Germany at the 2002 FIFA World Cup

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This article concerns the German national football team at the 2002 FIFA World Cup in South Korea and Japan.

Qualification[]

Germany had to play against England, Finland, Albania and Greece, managed by fellow German Otto Rehhagel. It was not to be an easy group, so much so as only the first placed team could qualify automatically.

The start was promising with four wins in a row, including a 1-0 win against England at Wembley. Since England could only manage a draw away at Finland, automatic qualification should have been a foregone conclusion. In the next game, there was a 2-2 draw against Finland, which was ironed out by winning away in Albania. In the following game, a draw against England would have seen Germany qualify automatically.

After nine minutes, Germany took the lead with a goal by Carsten Jancker but England soon equalised with a Michael Owen goal. After that, England were successful in almost everything they did. Germany did not offer anything on the break and the final score was a 5-1 for England. Automatic qualification was pushed back.

The last match of qualifying saw Germany play Finland and simultaneously England play Greece. Germany was hoping for the Greeks to give them a helping hand, by at least drawing with England. Greece led until the 90th minute, when David Beckham equalised from a free kick. If Germany had won, then they would have finished first and with that qualified automatically to the World Cup finals. However, Germany only managed a 0-0 draw and therefore finished in second place.

That meant that Germany had to play a play-off game and drew Ukraine. On 10 November 2001, the two teams played out a 1-1 draw in Kyiv. Four days later, Germany finally qualified for the World Cup by winning 4-1. After only 15 minutes, Germany were leading the match 3-0.

After losing to England and not qualifying automatically for the World Cup saw Germany receive a large amount of criticism, claiming that German football is competitive. The convincing result against Ukraine was celebrated as a rebirth for German football.

Date Venue Match Result Goals
02/09/2000 Hamburg Germany v Greece 2-0 (1-0) 1-0 Deisler (17th), 2-0 Ouzounidis, o.g. (75th)
07/10/2000 London England v Germany 0-1 (0-1) 0-1 D. Hamann (14th)
24/03/2001 Leverkusen Germany v Albania 2-1 (1-1) 1-0 Deisler (50th), 1-1 Kola (66th), 2-1 Klose (88th)
28/03/2001 Athens Greece v Germany 2-4 (2-2) 0-1 Rehmer (6th), 1-1 Charisteas (21st), 1-2 Ballack, p. (25th), 2-2 Georgiadis (43rd), 2-3 Klose (82nd), 2-4 Bode (90+)
02/06/2001 Helsinki Finland v Germany 2-2 (2-0) 1-0 Forssell (29th), 2-0 Forssell (43rd), 2-1 Ballack, p. (69th), 2-2 Jancker (72nd)
06/06/2001 Tirana Albania v Germany 0-2 (0-1) 0-1 Rehmer (28th), 0-2 Ballack (68th)
01/09/2001 Munich Germany v England 1-5 (1-2) 1-0 Jancker (6th), 1-1 Owen (12th), 1-2 Gerrard (45th), 1-3 Owen (48th), 1-4 Owen (66th), 1-5 Heskey (74th)
06/10/2001 Gelsenkirchen Germany v Finland 0-0

Play-offs

Date Venue Match Result Goals
10/11/2001 Kyiv Ukraine v Germany 1-1 (1-1) 1-0 Subow (18th), 1-1 Ballack (31st)
14/11/2001 Dortmund Germany v Ukraine 4-1 (3-0) 1-0 Ballack (4th), 2-0 Neuville (11th), 3-0 Rehmer (15th), 4-0 Ballack (51st), 4-1 Shevchenko (90th)

Group 9 Final Table

Pos Country F/A Pts
1 England 16-6 17
2 Germany 14-10 17
3 Finland 12-7 12
4 Greece 7-17 7
5 Albania 5-14 3

Finals[]

Squad[]

Number / Name Team Birth Day Caps/Goals (Total) Caps Goals Red Cards 2nd Yellows Yellow Gards
Goalkeepers
23 Hans-Jörg Butt Bayer 04 Leverkusen 28.05.1974 02 (00) 0 0 0 0 0
01 Oliver Kahn FC Bayern München 15.06.1969 45 (00) 7 0 0 0 1
12 Jens Lehmann Borussia Dortmund 10.11.1969 14 (00) 0 0 0 0 0
Defence
04 Frank Baumann Werder Bremen 29.11.1975 11 (02) 1 0 0 0 1
02 Thomas Linke FC Bayern München 26.12.1969 34 (00) 7 1 0 0 0
21 Christoph Metzelder Borussia Dortmund 05.11.1980 06 (00) 7 0 0 0 0
05 Carsten Ramelow Bayer 04 Leverkusen 20.03.1974 25 (00) 5 0 0 1 0
03 Marko Rehmer Hertha BSC 19.04.1972 27 (04) 1 0 0 0 0
06 Christian Ziege Tottenham Hotspur 01.12.1972 66 (09) 5 0 0 0 2
Midfield
13 Michael Ballack Bayer 04 Leverkusen 26.09.1976 22 (06) 6 3 0 0 3
18 Jörg Böhme FC Schalke 04 22.01.1974 06 (01) 0 0 0 0 0
22 Torsten Frings Werder Bremen 22.11.1976 08 (02) 7 0 0 0 1
08 Dietmar Hamann FC Liverpool 27.08.1973 40 (04) 6 0 0 0 2
16 Jens Jeremies FC Bayern München 05.03.1974 33 (01) 7 0 0 0 1
15 Sebastian Kehl Borussia Dortmund 13.02.1980 08 (02) 2 0 0 0 1
10 Lars Ricken Borussia Dortmund 10.07.1976 16 (01) 0 0 0 0 0
17 Marco Bode Werder Bremen 23.07.1969 34 (08) 6 1 0 0 0
19 Bernd Schneider Bayer 04 Leverkusen 17.11.1973 09 (00) 7 1 0 0 1
Attack
14 Gerald Asamoah FC Schalke 04 03.10.1978 11 (02) 3 0 0 0 0
20 Oliver Bierhoff AS Monaco 01.05.1968 65 (36) 5 1 0 0 0
09 Carsten Jancker FC Bayern München 28.08.1974 26 (07) 3 1 0 0 1
11 Miroslav Klose 1. FC Kaiserslautern 09.06.1978 12 (08) 7 5 0 0 1
07 Oliver Neuville Bayer 04 Leverkusen 01.05.1973 30 (03) 6 1 0 0 1
Trainer
Rudi Völler (Manager) 13.04.1960
Michael Skibbe (Coach) 04.08.1965
Germany at the 2002 FIFA World Cup is located in South Korea
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Germany at the 2002 FIFA World Cup (South Korea)
Germany at the 2002 FIFA World Cup is located in Japan
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Germany at the 2002 FIFA World Cup (Japan)

Group Stages[]

At the draw for the group stages, it was announced that Germany would be in Pot A, meaning they became joint favourites to win the tournament. The three-time world champions saw them meet Ireland, Cameroon and Saudi Arabia in the group stage.

Against Saudi Arabia, everything went according to plan, with Germany winning 8-0. Miroslav Klose scored a hat-trick against the minnows. Carsten Jancker scored his first goal after enduring a dry run. It was Germany's highest win since the 1978 World Cup, where they beat Mexico 6-0. In the game against Ireland, Germany took an early lead, with Klose scoring once more but in added time Robbie Keane equalised for Ireland. That meant that if Germany could either beat or draw with Cameroon in their last group game, would see Germany qualify for the second round. At half-time in the game against Cameroon, the score was 0-0, but Germany had Carsten Ramelow sent off for a second yellow card offence. It did not look good for Germany, who were under pressure from Cameroon right from the start of the second hand. Substitute Marco Bode then opened the scoring for Germany, assisted by a wonderful pass from Klose and made the score 1-0. Bode's goal was voted goal of the month for June 2002 by the viewers of Sportschau. Cameroon, trained by fellow German Winfried Schäfer, also had a man sent off midway through the second half. From this moment, Germany took control and Klose made it 2-0 shortly after. Germany finished the group top.

Matches

Date Match Result
01/06/2002 Germany v Saudi Arabia 8-0 (4-0)
06/06/2002 Germany v Ireland 1-1 (1-0)
11/06/2002 Cameroon v Germany 0-2 (0-0)

Final Group E Table

Pos Team F/A Pts
1 Germany 11-1 7
2 Ireland 5-2 5
3 Cameroon 2-3 4
4 Saudi Arabia 0-12 0

Knock-out Rounds[]

2nd Round Germany v Paraguay 1-0 (0-0) Neuville (88th)
Quarters Germany v USA 1-0 (0-0) Ballack (39th)
Semis Germany v South Korea 1-0 (0-0) Ballack (75th)
Final Brazil v Germany 2-0 (0-0)

References[]

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