Group C of the 2002 FIFA World Cup took place between 3 and 13 June 2002. Brazil won the group, and advanced to the second round, along with Turkey. Costa Rica was level with Turkey on points, but had a worse goal difference. China finished bottom of the group, having lost all three of their matches.

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
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

Matches

All times are local (UTC+9)

Brazil vs Turkey

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 downward-facing red arrow 72'
RF 11 Ronaldinho downward-facing red arrow 67'
CF 9 Ronaldo downward-facing red arrow 73'
LF 10 Rivaldo
Substitutions:
FW 17 Denílson Yellow card 73' upward-facing green arrow 67'
MF 18 Vampeta upward-facing green arrow 72'
FW 21 Luizão upward-facing green arrow 73'
Manager:
Luiz Felipe Scolari
GK 1 Rüştü Reçber
CB 5 Alpay Özalan Yellow card 44' Red card 86'
CB 16 Ümit Özat
CB 3 Bülent Korkmaz downward-facing red arrow 66'
RM 4 Fatih Akyel Yellow card 21'
CM 8 Tugay Kerimoğlu downward-facing red arrow 88'
LM 20 Hakan Ünsal Yellow card 24' Yellow-red card 90+4'
RW 21 Emre Belözoğlu
AM 10 Yıldıray Baştürk downward-facing red arrow 66'
LW 11 Hasan Şaş
CF 9 Hakan Şükür (c)
Substitutions:
FW 17 İlhan Mansız upward-facing green arrow 66'
MF 22 Ümit Davala upward-facing green arrow 66'
FW 6 Arif Erdem upward-facing green arrow 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 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 Yellow card 72'
CB 5 Fan Zhiyi downward-facing red arrow 74'
CB 14 Li Weifeng
LB 4 Wu Chengying
DM 8 Li Tie Yellow card 60'
RM 7 Sun Jihai downward-facing red arrow 26'
LM 9 Ma Mingyu (c)
AM 18 Li Xiaopeng Yellow card 77'
CF 10 Hao Haidong
CF 20 Yang Chen downward-facing red arrow 66'
Substitutions:
FW 16 Qu Bo upward-facing green arrow 26'
FW 12 Su Maozhen upward-facing green arrow 66'
MF 11 Yu Genwei upward-facing green arrow 74'
Manager:
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Bora Milutinović
GK 1 Erick Lonnis (c)
CB 3 Luis Marín Yellow card 15'
CB 4 Mauricio Wright
CB 5 Gilberto Martínez
RM 15 Harold Wallace downward-facing red arrow 70'
CM 8 Mauricio Solís Yellow card 17'
CM 10 Walter Centeno Yellow card 85'
CM 11 Rónald Gómez Yellow card 79'
LM 22 Carlos Castro
CF 7 Rolando Fonseca downward-facing red arrow 57'
CF 9 Paulo Wanchope downward-facing red arrow 80'
Substitutions:
FW 17 Hernán Medford upward-facing green arrow 57'
FW 16 Steven Bryce upward-facing green arrow 70'
MF 6 Wilmer López upward-facing green arrow 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 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 Yellow card 69'
RWB 2 Cafu (c)
LWB 6 Roberto Carlos
CM 19 Juninho Paulista downward-facing red arrow 70'
CM 8 Gilberto Silva
RF 10 Rivaldo
CF 9 Ronaldo downward-facing red arrow 72'
LF 11 Ronaldinho Yellow card 25' downward-facing red arrow 46'
Substitutions:
FW 17 Denílson upward-facing green arrow 46'
MF 7 Ricardinho upward-facing green arrow 70'
FW 20 Edílson upward-facing green arrow 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) downward-facing red arrow 62'
AM 19 Qi Hong downward-facing red arrow 66'
CF 10 Hao Haidong downward-facing red arrow 75'
Substitutions:
MF 3 Yang Pu upward-facing green arrow 62'
MF 6 Shao Jiayi upward-facing green arrow 66'
FW 16 Qu Bo upward-facing green arrow 75'
Manager:
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 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 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 Yellow card 24'
CB 4 Mauricio Wright
CB 3 Luis Marín
RM 15 Harold Wallace downward-facing red arrow 77'
CM 10 Walter Centeno downward-facing red arrow 66'
CM 8 Mauricio Solís
CM 6 Wilmer López downward-facing red arrow 77'
CM 11 Rónald Gómez
LM 22 Carlos Castro Yellow card 43'
CF 9 Paulo Wanchope
Substitutions:
FW 17 Hernán Medford upward-facing green arrow 66'
MF 12 Winston Parks upward-facing green arrow 77'
FW 16 Steven Bryce upward-facing green arrow 77'
Manager:
Alexandre Guimarães
GK 1 Rüştü Reçber
CB 16 Ümit Özat
CB 2 Emre Aşık Yellow card 20'
CB 18 Ergün Penbe
RM 4 Fatih Akyel
CM 8 Tugay Kerimoğlu Yellow card 45' downward-facing red arrow 88'
LM 21 Emre Belözoğlu Yellow card 89'
RW 22 Ümit Davala
AM 10 Yıldıray Baştürk downward-facing red arrow 79'
LW 11 Hasan Şaş
CF 9 Hakan Şükür (c) downward-facing red arrow 75'
Substitutions:
FW 17 İlhan Mansız upward-facing green arrow 75'
FW 15 Nihat Kahveci upward-facing green arrow 79'
FW 6 Arif Erdem upward-facing green arrow 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 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 downward-facing red arrow 74'
CB 4 Mauricio Wright
CB 3 Luis Marín
RM 15 Harold Wallace downward-facing red arrow 46'
CM 8 Mauricio Solís downward-facing red arrow 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 upward-facing green arrow 46'
FW 7 Rolando Fonseca upward-facing green arrow 65'
MF 12 Winston Parks upward-facing green arrow 74'
Manager:
Alexandre Guimarães
GK 1 Marcos
CB 3 Lúcio
CB 14 Ânderson Polga
CB 5 Edmílson
RWB 2 Cafu (c) Yellow card 90+3'
LWB 16 Júnior
CM 19 Juninho Paulista downward-facing red arrow 61'
CM 8 Gilberto Silva
RF 20 Edílson downward-facing red arrow 57'
CF 9 Ronaldo
LF 10 Rivaldo downward-facing red arrow 72'
Substitutions:
MF 15 Kléberson upward-facing green arrow 57'
MF 7 Ricardinho upward-facing green arrow 61'
FW 23 Kaká upward-facing green arrow 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 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 downward-facing red arrow 35'
CB 4 Fatih Akyel
CB 2 Emre Aşık Yellow card 19'
CB 3 Bülent Korkmaz
RM 22 Ümit Davala
CM 8 Tugay Kerimoğlu downward-facing red arrow 84'
LM 20 Hakan Ünsal
RW 10 Yıldıray Baştürk downward-facing red arrow 70'
AM 11 Hasan Şaş Yellow card 81'
LW 21 Emre Belözoğlu Yellow card 30'
CF 9 Hakan Şükür (c)
Substitutions:
GK 12 Ömer Çatkıç upward-facing green arrow 35'
FW 17 İlhan Mansız upward-facing green arrow 70'
MF 14 Tayfur Havutçu upward-facing green arrow 84'
Manager:
Şenol Güneş
GK 22 Jiang Jin (c)
RB 21 Xu Yunlong
CB 17 Du Wei
CB 14 Li Weifeng Yellow card 62'
LB 4 Wu Chengying downward-facing red arrow 46'
RM 18 Li Xiaopeng
CM 8 Li Tie
CM 15 Zhao Junzhe
LM 3 Yang Pu Yellow card 45+1'
CF 10 Hao Haidong downward-facing red arrow 73'
CF 20 Yang Chen downward-facing red arrow 73'
Substitutions:
MF 6 Shao Jiayi Red card 58' upward-facing green arrow 46'
MF 11 Yu Genwei upward-facing green arrow 73'
FW 16 Qu Bo upward-facing green arrow 73'
Manager:
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Bora Milutinović

Man of the Match:
Hasan Şaş (Turkey)

Assistant referees:
Ali Tomusange (Uganda)
Curtis Charles (Antigua and Barbuda)
Fourth official:
Byron Moreno (Ecuador)

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