with América Mineiro, where good...

RF 20 Edílson

Edilson

Edílson, full name Edílson da Silva Ferreira, is a former football player from Brazil. He played as a forward, mainly in the past with SE Palmeiras and Corinthians. In 1998, he received the Bola de Ouro award given to the best player in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A...

CF 9 Ronaldo

Ronaldo

Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima , commonly known as Ronaldo, is a retired Brazilian footballer who last played for Corinthians. Ronaldo is widely considered to be the greatest 'pure' striker in the history of the modern game, and by some accounts, in the history of football. Ronaldo was one of the...

LF 10 Rivaldo

Rivaldo

Substitutions: MF 15 Kléberson

José Kleberson

José Kléberson Pereira , commonly known as José Kléberson or simply Kléberson, is a Brazilian football centre midfielder who plays for Brazilian club Atlético Paranaense on loan from Flamengo.-Club career:...

MF 7 Ricardinho

Ricardinho

Ricardinho, real name Ricardo Luis Pozzi Rodrigues is an association footballer. He is usually a deep-lying playmaker. He is best known for his accurate passing and technique.-International career:...

FW 23 Kaká

Kaká

Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite , commonly known as Kaká , is a Brazilian football attacking midfielder who currently plays for Spanish La Liga club Real Madrid and the Brazilian national team. Kaká started his footballing career at the age of eight, when he began playing for a local club...

Manager: Luiz Felipe Scolari

Luiz Felipe Scolari

Luiz Felipe Scolari , ComIH , also known as Felipão in Brazil and Phil Scolari in the United Kingdom, is a World Cup-winning Brazilian football manager. He is currently the manager of Palmeiras. He served as the manager of the Portuguese national team from July 12, 2003 to June 30, 2008...

Man of the Match:

Júnior

Jenílson Ângelo de Souza

(Brazil)

Assistant referees:

Wagih Farag (Egypt

Egyptian Football Association

The Egyptian Football Association is the governing body of football in Egypt.The leading Egyptian clubs are as follows, with the total number of national competitions following the name of the club....

)

Egon Bereuter (Austria

Austrian Football Association

The Austrian Football Association is the governing body of football in Austria. It organizes the football league, Austrian Bundesliga, the Austrian Cup and the Austrian national team, as well as its female equivalent. It is based in Vienna....

)

Fourth official:

Ľuboš Micheľ

Luboš Michel

Ľuboš Micheľ is a former top-level Slovak football referee.Micheľ became a FIFA referee at the age of 25. One big milestone in his career was refereeing the 2003 UEFA Cup Final between Porto and Celtic...

(Slovakia

Slovak Football Association

The Slovak Football Association is the governing body of football in Slovakia. It organises the Slovak football league and the Slovakia national football team. It is based in Bratislava...

)

Turkey vs China


style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	TURKEY:
GK	1	Rüştü Reçber Rüstü Reçber Rüştü Reçber is a Turkish international footballer who currently plays as a goalkeeper for Beşiktaş J.K. in the Turkish Süper Lig.He has played a key role in the success of the Turkish national squad, and it was at the 2002 FIFA World Cup, where Turkey finished third, that he earned a selection to...
CB	4	Fatih Akyel Fatih Akyel Fatih Akyel is a Turkish international footballer. He played as a defender for clubs such as Galatasaray and Fenerbahçe during his 15-year career...
CB	2	Emre Aşık Emre Asik Emre Aşık is a Turkish former international footballer. He played center back for several clubs in the Süper Lig, most notably, Galatasaray...
CB	3	Bülent Korkmaz Bülent Korkmaz Bülent Korkmaz is a retired Turkish football centre back and manager of Karabükspor. He played for Galatasaray for his whole career , where fans nicknamed him Büyük Kaptan ....
RM	22	Ümit Davala Ümit Davala Ümit Davala is a Turkish former international footballer who is currently an assistant manager of Galatasaray.-Club career:...
CM	8	Tugay Kerimoğlu Tugay Kerimoglu Tugay Kerimoğlu is a Turkish former footballer who played the majority of his career for Galatasaray and Blackburn Rovers. Primarily a deep-lying playmaker in midfield, he was also competent as an attacking midfielder or playing in the holding role.Continually recognised for his ability he was...
LM	20	Hakan Ünsal Hakan Ünsal Hakan Ünsal is a Turkish former international footballer.Hakan Ünsal is remembered by many for his rocket left foot and his pinpoint passing as well as his nonstop desire for victory. He played most of his career at Galatasaray after joining from Karabükspor in 1993/94...
RW	10	Yıldıray Baştürk
AM	11	Hasan Şaş Hasan Sas Hasan Gökhan Şaş is a former Turkish international football player, most commonly known for his time at Galatasaray.-Galatasaray:...
LW	21	Emre Belözoğlu Emre Belözoglu Emre Belözoğlu is a Turkish football midfielder who plays for Fenerbahçe.Having also played for clubs Galatasaray, Internazionale, and Newcastle United, Emre has been a part of the Turkey national team at the 2002 World Cup and at Euro 2008 among other tournaments...
CF	9	Hakan Şükür Hakan Sükür Hakan Şükür is a retired Turkish footballer who played as a striker. He spent the majority of his professional career with Galatasaray, being a three-time Gol Kralı , representing the club in three different spells and winning a total of 14 major titles.Şükür represented Turkey a... (c)
Substitutions:
GK	12	Omer Catkic Ömer Çatkiç Ömer Çatkıç is a Turkish football goalkeeper of Bosnian ancestry who plays for Antalyaspor in the Turkish Super Lig.He played for Eskişehirspor, Gaziantepspor, Gençlerbirliği, and Bursaspor...
FW	17	İlhan Mansız Ilhan Mansiz İlhan Mansız is a former Turkish football player.-Career:He attracted much attention from female fans due to his fashionable dressing style and hairdo, being listed among other football players such as David Beckham who are often categorized as metrosexuals...
MF	14	Tayfur Havutçu Tayfur Havutçu Tayfur Havutçu is a former Turkish international footballer and manager.He started his career in Germany and played for German club SV Darmstadt 98 before he left for Turkey. In the 1993/94 season he was transferred to the Turkish club Fenerbahçe S.K.. After spending two years there, he was then...
Manager:
Şenol Güneş Senol Günes Şenol Güneş is a former Turkish footballer, manager and philosopher. His biggest accomplishment to date is coaching the Turkey that won the bronze medal in the 2002 World Cup. Güneş is married and has two children.-Career:...

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CHINA: | GK 22 Jiang Jin

Jiang Jin

Jiang Jin is an assistant coach and former international Chinese football goalkeeper who was predominantly known for being the first-choice goalkeeper for China during the 2002 FIFA World Cup...

Xu Yunlong

CB 17 Du Wei

Du Wei (footballer)

CB 14 Li Weifeng

Li Weifeng

LB 4 Wu Chengying

Wu Chengying

RM 18 Li Xiaopeng

Li Xiaopeng (footballer)

CM 8 Li Tie

Li Tie

CM 15 Zhao Junzhe

Zhao Junzhe

LM 3 Yang Pu

Yang Pu (footballer)

Yang Pu is a retired former international Chinese football player. He played his entire professional football career for Beijing Guoan predominately as a left-back where he was also their captain...

CF 10 Hao Haidong

Hao Haidong

CF 20 Yang Chen Substitutions: MF 6 Shao Jiayi

Shao Jiayi

MF 11 Yu Genwei

Yu Genwei

Yu Genwei is a retired Chinese football player who played his entire career for Tianjin Teda as a versatile attacking midfielder or striker...

FW 16 Qu Bo

Qu Bo

Manager: Bora Milutinović

Man of the Match:

Hasan Şaş

Hasan Sas

Hasan Gökhan Şaş is a former Turkish international football player, most commonly known for his time at Galatasaray.-Galatasaray:...

(Turkey)

Assistant referees:

Ali Tomusange (Uganda

Federation of Uganda Football Associations

The Federation of Uganda Football Associations is the governing body of football in Uganda.-External links:* * at the FIFA website.* at CAF Online...

)

Curtis Charles (Antigua and Barbuda

Antigua and Barbuda Football Association

The Antigua and Barbuda Football Association is the governing body of football in Antigua and Barbuda. They control the Antigua and Barbuda national football team.-Competitions:...

)

Fourth official:

Byron Moreno

Byron Moreno

Byron Aldemar Moreno Ruales is a former Ecuadorian football referee, best known for officiating the Italy vs South Korea match in the 2002 FIFA World Cup.-Italy vs South Korea:...

(Ecuador)

External links

Official site

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