# 2002 FIFA World Cup Group C

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 | |
* 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

| 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

| 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

| 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

| 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

| 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

| 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)