2002 FIFA World Cup Group A

Football teams June 2018 Group A was one of eight groups at the 2002 FIFA World Cup. It consisted of defending champions France, two-time winners Uruguay, Denmark and debutants Senegal. The group's first match was played on 31 May 2002 and the last on 11 June 2002.Manaschev Erlan https://www.rsssf.org/tables/2002full.html World Cup 2002 – Match Details RSSSF 3 July 2008 30 April 2026 From the outset, it was apparent that the group would not pan out as expected, as Senegal beat France 1–0 in the opening match of the tournament. France followed this with a goalless draw against Uruguay, in a match in which their star striker Thierry Henry was sent off, before rounding out the group with another defeat to Denmark. Senegal's other two matches finished as draws, including a well-earned point against Denmark and a bad-tempered game against Uruguay, in which 12 players were booked. Denmark started the group well, beating Uruguay in Ulsan, before a late Senegalese equaliser in Daegu prevented them from qualifying for the round of 16 with a match to spare. Instead, they were forced to play France, knowing that a draw would see them through to the next round. They won 2–0 and finished top of the group thanks to Senegal's draw with Uruguay. Dark horses Uruguay never really got going, with their high point being a goalless draw with a sub-par French side. They did manage to put three goals past Senegal in a high-scoring draw, but their loss to Denmark in their opening match had dashed any hopes they may have had of reaching the next round. Standings main WDL Standings complete FIFA 200 DEN SEN URU FRA KO KO Tie-breaking criteria 2 1 0 5 2 1 2 0 5 4 0 2 1 4 5 0 1 2 0 3 DEN SEN URU FRA 1974 Q green1 Advance to knockout stage Denmark advanced to play England (runner-up of Group F) in the round of 16. Senegal advanced to play Sweden (winner of Group F) in the round of 16. Matches All times are local (UTC+9) France vs Senegal main A1 2002 5 31 y 20:30 FRA 1974 2002 FIFA World Cup Group A#France vs Senegal 0–1 SEN Bouba Diop 30 Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul 62,561 Ali Bujsaim (United Arab Emirates) https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/17/4395/5928/43950001 France vs Senegal Group Stage 2002 FIFA World Cup Korea/Japan FIFA 1 May 2026 http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=43950100/match=43950001/index.html 2002 FIFA World Cup Korea/Japan – Matches – France v Senegal FIFA 1 May 2026 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20171229173519/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=43950100/match=43950001/index.html 29 December 2017 http://us.ent4.yimg.com/fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/releases/01_0531_SEO_FRA-SEN_Fulltime.pdf Match Report – Group A – France v Senegal FIFA 31 May 2002 1 May 2026 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20051028175009/http://us.ent4.yimg.com/fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/releases/01_0531_SEO_FRA-SEN_Fulltime.pdf 28 October 2005 _france2002h _france2002h _france2002h _france2002a 002CD6 002CD6 002CD6 FFFFFF FF0000 France _senegal2002 _sen02 _senegal2002 _sen02a _sen02h FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 008000 FFFFFF Senegal GK 16Fabien BarthezRB 15Lilian ThuramCB 18Frank LeboeufCB 8 Marcel Desailly (c)LB 3 Bixente LizarazuCM 4 Patrick VieiraCM 17Emmanuel Petit 45+2RW 11Sylvain Wiltord 81AM 6 Youri Djorkaeff 60LW 12Thierry HenryCF 20David TrezeguetSubstitutions:FW 21Christophe Dugarry 60FW 9 Djibril Cissé 81Manager:Roger Lemerre300px GK 1 Tony SylvaRB 17Ferdinand ColyCB 13Lamine DiattaCB 4 Pape Malick DiopLB 2 Omar DafDM 6 Aliou Cissé (c) 51RM 14Moussa N'DiayeCM 19Papa Bouba DiopCM 15Salif DiaoLM 10Khalilou FadigaCF 11El Hadji DioufManager:FRA 1974 Bruno Metsu Man of the Match: El Hadji Diouf (Senegal) Assistant referees: Ali Al-Traifi (Saudi Arabia) Jorge Rattalino (Argentina) Fourth official: Felipe Ramos (Mexico) Uruguay vs Denmark main A2 2002 6 1 y 18:00 URU 2002 FIFA World Cup Group A#Uruguay vs Denmark 1–2 DEN Rodríguez 47 Tomasson 45 83 Munsu Cup Stadium, Ulsan 30,157 Saad Mane (Kuwait) https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/17/4395/5928/43950003 Uruguay vs Denmark Group Stage 2002 FIFA World Cup Korea/Japan FIFA 1 May 2026 http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=43950100/match=43950003/index.html 2002 FIFA World Cup Korea/Japan – Matches – Uruguay v Denmark FIFA 1 May 2026 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20171229172315/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=43950100/match=43950003/index.html 29 December 2017 http://us.ent4.yimg.com/fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/releases/03_0601_ULS_URU-DEN_Fulltime.pdf Match Report – Group A – Uruguay v Denmark FIFA 1 June 2002 1 May 2026 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20060516025910/http://us.ent4.yimg.com/fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/releases/03_0601_ULS_URU-DEN_Fulltime.pdf 16 May 2006 _thinwhiteborder _uru02h _thinwhiteborder _uru02h _whiteline 80C0FF AACCFF 80C0FF 000000 000000 Uruguay _den02h _den02h _den02h _denmark84h _hummel1718wr FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 FFFFFF FFFFFF Denmark GK 1 Fabián CariniRB 2 Gustavo Méndez 25CB 14Gonzalo SorondoCB 4 Paolo Montero (c)LB 6 Darío Rodríguez 87RM 8 Gustavo VarelaCM 5 Pablo GarcíaLM 7 Gianni GuigouAM 20Álvaro Recoba 80CF 9 Darío SilvaCF 13Sebastián Abreu 88Substitutions:FW 17Mario Regueiro 80FW 11Federico Magallanes 87FW 18Richard Morales 88Manager:Víctor Púa300px GK 1 Thomas SørensenRB 6 Thomas HelvegCB 4 Martin Laursen 51CB 3 René HenriksenLB 5 Jan Heintze (c) 34 58CM 2 Stig TøftingCM 7 Thomas GravesenRW 19Dennis RommedahlAM 9 Jon Dahl TomassonLW 8 Jesper Grønkjær 70CF 11Ebbe Sand 89Substitutions:DF 12Niclas Jensen 58FW 10Martin Jørgensen 70MF 17Christian Poulsen 89Manager:Morten Olsen Man of the Match: Jon Dahl Tomasson (Denmark) Assistant referees: Awni Hassouneh (Jordan) Dramane Dante (Mali) Fourth official: Byron Moreno (Ecuador) Denmark vs Senegal main A3 2002 6 6 y 15:30 DEN 2002 FIFA World Cup Group A#Denmark vs Senegal 1–1 SEN Tomasson 16 pen. Diao 52 Daegu World Cup Stadium, Daegu 43,500 Carlos Batres (Guatemala) https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/17/4395/5928/43950020 Denmark vs Senegal Group Stage 2002 FIFA World Cup Korea/Japan FIFA 1 May 2026 http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=43950100/match=43950020/index.html 2002 FIFA World Cup Korea/Japan – Matches – Denmark v Senegal FIFA 1 May 2026 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20171219182214/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=43950100/match=43950020/index.html 19 December 2017 http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/releases/20_0606_DAG_DEN-SEN_Fulltime.pdf Match Report – Group A – Denmark v Senegal FIFA 6 June 2002 1 May 2026 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20060518185104/http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/releases/20_0606_DAG_DEN-SEN_Fulltime.pdf 18 May 2006 _den02h _den02h _den02h _den84a _kalmar16h FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 Denmark _senegal2002 _sen02 _senegal2002 _sen02h _sen02h FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF Senegal GK 1 Thomas SørensenRB 6 Thomas Helveg 82CB 4 Martin LaursenCB 3 Rene HenriksenLB 5 Jan Heintze (c)CM 2 Stig TøftingCM 7 Thomas Gravesen 62RW 19Dennis Rommedahl 89AM 9 Jon Dahl Tomasson 20LW 8 Jesper Grønkjær 50CF 11Ebbe Sand 7Substitutions:FW 10Martin Jørgensen 50MF 17Christian Poulsen 84 62FW 18Peter Løvenkrands 89Manager:Morten Olsen300px GK 1 Tony SylvaRB 17Ferdinand ColyCB 13Lamine DiattaCB 4 Pape Malick Diop (c)LB 2 Omar DafRM 14Moussa N'Diaye 46CM 3 Pape Sarr 46CM 15Salif Diao 1 62 80CM 19Papa Bouba DiopLM 10Khalilou Fadiga 10CF 11El Hadji DioufSubstitutions:FW 7 Henri Camara 46FW 9 Souleymane Camara 46 83DF 21Habib Beye 83Manager:FRA 1974 Bruno Metsu Man of the Match: Khalilou Fadiga (Senegal) Assistant referees: Ferenc Szekely (Hungary) Visva Krishnan (Singapore) Fourth official: Kim Young-Soo (South Korea) France vs Uruguay main A4 2002 6 6 y 20:30 FRA 1974 2002 FIFA World Cup Group A#France vs Uruguay 0–0 URU Busan Asiad Main Stadium, Busan 38,289 Felipe Ramos (Mexico) https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/17/4395/5928/43950018 France vs Uruguay Group Stage 2002 FIFA World Cup Korea/Japan FIFA 1 May 2026 http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=43950100/match=43950018/index.html 2002 FIFA World Cup Korea/Japan – Matches – France v Uruguay FIFA 1 May 2026 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20171219181434/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=43950100/match=43950018/index.html 19 December 2017 http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/releases/18_0606_BUS_FRA-URU_Fulltime.pdf Match Report – Group A – France v Uruguay FIFA 6 June 2002 1 May 2026 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20060720205956/http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/releases/18_0606_BUS_FRA-URU_Fulltime.pdf 20 July 2006 _france2002a _france2002a _france2002a _france2002a _ FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF France _thinwhiteborder _uru02h _thinwhiteborder _uru02h _whiteline 80C0FF AACCFF 80C0FF 000000 000000 Uruguay GK 16Fabien BarthezRB 15Lilian ThuramCB 18Frank Leboeuf 16CB 8 Marcel Desailly (c)LB 3 Bixente LizarazuCM 4 Patrick VieiraCM 17Emmanuel Petit 45+2RW 11Sylvain Wiltord 90+3AM 22Johan MicoudLW 12Thierry Henry 0 25CF 20David Trezeguet 81Substitutions:DF 2 Vincent Candela 16FW 9 Djibril Cissé 81FW 21Christophe Dugarry 90+3Manager:Roger Lemerre300px GK 1 Fabián CariniRB 3 Alejandro LemboCB 4 Paolo Montero (c)CB 14Gonzalo SorondoLB 6 Darío Rodríguez 73RM 8 Gustavo VarelaCM 5 Pablo García 11LM 16Marcelo Romero 45+3 71AM 20Álvaro RecobaCF 9 Darío Silva 47 60CF 13Sebastián Abreu 45+2Substitutions:FW 11Federico Magallanes 60MF 22Gonzalo de los Santos 71MF 7 Gianni Guigou 73Manager:Víctor Púa Man of the Match: Fabien Barthez (France) Assistant referees: Vladimir Fernández (El Salvador) Curtis Charles (Antigua and Barbuda) Fourth official: Urs Meier (Switzerland) Denmark vs France main A5 2002 6 11 y 15:30 DEN 2002 FIFA World Cup Group A#Denmark vs France 2–0 FRA 1974 Rommedahl 22 Tomasson 67 Incheon World Cup Stadium, Incheon 48,100 Vítor Melo Pereira (Portugal) https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/17/4395/5928/43950033 Denmark vs France Group Stage 2002 FIFA World Cup Korea/Japan FIFA 1 May 2026 http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=43950100/match=43950033/index.html 2002 FIFA World Cup Korea/Japan – Matches – Denmark v France FIFA 1 May 2026 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20171227083623/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=43950100/match=43950033/index.html 27 December 2017 http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/en/t/m/mr/33.html Match Report – Group A – Denmark v France FIFA 11 June 2002 1 May 2026 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20030404072135/http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/en/t/m/mr/33.html 4 April 2003 _den02h _den02h _den02h _denmark84h _kalmar16h FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 FFFFFF FF0000 Denmark _france2002a _france2002a _france2002a _france2002h _francea0608 00288E 00288E 00288E FFFFFF FFFFFF France GK 1 Thomas SørensenRB 6 Thomas HelvegCB 4 Martin LaursenCB 3 Rene Henriksen (c)LB 12Niclas Jensen 71CM 2 Stig Tøfting 79CM 17Christian Poulsen 27 76CM 7 Thomas GravesenRW 19Dennis RommedahlLW 10Martin Jørgensen 46CF 9 Jon Dahl TomassonSubstitutions:FW 8 Jesper Grønkjær 46DF 20Kasper Bøgelund 76MF 23Brian Steen Nielsen 79Manager:Morten Olsen300px GK 16Fabien BarthezRB 2 Vincent CandelaCB 15Lilian ThuramCB 8 Marcel Desailly (c)LB 3 Bixente LizarazuCM 4 Patrick Vieira 71CM 7 Claude MakéléléRW 11Sylvain Wiltord 83AM 10Zinedine ZidaneLW 21Christophe Dugarry 8 54CF 20David TrezeguetSubstitutions:FW 9 Djibril Cissé 54MF 22Johan Micoud 71MF 6 Youri Djorkaeff 83Manager:Roger Lemerre Man of the Match: Zinedine Zidane (France) Assistant referees: Carlos Matos (Portugal) Elise Doriri (Vanuatu) Fourth official: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia) Senegal vs Uruguay main A6 2002 6 11 y 15:30 SEN 2002 FIFA World Cup Group A#Senegal vs Uruguay 3–3 URU Fadiga 20 pen. Bouba Diop 26 38 Morales 46 Forlán 69 Recoba 88 pen. Suwon World Cup Stadium, Suwon 33,681 Jan Wegereef (Netherlands) https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/17/4395/5928/43950034 Senegal vs Uruguay Group Stage 2002 FIFA World Cup Korea/Japan FIFA 1 May 2026 http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=43950100/match=43950034/index.html 2002 FIFA World Cup Korea/Japan – Matches – Senegal v Uruguay FIFA 1 May 2026 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20171219182239/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=43950100/match=43950034/index.html 19 December 2017 http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/releases/34_0611_SUW_SEN-URU_Fulltime.pdf Match Report – Group A – Senegal v Uruguay FIFA 11 June 2002 1 May 2026 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20030423233859/http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/releases/34_0611_SUW_SEN-URU_Fulltime.pdf 23 April 2003 _sen02_away _sen02_away _sen02_away _sen02a _sen02a 008000 009530 008000 008000 008000 Senegal _thinwhiteborder _uru02h _thinwhiteborder _uru02h _whiteline 80C0FF AACCFF 80C0FF 000000 000000 Uruguay GK 1 Tony SylvaRB 17Ferdinand Coly 39 63CB 13Lamine DiattaCB 4 Pape Malick DiopLB 2 Omar Daf 4RM 19Papa Bouba Diop 69CM 6 Aliou Cissé (c)CM 5 Alassane N'Dour 76LM 10Khalilou Fadiga 87CF 7 Henri Camara 2 67CF 11El Hadji Diouf 82Substitutions:DF 21Habib Beye 87 63MF 14Moussa N'Diaye 67MF 12Amdy Faye 76Manager:FRA 1974 Bruno Metsu300px GK 1 Fabián Carini 19RB 3 Alejandro LemboCB 4 Paolo Montero (c) 82CB 14Gonzalo Sorondo 32LB 8 Gustavo VarelaRM 16Marcelo Romero 8 46CM 5 Pablo García 35LM 6 Darío Rodríguez 40AM 20Álvaro RecobaCF 9 Darío SilvaCF 13Sebastián Abreu 46Substitutions:FW 17Mario Regueiro 32FW 18Richard Morales 46FW 21Diego Forlán 46Manager:Víctor Púa Man of the Match: Papa Bouba Diop (Senegal) Assistant referees: Jaap Pool (Netherlands) Ferenc Szekely (Hungary) Fourth official: Kyros Vassaras (Greece) See also Denmark at the FIFA World Cup France at the FIFA World Cup Senegal at the FIFA World Cup Uruguay at the FIFA World Cup References Match reports Report A Category:France at the 2002 FIFA World Cup Category:Denmark at the 2002 FIFA World Cup Category:Uruguay at the 2002 FIFA World Cup Category:Senegal at the 2002 FIFA World Cup Category:Football in Seoul Category:2000s in Seoul Category:Sports competitions in Ulsan Category:Sports competitions in Daegu Category:Sports competitions in Busan Category:Sports competitions in Incheon Category:Sports competitions in Suwon